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Last update

03 February 2012

The full Club Rides Omnibus for 2012 .... click here.  

Download Club Rides Summary as of January 2012.... PDF Format

Download Club Rides Omnibus as of January 2012.... PDF Format  

Provisional Dates for 2012 Grampian Rides below - all details to be confirmed.

Ride Updates:  Full details in Rides Omnibus, see link above.

Date

Venue

Details

Organiser

4 March

Loanhead

www.loanheadequestriancentre.com

Quadrille sessions with Viv Law.  By popular request,

due to its huge success last year, Viv Law will attempt to

turn us 'bush riders' into a beautiful choreographed

Quadrille again (and if all goes well again we might reach

the dizzy heights of YouTube fame again!) Don't worry,

you and your horse don't need to be dressage divas and,

while it's a great schooling opportunity for your horse,

the emphasis will be on fun! Each session will be one hour

long and depending on numbers you will be put into a

group of 4 or 6 horses of similar type and ability. You

will work as a ride in a safe environment with a very

experienced instructor. If you fancy dressing up for

the occasion then great and if not then you know that

we don't mind muddy horses. The session will cost no

more than £10 per person and afterwards there will be

cakes and coffee and an opportunity to socialise and

watch the other rides or to go for a hack in the

Loanhead and Hazelhead woods. Please email Carola if

you would like to book a slot.

Carola MacCallum

11 March 

Kirkhill

30 km, Pleasure, Taster

 

25 March

Spyhill,

by Banchory

Pleasure, Taster

Allison Carrington

31 March - 1 April

Training Weekend,

Dores, Highland

www.lochnessriding.co.uk

Bookings are now being taken for the SERC Highland

Training day at Loch Ness Riding. The cost for the

day’s training will be £35 per person and will be on a

first come, first served basis but priority will be given

to Highland branch members. 

Please pay a £10 deposit to confirm your place and

book in with candy@lochnessriding.co.uk

Training will include a private riding lesson, coverage

of stable management topics (bandaging and lunging),

a physio assessment of your horse with Catriona

Goulding, lecture on crewing with Lorna Hogg

(Scottish team Chef d’equipe) and lecture on Sports

Psychology and nutrition with Adam Park-Elliot

(UK sports massage practitioner).

Click here for further details on the Highland website.

Highland Branch

15 April

Drummuir or Greens of Afforsk

to be confirmed

 

22 April

Beach ride, Tahuna

www.tahuna.co.uk

Pleasure

Freya van Midden

6 May

Clashindarroch

50 km, 40 km, 30 km, Pleasure, Taster

Ruth Riddell

20 May

South Drumtochty

30 km, Pleasure, Taster

Lynda Keeler

26-27 May

Eildon

Final Team Viewing Ride

Border Branch

23-24 June

Clatt

80 km, 60 km, 50 km, 30 km, Pleasure, Taster

Quest Series ride

Clive Pollitt &

Joan Austin

15 July

Nine Stanes, by Banchory

60 km, 50 km, 40 km, 30 km, Pleasure, Taster

Veteran Series ride

Allison Carrington

21-22 July

Home International & Celtic Challenge,

Donard, Co. Wicklow

 

ILDRA

4-5 August

Forest of Deer

30 km, Pleasure, Taster

Ruth Riddell

17, 18, 19 August

Scottish Championships,

Kelso Racecourse

 

SERC

16  September

t.b.a

t.b.a.

 

30 September

Spyhill or Cookney

30 km, Pleasure, Taster

 

7 October

Bennachie

Pleasure, Taster

Yvonne Thomson

Ride Entry forms for Grampian rides below.

Download Ride Entry form for SERC Members....      Word Format - PDF Format  

Download Ride Entry form for Day Members....         Word Format - PDF Format

Download Ride Entry form for Pony Club Members.... Word Format - PDF Format

Parental Consent Form (for 8-16 y.o. juniors)....          Word Format - PDF Format

 

For Grampian Rides ONLY, please send entry to address which will be at bottom of form after the AGM.

Closing dates are 2 weeks before ride dates.  Late entries at discretion of Ride Organisers.

Please check postage, especially for 2-day rides and multiple entries.

Grampian Rides Diary for 2011

Date

Venue

Proposed distances

Information

13/03/2011

Loanhead

Quadrille Extravaganza

Organiser: Carola MacCallum

26 &

27/03/2011

Club Training Days

- Loch Tay

SERC members only

SERC

More information - see Ride Omnibus

10/04/2011

Drummuir

30 kms & pleasure

CANCELLED

01/05/2011

Clashindarroch

35 kms CTR

26 kms & 18 kms Pleasure

10 kms Taster

Landranger 37, Grid 428 268

Organisers: Ruth Riddell, Allison Carrington & Joan Austin.

Helpers: Leon & Mary Stelmach, Marlene Ralley, Lucia Peggie, Fiona Fleming, David Clucas, Hazel McLaren,

Yvonne Thomson, Carol Henderson, Carola MacCallum,

Frauke Jurgensen

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

22/05/2011

South Drumtochty

30 kms CTR,

20 kms Pleasure

& 8 kms Taster

Venue beside Drumtochty Castle, Auchenblae.

Ride Organiser: Lynda Keeler

Helpers: Pat Dorward, Marlene Arthur, Rob & Barbara Winmill, Hazel McLaren, Leon & Mary Stelmach,

Yvonne Thomson, Carola MacCallum

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

05/06/2011

Clatt, Huntly

81 kms ER,

51 & 31 kms CTR,

20 kms Pleasure

Veteran Horse Series

Team viewing ride

Landranger 37, Grid ref 539262

Mixture of forestry, tracks and moorland.

Ride Organisers: Joan Austin & Clive Pollitt

Helpers: Janice Thomson, Ruth Riddell, Pat Dorward,

Aileen MacArthur, Marlene Arthur, Judith Barker,

Ruth McMinn, Freya van Midden, Katharina van Midden,

Donna Hemmings, Raynet, Frauke Jurgensen,

Carola MacCallum

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

26/06/2011

Tahuna

17 kms Pleasure & BBQ

100% beach. BBQ.

Due to high tides, this ride will start later than usual.

Ride Organiser: Yvonne Thomson

Helpers: Ruth Riddell, Pat Dorward, Marlene Arthur,

Lynda Keeler, Lorna Hogg, Heather Duncan, Katie Keith,

Carola MacCallum

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

Mon 11/07/11 -

Fri 15/07/11

Young Riders Camp,  Wester Gatherleys

Farm, Perth

Young Riders Camp for

SERC members only.

Organised by SERC YR Group.

Contact: Kirsten Jenkins

15-17/07/2011

Scottish Championships,

Perth

2D 160km, 120km ER > Pl

SERC

More information - see Ride Omnibus

07/08/2011

Nine Stanes,

by Strachan, Banchory

63km, 53km, 33km CTR,

20km pleasure/training

& 12 km Taster class

Grid NO702914

Venue is Knockburn Loch by Strachan.

Ride Organisers: Katie Keith & Allison Carrington

Helpers: Ruth Riddell, Nicky Price, Austen Marr,

Marlene Arthur, Alison Saunders, David Clucas,

Raynet, Norman Taylor, Yvonne Thomson,

Luccia Peggie, Victoria Keith

More information - click here

Results - click here

27-28/08/2011

Forest of Deer

2D80>Pleasure
80 km ER>Pl

Trooper Gold Series

Quest 2day80 Series

Landranger 30, grid ref. 985478 Postcode AB42 8FQ

Ride Organiser: Ruth Riddell

Helpers: Leon Stelmach, Mary Stelmach, Carola

MacCallum, Janice Thomson, Joan Austen, Austin Marr,

Danny Chambers, Imke Mulder, Christina van Midden,

Marlene Arthur, Alison Saunders, Victoria Wheeler,

Raynet, Helen Galley, Sarah Osborne, Lorna Hogg,

Donna Hemmings, Angi Long, Karl Leye, Nicky Price

More information - click here

Photos available on www.belleliesure.com

Results - click here

25/09/2011

Corrachree

60 km, 50 km, 30 km

& pleasure

Ride Organiser: Tony Comerford

Helpers: Allison Carrington, Carola MacCallum, Imke

Mulder, David Clucas, Jeannette Sorrensen, Christina

van Midden, Marlene Arthur, Hiske Mulder, Clare

Findlay, Raynet, Marlene Ralley, Brenda and Roger

Searle, Nicky Price, Richie Dow, Yvonne Thomson

More information - click here

Results - click here

01-02/10/2011

Red Dragon, Wales

Home International

& Celtic Challenge

EGB

16/10/2011

Spyhill

60>pleasure

Landranger 45  Grid 760917

Ride Organisers: Lynda Keeler and

Freya van Midden

Helpers: Pat Dorward, Austen Marr, Marlene Arthur,

Ruth Riddell, Rob Winmill, Christina van Midden,

Katharina van Midden, Karen, Maria, Raynet,

Les Thomson, Ruth McMinn, Yvonne Thomson,

Emma Parvin and Arlene Parvin

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

13/11/2011

Bennachie

Pleasure, limited entries

Landranger 38

Ride Organiser: Ruth McMinn

Helpers: Penny Howard, Carola MacCallum, Judith

Barker, Marlene Arthur, Ruth Riddell, Pam Atkinson,

Mary and Leon Stelmach, Steve McMinn and Sean Mardon.

More information - click here

Results - click here

Photos - click here

Entries for Grampian rides only should be sent to Arlene Parvin at the address on the bottom of our

Ride Entry Form.

________________________________________________________________________________

Making entries:

Postages

There are still s.a.e.’s with the wrong postage, only a few of which are underpaid, HOWEVER some people

ARE PAYING TOO MUCH!  So let's try to explain……

ENVELOPE SIZES

What I used to call “letter size” (A4 folded twice) no longer exists.

1. Letter size now is approx half an inch bigger than A5 (A4 folded once).

It is anything up to 240 x 165 mm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)

Max thickness is 5mm (0.4 inch).  This will limit the number of pages to about 8.

Max weight is 100g – that could be up to about a dozen* sheets.

This is perfectly adequate for most one-day, simple Competitive and Pleasure branch rides.

2. Large Letter size would include flat A4 (no folds).

It is anything larger than “Letter size” and up to 353 x 250 mm (14 x 10 inches)

Max thickness 25mm – ample!

Weight can vary but up to 100g (~12* sheets) will need one Large Letter stamp.

This may be needed for multiple day rides or multiple entries at the same address.

We will always try to get the paperwork in the post within 24 hours of getting the photocopies, but that can

vary.  So, you choose first or second class, but putting extra or double stamps on won’t get the paperwork to

you any quicker.

Hope this helps

* Rough estimation using kitchen scales.

Making Entries

PLEASE, PLEASE try to make your entries by the due date, (ie 14 days before the ride) - they can

be withdrawn without penalty if you can make a good case to the entry secretary – she will not penalise you unduly – but she and the ride organiser do need to know whether anyone is going to turn up otherwise they

are going to a lot of trouble for nothing.  If you are riding on the Sunday a fortnight before and worried whether you will be fit – ‘phone and tell her your entry will be in a day later, or put it in earlier and ask her

to send it back if things go wrong at the ride – it will only cost you a stamp.

 

You are likely to have your entry refused if you are too late in applying or you will find that the ride has

been cancelled due to apparent lack of interest.

 

Late entries may be accepted at no additional cost, but maps and talkrounds will not be sent out, they may

be collected from the caravan on the day.  At the discretion of the rides secretary - persistent offenders

may still be refused.  There is no reason why you may not put in multiple entries for the months ahead. 

Each should have a separate cheque and should you find it necessary to withdraw within the permitted time,

your entry will be cancelled and your cheque destroyed.

Should you ride with another branch of SERC and you wish to grade your horse you should advise your own

branch archivist (pay grading fee with entry fee to branch where ride is held). After any ride outwith

your own branch, a copy of your vet sheet should be sent to your home branch archivist so that she can

record your achievements.