News about St Ives (Bingley) Riding for the Disabled
Award winners at the AGM 2023
A well attended AGM saw richly deserved awards handed to the following :
The Top award of the evening, the Duke Trophy was awarded to one of our volunteers, Rolf Cornelius for his demonstration of character, determination, and The motto of the RDA is “it’s what you can
do that counts” and the person who has won this has shown thThe motto of the RDA is “it’s what you can
do that counts” and the person who has won this has shown this in
abundance, he has struggled with health issues and not always been
able to be part of the main volunteering team, but he’s been another
of those who did what he could behind the scenes and has been a
mainstay of the Sunday field checkers
Senior Newcomer Kaedon
Junior Newcomer Charlie
Special Riding Progress Awards went to Billy and Daisy Gray
RDA National “Over and above “ awards went to Gail and Julia for their terrific contribution outside of normal operating hours
People having special mentions were: Dion for building a great relationship with his horse Ollie, Jamie for always taking part in all things RDA related such as National Art and Creative Writing competitions, Lizzie and Grace for their invaluable assistance in acting as rider volunteers. Our Field Checkers who go out in all weathers to make sure the horses are safe , fed and watered in their fields ;
Sue and husband Phil
Vicky and Melanie
Julia and David
Phil, Rolf and James
Our coaching team have yet again provided some brilliant individual and group coaching sessions to our riders: Elaine, Barbara, Diane, Emma and Nicola
Thanks to all who attended and those who voted, and thank you to ALL our riders and volunteers/coaches, who all work together to make St Ives (Bingley) RDA such a great place to ride.
For those wanting to support us at the RDA in Bingley, there is a simple way you could help build our success and ability to help riders by using a system called “easyfundrasing” which cost you absolutely nothing. Its an app which allows you to purchase things from most well known High Street names, who will donate a % of your purchase price, to the RDA.
Please feel free to click on the link below, of download the app onto your device and make sure you enter St Ives (Bingley) Riding for the Disabled as your chose charity ….many thanks for your support it really does make a world of difference to our riders
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/step-1/?invite=gkih26&char=230317&referral-campaign=s2s&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=referral-2022&utm_term=SE713&utm_content=socialshare
National Countryside Challenge Awards
Congratulations to Amatullah, Dylan and Stephen, who took part on Saturday 29th Oct in the finals of the RDA Virtual Championships Countryside Challenge, with all finishing in the top 3 of their classes. In the Junior Independent class Amatullah came 1st with 86.42% and Dylan came 2nd with 83.57%. Stephen came 3rd with 83.57% in his Senior Independent class. All three were riding Tyson, so a big thankyou to Aireview Equestrian Centre for their loan of Tyson.
Well done to all our other riders who took part in the initial filming of Countryside Challenge, Dressage and Show jumping. All riders were judged, some in very big classes, and we look forward to receiving the score sheets and sharing them with you. Well done also to Ollie, Clint and Puzzle who worked really hard on the filming days, don’t forget to give them a big pat at your next lesson!
Thanks also to the volunteers who bathed, plaited and turned out the horses to such a high standard, the leaders, and those who set up the courses and operated the gates and the camera and video teams. Huge thanks also to the coaching team and volunteers who were involved in months of preparation, a great team effort!
Amatullah
Dylan
Stephen
Well done to both Hollie and Simon who were awarded rosettes on Monday 7th Nov by Emma and Elaine, for demonstration great control of their horses.
Following on from their recent success at the National Countryside Challenge, Stephen, Dylan and Jamie picked up their official rosettes (Mon 14th Nov) and had their feedback forms covered by the coaches, highlighting any development areas they may want to work on in preparation for future events, congratulations gentleman and well done again.
Stephen
Dylan
Jamie