CONTENTS What Do We Do? Jan 2008 Newsletter 2007/8 Winter Show Results 2008 Mock Show Directions to Sparsholt 2008 Jumping Clinic 2007 Points Awards 2008 Show Results Committee Galaxy of Champions Advertisements Events External Links Feedback Points Competition Photograph of Winning Young Judges Team Please Note There is no e-mail forwarding from this site. All details for Advertisements, Feedback or anything to do with this website should be sent to Ed Fisher on pat.e.fisher@talk21.com. Alternatively ring 01252 842336.		WHAT’S NEW Additions for 2008 made to the Galaxy of Champions. Click here to see a member winning at Royal Windsor. The results of the 2008 Spring Show held on the 5th May 2008 at Newbury Showground are now available. Click here to see who took all the rosettes and trophies home. Photographs at the above show were taken by Real Time Imaging. To see the pictures follow the “Events Proof” on their website www.RTIphotography.co.uk. Results from Winter Show now available. Click here to see how everyone ended up in the rosettes. WAISTCOATS. BSPS Area 8 waistcoats with zipped side gussets are now in stock. They are dark blue with a light blue lining and BSPS AREA 8 embroidered on the back in matching light blue. Samples can be seen at the Winter and Spring shows. Children’s sizes £25 and Adults £30. Contact Heather Wooster on 0118 9721136. Our Master Class on February 20th at Sparsholt College was a great success and we are particularly grateful to Penny Hollings for coming all the way from Blackburn to teach all day. We had 42 ponies over 5 classes and everyone voted it a huge success. The majority of the organising was done by new committee member Heather Wooster who spent the whole day making sure that everyone had a wonderful time and fed soup and rolls to keep the cold out. Another thank you must go to our President Ed Fisher who was in the ring the entire day as Mock Judge and never failed to give support to all those children waiting in line. We could not have done it without him. For further feedback click here. Details of all the above are available in the Jan 2008 Newsletter. Click here. 2007 Points Awards results now available. Click here to view. It also includes a photograph of the winners. New Press officer, Mrs Sandra O’Halloran appointed. Please do all you can to help her in this position. Click here for contact details. Committee details updated for 2007/2008. Click here to view BSPS Area 8 is now BSPS Area 8 Limited. The whole of the BSPS including all the areas have become Companies limited by guarantee. Advertisement section of items for sale available. Click here to view and obtain details as to placing adverts. Click here to provide any feedback (positive or negative) on this website and it’s content.
		WHAT DO WE DO? Hold a Spring Show, generally in May, with many RIHS and Championship qualifiers. Hold a Winter Show in October with Winter Championship qualifiers. Hold a Points Competition for performance throughout the year with awards at the AGM lunch. Hold a Mock Show/Instructional Day in the Spring before the start of the Showing Season. Hold Instructional Days as requested by members, providing there is sufficient support. Hold an AGM in November at which the Points Awards are presented, a bumper raffle is drawn and a free lunch is provide for all attendees, including children. Enter as many teams as we can at the Summer Championships. Enter a Young Judges Team at the Summer Championships, ensuring they get adequate tuition before the event. See the Events Page for fuller details of the above.
		Points Competition Throughout the season all riding members can gain points due to their successes at any BSPS show. Points Competition Entry Forms, when completed, are forwarded to the responsible committee member who assesses all entries and places them accordingly. Trophies and rosettes are presented at the AGM and lunch in November each year. For details of the rules and to obtain an entry form click here or in the Contents list above.
		Young Judges The prestigious Young Judges Competition is held every year at the BSPS Summer Championships and Area 8 has won it twice. The Area intends to enter at least one team again this year. Specially designed training sessions with experts will be held throughout the year. If you are interested in learning from the experts and then competing at the Championships please contact Heather Wooster on 0118 9721136. You must be 14 years old to compete, but attendance at the training sessions is open to any Area 8 member so why not come along and see what you can learn. To see the photograph of the 2003 team in action click here. To see the photograph of the winning 2004 team click here.
		Area Teams The Area Teams at the BSPS Summer Championships are a great opportunity for an Area to get together. It would be fantastic if this year we were able to put some teams together and fly the Area 8 flag. All you have to do is let us know if you have qualified for and are entering the Premier League class at the Championships and we will put forward a team. There is no additional competing required. There are classes for Dressage, Show Hunter Ponies, Show Ponies and Working Hunter Ponies. Contact Sandra O’Halloran on 07816 573937
		Teach Ins A Jumping Teach In will be held on a weekday in the Easter holidays 2008. The committee are constantly considering these events and any input from the members would be appreciatted. If you are interested in attending, or have any suggestions for future instructional days please contact pat.e.fisher@talk21.com.
		Press Officer Information is sent to BSPS Headquarters for incorporation in the News Review on a monthly basis and also for incorporation in this website. Miss Daisy O’Halloran has filled this position for a few years and has now passed the mantle on to her mother Mrs Sandra O’Halloran due to her university commitments. Many thanks to Daisy for her sterling work in wringing news out of people. Please help Sandra so far as you can with any news you have -- she can not make it up herself. Please forward any information regarding your ponies, riders and their performance or any other snippets you would like published in the magazine or on this website. The e-mail address is.sandra.ohalloran@hotmail.co.uk Alternatively ring 01491 573957 and leave details on the answer phone if nobody answers. For other contact details click “Committee”.
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