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Kenya here she is!

13 September 2012

Our Volunteer, Gill and the RDA team are on the move. Follow Gill and the team on their trek in the Rift Valley at: http://www.kenyatrek.co.uk/ Gill is also keeping a diary so that she can tell all on her return. Go Gill!! Thanks to all who have sponsored her. If you haven’t and would like to, it’s […]

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Wow! What a Day, What a venue! Go GB Paralympic Equestrian Dressage Team!

5 September 2012

After almost ending up at the wrong venue, as our driver thought we were going to the main Olympic Park, over 40 riders, parents, volunteers and friends from our Group arrived at Greenwich to watch the Dressage. We took to the stand in the blazing sun and sat and admired the fantastic venue. Greenwich Maritime […]

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Welcomed support from ASDA Living

21 August 2012

Lisa and Ben from the ASDA Living store in Stratford visited the stables on Monday 20th August bringing with them some lovely donations. Lisa, the Community Life Champion, presented us with a cheque for £80 from the proceeds of the last 2 month’s token collection which local shoppers have posted in our box and Ben […]

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Summer Camp 2012 – What a Scorcher!

13 August 2012

With the temperature in the high 20 degrees, our riders, Holly, Charlotte, Matthew, Sophia, Olivia, Leo, Arthur and Michael attended our first Summer Camp at Home Farm. They were encouraged to catch Marco, Shadow and Meg and lead them back from the field. Then they groomed and tacked them up ready for riding. This is […]

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Fantastic support from John Lewis Partnership

2 August 2012

Over the past three months Stratford upon Avon RDA have been a nominated charity at the John Lewis store in Solihull. We are pleased to announce that after the members of the public have supported our charity via the posting of green tokens in our charity box, we are due to receive £1021. This generous […]

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Big ‘THANK YOU’s’

31 July 2012

A big ‘THANK YOU’ goes to all who rode the Admington Fun Ride in May whose organisers supported our group for a second year by donating £750 from their profits. We are so pleased that the event was such a success and our RDA volunteers who rode the course said the ride was beautiful and […]

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2012 Awards ceremony a big success!

31 July 2012

For this year’s annual Awards ceremony we decided to hold an Open House and invited our sponsors, friends and family to come and see us ‘in action’. What a busy afternoon it turned out to be! We were joined by members from the Southam and Banbury Lions and the Stratford-Upon-Avon Rotary and many of our […]

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RDA riders selected for ParalympicsGB

31 July 2012

Of the five riders chosen to represent Great Britain, four started their equestrian careers with the support of RDA. Multiple Gold medalist, Lee Pearson is an RDA Honory Life Vice-President and was supported by RDA early in his equestrian career. Sophie Christiansen started riding with RDA for therapy and today trains at South Buckinghamshire RDA. […]

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Another fun & successful Regional Fun Day 2012

30 July 2012

Preparations started the day before, as ponies were groomed, tails washed and tack cleaned. The warm water shower at Home Farm was a real luxury! On Thursday morning Donna, Patsie and Liz loaded Meg, Marco & Shadow onto trailers for the trip to Lowlands. All our riders took part in the new Handy Pony course, […]

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Meg

29 June 2012

Meg is 14.2hh and at 17 is the youngest of our ponies. She has a lovely temperament and is a safe reliable pony who is popular with our riders and helpers.

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