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21 December
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WHTG
Development Squad
As
many of you are aware, WHTG have five members who are on the Long
List to ride for GB at the World Championships in Portugal in 2012.
These
riders are endeavouring to raise funds to help with the financing of
this trip and the following have been proposed by some of the members.
 Jackie
Bennett is launching a new series of four TREC mugs.
ORDER FORM &
OTHER PHOTOS
These
were first produced to help support the team back in the early part
of 2000. The four mugs are of new designs and have been drawn by two
different artists. The first two mugs should be arriving with Jackie
before Christmas the second two early in the new year. The
costs of the mug will be £6 each or the set of four for
£20. The
mugs are showing the lighter side of TREC. As soon as we have the mugs
pictures of them will be posted onto the web site. Mugs can be
pre ordered from jackie@white-horse-trec.co.uk. The mugs will be distributed
via the club events etc but any funds
raised for the mugs will go to the BHS Development Squad. They will
also be available at Askham Bryan Indoor Event.
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21 December
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White Horse TREC Group Clothing
Are you interested in purchasing either a polo shirt,
sweatshirt or hoodie?
The colour chosen by the committee and some members will
be either red or black. We have samples of the garments and will decide
very soon. They will be under £10.
Please can you let Paula or Denise know if you are interested – photos
will go on the website soon.
Please reply to paula@white-horse-trec.co.uk
or denise@white-horse-trec.co.uk
as soon as possible to let us know your interest. The Club Logo
will be on all the clothing.
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6 November
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Askham Bryan Winter TREC
Results
To all the riders -
thank you for coming and supporting this event at Askham Bryan.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and well done to so many newcomers
- it is great to see you all taking part and despite wobbly knees all
did really well.
Judges - you were
brilliant, without you we couldn't operate so a big thank you.
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23 October
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Trent
Valley
Winter
TREC
Results
Huge thanks to everyone who helped with judging, course building,
running the event and the riders who stayed to dismantle and put away
the course at the end of the afternoon.
Plus the weather
gods for providing warm sunshine instead of snow and ice this time!
Photographs are
available from Dave French:
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18 September
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BRC Endurance Finals
On Sunday 18 September WHTG
sent our first ever team to the BRC Endurance Team Final at Keysoe in
Bedfordshire. There were 11 other clubs who had qualified at
events around the country, with the east of England
strongly represented as well as two teams from Cheshire.
Sarah Thurnell on Brilyn
Bashful Barney, Kirsty Wylde with Iona of Dykes and Gemma Whyles
(Blaze) wore our purple team shirts with pride at the initial trot up
in the outdoor arena. The team had been reduced to the minimum of
three by niggling horse health problems so everyone had to complete for
us to score at all.
There had been extremely
heavy rain overnight so the organisers were worried the painted course
markers would have been washed away and riders would have to rely on
their map reading skills. Not too much of a concern for the WHTG
team! The weather softened the ground nicely and the route
followed good grassy tracks and very quiet lanes in a pretty flat part
of Bedfordshire before looping back round a former airfield and across
the fields to Keysoe church.
All three ponies went
really well, and our crew (Fiona, Kathy and Nigel) were a
fantastic help before, during and after the ride. We
rode the 33km in 2 hours 56 mins including walking the first and
last kilometres plus crewing stops. Our overall team speed was
11.25kph and heart rates 40 for both Barney and Iona, and 49 for Blaze
earnt us two Grade 1's and a Grade 3. However our chunky
ponies were not a match for the speedy and
super-fit teams (winners had heart rates of 36, 37 and 40 at
13kph!!!). The club from Delamere Forest in Cheshire won for
the second year in succession, receiving £300 from the
sponsors KBIS insurance. WHTG finished 9th overall with 4th place in
the Novice section. But we will be back for more next year,
hopefully with several teams! We were made very welcome and the
event was really well organised by John & Jane Hudson and
EGB - with results processed quickly and prize giving at the
scheduled time! Our ponies finished the day smiling too,
having enjoyed a well deserved roll on the sand arena after the final
vetting was over.
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13 August
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Robin Hood TREC Competition
Overall
results
Team results:
1 - WHTG Wood You Believe It 1111 -
Dave
Rogerson,
Sheila
Rogerson,
Kirsty
Wylde,
Sue
Lee
2 - CTG Denford 1074 -
Rachael Wilmot, Alex Pyper, Hilary Moses, Julie Curling
3 - WHTG Gold & Silver Racers 1032
- Marie Spillane, Alex Wells, Gillian Clarke, Fiona
Thurnell
4 - CTG Ryton Pools 1010 -
Sarah Pollard, Katherine Lougher, Julie Allsop, Julia Jones
5 - Fillies In The Forest 998 -
Leigh
Nixon,
Joy
Bradley,
Janet
Jones,
Jane
O'Shea
6 - WHTG Robinsons Hoodlums 964 -
Terri
Amber,
Elizabeth
Payne,
Alexandra
Robinson,
Liane
Robinson
Apologies that we were not able to confirm the full
results as quickly as the organisers and the competitors would like.
Scoresheets and rosettes will be taken to the GB Championships and can
be collected from the Thurnells from Friday. Others not going to
Dartmoor will receive them by post. Prizes regrettably cannot be
posted due to size and weight, so if you are not going to the GB and
were placed in the first three please contact Sarah to arrange
collection. Unfortunately the professional photographer did not
take any pictures. If anyone did have a camera with them, we
would love to see them and maybe even add them to the website or
Equestrian Life magazine. Please email fiona@white-horse-trec.co.uk
with your pics.
A huge thank you to everyone who made this unique event a success:
The Forestry Commission, Robert & Jane Bealby and all the other
landowners who allowed us access to the lovely riding routes. The
wonderfully patient and kind judges who spent many hours judging and
waiting for riders, and REVCOM for expert radio communications.
Sherwood Pines cafe for the delicious supper and Forest Corner cafe for
making sandwiches at crack of dawn. Marion Hayes for scoring the
whole event twice! Kirsty Wylde for dealing with the numerous
entries so efficiently. Jenni French for fantastic support and
boundless energy. Kate & Simon Haydock and Fiona Thurnell for
PTV course building. Sellors and Pete Hawkins for donating prizes.
Not forgetting all the lovely riders who took time to say how much they
had enjoyed the weekend and being so understanding when things were
less than perfect. We might even consider doing it again next
year - watch this space!
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24 July
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Derbyshire Dales BHS Qualifier
Results
Photos by Bob
Turner
 The
Derbyshire Dales Trec event held at the Holmesfield kennels of the
Barlow Hounds, demanded fitness to tackle the hilly Peak District
terrain with riders treated to spectacular scenery on both the
orienteering and the PTV obstacle course. Organised by White Horse Trec
Group, the competition produced tight finishes and included
qualification for the British Championships.
Sarah Thurnell incurred just 11 penalties on the testing
POR ride to lead the Level 3 individual class on the first day. The
route took in stunning views and took riders across heather moorland,
through woodland, farmland and down to the Chatsworth estate. On day
two successful Pairs competitor Sheila Rogerson, making a rare
appearance as an individual, led the Control of Paces and the PTV
obstacle phase to make up the 59 point deficit to equal Sarah’s score.
However in the tie break Sarah and the popular dun Brilyn Bashful
Barney just got the verdict with a higher total from POR and PTV. Young
rider Ellie Barnard from Bristol was third riding Lulu.
The obstacle course proved tough with points hard to
come by but in Level 4 Anna Weston and Caspian the Wizard were best of
the day scoring 131. Coupled with a polished Control of Paces the
Warwick-based rider had done enough to deny orienteering leader Sue
Lee, who finished runner-up. There was some compensation for Sue as she
had a hand in two other class wins, with her ex-racehorse Vanquisher
heading Level 3 Pairs under Alex Wells, partnering Marie Spillane and
former racer Prince of Love. In addition Sue sold five year old
coloured cob Samson to Nicky Bunting last September and they got a
first win in the Level 2 individual here. Found at Leominster market
the skewbald gelding is learning with every outing and the pair have
already qualified for the British Championships at Dartmoor in
September.
Elaine Dawson and Carolyn Hird-Rogers, recently crowned
English Champions at the White Horse Trec Group ‘Captain Cook’ event,
dominated here to win Level 2 Pairs by a healthy margin from Peta
Ackerley and Sam Swenson. Combining youth and experience, Elaine rode
the 7 year old Fell pony Rupert who started Trec just this season, and
Carolyn rode 20 year old Thoroughbred Great Chivalry. A former winner
of the Kelly Marks Winter Trec series with his owner Lisa Leddicoat,
ex-racer ‘Chivvy’ and Carolyn have quickly gelled and look a great
combination having won two out of three events. Third were Jane
Armstrong Lancaster and Rachel Dobson who topped the PTV for this
section.
Some lovely prizes were awarded thanks to sponsors Silva
Navigation School, www.equestrian-training.com, Teversall Saddlery,
Dash4it and Spillers and a few Barlow hounds even popped over the wall
from exercise to see what all the fun was about before being recalled
to kennels! Congratulations to organiser Terri Amber, TD Jackie Bennett
and all involved for a magnificent event.
Some words from Technical Delegate and general driving
force Jackie Bennett "Huge thanks to everyone who came and helped at
Derbyshire Dales. the judges and helpers were all fantastic and made
the event run like clockwork. Anyone who didn't know it before now can
clearly see what an organisational freak I really am, but I hope it
makes for a easy and enjoyable weekend for the judges and competitors.
We even managed to organise the weather for you!! We were very very
impressed at how well everyone parked and used the limited space we had
in the field. I have to say I think it was the tidiest corralling field
I have ever seen. The one thing we could not have predicted was the
"van rave" taking place very close by. Wouldn't have been so bad if the
music had been half decent and of course as the music got louder then
so did the hounds. Could have been an excellent twist to see how the
competitors coped after a lack of sleep however, on the other hand, a
TD with only 2 hours sleep is not a good thing! Did find out that the
rave happens once a year and the kennels are only told on the night it
is happening! Anyway thanks again to all the competitors, their band of
"willing" friends and family for helping and everyone else for giving
up their time to judge for us. I am having a year off from Derbyshire
Dales next year so unless Terri or someone else wishes to man the fort
for a year we hope to be back in 2013!!"
This event was kindly sponsored by:
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2 July
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King's
Forest ride (Suffolk)
Sarah, Kathy, Karena and Kirsty moved onto the next
stage in their quest to qualify for the BRC Endurance Championships by
visiting East Anglia. Thankfully weather conditions were more
reasonable this time and all four riders and their mounts enjoyed a
fabulous ride, almost entirely off-road, in the beautiful surroundings
of the King's Forest, near Bury St Edmunds. The team made good time and
all completed and passed the vetting at heart rates of 44-48bpm speed
of 11.1kph to obtain Grade 1 and Grade 2 awards thus qualifying to take
part in the final. Teams go forward to the final on a regional basis
determined by the club's results at qualifiers so attempts on
additional events are now on the cards to boost the points total and
guarantee at least one WHTG team at the Endurance Championships which
take place at Keysoe, Bedfordshire in mid-September.
Remember if you are interested in representing the club in Endurance or
any of the other disciplines, including dressage, show-jumping and
Horse Trials, do please contact the relevant Team Manager to express
your interest (see BRC Teams page of WHTG website).
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26 June
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The Lion's Tail ride - Riding Club
Endurance Qualifier
Six enthusiastic WHTG members Nikki Phillips, Sarah
Thurnell, Kathy Whitehead, Kirsty Wilde, Gemma Whyles and Karena Gomez
tackled the Lion's Tail endurance ride over 30 kilometres in
Leicestershire on one of the hottest days of the year. Lesser souls
might have wilted in the extreme temperatures but all the riders and
ponies and horses tried really hard and completed the ride. The hot
weather took its toll with only two of the team of four passing the
final vetting. Congratulations to both individual entries who passed,
Gemma Whyles and the brave Karena Gomez, this being the furthest Karena
and her mount Molly have ridden! This meant no team score this time
(three must pass) so the bold ladies decided to head off to deepest
Suffolk the next weekend to try again! Look out the King's Forest, the
Treccies are coming...
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23 June
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Blidworth TREC
Results
including specials
Photos
 Over sixty riders lined up
for the second running of the
Blidworth BHS TREC competition run by White Horse TREC Group (WHTG) at
Blidworth Equestrian near Mansfield on 18 June. Following last year’s
successful event riders flocked to take part in orienteering, Control
of Paces test and the challenge and excitement of the obstacle course.
White Horse Trec Group member Tina Negri from Brough partnered Amanda
Royle (Belper) to lead throughout, topping all three phases of the
Level 1 section to finish 50 points clear of local riders Sue Duffin
and Aly Gilbert with Jane Baker and Sue Hemshall from Retford
third.
Gillian Hasberry from Leicester rode Tierra AJG to win the Level 1
Individual class ahead of Cat Winter and Phillipa Thornton. Competitors
relished a delightful ride in the Forestry Commission Blidworth woods,
though as usual it’s not always easy to tell ‘the wood from the trees’
and penalties for deviations from the route and time penalties were
well spread through the imaginative course designed by Jenni French and
Sarah Thurnell.
The highly competitive Level 2, over a longer and more taxing
orienteering course of 16 kilometres, was split into Restricted, for
riders not to have completed a BHS TREC Championship, and Open. A
galaxy of current and former Champions took part, with Open Pairs
honours going to Marie Spillane (Ramova)/Alex Wells (Vanquisher), both
on former racehorses, with Jan Oldham and Rachael Wilmot
producing a real battle but having to settle for second,
repeating the 2010 placings. Third were Gill Clark and Fiona Thurnell
from Clowne. Individual open victor Paula Scott from Great Ayton was on
great form on Exmoor mare Ariel to finish ahead of Nottinghamshire
rider Paula Wroath, with Gemma Whyles from Creswell third on
Blaze.
Winner of the Restricted individual was Leigh Nixon from
Northamptonshire riding part Welsh pony Galaxy to score well in all
three phases including the Control of Paces, held on good going in a
large grassy field thanks to the generosity of Blidworth host Kate
Beaumont. Pairs winners were WHTG members Peta Ackerley and Sam Swenson
from Harrogate.
The inviting PTV obstacle course produced some great scores with horses
and riders enjoying the variety of steps, ditch, slopes, bending poles,
low branches, footbridge and rein-back amongst the 16 obstacles.
Leading PTV score was 156 from 20 year old Welsh pony Boston Ballet
Blonde, who delivered a very enthusiastic round with Fiona Thurnell.
Another palomino, Jenni French’s Arab gelding Sovereign, ridden by Lucy
Campion, was best Control of Paces demonstrating slow canter and fast
walk for 52 points. Specials also went to Alexandra Robinson (Junior),
Young Rider Sam Swenson, and Veteran awards to Gillian Hasberry/Paula
Scott. Best racehorse was Ramova and Adults on Ponies were Jane Baker
on Duchess and Rachael Wilmot on Grindle. Sellors of Calverton kindly
donated some lovely prizes for the event.
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15 June
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Upleatham TREC
Results
Photos
This was another great TREC weekend, and I think by all
the thank you emails and texts I have received, it was enjoyed by all
the competitors too.
The weather was kind to us, with only a couple of heavy
showers on Saturday, and we woke to a beautiful sunny day for the CoP
and PTV on Sunday.
The POR on Saturday took in stunning views of the North
York Moors and Roseberry Topping (where I hosted my TREC last year), as
well as ICI industry at Wilton, the Redcar Corus works and the shipping
lanes of the North Sea - all pretty spectacular. The level 3s and 4s
were stretched with riding up Eston Nab, a local landmark renowned for
its history in the ironstone mining of the 19th Century.
On the Sunday we made use of the naturally undulating
landscape, with much of the PTV course on a hillside - isn't that what
TREC is all about?
On a final note, competitions take a lot of organising,
as many of you know, but what I felt made it all worth while was how
everyone offered a helping hand with judging, packing away and of
course for all those who made the time to say thank you either in
person or by email or text.
Thank you to everyone who helped in any way, especially
those who judged, manned a checkpoint or poured me a glass of
wine! Extra special thanks to Peter Bean for giving up his time
to be TD, Katie Morgan for her advice and help, Paula Bean for
photocopying etc, Becky from the BHS, Marion for scoring, Kat Evans who
helped me to ride the routes and Sarah the vet who I think is a friend
for life now.
My biggest thank you must be to Pete Humphrey who gave
us the venue and would love us all to come back! That news was great
and has made all the hard work worthwhile. Keep on TRECing!
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29 April - 1 May
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Trec Camp, Hamley Hagg,
North Yorkshire - 29 April to 2 May 2011
By Paula Bean
Last year as Peter and I were thinking about what
different ways could we raise the profile of Trec and also raise some
funds for the BHS Development Squad 2012 we thought about a Trec Camp.
So after much thought and deliberation we put pen to paper and the plan
grew.
Firstly, we let White Horse Trec Group members have the chance to take
up places then we threw it open via the BHS Website - well what
enthusiasm - people from all over the country sent in forms expressing
interest. In the end we had 52 names on the list with a waiting list
that kept growing. It was a good idea to have the waiting list as
I did use it a few times when people had to drop out for one reason or
another.
The delegates were in groups of ten and basically we tried to match
their abilities - this can be very hard because the top group in Trec
is not always the best all-round group! Our trainers were Anthea
and Mark Kendrick, Helen Wain, Alyse Clancy and Cheryl Wilson who
between them gave instruction on Cross-country, Map Reading, and Ground
Work. In addition Louise Broome, Sports Physio worked with the riders.
All the trainers worked very hard and provided some terrific help. The
evenings were taken up by a talk on animal nutrition from Baileys Horse
Feeds and Rob Davies MRCVS talked about Trec and what one should find
at a vetting which was very informative.
After a busy few days it was time for some relaxation and a meal had
been organised for 70 at the local pub which was a fantastic night with
a quiz and raffle.
Monday was a POR and it was a lovely ride organised by another loyal
Trec person - enjoyed by all.
To sum it all up - hard work, good fun and enjoyed by everyone
(including the organisers). When people ask "when are you doing
another" that means it was all worthwhile - but we didn't
answer!!. Over £1500 is being sent to the BHS Trec Development
Squad fund which is a wonderful total and great testament to the
enthusiasm and efforts of all concerned.
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25 April
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Warsill
TREC Final Results
Final
results sheet
A huge thank you to all who helped to organise, run and
judge this TREC, we couldn't do it without you!
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13 March
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Another Famous WHTG Member!
Kathryn Bean did a simulated TREC for TV in Escrick
Park, York last year and it has now been screened on BBC's Countryfile
- you can see the coverage here
at around 27.15 - it will be available until 20th March 2011.
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13 March
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Askham Bryan Kelly Marks Indoor TREC Winter
Series
This event went very well with bumper entries and a new
challenge - Alpacas!
Askham Bryan is one of the North’s leading Animal
Colleges and were extremely co-operative in allowing us to use their
premises – they also run courses for Animal Management and not just
Equine so it is difficult to judge what is running around in the
various paddocks.
As you could see from the number of people taking part,
it was a busy day, the majority of people had a lovely time and I have
to say it is nice to receive so many emails thanking us for putting it
on – it makes it all the more worthwhile.
Thanks must go to our judges Jackie, Nigel, Denise, Tom,
Ruth, Dave, Marie, Mick, Liane and Peta – without such help we simply
couldn’t operate.
Enjoy the season ahead and keeping checking the White
Horse Website and BHS Site for details of full TREC Competitions.
Peter, Paula and Kathryn
Results
Photos
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10 March
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Brooksby Kelly Marks Indoor TREC Winter
Series
Results
Photos
by
Chantal
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2 February
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Cancelled
Trent
Valley
Kelly
Marks
Winter
Series
Competition
We are really sorry that this event had to be cancelled due to the
severe weather. Unfortunately the venue have no suitable dates
available to reschedule this winter, but the club will run a Winter
Series competition on Sunday 23 October 2011 at Trent Valley
Equestrian, Southwell, Nottinghamshire and we will be delighted to see
you there. No snow this time! Entry cheques from the cancelled event
will be destroyed, so please enter the new event using new schedule and
entry form published in September - don't forget to enter early!
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1 February
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BHS TREC Rules Amendments for 2011
https://www.bhs.org.uk/Riding/BHS_TREC/BHS_TREC_News.aspx
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