South west region
Mandy Heath - Region Development Officer South Western
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Email:amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
Phone: 07894 232355
Welcome to the South West Region we hope you can take full advantage of all the relevant events we have planned for 2011. Please feel free to click through our 2011 - 2012 Calendar showing all event fixtures or just click on the relevant sections above for full details for each discipline.
Latest News... all training dates
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BYRDS PDF Dates & Booking form
Judges PDF Dates & Booking form
Coaching PDF Dates & Booking form
2010 Selection Policy for BYRDS, Seniors and Para for use within all Regions
See Calendar below for all Para events for 2011 - 2012 Para PDF Dates & Booking form
Request 'Speedy News' from Mandy on the email below.
To apply to come please email Mandy - at amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
Para Rep vacancy - applications now closed
See Calendar below for all BYRDS events for 2012 BYRDS PDF Dates & Booking form
Request 'Speedy News' from Mandy - amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
BYRDS Festival of Dressage 2012
Regional Selection Policy 2011
BYRDS IS OPEN TO ALL RIDERS AGED 8 – 25 YEARS. If you are under 11 you an become a Fledgling rider and take part in all the activities and represent the region
BYRDS FUNDRAISING - Do you know of anybody who would like to help? Each year we try to raise money through events. The money is re-invested to provide continuous training opportunities, fund our competition support network. More help is always appreciated and needed. If you are able to help or have any ideas please contact Mandy Heath or Helen Griffiths.
For further information or to obtain a registration form or clinic booking form please contact
Amanda Heath (SW RDO)
Email: amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
Mobile: 07894232355
Helen Griffiths (SW Region BYRDS Representative)
Email: broadacresec@hotmail.com
Mobile: 07850801254
See Calendar below for all Senior events for 2011 - 2012 Senior Dates & Booking form
Request 'Speedy News' from Mandy - amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
County Co-ordinators
Avon - Vacant please apply to Mandy Heath
Somerset - Vacant please apply to Mandy Heath
Dorset - Liz Frampton-Hobbs - Mobile:07780694535 - email: enquiries@moretondorset.co.uk
Devon - Carrie Strange - Mobile:07971690977 - email: carrie.strange@virgin.net
Gloucestershire - Amanda Ganley - Mobile: 07712 317639 email: ajganley@hotmail.com
Cornwall - Nicky Du Plessis - Mobile:07877228731 - email: nicky.duplessis@duchy.ac.uk
Wiltshire - Briony James - Mobile:07979843997 - email: briony.james@btopenworld.com
BYRDS REP - Tessa Thorne - Mobile:07791873544 - email: tessathorne@btinternet.com
SW RDO - Mandy Heath - Mobile:07894232355 - email: amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
Regional Selection Policy 2011
See Calendar below for all Judges events for 2012 Judges PDF Dates & Booking form
Request 'Speedy News' from Mandy - amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
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See Calendar below for all Coaching events for 2012 Coaching PDF Dates & Booking form
Request 'Speedy News' from Mandy - amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
Come along and find out whats happening with UKCC!
Helen Griffiths - BYRDS Phone: 07850801254
Tessa Thorne - Senior Rider Training Phone: 07791873544
Juliet Seal - Para Equestrian Phone: 01794 885795
Anne Tezer - Coaching: Phone 07890012474
Sue Petty - Judges 07774 298806
Anthea Webb - Members Rep
We have a sub-committee of volunteers who assist with organising clinics and events localised to your part of the region.
The members of the Para Sub-committee are:
Nina Vennables, Deb Criddle and Sarah Hart
Anthea Webb - Web and Graphic Design
Sarah Prew - Press and PR
Email and Membership - Briony James
Sponsorship and Fundraising - Charlotte Springall
Trade Stands - Vacancy
Facebook - Briony James
CLOTHING
If you are selected to ride for the region, you may wish to purchase some squad clothing, please click on this line of text to download the brochure and order forms.
Major dates plus all the SW Region training events throughout the year.
if you have anything to add to our calendar please email amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk
For details of clinics being offered by Claire Lilley click here
Major dates plus all the SW Region training events throughout the year.
The Calendar below shows Sept- Dec 2011 and Jan-Aug 2012
January Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Senior - Nicky Du Plessis/Mounted & Unmounted Clinic/Colraine EC/Callestick, Truro TR4 9LN/£42.50 Senior - Lynne Baldwin/Test Riding & Feedback/Moreton/£40 Senior - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 BYRDS - Helen Griffiths/Millfield School, Street, BA16 OYD/£40/ amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk Senior - Helen Griffiths/Test Riding and Training/Millfield School, Street, BA16 OAD/£40 Senior / Judges - Judge Training/Alicia Anderson/Moreton EC, Dorset/£5 Judges - Elementary/Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, DT2 2RGH/Sue Petty Ad Medium/Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, DT2 2RGH/Sue Petty Senior - Lorna George Codden Hill EC/Barnstaple EX32ODX £45 Coaching - Senior Help your riders to develop their feel and body awareness - Debbie Beasant/Wiltshire/£25 BYRDS - Chris Dannan/Chapel Farm, Upton, East Knoyle, Wilts, SP3 6BW/£32 or £42 / judithparker218@btinternet.com Judges - Novice/Elementary/Badgworth/Sandra Bartholomew/£12 per level or £20 for both BYRDS - Claire Moir/Ali Byrne Manton/£47/dscrimgeour@collegefields.com Judges - What the judge sees!/Sue Petty/Bicton College/£15/evening BYRDS - Hollow Farm, Hardwick, Gloucester, GL2 3SG, Helen James £35 / Lunging to improve position and Goal Setting for 2012 / please state if not able to use own horse as one can be provided /helen@hollowfarm.co.uk Senior - Tessa Thorne/The Brook RDA, Ugborough, PL21 OHG/£57 Coaching - Senior An introduction to The UK Coaching Certificates /Duchy College/£25
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Judges - Senior Unaffiliated Judge Training for people wanting an Intro to judging/Alicia Anderson/Moreton EC, Dorset/£5 |
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Senior - Lynne Baldwin/Test Riding & Feedback/Moreton/£40 BYRDS - Helen Griffiths – Squadding Day - Test Riding / Millfield / £45 / Amanda.heath@britishdressage.co.uk |
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SENIOR - Improve your percentages for the 2012 Season! / Sue McMahon List 2a Judge / ride a test of your choice from Prelim to PSG in a 20 x 60m. Have it judged, then get feedback and advice on how to improve / Riding club, grass roots welcome / £47 Judges - Trainee Judges Seminar / Tall Trees/ Andrew Gardiner/£25 (afternoon) Coaching - Senior An introduction to The UK Coaching Certificates / Dorset /£25 BYRDS - Manton Test Riding Clinic/£30/dscrimgeour@collegefields.com |
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Senior - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 Senior - Lorna George Codden Hill EC/Barnstaple EX32ODX £45 |
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Para - Nina Vennables/Abbey Dressage, Glos/£30 |
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SENIOR - Amanda Ganley & Debbie Hill/Burrows Court/Test Riding Clinic/£25pp BYRDS - Hollow Farm, Hardwick, Gloucester, GL2 3SG/Helen James/Hardwick / £45 / helen@hollowfarm.co.uk |
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Judges - List 3A 3 & 4 /Seminar / Sandy Phillips, Aston Farm, Tetbury, GL8 8SW / Gatcombe / £20 |
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1 2 3 Senior - Tessa Thorne/Duchy College, Callington, Cornwall / £60 BYRDS - BRYDS SQADDING - Chris Dannan/Chapel Farm; East Knoyle, SP3 6BW/£50 - £30 non sqadding judithparker218@btinternet.com SENIOR - Tessa Thorne/The Brook RDA, Ugborough, PL21 OHG/£57 SENIOR - Improve your percentages for the 2012 Season! / Sue McMahon List 2a Judge / ride a test of your choice from Prelim to PSG in a 20 x 60m. Have it judged, then get feedback and advice on how to improve / Riding club, grass roots welcome / £47 5 Coaching - Senior New ideas on feeding and fitness of the horse/Glos/£25 6 7 Judges - DVD evening/ Tiley House, Middlemarsh, Sherborne, DT9 5QL /Sue Petty/£20 8 Judges - Novice/Colraine/Sandra Bartholomew Judges - Elementary/Colraine/Sandra Bartholomew 9 10 11 Judges - Ad Medium/Kingston Maurward, Dorset, DT2 2RG/Linda Whetstone – Mock Exam £40 - FULL 12 13 BYRDS - Claire Moir/Half Moon Stud (pm)/£57 amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk 14 15 16 Judges - Senior - Unaffiliated Judge Training for people wanting an Intro to judging/Alicia Anderson/Moreton EC, Dorset/£5 Judges - Novice/Mock Exam/Jane Peberdy/Summerhouse/£40 Judges - Elementary/Mock Exam/Jane Peberdy/Summerhouse/£40 17 Senior - Lynne Baldwin/Test Riding & Feedback/Moreton/£40 18 BYRDS - Helen James/Hardwick, GL23SG helen@hollowfarm.co.uk 19 Coaching - Senior Performance profiling for dressage coaches - Anne Keen/Wiltshire/£25 20 21 22 23 24 BYRDS SQADDING - Claire Deitrich & Helen Griffiths -test riding/Tall Trees/ 1 full day clinic/£45 Para - Nina Vennables/Abbey Dressage, Glos/£30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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Senior - Tessa Thorne/The Brook RDA, Ugborough, PL21 OHG/£57 Coaching - Senior How to use Performance Analysis techniques/Wiltshire/£25 Judges - Senior Unaffiliated Judge Training for people wanting an Intro to judging/Alicia Anderson/Moreton EC, Dorset/£5a SENIOR - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 SENIOR - Nina Venables/Mill Equestrian, Sparkford/£38 BYRDS - Claire Moir/Half Moon Stud (pm)/£57 amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk Judges - Elementary/Bicton College/Sandra Bartholomew Judges - Med & AdMed/Bicton College/Sandra Bartholomew SENIOR - improve your percentages for the 2012 Season! / Sue McMahon List 2a Judge / ride a test of your choice from Prelim to PSG in a 20 x 60m. Have it judged, then get feedback and advice on how to improve / Riding club, grass roots welcome / £47 30 Coaching - Senior Lateral work – how, why, when and where/Avon/£25
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1 2 3 4 5 6 BYRDS - Claire Moir and Ali Byrne/Manton/£47 dscrimgeour@collegefields.com 7 8 BYRDS - Claire Moir/Half Moon Stud (pm)/£57 amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk 9 10 11 12 Para Camp, Unicorn, Stow on the Wold/£TBA 12-13th May Senior - Lynne Baldwin/Test Riding & Feedback/Moreton/£40 13 SENIOR - improve your percentages for the 2012 Season! / Sue McMahon List 2a Judge / ride a test of your choice from Prelim to PSG in a 20 x 60m. Have it judged, then get feedback and advice on how to improve / Riding club, grass roots welcome / £47 Senior - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 14 Coaching - Senior New ideas on bits, bridles, saddles and training aids/Somerset/£25 15 16 Judges - Elementary & Medium/Colraine/Sandra Bartholomew 17 18 19 20 BYRDS - Hollow Farm, Hardwick, Gloucester, GL2 3SG/Helen James/Hardwick / £35 / helen@hollowfarm.co.uk 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Coaching - Senior Developing your riders’ test riding skills/Wiltshire/£25 29 30 31
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BYRDS - Claire Moir, Helen Griffiths, Ali Byrne/Manton/£47 dscrimgeour@collegefields.com |
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BYRDS - Claire Moir, Helen Griffiths, Ali Byrne/Manton/£47 dscrimgeour@collegefields.com BRYDS - Claire Deitrick/Tall Trees/1 full day clinic/£40 amandaheath@britishdressage.co.uk |
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Para - Nina Venables/Millfield, Somerset, BA16 OJD/£25 Senior - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 |
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1 BYRDS - Squad Test Riding/Manton/£TBA dscrimgeour@collegefields.com 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SENIOR - Tessa Thorne/Long Newnton, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8RS/£57 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Para - Manton RDA, Marlborough/Nina Vennables/£30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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For cancellation on the day or part way through a course no refund will be paid. Bookings cancelled prior to
the start of a course may not be eligible for a refund unless the space on the course can be filled.
British Dressage Venues in the South West Region
Leadon Vale Family Riding Club @ Cotswold RDA
Moreton Stables & Equestrian Centre
















