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23 December
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WHTG Development Squad for 2010
With the forthcoming European
TREC Champioships in Austria less than 9
months away, it is already time for those of you who are interested in
representing Great Britain to register their interest with the BHS (see
attached link). With this in mind, WHTG are trying
to create a
development squad aimed at those members who are interested in
selection for
the junior and senior Team GB. Subsidsed training
events
would be held, focused on improving selection chances and
performance
at competitions. In return, members of the development squad
would help
members at club training events. It is anticipated squad
members would help out and train at a training event and then more
advanced training of the same type would be given to
the development squad
members either on the same weekend or a suitable date.
If you are
interested in joining the development squad please send an e-mail to Daniel@white-horse-trec.co.uk
and don't forget to send off your form to the BHS, the deadline is 8th Jan 2010! http://www.bhs.org.uk/Riding/BHS_TREC/International_competition/European_Championships.aspx
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2 October
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GB TREC Championships on BBC Scotland
Thanks to Cath Cromarty this excerpt from 'Landward' is
on YouTube here
- see who you can spot!
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26/27 September
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Captain Cooks TREC 26/27 September
Report by Paula Scott
I was very disappointed that there were so few entries
but decided to go ahead with an event (a training ride) as many people
had offered to help and much time had gone into route planning and the
PTV. From a personal point of view if I have planned to go to something
I would be annoyed and frustrated if it were cancelled.
A big thank you to those who still came and I don't
think you were disappointed. The weather was fantastic and the views
from the top of the Cooks were to die for on Saturday. I know Peter
Bean was ever so pleased to be a 'ticket' up there. Sunday was used as
training for CoP and PTV.
Next year I will be hosting a main event so watch out.
Lastly I would like to thank all who helped - Peter and Paula Bean,
Katie Morgan for help with the route and my livery yard owner who
helped with the construction of the PTV course.
Hope to see you all next year!
Paula Scott
Chair's
note:
You might have thought it a long way to go but it is only about an hour
from York to this venue and I can say that you missed the most amazing
location for a spectacular weekend. On our arrival we all stood in awe
just looking at what lay ahead of the riders - Paula had said that it
was a lovely area and she was correct. I won't tell you any more but I
hope you make sure that the date for the TREC here next year is put in
your diary in good time as it is not to be missed! Details will be on
the website.
Paula
Bean
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Derbyshire Dales BHS TREC 26-27 July
Results
Photos
The event
was held on the weekend of 25th & 26th
July 2009.
This was an exciting new venue that had been stumbled on when I used
the UK
Chasers course last September.
Catherine
Thornely and Philip Potter are the owners of the UK
chasers course. I was so impressed when I rode the course that the idea
was
hatched that it would make an excellent venue for the Derbyshire Dales
Trec.
Catherine and Philip had little idea what was involved in Trec but were
willing
to learn what was required to have a successful trec competition. The
POR was
set in the rolling Derbyshire Hills where we are not blessed with an
abundance
of bridleways.
The routes
can never be over challenging in the area as the orienteering is split
between
quiet lanes and off road riding. Mark Kendrick was the Senior TD and
paid a
visit to the site in April. Between the two of us and with input from
my
husband, we managed to put together what we thought would be a decent
and
technical POR for all levels. We stumbled across a 1920’s map of the
area and
felt that this would be a worthy challenge for part of the route. Many of the level 3 & 4’s seemed to get a
little misplaced on the first section of the map and 2 or 3 cleverly
placed
manned tickets caught many of the riders out at all levels.
The scores
at the end of the first day proved that we had achieved what we set out
to do.
The POR proved to be both challenging and rewarding for all levels.
The second
day brought the challenge of what was described to me as, “ a rather
cheeky
COG” The corridor was in an “S” with an extra link on the end. A worthy
challenge that I heard referred to “as a product of a warped mind!” I
admit it
was my idea and I thought it would be a serious but different twist on
the
normal challenge. The level 3 & 4’s were the first to go, they had
varying
degrees of success. Anthea Kendrick achieved the best score for level 3
& 4
with an impressive 47 points. The COG was then changed in the afternoon
for the
level 2 riders after the rain had made the ground a little slippery.
They still
had a challenging bend running down hill where Jane Williams achieved
the
highest score of 47.
The PTV was
set around the UK chasers course. Because of the variation available we
were
able to set differing routes for each level with the low branches being
set
between two impressive jumps and the corridor very close behind a
fence. The
course was a good “ galloping” course but because of the inclement
weather it was
decided to give the competitors a very lenient time so as not to push
the
riders on the ground. Nearly all the riders completed well within the
time. The
most satisfying thing as the organiser was to see so many happy people
leaving
the course after completing. The PTV course allowed the riders to take
full
advantage of the ground the chasers course is set over, encompassing
nearly 3km
of beautiful undulating Derbyshire countryside.
Hilary
Barnard achieved the best PTV score with a very impressive 148 points.
The rain
never dampened the spirits of either the competitors or the army of
judges that
helped during the day.
All in all a
good time was had by all and the competitors are keen to return back to
the
venue next year. We are already starting to hatch a plan to provide the
riders
with an enjoyable but challenging competition.
Finally a
huge thank you to Catherine and Philip for making us so welcome even to
the
point where new stand pipes were put into the fields for the
competitors, the
army of judges and helpers that made this event run so smoothly and
without
these competitions would not happen, Mark Kendrick for helping make the
competition what it was and to my husband who has walked miles and
given up an
awful lot of our free time working on this.
Jackie
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7 July
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Widmerpool TREC 5 July
Results
L1 Pairs overall - POR - CP
- PTV
L1 Individual overall - POR - CP
- PTV
L2 Pairs overall - POR - CP
- PTV
L2 Individual overall - POR - CP
- PTV
Special results
Best newcomers (riders
competing at first full TREC): L1 Pairs Susan Jones & Janet
Pendriss, L1 Individual Michelle Roe, L2 Pairs Samantha Green, L2
Individual none eligible.
Best COP: L1 Mary
Stephens 53/60, L2 Ina West 57/60
Best PTV: L1 Kirsty
Wylde 135/160, L2 Jan Oldham 138/160
Many thanks to Camilla for emergency loan of the laptop!
NEW!
Photos available here
- select 'view your pictures' and then 'events'
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23 June
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Widmerpool TREC
Training 13 June
Lisa
Ashby and I ran a Novice unmounted training day at Widmerpool on Sat
13th June. 10 people attended, mostly non-members, and almost all are
planning to compete at the TREC here on 5th July. We started by giving
an overview of the three phases, then kitted up myself and my horse
Calico for the POR to demonstrate the equipment needed. We had a number
of PTV obstacles set up plus a control of paces, which Lisa talked
everyone through and Calico and I demonstrated. After lunch, we covered
the POR in detail, did an introduction to map reading and timing plus
basic compass skills, then everyone practised marking up a level 2
route in real time. Finally the group divided into pairs and did a
short 'on foot' POR around the farm, complete with 'good' and 'bad'
tickets. This did not start off as a competition but had turned quite
competitive by the end! Feedback from the day was very positive and
Lisa and I would like to thank everyone for coming, and we look forward
to seeing everyone on July 5th.
Jane Toft
NB Entries are still open for
the competition at Widmerpool until Friday 26 June - this is an
excellent new venue so please support it! The schedule is here. Helpers
are also still needed, so if you can give up some time please contact alex@white-horse-trec.co.uk
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7 June
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Crockey Hill TREC 5/6 June
The rain came down so hard
on Friday evening as competitiors arrived at Pool Bridge Farm, Crockey
Hill, Nr York and on Saturday morning there was a few sleepless
looking competitiors about the field including officials! I received
calls asking "is it on?" - "of course it is" I said and the heavy
grey clouds stayed away - we were in for a good riding weather
weekend.
The weekend went well
right from the start and everyone seemed to have an enjoyable time. We
had 51 competitiors - a range of Level 3, 2 and 1 competitiors both
experienced and new to TREC who went out and tackled what Denise,
Kathryn and Nigel had planned for them - and they came back smiling.
The routes took into account the levels and experience of the
competitors - some perhaps a bit longer than normal but in order to
show you some of our local area - that was necessary - but at least we
have no hills!!
Saturday evening there was
a good BBQ put on by the Fletcher family and the food was
excellent. Mary Weston held another charity quiz and even the
fishermen took part making a total of £150 - well done.
Sunday was fine and bright
and the PTV ready for action. Peter and Trevor had been out for weeks
deciding on all the natural looking corners and paths and we even had
planned a ride up and ride down - great, a hill, we thought - until
Thursday evening when Peter arrived on site and the top soil had
been sold and the hill had disappeared so back to the drawing board!!
Hard to believe but true. So that is why you rode down to the
rein-back and over the fence jump on the other side - that
made it 15 obstacles then Denise came up with the idea of the new
mount (not been done before at WHTG) so that was our 16 obstacles.
Everyone came back buzzing and had loved it.
That is just a brief
overveiw of the weekend. Already we have received mails
from you saying thanks and that makes it worthwhile.
Like everything it
would not have taken place without so many people helping and
again you all came up trumps - thank you judges especially those who
gave up their whole weekend and travelled a number of miles to do so -
very much appreciated. Thanks must go to Denise Robinson our TD
for the many hours that she had put into this event with, of course,
the never ending help of Nigel. Thanks to Kathryn who found the venue and planned out the routes
then with advice and assistance it all came together - a difficult task
for a first timer! Peter planned and made the PTV over a number of
weeks and with the help of Trevor it again came together.Thanks to
Peter, Trevor and our friend David for helping with this hard, manual
task.
There was a photographer
on site www.zuuq.co.uk
and I
hope you will support Andrew with this. Thanks to Escrick Park
Estates/Rideway, local landowners and to Mickey Fletcher &
brothers at Pool Bridge Farm for allowing us on their land and
property.
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26 May
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Dukeries TREC 24/25 May
Provisional
results - please email queries to sarah@white-horse-trec.co.uk
but please be patient as a family
emergency has meant no email access for Sarah until next week.
Special Awards (rider with highest score at the level)
VETERAN*
Level 4 Alison Elmer
Level 3 Joy Taylor
Level 2 Paula Scott
YOUNG RIDER*
Level 3 Emma Davison
Level 2 Danielle Savill
Congratulations all -
rosettes posted 27 May.
A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped this
competition to
run so smoothly! Photos will be available in due course here.
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16 May
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Royal Windsor TREC Pro-Am Challenge
Royal Windsor this year featured a Pro-Am TREC
competition with Dickie Waygood, Lissa
Green, Alex McNamara, Tim Stockdale, Robert Whittaker, Spencer Wilton,
Kelly Marks and Laura Bechtolsheimer against some of GB's top TREC
talent including WHTG committee member Anna Weston. It is going to be
featured on Alan Titchmarsh's show in July and there are plans already
for something bigger next year.
Video here!
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6 April
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Robin
Hood TREC 29 March - final results
Final results overall pdf - excel
Level 2 individual - PTV - Paces - POR
Level 2 pairs - PTV - Paces - POR
Level 3 individual - PTV - Paces - POR
Level 3 pairs - PTV - Paces - POR
All placing rosettes and
scoresheets posted Monday 6 April.
Highest Placed Level 3
First Timer: Marie Metcalf
Best Junior: Sam
Swenson
Best Young Rider:
Level 3 Emma Davison, Level 2 Helen Reaney
Best Veteran Rider: Paula
Scott L2, Andy Chappell L3
Adult on Pony: Paula
Scott L2, Amanda Renshaw L3
 POR: On the Level 2, there was
one unmanned ticket - in
the woods near South Lodge on section 3.
On the Level 3, there was one unmanned ticket on the grids
(at the 2nd point near Bevercotes), plus the gate and the
footbridge. Everyone found the A614 road crossing thank goodness!
There was one unmanned ticket on the Level 3 near South Lodge
on section 3.
The PTV scores may look a bit low to some experienced
competitors, but they are only out of 130 at Level 2 (we put one
'dummy' one into the scoring program which everyone got 10 points
for) and out of 140 at Level 3, rather than the usual 160.
Many thanks again to all our wonderful judges and helpers,
plus Alison & Nick at Clumber Livery, the National Trust, and Sean
& Debbie Harris of Pinewood Racing for the use of their gallops.
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Multi-talented WHTG member!
 Ruth O'Keeffe
and her traditional heavyweight cob Double Dynamo who regularly
represent the club at BRC dressage alongside competing at level 2 TREC
have qualified for the British Dressage Winter National Finals in the
Novice Freestyle Dressage to Music.
Congratulations Ruth and Dom!
A video of Dom's qualifying test can be found here.
If you would like to cheer Ruth on, please do - the Nationals are at
Hartpury in Gloucester, and her class will be running from approx 11am
on
Thursday 9 April.
If you are inspired by this and would be interested in a
dressage to music clinic with Beverley Brightman please contact fiona@white-horse-trec.co.uk.
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26 March
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Brooksby Indoor TREC 22 March
NEW! Photos - click 'view your
pictures' then 'events' and the relevant album.
We used a new
photographer Dave Gravelis this time and the delay in getting the
photos out was due to teething problems getting the website up and
running. Dave would appreciate feedback good or bad on the website and
his photos and the service he offers - he has not done a horse event
before. Please email feedback to jane@white-horse-trec.co.uk and
she will pass it on to him.
Results can now be downloaded here. Thank you to all
judges and helpers!
We had a beautiful day for the Brooksby TREC, it was
just a shame that we had to stay indoors! We had a good turn-out of
just under 50 competitors despite the fact that we accidentally clashed
with Mother's Day.
We had an unusual problem at the start - the judges were
all in place, we were ready to start on time... but there were no
competitors! Due to an early withdrawal and a few late arrivals the
collecting ring was bare apart from one rider. The judges got an early
coffee break while some later riders who had arrived early kindly went
off to tack up their horses and fill the gap, so we were soon underway.
We tested a few of the obstacles from the new rule book
such as mounting from a block (a welcome addition I think most would
agree!) which everyone was made to do offside to avoid it being too
easy, and the path crossing (ridden ditch followed by hedge) which
seemed to ride well.
Daniel Nolan, WHTG member and also member of the GB TREC
team last year, won the Open convincingly with 85.63%, and was not even
riding his usual TREC horse who is currently injured. Second was Ina
West with Forester, and third was Jan Oldham riding Josh.
The Newcomers class included possibly the biggest horse
ever to be seen at a TREC, who at 19hh was too big to be ridden under
our low branches thus this became a led obstacle for this class.
Non-member Gillian Garratt won this section riding Montessa with a
score of 63.13%. Second was Susannah Lee riding Daisy and third was a
delighted Donna-Marie Townsend with Tia Maria.
Organisers Jane and Lisa would like to thank all the
willing helpers who made the day run so smoothly - we couldn't do it
without you. We had no shortage of people volunteering to judge.
Special thanks must go to Andy, a club member and experienced
international judge who spent the day helping and explaining the finer
points of the rules to those who were new to judging, and some who were
not so new - including myself! Her advice was very well received and I
had many comments that you really learn a lot from judging and watching
others ride.
Photographs of the day will be available soon from Dave
Gravelis, YPS Photography - link will go up here when available.
Jane Toft
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15 March
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BRC Area 16 Hunter Trials Report by Jackie
Bennett
Well done Team WHTG! We entered two teams and one
individual in the Area Hunter Trials held at Epworth XC Course. The
first team consisted of Jackie Bennett, Daniel Nolan, Helen Paine and
Ina West, the second team was Amanda Renshaw, David Gough, Lynn Mabbitt
and Kerrine Oliver, and we were also lucky enough to have Alison Elmer
as an individual competitor/reserve.
The morning of the Cross Country dawned a fabulous
spring morning - one of those days when you are happy to be alive and
keen to compete... until you walk the course! There proved to be a lot
of technical as well as challenging questions on the course to be
asking our TREC horses and riders but we weren't phased or worried in
the slightest!! The format of the event has changed this year so our
intrepid riders had to not only perform across country but prior to
this complete a show jumping course.
The SJ proved not too difficult with Daniel, Ina, Helen,
Kerrine and Alison all achieving clear rounds. The others got various
faults but nothing to worry about.
From the SJ the riders went straight onto the XC. Jackie was the first
rider to go and after a cheeky runout in the SJ she was ready for a
challenge on the XC course, which rode fabulously well - the going
could not have been better. There were concerns from Amanda as Bill is
barefoot and the take offs and landings had been stoned but he, like
everyone else, ate up the ground. Jackie, Lynn, Kerrine and Alison all
completed clear althought with various time faults, but the other
riders all completed the course which was a huge achievement for us in
itself.
It was fantastic to see the riders go out with the
intrepidation of what would happen and come back with such happy
smiling faces. Team manager Jackie was proud to have represented the
club with the 8 other members, who all proved that they can do far more
than they ever imagined and had great fun along the way!
The first team came in a credible 7th and the second
team 9th out of 15 - not bad for a load of TRECies!
A huge thank you to all the competitors for giving it a
go, and to Liz, Mick, Jane and Fiona who all gave up their day to
judge, along with Andy and Dave who looked after the judges and kept an
eye on the scores.
Here's to next year!
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8 February
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Trent Valley EC Indoor TREC cancelled
Unfortunately this event was cancelled due to the
adverse weather conditions.
This decision was not taken lightly - several local
committee members all agreed that not only was it unsafe for the club's
equipment trailer to be taken to the venue prior to the event so that
it could be set up because of the icy conditions, but also that they
would not be happy to travel their horses either early (because of the
ice) or late (because of the horrendous forecast).
WHTG would always rather have all competitors, horses
and volunteers intact than run the rather too high risk of incident or
injury in such bad conditions.
Entries can be transferred to Brooksby indoor TREC 22
March or refunded - please see events page.
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26 January
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BRC Area 16 Dressage,
Trent Valley EC 10 February
Well done WHTG! Our first team riders Ruth O'Keeffe, Fi
Thurnell, Jan Oldham and Philippa Archer secured 6th place out of 20
teams. Ruth
came 3rd out of 37 riders in the Novice test, and Fi was 12th out of 38
in the Prelim. Kerrine Oliver, Terri Amber and Niki Philips made up the
second team. Thank you to everyone who came to help and cheerlead!
Special thanks go to Lisa Ashby for arranging for her
friend to lend Ruth a saddle due to Ruth's tack being stolen a few days
before this event.
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