WEST OXFORDSHIRE RIDING CLUB

West Oxfordshire Riding Club is affiliated to the British Horse Society.
Founded in 1975, it covers Witney & the surrounding area.
We hope that our members are inspired to improve the standard of their horse-riding and horsemanship.

LATEST NEWS:

DRESSAGE TIMES - 10th MAY
Times for the Members' Dressage at Elmwood on 10th May are now available to view - see separate page.

NEW TRAINING DATES: Tuesday 13th May & Wednesday 21st May
Ginny Howe - Evening Flat work and Jumping at Witney College, maximum 4 per group. I have secured 2 new dates with Ginny for May, but hurry if you want to go because the last evening session was oversubscribed so please ring me or email a.s.a.p if you require a space. There are still three places available in each group at a cost of £18.00 each.
5.30 pm Group 1. Very Novice. 2ft 6"
6.45 pm Group 2. Not so Novice 2ft 6 - 2ft 9"
Contact: Barbara Edmonds. High Walls, Burford Rd, Brize Norton, Oxon. OX18 3NS. Tel 01993 844768 or email barbara.edmonds@gmail.com

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING: 7 MAY
The next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday 7th May at 8.00pm at The Bell in Ducklington.
This date is also the deadline for newsletter articles.

WELL DONE!
Congratulations to Junior Member, Mathew Izod who took 2nd place at the Area 18 Hunter Trial Qualifier at Crown Farm.

RACE FOR LIFE - 11th MAY
Lisa Edmonds is running (yes running) in the Race for Life. It's 5km on May 11th at Kemble and she's targetting herself to do in 25 minutes.
If anyone would like to sponsor her - there is an online sponsorship form at: - www.raceforlife.org/lisaedmonds

HORSE SHOW - 6th JULY 2008
The schedule is now available for our Annual Open Horse Show. You do not have to be a member of the club to enter any of the classes. To request a schedule, please click on the link on the 'WORC Competitions, Events & Socials' page.

WORC PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION - MAY/JUNE
The March/April competition is now closed - winners will be announced in the May newsletter.
We already have a couple entries for May/June, so please keep sending in your pics.
To enter the competition, send your digital photos (jpg format) to worc@jocopping.co.uk to take part. As long as pictures have a horsey theme, they can be funny or serious, arty or just a nice portrait, so use your imagination!
And don't forget to VOTE!

Previous competition winners are shown below.

MARCH/APRIL WINNERS
(to be announced shortly)

JANUARY/FEBRUARY WINNERS
(=1st - 'Look How Big I Am!' and 'That's Soooo Funny!')

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER WINNERS
(1st - 'Shadows', 2nd - 'Looks like rain')

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(Updated: 6 May 2008)