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February 28th
What a lovely change it has been to see the sun today! A big thank you to all of the competitors for turning up for the dressage yesterday, only 2 being unable to make it despite the awful weather, well done to all those that qualified for the Trailblazers second rounds on March 28th, we look forward to seeing you all again then! Many thaks to Moira for judging all day and for karen for standing in to help write! - Keep an eye on the home page for extra schooling days!
February 2nd
Well not too much to write about during December and January! The awful weather meant everything, everywhere was cancelled and we all were in pretty much the same boat - trying to manage the horses in all the snow, they didn't seem to mind, it was just the endless work it brought! Back to normality now though, the BSJA jumping went very well last weekend with good entries, everyone grateful to be able to at least get the horses out and some really good jumping was seen (for results use the link on the home page!) the dressage last Sunday went smoothly too and we are looking forward to the unaffiliated jumping this weekend. The cafe is getting some really good positive comments, glad you all like it. To try to help out we are opening up as many days as possible with our opening schooling days and the days available will be on Horse dates and the home page every Monday morning.....some of you will have seen the new 'boys' standing this year, Scorpion King, Nutty Professor and Storm Shadow at the dressage shows (as they were not 4 until this year couldn't jump at shows), thier full breeding and details are of course on the stud pages to anyone interested or of course drop me an email! If any of you are interested in some showing shows maybe you could let me know as well........if enough people show an interest I will happliy organize some......Thanks for reading and hopefully see you soon......once again thanks to you all for your continued support.
December 19th
Well the snow certainly helps with Christmas feel!, we all at Overa Farm would like to wish everyone, customers and clients old and new a very merry christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous new year and express our sincere thanks for all of your support throughout the year!
December 8th
Thanks to everyone that supported the shows this weekend just past, it was really nice to see some new junior riders and for all of the classes to run, well done to you all. Rodger Howe built some really good classes and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Sunday saw the Senior Woof Wear championship qualifier, well done to Ben Westagte riding Kilkenny Red who won the class, full results are available by following the link on the homes page.
November 29th
WELCOME ABOARD TO THE NEW ICENI DRESSAGE GROUP - JANUARY 9th - CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE
November 6th
Well you can certainly feel that we are in November.......I want to welcome a couple of new sponsors on board, firstly 'Rent Right' self drive hire horse boxes and vehicles who are sponsoring a 1.05 open classe with £50 first prize and monies being paid out to 5th place at two of the shows, December 6th and January 24th. Science supplements are sponsoring the 1.05 open classes at our unaffiliated shows in December and January with 1st place getting free supplements to try out! We are also very pleased to say that Quality Jumps for you have supplied a wonderful new Chess Fence, so please take a look at our links page and give the websites a visit, I personally think they are worth a look and you never know just when you may need to hire a horse box quickly.....cards will be available from the saddlery on your next visit! We are also delighted to annouce that Paul Nunn is going to be holding a showjumping clinic here on January 30th, book early - limited spaces!
Don't forget that the summer league trophies for our members are to be given out on Sunday too - look forward to seeing you then!
October 13th
We sincerely want to congradulate all of our members, the league was very close run right up to the end but the dressage league results are as follows:
Presentation at the next Dressage Show on November 14th
Results for the Summer 2009 Show-jumping League
1st Sue Cox and Kilbally Classic
2nd Susie Rodgers Hartley and Dante Silver Dollar
3rd Jenny Mitchell and Dante Silver Dollar
4th Anna Peruzzi Smith and Hello Vegas
5th Virginia Crawford and Rock Me Amadeus
6th Michelle Lowe and Lemon
Presentation at next showjumping show November 1st and November 8th, New winter Leagues start now and we look forward to the coming season......many thanks for all of your much valued custom throughout the year, both at the shows and in the saddlery.
October 9th
We are very pleased to annouce that we have been chosen to hold a REACT clinic on November 21st, 2009
REACT TRAINING CLINICS
Trainers at the REACT Clinics will be Olympic and European Medalists Jeanette Brakewell, Tiny Clapham and Charlotte Bathe with Ros Morgan, Simon Lawrance, Sue Edwards, Milly Tonks, Sue Ringrose, Caroline Creighton, Jonathan Chapman, Jo Marsh Smith.
The REACT Clinics will take place over the winter 2009/2010. REACT brings together the three phases of Eventing and aims to show how they interact with each other, our purpose is to get pupils to learn to REACT to a situation and in turn this will make the horse and rider more responsive, therefore, safer. One and a half hours of ridden instruction will be followed by a Class room session, including a DVD/Video analysis and theory. There will be a maximum of six riders per session, with two trainers in attendance at each of the indoor venues.
For further information and booking forms please contact Mrs Sarah Watson
Email: sarahhunterslodge@btinternet.com Tel: 01476575016 / 07725145 038
October 5th
Thanks to all that turned out yesterday for our first indoor showjumping of the season, it certainly felt cold, thank goodness the cafe is nearly finished (many thanks to Terry and Tim for all of the hard work) and thanks for the wonderful comments some of you made, definately looking forward to the fire it would seem!...good turnout for the open classes and newcomers too - a good course from Rodger Howe and 17 starters gave way to good competition in the Newcomers / 1.10, full results are available from the link on the home page. We all send out best wishes to Judi Sheldon following her operation on her knees and look forward to having her back on board in the very near future - get well soon Judi!
The results from the member showjumping league are now complete and shown below, well done to everyone and once again thanks for your continued support throughout the year, the Winter League starts again as from this Sunday 11th and the cups next year will be engraved glass for a change! - Full results below........Presentation on Sunday but if you can't make it, please collect trophies from the saddlery at your convenience anytime after Sunday - don't forget we are closed Wednesdays! The Winter Dressage league finishes this Saturday, results on here Sunday!
Results for the Summer 2009 Show-jumping League
1st Sue Cox and Kilbally Classic
2nd Susie Rodgers Hartley and Dante Silver Dollar
3rd Jenny Mitchell and Dante Silver Dollar
4th Anna Peruzzi Smith and Hello Vegas
5th Virginia Crawford and Rock Me Amadeus
6th Michelle Lowe and Lemon
Presentation this Sunday, if you can't make it please collect from the saddlery at your convenience, after 11th.
Well Done to you all and thankyou for your support throughout the year!
New Winter League starts this Sunday 11th - make sure your membership is up to date, otherwise points cannot be added.
September 21st
Busy today! we have been approached to hold an auction here so:
We are pleased to annouce that a mixed sale of ponies, cobs and riding horses with approximately 300 lots of saddlery, new and second-hand, showjumps and trailers etc will be held here at Overa Farm Stud on Saturday November 28th, 2009.
Entries invited - for full details, terms and conditions etc go to the organizers: www.johndyerandson.co.uk
September 21st pm!
Recieved email from Harmony Dressage Group, who hold their events here each month.......
Hi Chris,
Just to let you know that we recently sent questionnaires to our members asking for general feedback about the club and the venue.I thought you might like to know that we received positive feed back about the venue and the facilities from all respondents so I'm just passing this on to you. Rated from excellent, good, average and poor, the venue scored "excellent."
I will mail you later in the week about next Sunday.
Thanks,
Lyn
September 21st
Blessed with lovely weather over the weekend, the dressage went smoothly on Saturday and the 90cm Amateur second rounds went well yesterday with over 30 starters, congradulations to all of the people that qualified, photos will be on site by Thursday kindly supplied by Mark Hannaford-Dagless, he has been present at the last few shows, and can be contacted by email on: markdagless@btinternet.com Full results are available from the links on the home page
The cafe is now almost complete and will be ready for the October shows with the wood burner so we can all stay warm! - It has been noted that we had a few stones come up in the outside warm up arena when the new drains were put in - this is taken on board and is being sorted asap!
The next Fun ODE has been organized for October 24th, again links on the home page. The Summer leagues are drawing to a close with just the next Dressage Oct 10th and S/J this coming weekend 26th Sept and October 4th. Please note we have cancelled the Junior Bsja Shows due to be held on October 3rd and November 7th,
Please also note that as from October 1st all shows will move indoors (apart from the ODE of course!)
September 13th
Thanks to everyone that supported the Mini Fun One Day Event yesterday, we were very lucky with the weather and I hope all the competitiors enjoyed themselves as much as we did, thanks to all of the helpers Mandy, Kelly and Karen, as well as our Judges, Chris Williams, Moira and Audrey, pleased to say all went very smoothly, well done to Brooke Roberts who came first in the Beginners class, followed closely by Suzanne Clarke, 3rd place went to Greg McGarrell, 4th to Gergina Matthews and 5th to Bev Richards. The Novice class started well, with competative dressage scores, fast cross country times leaving the showjumping phase to sort everyone out.....8 went through to the jump off, 1st place going to Hannah Lee, 2nd to Sara Collison, 3rd was Abby Richards, 4th Dotte gowing, 5th to Emma Browne and 6th to Derek Reeve. Due to the success of this event we will be scheduling another towards the end of October so keep an eye out for the date soon!
Photos taken by Chris Cooper
September 8th
Sincere apologies to everyone that was unable to access the website over the weekend and Monday, we had a problem with our server - technology! - great when it works......Still the show went well anyway and we are all really looking forward to the mini one day event this coming Saturday. More dates for these will be added shortly, let us know what you think......I would also like to express sincere thanks to everyone for their support and best wishes during August at such a difficult family time for us, much appreciated. It has put us slightly behind with the works on the viewing gallery but that is back in full swing this coming week and should be completed within the next few weeks.
We welcome a new photographer at our shows too - Mark Hannaford-Dagless, he has been present at the last few shows, and can be contacted by email on: markdagless@btinternet.com
Don't forget you need to pre-enter for the BSJA 2nd Rounds at the show on September 20th!!!
August 20th
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August 4th
Despite the awful weather leading up to the weekend, and the forecast for Sunday 2nd August, the sun shone all day, everyone appeared to enjoy themselves, with good entries throughout the senior classes and even the junior entries were improved. Rodger Howe built excellent courses making use of the huge outdoor arena, which rode superbly following the works completed earlier in the year. Many thanks to all of the competitors for their continued and much valued support and of course a big thank you to everyone that helped make the show such a success.
July 13th
A good turnout yesterday, everyone seemed happier with Seniors in the morning and Juniors in the afternoon and the weather turned out to be wonderful too! Congradulations to all who qualified for trailblazers in both the dressage and showjumping and thanks to all for your much valued continued support! Membership tables have also been updated and the trophies have been ordered! Cross Country fences are coming on well - I will take a few photos soon and post on site for you all to see!
July 11th
We are very proud and excited to announce the following clinic to be held here :
DRESSAGE CLINIC WITH INTERNATIONAL DRESSAGE RIDER, DANIEL TIMSON
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH - LIMITED SPACES
CALL RACHEL ON 07834 184228 TO BOOK.
June 16th
Excellent turnout for the senior qualifiers yesterday, congradulations to all who qualified, we were very lucky to have such wonderful weather for the whole weekend, construction of the mini cross country course starts next week and we will schedule a few mini one day events for later in the year, any ideas please let me know!
June 9th
We have heard a rumour that our large all weather arena is to be split into two arenas (one for senior and one for Junior), this is NOT TRUE, and has NEVER even been thought to be a possibility by us!. All senior showjumping is on the all weather outdoor arenas for all of the summer shows. Juniors will be held in the indoor arenas this coming weekend and maybe the grass arena for the following events.
The major works for the new viewing gallery and cafe are now completed and we would like to thank everyone for putting up with any inconvenience caused during the building, the inside will be done over the summer months causing no further problems! Thanks too for the lovely comments regarding the outdoor arena surface from our competitors yesterday, and from Carlton riding club, much appreciated!
JUNE 7TH
WOULD ALL COMPETITIORS KINDLY NOTE THAT AS FROM OUR NEXT UNAFFILIATED SHOW (JULY 12TH) SENIORS WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING AND JUNIORS IN THE AFTERNOON.
THANKYOU
May 11th
The Discovery Regional Final yesterday went very well, the new surface rode superbly and the complimentary comments were very welcome after all of the hard work that has gone into getting things right!, The grass arena rode well too and although the Junior entries were slightly disappointing, hopefully they will pick up for the June show with the scope qualifiers. Please let us know if you would prefer to jump on Grass or the surface by email, comments, suggestions are much appreciated! Apologies to all for any inconvenience caused by the continuing works on the gallery and cafe, they will be completed by the end of this week...
Richard Maxwell riding Vogue III, LizzieGray riding Zaracossa, Alexander Ravinovicch riding Everest
Micheal Fursdown riding Lesley Lansley, Kevin Smith riding Midsummer Cyclone,
May 5th
Well that's it - presentations done, congratulations to all, excellent entries yesterday with 49 in the dressage and good entries for the senior Jumping, Juniors were a little down, but hopefully we will see everyone at the next show on the 7th June......the new Summer league has now started so keep an eye on the tables and make sure your membership is up to date! All of the unaffiliated shows are now qualifying for next years Trailblazers both dressage and Jumping......Work has started on the new viewing gallery, cafe and snug so we will all be warm next winter season, and the new grass arena is ready for use as from this weekend. We received some fantastic comments and response for the new surface in the main arena over the weekend too, which jumped superbly all day. The cross country fences have also arrived and will be put up for use by the end of the month! It really is busy, busy, busy here at the moment!
April 12th
Again excellent entries for the dressage yesterday, although not so many for the showjumping, the weather was awful for our first show outdoors, (typical for the easter bank holiday) but on the upside - the arena proved the improvements had worked and held up very well. The results for our winter showjumping league are now confirmed - congradulations to Remy Farrant winning the showjumping league, Jenny Mitchell 2nd, Chloe Woodcock 3rd, Danny Carr 4th, Fiona Butler 5th and Lizzie Marsh 6th, The dressage league results were very close, with Siobhan Gilligan taking 1st place, Anneka Strikland 2nd, Jenny Gates 3rd, Julie Anghileri 4th, Danny Carr 5th and Caroline De Wilde 6th. Presentation of Trophies and vouchers will take place at the Championship Show on May 3rd, when the new Summer league points table also starts again, so good luck to you all once again!
The new grass arena is also starting to look good and will be ready for use from May onwards and we will also have a mini cross country course of 10 jumps (2'3" to 2'9"), which will be avaliable to use from mid may onwards, either privately or on thursday schooling days! We will also start some mini one day events later in the year so watch this space........
March 16th
Excellent entries for the dressage over the weekend, with 63 competitiors in the dressage and the vast majority qualifying for the Trailblazers second rounds, I can only congradulate everyone. Many Thanks to Moira Gedge for Judging such a long day and to Audrey and Cynthia Scopac for thier help with writing. Of course I would also thank all of the competitors for the valued support.
March 9th
Well I thought we were going to have a quiet day at the beginning of the show, but how wrong could we be......despite the weather proving unable to decide which season we were in with high winds, heavy rain bursts and even a small sleet shower, the turnout was excellent with high entries and some really good jumping, it was really great to have 20 entries in the latter classes, jumping until after 6pm.....Stephen Dye built excellent courses throughout the day and everyone seemed really happy, a truly lovely atmosphere, which we strive to keep here, so again, as with every show we have, thank you all for your very much appreciated support - See you on the 29th! If anyone has any local news or anything of interest please email it to me and I will post it on to this page for you!
February 23rd
Excellent turnout and a wonderful atmosphere throughout the day, some really good jumping was seen, Stephen Dye built a strong rider course and over 15 competitors made it through to the jump off of the Devoucoux Qualifier with Laurie Bartram winning by ½ second! Local Top Young Rider, Tim Page won the British Novice with Whitney.
Photos supplied by STM Photos.
February 18th
We have heard a rumour that our show this coming weekend is cancelled - NOT TRUE! - We never cancel any show unless we have 6' of snow........
OUR NEXT SHOW IS THIS COMING SUNDAY 22nd FEBRUARY WITH The Devoucoux Star Championship Qualifier
AND WILL BE GOING AHEAD - SCHEDULE
There is also a change of schedule to our unaffiliated jumping shows, prize money to 3rd place, Juniors Am - Seniors PM
February 17th
What a weekend! - The Trailblazers and Shires east Anglian unaffiliated showjumping went exceptionally well, (results link on home page!) with almost everyone managing to qualify, congradulations to all and many many thanks to everyone for the support once again, Thetford Chase Pony Club were here Monday 16th with over 140 competitiors for their team jumping and jumping went on till late! A fantasic day was had by all - for full results go to Thetford Chase Website... looking forward to this coming Sunday with the The Devoucoux Star Championship Qualifier
February 10th
Our unaffiliated showjumping show is on Sunday 15th not Saturday 14th February and it is a qualifier for both Trailblazers and Shires East anglian rider championships!
The Old Buckenham RDA Show held here on Sunday went superbly with everyone having a really nice day, the weather held up, entries were reasonable considering the horrid weather we had all week, and everyone had a really good time. For full results, photos etc go to the Old Buckenham RDA Website. Thier next show here is Indoor Showing on April 18th, so give them as much support as possible, it is an excellent cause!
February 8th
I have been asked to make the pictures of the puppies bigger! (Below) So apologies if it takes longer to download........Our dressage went exceptionally well yesterday, despite the awful weather forecast, with only a couple of people having to withdraw, most of the competitors have qualified for the Trailblazers second rounds, so well done and congradulations, everyone with over 58%....contact me for qualification cards if and when required. The second rounds will be on May 3rd, so make a date in your diary, schedule will be ready and on site soon! Full results will be on site by tomorrow morning along with any other news!
February 2nd, 2009
Despite the awful weather yesterday, the BSJA showjumping went ahead (as we never cancel!) and all classes ran, with good entries in the affiliated classes, we would very much like to thank all of the judges, course builders, helpers and especially the competitiors for thier support.
Mr Boo and Cody's Puppies.......born on Christmas day........contact us for more details.
Photos by STM Photography
30th January, 2009
We are pleased to announce that all of our dressage and unaffiliated Jumping (including those unaffiliated classes at BSJA shows) are now qualifiers for Trailblazers! Second rounds for showjumping too - scheduled for May 3rd!
26th January, 2009
We are exceptionally pleased to annouce that Pippa Childerhouse is joining us at Overa Farm to offer dressage clinics, the first one to be held is March 11th, follow the links on home page or show dates for more information.
Carleton Riding Club held the area dressage shows here saturday and sunday and had an exceptionally good turnout, competing until 6pm, congradulations to the Carleton Juniors for thier win and to the Finn Valley Seniors for taking the Seniors!
15th January, 2009
Well after a very wet and cold last few months we are now pleased to announce that we are starting with yet even more improvements here at Overa Farm. The main outdoor arena did ride a bit deep in places but we were not able due to weather conditions to be able to do anything about it, but improvements have now started and will be completed over the next couple of weeks. The BSJA Stripendiary Steward carried out an inspection of the centre on January 4th, 2009 and gave us a glowing report and acknowledged the improvements made since his last visit. He appreciated the work that has gone into the new outside arena and surface and also the additional bays of the indoor arena and the new surface there. The current work and new drainage will quickly bring these up to a very high standard.
We are also happy to have the continued support of Stephen Dye and Rodger Howe as well as Sue Peasley for our course Builders, and would like to thank Judy Sheldon, Val Attenborough, Ian and Clare Williamson and of course Mr John Jacks for all of their help and support......oh and of course Fran (Nutty Door Lady)......Christine Williams is also coming on board as we need more Judges with Junior shows starting as from April, so welcome.....
A new grass arena is also planned in readiness for the coming outdoor season and will be ready for our 2nd round discovery competition in May, we would also like to organize a large two day charity show in aid of cancer research during May as well, so any ideas / sponsors please get in touch.
An extension to the viewing gallery in time for the winter indoor season and I am very pleased to announce a cafe with heating is most definately on the agenda, but Angie will still be doing the cooking you will all be pleased to know! Thank you all very much for your support and comments!
We are pleased to announce that we will be running Trailblazers showjumping and dressage events shortly!
In these times of the 'credit crunch' we are also please to annouce that we will not be increasing our entry fees and due to the success of our membership leagues we will be running them again for the summer season, again trophies will be yours to keep, so sincere thanks to everyone for their much valued and continued support.
There is always a sale rail in the saddlery too, and if we have not got the item you want in stock we will happily order it for you at no extra cost!
