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BRC are introducing various rule changes which come into effect on 4th April 2010. Most notably: 1. Gloves must be worn but (unlike
BD!) it’s no longer necessary to wear white or light coloured gloves.
Results for the dressage at Fountain on December 5 are now available. British Dressage Riding Club membership [October 2, 2009) Riding Club’s British Dressage Membership allows you to compete from 1 October to 31 March only. Cost £30. Current Riding Club Music Members can upgrade by paying the difference in fees. For the six active months of membership from October to March members are entitled to full BD membership benefits. You are eligible to enter competitions, gain points, qualify for regionals and championships and receive the BD magazine. You will also be able to access the BD website members areas (including free competition result searches), receive the BD email newsletter and enter the Combined Training Championships which take place at the BD Winter Championships in mid-April without upgrading to full BD membership. You will also be covered by British Dressage insurance for 3rd party and personal accident while competing at affiliated British Dressage competitions. The onus is therefore on the rider to ensure they have adequate insurance elsewhere when taking out this membership. Membership is operated on a annual renewal basis due on 1 October each year. A renewal notice will be sent to all Riding Club dressage members in early September. BD Riding Club members who wish to compete in affiliated dressage competitions 1 April to 30 September inclusive will need to join BD as a full member and register their horse. Contact Cecilia Gladwyn for any additional information and membership application forms . Winners at Area 22! [September 8, 2009) Watch out Lincoln - here we come! Good luck to our senior Open dressage, novice dressage, riding test, pairs and novice SJ teams who are all heading off to Lincoln very early on Thursday morning. Jane Jeffries, Lauren Cowie, Claire Newlands, Jennifer Burnett, Emma Grant, Moyra Cassie, Kelly McKay and our sole junior representative Gemma Taylor are all representing NERC on horseback and will be supported by Catherine, Lea, Lorraine, Colin, Nick and Pat on the ground. We are all hoping that there is no repeat of the weather conditions of last year! Winners at Area 22! [July 7, 2009) What a successful weekend that NERC's teams had at the Area 22 qualifiers this weekend! Our Senior Open dressage teams were 1st and 2nd, the novice dressage A team was 2nd and the senior riding test teams were 2nd and 3rd. The junior team was 2nd in the dressage and riding test. There was an abundance of individual wins too with Jane Jeffries winning both N25 and N27 with over 72% in both tests, Claire Newlands won N30, Lea Gray won both E48 and M64 and Lauren Cowie won RT8. Claire Grant won the novice DTM, Jane Jeffries and Lauren Cowie won the Senior pairs and Polly and Alice Prior won the junior pairs. In the showjumping arena Polly Prior won the Junior Open and Gemma Taylor was 2nd in the junior novice SJ. Sophie Bultitude won both the non-qualifying junior novice SJ and style jumping and the Senior novice SJ team won! Well done everyone - watch out Lincoln here we come! Full NERC results from Area 22. Successes! [April 20, 2009] Congratulations to NERC members Carmen Gammie, Mhairi Rae, Lea Gray and Lizzie Franks who were all placed at the BD Winter National Championships at Hartpury, Gloucestershire. Winter Woollies 2009 [April 3, 2009] Well done to everyone who went home with a rosette at the Winter Woollies - weren't we lucky with the weather!!! Full results are now available to view. NERC camp [March 25, 2009] Date for your diary - NERC will be holding it's inaugural camp at Fountain from August 21/23. Full details will follow shortly. Open Team SJ competition [March 13, 2009] We will be holding an Open team SJ competition on Saturday, April 11 at Fountain Equestrian. Schedule now available to download - open to all. Teams can be made up of juniors and seniors and you don't have to be representing your riding or pony club - why not get a group of friends or livery chums to make up a team? Fountain Tack Shop / NERC Dressage Series Championships [March 10, 2009] Results from the Dressage Series Championships are now available. Well done to everyone! British Dressage Regional Championships [March 5, 2009] Congratulations to NERC members Carmen Gammie, Mhairi Rae, Lea Gray and Lizzie Franks who were all placed at the British Dressage Regionals Championships at Rowallan last weekend. NERC junior team member, twelve year old Carmen, riding her 14hh Welsh Sec D pony, Champagne Bubbles not only won three championship classes but scored the highest percentage of the competition with 75.46%. Carmen will be heading down to Hartbury in Gloucestershire in April for the National Championships. Also gaining qualification for the Nationals were Mhairi Rae, Lea Gray and Lizzie Franks. Great day of showjumping [February 2, 2009] What a great day of showjumping at Fountain on Saturday and the sun shone all day for a change! The results are now available. We are considering running more SJ dates as well as a team SJ competition on April 11. Area 22 Camp 2009 [January 15, 2009] Applications for the 2009 Area 22 Camp are now open. The camp will take place from 2pm on Friday, May 8th to Sunday May 10th at Brechin Castle. Download an application form. Once again there are a wide variety of activities for you to join in and excellent instructors have been secured. There are only 50 spaces available on the camp and applications are strictly on a first come first served basis. Please ensure you send payment with your application and note your riding club membership number on the application form, if this is omitted your application won't be accepted until your membership is confirmed. Glastonbury on horseback...... [September 8, 2008] ..... and you think we're joking - pictures to prove it will follow! That's what the lovely green Lincolnshire Showground that we arrrived to on Thursday afternoon looked like by Friday night after horseboxes and trailers were towed into the showground! Chaos rained down along with the wet stuff! By Saturday night, when the junior competitors started to arrive and the seniors were leaving, unless your box was attatched to a massive tractor you weren't going anywhere! However, it did not dampen NERC's team spirit and all the teams came back in the ribbons after coping extremely well in the difficult conditions. The Open Dressage Team of Lisa Taylor (Durris Golden Sovereign), Rhea Hussey (Ludmilla S), Lea Gray (Tiger Feet II) and Jennifer Burnett (Craigmancie Altotude) were placed 7th. Lea Gray was placed 5th individually in Novice 30 and Lisa Taylor was placed 5th individually in Novice 20. The novice showjumping team of Jennifer Burnett (Balhagarty Harvest Gold), Lesley Shepherd (Berryley Tequila Hotshot), Toni Shepherd (Berryley Queen of Hearts) and Lea Gray (Tiger Feet II) were placed 7th out of 23 teams. Toni Shepherd was placed 6th individually - one of only six double clears from 110 competitors. Christopher Burnett, riding his 13.1hh skewbald pony Bee, was placed 10th in Prelim 13 in the Junior Dressage championship. Huge thanks to Fiona Montgomery, Bill Walker, Heather Shepherd and Atholl Wilson for all their help and support in keeping us all in check and running about for us trying to keep our riding kit clean and free of mud! Fountain Tack Shop / NERC Dressage Series [August 14, 2008] It's that time of year again and we are about to commence our winter Dressage Series. The schedule and entry form are available to download. Horse Trials Championships [August 14, 2008] Well done to Jill Angus (Katouche Bay), Alice Ratcliffe (Wilson) and Sally McCarthy (Miros Arc) who completed the Horse Trials Championships at Offchurch. The all came back to Aberdeen (eventually!) rather 'drookit' as we say - but with a lot of experience under their belts! Read Sally's report on the trip down south. 2008 Gymkhana [August 11, 2008] The photographer at the gymkhana on Sunday was Stephen Hammond. You can view and purchase photos at http://www.stephenhammondphotography.co.uk/. Training [August 7, 2008] We are about to book training for Autumn/Winter. If you have any requests for particular trainers please let us know and we'll do our best to arrange training with them - nerc@btinternet.com. Area 22 horse trials qualifiers [July 7, 2008] Congratulations to Jill Angus (Katouche Bay), Alice Ratcliffe (Wilson), Sally McCarthy (Miros Arc) and Karen Wilson (Fussy O'Neil) who won the novice horse trials qualifier at Auchlishie, Kirriemuir on July 5. They will now make the long journey to the Championships in Warwickshire at the beginning of August. The other novice team wasn't as lucky. Lesley Shepherd and Berryley Tequila Hotshot pulled up on the XC and Toni Shepherd had an unscheduled dismount at the ditch. Both Jennifer Burnett (Balhagarty Harvest Gold) and Lea Gray (Tiger Feet II) had terrific dressage scores to place them 1st and 3rd after the dressage but both had a stop on the XC. In the Open section Jennifer Burnett (Craigmanice Altotude) came 3rd and the although Debs Atkinson (Ladykiller) and Freya Petrie (Rebel V) weren't placed in the Intermediate section they came a creditable 10th and 7th individually. Area 22 qualifiers [June 1, 2008] Congratulations to everyone who represented NERC at the Area 22 qualifiers in Fife on May 31 and June 1. The Open dressage team and the novice show jumping teams won and the Juniors won the dressage, riding test and pairs as well as the Open Individual SJ - so we'll be heading to the National Championships in September! There were various individual placings in all events and a full report will be available shortly. BRC 2008 rule change [January 11, 2008) You can download a copy of the 2008 rule changes. Main points to note are:
Need an equine dentist? [February 14, 2007] NERC member, Deborah Atkinson, has recently qualified as an Equine Dental Technician and is working throughout the North East of Scotland. She can be contacted via her website - www.chompingatthebit.co.uk
Strangles Strangles is passed on by direct nose to nose contact, by sharing contaminated water and feed buckets and by contact with clothes contaminated with infected nasal discharges. It does not blow in the air. This means that the chance of picking this disease up at shows and events is quite small if the following measures are followed: Do not allow direct nose to nose contact with other horses.
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New rule changes for 2010
[January 25, 2010)