Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen every year at the AGM the Society takes great pride in making Awards that they feel are very deserved to people who have contributed to the Societies benefit.

In addition to these awards the Society also invites applications from Junior Members,of all abilities to apply for a number of Scholarship Bursary awards. These bursaries, to the value of £250, are made towards training costs with a BSPS accredited trainer.

Allapplications submitted, are reviewed and considered for the award. The successful applicants are selected by a committee for the potentialbenefitadditional training would bring to them. The first of this year’s Bursary awards is made to:

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2014AMELIA BULLOCK

BURSARY

A partnership,of which the two halves were bornin 2009 and of just four years later this little girl started riding,as soon as the other half of the partnership was broken-in. They enjoyed hacking around the farmon the leading rein,and joined her local Pony Club. They began showing at local shows and when they won at their first outing they even got a mention in the local paper.

They both enjoyed local shows and continued with Pony Club where the pair proved they could turn a hoof to anything! They won everything, from dressage to gymkhanas, from showing jumping to cross-country.

However her heart was truly in the showing ring and when Mum broke her wrist in the first week of the summer holidays in 2012, they had to go it alone! They have come a long way together and in 2013 they joined the BSPS and made their debut at the Summer Champs.

Supported by both families they had an amazing time, learnt a lot and came home with rosettes of every colour and combination. Their best result together was second in the Tiny Tots First Ridden,

Last year,they again spent a week at the Championships, adding Concours d’Elegance to the long list of classes that they competed in. With one practise in her ‘Princess Dress’, they came second! The Champs had got off to a flying start.

More amazingly, they won and went Reserve Champion in the Novice First Ridden class. Shewore her two sashes andtook her large trophy to show her Grandma the results of their hard work.

They have come a very long way and still have much to improve. Their next goal is one day to try to qualify for HOYS and make both her Grandmas, even more proud!

We hope this Busary Award will help her to achieve those dreams.

Would Amelia Bullock please come forward to accept her Bursary.

The second bursary award is to a ten year old member

MACY DUGDALE – Aged 10 years

At the age of 8 this young jockey started to play around with a friend’s pony competing at local shows with success. Her own first pony was a 9th Birthday present, but she encountered problems pretty much straight away.The pony was much more advanced than her riding capabilities, losing confidence on him. However she was such a determined little girl who really wanted to ride in the show ring. She got back on board, and as time progressed, so did she, from riding on the lunge to riding by herself.At shows the problem was cantering in the ring, but with help, this was overcome. Once this was achieved she has never looked back.

She then went on to compete at TSR, Scottish Horse Show and Equifest, always placed, and even tried later in the season a HOYS qualifier. She was initially pulled in 4th and after her individual show she was placed a credible 6th

Half way through the season she asked could they join BSPS, which they did. She competed at a few area shows and qualified for the Summer Champs. They had never been to anything like The Championships before. It was such an eye opener and a huge learning curve for them. They only went for the dayand loved it,she won her class, made many new friendsand will definitely be staying for the week this year.

She has had to learn to ride a pony who isn't the easiest and come through first ridden classes with no previous experience and do it all in a year whilst learning ring craft. Her enthusiasm, determination and passion for riding has been at the forefront helping her to achieve all her success last season. It was certainly worth all the tears, tantrums and frustrations.

Over the winter she is attending show clinics and lessons in the hope of achieving her goal of qualifying for RIHS and HOYSin 2015. If awarded the Bursary, her promise is to work very hard.

Will Macy Dugdale please come forward and collect her Award

The third busary is presented to:

IONA SCLATER – Aged 11 years

Ayoung lady who really enjoys jumping the WHP courses, and turning her pony out smartly.In 2014 she entered a County show for the first time and at the age of ten she found the track way too big for her even though she only had one fence down.

She admits she really had no idea of what she should be doing, and did not even know how to run the pony up for the judge. She knows she has so much to learn and is hungry to do so.

Her aim if she were to be awarded a Bursary would be to improve her basic riding skills, and receive advice on ring craft and the presentation of her pony to the judge.

Her dream is to compete at the Burghley Gold Cup Event and eventually to qualify for the RIHS and HOYS.

Would Iona Sclater please come forward to collect your award

DAVID GRIFFIN LONG SERVICE AWARD

This gentleman has always been a great sports fan, as a young man he played both football and cricket, playing regularly for his local team. He was always involved in the organisation and administration of these events.

His involvement with horses came about in the early Seventies when he met his future wife in Newmarket. She had just joined Miss Hammond. He being the son of the only non horsey family in the village, however it wasn’t long before he was coerced into helping his in laws to run Sherwood Hall Riding Club.

During that time he always promoted the BSPS, encouraging local shows to affiliate to the Society. He joined BSPS Area 5 in the mid Seventiesbecoming Chairman.He has been associated with the Summer and Winter Championships Shows for over thirty five years, with duties from Security and Stewarding. He was Chief Steward of the Osbourne Ring for many years, always noted for his neat hand-writingand meticulous mark sheets.

For many years he has been heavily involved with the Evening Performances at the Championship Shows. We never give a thought to how the correct pony and rider go in the ring at the correct time. His many hours of unseen work behind the scenes, calming nervous jockeys and co-ordinating the multitude of ponies around the collecting ring entrance, to ensure the safety of riders and the smooth running of the Evening Performances.

He and his wife have helped many Areas over the years, stewarding at The Royal Show, Cherif Championships, Midland Counties Show, to name a few and has been Show Director of the Scottish Horse Show for over 15 years. In more recent years he has moved into Commentating and Call up.

This gentleman truly deserves this presentation in recognition of his long service and dedication to the BSPS.

Would David Griffin please come forward to receive his award.

HENIARTH TROPHY – RIDER 16 YEARS AND UNDER

This trophy is awarded by Richard Miller, at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, for the highest placed rider that is 16 years and under.

This year it is being awarded to Morgan Starkie, aged 13 years who rode, a Dartmoor , Pumphill Bennet, by Wilby Victory out of Pumphill Belladonna and bred by Mr A D C Hinde.

This pony has been a profilic winner this season.

Please come forward to collect your award Morgan Starkie

DAVID NORLANDER – LONG SERVICE

This gentleman started his riding career as a young man, competing successfully, in Working Hunter classes. He was a regular competitor at HOYS on various mounts, King’s Court being one of them.

Whilst competing at Royal Lancashire Show, he met the course builder Paul Billington, who persuaded him to become a course builder, under his guidance.

He purchased his first set of fences from John Hall 30 years ago and has been course building ever since.During this time, he has built courses at the BSPS Winter and Summer Championships Shows, for many years, County Shows all over the country, and many Area shows. During the summer months he is rarely at home and often goes from one show to next, with his jumps carefully stacked on his lorry. In his early course building years his faithful truck was an ex Sally’s Hair and Beauty delivery truck, fondly known by competitors on the circuit, as Sally Scania.

He is a keen follower of the racing circuit, an interest that has followed him from his early equestrian years when he was also a jockey, riding both on the flat and over the sticks. He has hunted with North East Cheshire, where he was Whipper-in and has also hunted with the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, in East Sussex.Whilst he does not get that much riding in nowadays, he is contented with being a Happy Hacker- like so many of us nowadays.

He is always first at the ring, the night before to build and is last out of the ring after all competitors have gone home, to take down. In recognition of over thirty years of building courses for BSPS shows the Society is proud to make this award for Long Service to David Norlander

EMMIE COLLIER – OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT 2014

This year’s outstanding achievement Award is for a member who had a fantastic Summer Championship Show. She won 8 worker classes, 3 champions & 3 reserve champions, with all three of her horses contributing to the tally in equal measure. Hearts on Fire was Champion Open Working Hunter, she won for the England Team, won the Pretty Polly & was 2nd in the Champion of Champions.

Ballymotey Lady Zee Zee won & was Reserve Champion in the desert orchid, Reserve Champion Red division, 2nd overall in the Gold Cup & 3rd in the HOYS.

Drumcong Ffionn was Champion open M&M WHP, Champion Novice WHP, he won & was reserve champion overall Challenge, won the Champion of Champions & the restricted.

Between them her ponies only lowered 1 fence all week across a total of 15 classes!Her results are a testament to the hard work and the dedication she puts into her ponies.

She works full time in Leicestershire as a Chartered Surveyor & can often be found riding at 9pm most days of the week. I know she will be very sad to be out of pony classes this year, as she really has lovedcompeting in Worker classes with the BSPS.

Would Emmie Collier please step forward to receive your Award

MARION THOMAS – EQUESTRIAN PERSONALITY

Our Equestrian Personality this year was born and brought up in Glamorgan, daughter of a farming family. She hunted and did all Pony Club activities from an early age. No distance was too great, to hack to a meet.Point-to-Pointing was the next step and in this she excelled for many years riding fearlessly in meetings all over the country.

Her husband's job took them to Pembrokeshire where she continued race riding becoming District Commissioner of the Pony Club. She instilled in children the same high standards of riding and turn out, whichshe expected of herself. Whilst she could be strict she was very fair and most of all, she made it fun.

She was extremely popular and her instruction was of the highest standard, no sloppiness was tolerated or bolshy Pony Club parents.

Her husband’s promotion took them to Leicestershire where she hunted mostly with the Quorn and rode in the Melton Hunt Ride.They also bred several winners on the Flat.

She was successful showing Hunters and Show Cobs and particularly so, with in-hand Hunters, winning at the Royal, the Great Yorkshire and most of the big Shows.

She is our longest standing member of fifty two years, and is also a highly respected Judge. The depth of her knowledge and experience shows in her Judgement, when judging, she makes a point of offering advice to any competitor that has a problem

Old friends are never forgotten and no distance is too great for her to visit if they are unwell.

It gives me great pleasure to announce this award on behalf of the Society to

Marion Thomas, you truly are a great Equestrian Personality

THE COOPER FAMILY – OUTSTANDING SUPPORT

In the days from the past when you could show 3year old ponies, our Outstanding Support Award winner saw a photo of Holly of Spring in Horse and Hound and said to her husband “I think that’s the one for our daughter.”

They duly contacted Davina Whiteman as they knew her from an Area 1 Teach-in that they had attended. Davina told them it wouldn’t be for sale at any price, but they got Mr Deptford’s number off Davina and rang him. After a long discussion, Mr Deptford said he would want a substantial price for the pony.Her husband, was shocked at the price, and old her so “well that’s the one we want, so get it bought” she replied. Elsie was always sharp and suggested that it was left with Davina so her experienced girls could ride Holly and get her ready for Catherine to sit on a fortnight before the RIHS.

Catherine rode her as a 4yr old at the RIHS. Both Claudia, Kathryn and Carol went on to have many, many successes in the show ring. This tradition then continued with their children, Michael, Myles and Sophia, all of whom have had many, many wins both in pony and horse classes.

This family have sponsored a ring at the BSPS Summer Championships for over 25 years and their support and enthusiasm for the BSPS is fantastic and very much appreciated.

Please come forward The Cooper Family, Claudia, Kathryn, Jake, and Myles, to receive this award with our sincere thanks, for your Outstanding Support of the BSPS.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Cooper Family

PONY PERSONALITY GLENGOOLE BOY

My sister first saw this pony in Ireland where he was bred. He is out of a friends home bred Sec.D mare, by our home bred stallion Bladon Jamboree.She liked him, so over the sea he came. I wasn't quite so sure when I saw this nervous and uncatchable pony. However several months later he was happily being ridden round the farm.

His first competitive jockey was great niece Zoe Love, who was very small on him.it took a while for them to get going he was so forward going with an enormous jump, which Zoe soon discovered, she nearly had a career change to flying. When they did eventually get their act together they won all the major novice titles including BSPS Winter and Summer championships. They successfully made the transition to open workers, regularly being placed at the RIHS and HOYS.

When Zoe was out of the class Lizzie Smith rode him for a while competing in SHP classes to, again qualifying for RIHS and HOYS.

Zoe's sister Georgia had three fantastic seasons on him, with great success in WHP classes, winning Champion of Champions, The Gold Cup and second in the Desert Orchid. They too where regularly placed at the RIHS and HOYS.The pair also show jumped and represented the Meynelll Pony Club in the show jumping teams and the Inter Hunt Relay, where they jumped six rounds at speed, nearly giving me a heart attack, as this was barely a week before the RI.

He loves hunting and with Georgia was often out, at the front, of course with the Meynelll and South Staffs Hunt. Unfortunately Georgia out grew him. Was this the time to retire him from the show ring?

No, along came Lucy Robinson, cousin to my son's wife, just to keep it in the family.He and Lucy have, once again had some brilliant WHP results over the last two seasons, remarkable, as they don't get much time together to practice, because of Lucy's busy eventing schedule. This partnership hasalso been placed at both the RIHS and HOYS. This year she added The Desert Orchid, Blue Riband Championship. The Gold cup and The White Company Sports Pony championship,held at The Burley Horse Trials. And he still does what he loves best, hunting.

Glengoole Boy is his name. Glengoole South is the village in Ireland where he was born. It is not Glengoogle as he has so often been called.

Boy is now 19 and has definitely retired from the show ring. He has always been my hack and is the perfect escort for small children on lead rein. The question now is what shall we do with him now? Answers please,on a postcard to Sue Nicklin.

Our pony personality goes to Glengoole Boy.