Epsom riding for the disabled association - pony manager vacancy - News and Notices

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Cheque recieved from Northern Rock Plc of £200!
Thank you Northern Rock!

Cheque recieved from Lipton Tea Supply Ltd for £1,000.00!
Thank you Lipton Tea Supply Ltd!

Cheque recieved from Legal and General of £200!
Thank you Legal and General Assurance Society!

The Epsom allsorts held a 5K race on Sunday 11th May
The Epsom allsorts held a 5K race on Sunday 11th May one of the hottest days
of the year.. The Race was started by Janet Closier and Stella Milne and all
monies raised will go to Epsom Riding for the Disabled. One of the founder
member of the Epsom Allsorts is Ivy Parkin who volunteers for ERDA on
Thursday mornings. Many thanks to Ivy and all the ladies who organised
and took part in the race.

Jazzathon at The White Horse raised £250.00 for ERDA.
(on 5th February 2008)
The jazz was fantastic and the food is recommended.
The White Horse is hoping to have another fundraiser for
us in April.

Thank you!
whitehorseepsom.com

£100.00 we recieved from Nationwide
Thank you nationwide!

Cheque recieved from British Airways for £1200
Thank you British Airways!

Cheque recieved from NEXT for £200!
Thank you next!

BA cheque for £600.00

The girls name is Rhiannon Ingram daughter of local race horse trainer Roger and his wife Sharon.

What do little girls want for their birthday???

Well when you have your pony what kinder present to ask for than to donate any money her friends would
spend on a present to go towards the upkeep of Epsom Riding for the Disabled.

Rhianon has competed at our horse shows over the years on her ponies and
decided to give something back to Epsom Riding for the Disabled.

In this day of negative publicity for our younger generation it is
heartwarming to find that most young people do think of others. Epsom RDA
have enjoyed watching Rhianon improve in her riding over the years and are
delighted to accept her kind and selfless donation in celebration of her birthday.

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Well done to everyone that took part in the RDA Photography Competition!
Congratulations to the following people in the following Photographics Competition:

Photographic Competition: Category 1 - Friends
1st Place - "Just some of my friends" by Sheila Larking
2nd Place - "My Favourite pony" by Rosemary Clarke
3rd Place - "Lizzie and helpers at Epsom" by Lorna Williams

Photographic Competition: Category 2 - Having Fun
1st Place - "Waving the flag" by JR Starin
2nd Place - "Didn't i do well" by Lorna Williams
3rd Place - "That was fun" by Mrs Aston

Photographic Competition: Category 3 - A Winter Scene
1st Place - "Enter the sugar plum fairy" by Viviene Kendall
2nd Place - "Mud" by Mrs Aston

Photographic Competition: Category 4 - Learning
1st Place - "Could i do that?" by Sheila Larking
2nd Place -"I can do it!" by Rosemary Clarke
3rd Place - "Body Work" by Carol Rycroft
4th Place - "Let's get started" by Mrs Aston

Competition details can be found in the RDA News Magazine (Spring 2007 edition)

We are very proud that Espom Submissions recieved a place within each category. See below:

2nd Place
"Mud" by Mrs Aston

3rd Place
"That was fun" by Mrs Aston

2nd Place
"I can do it!" by Rosemary Clarke

4th Place
"Let's get started" by Mrs Aston

Epsom Riding for the Disabled are delighted and relieved to be the owners of their land at St Ebba's Farm, Hook Road, Epsom. They have been negotiating with NHS Estates for over 4 years and at times it seemed almost impossible. The sale was completed on Monday and this has now secured the future of the Group. The Chairman, Stella Milne, said "this was a great day for the Group and it was thanks to the foresight of our late Chairman, Rod Messer, who died last summer, before he was able to see his dream realised. Rod was the driving force behind the move to buy the property, and before that he was the Treasurer and ensured that we saved the money to enable us to buy the property."

The Group, which has over 250 riders and over 100 helpers, is now planning to improve the facilities and help even more riders achieve their maximum potential.

Stella says "we have a great bunch of volunteers who are looking forward to the future and making plans to provide even more opportunities to our riders. We also have great support from the community and the organisations who raise money for us, do photocopying and carry out special projects round the farm."

Well here we are, let's hope that Epsom RDA can continue to go from strength to
Strength over the coming twelve months.

It's all down to you, who ride, volunteer and support our organisation that we are able to continue to provide such wonderful opportunities for riding for the children and adults who come along to our yard.

Fundraising is an ongoing task and companies, association, schools, colleges, companies and individuals have been very generous to us over the past year. Again thank you to all members of the fundraising team for all the hard work put in to endure that our events are successful and our supporters are valued.

Session leaders have to take on a lot more responsibilities, training and health and safety have been issues to address. It's no mean feat to run a session with care and professionalism for riders, horses and volunteers well done to:
Sue Snelson, Mary Clark, Stella Milne, Lynda Sears, Hazel Ransome Pam Aston Pauline Humphries, Lindsay Rhodes, Kate Sandeman, Judy Solomon, Hillarie Chantler and their Teams.

The yard, fields and ground are always impeccably kept thanks to Jill Messer, Marion Feltham, Joe Coulman, Barry Curtis and Michael Pell who do a sterling job. Once the land has been purchased there will be a lot more to do, so thanks for all past, present and future work and hours you have put in.

Our riders did extremely well last year in all competitions, events and awards. We hope to be able to provide more activities both at home and away for our riders to take part in.

During this year the trustees are trying hard to ensure that all who come along to make Epsom RDA the successful association it is at present a more open and welcoming and fun place to be, if anyone has any suggestions for future events, fundraising or just how we can do better for all riders and volunteers please let us know and we will do our best.

We also hope to recruit new trustees this year and are in the process of putting together an information pack that will give details of the roles and responsibilities of a trustee. At present riders, parents and carers are greatly under represented on the board of trustees.

A trustee would be expected to attend meetings every two months and to fully take part in the running of ERDA, that means helping with events and fundraising, bringing skills and talents to the board that will compliment the members already serving. If you would like to join one of the subcommittees first there is the newly formed training committee, the fundraising and events committee and we will need a property management committee in the very near future. There is a form attached to this newsletter, please fill it in if you would like an information pack or if you would like to have details of the various sub-committees.

Epsom RDA is your association, help us the trustees to keep the lifeblood in the association fresh and vibrant.

Lets all look forward to a happy and horsy New Year and we all look forward to seeing you at the various events throughout the year.