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Gransha Riding Club has organised training for Horse Welfare Test 1 starting on Tuesday 28th February for approx 6 weeks at Gransha E.C. Members from other affiliated Riding clubs are welcome.    Contact Anne on 07871 186550 for more details.

Dates for N.I. Riding Clubs Championships and Qualifiers. For 2012.

  • Indoor Individual Championships at Portmore 29th January 2012.
  • Indoor Mixed Teams Championships at Portmore on 4th March 2012
  • Horse trials N.I. Championships and Qualifiers at Laurelview on 19th May 2012
  • Dressage, Riding Tests and Style jumping Championships and Qualifiers at Laurelview on 2nd June 2012
  • Show jumping Championships and Qualifiers at The Meadows on Sat 23rd June 2012

BRC Membership Cards & Membership Year

Overview

To produce a membership card which is received, used and valued by BRC members.

Shortfalls of the present distribution system

  • Cards sent en masse to club secretary for distribution
  • Additional work for clubs secretary, completing details and posting
  • Additional cost for club, envelopes and postage
  • Cards not being passed on to individual members
  • Members unable to prove membership (at championships or to obtain discounts) when cards are not distributed by clubs
  • Difficulty in insisting that members show their cards at qualifiers when they are not distributed by club
  • No perceived value of card to member
  • Quality of card poor

Proposed changes

  • Membership cards to be distributed direct to the member via a mailing house
  • Membership card to be “credit card” type and pre printed with member name, number and club
  • Membership cards to be distributed monthly from the membership data provided by the clubs
  • Cards to be issued based on a club membership year and to be dated accordingly. The year end date will be printed on the card, for example if a club year runs from October to September the membership card will be printed with “year end September 2011”

Advantages of new system

  • Members guaranteed to receive membership cards
  • Allows expiry date to be included on card rather than issuing a generic “annual” card
  • Allows the member to have direct contact from BRC
  • Opportunities for existing and new sponsors to be included for example loyalty cards, discounts and offers, advertising

Disadvantages of new system

  • Additional cost. It is proposed that this is covered by sponsorship of the membership cards. It is not proposed that the cost is passed onto clubs or individual members.
  • Relies on club sending accurate membership list on a monthly basis

BRC Videos

Videos from the NAF National Championships 2011 at Lincoln and the BRC Quadrille Selection 2011 at Aintree

BHS / BRC Third Party Liability Insurance
- Your Questions answered by SEIB

Click here to download questions and answers on Insurance for riding clubs.

SHOWJUMPING BUILDING SEMINAR AT LYLEHILL FARM, TEMPLEPATRICK on Monday 21st November. Starting at 7.15p.m.
Instructor Mr Ray Buchanan.
This is an opportunity for club course builders and helpers to learn from an expert, which will make their club competitions more enjoyable and better suited to improving standards.
The Seminar is for Riding Club members only and will be free.

 

Safety Briefing Sheet 001/11 Electrical Safety

Following the tragic incident at Newbury Race Course it was thought that a timely reminder should be posted relating to electrical safety at events.

  • Where possible cabling should not be buried or laid in high traffic areas such as collecting rings, horse walks or public areas.
  • Any cabling used must be appropriate for the usage and be in good working order with no cuts, kinks or other damage.
  • Generators must be appropriately earthed and situated away from public access.
  • Avoid multiple adaptors and household extension leads. There are a number of cabling, circuit breakers and portable weather proof protection (IP55) boxes available on the open market.
  • If in any doubt the services of a qualified electrician should be sought.
  • Contractors and service providers must provide proof of safe and competent use of electrical equipment and installation in line with HSE and industry standards.
  • Venue owners have a duty to provide a safe environment but we also have a duty of care. If in doubt check it out.
  • Risks assess hazards associated with overhead cables and vehicles coming into contact or within discharge range. In particular where high sided vehicles are entering or transiting a site.

Useful Link http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg107.pdf

The Above is intended for information use only - obtain qualified electrical advice if in doubt.

This email was received from an Area rep from England.  Please check your passports asap.

One of my riders had a problem at the RWHS, she was stopped by Trading Standards Officers for a horse passport check, only to be told that hers was illegal – she fortunately received an official caution rather than being prosecuted. Her offence, she had not got a completed Section 9 certificate, Medicinal Treatment concerning "slaughter for human consumption or not" in her passport. Her passport was issued by the Welsh Pony Society pre mandatory passports so the certificate was not included. How many of our members would fall foul of this part of the law?  Numerous I suspect.

Here is a simple checklist of the sections that Trading Standards Officers check:

  • Name of horse is shown together with colour and sex
  • name, address and signature of current owner
  • completed certificate in Medicinal Treatment concerning "slaughter for human consumption or not",
    plus if any treatments have been given that the vet has completed the section fully
  • drawing and description of horse signed by a competent authority or vet plus vets stamp

plus, of course, we want to be able to see the full flu vac history in either the passport or old style flu vac card or a combination of both.

 

Hat Standards

It has been brought to my attention that we may have misleading information in our Rulebook. Following an email that I received yesterday, regarding a Riding Club Member (wearing a Champion Ventair) that was refused entry to a competition because the official steward believed that she was wearing a hat with a fixed peak, Sarah and I have done some investigative work and found out the following:

If a hat is marked to any of the standards which are listed in our rulebook, then it cannot possibly have a ‘fixed’ peak. The hat may appear to have a fixed peak however, they have been designed, in line with current regulations, so that the peak would break or flex on impact with a solid object. British Eventing also agrees that this is also the advice that they would give to their members.

By placing an additional line in our Rulebook which states that fixed peaks are not allowed for any cross-country event, is misleading to stewards as demonstrated in the aforementioned email from a disgruntled member.

There is some rather useful information on the following link just to clarify the points that I have made.

http://www.beta-uk.org/Safety/HatStandards.asp

 

BHS Ireland Forest Survey is now online. 

Do you have a nearby forest that you’d like to have access to for horse riding?  BHS Ireland is currently working with Forest Service to try and create more equestrian access to N Ireland’s forests. Go to www.bhsireland.com and please click on the 2 minute survey.

The information collected in this survey will be extremely useful in finding which forest(s) in Northern Ireland riders would like access, and what these forests currently offer.
It only takes a couple of minutes to fill out the simple but important survey form on www.bhsireland.com