Riders Celebrate their achievements in 2014

22 September 2014
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The Group held its Annual Awards Ceremony on 9th September and were delighted that sponsors and supporters were present to share in its achievements.  The afternoon commenced with a presentation from Stratford District Councillor Chris Mills who handed over a cheque for £3621.  The monies had been raised as part of his fundraising campaign when […]

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Another lovely riding holiday in Wales

22 September 2014
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Pony Tails from Clwyd Special Riding Centre 2014 by our Rider, Jo   Max, Jo, Chris, Neil and myself became re-acquainted with our ponies on Thursday 4th September. We had all ridden them the previous year so we remembered them even if they didn’t remember us. They had summered well on the lush grass of […]

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Charlie helps riders experience cantering!

22 September 2014
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The Monday riders had a first experience of cantering on Charlie the mechanical horse based at our County Instructor’s yard. Each rider took a turn to ride Charlie and watched as they steered across the countryside on a TV screen in front.  Charlie helped us to see whether our rider was in a balanced position […]

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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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