Congratulations

Trooper Edward Collins

Congratulations to Edward Collins, former Old Surrey and Burstow Pony Club member, pictured recently at his passing out parade in the Household Cavalry.

Olympia 2011

Congratulations to Sophie Murrell who competed at Olympia on December 15th in the Mini Major Competition. She was paired with Gerco Schroeder from the Netherlands and finished 6^th. Report to follow.

Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award

Congratulations to Rebekka Barrow and Claudia Thornett riding Gracie and Gadwall, who completed four days and three nights on the South Downs and passed their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Expedition, this is the first time that it has been done on horse back they covered up to 30 km per day! The girls were part of a group of seven ages 16 to 18. The examiner made these comments “the girls were members of a team of 14 (14 because I must recognise the contribution to their success by their horses) who undertook a challenging expedition in the South Downs National Park. An expedition on horse back is no easy option, with several hours each day devoted to caring for the horses, in addition to the usual camp craft and journeying. The organisation the team showed was superb. Undertaking a journey each day was not an option they considered and included stops at ancient churches on route. They were always in good spirits when ever I met them even during the day of fog and rain, Rebekka’s patience and map reading skills were appreciated by the team, well done” Bob Rhodes 24/08/11

To Jamie Sterritt and Daisy for coming eighth in the British Riding Clubs' Junior Dressage Final at the Royal Windsor Horse Show on 11 May.  

Congratulations to Frankie Penfold, an Old Surrey Member who has enjoyed a successful winter pony racing culminating with winning the South East hunts pony racing final at Plumpton on Sunday.

"This is my 3rd season pony racing, I started with Pony club race days on a hairy 12.2 hh pony called Jasmin and then went onto a 13.2 hh chestnut mare, Red Cedar who I raced 17 times and gained a lot of experience on, then I was lucky enough to be offered a ride by Mark and Keeley Harrison on their 13.2 hh, Push the Button who I competed in the Charles Owen series and was 3rd at the Cheltenham final last year. This season my rides are Mr. Moneyman who I won on at Plumpton South East final and Beside the Sea who I won two races on at Godstone.

My aim is to race again at the Aintree final and improve on 3rd position of last year."

Congratulations to all who took part in the Hunter Trials at Carewell on Saturday 30 April. Results as follows:

CLASS 1 – THE ROYAL WEDDING STAKES

1st Edward Daniell on Fantasy
2nd= Lucy Martin on Topic
2nd= Sophie Preston on Polo
4th Meghan Taylor on Moomintroll
5th Leah Turner on Gypsy
6th Daniel Vickery on Cookie

CLASS 2 – THE WEDDING CAKE CLASS

1st Charlie Hoyle on Indoux
2nd Elizabeth Matthews on Fizz
3rd Rebecca Woodhouse on Chaos
4th Rebekka Barrow on Delta
5th George Grassly on Hear My Song
6th Megan Bruce-Smythe on Wallace

CLASS 3 – THE “WILLS & KATE” PAIRS

1st Edward Daniell / Ronnie Harding-Good
2nd Sophie Moss / Jack Dale
3rd Rose Underhill / Sophie Preston
4th Charlie Vickery/ Daniel Vickery
5th Ella Jordan / Sarah Hamblin
6th Megan Taylor / Tasmin Hesketh

CLASS 4 – THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE PAIRS

1st Rebekka Barrow / Josh Lane
2nd Megan Brue-Smythe / Heidi Cousins
3rd Rebekka Barrow / Rebecca Woodhouse
4th Natalie Arscott / Eleanor Smale
5th Scarlett Rutter / Aimee Kew

CLASS 5 – THE HONEYMOON STAKES

1st Katie Rennie on Bella
2nd Melissa Cheeseman on Cappuccino
3rd Harriet Keenleyside on Gracie
4th Aimee Kew on Purdy
6th Jade Griffin on Ruby
 

Congratulations to Katie Brookes, Melissa Cheeseman and Charlotte Vickery who took part in the Area Horse & Pony Care Competition on Monday 11th April, which was held at Trenly Park Livery Stables near Canterbury.  There were 30 teams competing and OS&B came 2nd.
 
Thank you to Pam Penstone for training and organising the team and for all her support (and basket of goodies) on the day!
 
Final placings were:

1st East Sussex (834 points)
2nd Old Surrey & Burstow (826 points)
3rd West Kent Sevenoaks - Kestrels (822 points)
 

Congratulations to the Mini Mounted Games Team on their superb win at the Romney Marsh Friendly at Bodiam on the 12th of March. Well done Rosie Moore, Daniel Hayden, Olli Holman and Daniel Vickery - let's hope this is the first of many!

to Jamie Sterritt and Daisy

for qualifying for the Area Dressage competition

to the Dressage teams

The 2010/2011 Dengie Dressage Winter League has begun! OS & B have done exceptionally well at Lord Leconfield Pony Club Branch Show at Sands Farm on October 23^rd , in the Novice section a large class of 23 competitors of a very high standard, Eve Manning was 2^nd and Georgia Davis 3^rd both on 66.8 with only 1 collective mark between them.

 In the Open Claudia Thornett riding Jubilee Sandpiper came 2^nd on 66.9; all three competitors have now qualified for Area at Golden Cross on the 27 February 2011.

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to

Byrony McPake
Becky Woodhouse
Frankie Penfold
Natalie Arscott
Hannah Martin
Shean Haydon
 

for passing their C-Tests this year.....  Well Done!

The Novice Showjumping Team

Well done for qualifying for the Championships!    All the best of luck for the Championships this weekend! 

Mounted Games Senior Team

The Senior Team came 5^th at the Zone Finals on Sunday 3^rd July which means they go to the Championships on 17^th August and get another stab at getting a place for HOYS! Fingers crossed!

to....

Alina Cheeseman

who has been invited to join the England Mounted Games Team!!

'Thank you's

Thank you to everyone who helped on Tuesday at East Bysshe, with preparation, running or  clearing up afterwards ,ensuring that our Dressage Show was such a success. Jennie Bradley