The benefit of the North West League to club members in this part of the world was evident once again on Sunday as riders and horses showed marked improvement from the early days of February. Seamus introduced an array of interesting jump props with planks, towers, turrets and other features adding visual excitement to theContinue reading “Penultimate leg of league delivers further great competition”
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This Sunday sees North West League move up a gear
The long wait is nearly over. Sunday brings us Show 4 of the North West League and the good news is that the wait for Show 5, the final, is only one week instead of two. Remember that the plan is to run two novelty classes (P/AP and Intermediate & Above) at both these shows to provideContinue reading “This Sunday sees North West League move up a gear”
Death of Iris Kellett
Many of you may have heard of Iris Kellett’s death last week. For those of you who didn’t know she had died (or maybe didn’t even know that she had lived!), here’s a piece from yesterday’s Irish Times.
Break in Glenveagh ride-out tradition
In a break with tradition, the annual St Patrick’s Day ride-out through Glenveagh National Park is not going ahead this year. James has found it too difficult to comply with Glenveagh’s increasingly strict conditions for allowing the riders through the park. A lot of people have very fond memories of the annual event which endedContinue reading “Break in Glenveagh ride-out tradition”
Sunday falls prey to weather but Friday provides enough entertainment for a month of Sundays
A spell of old-school March weather played havoc with many activities this weekend and the cross country training day at Lenamore on Sunday didn’t escape the axe. Although Lenamore has very free draining ground, at least one of the fields was just too wet to make training feasible. As things turned out, it was aContinue reading “Sunday falls prey to weather but Friday provides enough entertainment for a month of Sundays”
Greetings from the Deep South
Paddy has been keeping an eye on us from his temporary home in Mississippi: keeping up to date with happenings in club, thanks to web site. just returned from mardi gras and having a good time. give my regards to everybody. Paddy g Well, Paddy, we miss you! Enjoy the rest of your timeContinue reading “Greetings from the Deep South”
Team building & obstacle challenge this Friday evening
Francis has booked Gallagher’s arena in Ballybofey for this Friday’s team building & obstacle challenge evening. Francis, a master designer of Le Trec and Treasure Hunt courses, will be joined by guest pony club games expert, Liam Barry. Liam has trained the East Donegal Pony Club games team for the past few years and his daughter,Continue reading “Team building & obstacle challenge this Friday evening”
New product for ‘Tried & Tested’ arrives
Last autumn Damien did the leg work on the first product we received for the Ireland’s Horse & Pony Magazine feature “Tried & Tested”. That time it was an all-purpose Bucas Shamrock cooler which arrived in Millie-size. He was very impressed and gave it a high rating on his feedback sheet. Now we’ve received twoContinue reading “New product for ‘Tried & Tested’ arrives”
An armchair night to remember
The prospect of a talk on “safe towing and transport of horses” doesn’t exactly get the adrenalin flowing but the sober topic did nothing to deter a large troop of members from showing up for our armchair event at Tir na nOg last Friday. The original intention was to have a professional expert on handContinue reading “An armchair night to remember”
Benbulben Spring Show Schedule, Sunday 3 April
The timing of Benbulben’s Spring Show this year should suit everybody who has been competing at the North West League. The show takes place on Sunday 3 April, exactly a week after our league final so horses and riders should be finely tuned. The event always has a large attendance on account of its location bangContinue reading “Benbulben Spring Show Schedule, Sunday 3 April”
Letterkenny Riding Club 