Latest news from the club
29 October 2021
Dear members, with the arrival of Autumn, we hope you enjoyed the great weather we’ve had in September.
The Members Only Show was a lovely day with lots of great feedback and "thank you's" from those who attended. We were so lucky with the weather, I do think the fact I wore my Wellington boots all day with melting feet, helped the sun stay out!
The In Hand classes had some lively competitors and our judge was very pleased with the standard especially, the best turned out class, how white were some legs. The Ridden wasn’t quite so busy but the judge still had her work cut out. The dressage was well supported for a members only show and riders got to use a very new and fabulous 60x40 arena. Best Overall In Hand went to Ryan Hussey and Woody, Best Overall Ridden went to Kaye Popham and Hennessy.
The Dog show, got a bit lost in translation as it was open to all, members plus their family and friends, basically if you were there with a dog you were welcome to enter. However my old girl Daisy did me proud with a trio of rosettes and plenty chews. Dave did a fabulous job on the bbq keeping everyone, judges included fed. Many Thanks go to Ros and Dave for the use of their facilities.
Area 12 competitions - We were represented by teams at both the Dressage and Show Jumping Area 12 competitions. The SJ team was amazing as they won and only had 3 riders and the Juniors were represented by Abi Clifton who finished a very creditable 5th Rhea has put a full report on the Web site. This meant that both disciplines qualified for the SWWRC held at Hartpury. You can read the results updates from Rhea who is our Area 12 Team organiser to see how they got on.
As a club we are really looking to support juniors at these qualifiers, we have a small handful of juniors in the club who we’d love to get out in teams like the seniors! So if you know of anyone who may be interested do get them to get in touch and make the most of what our membership has to offer.
BKRC Dressage
Our Winter Dressage series is underway you can see the results for the 24 October online and you can enter for the following 3 events in the series - Sunday 28th Nov, Saturday 29th January and Sunday 27th February.
If you’d be interested in doing a Dressage feedback competition (Dressage with Discussion), where you ride a test, the judge then goes through your test sheet with you and you ride the test again, hopefully picking up a few more marks, let us know. It’s a good way to actually get to ask the judge how to get the best marks from your horse and get a rosette for your second test!
Demos & Clinics -
Lessons
Lessons are ongoing (see training timetable), Natalie continues to be popular. Stretcholt dose bump up the cost, and Ros and Dave have kindly said we can use their arena over the winter once a month for lessons at the weekend, Anna House has been booked for these.
Some members don’t have transport and would love to got to lessons and competitions, but just can’t get there. It’s been suggested that we do a Buddy travel help out, if you have space when going somewhere, could you give a member a lift? They in return would be very grateful and show their appreciation, so if you can help out please do, it would really mean a lot to someone without transport.
Club Social evenings
Christmas is looming, we thought it would be nice to get together without any horse in tow! Bev Gore has very kindly agreed to host a social evening with drinks and finger food at her house in Brent Knoll. It’s £5 per person, partners welcome at same cost. There will be a Free Prize draw, your ticket number will go into a draw and 3 prizes will be on offer. The details will be out on the website next month.
AGM
The AGM will be held in January date and venue tbc. We are looking for more committee members to help lighten the load, it’s not too difficult if we can share it with many rather than a few, so if you feel you can help we’d love to have you. We meet once every 4-6 weeks depending on what’s happening and then obviously help as and when at events. Please contact any of the current committee members.
Now is a good time for any friends who are thinking of joining BKRC to join, because if they join anytime from now onwards it includes 2022! So spread the word.
Competition Dates for your Diary
Hope to see you all out somewhere soon.
Hilary
The Members Only Show was a lovely day with lots of great feedback and "thank you's" from those who attended. We were so lucky with the weather, I do think the fact I wore my Wellington boots all day with melting feet, helped the sun stay out!
The In Hand classes had some lively competitors and our judge was very pleased with the standard especially, the best turned out class, how white were some legs. The Ridden wasn’t quite so busy but the judge still had her work cut out. The dressage was well supported for a members only show and riders got to use a very new and fabulous 60x40 arena. Best Overall In Hand went to Ryan Hussey and Woody, Best Overall Ridden went to Kaye Popham and Hennessy.
The Dog show, got a bit lost in translation as it was open to all, members plus their family and friends, basically if you were there with a dog you were welcome to enter. However my old girl Daisy did me proud with a trio of rosettes and plenty chews. Dave did a fabulous job on the bbq keeping everyone, judges included fed. Many Thanks go to Ros and Dave for the use of their facilities.
Area 12 competitions - We were represented by teams at both the Dressage and Show Jumping Area 12 competitions. The SJ team was amazing as they won and only had 3 riders and the Juniors were represented by Abi Clifton who finished a very creditable 5th Rhea has put a full report on the Web site. This meant that both disciplines qualified for the SWWRC held at Hartpury. You can read the results updates from Rhea who is our Area 12 Team organiser to see how they got on.
As a club we are really looking to support juniors at these qualifiers, we have a small handful of juniors in the club who we’d love to get out in teams like the seniors! So if you know of anyone who may be interested do get them to get in touch and make the most of what our membership has to offer.
BKRC Dressage
Our Winter Dressage series is underway you can see the results for the 24 October online and you can enter for the following 3 events in the series - Sunday 28th Nov, Saturday 29th January and Sunday 27th February.
If you’d be interested in doing a Dressage feedback competition (Dressage with Discussion), where you ride a test, the judge then goes through your test sheet with you and you ride the test again, hopefully picking up a few more marks, let us know. It’s a good way to actually get to ask the judge how to get the best marks from your horse and get a rosette for your second test!
Demos & Clinics -
- The Painted horse demo is being re arranged as lots want to go but just couldn’t make the original date, new date tbc.
- A Bitting Clinic with Charlotte Warman has been suggested, if you’d be interested can you get in touch, than if we have enough interest we can arrange something for the dark nights. Charlotte does a great talk and demo.
- We are hoping to arrange a Tack Sale possibly in Brent Knoll Village Hall so keep a look out for more info.
Lessons
Lessons are ongoing (see training timetable), Natalie continues to be popular. Stretcholt dose bump up the cost, and Ros and Dave have kindly said we can use their arena over the winter once a month for lessons at the weekend, Anna House has been booked for these.
Some members don’t have transport and would love to got to lessons and competitions, but just can’t get there. It’s been suggested that we do a Buddy travel help out, if you have space when going somewhere, could you give a member a lift? They in return would be very grateful and show their appreciation, so if you can help out please do, it would really mean a lot to someone without transport.
Club Social evenings
Christmas is looming, we thought it would be nice to get together without any horse in tow! Bev Gore has very kindly agreed to host a social evening with drinks and finger food at her house in Brent Knoll. It’s £5 per person, partners welcome at same cost. There will be a Free Prize draw, your ticket number will go into a draw and 3 prizes will be on offer. The details will be out on the website next month.
AGM
The AGM will be held in January date and venue tbc. We are looking for more committee members to help lighten the load, it’s not too difficult if we can share it with many rather than a few, so if you feel you can help we’d love to have you. We meet once every 4-6 weeks depending on what’s happening and then obviously help as and when at events. Please contact any of the current committee members.
Now is a good time for any friends who are thinking of joining BKRC to join, because if they join anytime from now onwards it includes 2022! So spread the word.
Competition Dates for your Diary
- 14th Nov Area 12 Arena Eventing, Bicton
- 20th Nov Area 12 SJ at KSEC
- 27th Nov Area 12 Dressage at KSEC
- 28th Nov Dressage winter series at Stretcholt
- 10th December Christmas social Brent Knoll
- 29th January Winter dressage series Stretcholt
- 27th Feb Final of the Winter dressage series Stretcholt
Hope to see you all out somewhere soon.
Hilary
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Thank you
Thank you to all who came and supported the Area 12 Dressage at Kings Sedgmoor EC, Saturday 24th July.
We had a good day running to time and the weather being kind to us, no too hot or wet Yeah!
Many thanks to the judges and writers, the stewards and our organising team, who without them the competition couldn’t happen.
** Test sheets and Rosettes **
We have quite a few sheets and rosettes that were unable to be collected, however this coming Saturday (31st) there is Area 12 Show Jumping at KSEC, so we will take left sheets and rosettes there for collection.
If anyone is unable to get their sheets we can post them if you get in touch with Brent Knoll RC. Alternatively, If you are coming to KSEC in the next few weeks we can leave them for you to collect if you let us know, contact us either by email or through our FB page.
Thank you to all who came and supported the Area 12 Dressage at Kings Sedgmoor EC, Saturday 24th July.
We had a good day running to time and the weather being kind to us, no too hot or wet Yeah!
Many thanks to the judges and writers, the stewards and our organising team, who without them the competition couldn’t happen.
** Test sheets and Rosettes **
We have quite a few sheets and rosettes that were unable to be collected, however this coming Saturday (31st) there is Area 12 Show Jumping at KSEC, so we will take left sheets and rosettes there for collection.
If anyone is unable to get their sheets we can post them if you get in touch with Brent Knoll RC. Alternatively, If you are coming to KSEC in the next few weeks we can leave them for you to collect if you let us know, contact us either by email or through our FB page.
BKRC Member's Show Schedule Now Available
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18 July 2021
Back by popular demand, our very own BKRC Members show at Edithmead!
The show will include both in-hand and ridden classes, as well as fancy dress AND dog show classes, along with the dressage and clear round jumping as normal! PLUS once you've finished competing, join us for the post show BBQ All entries taken on the day
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Latest news from the club
3 July 2021
Hi everyone, hope you are all enjoying a little bit more freedom and the lovely weather we have been having and the club has events to report on which is great. Our membership is still steadily increasing, thank you to all those who have joined.
We recently had a team represent Brent Knoll at the Area 12 HT, read the report from Rhea who is our Area 12 Team organiser to see how they got on.
On the 13th June we had Stretch Demo, by Millie Robinson Veterinary Physiotherapist, which was excellent. Millie explained and demonstrated how to do stretches and explained how they worked on different parts of the body not just the part you were stretching, really informative. There were about 14 of us, who afterwards enjoyed a very nice BBQ, excellent burgers cooked by Dave and a catch up on a glorious sunny day, it was so nice to be a bit normal, we are nearly there folks. Thanks to Dave and Ros for hosting and providing the equine models for Millie. Check out Millie on her website Millierobinsonvetphysio.com
Area 12 Show jumping is on 13th July and we are still looking for team members so please contact Rhea if you’re interested, heights are 70cm junior and senior and 80cm seniors.
We are hosting the Area 12 Summer Dressage & Riding Test on 24th July at Kings Sedgmoor EC, so anyone who would like to represent Brent Knoll please let Rhea know ASAP - the schedule has been on the website for a while, and it is a qualifier for the NAF 5 Star National RC Championships at Lincoln and The SWWRC, (South Wales and West of England Riding Clubs) Championships at Hartpury. We will also be needing helpers please, to steward, write collect sheets etc, so if you can do a few hours that would be very much appreciated, we don’t expect you to be there all day, please let Ros know, all helpers will be fed and watered. Vouchers towards club events are available for those doing 4hrs.
On the subject of Vouchers, those that were given out in 2019/2020 will need to be used up by the end of this year, vouchers will now run for 12 months from date of issue, unless Covid says otherwise!
The Dressage series continues, the 2nd one last Saturday as very well attended over 50 entries, with the final one on the 22nd of August. We have some fabulous prizes kindly sponsored by TheraPlate by Bayes to overall points winners which will be presented at the final one.
The Members Only Show is back, it’s at Edithmead, thank you Ros and Dave for hosting, on Sunday 1st August, the schedule will be out shortly and we hope there will be something for everyone, showing, dressage, clear round. Entry fees will be very reasonable, There will also be a Dog Show so your canine friends can hopefully pick up a rosette and Dave will be on BBQ duty again. We have to do Track and Trace, yep boring I know, we need your details in advance please, so let us know if you’re coming along with contact numbers and we are asking you to pay £2 when you let us know, which will then cover the cost of your fabulous burger, if need a veggie one let us know.
We have booked Charlotte Bilson and Natalie Passmore for lessons 12th July and 15th Sept at Stretcholt. We had a few comments that 6pm is too early for some so we will hopefully move it to 6.30 and 7.30. Other lessons are in the pipeline and will be out ASAP.
We have lessons booked with Jonathan Hanson, a dressage rider who moved into the area last year during Covid! He approached the club about teaching, he has some very good results on the BD website, so we thought we’d give him a go, he’s happy to teach flat or jumps, group or individual. It’s going to be at my yard, in Hutton about 5 mins from Weston hospital. Evening lessons- July 8th 15th and 26th. Cost is £22 for a joint lesson of 2, or £30 for an individual 40min lessons. If interested please contact me via email on 07703289129.
Hope to see you all out somewhere soon.
Hilary
We recently had a team represent Brent Knoll at the Area 12 HT, read the report from Rhea who is our Area 12 Team organiser to see how they got on.
On the 13th June we had Stretch Demo, by Millie Robinson Veterinary Physiotherapist, which was excellent. Millie explained and demonstrated how to do stretches and explained how they worked on different parts of the body not just the part you were stretching, really informative. There were about 14 of us, who afterwards enjoyed a very nice BBQ, excellent burgers cooked by Dave and a catch up on a glorious sunny day, it was so nice to be a bit normal, we are nearly there folks. Thanks to Dave and Ros for hosting and providing the equine models for Millie. Check out Millie on her website Millierobinsonvetphysio.com
Area 12 Show jumping is on 13th July and we are still looking for team members so please contact Rhea if you’re interested, heights are 70cm junior and senior and 80cm seniors.
We are hosting the Area 12 Summer Dressage & Riding Test on 24th July at Kings Sedgmoor EC, so anyone who would like to represent Brent Knoll please let Rhea know ASAP - the schedule has been on the website for a while, and it is a qualifier for the NAF 5 Star National RC Championships at Lincoln and The SWWRC, (South Wales and West of England Riding Clubs) Championships at Hartpury. We will also be needing helpers please, to steward, write collect sheets etc, so if you can do a few hours that would be very much appreciated, we don’t expect you to be there all day, please let Ros know, all helpers will be fed and watered. Vouchers towards club events are available for those doing 4hrs.
On the subject of Vouchers, those that were given out in 2019/2020 will need to be used up by the end of this year, vouchers will now run for 12 months from date of issue, unless Covid says otherwise!
The Dressage series continues, the 2nd one last Saturday as very well attended over 50 entries, with the final one on the 22nd of August. We have some fabulous prizes kindly sponsored by TheraPlate by Bayes to overall points winners which will be presented at the final one.
The Members Only Show is back, it’s at Edithmead, thank you Ros and Dave for hosting, on Sunday 1st August, the schedule will be out shortly and we hope there will be something for everyone, showing, dressage, clear round. Entry fees will be very reasonable, There will also be a Dog Show so your canine friends can hopefully pick up a rosette and Dave will be on BBQ duty again. We have to do Track and Trace, yep boring I know, we need your details in advance please, so let us know if you’re coming along with contact numbers and we are asking you to pay £2 when you let us know, which will then cover the cost of your fabulous burger, if need a veggie one let us know.
We have booked Charlotte Bilson and Natalie Passmore for lessons 12th July and 15th Sept at Stretcholt. We had a few comments that 6pm is too early for some so we will hopefully move it to 6.30 and 7.30. Other lessons are in the pipeline and will be out ASAP.
We have lessons booked with Jonathan Hanson, a dressage rider who moved into the area last year during Covid! He approached the club about teaching, he has some very good results on the BD website, so we thought we’d give him a go, he’s happy to teach flat or jumps, group or individual. It’s going to be at my yard, in Hutton about 5 mins from Weston hospital. Evening lessons- July 8th 15th and 26th. Cost is £22 for a joint lesson of 2, or £30 for an individual 40min lessons. If interested please contact me via email on 07703289129.
Hope to see you all out somewhere soon.
Hilary
New committee members and even more
for members in 2021!
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We have a new committee, officially voted on at the AGM in January 2021.
The new committee bring with them lots of energy and great ideas on events, training, activities - and even camp. There is a new package of member benefits exclusive to BKRC members, please take a look. We have a dedicated page on Facebook. Please do head over and like it to keep up to date with all the news. We have a lot to look forward to for 2021 and as ever your support will help us to achieve this. |
A little collage of some of the BKRC fun over the past few years.
** New for lock down **
Following the Government update on 11 May that you can now exercise with ONE member not from your household, we feel that we can now run our BKRC Open online showing show. If it works well for everyone then we may run more.
How does it work?
** IMPORTANT ** YOUR ENTRY
In-Hand Classes
Ridden Classes
Fun Classes
GOOD LUCK! |
How does it work?
** IMPORTANT ** YOUR ENTRY
GOOD LUCK! |
** IMPORTANT NOTICE - BRC and CoronaVirus **
** UPDATE ** 3 July 2020
As lockdown eases, in addition to the previous updates, indoor riding arenas and covered arenas are permitted for use from 4 July.
As lockdown eases, in addition to the previous updates, indoor riding arenas and covered arenas are permitted for use from 4 July.
** UPDATE** 2 June 2020
With the Government announcement allowing up to 6 people to meet from different households as long as they observe social distancing, the BRC has provided a further update to their previous guideance. The key change (for England) is below:
Lessons and Training – Lessons and training may now take place in groups of no more than 6. This number of 6 must include the instructor or any additional organiser. BRC clubs and areas may now organise training activities in-line with this maximum number. The type of activity is not limited, as long as it is appropriately risk assessed. All activities must be for training, social, educational or ‘have a go’ purposes, and may not be competitive at this time.
For full information please see their guidance pdf
With the Government announcement allowing up to 6 people to meet from different households as long as they observe social distancing, the BRC has provided a further update to their previous guideance. The key change (for England) is below:
Lessons and Training – Lessons and training may now take place in groups of no more than 6. This number of 6 must include the instructor or any additional organiser. BRC clubs and areas may now organise training activities in-line with this maximum number. The type of activity is not limited, as long as it is appropriately risk assessed. All activities must be for training, social, educational or ‘have a go’ purposes, and may not be competitive at this time.
For full information please see their guidance pdf
** UPDATE** 13 May 2020
What can I do with my horse under the new rules?
In line with this new Goverment guidance, BRC can now provide all members, clubs and areas with the following updates, effective from today, 13th May 2020. Please note the following updates are BRC’s current interpretation of the most recent government guidance and are subject to change, as and when government advice is updated. The information below is for England Only
- Riding - In England is now encouraged, as long as social distancing and public health, hygiene and bio-security requirements are followed. It should also be noted that riders should consider the risk of their activity, and only partake in activities where it is safe to do so, taking into account both the horse and riders’ capabilities. Riding includes the following details:
- Lessons and Training – Latest government guidance states that you may only exercise in groups of no more than two, unless you are exclusively with members of your household. Therefore, coaches are advised to provide lessons to individuals only, not to groups or household groups, and social distancing must apply. Individuals may now organise their own lessons, but no BRC organised training or clinics are currently permitted. Please see the gov.uk Q&A for further information.
- Hacking – This may be done with members of your own household, or one other individual from another household, as long as social distancing is observed.
- Locations – Any exercise taken must currently be outdoors only.
- Travelling – Travelling both with and without your horse, is now allowed for exercising, training or facility hire. However, travel should not take place across borders into Scotland or Wales, due to their differing travel restrictions. The government do not specify any limits on distance travelled at this time.
- Facility Hire – From today, many facility centres are now able to open for outdoor facility hire, which you can now use.
BRC NAF Five Star National Championships
It is with great disappointment that we announce the cancellation of the above event. We had been hopeful to run the qualifiers and championships, but it has become clear that there is no way to do so whilst maintaining social distancing measures. This would therefore put the safety of staff, volunteers, officials, and competitors at risk, which is of course something that we cannot do. The National Championships is a vast event with approximately 2500 people in attendance across the weekend. It would also be highly unlikely that areas would be able to safely run qualifiers for this throughout July when current measures are highly likely to remain in place for some time. The BRC Advisory Committee have explored numerous options but were unable to find a solution that adhered to government restrictions and was also financially viable to run. We are exploring further online options and will share those with you in due course.
NAF Statement: As long term supporters of British Riding Clubs we would like to take this opportunity to share how disappointed we are that we will not be seeing you all at the NAF Five Star National Championships at Lincoln in 2020. We know just how hard each and every one of you work to qualify and how much amazing support your club gives you at both the qualifiers and the championships themselves. We fully support BRC in their decision for the safety of all of their members and are sure 2021 is going to be an amazing ‘come back’ year, so until then, stay safe, keep in touch, support each other and we will see you in 2021!
NAF Statement: As long term supporters of British Riding Clubs we would like to take this opportunity to share how disappointed we are that we will not be seeing you all at the NAF Five Star National Championships at Lincoln in 2020. We know just how hard each and every one of you work to qualify and how much amazing support your club gives you at both the qualifiers and the championships themselves. We fully support BRC in their decision for the safety of all of their members and are sure 2021 is going to be an amazing ‘come back’ year, so until then, stay safe, keep in touch, support each other and we will see you in 2021!
BRC TopSpec Dressage to Music Championships
It is still our intention to run this event if at all possible. The Dressage to Music is a relatively small event, with around 250 entries split over three days on site. It can also be run with a small number of key officials. We feel that with changes to current processes e.g. scoreboards and presentations, we would be able to run whilst adhering to any social distancing measures that remain in place. This will of course be subject to areas being able to run qualifiers and enough entries being made to make the event viable. We would also need to re-consider the classes on offer as a pairs class for example, may not be a possibility with the social distancing restrictions that we will have to work to.
It is with regret that the quadrille will not be going ahead this year, even if the Dressage to Music Championship is able to run. The teams would need to practice together in close proximity, and this will not be a possibility with the social distancing measures we are that we are abiding by. The committee have therefore made the decision to cancel this competition for this year.
It is with regret that the quadrille will not be going ahead this year, even if the Dressage to Music Championship is able to run. The teams would need to practice together in close proximity, and this will not be a possibility with the social distancing measures we are that we are abiding by. The committee have therefore made the decision to cancel this competition for this year.
Festival of the Horse 2021
The Festival of the Horse Championships has been a loss maker for BRC for some time now. The challenge competition incurs quite considerable costs; about as much as a full one-day-event, and entry fees and numbers at qualifier level simply do not cover these costs. We had hoped to run the challenge in a slightly different format for 2020, along with increased entry fees, to see if this would make the competition more viable. Unfortunately with the increased financial risk for this competition, combined with the fact that it is unlikely that qualifiers for the event will be able to run this autumn as usual, a decision has been made to run the event as a Combined Training Championships in 2021. The same combined training classes will take place, but there will be no challenge classes at the event.
We remain a member-driven organisation and are always keen to hear what our members want with regards to competition opportunities, so we welcome feedback on the challenge classes, and their popularity within your clubs and area.
We remain a member-driven organisation and are always keen to hear what our members want with regards to competition opportunities, so we welcome feedback on the challenge classes, and their popularity within your clubs and area.
BRC Online Competitions
- Online Competitions – BRC organised online ridden competitions can now resume. BRC will be re-starting their leagues with Interdressage once again, for current, ridden dressage tests. If members / clubs / areas wish to also organise or partake in online jumping events, this is permitted as long as the appropriate risk assessments have been carried out that deem it to be a safe activity to resume. However, BRC will not be resuming our official jumping leagues at this time.
- We are aware that British Dressage do not permit their dressage tests to be used for online activities without a license. BRC have therefore re-published the BRC dressage tests that we have used in the past and these are available for free use, to help with running online competitions. The tests can be found on our website, and the scoresheets are on the BHS Cloud for free download and printing. Please feel free to use these resources as required.
- Other BRC Activities – Apart from the online competitions mentioned above, no other BRC activities are currently permitted.
Flu Vaccinations
BRC will continue to enforce the 2020 flu vaccination rules from 1 October 2020, including the six-monthly booster rule. This is to give anyone affected by the Covid-19 lockdown the opportunity to rectify any issues. Anyone competing at a qualifier before 1 October 2020 with an incorrect record will be given a flu vaccination failure form with an instruction to rectify the record. To clarify, if your horse was due its annual booster during the lockdown period when vets were unable to attend, then you will need to restart your vaccinations programme. However, if you had a six-monthly booster since your last annual injection, then you can use this as your new ‘annual’ vaccination, and so would not have to re-start.
17 March 2020 - Following Government advice to minimise social contact and non-essential travel and with further daily updates being provided to help battle CoronaVirus, we have taken the decision to cancelling all BKRC events - clinics, lessons and competitions - scheduled over the immediate weeks. This includes our biting clinic and spring show. BRC has also advised that Regional and National competitions are being cancelled until further notice.
We are sorry to disappoint, but hope you can all understand why we have had to take this course of action. We will advise as more information is made available when these can be re-instated.
We are sorry to disappoint, but hope you can all understand why we have had to take this course of action. We will advise as more information is made available when these can be re-instated.
Bitting Clinic with Charlotte Warman 7 April at 7.30pm
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*** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** BKRC SUNDAY 1 MARCH TEAM SHOW JUMPING COMPETITION CANCELLED |
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26 Feb 2020 - Unfortunately due to low entries and high winds forecast for this weekend we have had to make the decision to cancel this Sunday's Team Show Jumping for health and safety reasons.
We will be contacting all those who have pre-entered to offer a refund. We are very disappointed to have to cancel another competition .... the great British weather!
We will be contacting all those who have pre-entered to offer a refund. We are very disappointed to have to cancel another competition .... the great British weather!
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*** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** BKRC SUNDAY 16 FEB DRESSAGE COMPETITION CANCELLED |
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12 Feb 2020 - Due to the horrendous storms that have been forecast for this weekend we have had to make the decision to cancel this Sunday's dressage for health and safety reasons.
Anyone who has entered can transfer their entries to the next scheduled dressage on 15th March, if you would like to do this, please enter online as usual and add in the comments that you have paid previously. If you would like a refund please email Mel
Very disappointing for us all.... the great British weather!
Anyone who has entered can transfer their entries to the next scheduled dressage on 15th March, if you would like to do this, please enter online as usual and add in the comments that you have paid previously. If you would like a refund please email Mel
Very disappointing for us all.... the great British weather!
Hear what we have planned for 2020! BKRC AGM, AWARDS & SOCIAL EVENING 24 January 2019 at 6:30 PM Ollie's Cafe Bristol Road, Brent Knoll, Somerset TA9 4HJ Food will be served after AGM. Please let Amanda Williams know if you are attending Download your 2020 membership form today! |
2020's BKRC Winners were:Best Dressage Combination:
Emma Pearce and Gamblers Bonanza (66 points) Overall Show Jumping Points: Courtney Chick and Cara Two Trees (28 points) Best Showing Combination: Katie Lloyd and Haw the First SeaLord (128 points) Most successful member (all disciplines): Emma Pearce (189 points) Horse with the most points: Village Rascal (91 points) Pony with the most points: Haw the First Sealord (128 points) |
Important news update from BRC!
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New whip rules - to follow BSJAThere are new whip rules in place from 1 Jan 2020 as BRC follows British Show Jumping and British Racing, restricting the type of whip used in competition. Please view the new rules BEFORE you compete. |
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Area 12 training opportunities
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Dressage Clinic with Katie Bailey
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Caroline Moore Clinic
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Well done to our STARS Champions!
16 November 2019 - BKRC's showing Champions headed to the STARS Southern Showground Addington Manor Equestrian Centre to compete to be crowned the Champion of Champions.
AWESOME Music courtesy of BenSound.com - https://www.bensound.com
Our BKRC Dressage Divas are on a roll
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At the South West and Wales Riding Clubs Championships on 17 August at Hartpury, Kimberley Payne and Marley scored a fantastic 67.69% to come 8th in their section. Ros Burride and Zest were hot on their heels, scoring 67.5% to come 9th in their section. The other two team members Kelly Logan with Fred and Katie Lloyd with SeaLord gave a creditable 62.88% and 62.69% respectively. More details on the Area 12 results page |
19 August 2019 - we have just learnt thatSuperstars Alys Matravers and the gorgeous Fancy Pants received a Wild Card to the Dressage to Music Championship at Bury Farm in 5 weeks. This means Alys has BOTH horses qualified! We wish Alys a speedy recovery - having just given birth! - and all the best luck at the DTM finals! |
BKRC Summer Show and the STARS Leaderboard
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With just one show left to collect points to qualify for the STARS Southern Championship on 16&17 November 2019 at Addington Manor EC, the leaderboard is in hot demand. Download the file to see where you are!
And it's not too late to enter. If you want to be considered for the STARS championship, just fill in a form and send it to the show secretary (or hand it in at the show) with your entry form and we'll add any points you gain from the summer show but also any you may have got from our two earlier shows this year. Can't say fairer than that. DONT FORGET! You must be a BKRC member to qualify. |
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The team qualifications just keep coming!!
BKRC are on fire at the moment as yet ANOTHER team qualification arrived through the post for our Senior Prelim Dressage team who have qualified for the South Wales and West of England Riding Club Championships at Hartpury on 17th August. This event takes the winning teams from qualifiers for areas 9, 12, 15, 18 and 19 competing in Riding Test, Prelim Dressage, Style Jumping and 80cm Show Jumping.
Good luck to our team: Katie Rose Lloyd, Ros Burridge, Emma Pearce and Kelly Logan
Good luck to our team: Katie Rose Lloyd, Ros Burridge, Emma Pearce and Kelly Logan
It's all about the National Championships for Team BKRC!!
For the 3rd year in a row, BKRC's members have qualified for the British Riding Clubs National Championships - in all disciplines - plus Dressage to Music!!!! As a small club we couldn't be more proud of our members. We encourage everyone to have a go at the Area 12 Qualifiers and its lovely to see our members going from strength to strength.
You can read more about their success on the Area 12 results page
You can read more about their success on the Area 12 results page
Horse TrialsLaura Richardson and Sunny Spells won their section at the Bicton qualifier and are off to the National Champs at Barbury in August. Our team came a very credible 3rd at Bicton with Rachael Chick also bringing home individual 6th |
DressageWith a few last minute team changes due to horse illnesses, our team of Dressage superstars each won their classes in the Senior Team Open to secure their place at the National Championships weekend in Lincoln on 31 Aug / 1 Sept |
JumpingNot wanting to be left out, our Senior 70cm Show jump team won the Area 12 team competition, with an impressive 2nd, 3rd and 4th place individually and are also off to the National Championships weekend at Lincoln |
Enter all the BKRC shows online!Following the success of our online Dressage entry form, we have now created an online entry form for every BKRC Club show.
As each show schedule becomes available, you will be able to go to our Online Entry page, select the show you are looking to enter and then fill in the entry form, clicking on all the classes you want to enter. The form gives you the option to elect to pay by BACS, cash, cheque or voucher. |
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Need the schedule? Click to view - Dressage Series Schedule - including Cricklands Qualifiers >>
Enter Online!You can now enter our 31 March Dressage competition online!!
Simply go to the Dressage entry page and fill in the form, then make your entry by BACS. Paying by voucher? No problems, there's an option for that too! |
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28 February 2019 ** DRESSAGE TIMES for 3 MAR NOW AVAILABLE ** Please bring your passport to the secretary. All passports will be checked and horses must have a current vaccination. |
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21 February 2019
** DRESSAGE TIMES for 24 FEB NOW AVAILABLE **
Please bring your passport to the secretary. All passports will be checked and horses must have a current vaccination.
** DRESSAGE TIMES for 24 FEB NOW AVAILABLE **
Please bring your passport to the secretary. All passports will be checked and horses must have a current vaccination.
2 Feb 2019 *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** TOMORROW'S DRESSAGE COMPETITION [3rd Feb] POSTPONED
Unfortunately we have had to postpone our dressage tomorrow due to the weather and frozen arenas. We will move all entries to the new date 24th February and all tests will be the same. Please contact Amanda Williams or Jayne Smith to let us know if you can't make it and we can refund or transfer entries to another date in the series.
Unfortunately we have had to postpone our dressage tomorrow due to the weather and frozen arenas. We will move all entries to the new date 24th February and all tests will be the same. Please contact Amanda Williams or Jayne Smith to let us know if you can't make it and we can refund or transfer entries to another date in the series.
31 January 2019 ** UPDATED TIMES ** BKRC Dressage Times - 3 February 2019 now available >> Click link to view |
26 January 2019 Novice team show jumping 17 February 2019 Schedule now available! >> BKRC members contact Rachael Chick to be involved! |
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BKRC AGM, AWARDS & SOCIAL EVENING 25 January 2019 See full event details >> Download your 2019 membership form today! |
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8 Jan 2019 Dressage Series Schedule - including Cricklands Qualifiers >> For 2 Feb, 3 March and 31 March. Click link to view schedule |
31 Dec 2018 BKRC Novice Team Show Jumping - 19 Jan 2019 Schedule now available! >> Click link to view schedule. For BKRC members if you want to be in a team contact Rachael Chick |
Merry Christmas from BKRC!!
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16 Nov 2018
What a jolly Christmas advent show! Thank you to all who attended the final BKRC show of 2018. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. The classes were well attended and the effort put into the turnout was superb. We were all particularly taken with this wonderful ode to Christmas. Our thanks particularly to the judges and volunteers to whom the event could not run. What better way to wrap up the year! Merry Christmas all.
We look forward to seeing you at our events next year! |
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** Date for your Diary! ** BKRC OPEN CHRISTMAS SHOW Sunday 16 Dec 2018 Stretcholt Equestrian Centre See more details >> |
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2 Nov 2018 Novice team showjumping times for 4 November now available >> If you are unable to view pdf from your phone please go to the Times & results page where you can view as xls. Good luck all! |
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28 Oct 2018 Well done team BKRC for another brilliant result at the intermediate team dressage today. Team 5th and invididual placings too. Julie and Emm got an individual qualification for the Winter Championships. Just fantastic! Congratulations all!. |
8 Oct 2018 BKRC Novice Team Show Jumping - 4 November 2018 Schedule now available! >> Click link to view schedule. For BKRC members if you want to be in a team contact Rachael Chick |
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29 Sept 2018
Well done team. 8th in our first brc quadrille. Very proud x Read how they got on and see the pictures>> |
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9 July 2018 ** Last Call ** Area Dressage Saturday 21st July - Yeovil >> Click link for full information |
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2 Dec 2017
BKRC wow the South West Equine Fair >> Congratulations to Julie Richardson, Gemma King, Anna James and Rachael Fear, who put on an amazing quadrille performance at the South West Equine Fair Click the link to see their amazing performance |
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