Kineton Fun Ride attracts over 200 riders!

18 August 2014
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Jill with Keira at the end! The Kineton Fun Ride held on Sunday 17th August was a great success.  A staggering 226 horses entered, including our RDA ponies Badger, Meg, Keira and Marco ridden by our volunteers Liz, Jas, Jill and Ann.  There were no accidents and the weather was almost perfect.  The horseboxes kept […]

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Volunteers join the RDA Big Picnic at the polo

13 August 2014
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Its not just the riders that have the fun – a group of our volunteers spend a lovely day in June at the RDA Big Picnic and watched the teams competing for the semi-finals of the Cartier Queens Cup at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor.  Some of us were also presented to our President, […]

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Garden concert a huge success!

13 August 2014
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Corks popped, the orchestra commenced and the sun shone!  Our Concert kindly hosted by Graham Appleton of the A440 Chamber Orchestra in Adderbury on Sunday 10th August was an amazing success. After the threat of Hurricane ‘Bertha’ we were unsure whether to cancel.  How pleased we were that it went ahead as the sun came […]

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Riders enjoy new experience – a ‘Mechanical Horse’

13 August 2014
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What an experience some of our Tuesday riders and volunteers had on 29th July when they spent time riding our County Instructor’s fabulous Mechanical Horse.  They were able to watch themselves riding on a television screen whilst feeling the movement of a horse in walk, trot and for the first time for some, canter.  The […]

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Banbury Lions support our Group again!

13 August 2014
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Banbury Lions have organised their annual Charity Fun Ride. This year’s “Ride with the Lions” will take place on Sunday 7th September, again at Broughton Castle, over to Swalcliffe Equestrian Centre & back.  Once again, they have kindly offered to support our Group by splitting their fundraising 50:50 between Stratford RDA and Redwings, as they have done […]

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Riders enjoy lunch on the lawn

13 August 2014
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What a lovely afternoon our adult riders, parents, carers and volunteers had courtesy of Hazel and George on 7th August.  The sun shone, the fruit cup flowed and the lunch was fabulous.  Neil and Chris were presented with a framed photo of them with their RDA National rosettes and Neil had brought his award to […]

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BREAKING NEWS! NEIL IS RDA NATIONAL CHAMPION!

21 July 2014
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Neil Cox one of our adult riders became the RDA National Champion in Level 1 Showjumping at the RDA National Championships at Hartpury College last Saturday.  The RDA National Championships is the biggest event of its kind in the World and was held from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July with competition classes in Showjumping, Countryside Challenge (a […]

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Awards Ceremony 2014

7 July 2014

The 2014 Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 9th September at 4pm in the Indoor School, The Stable Yard, Home Farm, Compton Verney CV35 9HJ.  We look forward to welcoming all our riders and their friends and family, sponsors and supporters to this yearly event.

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Chernobyl’s Children charity visit our Group

3 July 2014
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The Group joined forces with the Chernobyl’s Children charity on Thursday 3rd July and welcomed them to their venue at Home Farm, Compton Verney. The Chernobyl’s Children charity has funded 8 children aged between 8 and 17 to a visit to this area for three weeks.  They are staying with host families whilst undergoing optical, […]

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Another fun & successful Regional Funday 2014 for Stratford Upon Avon Group

3 July 2014
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With shiny coats, clean tack & new, embroidered saddle cloths, Marco, Badger & Kiera looked very smart and received lots of compliments throughout the day. The ponies were kept busy with seven of our riders attending the event, including first-timers Jules, Lewis & Scarlett. Everyone took part in the Handy Pony course, with some high […]

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