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(Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Cleveland, Durham, Yorkshire Area)
| Chair | Secretary |
| Mr S Howard | Mrs N.Thompson |
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SPRING NEWSLETTER 2009 Dear Member, A Happy New Year to you all, OK I know it's not quite spring but we have a couple of reminders for you so I am getting the Spring newsletter out early this year. I hope that you all coped with the snow over the festive season and most importantly you were able to keep our four legged friends sufficiently hayed, watered and entertained! As is customary with this newsletter there is quite a lot of factual updates so you will find enclosed a current list of the committee with their contact numbers - please contact us if you have suggestions for the area; the results of the 2009 Area Points Competition; dates for your diary and a list of the Northern Breeder qualifying shows. Below is an update of what the area has been busy with since the last newsletter and gives details of what is planned going forward: FOAL AND WINTER SHOW held at Mill Lane Stables,
Nr. Selby in November. This years show was well supported with the Supreme
foals of the show going to Mr Beaumont's Welsh Section B colt Dawthorn
Diplomat with the section D Kylebeck Churchill in reserve. Thanks go to the small sub-committee which led on this and also to the exhibitors for their continued support. AGM held at the Bridge Inn, Wetherby in early December
where there was a good turnout of members. We were fortunate to be able
to welcome Julian Rishworth from Minster Equine Clinic to give a pre-lunch
talk on pony breeding. As you'd imagine this was a topic close to many
members hearts and could therefore have gone on for a long time had
the Bridge Inn not been demanding we ate! AREA POINTS AWARDS These awards were presented
at the AGM. A full list of results is enclosed. The Supreme went to
a ridden Welsh section D, Ffoslas Welsh Express and the reserve to the
riding pony youngstock entry, Manorview Royal Celebration. This competition
was generously sponsored for the final time by www.hairbeautyworlddrivein.com,
many thanks to them for their generousity over the last 4 years. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE A ballot was not necessary this year. There were no new nominations, but fortunately the 3 committee members due to stand down agreed to continue for a further term, as has our President Mrs Sue Hide. FINANCIAL REPORT The Treasurer reported the Area
remained in good financial health. Sponsorship at the main show was
up in 2009 which all the committee were grateful for, however the costs
at the Great Yorkshire Showground meant the show still made a loss of
around £600. AREA CHAIRMANS AWARD This year the award went to Mrs Suzanne Lee, the breeder of Chagford Lewis, who had been supreme pony at both the RIHS and HOYS in 2008 - no mean feat for any breeder. OLYMPIA TRIP - this years Olympia trip was more problematic than normal due to snow and unforgiving road conditions. Our intrepid adventurers, carefully driven on a luxury bus still managed to arrive just in time to see the first class and witness the Yorkshire bred Pumphill Buckthorn take the reserve spot. Congratulations to all and in particular to his breeder David Hinde who was reported to be in very good form on the coach trip home! TOPSPEC DRESSAGE QUALIFIER - The area is holding its first Topspec Dressage competition qualifier at the Richmond Equestrian Centre on Saturday 6th February. Further detail are available from Margaret Furness on 01347 868250 or Sue Foster on 01748 811295 or www.recevents@btconnect.com. Good luck to those that are able to attend, but given the current weather conditions I would advise you to check before travelling. ALLISTER HOOD CLINIC February 12th - 14th 2010 at Stanley Grange Stud - contact Stanley Grange on 01642 722386 now to book the few remaining places. NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY AGM is to be held at the Hilton Hotel, Newbury on Saturday 13th March. Hopefully some area members will be able to make the meeting and perhaps more enjoyably the black tie dinner which will follow. SPRING SHOW RICHMOND EQUESTRIAN CENTRE April 25th 2010.
NPS AREA 4 NORTH OF ENGLAND PONY SHOW - MONDAY 30th
AUGUST 2010 WEBSITE www.npsarea4.co.uk Our website continues in the capable hands of Mrs Elspeth Allen and is widely used for printing schedules and the area newsletters, any ideas for further development would be well received so please speak to either Elspeth or myself. Just to remind you we can put advertisements in the Newsletter, please contact me if you would like further details - the newsletter reaches over 300 members so is a good marketing outlet. The Northern Dartmoor Lunch will be on Sunday April
11th starting at 12 noon. And finally, don't forget the committee is here for you, please discuss with us your ideas and suggestions and we will do our best in committee, to address them.
Welfare Report Finally we have a respite from the snow, please watch
out for signs of mud fever which will be our next curse. Best wishes for a happy and healthy showing and stud season.
CALLING ALL BUDDING AUTHORS I've been asked to include in the newsletter details of a writing competition taking place and being run by a Bishop Burton College student, Philippa Ireland. The competition is open to short stories (maximum 2000 words) with an equestrian/countryside theme. Siginifcant sponsorship has been raised with overall prize money of £200, £100 and £50 plus a number of other equine prizes. The entry deadline is 30th April 2010 but further information
is available from Philippa Ireland on 01964 545988 or on the following
website: www.bishopburton.ac.uk or http://lascalastudios.photium.com
or www.pennygrubb.com or www.lindalancaster.com NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY AREA 4 IN HAND & RIDDEN
POINTS SHOWS
Riding Pony Brood Mare 128 NPS Salver Riding Pony Foal Riding Pony Youngstock The E J Massarella Trophy Show Hunter Pony Paxton Trophy M & M Small Breeds in Hand Welsh in Hand Watchbank Trophy M & M Large Breeds in Hand Trophy Lead Rein/First Ridden M & M Small Breeds Open Ridden M & M Large Breeds Open Ridden
FFoslas Welsh Express Reserve Champion
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