Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association

Pennine and RDA Summer Fair

We had lovely red hot weather for the Summer Fair. Everyone enjoyed our RDA stalls. Thank you to Gina and Sheila for running the Tombola, Sara and friends for doing the cake stall and biscuit painting. The stalls raised £226.50 and our friend Shelbey Wheatley brought us a donation of £400 that she had fundraised by selling plants that her and her family had grown.

WRDA riders at the National Championships

 

Congratulations to all our riders, volunteers and horses who attended the RDA National Championships this year, here are the results for our region

 

National Championships

NE & S Yorkshire 2010 Results

 

Class 4 Grade I-V Test: 4

Ben Curley HIGH HOPES GROUP Lofty  53.33% 12^th restricted

 

Class 4 Grade I-V Test: 4

Gerry Savage EBOR VALE GROUP Blues Tip Top Two 71.9% 1^st  open

 

Class 5 Grade I/D Test: 11

Oliver Peace WAKEFIELD GROUP Penny 62.73% 10^th restricted

 

Class 12 Grade I-V Test: Freestyle

Gerry Savage EBOR VALE GROUP Blues Tip Top Two  80% 1st open

 

Class 22 Countryside Challenge

Maddy GOODHAND High Hopes Spike  74.50% junior

 

Class 39 Musical Ride DVD Competition - Themed Drill

James Smith, Cain Ella, Tom Pickering & Alex Beevers

YORKSHIRE WOLDS  R R RDA 107 2nd

 

Class 45 Grade I-V Test: 31

Deborah Cayton Lee WAKEFIELD GROUP Conygar Golden Galadriel 60% 8^th restricted

 

Class 45 Grade I-V Test: 31

Oliver Bates HULL & HOLDERNESS Seamore Sonata 63.75% 1^st junior

 

Class 53 Grade I-V Test: Freestyle (Canter)

Oliver Bates HULL & HOLDERNESS Seamore Senata 64.5% 2^nd junior

 

Class 53 Grade I-V Test: Freestyle (Canter)

Deborah Cayton Lee WAKEFIELD GROUP Conygar Golden Galadriel 63.5% 4^th restricted

 

Class 58 Introduction to Dressage Test: Ea Led

Elenor Senior WELBURN HALL SCHOOL Jet 68.95 =1st junior

Fenton Shaw WAKEFIELD GROUP Penny 68.95% =1st Junior

 

Class 60 Introduction to Dressage Test: Eb Led

Ryan Clarkson Welburn Hall School Jet  63.16% 6^th junior

 

Class 61 Introduction to Dressage Test: Eb Unled

Tanika Foster HIGH HOPES GROUP Louis XV  58.42% 5^th restricted

 

Class 62 Countryside Challenge

Ryan CLARKSON Welburn Hall School Jet  84.50% 2^nd junior

Elenor SENIOR Welburn Hall School Jet 80.25% 4^th junior

 

Class 63 Countryside Challenge

Fenton SHAW Wakefield Penny NE & South Yorks J 148 74.00%

 

Class 64 Countryside Challenge

Tanika FOSTER High Hopes Louis XV NE & South Yorks S 135.5 67.75%

 

Class 65 Combined Training - Sunday Junior (Class 56/58 and Class 62)

Ryan CLARKSON Welburn Hall School 63.16% 84.50% 73.83% 4th

Elenor SENIOR Welburn Hall School 68.95% 80.25% 74.60% 2nd

 

Class 66 Combined Training - Sunday Junior (Class 58/60 and Class 63)

Fenton SHAW Wakefield 68.95% 74.00% 71.48% 6th

 

Class 70 Combined Training - Sunday Senior (Class 59/61 and Class 64)

Tanika FOSTER High Hopes 58.42% 67.75% 63.09% 5th

 

Class 71 Best Turned Out (Junior)

Oliver Bates Seamoor Sonata HULL & Holderness 79 6th

 

Class 72 Best Turned Out (Senior)

Deborah Cayton-Lee Summer WAKEFIELD 87 3rd

 

Class 76 Regional Countryside Challenge Team – Sunday

Elenor Senior 80.25%

Ryan Clarkson 84.50%

Fenton Shaw 74.00%

Overall 238.75% 6th

 

Class 77 Arts & Crafts – Paintings, Collages, Montages - Individual Senior

Wakefield RDA James Mason 75 3^rd

 

Class 79 Arts & Crafts – Sculpture - Individual Senior

Wakefield RDA Oliver Peace 71 1^st

 

Overall Arts & Crafts

Wakefield RDA James Mason

Melly at her New Home

Beau and Sarah, Melly and Ann                      May 2010

Congratulations to Elaine Button, Oliver Peace, Debbie Lee and Fenton Shaw for qualifying for the RDA National Championships at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire. They all rode brilliantly at our Qualifiers at Port Royal EEC on 2nd June and received good qualifying scores.

Here are some pictures from our Barn Dance. We had a great night, good music, good outfits, plenty of alcohol flowing and tasty pork sandwiches. I think the band and DJ may have kept the Newmillerdam residents awake most of the night!

We raised around £1200 and received a generous donation of £200 which will help us with running costs and also fund our riders to attend both the Regional and National Dressage and Countryside Challenge Championships in June and July.

 

 

We welcome any feedback from the night, good or bad, and if you can suggest any new ideas for fundraising in the future please get in touch.

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and our helpers for their hard work setting up. Also to Brian and Richard for loan of the trailer, Pete and Dan for loan of American cars and Piggin Fantastic Hogroast and Hank Muldoon and the Hangovers for giving us special charity rates.

We will hold the next Barn Dance in 2011, probobly around July time and hope to see you all there.

We hope that everyone enjoyed our dressage competition yesterday, we had great weather and we saw lots of lovely horses and ponies and plenty of high scoring tests. As usual your entry fees will go towards our groups running costs.

Here are the results:

Class 1 Intro B

1^st Julie Wriglesworth & Caddy 77.83% (80)

2^nd Leanne Baines & Amber 77.83% (78)

3^rd Samantha Brentnall & Classic Spirit 76.96%

4^th Frances Megson & Chevet Autumn Glory 76.09%

5^th Christine Rush & Willow 71.74%

6^th Sarah Jones & Holly 70.87%

Class 2 Beginners freestyle

1^st Nicola Brown & Last Minute Substitution 77%

2^nd Cassy Thomson & Cheeko 70%

3^rd Sara Moorby & Sam 69%

4^th Tanika Foster & Louis 66%

5^th Helen Pratley & Penny 64%

Class 3 Prelim 12

1^st Sheena Woodard & Tyrone 79.60% (68)

2^nd Sarah Allott & Whiteacres Sir Toby 79.60% (64)

3^rd Sarah Green & Ebony Star 73.60%

4^th Debbie Lee & Summer 70%

5^th Samantha Brentnall & Classic Spirit 68%

6^th Frances Megson & Chevet Autumn Glory 66.80%

Class 4 Prelim 18

1^st Sheena Woodard & Tyrone 80%

2^nd Sarah Allott & Whiteacres Sir Toby 78.75%

3^rd Lucy Thompson & Carlton Cooler 75.83%

4^th Joanne Gill & Mac ‘n’ Tosh 75.42%

5^th Joanne Gill & Minnisotta 72.08%

6^th Debbie Lee & Summer 68.75%

Class 5 Freestyle

1st Debbie Lee & Summer

Thank you to Viv and David for judging and writing. As usual Viv was encouraging with her comments and many riders benefited from her friendly advice. Thank you to our volunteers who gave up their Sunday to run the event.

Our friend Tash was taking photographs throughout the day, if you would like to contact her email    [email protected] or go to www.photographyfriends.webs.com

Leanne & Amber, Bev & Toby

Next Dressage event Sunday 17th October 2010

 

 

 

 

Barn Dance

Saturday 15th May

7:30 til 12:30

In The Indoor School, Wakefield RDA,

Pennine Community, Wood Lane,

Chapelthorpe, Wakefield. WF4 3JL

 

Starring

Hank Muldoon & the Hangovers

 

with

Disco

Late Bar

Hog Roast

 

 

£12.00 per ticket

 

Ticket price includes Band, Disco,

Hog Roast or Veggi Hot Dog

 

N.B. Please dress suitably for a hillbilly night of fun in our barn with sand surface and straw bale seating

 

Tel 01924 241341 for tickets and info.

 

 

We are looking for a retirement home for our RDA pony Melly. Melly was our first pony here at Wakefield RDA and worked for 12 years with our riders and volunteers. She can no longer be ridden as she trips up a lot, otherwise she is in good health and will make someone a lovely field companion.

Update: Thank you to everyone who contacted us about re-homing Melly. She has gone to The Tacey Family in Lincolnshire where she now lives on a lovely yard and keeps the handsome Beau company.

If you can offer Melly a home please contact us on 01924 241341

We are delighted that Intelligent Worming are sponsoring our charity for 2010

Last year Intelligent Worming designed individual worming programmes for all our horses and ponies. We received worm count kits and wormers by post at specific times of the year. Now our horses only receive wormers when they need them, which is better for their health, better for our fields and saves us money.

We would recommend other horse owners try this expert service.

Tel. 01267 223322 or www.intelligentworming.co.uk for more information.

Thank you Intelligent worming for providing our worming programme for 2010 free of charge!

unaffiliated

Dressage

Sunday 18th April 2010

 

at Pennine Community,

Wood Lane,

Chapelthorpe, Wakefield,

WF4 3JL

 

Introductory B

Prelim 12, Prelim 18 and Freestyle

 

*Indoor and outdoor arenas  

*Rosettes to sixth place 

*Friendly atmosphere - Great for beginners

*Light refreshments 

  

enquiries phone 01924 241341

Class 1 Introductory B walk/trot test

Class 2 WRDA Beginners Freestyle walk/trot with or without music

Class 3 Test Prelim 12

Class 4 Test Prelim 18

Class 5 WRDA Freestyle with or without music

 

Please see the notes on WRDA freestyle classes below. Our new freestyle classes are aimed at beginners - so please come and give them a try and have fun!

 

Entry Fee £10 per class

 

The closing date for entries is Wednesday 14th April. Cheques/postal orders should be made payable to Wakefield RDA.

 

The organisers reserve the right to restrict the number of entrants per class on a first come, first served basis.

 

The Pennine Community Riding Establishment has taken every care to ensure safety at our event. No responsibility can be taken by Pennine Community or Wakefield RDA for accidental loss, damage or injury to horses, riders, vehicles or equipment.

 

Smart dress please, riding hats must be worn whilst mounted.

 

The judges decision is final.

 

Please phone for times on Friday 16th April between

8pm and 9pm on 07906 043 224

 

Send your entry slip & fees to: Wakefield RDA, Pennine Community, Wood Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. WF4 3JL

Please tell us the rider and horse name, which classes and a contact telephone number.

Notes on WRDA Freestyle Classes

 

For competitors who have entered our Introductory B class, have a try at WRDA Beginners Freestyle class – Walk trot

Invent a routine at home and then - Come and give it a try – put a few easy school movements together (pick things that you know you and your horse can do well) be inventive & have fun.

You can use things like 20m circles, changes of rein, half 10m circles, 3 loop serpentines and loops 5m in from the track. Remember that in dressage tests you usually repeat the same movements on both reins and show a free walk on a long rein.

You can put your test to music or ride it without.

Your test must include:

Enter at A and proceed down centre line

then, Finish with halt, immobility and salute at X facing the judge, minimum time 3.5 minutes, maximum time 4 minutes.

 

You will be judged on things like riders equestrian skill & balance, harmony, choreography, use of the arena and inventiveness, interpretation of music.

 

For competitors who have entered our Prelim classes; have a try at our WRDA Freestyle class – Walk trot canter

The same as above but put a bit of canter in there. This is a prelim level class, so please use movements that you would find in a prelim test. No pirouettes or flying changes thank you!

Your test must include

Enter at A and proceed down centre line

then, Finish with halt, immobility and salute at X facing the judge, minimum time 4 minutes, maximum time 5 minutes

 

If you’re using music remember to bring your CD or music tape on the competition day!!

 

Good Luck