A good proportion of our existing members have already renewed their membership for 2011 and we’re also very happy to welcome three new faces. Two emerge from the junior ranks while the third returns to equestrianism after a 20 year break.
Many of us already know Geraldine Porter, immediately recognisable at any show as she coaxes and cajoles her father, Leo, with colourful language and enormous energy. She’ll be a great addition to the riding ranks of the club and we look forward to seeing her out soon.
Orla Harrison from Ray, Rathmullan, is a similarly youthful member who has learned her equestrian skills in that great riding club nursery, Glenleary Stables. It’s lovely to have another of Mary Finneran’s protogees amongst the ranks.
Finally, at the opposite end of the experience spectrum, Cormac McCormack joins us from Letterkenny. In his earlier days he was an accomplished show jumping rider (he’s also an SJI judge) but hasn’t ridden at all for the past 20 years. His daughter has led him back to horses and he rides at Lenamore on a regular basis. He’ll begin with the club at Intermediate level and see how he finds the return to competitive life.
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