Bhrc Newsletter 2016

BHRC NEWSLETTER 2016

CALENDAR

Monday August 8th Talk by Andrea Watson, Dengie Feed rep

on the horses’ gut

Monday September 12th Talk by Molly Fursman, Equine, Human and Canine Physio

Saturday, October 8th Trip to Horse of the Year Show (SOLD OUT)

Monday, October 10th Talk by Sandy Tebbutt of the Gordano Society

Monday, November 14th Talk by John Mattingley about heavy horses

Monday, December 12th Christmas Party

Sunday, December 18th Tinsel Gathering for mulled wine and mince pies

A NOTE FROM KAREN

Hi guys, I hope you are all well. It definitely feels and looks like autumn whilst I'm sat typing this, those poor ponies out with fly sheets on.

I'm saddened to say that due to work commitments Pippa Langdon has stepped down from the committee and will no longer be doing the newsletter. I would like to thank Pippa for all of the hard work and commitment she gave the club. I would like to wish her luck for the future and we look forward to hearing about your adventures with Treacle.

The next talk is on the 8th August and is being given by Dengie - Harry the gut at the Ship, look forward to seeing you all there. Friends and family are welcome to our meetings but from September I’m afraid we have decided to charge non members £2 entry to talks as many speakers charge for their time or ask for a donation to their favourite charity.

If you have any ideas about talks or visits you would like please let myself or any member of the Committee know. Thank you to the members who e-mailed their views about the future of the club recently.

Fingers crossed for better weather and plenty of riding. Stay safe

Karen x

LAST MEETING: The Quiz

Our July meeting was a Quiz Night, we had a fair turn out, lovely to see you all. I was in a team this time, I'm usually on my own,’Billy no mates’, but this time I was adopted into the ‘Clueless’ team, we were the only team with five members, ‘cheat’ I hear you cry, but hey, it was no advantage, we still came in last. Our quiz master was Jan Whitfield, and what a stirling job she did, it's not easy to set a quiz that keeps the teams interested, not too easy, not too hard, so a big thank you Jan, well done you. Congratulations to the winning team, Elaine, Terri, Cindy and Anne, very well done to you too. Quiz night is always an entertaining evening and we look forward to the next time, don't forget our club nights are open to non members too.
Cheers
Joan X

NEXT MEETING: Harry the Gut

Our next meeting will be a talk by Andrea Watson on the horses’ digestive system.
With help from a model, known as ‘Harry the Gut’ we’ll be guided through every stage of the digestive process from the moment it goes in til it comes out. Andrea will talk about the correct way to feed horses doing various competitions and disciplines from jumping to the happy hacker, or even the retired.
Dengie’s website says this is an exciting, interactive opportunity that allows us to get a better understanding of how what we feed out horses can affect them both inside and out. So come along and find out! From the photo on the right it looks like a good laugh. /
ADVERTS
Did you know that
if you have any horsey stuff to sell you can advertise it for free in this Newsletter? Deadline for the Newsletter is usually the Monday before the monthly meeting. Anything you have for the Newsletter send to Jan
LOCAL EVENTS
Sunday, 7th August
12 noon to 4pm
Charity Family Fun Day
in aid of the Childrens Trust at
Grove Sports Centre, St Marys Grove,
Nailsea BS48 4NQ
Lots of old fashioned races such as egg and spoon, sack race etc
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Sunday, 14th August
from 11am
Charity Fun Dog Show
in aid of local animal charities
’ The Leash of Life’ and ‘Heart’ on the Showfield, Clapton Court Farm, Clevedon Lane, Clapton in Gordano BS20 7RJ
Lots of classes including ‘Catch the Sausage’, the Poshest Trot, Clear Round Agility, Obedience, Best Rescue Dog

EVENTS FURTHER AFIELD Rio Olympics

(Time in Rio is 4 hours behind BST). We get so little equestrian sport on TV, here’s when we can see some. (If times are wrong blame the Radio Times!)

EVENTING

Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th August: Eventing Dressage Team and Individual

BBC Red button 2pm-8pm or online bbc.co.uk/sport

Monday, 8th August: Eventing Cross Country

BBC4 2pm and 6.30pm BBC2 6pm BBC Red button 2pm-8pm and online

Thursday, 9th August: Eventing Show Jumping

BBC1 2pm-3pm BBC2 6pm BBC Red button 2pm-7.25pm and online

DRESSAGE

Wednesday and Thursday, 10th & 11th Grand Prix Dressage Team competition

BBC Red button 2pm-8pm and online

Friday, 12th August: Grand Prix Dressage Individual qualifier and Team Final

BBC 2 6pm BBC Red button 2pm-8.40pm and online

Monday, 15th August: Individual Grand Prix freestyle

BBC 1 4.15pm-6pm BBC Red button 2pm-5.30pm and online

SHOW JUMPING

Sunday, 14th August: Individual show jumping qualification

BBC Red button 2pm-5.40pm and online

Thursday, 16th August: Show Jumping Team Qualifier

BBC Red button 2pm-5.30pm and online

Wednesday, 17th August; Show Jumping Team Final

BBC1 2pm with other sports, BBC Red button 2pm-4.45pm and online

Friday, 19th August: Show Jumping Individual final

BBC1 2pm, 5.30pm BBC Red button 2pm-3.40pm, 5.30pm-6.30pm and online

CLUB LIBRARY

We resurrected the Club Library a couple of years ago.Several of us put in a lot of time sorting out and categorisingall the books (there are over 100 covering many equine topics)and at first there was quitea bit of interest. Sadly over the following year itdwindled to no books being borrowed at all. I eventually felt it was not worth my while getting to meetings early to put the books out and staying later to put them away. So the library hasn't been put out for about a year now.

The Committee have decided that the best option is to sell the books as there doesn’t seem to be a need for the Library anymore. These will be offered to members to buy at Club meetings. Please take a look and if you would like to buy a book or twothere will be an honesty box to put your money in on the table with the books. We suggest a price of 50p for paperbacks & smaller booksand £1.00 for hardbacks& bigger books. All proceeds will go back into Club funds.

Annette xxx

COMMITTEE INFORMATION

Chair / Karen Jarvis /
Vice Chair / Jan Whitfield /
Treasurer / AnnetteColston /
Membership Secretary / Penny Owen /
Committee Members / Joan Adlam /
Angela Symes /
Tina Hamilton / Tina.Hamilton@thornburycommunity services.co.uk
Patsy Meech /

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