Following our wonderful donation to the Injured Jockeys Fund from the Richard Johnson evening,   we were invited to visit Oaksey House, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys, in Lambourn.

A group made a visit on February 17th and were shown around the complex by Chicky Oaksey and saw the facilities available there to assist in making jockeys recover fitter and quicker.

The bronze is a statue pictured below is of Chicky’s late husband, Lord John Oaksey, whose foresight was instrumental in the foundation of the Injured Jockeys Fund.

We held our Annual Supper Evening recently at Northover Manor in llchester – the charity this year was the Injured Jockeys Fund and Richard Johnson was the guest speaker. The occasion was made even more special by the fact that Richard had just ridden his 100th winner of the season at Wincanton that afternoon. Richard and Johnson White ( who is assistant trainer to Philip Hobbs establishment and where Richard is stable jockey) gave a fascinating insight into the life of a National Hunt jockey.

Margaret Peverley had produced her usual fantastic raffle and four extra special prizes were efficiently and lucratively auctioned by Nigel Payne. These four lots consisted of a lesson with Lucinda Fredericks, a subscription to Anthony Honeyball’s Racing Club, a morning on the gallops at Philip Hobbs’ yard for four people followed by breakfast and tickets to a West Country race meeting and finally a subscription to Brian Barr’s Racing Club which included yard visits and a stake in four horses running this season in the name of the club. Bidding was brisk and Nigel extracted every last penny out of the diners.

Richard very kindly waived his fee and expenses and at the end of an excellent evening with good company and excellent food, Mid Somerset were able to send a cheque for £2280 to the Injured Jockeys Fund – which is am amazing achievement. The Riding Club would like to thank all those who so kindly donated prizes for the raffle and the auction and enabled this fantastic total to be realised.

Venue: KEINTON MANDEVILLE VILLAGE HALL TA 11   6ES

Date: Friday 20th November 2015

Sellers: £5 per table (in advance only)
Purchasers: £1 on the door (adults) Children free

Time:
Doors open to sellers 6pm
Doors open to purchasers 6.30 pm

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THURSDAY 12^TH NOVEMBER 2015
AT
LONG SUTTON VILLAGE HALL   TA10 9NT
7.30 pm

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of 2014 AGM
3. Matters Arising
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Team Manager’s Reports
6. Committee Report
7. Election of Officers
8. Appointment of Hon. Auditor
9. Presentation of Points Trophies
10. Any Other Business

There will be an interesting, informal and entertaining talk by Tony Nevin, osteopath, talking about his time running Zoo Ost which saw him treating a variety of exotic animals and birds. He will also touch on his passion for Elephant Polo in the Far East.

 There will be free refreshments!

Remember!!!! This meeting is YOUR chance to have your say regarding the programme that the Riding Club puts on for you.

We need to know what YOU want from YOUR club – – so please make every effort to attend this meeting.

Please also remember that we are ALWAYS looking for more helpers at events and YOUR help , if even for a couple of hours – would be invaluable to the Club.

Margaret Peverley and Marian Draper were delighted to present a cheque for £250 to Claire Phillips, Manager of World Horse Welfare’s Glenda Spooner Farm near Somerton.

This was money from the Sam Griffiths evening earlier this year.  The evening started with Jeremy Greenop from RNAS Yeovilton talking about  low flying helicopter activity and the importance of wearing HiViz for rider safety.  This was followed by an entertaining and informative talk from Sam Griffiths, the Australian Olympic event rider who is based locally at Gillingham.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 16TH 2015 AT
NORTHOVER MANOR, ILCHESTER BA22 8LD

Two course supper.  Price: Members £23 Non members: £28
6.30 pm for 7.00 pm (sharp!)

Tickets available from Margaret Peverley

Richard Johnson is a leading National Hunt jockey who is ‘hot favourite’ to become Champion Jockey in the current season. Born into a racing family Richard was Champion Conditional jockey in 1995. He has won nearly 3000 races, amongst them the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle   A night not to be missed! Plus an excellent raffle and an auction!     Supporting The Injured Jockeys Fund.

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