Although Rachel’s Monday evening novices lesson has been up and running already for several weeks this year, it was Friday 25 January before the more seasoned members of the club shrugged off their seasonal cobwebs and returned to riding club activity. Patricia Warren manhandled a whopping cold and bronchitis to direct nine pupils on aContinue reading “Friday evening activity off to a good start”
Category Archives: Tuition
Phone number mix-up for Francis
Anybody who hasn’t already put two and two together should note that Cormac inadvertently gave Marina’s number in his text for booking jumping lessons. It should of course have been 086 372 2542 for Francis.
Patricia Warren confirmed as instructor for jumping lessons at Cyril’s
Francis has succeeded in collaring Patricia Warren for a couple of Friday evenings as regular weekly activities kick into gear this coming week. Don’t miss this opportunity to get some guidance from a really fine instructor. The classes take place at Cyril’s arena near Milford. Book with Francis on 086 372 2542.
Regular riding club lesson with Kelda, Tuesdays at Templemore
Kelda has been teaching a number of our members amongst her Tuesday evening mixed group at Templemore. Such is the interest that from now on Kelda will run a riding club lesson from 8 to 9pm. It’s a great opportunity for those within reasonable travelling distance and for members whose schedule conflicts with our regular FridayContinue reading “Regular riding club lesson with Kelda, Tuesdays at Templemore”
Excellent tuition as the weather plays ball at Cyril’s
Geraldine’s debut as a riding club instructor was a great success on Friday evening at Cyril’s. Horrible weather during the day gave way to a fine dry evening and two batches of four pupils enjoyed the instruction. Francis, Leo, Tanya and Libby opted for a jumping lesson and Geraldine focussed on shortening and lengthening stridesContinue reading “Excellent tuition as the weather plays ball at Cyril’s”
Tuition with Geraldine Porter, Friday 17 November
The club’s younger generation of instructors has the chance to put us through our paces between now and the end of the year. This Friday evening Geraldine will teach us at Cyril’s arena near Milford. If demand is there, she’ll do both flatwork and jumping sessions, so indicate which you would prefer when you book.Continue reading “Tuition with Geraldine Porter, Friday 17 November”
Horses off the hook as Mary Finneran focuses on the rider
Mary Finneran has chosen to focus her current series of three flatwork lessons on the correctness of the rider, leaving the performance of the horse out of the equation for a little while. Of course, as anyone who benefited from last Friday’s tuition will have noticed, the two go hand in hand. When the riderContinue reading “Horses off the hook as Mary Finneran focuses on the rider”
Flatwork lessons to enhance your competitive chances
How often have we been told that show jumping is 90% about the bits between the jumps? If you want to polish your flatwork in advance of this weekend’s league show jumping — or if you just prefer that your horse retain a firm connection to solid ground when you ride — make the mostContinue reading “Flatwork lessons to enhance your competitive chances”
Pupils benefit from super tuition on Friday evening
Richard Smyth’s jumping lessons on Friday evening proved a great success with seven riders making the journey to Mulvin Stables at Victoria Bridge. Nadine, Tanya, Marina and Enda rode at 7pm while Denis, Anne and Keary took the 8pm slot. Every instructor has his or her own particular style and the emphasis in Richard’s class wasContinue reading “Pupils benefit from super tuition on Friday evening”
Gradual build-up to autumn mini-league begins this week
With under six weeks to the beginning of our new Autumn Mini-League, it’s time to work on both organisation and equitation to ensure that the event is a success. Tuesday evening sees another meeting of the Donegal Division, the collaboration between the three Donegal AIRC clubs. Several of our club members have committed themselves toContinue reading “Gradual build-up to autumn mini-league begins this week”
Letterkenny Riding Club 