Chairman’s welcome
By now all 28 of our RDA groups are gearing up to start riding in September. We have had a busy summer with Team NI excelling at the National Championships at Hartpury in Gloustershire. Riders from Newtownards, Banbridge and Moira and Omagh returned home with rosettes and trophies galore. This is the largest Para equestrian event in the world with over 500 disabled riders taking part and all the riders and supporters did us proud. Plans are already being made for next year. Also Jill Connery and Lucy Best represented the Region at the Ward Union Hunt Show and the Royal Dublin Horse Show respectively as guests of RDA Ireland.
The Autumn term will see significant reorganisation in our Region and each Group will have a new County Chairman and County Instructor. There will a strong push on Instructor training where we will be hoping to enter candidates for the UKCC. We will also be holding two Trustee road Shows on October 19th and 20th with RDA Chief Executive, Ed Bracher
As always we would be very keen to hear from any new volunteers who would be interested in joining
RDA. Knowledge of horses although helpful, is not necessary as full training will be given. Other skills such as teaching, computing, coffee making are also in demand! If you are interested please do get in touch
Julie Jordan
kilmorehouse@hotmail.com