The Dormansland Horse and Dog Show have been long term supporters and we are very grateful to them. We had a stand this year and met lots of friends, old and new. It was a lovely hot sunny day and the show was a great success, with lots of competitors, both equine and canine (with their riders and handlers. We particularly enjoyed the family atmosphere of the show.
We took Guy and Star to the National Championships at Hartpury this year, along with four riders from our Thursday morning second lesson.
We all got soaked to the bone but it was well worth it.
Our First rider finished 3rd in his class.
Our Second rider won his class.
Our Third rider won her class and was National Class Champion.
Our Fourth rider won his class and was also National Class Champion.
Well done and huge congratulations to all our riders and huge thanks to all those who helped on the day.
We currently have vacancies for riding sessions for small groups of children with learning or physical disabilities. We normally take six children at a time, on weekdays during term time. Please get in touch with us via the contact form on the webpage if you would like to find out more.
Our good friends at the MG Car Club Sussex Wanderers have given us a fantastic donation of £2,300 raised from collections at their meetings during 2022. Each month they set off on a jolly in their wonderful cars, ending up with a lunch at a pub, where the hat is passed round. The members are very generous and we are very grateful to them.
On 2nd February Ursula Griffiths came to watch a lesson with some of the members and their cars, and to hand over the cheque. (Yes we know the one in the middle isn’t an MG – it sneaked in!)
We are very grateful to The Incorporated Church Institute (Upper Tooting) Limited who have been tremendous supporters over many years, and this year have come up with a fantastic £17,000 to fund our riders for the current year.
Other donations include £800 from the Dormansland Horse and Dog Show, £690 from a Masonic Lodge, £500 from the East Grinstead Lions Donkey Derby, £100 from the After Eight Ladies and £100 from RDA.
