everything in the title, really.
Our RS, where my daughter and I have been riding for 7 1/2 years, is closing tomorrow.
I have a lesson at 8.30am on Max. I hope we will jump, it is a private lesson so its likely that we will jump, if I ask to.
Caitriona is in Australia on an extended holiday so she had her last lesson there 2 weeks ago before she went, and said her goodbyes to Streaky then.
That RS has seen us through so much. We went there as useless riders, from a pretty dreadful school. At Ivesley we got matched up with a few horses and rode 2 or 3 of them pretty regularly; and got the opportunity to do a few competitions. Until last year it was a BE venue so we got roped in to "volunteering" - I have fence judged Matthew Wright, Ian Stark, Karen Dixon and other luminaries. We hired Ivesley horses to do unaffiliated ODE's - how else was a horseless working class mum and daughter from inner city Gateshead to find out that one day eventing is our favourite sport?
And internal competitions - dressage, show jumping and combined training. Sunday afternoons and long summer evenings of fun and great company.
And fantastic instruction - all the helpers were put through their "stages" - at the YO expense and under the tutelage of the chief instructor, really learned their craft. The excellent cheif instructor, J. can spot EXACTLY what you are doing and how you can change it to make the horse go better - I have improved so much under her attention.
I am one of the lucky ones, I am remaining there on livery asI am buying Max. But for the moment, and I speak for more than me and Cait, goodbye Ivesley EC, and thanks for the memories.
Anne x
(sorry for the length of this eulogy!!!! I can cry now)
Our RS, where my daughter and I have been riding for 7 1/2 years, is closing tomorrow.
I have a lesson at 8.30am on Max. I hope we will jump, it is a private lesson so its likely that we will jump, if I ask to.
Caitriona is in Australia on an extended holiday so she had her last lesson there 2 weeks ago before she went, and said her goodbyes to Streaky then.
That RS has seen us through so much. We went there as useless riders, from a pretty dreadful school. At Ivesley we got matched up with a few horses and rode 2 or 3 of them pretty regularly; and got the opportunity to do a few competitions. Until last year it was a BE venue so we got roped in to "volunteering" - I have fence judged Matthew Wright, Ian Stark, Karen Dixon and other luminaries. We hired Ivesley horses to do unaffiliated ODE's - how else was a horseless working class mum and daughter from inner city Gateshead to find out that one day eventing is our favourite sport?
And internal competitions - dressage, show jumping and combined training. Sunday afternoons and long summer evenings of fun and great company.
And fantastic instruction - all the helpers were put through their "stages" - at the YO expense and under the tutelage of the chief instructor, really learned their craft. The excellent cheif instructor, J. can spot EXACTLY what you are doing and how you can change it to make the horse go better - I have improved so much under her attention.
I am one of the lucky ones, I am remaining there on livery asI am buying Max. But for the moment, and I speak for more than me and Cait, goodbye Ivesley EC, and thanks for the memories.
Anne x
(sorry for the length of this eulogy!!!! I can cry now)
