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Winter Dressage Competition

Calderdale Saddle Club are pleased to be hosting a winter warmer of a dressage competition at Ladstone House, Butterworth End Lane, Norland, HX6 3SD on Sunday 26th February 2012.

We will be running four tests from Prelim to Elementary which will all be judged by British Dressage Listed judge Joan Kaye

Class 1 – Prelim 4 (2002)
Class 2 – Prelim 12 (2005)
Class 3 – Novice 27 (2007)
Class 4 – Elementary 42 (2008)

So dust off your glad rags and start the new year as you mean to go on!!! At £12 per test for Saddle Club members and £16 for none members you cant afford not to!

Cheques to be made payable to Calderdale Saddle Club. All entries must be sent to Amanda Douglas-Smith, 92 Laneside, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 0DB. Please call 07825958491 for times.
Please note we shall be needing plenty volunteers to help run this New Year event.!!

Area 4 Competitions

Just before I head into the competitions I thought I should let you know about the new club rule about volunteering. Competing as a club at Area 4 events is fantastic and I think a great opportunity. Area 4 and the events they organise are run by volunteers, therefore as part of entering the club into these events we are asked to provide helpers otherwise we cannot compete. It can be a real struggle to get helpers and it often end up being the competitors themselves or their mums/grooms/friends that end up rushing round on the day just so that we get to compete.

Area 4 Horse Trials

Sunday 17th June at Helen Bells North Yorkshire

This is obviously as bit further off than the others but again we are thinking of organising some training before the big day at the venue. If anyone would like to do this please let me know so we can see what interest we have and put a date in the diary.

Jayne (aka Yogi) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (07970909103)

P.S. Your hat will need to be tagged by riding clubs (BE tags will not do) and body protectors will need to be level 3 and no older than 2000.

Area 4 Showcross

Sunday 15th April at Epworth in South Yorkshire

This is a show jumping round followed immediately by cross- country. The novice course at 85/90cm and a open course at 95/100com. In the past we have entered a couple of novice team and even qualified and taken part in the champs!

Area 4 Hunter Trial

Sunday 18th March at Frickley Hall near Doncaster

This is a team only event and teams will consist of 2 novice and 2 intermediate riders. The novice course is 70cm and the Intermediate course is 80cm.