OCTOBER 2008
Sun 05 Oct Club Gymkhana	Great day with a chilled atmosphere. Big thank you to all who helped, judged and turned up.
AUGUST 2008
Sat 16 & Sun 17 Aug Thirlestane Pony & Pooch Challenge	Jedburgh & District Riding Club entered two young teams into the inaugural  Pony & Pooch Challenge at Thirlestane International Horse Trials on 16th & 17th August. The challenge consisted of a combination of games, handy pony & a couple of jumps and included bursting balloons, fishing for ducks and jumping a dog bone. Team members including the dogs also had to get through a tunnel to complete the course! The team on Saturday were Emma Stenhouse with Bobby, Lucy King with Hercules, Ellie Temple with Wullie and Katy McFadyen with Harry. Despite being the youngest of the 6 teams by far and having the disadvantage of  being first to go - the team romped home to an easy victory by more than 30 seconds!! They received lovely Thirlestane rosettes and fleeces sponsored by Prestige Countrywear. On the Sunday the team was Katy McFadyen and Wendy, Alex Turnbull and Angel, Aimee Watson and Kelsae and Ellie Meldrum with Poppy. This team again put up a good show and ended up in 5th position - again they were the youngest team taking part. Well done to all the competitors - it was great to see them all doing so well and so beautifully turned out! Photos on Latest News
Sat 16 Aug Coffee Morning	£396.96 profit!  Well done to everyone who helped!
Sun 10 Aug Yetholm Ride	Report to follow
JUNE 2008
Sun 01 June Ancrum Ride	Thank you very much to Carol Paxton for organising and taking this ride.  Unfortunately the weather was shocking but that didn’t dampen the spirits of those on the ride.  The ride was approximately 3 hours with a refreshment stop at Rawflat.  Thank you to all the land owners for allowing us to ride over their land and also to park at the top of the Broom.
MAY 2008
Thu 22 May BHS Festival of The Horse	This ride was a great success and we had to limit the amount of riders.  The main ride followed the Jed Festival Queen’s Ride route to Fulton Castle whilst the short ride headed up Lanton Hill and via the golf course and back to Jed (not so much of a short one but a slower walk and trot one).  Excellent refreshments were supplied at Fulton - thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success yet again!
Sun 04 May Annual Show	Thank you very much to the Henderson family for kindly allowing us to use their field for our Annual Show.  Also thank you to all the judges, helpers, caterers, first aiders… and to Millers of Jedburgh for supplying bags of carrots for the working hunter winners and to Borthwick Burn for donating a bag of feed for our overall Working Hunter winner and also for donating British Equestrian Trade Association vouchers.  These were presented to the top 3 Club members with the most points accumulated at the Show.
APRIL 2008
Sun 27 April Club Gymkhana	Great relaxed day for all the members.  Thank you to all the judges and helpers who made the day run smooth.
Tue 15 & Wed 16 April Schooling Sessions	Many thanks to Ann Cranston for taking our schooling sessions at Ruecastle.  These sessions are becoming more popular each year and it’s good to see new members (people and horses!)  Also thank you to Annie Finch for kindly allowing us to use her school.  Photos are shown on our website (some more still to go up) and I cannot be held responsible for the quality… yes it was my camera but it was passed from group to group so we could get some pics of each lesson!
Sun 6 April Treasure Hunt	Cancelled due to snow!!
MARCH 2008
Sun 30 Mar  Mock Hunt	Yet another great day, thanks to Tommy and Shona Heard for organising and providing the refreshments at the “meet”.  Rhonda presented Caroline Williams with a fox ornament by way of thanks for helping at Club events (Caroline & Paul have now left the Jedforest Hunt and are down at the Cotley).
Sun 17 March Ice Skating	Excellent day was had yet again and only the kids took part – Mum’s and Dad’s obviously can’t keep up with the pace!
Sun 02 March Bowmont Forest Ride	What a great day and a great turnout! 25 members and 2 guests turned up for an exciting ride round some new countryside. Gillian McFadyen led 7 small people round a walking route which covered stubble fields, forest, water, ditches, natural obstacles and gates! Eric Paxton and Vicki Wauchope kindly led the longer and faster ride – which included a mile and a half gallop round a stubble field. The riders also found some natural and some man made jumps on their route – which all completed successfully. A grand day was rounded off by a super, healthy lunch provided by Gail Murdoch and the Community Food Grant which we recently received (thanks to Gillian for sourcing and obtaining this).  A special thank you must go to the Murray family who kindly let us take over their whole steading for the morning!!
FEBRUARY 2008
Sun 03 Feb Club Ride	Thank you to Sarah Harrison and her helpers, Jackie Price and Jackie Brown, for taking this ride.  19 riders followed the tracks and roads down to Jedfoot and up the Roman roads and back via the Crailing Hall road.  Great to see all those hi-viz vests – 98% of people were wearing them – well done.  Welcome to our new members too – always great to see new faces.
JANUARY 2008
Fri 11 Jan Annual General Meeting	We would like to thank all our committee members and riding club members, new and old, for supporting our events throughout the year.  We have had many events riding and social and been well supported throughout.  Once again we also need to thank all the landowners, sponsors and everyone who lent a helping hand.  Thank you to everyone who donated prizes and special thanks to Borthwick Burns who donated pens, diaries and a lovely necklace!  Many thanks to Karen Redpath who devised an excellent quiz that had all our brains whirring and to Gail Murdoch for the lovely buffet! The turnout was disappointing and we hope to see more of you there next year.  This is where you can voice your opinions and offer ideas and support for future events.