Our club has always been absolutely blessed with a membership who can pull together in the club harness, with the result that our AGMs have traditionally been an excuse for a good night out, rather than an event to be dreaded or avoided. As with any club, there are those who join and for one reason or another are unable to take part in club life as much as they originally intended, but a solid core of members, both mounted and unmounted made the year a good one and the ensuing AGM was highly enjoyable. The only significant change in the steering committee was that Suzanne stood down as both show secretary and club prize buyer after a number of years in both roles. Suzanne’s dedication to the job of show secretary, and determination to do a professional job, has left her successor, Jennie Peoples, with big shoes to fill. Fortunately Jennie has very strong organisational skills, coupled with solid I.T skills, and will no doubt master the task in jig-time (with a guiding hand from Suzanne when needed). Suzanne can now enjoy her two geldings and get stuck into winning some of the prizes that Anna Cathcart will be supplying as part of her new job as club prize buyer.
The all-important annual Club Horse of the Year and Club Member of the Year awards were tightly fought in the ballot box, but in the end a very worthy Suzanne accepted the Club Member award, while the Club Horse was deemed to be Merlin. This same pairing won the awards before and it begs the question “what could they achieve if they combined forces?!”
The attendees at the AGM wrapped up the official business in time to take their pre-booked table for a fantastic meal and a long and sociable evening.
The next AGM on the calender is the North West RC AGM, at 8pm in the GAA hall in Ballybofey, on Monday 11th November. All current members of any of the five Donegal riding clubs are not only welcome to attend but are actively encouraged to.
The West Region of the AIRC will be holding their AGM via Zoom (or possibly Google Meets) at 8.30pm on Friday 15th of November. Club secretary’s will receive the link for the meeting closer to the time, so be sure to get it sent to you so you can join the fun.
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