Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association

Melly & her friend Milly 

Wakefield RDA would like to thank The Wakefield Masonic Lodge no. 495 who recently donated £286.05. This generous donation will help buy items such as shoes for the ponies and winter feed.

Staff and volunteers enjoyed a Christmas Night Out at Xscape. Well done Janet & Leanne the Bowling Champions.

A big thankyou
to Janet McDougall & Jacqui Land
who have sponsored Amber in 2009

  

RDA Raffle 2008

Drawn 12th December

 

Prizewinners

 

 

1^st Prize    

Trolley Dash   01813   J. Hill, The Fleece

 

2^nd Prize   

His & Hers Watches   00605   A. Cocking, Y.O.T

 

3^rd Prize    

Philips Voucher   02268   Jean (volunteer)

 

4^th Prize    

Beer Hamper   01955   Simon, Leeds Audi

5^th Prize    

Scalextric   02509   P. Brammer

 

6^th Prize    

Jewellery Set   02558   Pauline

 

7^th Prize    

Bottle of Whiskey   00238   Jeanette Crawford

 

8^th Prize    

Bottle of Wine   02064   Tracy Horton, Asda

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets,

 

We raised £704.50

 

 

Thankyou to

Asda ADC3, Queensbury Jewellers, Philips Hairdressers, Redcats, Hoops-a-daisy Bridal, Uriah Rennie and David Sztencel for donating the fantastic prizes.

 Notton Village Hall Committee very kindly donated £750 to Wakefield RDA today. The money was donated with profits from the Notton Bonfire.

Pictured are rider Natalie with pony Holdsworth Sapphire, Wrda volunteers, Manager Carolyn and Alan the Notton Village Hall Chairman.

We are really grateful for the donation and will use the funds for much needed day to day running costs.

Thank you Asda and Asda employees Kev, Brian, Col & Chris at Normanton Distribution Centre - for resurfacing our woodchip Corrals and the area around the outdoor school.

The lads used their muscle to replace the old woodchip and worked hard to get the job finished in 1 day. These areas look really smart now and the ponies are living in a dry, clean Corral.

We are very grateful to Asda for funding this project and thank them for their continued support.

 

A team of employees from Hammonds Solicitors and First Direct spent a day in October volunteering at Wrda. 

They made a great job of painting our indoor school viewing area, kitchen and toilet.

Some of the team strimmed untidy branches away from the indoor school outside walls and others trimmed the weeds around the outdoor school fence and gave the picnic area some TLC.

Our facilities look really smart now, Hammonds and First Direct did a fantastic job and  supplied all the paint & decorating equipment and gave us lovely bird boxes to put in the trees.

 

Riders and regular volunteers have commented on our new smart appearance.

 

Thank you Hammonds & First Direct for your hard work

Our dressage competition was well attended on Sunday and everyone seemed to enjoy the day with lots of riders winning rosettes.
There were some lovely horses and the judges both commented on the high standard of turnout and excellent riding skills.

Here are the results:

Class 1 Intro A
1st Adele Taylor & Maizy 82.17%
=2nd Joanne Hewitt & Taylormade 78.70%
=2nd Gerry Savage & Blues Tip Top Two 78.70%
4th Ruth Nixon & Wrda Willow 76.96%

Class 2 Beginners Freestyle
1st Adele Taylor & Maizy 76%
2nd Joanne Hewitt & Taylormade 73.5% (22.5)
3rd Lauren Woodward & Paddy 73.5% (21)
4th Samantha Cammack & Todleyhall Issac 71%

Class 3 Prelim 4
1st Joanne Gill & Dylan 78.64%
2nd Katie Lomas & Boris 67.73%
3rd Harriet Haslem & Just Fred 66.82%
4th Oliver Bates & Tommy Tickle 66.36%

Class 4 Freestyle
1st Polly Edmondson & Regal 82%
2nd Deborah Cayton Lee & Wrda Amber 79%
3rd Elizabeth Holdsworth & Topper Harley 69%
4th Stacey Higgins & Honey 66%

Class 5 Prelim 18
1st Joanne Gill & Tosh 79.58%
2nd Joanne Gill & Dylan 79.17%
3rd Katie Lomas & Boris 77.92%
4th Adele Taylor & Maizy 74.17%

It was great to watch the entries in the two Freestyle classes. Some riders had worked out their test to music, others put some moves together without music. It was obvious that riders had spent a lot of time working out the routine and finding the right music to match the horses paces.
On Sunday all the tests looked fantastic and great fun; and I hope this will inspire other riders to try our Freestyle classes in future.

Thank you to everyone who came, your entry fees will help to keep our RDA group up and running & thank you to the volunteers who gave up their Sunday to help run this event.

Look out for our next competition in April 2009

WRDA Raffle

Tickets are now on sale for our Christmas Raffle. We have some great prizes including an Asda Trolley Dash, His & Hers Rotary watches and a Scalextric.

Buy your tickets now from our instructors or drop us an email and we'll put your name on some. All the proceeds will help us care for our ponies and allow us to continue offering our first class service to disabled riders in Wakefield and the surrounding areas.

Thank you to the following people and companies for donating prizes.

Uriah Rennie, Asda, Queensbury Jewellers, Hoops-a Daisy, Redcats, Mr Sztencel & Philips Hairdressers.

The draw will be made in the indoor school in 12th December.

email enquiries @wrda.org.uk
tel 01924 241341