Welcome To
Frampton Family Riding Club
The committee of Frampton Family Riding Club would like to welcome you to our web site and we would like to introduce you to the club.
We consider ourselves to be a very friendly club and are welcoming to both new and old members.
Instruction – We run sessions of riding instruction, at all levels, throughout the year. During the winter, from October until March, we hold Rallies at at an indoor venue in Haresfield. These take place on Saturdays, Sundays and weekday days and evenings. During the summer the instruction is more themed and sessions are held during the evenings incorporating flatwork, jumping and cross country, normally throughout May until the end of August.
Competitions – We have been holding two Hunter Trials a year for a few years now but have reduced this to one a year at the request of Frampton Court Estate to assist their farming schedule. Any profits made during the competitions we run are ploughed back into the club to help improve our Cross Country Course at Frampton Court and to purchase essential items of equipment. We have spent thousands of pounds on the cross country course over the past four years and have bought three purchases of Jump for Joy show jumps and a few more and we now have a full set.
Members Only Competitions – We hold several members only competitions throughout the year, these include low-key dressage sessions, a Fun Day and an Indoor Show Jumping day.
Teams – There are both Junior and Senior team competitions where members represent the club at Area level. Frampton Family Riding Club is in Area 18, which includes clubs from Oxon, Worcs and Glos. There are separate Junior and Senior Team Managers who organise entries and collect fees. The Club sponsor the cost of pre-entries but team participants are asked to pay their Area entry fee, currently the club have a policy that anyone wanting to have a go are able but with the high demand the British Riding Clubs are now placing restrictions on how many teams we can enter for Area competitions, in the future we will be back to "the best" in the team. When individuals and teams qualify for Championships the club have paid the entry fee, hire necessary stabling and give a small contribution to fuel costs, although this is under review with the current state of the countries finances (recession).
CIC** - In July 2009 Kathy Oliver, the club's Vice President and a member since she was a child - was selected to represent GB in Hungary. The team came home with a bronze medal. Proof that the Riding Club movement can nuture talent right through from childhood to adult hood. The club have a few members who joined as juniors and are now seniors representing the club in team events and competing in affiliated competitions, BE, BD, BSJA. There are quite a few talented juniors who are doing very well and we hope will maintain their membership on into their senior years.
A monthly newsletter is created and e mailed to all members with an e mail address it can also be pulled from the website which is updated regularly. We are proud of our website, which although only basic it is kept, when necessary, up to date daily. If we want you to know something it will be posted on the relevant page or under "Stop Press" or both. Members are encouraged to use the web for information and e mail for contact.
Affiliated Riding Club - FFRC is affiliated to the BHS and because of this we can compete in the various Area and National competitions, we hold an insurance and can take Riding Club Tests etc. It also enables members to have the following BRC discounts.
10% discount on production of your FFRC membership card at Stroud Saddlery, Stroud in the form of a voucher to be spent at the next purchase.
10% discount on production of your FFRC membership card at Patrick Pinkers, Latteridge, to be deducted from that purchase.
Up to 35% off Horse & Hound Subscription - Quote 48Z
£5 off freezemarking services at Farmkey
10% discount at Horse Around Ireland Tours - EMail: infor@horsearoundireland.com
5% discount at Kate Negus Saddlery www.katenegus.com
5% at Rugwash
10% at Signam www.sportsmark.co.uk
10% at BHS Bookshop www.britishhorse.com
10% at Agrecourse email: equines@agresource.co.uk
10% from art prints at Stratford Graphics e mail: stratfordgraphic@btconnect.com
£5 discount on horse passports from the BHS www.bhs.org.uk
Showing World Magazine offer www.showingworldonline.co.uk
10% off pasture management products from Agresource e mail equines@agresource.co.uk
Want to join Frampton Family Riding Club? Either ring 01453 890563 Di Hall, Membership Secretary or download this form and return it to her either by post or via e mail.
This site is regularly updated, please let us know what you think of it, and what else you would like to see on it, how we can improve both the site and the club.
Click here to e-mail us, or use the contacts page.
October 2009