The 2018-19 winter season is about to get underway, with our first Arena TREC competition at Long Drove Equestrian Centre. We hope that you will join in the fun at some of our events, and don’t forget that all CTG members who compete in the same class at more than one CTG event will be entered into the 2018-19 Winter League.

We have also organised the date and venue for our Annual General Meeting – Sunday 25th November at the Blue Lias Inn, Long Itchington. We will have Sunday lunch, there will be a paper-based training exercise available for those who would like to exercise the grey matter a little, the AGM of the charity and then we will award the prizes for the 2018 CTG Summer League. Full details of the day can be found on the Calendar page, and the provisional standings for the summer league will be posted here once they are available.

The start times and competitor information for this Sunday’s POR phase of our split competition have been emailed out to all the riders, but in case anyone else is interested they can be found here.

Competitor information (including directions)

POR Start times

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning. Fingers crossed that the weather stays fine, we’ve got fabulous going at the moment!!

The results for the Alconbury event (also comprising the MA and PTV phases of the Alconbury and Tur Langton split competition) are now available on the Results page. Well done to everyone who rode, and many thanks to all those who judged and helped (particularly Sarah Wynn who organised the event and Claire Pollard who TD’d).

The second half of the competition will be the POR at Tur Langton on 30th September, and there are still places available for that event. The schedule is on the Calendar page of the website and we look forward to seeing lots of people there!

Following on from the success of the 2 applied dressage training events that we have run with Tara Osborn so far this year (in January and April) we have booked another date at Long Drove near Huntingdon – Saturday 22nd September 2018. If you want to polish your MA and PTV skills in time for the winter season or fancy trying your hand (or hoof!) at TREC for the first time then come along and join the fun. We may be able to run an in hand session if there is demand for this, just mark it on your entry form.

We are also offering judges’ training alongside the mounted training, if you are interested please email central@trecgroup.co.uk. Judges who were trained in the first year of TREC GB (2015) need to refresh their qualification by the end of October 2018 if they don’t want to have to go through the provisional sign-off process again.

Full details of the mounted training and the entry form can be found on our Calendar page.

The sun shone on our recent inaugural Anglesey TREC competition and a fantastic time was had by all, despite the challenging terrain! We would like to thank our fabulous landowners and the Anglesey Drag Hounds for all their help, and have plans to return to the island for more TREC events in future.

The results are now available on our Results page, well done to all the winners.

Our Anglesey competition is confirmed to include Levels 1, 2 and 2A for both individuals and pairs. The route has been planned and checked and the Traceur reports that the POR route goes through a beautiful area with fabulous views!

The schedule and entry form are now available on the Calendar page, and there is also a link to the online entry system. If entering online you will need to pay separately, full details are given on the form. Any queries or suggestions should be sent to entries@trecgroup.co.uk.

Riders and volunteers alike basked in the sunshine at the National Forest TREC competition on 19-20th May, and all enjoyed a well-organised competition in beautiful surroundings. Thanks go to Jackie and Lynne for their tireless efforts in setting a great POR and challenging MA and PTV courses, not to mention keeping competitors and judges very well fed! The Young Riders judged willingly all weekend and there were all manner of interesting fund raising activities for the International teams – Liane ran an excellent quiz alongside the Saturday night social and there was an honesty tombola and Guess the Weight of the Cake competition.

The results of the TREC competition are available on the Results page, well done to all the winners and those who picked up qualification cards for the GB Championships later in the summer.

As previously published, we have an enormous number of entries for Park Farm this year. Because of this we have had to dramatically change our timetable, which is below.
We are putting on an extra dinner, on Saturday, for those competitors who wish to partake. The cost will be £10, please let me know numbers by emailing entries@trecgroup.co.uk.
Also we have not had much uptake for the Sunday night dinner, and Claire is a bit worried that, as we are using on line entries for the first time, some may have been missed. Please let us know if you have booked or would like to book, we don’t want anyone to go hungry. 

Central TREC Group are holding an Equine Specific First Aid course on Sunday 29th April in Wellesbourne near Warwick. The course covers all aspects of emergency first aid and leads to a nationally recognised FAA Level 3 qualification. Places are available to all CTG members, please email helen.martin@trecgroup.co.uk for full details and to book a space.

We are also hoping to hold a Judges’ training course on 9th or 10th June, watch this space for venue and timings. This course leads to qualification as a TREC GB probationary judge and is free to all CTG members (riding and supporter members).

The results in the Central TREC Group Winter League 2017-18 have now been worked out, well done to all our members who have competed over the winter.

The league is based on placings gained by CTG members our arena TREC events, with 1st gaining 10 points, 2nd 9 points and so on down to 10th place gaining 1 point. The best 3 results count for each rider/ pair in each league. Any ties are split as follows:

• One higher placing beats 2 lower placings
• If the points were gained from the same number of classes, the total score for each counting class is totalled and the highest total wins.
• If the riders/pairs are still tied, the number of riders beaten is worked out and the rider/pair who beat the largest number of other riders wins.

The Frank Trophy is awarded to the CTG member gaining the highest PTV score in a TREC GB league class at any CTG arena TREC.

Riders and pairs who are 1st to 3rd in each league will receive engraved glasses and the Frank trophy is a silver salver, kindly presented last year by Bella Craven. The prizes will be presented at Park Farm so we hope to see lots of you there!