August / September

Yesterday was Earlswell Riding Club's 4^th Annual One Day Event and despite the miserable weather it was a huge success!

It must be said yet again though, not without the enormous efforts of many club members who put so much time and effort in not only yesterday but in the days and weeks coming up to it.

Thanks also to the many friends and family of members who came along yesterday to fence judge, time, score even feed all the competitors (thanks Mick & Co.) But without all these people we cannot run an event.

On that I did try and send a thank you message to all of these people last night but as I didn't have contact numbers for them all please pass the message on!!!

THANK YOU

Finally thanks also to the Duggan family for letting us use their fantastic facility yet again this year. They not only provided the venue but where there all the days before building jumps, flagging course even painting jumps and still came along on the day to help out. THANK YOU!

Back to results though we not only managed to host the event but we even scooped a few of the prizes too!

Advanced Intermediate:

1^st John Cantillon – Busterette

Intermediate:

1^st Ana Maria Hughes – Brookpark Tuko

2^nd Fiona Coughlan – Viaduct Lad

9^th Niamh Grainger – Fresh Knight

Advanced Primary:

3^rd Gemma O'Regan – Livingo

5^th Brian O'Dwyer – Cream Prince

7^th Aine Griffin – Forrest Berry

8^th Susan O'Regan – Zanka

9^th Mags O'Shea – CW Coco

10^th Fionna O'Regan – Rogue Trader

As we where preparing for our own event we did manage to take a little time out to compete in a One Day Event down the road in Skevanish and had a very successful day there too.

Intermediate:

1^st Fiona Coughlan – Viaduct Lad

4^th Niamh Grainger – Fresh Knight

Advanced Primary:

1^st Susan O'Regan – Zanka

2^nd Brian O'Dwyer – Cream Prince

4^th Fionna O'Regan – Rogue Trader

6^th Deirdre Falvey – Lisfuncheon Billy

Thursday 21^st August – 6pm – Killeady X-Country training evening

As already mentioned via text Monday's plan to have a training evening just for those members who helped with the one day event was moved to Thursday. If you want to take part and you haven't already done so please text Maria.

With weather as it is though I would say please check with Maria/Kay before travelling

Sunday 31^St August Glengarriff Riding Club - Show Jumping & Dressage @ Kealkil, Bantry, Co Cork

The Show Jumping element of this you enter there on the day.

1 entry €15, 2 €25 & 3 €30

Team Show Jumping for P & AP Riders €10 per person

Show Jumping starts 12 noon approx.

The dressage entries however need to be with Maria Greenway by Monday 25^th August

Tests to be used are festival tests

1 Dressage test €15, 2 €25 & 3 €30

Please give Maria all usual details & payment by this date.

Sunday 7^th September Regional Festival Ballindenisk

Entries for this given the size of the event usually have to be in quite early so keep and eye on web and check with your buddy – we don't have details yet

Sunday 7^th September Derby – Clonshire Riding Club

Starts 10.30am with Primary

Entry on the day €15

(For those interested the Red Mills – Masters will be on there in the afternoon starting 2pm)

Sunday 14^th September One Day Event Funcheon Valley Riding Club

Date removed from calendar – we are currently presuming it's cancelled

Sunday 14^th September Knocknamanna R.C. are hosting a x-country training day at Sheila Corrigan's

Entry €30 on day and riders must bring their own trainer

(We have asked them if they would consider making this a competition but are awaiting a reply – if they do this they may look for help judging so if anyone can help let Fiona know!!!)

Sunday 21^st September Aghabullogue Show Jumping & Dressage Training

Sunday 28^th September National One Day Event

Grove House, Fethard, Co Tipperary

Keep an eye out for entries on this one

As soon as the committee get a chance to meet we will organise more home events but if anyone has any ideas for what we'd like please let us know.

Also the end of season party is coming up – we usually have it a little earlier in the year as people have a lot on around Christmas but if people could please let Fiona know what they would like to do ASAP as we need to be booking somewhere and I think we all agree a change from Killumney is needed!

July / August

Thank you firstly to Finbar & Anne and also to Susan & Mick for the fantastic training evening we had at their homes. In both cases huge work went in to preparing the courses for us and it really was appreciated.

Since the last update our members have been to Cork Show Grounds for a Regional combined training day, Hillcrest for a One Day Event, Keohane’s for a training evening and finally to Lismore for a One Day event as well as the two training evenings above. All in all a very busy few weeks!

We not only managed to attend all these events but even managed to scoop a few prizes. At Cork Show we had Ciaran Bouse 2^nd, Margie Hadden 3^rd, Niamh Grainger 2^nd and Anna Marie Hughes 1st

Brian and Ben took 1^st Place in the Advanced Primary at Galbally, with Aine and Forrest Berry in 3^rd and Aoife on her on Rogue Trader in 6^th. Barbara Maher also took 6^th place in the Intermediate competition.

The next successful day for Earlswell was in Lismore’s One Day Event. John Cantillon took both 5^th and 6^th place in the Advanced Intermediate with Busterette and Mr Nice Guy. Niamh Grainger took 2^nd in the Intermediate with Fresh Knight and finally Susan O’Regan and Zanka where 2^nd and Deirdre Falvey and Billy where 4^th in the Advanced Primary.

Monday 18^th August Training Evening @ Killeady Ballinhassig

As always we open up the course to out own members on the Monday evening to allow them the chance to have a training evening including the dressage, show jumping & x-country.There is no charge for this event but it is only available to members who have helped in the organising if the ODE in some way!

If you are interested in riding that evening please put your name on the list in CW or contact Fiona at 087-9663365. As always if hiring a horse talk to Kay!

Sunday 31^St August Kealkill Show Jumping & Dressage Training

Sunday 7^th September Regional Festival Ballindenisk

Entries for this given the size of the event usually have to be in quite early so keep and eye on web and check with your buddy

Sunday 14^th September One Day Event Funcheon Valley Riding Club Venue to be confirmed but the club have put it in the diary and if you are interested in attending keep an eye out for entry details

Sunday 21^st September Aghabullogue Show Jumping & Dressage Training

Sunday 28^th September National One Day Event,

Grove House, Fethard, Co Tipperary

If you plan to go to this event you also need to be thinking about it now. If you intend staying over theSaturday or Sunday night or both please let Fiona know by 4^th August. We usually try to book accommodation and stables as a group but we large numbers we can’t always guarantee places, so it’s better to start early. If you give me your details and ask me to book we will need deposits in advance and there is not guarantee these will be refunded if you end up not going! If you’d prefer to make your own arrangements obviously that’s fine too!

July Update

Since the last update our members have been to Lismore Riding Clubs Dressage and Show Jumping day. The large group that travelled had a great day and even scooped a few prizes.

Kay Fitton & Cream Prince took 1^st place in the Open Dressage Competition, with Fiona Coughlan & Holy Hour taking 6^th in Intermediate and Susan O’Regan & Zanka taking the 1^st Prize in the Advanced Primary dressage!

Tighnearach O’Dwyer & Rogue and Jennifer O’Donovan on CW Ebony also won Rossettes for their clear round jumping and finally in the Advanced Primary competition we had Maria Greenway and Megan’s Moment and Deirdre Tanner & Billy in joint 6^th place.

A huge congratulations, to the Earlswell Show Jumping team who did us proud at the National Festival taking 5^th place!!! There was a slight change to the line up with the 4 competitors on the day being Niamh Grainger, Sarah Beasley, Barbara Maher and John Cantillon.

Well done also to Susan O’Regan who took 1^st place and Aine Griffin who took 5^th place in the Advanced Primary competition at Ballyhale ODE last Sunday.

May Update

Our members have been extremely busy travelling to Clonshire Ode where in the Intermediate competition Ana Maria Hughes took 4^th place and in the Advanced Primary Susan O’Regan took 1^st with Zanka.

We then spent a delightful evening in Tony and Pat Lewis, where even the weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of the large number that attended.

The following Sunday we travelled to Skevanish for their ODE and John Cantillon took 3^rd in the Advanced intermediate. Barbara Maher finished 2^nd in the intermediate competition and we had a great result in Advanced Primary with Fionna O’Regan 2^nd, Brian O’Dwyer 3^rd, Susan O’Regan 3^rd and Mags O’Shea 5^th. Well done to all.

Next our show jumping team headed off to Highland lodge to represent Earlswell in the team qualifier where Sarah Beasley, Johanna Maher, Niamh Grainger & Barbara Maher more then did us proud by taking 2^nd place. This means the team now jump off for a place in the RDS final. The jump off takes place in Stradbally on Saturday 7^th June and I would urge anyone who can go along to support to please do so!!!

As if all that wasn’t enough last Friday we headed to Denis & Jo Murphy’s in Castlewhite for a Jump Cross evening. The weather finally worked out for us and a great evening was had by all. Some of us finishing up the social part later then others….A special thank you must be said to Brian and Denis for all the work they put into the course, this was our first event there and huge work went into getting the course up.

Finally 3 of our riders attended a show jumping and dressage training day in Mallow last Sunday, and tell me it was a great day out.

National Hunter Trials

Congratulations to those who travelled to participate in the National Hunter Trials in particular to:
Aine Griffin (Bobby George) and Susan O'Regan (Zanka) who were placed 6th in the AP warm-up pairs.
Brian O'Dwyer (Coco) who was placed 10th in the AP warm-up pairs accompanied by Sylvia Curtis (Knocknamanna)
John Cantillon (Waterfall Henry) who was placed 2nd in the AI/O mixed pairs with Dane Curtis (Knocknamanna)

Hunter Trial Results (March)

Mini Singles:
1st Sarah O'Sullivan - Highland Lodge
2nd Barbara Hart - West Cork
2nd Marion Hegarty - Funchion Valley
4th Ciaran Bouse - Earlswell
5th Peter Flynn - Highland Lodge
6th Nuala Hammond Hughes - Earlswell

Mini Pairs:
1st Mags O'Shea & Maria Greenway - Earlswell
2nd Fionna O'Regan & Brian O'Dwyer - Earlswell
3rd Mairead Hogan & Maria Hegarty - Funchion Valley

Midi Singles:
1st Ana Marie Hughes - Earlswell
2nd William Twomey - South West
3rd Barbara Maher - Earlswell
4th Con Duggan - Earlswell
5th Joanna Maher - Earlswell
6th Kathleen Cowhig - Lismore

Midi Pairs:
1st Kathleen Cowhig (Lismore) & Eilis McCarthy (Knocknamanna)
2nd Fiona Coughlan (Earlswell) & Ken Whyte (Earlswell)

Congratulations to all those who participated and made it a great success. A big thank you is extended to all those who helped in the preparation and the organisation on the day.