MBE for our County Instructor, Ro Pudden

29 June 2012
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Ro first became involved with RDA in the early 1970’s and was one of the co-founders of the Newbury RDA Group. Ro has been the Stratford upon Avon RDA’s County Instructor for nearly 20 years. She was the Trainer for the first Paralympic Dressage Team in Atlanta in 1996. She has been a prominent member […]

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We are one of the chosen charities at ASDA Living, Stratford

29 June 2012

As part of a Community Life Project, ASDA Living on the Maybird Retail Park in Stratford upon Avon have chosen our group to be one of their chosen charities for two months commencing 1st June. So come on all you shoppers, collect your tokens at the till point and post it in our box. Please […]

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Shadow

29 June 2012

Shadow is 13.2hh and 22 years young. He sometimes has a touch of the ‘grumpy old man’, but he always looks after his riders.

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Santander provides funding for a new pony!

29 June 2012
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The Santander Foundation has just notified us that we have been successful in our appeal and been awarded a grant in order to buy a new pony. Fantastic news – we are actively looking for a suitable mount, 15hh cob type, with a willing and gentle nature. Hope it will not take too long!

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Come on all you shoppers!

10 May 2012
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John Lewis store at Solihull has nominated us as one of their charities for the next 3 months. How exciting! Here are Charlotte and Jill at the launch! If you go to Solihull make sure that you go for a drink at The Place to Eat restaurant on the 1st floor of John Lewis. They […]

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Happy hellos and sad goodbyes

10 May 2012

We have sadly said goodbye to our young riders, Angelas and Mathew S. We will miss their happy faces. Maybe we will see them at one of our events soon to catch up. But we say “Hello” to Sean who will start on Tuesday 8th May and Scarlett and Leo who will commence riding on […]

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Our thanks…

10 May 2012

Our thanks go to those who have kindly financially supported us for a further year including the Gravelines Trust and a very kind anonymous donor. We welcome and thank our new sponsors, Shakespeare Lions and continuing sponsors, Sue Blackburn, Anthony Reed, Verena Telling, Diana Garner, Warwick Lions Club and the Phoenix Charity. If you know […]

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Assesment day!

24 April 2012

On 24th April we received a visit from Anona White, our Regional Instructor and Ro Pudden, our County Instructor, who carried out a mandatory assessment of the Group’s venue, activities, paperwork and Pat’s Instruction, which we are pleased to say that we passed with flying colours. Our riders, Matthew, Chris and Neil were assessed by […]

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Our new venue!

8 February 2012
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From the day we moved in at the end of January, when the ponies enjoyed a roll in the field, The Stable Yard, Home Farm has had a good feel about it. The move went well, with volunteers and some parents coming for the ‘Familiarisation’ session. Riding commenced, albeit not without a few ‘satnav’ problems, […]

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A big thank you to Allison Sykes

18 October 2011

Congratulations and a big thank you to Allison Sykes who ran the Great North Run on our behalf and received sponsorship collecting over £450. This was the first time Allison had entered a half marathon and she had been training seen January. She obtained a cracking time of 2 hrs 20 mins. Not only that […]

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