​​What a weekend with great team mates!

After a nightmare in the days before travelling not knowing if we had complete teams, we toddled off to the BRC National Championships in Lincoln with no expectations whatsoever. Little did we know the horses were going hold it together, pull it out of the bag and give us some amazing results.

What is is?
E-riders is an online dressage competition, where each month you can enter one of their selected tests (ranging from Intro to Elementary) simply by submitting a video of you and your horse doing the test at home. You can wear your show gear or your home gear in the video.
 
The E-riders Riding Club League - as the name suggests – is one of the competitions run by E-riders especially for Riding Clubs. Each month members submit their video tests and points are awarded for those people being placed from 1st to 10th, with 10 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 10th place.
 
The points gained by all Horse & Rider combinations from each Riding Club are then added together to give the Club a total points score. Then, at the end of the league (which is a fixed 6 month period - see the E-rider website for more details) a trophy is awarded to the winning Club along with certificates and prizes for the top 3 Clubs.
 
There are prizes for individuals too!
1st Prize for each class is a Treat Tub Voucher from Baileys Horse Feeds. Plus, at the end of the league the individual Horse & Rider combo with the most points will receive goody bags from Baileys Horse Feeds.

What is STARS?
The Show Teams And Riding Stars event is a showing Championship created for Riding Club members to bring a touch of HOYS to the grassroots rider or handler. 

It was established in 2018 for Northern Riding Clubs local to Aintree Equestrian Centre where the Championship Show was held. It was such a success that for 2019 STARS have created a Southern STARS Championships which will be held at Addington, Buckinghamshire and they hope to grow further and roll out even more regional events in future. 

The Event Format
Held over two days [16-17 November 2019] 30 showing classes with members representing over 60 riding clubs will be judged by HOYS star judges looking to select their champion of champions in each category. 

Each champion receives a rug, flowered sash, trophy and super prizes, but its not just the joy of victory for a few individual riders at stake.... Every competitor receives a rosette for qualifying and placing goes to 8th position AND there are awards in EVERY class for Best Rider, Best Groom, Rising Star and Best Turned Out. 
PLUS a chance to be crowned the STARS Supreme Riding Club of the Year with your fellow competing club members which is not just an accolade but also comes with a financial reward! 

How do I qualify?
BKRC will hold 3 shows where STARS points will be awarded:

1. BKRC Open Spring Show - 21 April 2019, Stretcholt Equestrian Centre
2. BKRC Members Only Show - 9th June 2019, Edithmead
3. BKRC Open Summer Show - 11 August 2019, Blackrock Vets, Stretcholt

Your placing in each class will be awarded points. After the third and final BKRC points show, the secretary will collate all the points for each member and will contact the person with the highest points to offer them the chance to represent the club at the Championship.

!!  IMPORTANT  !!

• You MUST be a member of BKRC to compete for STARS. You must be 18 years or older to be a member of Brent Knoll Riding Club. However, to allow juniors still to compete towards STARS we as that either the parent/guardian or owner of the horse/pony become a member. Membership runs from January to January and costs £30 per person

• You MUST fill in a STARS information form and indicate ALL the categories you would wish to try to qualify for.  This needs to be sent to the Show Secretary with your entries as it is the responsibility of the Show Secretary to keep a record of placing and points. 

And once STARS has confirmed your qualification, you'll receive your Golden ticket through the post along with your bridal number and working in time, so your whole STARS experience really goes the extra mile to give you a touch of HOYS.

For more information about STARS please contact Laura on 07738 287751 or email bkrcshowsecretary@gmail.com
Alternatively, please visit www.starschampionships.co.uk 
  

Four riders from Brent Knoll Riding Club - Julie Richardson, Gemma King, Anna James and Kimberley Payne - were aiming for selection as they performed with their horses at Bury Farm Equestrian Centre on 29 September 2018.
 
This national quadrille competition attracted competitors from all over the UK. Each team of four had choreographed a performance to music and dressed both horse and rider in costumes to suit their theme. BKRC had originally chosen to base their performance on the Greatest Showman film, but after Sony put an out and out blanket ‘no’ on any replication of the film, the team had to quickly amend their performance. 
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​Brent Knoll Riding Club Chairman and Choreographer Amanda Williams explained “With just 3 weeks to go to the event it was all systems go as we set about changing the music and costumes. We had costumes from our previous quadrille competition, but we wanted this to be a fresh new performance. We called it the Circle of Life and used different music selections to our last show. Thankfully Universal were quick to approve our use of music and costumes.”

Previously the team won the quadrille competition at the South West Equine Fair in Exeter. 

“Our team put in long hours of practice to make this performance a success. The sudden change of direction was disappointing for them, but they worked hard and committed to the changed performance and gave it their all” said Amanda.

The team’s “Circle of Life” performance received a very creditable 8th place against tough competition.

Catch up with other members, hear the latest club news, see what we have planned for 2019 and find out who will be this years trophy winners! 

Everyone is welcome, members and non members. Food will be served after AGM. Menu to follow. Food contribution £5 per head.

Please let Amanda know if you are bringing a raffle prize!

Keep up to date by registering your interest to attend in our BKRC AGM Facebook Group Event 

Thank you to all those members that helped at the Area 12 Style & Show Jumping competition we hosted on Sunday 8th July at KSEC.  We cannot run these competitions without you, so your support is very much appreciated. 🙂

Records were set with it being the hottest day so far this year, but we still had a great day, which everyone enjoyed, despite the heat. 

Our Club competitors did fantastically … with three teams entered … and three teams winning their classes.

Congratulations to all the team members and our individual entry, Naomi, who came 6th in a very strong class.

Team Show Jumping – 70cm
Mel Richards – Obinstein
Dave Luff – Anthony
Ros Burridge – Hinoki
Emma Mellor – High Palm

Show Jumping – 90cm
Ros Burridge – Thatchers Gold
Kaye Harding – Fleur
Julie Richardson – Hebbens Emmely
Rachael Chick – Cara Two Trees

Individual
Naomi Kaye – Jazz – 6th

In addition, we thought that this year, we’d ‘have a go’ at the style jumping.  Despite the fact none of the team have ever done it before, and really didn’t know what to expect until the day, we excelled ourselves again, with a team win

Style Jumping Team
Mel Richards – Obinstein
Ros Burridge – Hinoki
Kaye Harding – Fleur
Julie Richardson – Hebbens Emmely
 
Lincoln here we come!

AREA DRESSAGE

Anyone wishing to enter the area dressage on Sat 21st July in Yeovil please pm me by lunchtime Wednesday 11th July. Class details below.

Those of you in a qualifying team entries have been made already. Please can you…

* Email me a copy of your horses passport by Thursday 12th lunchtime 
* confirm if you want to be entered for a warm up test – prelim 12 or novice 24 – £12.50 per test.

For anyone wishing to enter the area dressage (to qualify for regional champs at Hartpury – PRELIM tests only) please…

* confirm test, horses name and rider name
* Email me a copy of your horses passport by Thursday 12th lunchtime 
* confirm if you want to be entered for a warm up test – prelim 12 or novice 24 – £12.50 per test.

Please check dressage rules ‘re horses BD points to be sure you are eligible to compete!

Tests available:
Prelim 13
Novice 23
Novice 27
Novice 30
Elementary 45

Any questions please shout!

Mel- mel.allen321@yahoo.co.uk