Beryl is walking for our ponies!

26 April 2017
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Can you help her feet pay for our ponies feet?  The cost of vets, farrier, stabling & feed for our ponies is something that is increasing year on year.  The farrier’s cost alone is £1,000 p.a.  Our volunteer, Beryl, has decided that she will do a sponsored walk along part of the Shakespeare Way with a […]

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2017 Annual General Meeting

25 April 2017

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday 5th June in the Small Hall, Ettington Community Centre, Rogers Lane, Ettington CV37 7SX commencing at 7.30pm.  This will be followed by refreshments.

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Calling all horse riders

25 April 2017
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Would you like something lovely to do on a Sunday?  Every year Verena, one of our volunteers, helps to organise a cross country ride around the beautiful fields near Admington.  The monies raised go to local charities and in the past we have been lucky enough to receive a donation. The ride is Sunday 7th […]

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We love it when its sunny!

19 April 2017
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Holly on Badger, Sophie on Alfie and Billy on Marco at the end of a lovely ride.  What a bonus to ride around the fields and woods spotting the new lambs.  So lovely when the sun shines!

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Lovely to welcome members from the Lions

19 April 2017
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It was lovely to welcome Anne Turner, President of the Shakespeare Lions and Charles Williams, 2017 Wellesbourne & Shakespeare Lions Raft Race Chair, to the yard.  They really enjoyed meeting with the riders, their parents and our volunteers and experiencing first hand a little of what we do.  The two Lions clubs organise the highly […]

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She did it!!

10 April 2017
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      Well done Bela!  She survived the gruelling mud and Wolf Run course and looked like she enjoyed it too!  We bet it took a few showers to get clean!  Our rider and her brother, Sasha, was cheering her on and waiting for her to come over the finish line with her clothes?! […]

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Congratulations Isabella

8 April 2017
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On her new pony, Cookie, Isabella made a winning debut at a local dressage competition last Sunday.  Cookie obviously made a good impression, as the judge wanted to take him home!

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Spring is sprung at last!

4 April 2017
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Scarlett on Keira, with her team enjoying a ride thru the woods yesterday morning.  Lovely!

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Well done Sophie!

28 March 2017
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Congratulations to Sophie for gaining an Endeavour award today for confidently riding a different horse.  Nothing fazed her as she swapped her usual mount Keira for Alfie and independently rode him for the first time.  Her concentration showed as she trotted around the indoor school through a circle of poles. Well done Sophie.

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Volunteers attend First Aid refresher

16 March 2017
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Updating our First Aid skills was on the agenda with ten of our volunteers attending a course run by 3 men from the Stratford Ambulance Association.  CPR before lunch, strains and sprains, cuts and bruises were all covered.  The slings got us tied up and Karen made a great patient when dealing with suspected fractures.  Serious but […]

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