Meet your 2018-2019 Committee

Amanda Williams
Contact details:
chairman@bkrc.co.uk
07703 651246

Chairman/Facebook

I have been a member of BKRC for many years, this year I will be the clubs Chairperson, as well as run the dressage competitions and keep Facebook up to date. 

I am a self employed accountant and live in Burnham, with my hubby Rich, two mad cats and a seriously mad dog. I have owned a horse since leaving home at 19 and have had some characters and disasters along the way, but it’s been an experience worth persevering with. My horse, Minstrel, has been with me for a couple of years now and is still quite green, but progressing well with schooling and jumping. We’ve got a lot of hard work to go but he’s a lovely chap and coming on well. He’s certainly got a pop in him and likes to jump the electric fence when he wants to come in. We’ll have a go at a bit of everything but I want to get back to the dressage eventually.

Carol Quantrill
Contact details:
secretary@bkrc.co.uk
members@bkrc.co.uk
07808 740470

Secretary/Membership

I returned to being a member to BKRC a couple of years ago and also joined the committee!!  I have been around horses all my life, I think the bug struck when leaving hospital at 11 days old, I was plonked on a pony for a photo!  I have been exceptionally lucky to have some amazing 4 legged friends over the years, I have represented Mendip Farmers Pony Club at the National Championships in dressage and competed at HOYS in the cob section of Search for a Star.  I have 3 horses  – Hugo, Rupert and Charlie my beloved Exmoor  (or as he is known – my smiley pony).  I compete in dressage and show at County level with Hugo and Rupert.  I have had a number of roles on the committee, but this year will be Club and Member secretary.  Bring on the fun!!!!!!!​

Mel Allen
Contact details:
teams@bkrc.co.uk  (for dressage teams)
training@bkrc.co.uk (for lessons)
07875 058525

Area 12 Dressage Team Manager / Group Lessons

I have been a member for a couple of years and wanted to give something back to the club. I am also on a number of other local committees and organise the Mark Horse Show.

I live in Mark with my  step-son Cam, 2 dogs Wally and Mishka, 10 chickens, a duck, 7 sheep, a peacock, a cat and 5 horses!  It is safe to say – I absolutely LOVE animals!! 

I have been riding all of my life and take huge pleasure in learning new ways of working with horses.  I have two very special ponies, Loz, who was a rescue case, and I am extremely proud of the horse he has become! We regularly compete in dressage and he loves fun rides and a good gallop – but does not jump (ever!)  And then there is Bobert, my newest family member, joining me last September.  We have been taking things slowly and had a lot of fun over the past 6 months, I hope to event Bobert – he loves to jump and gallop. 

I join in with as much as I can, training, clinics, competitions and team Area 12 qualifiers.  I was fortunate to be in the teams representing the club in dressage at the NAF National Championships in Lincoln last September – one of the BEST riding experiences, spent with brilliant people!  BKRC is a fantastic club, I am really looking forward to making more memories with like-minded people.

Ros Burridge
Contact details:
jumping@bkrc.co.uk
07876 211121

Area 12 Jumping Team Manager

I joined the committee mid 2016. Having been a member for a few years, I wanted to put something back into a Club that had given me so much fun.
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I have been lucky enough to have had horses all my life, and competed at various levels and in various disciplines. I gained my BHSAI in 1991 and spent many years teaching for the Pony Club in my spare time. However, horses are purely a hobbie for me now, which I juggle around my full time job as an NFU Mutual insurance agent. I currently have five horses, my homebred horse, Zest, who is on loan to a friend as he has had to retire from competitions due to injury; Scrumpy, a lovely coloured Quantock pony, who is a real character and filling Zest’s shoes as my competition pony; Doris, who is a retired racehorse, who I am hoping to re-school next year but is meantime, enjoying hacking, chilling in the field and learning what it’s like to be a ‘pet’ horse.  And then I have two Quantock yearlings, who came to me at weaning in October 2017 and I have high hopes for in the future. My roll on the committee is to organise our clubs teams for area 12 competitions.

Rachael Chick
Contact details:
teams@bkrc.co.uk
07525 488214

 BKRC Show SJ Team Manager / BKRC Show Sponsorship

I'm have only been a member of the BKRC since 2016. Whilst I have only been with the club a short period, I have achieved so much more than I ever thought I would. Having been part of the BRC National championship TEAMS for; Dressage, which qualified us for Lincoln in September 2017; The 80 ODE, which qualified us for Banbury this August and the 90 showjumping which qualified us for another super year at Lincoln this September. I would never have been able to achieve this or qualify for these without the constant support and encouragement this wonderful club gives, to anyone of any level. I now want to give something back to the club so I have joined as a committee member. My role will be rallying together showjumping teams for our BKRC shows and to gain sponsorship for the up and coming shows next year.
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A little about me! I'm a qualified midwife (who has taken a career break for now) with 2 children, my son Liam and my daughter Courtney. I also have a wonderful husband who is very supportive of everything I do. I have had horses since I was 13 and used to be far braver than I am now! My horse, Flo, who I have owned since 2015, is a glass half full kinda gal! She has given me back my confidence and for-filled my dream of competing BD. Anything else we achieve together is a bonus!  
I hope you all enjoy being a member of this club.

Amanda Holmes
Contact details:
shows@bkrc.co.uk

BKRC Show Jumping Series Show Secretary

Bio to follow

Sarah Herniman
Contact details:
07812 708534

Rosettes

I have been fortunate to have had horses and ponies in my life for about forty years. When I was young I use to take part in local gymkhanas and enjoyed hacking out with my friends. When my Daughter came along, Rachel showed the same passion and love for horses as me. We are both fortunate to have our own horses living at home with us. We enjoy hacking out and fun rides, in 2012 I found Sebastian he is a 17 hand chestnut Irish sports horse who has a laid back attitude to life.

We joined in 2015 years ago and have had great fun so far. I look forward to meeting you all in the year ahead. I hope you share the same attitude as me and the rest of the committee - come along and enjoy it, give it a go.

Kelly Logan 
Contact details:
​07795 564405

Website / Scribe

I moved to Somerset in 2015 and joined BKRC the following year. I was looking for a nice friendly club and one that would let all members join in and enter team events. BKRC were so friendly and I have already had a lot of fun - including a trip to Lincoln to do the National Dressage Champs in 2017.

Perhaps the best thing to come from joining the club, was that I met Ros Burridge and her pony Freddie, who I bought in Jan 2018. He's the best thing ever and I look forward to our journey together.

​The club has been so welcoming that I wanted to help out, so I offered my services to update the website. I also write any required articles / press releases, however, since PR officer sounds very grand for what I actually do, I've just called it - Scribe. 

Looking forward to meeting you all at BKRC shows. 

Laura Richardson
Contact details:
shows@bkrc.co.uk
07738287751 

BKRC Open (Spring and Summer) Show Secretary

I’ve been a member of BKRC for years on and off.  In the early years I enjoyed competing in the Area 12 Show Jumping with my mare, Storm.  But as work commitments became more time consuming, I just had less time with my own horses.  I bred a foal (Sunny Spells) out of my mare.  Sunny is my current horse.  He is 9 years old now but still very green as he’s had on going stifle locking problems.  In 2015 we operated and cut the medial patella ligament and we’ve not looked back, he’s fitter than ever and has been out competing at British Eventing 80.  I’ve had many experiences with horses, from becoming a riding instructor, breaking and training, showing and laying the scent for the drag hunt.  But after working for Caroline Keevil P2P/National Hunt as head girl, my passion is racing!

When I had my children, Rosie, and William, my racing work had to take a back seat, so I re-trained and qualified as a Human and Equine Sports Massage Therapist, which I now do full time alongside running my livery yard.
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Jayne Smith
Contact details:
dressage@bkrc.co.uk
07791 652273

BKRC Winter Dressage Series Show Secretary

Bio to follow

Sarah Tucker
Contact details:
shows@bkrc.co.uk
​07725 040840

BKRC Club Member and Christmas Show Secretary

I have been on the committee for a couple of years now and am Show Secretary.  Most of my life I’ve competed horses. I have a varied background competing at horse of the year show as a junior in showjumping and Prince Philip Cup and having the time of my life for many years in the Pantomine at Olympia and was in the mini major relay 1989 with Michael Whitaker. I was an apprentice flat jockey with Henry Cecil at Newmarket in my younger days before my tendon and ligaments snapped in my wrists. I then had to go back to the drawing board from my good grades at school.  This is my 9th year living in Somerset as I’m originally from Hertfordshire. I have one horse called Olanta who is 22 years old and is a 16.1hh Dutch Warmblood. In her younger days we competed in showjumping, ODE and Hunter Trials – jumping her was the closest you get to flying   We have also competed in TREC and now being a senior she has become a showing veteran superstar and won many titles including going to the Horse of the Year Show.  My horse is my best friend and a cat with 9 lives.  I now also have the most beautiful son, Joe, who loves being around my horse as much as I do.  Together we will be out and about with Ollie this summer and hope to see you all.