HAWORTH AND OXENHOPE DISTRICT BRIDLEWAYS
GROUP
APRIL2005
NEWSLETTER NO 3
This
month marks the launch of our website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out the website
for up to date information on bridleways news and issues. A huge thank you to
Peter Tiley for getting the website up and running.
An awful lot of time
has been spent on making it an interesting and entertaining site. Check out the
lovely
photos of the committee!!!!(classic jumping position Fiona!) If anyone
has any photos that they would like to add to the member’s gallery then please
follow the link on the website or let Fiona have a copy.
Emailed newsletter????????
If
you have access to the internet then please let us know your email address
ASAP. As well as letting you have
your newsletter sooner and giving you updates on bridleways matters and events,
it will drastically cut down on production costs. Consequently, as a result,
the more money saved means more money to help towards events.
Bridleways issues
Altar Lane - the burnt out 4x4 has been removed.
Hainworth - the burnt out car on the track from Woodhouse to Hainworth has been
reported to the council and will be removed as soon as possible.
Broadhead – we have applied to the council for new hunting catches to be fitted
to the new gates.
Deanfields – the catch on the bottom gate has been reported.
Pitcher Clough – work has been done to improve the drainage.
We have now applied to the council for the surface to be levelled.
If anyone has any
bridleways issues then please contact Gill Hill or any committee member.
Future Events
IMPORTANT NOTE
If you cannot or plan not to complete an
organised ride, you MUST let the organiser know!
Jane’s Spring Ride
Jane is running her
annual St Ives Spring Ride on Sunday 24th April. This is our first
Ride for Miles event of the year. The ride will start from Jane’s stables at
Cullingworth and will take you through Hallas Bridge, Wilsden and St Ives There
will be a long route and a shorter route available. Please ring Jane on 01535
274038 or 07787 565077 for further details and directions.
Decorated May Day Ride
We will be holding our
Decorated May Day Ride on Sunday 1st May. This will be our 2nd
Ride for Miles event of the year. Meet at the Old Hall at Haworth at 10.15am,
to parade up Main Street at 10.30am. Decorated riders will be judged on
Penistone Arena at 11am. There will then be 3 rides.
Lead rein around
Penistone, a medium ride along the conduit and the traditional May Day Ride
around Roms Greave (Sunderland’s White Hole Farm)
IMPORTANT – WHEN RIDING THROUGH FIELDS WITH
SHEEP AND LAMBS – WALK ONLY!!!!!
Past Events
Our annual Easter
Bonnet Parade and Easter Treasure Hunt were held on Easter Monday. Apologies
for any confusion over the correct day. 15 children turned up with some
fantastic bonnets and decorated ponies. Everyone got a lovely Easter rosette,
then had a treasure hunt followed by juice and a bun. Anyone who turned up
decorated on Sunday, please see Pat or Janice for a rosette.
Monthly meetings
KAREN DIXON – 17th May
As you all will know
by now, our celebratory speaker this year is Karen Dixon. Tickets are still on
sale and cost just £3 for members and £6 for non-members. Tickets will be available
on the monthly meeting or send a SAE to Fiona Tiley, The Old Barn, Clough Lane,
Oakworth, Keighley.
The meeting in March
was an entertaining and colourful talk by Mr Martin Dewar. Martin gave us all
an insight into what to look out for when buying a horse/pony.
Our next monthly
meeting will be held on 19th April. Our speaker this month will be,
back by popular demand, Mrs Norma Grubb of the Irish Draught Society. Norma
Grubb is a much respected breeder, producer and county level judge. The subject
this month is “Tips on Showing”. The juniors will be meeting at Springhead
stables at 5pm for hotdogs, then a practical demonstration. The seniors are
meeting at Highfield House Farm at 7pm for their practical demonstration. To
find Highfield House Farm – follow the road out of Oakworth towards Colne. You
will pass The Grouse Pub (being renovated) on the left, you then pass the
Yorkshire Water site on the left – Highfield House farm is the next track on
the right after then. We will all meet later, at the usual time of 8pm, at The
Old White Lion for a social and a TABLE
TOP SALE!!! Why not have a good sort out of your tack room and bring along
anything that you no longer use or doesn’t fit. It’s free!!
Dressage league
We were blessed with
an absolutely glorious day for our first dressage competition of the year on
March 19th.
Everyone was very
smartly turned out and rode some very good tests. The results are as follows;
Fledglings
1st Anna Cavalleri Toby
2nd Ella Narey Winston
3rd Alexandra Lilley China
4th Abigail Pell Duncan
Junior P7
1st Amy Narey Tally
2nd Abigail Wheeler Crunchie
3rd Rebecca Hedges Sunny
4th Samantha Hedges Heidi
5th Sydney Deacon Magic
6th Calum Nobes Bedazzled
Junior P18
1st Abigail Wheeler Crunchie
2nd Sydney Deacon Magic
3rd Amy Narey Tally
4th Calum Nobes Bedazzled
5th Daisy Ann Pedder Magic
6th Katie Hedges O’Malley
Senior P7
1st Liz Spoor Luke
2nd Fiona Tiley Golden Aurora
3rd Amanda Oates Sam
4th Gill Burgess Cherie
5th Sacha Carruthers Megan
6th Yvette Richardson Hana
Senior P18
1st Liz Spoor Luke
2nd Fiona Tiley Golden Aurora
3rd Sacha Carruthers Megan
4th Gill Burgess Cherie
5th Janet Hall Apple Juice
6th Yvette Richardson Hana
Well done to every one
who took part. Again, check out the website for some cracking piccies!!!
Hunter trial
We are now accepting
entries for our Hunter Trial, which will be held on 22nd May at
Craven Country Ride.
There are 3 classes
Novice 2ft
Open 2ft 9
Pairs Any Height
An entry form is
enclosed with this newsletter.
Junior news
Please see past events
for the Easter Ride.
The juniors held a
pleasure ride on 20th March. They rode from Margaret’s stables to
Penistone hill and back. Everyone had a lovely day.
Janice is running
another Dressage Warm up Day on 7th May at Springhead stables. This
is the weekend before our Dressage Competition. It is only £1 a go and starts
at 10am. Please ring Janice to book on so that she knows how many to plan for.
Ragwort Alert!
The BHS is holding the first of two annual ragwort awareness weeks
between the 4th and 8th April. Even though this week will
have passed by the time you get this it is an ideal time of the year to take
action against this deadly weed.
The BHS is using the initiative to encouraging horse owners to clear
paddocks of the small “rosette-stage” growths visible now, rather than waiting
until the plant is in bloom and ready to spread.
The biennial weed is one of the most common causes of poisoning in
horses and cattle, killing thousands every year, and its effects are
cumulative, so that small intakes over a long period of time have the same
effects as one large intake.
Ragwort contains alkaloids, which are poisonous to livestock as well as
humans, and causes potentially fatal liver damage in horses. Symptoms include
loss of condition, poor appetite, lethargy and photosensitisation (sunburn).
Some 6,500 animals were believed to have died in 2002 as a result of
ingesting the killer weed. This is a shocking figure of needless deaths. How
can you be sure that your horse is not ingesting this deadly substance?
Get out and clear your land of any rosettes you can find. Try and get
the whole root out if possible. A ‘rag fork’ makes this a simple task. Please
remember to wear gloves when handling ragwort – the poison can be absorbed
through human skin.
If you see ragwort on another property complain using the Ragwort
Control Act 2003.
How to register a complaint:
The introduction of the BHS-backed Ragwort Control Act in 2003, has
made it easier for DEFRA to act on complaints about ragwort and compel councils,
public bodies and landowners to clear the poisonous yellow-flowering plant.
Under the revised procedures for investigating ragwort, DEFRA issued 41
enforcement notices in 2004, compared to 11 in 2003. A DEFRA spokesman said
that in most cases, the notice had resulted in the weeds being cleared.
The DEFRA website advises: “First approach the owner/occupier of the
land on which the weeds are and ask them to take steps to clear the weeds.”
For ragwort alongside motorways or trunk roads, the complaint should be
referred to the Highways Agency (tel: 08457 504030), and for minor roads, the
local highway authority (see telephone directory). For ragwort on railway land,
call Network Rail (tel: 08457 114141).
If this fails, complainants should complete the four-page Weeds Act
complaint form (north of England: tel: 01270 754262; south: tel: 0117 959 8622;
ask for Weed 2 Rev 7/03).
Rights of Way
There will be a Rights of Way meeting on Tuesday 26th April.
Everyone is welcome. Please meet at Pats house at 8pm.
Classified ads
SKIPTON RACES
Pendle Forest and
Craven Hunt are holding their annual Point to Point Races on April 30th.
Gates open at 12 noon Races start at 2pm. There will be catering, licensed bar
and bookies there. Why not go early, take a picnic and make a day of it!!
FULL LIVERY AVAILABLE ON SMALL FRIENDLY YARD AT
LONG LEE All year turnout.
Fantastic hacking.
Large Modern stables.
Full size arena with
lights.
Individual needs
catered for.
£60 per week
£30 per week option in
summer
Horses/ponies taken
for breaking in
Kind and sympathetic
methods
Experienced and
recommended
Telephone 01535 664033
Mobile 07791
451217
Email cvsnowden@totalise.co.uk
SADDLE FOR SALE
17.5inch Wide Black Manor VSD /Working Hunter Saddle
9 months old
Used in the show ring only
In Immaculate Condition
£350.00
TEL: 07960 741414
Or email:
meesha.moo@tiscali.co.uk
LEAD REIN PONY FOR LOAN
Holly – 12.2hh, 10
year old dapple grey, native type pony for loan.
Holly has been out of
regular work over the winter but is a great LEAD REIN pony. She has been all
over the local bridle paths, led mostly from horseback, but also on foot. She’s
great to handle, loves to be fussed, petted and groomed, doesn’t kick, bite or
barge. Good with farrier (unshod) and will travel very happily in either a box
or a trailer. She has a full set of tack and rugs. All enquiries to: Elaine
Clark 01274 830427 or 07740 520528
RIDER NEEDED
Rider needed for 14hh
Highland Pony
Ring Mary Ward on
642040
HORSE FOR PART LOAN
15hh WelshX Gelding.
Good to do in all ways. Experienced rider wanted. Stabled between Haworth and
Oxenhope. For more info please contact
Cath on 07743 875953
15HH CHESTNUT PURE BRED ARAB GELDING 9
year old. Full Crabbit lines. Sold with ticket for Pony of the Year Show 2005.
Knowledgeable Showing home preferable. Good to shoe, box etc…Hacks out alone or
in company. Reluctant sale. £3995 inc rugs. Tack available Please tel 07813
810666
BLACK 17” SADDLE
Made by Clover Hill.
Straight cut made on a dressage seat. Excellent condition. Wide fitting
£275ovno
Please tel 07813
810666
SINCLAIR 3 PONY TRAILER
Sinclair 3 pony
trailer. Although some 20 yrs old, little used, especially last 10 yrs. Kept
under cover. New h/d tyres. £850 ono Nigel Ward
01535 642040 evening
01943 601173 daytime
HORSE TRAILER FOR SALE
Richardson trailer to
carry ponies or small horse £550
ono
Clare Mallender 01535
611368
HODBG COMMITTEE 2005
Chair
Fiona Tiley 01535 648656
ftiley@hotmail.com
Secretary
Jane Atkinson 01535 274038
bridlewaysec@tiscali.co.uk
Treasurer
Margaret O’Neil 01535 642145
Senior Bridleway Officer
Gill Hill 01535 644868
Gillian.hill@blueyonder.co.uk
Equine Welfare
Pat Greenwood 01535 643402
Junior Reps
Janice Bond 01535 644321
Jason Bond 01535 644321
Robert Hudson 07903
523955
Raffle
Angela Pell 01535 646962
Gill Hill 01535 644868
gillian.hill@blueyonder.co.uk
Newsletter
Clare Snowden 01535 664033
cvsnowden@totalise.co.uk
Events Organiser
Pat Greenwood 01535 643402
Fiona Tiley 01535 648656
Webmaster
Peter Tiley 01535 648656
Please check over the page for
an updated events calendar!