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1. Regional Dressage - Monday 30th April at Field Farm Cross Country,Willoughby on the Wolds, Leicestershire.

   Posted on 10:00pm Monday 14th May 2018

   BELVOIR VALE RDA sent a team of 6 riders and two ponies, ALI and Roma to the Regional Dressage competition. It was an extremely cold and busy day but the ponies and all the riders were on top form and came home with handfuls of rosettes. 
   
   LOUISA and KAYLA both won their respective classes so have qualified for the National Championships at Hartpury in July. Barnaby was a very close 3rd in his class so just missed out on qualification this time.  Chellie, Sophie and Joshua all performed lovely tests and came 4th, 3rd and 5th respectively. 
   Huge thanks must go to Scropton RDA for allowing us to hire two of their horses, Babs and Hercules, for the competition.  

    

   

2. Show Jumping - Friday 13th April at Scropton RDA Centre.

   Posted on 9:00pm Monday 14th May 2018

   4 riders represented the group at the inaugural North Midlands RDA Show Jumping Competition. Joshua riding Pumpkin, Kira on Babs (hired from Scropton) and Louisa riding Hercules (also hired from Scropton) all rode extremely well and came 3rd, 2nd and 1st respectively in the Led Level 1 class. 
   
   Sophie was the star of the team and jumped a great round to win the Led Level 2 class on Zeus very kindly lent by Scropton. 
   
   It was a great day out for our riders and their families and very special thanks go to all the Team at Scropton RDA for making us so welcome.

   

3. Support from the Hungry Horse Pubs

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 23rd Apr 2018

   Belvoir Vale RDA would like to say a big thank you for the money raised recently by The Hungry Horse Pubs. Organised by Dennis Ashcroft in liaison with The Wolds on Loughborough Rd, West Bridgford and Sherwood Manor Public House, Mansfield Rd. Events included head shaves, chest waxing and a charity walk.

   Dennis and Assistant Manager of Sherwood Manor, Tom Greenway visited RDA to hand over the money raised (£1335.02) and meet Roma – the pony that will be bought by Belvoir Vale RDA with some of these funds.  

   

   

4. RDA Proficiency Awards

   Posted on 8:00pm Tuesday 27th Mar 2018

   Many of our riders have been working hard towards the RDA Proficiency Awards and during February they were assessed for the Blue Grade 1 and/or Red Grade 2. These awards are a great way to recognise and reward achievement at all levels of ability. Matthew Dalley the North Midlands Regional Participant Representative visited Belvoir Vale to present the awards to the riders. Volunteers Ellie and Molly were also presented with their Bronze YELA ( Youth Equestrian Leaders Award). 

    

   

   

   

5. Awayday to Scropton

   Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 28th Jan 2018

   In the Autumn we hired the facilities at Scropton for a special away day for those children who were unable to come on our Summer holiday.

   We took three of our own ponies, Roma, Pumpkin and Ali to give them the opportunity to use the lovely outdoor arena and then we enjoyed a celebratory lunch. Everyone received a medal and certificate to recognise their achievements throughout the year.