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ESRC Programme for 2009 If you are not a member of ESRC but would like to attend a rally to watch or even have a go yourself to see what you think please contact the organizers and we can arrange a guest entry. All dismounted activities can be attended by non members.
January
Sun 4th	New Year Fun with Judi Kemp Find out how good and handy your horse is, and whether your horse can negotiate various obstacles correctly. Venue: Burnhill Green Farm ménage. Session Time: Starts at 10.30 Price: £8 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Judith Gittins on 01902 372473 to book in.
Sun 11th	Karen Oliver rally Building confidence and improving your techniques. Please let Sam know if there is anything in particular you would like to work on when booking in. Karen is getting to be a regular favourite and the school at Wood Farm is a nice riding surface for both flatwork and jumping. Price includes lighting if it gets a bit dark. Venue: Indoor school at Wood Farm, Sedgley. Session Times: Two one hour sessions 3.30pm and 4.30pm. Sessions will be tailored to the group and be either flatwork, polework or jumping, depending on the demand. Price: £14 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Sam on 07769 977579 or by email to sam_boo999@hotmail.co.uk to book in.
Sat 17th	Ticky Fletcher Clinic Ticky is well known to the club, a very experienced and well qualified instructor, and renowned for her ability to get what’s best for you and your horse during these sessions, in a sympathetic and considerate way. Rodbaston indoor school is HUGE and a great place to ride in! Venue: Rodbaston indoor arena. Session Times: 2 sessions 2pm and 3pm. One jumping, one flatwork. Price: £16 per rider to include venue costs. Organizer details: Please contact Jo Clarke on 01902 565811 or email: jochez1@blueyonder.co.uk to book in.
Wed 21st	Polework with Kelly Brookes Kelly is back to challenge us again with her many varied polework exercises. Polework is a great gymnastic exercise for the horses, and helps to develop those equine muscles correctly as well as make schooling fun for you and your horse Venue: Watt Meadow. Session Times: 6.30pm. Price: £10 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Liz Mills on 01902 895975 or 07753 284573
Sat 24th – Sun 25th	Moray Nicholson BHSI clinic for Showjumping or Dressage Moray is well known and a regular visitor to the club, he has an observant, kind and intuitive teaching style, appealing to all levels of rider, and no matter at what level, will get the best from both yourself and your horse. Call Sue if you’d like to chat to someone else in the club who books his lessons. Venue: Wood Farm Sedgley (Sat), Brewood (Sun). Session Times Available from 8.45 each day Price: £40 private, or £25 shared per rider (max 2). Organizer details: Please contact Sue Bullock on 01902 850132 or 07811 055791 to book in.
Tues 27th	Nibbles and Natter! A social evening has been organised for Tuesday 27th January at the Bell Inn, Trysull. This will include a talk about the club and what we do (if you think any of your friends might wonder what a riding club could do for them), a bit about the teams and representing the club, and a bit about our planned events for 2009. We’ll make sure there’s something to eat if you’re hungry and of course there’ll be a bar if you develop a thirst from all that talking!
Sat 31st	Indoor Dressage Competition at Watt Meadow Click here for full details
February
Sat 7th	Melanie Mitchell Clinic Melanie is now a regular feature on our programme so needs little introduction, but to anyone who hasn’t tried one of her clinics yet, she is a British Dressage Registered Pyramid Trainer & Dressage judge. Her down to earth, understandable teaching style and judging experience make her the ideal instructor to improve your flatwork and dressage skills, as well as ensuring your horse works up a sweat! Venue: Brewood. Session Times: 9am-1pm. Price: £34 private, £23 shared session. Organizer details: Please contact Jo Clarke on 01902 565811 or email: jochez1@blueyonder.co.uk to book in.
Wed 11th	Polework with Kelly Brookes Kelly is back to challenge us again with her many varied polework exercises. Polework is a great gymnastic exercise for the horses, and helps to develop those equine muscles correctly as well as make schooling fun for you and your horse Venue: Watt Meadow. Session Times: 6.30pm. Price: £10 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Liz Mills on 01902 895975 or 07753 284573
Sat 14th	Ticky Fletcher rally Ticky is well known to the club, a very experienced and well qualified instructor, and renowned for her ability to get what’s best for you and your horse during these sessions, in a sympathetic and considerate way. Venue: Rodbaston covered outdoor arena. Session Times: 2 sessions 2pm and 3pm. One jumping, one flatwork. Price: £15 per rider to include venue costs. Organizer details: Please contact Jo Clarke on 01902 565811 or email: jochez1@blueyonder.co.uk to book in.
Sun 15th	Judi Kemp Rally Judi is has been helping out with RC schooling for several years so needs no introduction, but she is a very experienced instructor in dressage, showjumping and horse trials, and is a pony club examiner of long standing. If you have a particular theme you would like to work on during the sessions, please let Judith know when you book in. Venue: Burnhill Green Farm ménage. Session Time: 2 sessions, 10 and 11am. Price: £8 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Judith Gittins on 01902 372473 to book in.
Thurs 19th	Winter care through the eyes of the vet SueTaylor will be presenting this insight into a vet’s eye view of how to care for your horse/s throughout the winter months. Venue: Pigot Arms, Pattingham. Session starts 7.30pm. Price £4 per person, at Sue’s request to be donated to a horse charity. Organiser details: Marie Macdonald is organising this, please contact her to let you know if you are coming, so she knows numbers to expect. Her mobile number is 07772 154108.
Sun 22nd	Karen Oliver rally Building confidence and improving your techniques. Please let Sam know if there is anything in particular you would like to work on when booking in. Karen is getting to be a regular favourite and the school at Wood Farm is a nice riding surface for both flatwork and jumping. Price includes lighting if it gets a bit dark. Venue: Indoor school at Wood Farm, Sedgley. Session Times: Two one hour sessions 3.30pm and 4.30pm. Sessions will be tailored to the group and be either flatwork, polework or jumping, depending on the demand. Price: £14 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Sam on 07769 977579 or by email to sam_boo999@hotmail.co.uk to book in.
Sat 28th	Dressage to Music workshop A training day designed to explain how to choose appropriate music for your horse, including editing to match beats per minute, creating a floor plan and timing for your free style test and completing all the necessary paperwork, licence etc. A wide range of music will be provided. Martin Carruthers will be on site with computer to show you how to edit and produce your own C.D at low cost. Demonstrations from horses of different gaits. Hot drinks available. Open to all Area 20 members. A follow up lesson will be arranged for March for those wishing to take this further (please advise Bev if this would be of interest to you). Venue: Tushingham Arena, Whitchurch. Session Time: 1.30-4.30 Price: £5 per person. Organizer details: Please contact Bev Higgs on 01902 333986 to book in.
March
Sun 1st	Area 20: Senior Winter Dressage Qualifier Venue: Hope Equestrian Centre, Wrexham. Please contact Louise Green on 07919 892629, if you’d like to join in, volunteer, come and watch or want to know more about this whole ‘teams’ business!
Thurs 5th	Dismounted event (non ESRC): Vet care for laminitics, farrier and feed talk from D&H Sue Taylor has told us of this evening she has planned along with Theresa Holland, feed specialist from Dodson & Horrell, supported by a local farrier, on the topic of all aspects of care for horses with, or prone to, this debilitating condition. All welcome, open forum afterwards for your questions. Venue: Pattingham Village Hall. Session starts 7.30pm Price: Not sure about this one but likely to be another fixed donation requested. The contact for this is Marie Macdonald, you can contact her on 07772 154108 if you’ve any questions.
Sat 8th	Melanie Mitchell Clinic Melanie is now a regular feature on our programme so needs little introduction, but to anyone who hasn’t tried one of her clinics yet, she is a British Dressage Registered Pyramid Trainer & Dressage judge. Her down to earth, understandable teaching style and judging experience make her the ideal instructor to improve your flatwork and dressage skills, as well as ensuring your horse works up a sweat! Venue: Brewood. Session Times: 9-1. Price: £34 private, £23 shared session. Organizer details: Please contact Jo Clarke on 01902 565811 or email: jochez1@blueyonder.co.uk to book in.
Wed 11th	Polework with Kelly Brookes Kelly is back to challenge us again with her many varied polework exercises. Polework is a great gymnastic exercise for the horses, and helps to develop those equine muscles correctly as well as make schooling fun for you and your horse Venue: Watt Meadow. Session Times: 6.30pm. Price: £10 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Liz Mills on 01902 895975 or 07753 284573.
Sat 14th	Ticky Fletcher Clinic Ticky is well known to the club, a very experienced and well qualified instructor, and renowned for her ability to get what’s best for you and your horse during these sessions, in a sympathetic and considerate way. Venue: Watt Meadow (if sufficient demand a session may be held at Brewood, please advise Jo if this is what you’d prefer). Session Times: 2 sessions 2pm and 3pm. One jumping, one flatwork. Price: £14 per rider to include venue hire. Organizer details: Please contact Jo Clarke on 01902 565811 or email: jochez1@blueyonder.co.uk to book in.
Sun 15th	Judi Kemp Rally Judi is has been helping out with RC schooling for several years so needs no introduction, but she is a very experienced instructor in dressage, showjumping and horse trials, and is a pony club examiner of long standing. If you have a particular theme you would like to work on during the sessions, please let Judith know when you book in. Venue: Burnhill Green Farm ménage. Session Time: 2 sessions, 10 and 11am. Price: £8 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Judith Gittins on 01902 372473 to book in.
Sat 28th	Cross Country with Leigh-Ann Adams One session for newbies to the sport or the nervous (18”), then novice at 2’3” (2’6” max). Bissell wood is a very rider and horse-friendly course and a great way to try cross-country if you’ve always fancied it but want an easy introduction! If interested at a higher level than 2’3”, Chris will happily organise other session/s at Stourport UK Chasers in April. Please let her know if you are interested in doing this. Venue: Bissell Wood Cross Country course Session Times: 2 sessions, 10 and 11am. Price: £16 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Chris Kneller on 01902 656273 to book in.
Sun 29th	Judi Kemp Rally Judi is has been helping out with RC schooling for several years so needs no introduction, but she is a very experienced instructor in dressage, showjumping and horse trials, and is a pony club examiner of long standing. If you have a particular theme you would like to work on during the sessions, please let Judith know when you book in. Venue: Burnhill Green Farm ménage. Session Time: 2 sessions, 10 and 11am. Price: £8 per rider. Organizer details: Please contact Judith Gittins on 01902 372473 to book in.