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		<title>My last Inclusive Riding Session at Scropton</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello! So, I have entered the last semester of my course, which means it&#8217;s MA Dissertation time! Many things end with the end of the spring semester at university and one of them was the equine therapy sessions organized by our Equestrian society. I&#8217;d like to share it with you not only because it&#8217;s the last one, but also it&#8217;s quite episodic! So, here we go, my phone screen read &#8220;9 June 2016, 09:00&#8221;. We set off to Scropton stables with our bus driver Mr. Paul and reached the stables soon enough for our usual biscuit splash. It was such fun to compare the time you&#8217;ve spent at Cripps Health Centre to the time your comrades have spent there too, haha! We were split into 2 groups and found out that the lessons would be carried out in the outdoor school. I was in the second one, so, I was taking some photos and videos while I was waiting. I wasn&#8217;t sure whether I would ever be able to join the sessions again, so I wanted to return home with a camera full of memories! OK, I might have taken photos of the arrangements on the indoor arena to give Yannis some ideas for his riding lessons! In time, it was my turn to get my lesson and was given a cute four-legged newbie -which looked like a friesian- Juice. It&#8217;s the first time I had ridden at Scorpton&#160;a horse other than Babs. But Babs was also being ridden, and,&#160;actually, she would be ridden by Helen, the lady who usually rides Juice. Juice showed from the first second that we would get on very well. Though a bit bouncy, he was immensely willing and responsive during the warm up on the arena, and soon I decided to give up my schooling whip. And so the lesson began. I could not believe how energetic&#160;Juice was. His trot was amazing and I could not believe it he was actually so good and fast! He was also very willing with my efforts to canter, giving a well-needed boost to my confidence. But in one of those efforts, I lost my left stirrup and I found myself hanging on Juice&#8217;s left side, unable to save myself from falling, as I couldn&#8217;t put my stirrup back on and, despite my desperate efforts, I could not stop the fall and stabilise myself on the horse&#8217;s back using my right leg. Absolutely hating the fact that I was having my first-ever fall from horseback, I pulled the reigns a little to slow Juice down, used my left thigh to brace the fall and, finally, applied the &#8220;emergency release&#8221; technique which Yannis has taught us (I can say I was proud of and thankful to my home instructor). And so my bum touched the ground first, followed by my feet, head and spine completing a &#8220;posh&#8221; fall, as the instructor said! And, as I was waiting like an elderly lady to be picked up by someone, I admired Juice&#8217;s sweet face from the ground up, as he was standing absolutely still and chewing calmly his bit. Basically, the only impacts of the incident was a hurt ego, a big laugh and a set of bruises. Within two minutes I was back in the saddle and the fun continued! The last part of the lesson was jumping, which, as always made me feel nervous. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s wrong with me when I do jumping, but it makes me feel under-confident. I still encounter balance issues, so this might be a reason. When the instructor asked whether I had any experience with jumping and whether I would like to do it, I was like &#8220;er, I could try with a small jump&#8221;. So, she set up a small jump and when it was my turn, she led me to the jump. Alas, Juice had felt my nervousness and would not move from his place! Finally, we made it and Juice gave me a lovely, lovely jump! And he got the pats and kisses he so well deserved! So, this is all I remember, since I&#8217;m writing this post two weeks after the lesson and it&#8217;s 5:00am! But anyways, even if the fall made me walk weirdly for a week, I enjoyed the session and finally found out that there&#8217;s nothing wrong with falling provided you know how to fall. Here are some photos from the sessions. Sorry, guys, the video will come with some delay! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>UoN RDA reach their minimum goal on Jumpstart!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On our way back from Scropton yard, we learn terrific news! The University of Nottingham RDA group have reached their minimum target amount on Jumpstart, the university&#8217;s first crowdfunding platform. This means that they will be granted all the money they have raised at the end of the campaign, and this is exciting! As a Jumpstart Co-ordinator, I feel particularly proud of them, because their project is actually our first-ever one! I would like to thank everyone who donated or spread the word. Let&#8217;s give the team a final push to their main target, 1,000 British pounds, of which they have secured 30%. Let&#8217;s get as many cute volunteers as possible to RDA yards across Nottinghamshire! Here&#8217;s the link: https://jumpstart.hubbub.net/p/nottsunirda Again, thanks a lot!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Urgent pledge for the University of Nottingham RDA group</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2016 20:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi! It is my honor to have been chosen to coordinate Jumpstart, the first platform that raises awareness about the student-run projects of the University of Nottingham, which are at the core of our University&#8217;s engagement in the local communities in all three countries where UoN has campuses (United Kingdom, Malaysia, China). It was to my excitement to be informed that our first-ever campaign belongs to the University&#8217;s RDA group, of which I am a member! Our group is part of the University of Nottingham Equestrian Club and is amongst the most active volunteering groups of the University at the moment. RDA stands for Riding for the Disabled Association, a British charity associated with a big number of yards. Five days a week we volunteer with RDA yards across Nottinghamshire, namely Dukeries, Scorpton and Lings Lane, providing assistance with stable management and lessons. We have invested thousands of hours already in this activity and we are bonded with the staff, riders and horses. Amongst us are students with disabilities who don&#8217;t want their health issues to be an obstacle to their engagement in the society and they too want to contribute; this is a way of healing for them as well, no matter the extent to which they realise it. More and more students join us on this journey, which is a proof that our effort is visible and appreciated. But things are not always very easy, due to the long distance we have to drive to reach the yards. The road trips last between 30 and 45 minutes by car, hence our transportation costs are quite high. With our funding significantly reduced by the University, we cannot send as many volunteers as we would like to the yards that need them. As a result, many students get disappointed with the small number of slots available for this valuable work. We would like to increase these slots significantly, enabling the yards to do more for the people with disabilities who receive their help. And, of course, this way more young people will realise the ability of a horse to heal a human. With Jumpstart, we hope to receive the funding we need for our transportation to the yards. We aim to raise 1,000 pounds to keep us going and until now we have reached 27% of our target. Through Jumpstart, people can sponsor or promote our project on social media, so one doesn&#8217;t need to actually donate money, although we would love everyone to. Will you contribute to the transport of more volunteers to RDA yards? If you&#8217;d love to, here&#8217;s how you can do it: Realise how awesome you are! Create an account on Jumpstart, for free. You can create a great profile and interact with other supporters as well! Don&#8217;t worry about your personal details with Jumpstart; our staff are properly trained in Data Protection and will never, ever, ever, share your details or what you&#8217;ve been doing on the Jumpstart platform. Guaranteed! Find Riding for the Disabled Association volunteering opportunity and choose to sponsor, follow or share the campaign (by promoting the campaign, you become a &#8220;helper&#8221;). If you actually donate, please remember to claim your rewards and check the GiftAid option (where applicable). Should the minimum target is reached, by the end of the campaign (which is ending soon!) you will be charged with the amount that you have donated. And, basically, that&#8217;s it! You&#8217;ve just brought us closer to making the impact we want on the lives of people with disabilities! Now you can share your fantastic deed with the world! &#160; THANK YOU!  &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Equine Therapy at Scorpton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 05:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  I don&#8217;t know about you, but, from January onwards, all I think about is horses and&#8230; riding them, of course! There&#8217;s more and more sunshine in Nottinghamshire and the trips to the yards become more pleasant, as I look through at the bright green nature through the window. As the drive goes, you can see the sun rays teasing the branches of the trees that are going to wake up soon, or touching the waters of Trent river. England is a country poor of sunshine. But exactly this shortage makes the sunshine so beautiful and valuable. In such a mood I boarded on the minibus that would take us to Scorpton Riding and Driving Centre for our equine therapy sessions. Mr Paul is an excellent, experienced driver and all I had to worry about was the room for improvement that my riding skills have. In about an hour time, we arrived at Scorpton and the beverages and biscuits came out of the girls&#8217; bags! Slurp! We chatted a lot -about riding mostly. I met a new girl, Gemma, who has been riding since she was five and does dressage as well. Gemma came with us as a volunteer and she would lead me throughout the lesson. Meanwhile, I had the time to take a few pictures of the beautiful premises. What I like most in Scorpton was its neatness throughout its facilities; minimum mud, hence clean riding boots! In time, the lesson began and Babs was available -and in the mood for work! Great! While I was mounting, I noticed the beautiful rope that Gemma was holding; it was yellow and blue and looked like a curtain rope. It was just so pretty! And off we go, with a brilliant Babsie that only needed a slight squeeze to get going. But she would cheat on the corners and move her head up and down. Thankfully Gemma helped me to cope with this and Babsie, in the end, would be happy to do the corners. Gemma would also teach me how to keep Babsie on the outer side of the arena. She would also teach me a &#8220;posh&#8221; way to halt; sitting deep in the saddle and squeezing the reign. I loved that one! In overall, I was happy to have Gemma besides me, as I had some native to help with instructions. In a foreign country, it is very, very difficult to train in sports in the local language, since you have so many things to focus on.  Especially in equestrian sports, where you have a living creature between your legs in a quite spacious place, with all kind of background noises, things become more difficult. But anyways, we will always find a way to cope! And, like with any lesson, funny things happened as well! I love the challenge of steering work, but sometimes it can be ridiculous! Once or twice I had to keep Babs from running away from the posts! When we moved to the poles, in trot, I don&#8217;t know whether it was Babsie or me, but I found my body swinging over her neck, with my head hanging from her shoulder! All I remember was myself taking a jump position while I was trotting. This may explain things! Thankfully, Babs knows how to do her work and soon I was back to my position with no dramas. At the end of the lesson, we needed to dismount and turn the horses in. I don&#8217;t know what kind of new phobia this is, but again, I was hesitant to dismount. I don&#8217;t know yet how to explain it. When the time comes, I feel absolutely confused and scared. While we were waiting for everyone to sort themselves out, I passed my time tingling Babsie&#8217;s chin. She&#8217;s just so lovely! Next, we had to wait for the next lesson to end, as we all had to return together. The next lesson was more advanced and the exercises were more complex and more fun, so it was nice to watch. And I had time for a photo with Gemma. We were back on campus at 17:00 sharp, and I was exhausted. But, what the heck, it was worth it! See you on 2 March, Babs! Here are some pics (with an artistic flavour)!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back to Trent Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most students hate autumn. But I love this season. So many beginnings; new people, new modules, new notebooks, and for the equestrian society of the University of Nottingham, a new year of subsidized lessons in Trent Valley! The committee say that this year the members are over 500, the highest number ever, and of course all those people want to learn how to ride and volunteer for RDA yards! So, imagine, what it takes for a member to secure a lesson, and how hard it is for the committee members to organize everything! So here we go, it was my turn to show up in Trent Valley for my first lesson of the season. I signed up for the pre-novice level and I was happy to know that I&#8217;ve gone one step higher! The day began as a disaster, me being late both at the meeting point and the lesson, but it turned out it was for the best! Everyone had mounted except for me, and the good thing is, that my old friend Smartie with the cute bridle was available, as the last choice! Smartie is an active horse, but he has his own attitude, which many people hate! He&#8217;s a naughty, unpredictable horse, that loves making riders fly! He also bites sometimes, and his favorite target is the butt of the horse at his front! And these reasons exactly make me love Smartie so much! After sorting myself out, the lesson began. The horses had already warmed up thanks to the beginners&#8217; lesson that had just finished, and this was good for an active horse like Smartie. All horses were lazy, but Smartie was really energetic and knew his job. It was his day! Today&#8217;s lesson included practicing some things that I hadn&#8217;t practiced enough in the past; jumping (oh, yeah!) and the sitting trot. I managed to jump twice or three times on Smartie (without flying towards the exit of the school), and realised how hard the sitting trot can be. My bottom still hurts! Here I have to stress again how intelligent horses can be. Smartie was getting a lot of pats, of course, since he was brilliant. While we were just standing still next to the mirror, waiting for our turn for the jump, I told him &#8220;look in the mirror Smartie, how beautiful you are!&#8221; Smartie glanced at the mirror, and got a bit melancholic. Then he turned his head and stared at me until we had to walk forward. I became a bit melancholic too. Imagine having all this stuff on your mouth and face, being pulled, and kicked, and whipped and forced to run and jump around with a bossy 65kg, two-legged creature on your back! After a lovely and fun lesson, we unmounted (I was the last one as always, in case that you wonder), sorted out the horses, then ourselves, and then back to our accommodation. It was so nice! Please, Laura, let me ride Smartie again!]]></description>
		
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		<title>A new equestrian club for Christina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My goals this summer include more involvement with equestrianism, including taking lessons to improve my techniques, plus volunteering to learn about how to loo after horses. But Trent Valley is too far and just going there and returning takes me one day, plus it&#8217;s costly. Therefore, I contacted another riding school, called &#8220;Saint Leonard&#8217;s&#8221;, which is 15&#8242; from my students&#8217; hall by bus, on the boarders of Nottinghamshire. And there we go, at 9:45 am I was at α soaked bus stop, waiting anxiously. I had seen some pictures on their website, but I didn&#8217;t have a clear picture of the environment, the atmosphere, the facilities. So, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect, include the fact that I could not use my student ID for the bus fare discount! Soon after I got off the bus and before I reached the property, I began to feel the horsey smell, which for every equestrian is better than lavender. Right from the entrance I could see a busy place with horses, fields, stables, trailers, volunteers. The first horse I met was Leo, a gelding owned by a juvenile classmate. Things seemed quite organized to me, with an office, a staff room, a cafe, a number of stalls with notes on the windows, and, of course, a neat semi-outdoor arena and one smaller, apparently for children. After spelling my surname, signing and reading the rules, I met my instructor, Judy. She&#8217;s a curly-haired, blonde woman, turning 50 that day. I would ride Tyson, a lively 12-year-old gentleman, with a wide back. The lesson, in which there were only three adults including myself, eventually started and Tyson was a real gentleman, who was looking after me. No sticks, no kicks for Tyson. One signal with my tongue was enough for him to trot and a sitting trot was a signal for him to get back into the walk. Tyson, who had a lovely trot, is also known for his beautiful canter, but he wouldn&#8217;t do me the favour for that. Judy said that this was happening probably because he could feel under the saddle that I was wobbly, so he would not get to canter, trying to look after me. Judy had said that a beginners&#8217; lesson might feel dull to me, but this was not true! I had not expected to participate in a beginners&#8217; lesson that would include jump work and cantering! My experience with riding stopped with pole work and some cantering, but nothing special and there I could see primary-school kids and a 70-year-old woman jumping! Judy had the patience to show me how to jump and how to handle the reigns, and Tyson remained a gentleman even on that, stopping  instead of bucking me off and waiting for me to collect myself when I lost balance after the jump! After the lesson, I asked about volunteering and the lady in the office told me that they needed people indeed. For every time you volunteer, you get a free lesson, and this made me very happy! Now I know what to do on weekends!]]></description>
		
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		<title>British Para Dressage Winter Championships, Nottinghamshire, UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 15 March, I will hopefully go to Vale View Equestrian Centre in Nottingham, to watch my first para dressage show (actually  it&#8217;s my fist horse show, and I am proud of this as a person with a disability). It is a very inspiring thing to see a disabled person who, starting from a local Riding for the Disabled centre reaches the point of representing their country in a difficult discipline, such as dressage. I am going through my university&#8217;s riding club, so I don&#8217;t know much of planning stuff, but if you would like to attend, you might want to contact the centre (Click here to visit their website). And if you would like to meet me there, then please comment below 🙂 I&#8217;m so excited!]]></description>
		
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