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For all of those who have entered the Gateway at Crick BC members should have received an email about the BEF bio security declaration, please let me know if you have not. Thanks
Don't think so
I received an email titled “Equine Flu Information” and on investigation I found the above form.
Sorry I haven’t either!
Hi no I haven’t
Thanks for all the support today for our event 17 drivers braved the heat, sorry no pictures but our usual photographer was obstacle judging 😊please remember our next event at Cricklands on 7th June, there is still time to enter.🙏
Thanks from us lot. 😎 We all had a fab time and the ponies coped really well. 🥰
A great event, as ever so efficiently, and generously run by Jane Gillman and family and friends. Grateful thanks to you all in making it possible for us all to enjoy.
Thank you for a lovely day, highlight, cantering over the bridge, loved that, everyone was so welcoming and apart from the heat it was fabulous ❤️
We had a great time, thanks to everyone for braving the heat.
Many thanks to all the mad dogs and Englishmen/women who made it all possible. We had a ball thanks.
The format for the event on Sunday will be dressage then straight to cones with a break before the obstacles so that everyone gets a chance to walk them . Start times for dressage are as follows Janet MacDonald 9am, Jane Hendy 9.09am, Ainslie Turner 9.18am, Jacqui Pillenger 9.27am, Emma Bond 9.36am, Nichola Waddicor 9.45am, Esther Rawlinson 9.54am, Ralph Bailey 10.03am, Philip Trantham 10.12am, Ainslie Turner 10.21am, Liz Seabourne 10.30am? Philip Trantham 10.39am, Teresa White 10.48am, Mia Marshall 10.57am, Rhi Murray 11.06am Kristy Green 11.15am, Danny Marshall 11.24am Laura Spencer 11.33am please let me know if these times are okay for you 🙏Jane
After all dressage and cones finished, obstacles starting 12.30 so about 45min gap
So are obstacles starting after all dressage/cones finished or earlier?
Have fun all 😁
Ruth Jenkins
Thank you for a super event and please thank the stewards for putting up with the heat. Their support is much appreciated 😍
If anyone is trying to enter for the gateway competition at Crick on the 7th June please email jane.gillman@btinternet.com as the club website is being unhelpful, sorry for the inconvenience.
Dear All
Those of you who are planning on competing with us at Putloe or Cricklands please remember that you need to be up to date with your vaccinations this is especially important as there have been a number of outbreaks of equine influenza in Gloucestershire and South Wales. Thank you for your cooperation.
Those of you who are planning on competing with us at Putloe or Cricklands please remember that you need to be up to date with your vaccinations this is especially important as there have been a number of outbreaks of equine influenza in Gloucestershire and South Wales. Thank you for your cooperation.
Hi I’ve tried to sign up for gateway in 7th June but BC sends me to FODDTG webpage in you can’t sign up on there yet!! Please could you sort as really don’t want to miss coming and competing so close to home
Entries please for Sunday 24th May, it will be a Gateway competition at Putloe, come and practice before the event at Cricklands on 7th June, please message or email Jane , jane.gillman@btintetnet.com for entry to either event. Thank you
Dear All
Here are the proposed dates for events the club will be putting on, exact details of what is to be finalised but the dates are as follows, Sunday 24th May, 12th July, 30th August and Saturday 26th September. Hope to see you all here at Putloe, or at Grittleton for the drive.
Here are the proposed dates for events the club will be putting on, exact details of what is to be finalised but the dates are as follows, Sunday 24th May, 12th July, 30th August and Saturday 26th September. Hope to see you all here at Putloe, or at Grittleton for the drive.
What date is Grittleton drive?
Ruth Jenkins
Please support this at Windsor Park
What date is it on ?
I'm all booked in ready to try something new xxx
Unfortunately there will not be a championship for Gateway this year but it will be reviewed for 2027 so do support your local club if they run a Gateway competition and show BC council that there is support for this event.🙏
Typical the first yr we get to have a go and nothing to aim for, still we’ll use it as a stepping stone annoying though.
So very disappointed that they have decided not to have a Gateway Championship this year. I wonder if there will be a class for tandem this year? Was it only one competitor last year?
Just a few of my (random) thoughts 💭 How many clubs etc are running Gateway classes and are they all over the country? Would it be possible to organise a venue for Gateway Championships? Or are there not enough entries etc?
Vicky Brennan I qualified last year, but couldn’t attend as I had to book holidays before the dates were published, so went for the weekend nearest to Champs in previous years and then they changed the date. I even looked into flying to the nearby airport and getting friends to prep and take my pony for me. Sadly that was vetoed by my employer. It seems very unfair that having aimed for this since March 2024 that my goal has now been removed. I believe I am correctly informed that there were other classes with far fewer entries than those in the Gateway classes. Are those classes still running this year? Surely these classes are meant to encourage new competitors into the sport? Not very encouraging to be deemed so unimportant that you don’t have a championship.