A very windy day dawned upon us and the attendees of the March Medley.  However, we battled forward against the tempest and the groups put their horses through their paces in the flatwork lesson followed up with some flash jumping.  Considering some of the ladies hadn't  jumped for some time, they all did fantastically well! 

After a spot of lunch (including my mums famous lemon drizzle cake), the teasure hunt commenced.  The group was split into 2 teams which headed off in different directions in search of clues.   To continue with the Easter theme, the idea was to find clues which held a hidden number and these numbers could be traded for items to make an Easter Bonnet.  The winning bonnet had to be worn without any of its adornments falling off which was quite a tricky task when you had to fix mini eggs to a straw hat!!  We had our own special Easter Bunny hop in to judge the winning team - thanks Sharon!!

Please see all the corresponding photos of the day in the Gallery and keep an eye on the events section for up and coming events.

Ten participants joined us for a morning of lessons in show jumping, flatwork and stable management.  We had some new faces this time and we welcomed Sophie with Babycham, Char with Breeze and Charlotte with Beauty. 

After lunch we debriefed everyone on the rules of the treasure hunt and split everyone into teams.  There was the two littleones on leadrein who had their own mini-hunt and two older teams.  Each team headed off in different directions in search of the clues which were hidden around the yard and up and down the lane, ranging from bananas to lanterns!  The hunters had to locate the clues which had numbers hidden inside them.  These numbers corresponded to words on a word chart back at the barn and these words made up a sentence telling them where the treasure was buried.  Tension rose as the two older teams arrived back in the barn neck and neck to start deciphering the numbers to words and all scrambled off to locate the treasure together!  Congratulations to Rachel, Jamie, Sophie and Charlotte who were the winning team overall.

We hope everyone enjoyed the day, there were certainly lots of smiles around the table as we finished off with tea and cake.  (Cake features a lot at Banwell Equestrian Centre!)

Ruth and Steve will have a break through April as they get married and go off on honeymoon but the next event is the March Medley (22.04.08) which is a fun day out for the adults.  This will consist of combined training in the morning followed by a very creative treasure hunt in the afternoon!

More pony fundays will be scheduled in when Ruth and Steve are back in May, keep an eye on the website for more details.

A glorious sunny day greeted the 5 participants for Helen's lesson.  Unfortunately, Helen was unable to bring her supreme dressage horse to give a demo prior to the lessons as he is recovering from injury but she gave us a talk about the value of good flatwork and how what we ask our horses to do affects them.

Angela, Steph and Hannah then had the first 45 minute lesson.  For us watching it was amazing to see how much all the horses improved by the end of the lesson.  Rachel and Sarah then shared the second 45 minute lesson and again the horses showed excellent form.  Everyone got a lot out of their lessons and thought Helen an excellent instructor who is down to earth, with a great sense of humour.

Big thanks to Helen for coming down to see us.  Due to popular demand we are already compiling a list of people who wish further lessons with Helen, if you are interested please call Ruth on 0780 170 8606.

A bright day welcomed us and although we only had a few people join us from off the yard, everyone enjoyed a relaxing few hours of going round a course of jumps at their leisure. 

We hope to hold a regular Jump & Go day every month to give people the opportunity to practice their jumping skills.