APRIL NEWS

We would all like to say a big thank you to our Chairman, Forbes Inglis, who retired at the AGM yesterday; his advice and help have been really appreciated!  We hope he will continue to drop in every now and again just to keep in touch.

MARCH NEWS

Congratulations to our chief instructor Elinor on getting to the final three in the Sports awards!

Also a big thankyou to the staff of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Forfar for raising £440 for us.

2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

DATES FOR 2016:    

Helper Training Day 
Saturday 27th February
Riding starts Tuesday 1st March

Spring         
Close 12 noon Saturday 2nd April
Open 9am Monday 11th April

Summer       
Close Friday 15th July

Open 9am Monday 15th August

Autumn          
Close 12 noon Saturday 1st October

Open 9am Monday 10th October

Coffee morning  26th November - this is also the last day of riding for the year

Prize Giving        Saturday 3rd December

Other news - we have a new pony, a piebald mare, about 14.2, aged 7/8, called Dolly, who seems to be taking everything quietly so far.   She will be getting training soon when the others start coming back into work.

Donation:    We are delighted to have received a cheque for £2000 from the STV Appeal, which is a lovely surprise!  Thanks to all those involved..

END OF YEAR PRIZE-GIVING

Congratulations to all the prize-winners - a great end to a good year!   

COFFEE MORNING

A big thank you  to everyone who came to the coffee morning and helped us raise the super sum of £1592-38 in total.  Also, thanks to all those who manned the stalls, sold raffle tickets, brought things for the sale, and to those in the kitchen producing pancakes and tea for everyone.  A really good start to the Christmas season, and a great help to winter feed bills!

Remember the Prize Giving is next Saturday 2-4pm.

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NOVEMBER NEWS

Our annual Coffee Morning and Raffle is being held in Saturday 28th November. Starts at 9.30am and ends with the raffle being drawn at 12pm. Bric-a-brac, cake and candy, tombola, Christmas Cards, and lots more. We will also have PC Ricky Martin from Brechin Police office - who will be available to chat about safety riding out on our roads, safety when towing etc. All welcome - the more the merrier. Tea, coffee, juice, pancakes will be available on the day. Entry is by donation.


Our new isolation boxes are coming on well in spite of the weather and should be very useful in future.

LATEST

Hamish and Fraser Smith very kindly donated straw for us this winter, 30 bales  - the ponies will still get their amazing deep beds!   Thanks from all of us.

Work is about to start on the foundations for a new 2 horse stable unit, which will be used as an isolation unit for new ponies.  We had problems with a cough this summer and had to stop all riding for 2-3 weeks, so this should help prevent that happening again.