Last night’s club meeting at Tir na nOg had a great attendance and our new Secretary, Orla, kept matters moving along at an impressive clip. The calendar to the end of April was sketched out and will be published here in the next couple of days as soon as a couple of dates and venues have been cross-checked.
The new season kicks off with a series of three Friday night jumping lessons at Templemore, organised by Mick. Rachel will instruct on the first night with Jackie taking over for the remaining two. These lessons will be followed on Friday 4 February by Orla’s armchair show jumping workshop, postponed from December.
The North West League will be the major feature of the early part of the calendar, running for five Sundays on 6 & 20 February, and the 6, 20 & 27 March. A couple of points concerning the format of the league were discussed and agreed at club level and will be addressed now with the other two clubs. Firstly, the preference is for the competition riders to jump first at each height followed by the training riders. This will enable riders to avoid a lengthy delay after their warm up (training) round at a lower height as well as accommodating riders who wish to train at their own grade height rather than a higher level after their competition round. Secondly, we hope to return to the initial year’s rule whereby riders using more than one horse will accumulate points from their highest placed round at any individual leg of the league.
The dates for our inter-club shows as well as for regional events such as the team show jumping qualifier should be determined at the regional meeting which takes place this Wednesday, 12 January. Anybody who wishes to change their grade(s) should contact Orla beforehand.
Anne Chambers gave everybody an update on safety procedures in the club before the meeting was wrapped up and the year was officially underway.
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