Warwickshire News

Helen Farrell Memorial Fun Ride and TREC Taster – 26 June 2011

Over 40 riders enjoyed a fun ride with TREC obstacles on route at Grendon Equestrian Centre near Atherstone on 26th June 2011.  The sun shone all day and the riders took full advantage of the water obstacle on route to cool their horses (and, in some cases, themselves!) in the hot weather. 
The route took riders through open farmland and made use of the excellent TROT routes, setting out from the Grendon Equestrian Centre, as they followed the route set by Anna Weston and Sam Courtnell.  Some riders took the opportunity to practice their route copying and orienteering skills, while others found their way in traditional fun ride style by following the markers on the ground. 

A range of PTV obstacles was available on the route, including both terrain obstacles such as a water crossing and more specialised obstacles such as S bend and low branches.  Most riders took the chance to have a go at these and enjoyed developing their skills at this phase. 

The event was run in memory of Helen Farrell, a former member of the BHS Warwickshire County Committee. The profit made from the event was split jointly between Central TREC Group and BHS Warwickshire, and Central TREC Group are looking forward to running more events with BHS Warwickshire in future. 
It looks likely that this event will be run again next year, so it is hoped that riders will come and enjoy a ride around this lovely countryside again. 

Chairman's Message - March 2011

The first few months of life after Debbie, the forme r BHS Warwickshire County Chairman, have proved interesting for me in particular and the rest of the committee in general, to say the least. A major problem has been trying to change signatories for the BHS cheques; I get the impression that HSBC bank think we are all master criminals trying to defraud the world at large. The situation has now hopefully been resolved.

The unsung heroes of the welfare team continue to look after the interests of our equine friends and we owe them a huge a huge debt of thanks. They have recently been joined by Katie Macalister, an equine behaviourist and freelance riding instructor. I’m sure she’ll add to an already great team. Keep up the great work and thank you all.

Another area of great achievement has been the TREC sub committee. The events and training they have put on have gone from strength to strength and on the back of this success they are forming a dedicated TREC club to cover the Midlands area. They will, however, continue to serve the BHS and organise TRECs for us. I know the new club will be a great success and I thank them for their efforts on behalf of BHS Warwickshire.

We’ve received interest from two new potential committee members; Rona and Barbara are interested in joining the access team and work at opening up routes in our area. To this end I intend to form an access sub committee to deal with this aspect of our work. Sadly, due to family commitments, we’ve lost Sarah, our Press Officer. May I thank her for her past efforts. This, of course, means that this vital post needs filling. Anybody with a journalistic bent, please apply here, otherwise I may be forced to encourage people with my shotgun and dog!! Not a pretty prospect.

Enough of my rantings, except to say a huge thank you to those giving their time and support so willingly in the name of BHS Warwickshire and here’s to a great summers riding.

Phil Nichols
BHS Warwickshire County Chairman

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