| EVENT | DETAILS |
| DEC 09 | |
Sun 13 Dec Pool Party | Excellent day was had at our Pool Party. 19 dookers took the plunge and had a great time. Toys gallore and although the water was a little bit chilly (or so the older ones said...) everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. After an hours swim; a buffet, music and face painting was awaiting to finish off their fun day. Thanks to Wendy for helping out with the painting - you did a splendid job :-) and thanks to Gail for the great buffet as always. Photos. |
| Sun 06 Dec Club Ride | Thank you to Kirsty and Charlly for taking this ride and thank you to Gail for stepping in when Sligo and Hi Fi decided that going backwards and digging their heels in was better than going forwards! 16 riders headed out for a nice walk/trot ride down to Jedfoot and up the Roman Roads and back to Jedburgh via the Crailing Hall road. A good day but with some very heavy showers especially heading back to Jedburgh! Sorry Laura for running over your sweets... :-) |
| OCT 09 | |
| Fri 23 Oct Pub Quiz | Great night again this year. Thank you very much to The Carters Rest for their support, raffle prizes and lovely stovies! No wooden spoons next year as the losing team are getting quite a collection from both this year and last! |
| Sat 02 Oct Club Gymkhana | The gymkhana went ahead on Saturday morning in howling gales with the lovely new "easy carry" show jumps proving impossible to stand up with the gusts of wind so strong they were even blowing people along........however everyone did fantastically well and all had a thoroughly enjoyable day. Thank you to all the judges who did a great job and all the riders (and families) who braved the elements.... Particular thanks to Karen and Doreen who thought they were in the showjumping ring for the rest of their life but never appeared miserable and gave everyone great encouragement - thank you! . One of the best things were the amount of people who turned up on Friday afternoon/evening to set the gymkhana up. It was absolutely brilliant to have so many people there and made it seem easy - thank you VERY much. |
| SEP 09 | |
| Sun 06 Sep Club Ride | 18 riders left in pouring rain wondering why we bother?!!! Anyway, everyone soon forgot the wet conditions and headed off. We went along the Sandy Track and up past Ulston and down towards the Baitens where we turned into an endless sea of stubble fields. Very wet underfoot but all enjoyed lots of canters and some completely flat out gallops (not mentioning any names....). All returned back very wet and muddy but happy. Except poor Rhonda who led Lucky all the way home as she had lost a shoe. Thanks to everyone who did brave the elements, it makes it worthwhile to see happy faces. |
| AUG 09 | |
| Sun 22 Aug Beach Ride | It was a super day, really sunny for a change! Everyone enjoyed themselves, Ellie Meldrum's pony Maggie especially liked the sand which she rolled in twice (with Ellie attached and having to perform an unscheduled dismount!). The only faller was Katy McFadyen who plopped off during a canter along the beach - think her pony Wendy thought it was Red Rum! |
EVENT | DETAILS |
| JUN 09 | |
| Sun 07 June Club Ride | Thank you to Judith for taking this ride for us. Around 16 riders (all wearing hi viz vests - well done) headed through the River Jed and made towards Lanton Woods via the Twitches Baulk. This is the first time I have seen this track dry! Nice canter all the way along (well the back ones did - not sure about them at the front!) Had another canter through the woods then headed down via Sharplaw Road through the Jed once more and home. |
| MAY 09 | |
| Thu 21 May Festival of the Horse | Around 60 riders of all ages from Berwick to Devon took part on this years Festival of The Horse ride. Thank you to John Mabon for kindly leading the ride to Fulton Tower where Billy Gillies once more gave us a very informative and intersting talk. The short ride left The Glebe with the main group then split off at the top of the Castlegate and headed along the side of the golf course towards Lanton Woods. As always Gail made some fantastic refreshments and the muffins were to die for! All riders and their mounts arrived safely back to Jed around 9 pm and headed off home... some horses wishing to stay a bit longer than their owners would have liked! A colouring competition for the wee ones was handed out at the end of the ride and the results and pictures will be updated soon. Photos are available to view right here! Check out Finns Blog too! |
| APR 09 | |
| April Schooling Sessions | Schooling sessions went great with fantastic weather on the Tuesday but freezing on the Wednesday. All ages took part and had great fun. There were a few tumbles but all remounted. It was great to see how much the wee ones have came on. Thank you to Karen for organising these and to Sarah Harrison for her time and expertise. We have booked Sarah again for July. Photos to follow. |
| Sun 12 April Mock Hun | Thank you to the Heard family for organising this successful event. It is very much appreciated and enjoyed by all. It was a great, boiling hot and everyone seemed to have a ball. Best turned out results. |
| Wed 01 Apr Holistic Evening | A good turnout of members and friends attended a holistic evening at Harden Mains near Oxnam. A huge thank you must go to Karen and Thomas Wardrop for providing the venue, a horse and fantastic food and to Leigh Smyth (Essentials for Equilibrium) for giving us a most enjoyable and interesting night. Here is Karen's report of what was involved: "Leigh provided me with a thorough questionnaire beforehand so that she could prepare suitable oils and get some background on my horse, Troy. We were targeting my horse's mud fever so she explained that the oils would treat him holistically but specifically would aid his immune system to enable his skin to heal and hopefully prevent further outbreaks. Essential oils for this type of treatment are self-selected by the horse! This meant offering Troy a bottle at a time and the ones he was keen on were the ones she would use in the treatment. It was amazing to see him enthusiastically trying to almost eat some of the bottles of oil offered to him. The ones he wanted, he was offered in a drop of carrier oil - sunflower and took them from the palm of the hand. He lapped them up using the underside of his tongue, which is more vascular so gets absorbed more quickly. Leigh left me with several oils to give him, aswell as aloe vera gel which I am to mix some oils to and apply topically to his mud fever. 2 weeks later, Troy is still keen on two of the oils, but seems disinterested in the others, thereby indicating he has had enough of their benefits for the moment. His mud fever does seem to be improving." A very interesting evening which gave us all something to think about! |
| MAR 09 | |
| Sun 15 Mar Horsey Bring & Buy Sale | Thank you to Emma for organising this event. It was a very succesful day with many tables spilling outside! Also a big thank you to Gail for yet again baking some fantastic scones, traybakes and truffles. Will have to do again. |
| Sun 01 March Treasure Hunt | Thanks to Billy for being question master. 22 riders took part and the winners were Gaving Lindsay, Sarah Mabon, Georgia Knox and Leah McKinnon. Well done. |
| FEB 09 | |
| Sun 08 Feb Ice Skating | Lots of wee ones turned up for a great days skating! Any pictures please email :-) |
| Sun 01 Feb Club Ride | Thank you to Kirsty for taking this ride. 11 riders went out to Mounthooly up the Roman Road and down Ulston. Nice day but a bit soft underfoot. Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was nice to see a few new faces. |
| JAN 09 | |
| Fri 16 Jan Annual General Meeting | Great to see a better turn out this year. A warm welcome to our new committee members. Thanks to Gail for a great buffet yet again and to Gillian for doing the bingo - great fun! |