Cumann Marcaíochta Gaeltacht Dún na nGall 2017

Many thanks to all our volunteers today who helped to run the final leg of the Two Phase League.  Well done to all the riders who took part and especially our own six club members who participated.

Results | Results- FINAL

Results Overall League | Overall League- Results

Points Table | NW TWO PHASE 2017 – Points Table (1)

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Sunday 29th October

Sunday 12th November

Sunday 19th November

Sunday 26th November

Prize giving at Annual Dinner Dance Saturday 2nd December, Silver Tassie Hotel

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Well done to all riders who took part in today’s leg of the NW Two Phase League at Gordons Bay in Carrigart.  Many thanks to all at Letterkenny RC for hosting a smooth and well run event.

Results |Results- Gordons Bay

Points Table | Copy of NW TWO PHASE 2017 – Points Table (3)

The grand finale of the league will be held in just two weeks time on Sunday 8th October  in Gordons Bay and will be run by ourselves here at Donegal Gaeltacht.

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Well done to our five club members, Liz, Ryan, Emily, John & Mickey who travelled to Killybegs on Sunday for the second leg of the Two Phase League.  What started out as a miserable damp morning quickly turned into blue skies & glorious sunshine just in time for the first cross country rider.

Well done to Emily Schneider and Boysie who had a terrific cross country round to finish in 1st place with team mate John McDaid following closely in second place.  Mickey McHugh AKA ‘ the great Flydini’ surprised us all with his first place in the intermediate class after performing his first ever dressage test , Ryan McBride  was very unlucky after a flawless dressage test,  when he jumped the incorrect fence at the water complex leaving him eliminated.  Last but not least we had Liz Potter who placed 4th in a large competitive advanced primary class, well done everyone !!

Many thanks to Mona & Charlie Vial for all the hard work put into the Cross Country course and to all at Tirconail RC for running a great show on the day.

Results | Results- Killybegs

Points Table |NW TWO PHASE 2017 – Points Table (2)

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This Sunday sees us return once again to beautiful Drumanoo Head at the kind invitation of Mona & Charlie Vial , ground conditions are good with all the nice dry weather of the past few days – so fingers crossed for a good sunny day on Sunday!!

Dressage kicks off in the sand arena at 10:00am and cross country will be starting at approx. 2:00pm,  xc commentary will be provided by the legendary Charles Maudlin .

Any new competitors who did not compete at the last Two Phase in Lenamore are asked to collect their numbers from the entry desk , all previous competitors will be using their numbers allocated from Lenamore.

Please remember all riders must wear their number bib for both Dressage & Cross Country.  Jockey skull caps, body protectors & stock tie are compulsary for Cross Country, medical armbands are recommended although not compulsary.

START TIMES – DRESSAGE | Dressage Start List Killybegs

START TIMES – CROSS COUNTRY | Cross Country Start List Killybegs

POINTS TABLE | NW TWO PHASE 2017 – Points Table (1)

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The time has come again for our annual NW Two Phase League, this year we start with event 1 at Lenamore Stables in Muff, kindly run by Inishowen Riding Club this Sunday 23rd July.   A Two Phase Committee  of  4 members (1 from each club) was elected in January 2017 to manage the running of this years events, the committee have drawn up a set of rules on how the Two Phase League will be run, this was circulated to all the secretaries several months ago .  The four members of the Committee will be responsible scoring and managing  the results at each event.

Bib numbers will be available for collection at the entries desk, please keep your number as this will be your allocated number for the entire league, we will not be re-printing any numbers which have been collected. Please ensure you are wearing your number bib for both Dressage & Cross Country, and that you are wearing the correct number if riding two horses. Dressage starts at 10:00am sharp and we ask that all riders please make every attempt to arrive in good time for their test slot.

These events require huge preparation by each club as well as lots of volunteers on the day to help out with the many tasks which allow the event to run as smoothly as possible so please be prepared to help out if required !!

Start Times Dressage | Dressage Start List Lenamore

Cross Country Running Order | Cross Country Start List Lenamore

Two Phase Rules 2017 | Two Phase Rules 2017

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VENUE | Gordon’s Bay Equestrian Centre, Carrigart, Co. Donegal.
DATE |  Saturday 15th of July 2017
Training in Cross Country, Showjumping and Dressage

OPEN TO ALL AIRC MEMBERS

TRAINERS: GARY MARSHALL, CHARLES MAUDLIN, AND MANDI KING

Rules/Format:
• Each member nominates any two of the following disciplines:-
X-Country, Show jumping, Dressage.
• Members may elect to do the same discipline twice.
• Trainers for the day are Gary Marshall, Charles Maudlin,and Mandi King.
• Members will have an opportunity to train at a grade higher or lower than current grade. Please indicate both current grade and grade you wish to train at on the Entry Form.
• Secretaries – please ensure to note if members XC and SJ and D grades differ.
• Dress code is not formal but SAFETY GEAR MUST BE WORN, i.e. Skull cap, body protector & correct footwear.
• There will be no refunds.
• Start time is likely to be 10.30am .
• Individual start times will be forwarded to Club Secretaries by Thursday 13th of July
• Please be on time for your lessons, out of respect for the trainers and other members in your lesson.
• Please bring 2017 AIRC membership card and equine passport.
• A limited number of stables are available on Friday night the 14th of July (€15 per stable).

Entries:
• Entry fee – €25 per person including lunch. For non-riding members, lunch is available at €7 per person.
• Entries through club secretaries only, on Entry Form (one for each member taking part please).
• Last date for entries Wednesday 6th of July

Entry Form | Training Day Entry Form

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Many thanks to all who travelled to our inaugural One Day Event today in Gordons Bay, the weather was amazing  all day.

RESULTS | RESULTS

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Bib Numbers |Entries List

Dressage Arena 1 – Open, Advanced Open, Intermediate, Primary |  Dressage – Arena 1

Dressage Arena 2 – Advanced Intermediate, Advanced Primary | Dressage – Arena 2

Showjumping Arena Timetable | SHOWJUMPING ARENA  it will be each riders responsibility to ensure they arrive at the correct time slot for their height in the Showjumping phase, there will be no running order.

Cross Country Running Order | Cross Country Start List

Course Map Open/Adv Intermediate | XC Course Map – Adv Intermediate-Open

Course Map Intermediate | XC Course Map – Intermediate

Course Map Advanced Primary | XC Course Map – AP

Number bibs will be available for collection at the results desk from 9:30am, looking forward to seeing you all there !!

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It’s just over two weeks until our One day Event on Sunday 28th May,  secretaries please remember to get your clubs entry sheets and cheque payment  to Liz on or before Friday 19th May.

All riders please note that for the One Day Event you will be graded according to your cross country grade across the board for all three disciplines regardless of your dressage/ showjumping grades.   Therefore you must complete the dressage test according to the level of your cross country grade,  you must also do the showjumping at the level of your cross country grade, so please ensure that you learn the correct dressage test and arrive at the showjumping arena at the correct time slot for your grade.   As per AIRC rules, co efficient scoring will be applied to the dressage tests of riders who are graded higher for Dressage than their Showjumping/Cross country (please see link below).  Also please see AIRC tack sheets below as tack checks will be carried out on the day according to AIRC rules.

Co-Efficient Scoring | d71_12_scoring_horse_trials_competitions (1)

Dressage Tack Sheet | Dressage (Horse Trials) Tack Sheet

Our technical delegate Charles Maudlin has designed a lovely encouraging cross country track for the day which consists of the following-

Advanced Primary|  Fences 1-17  with a total of 21 jumping efforts

Intermediate | Fences 1-17 with a total of 23 jumping efforts

Advanced Intermediate/Open | Fences 1-19 with a total of 25 jumping efforts

Cross Country Tack Sheet | Cross-Country Tack Sheet

Please remember to bring your plastic bib number holder with you, your number must be displayed for all three disciplines, competitors without a number will not be permitted to start.   Number bibs can be collected at the results desk on the morning of the event, all start lists  and bib numbers will be published here on our website on Wednesday 24th May.   There will be strictly no entries accepted on the day,  the event is pre-entry and pre-pay only.

Dressage will take place on grass,  Showjumping in the Sand Arena.

Schedule |ODE Schedule

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Well done to our dressage team of Rudy, Liz, Trish & Cassandra who finished in first place last Sunday in Eglinton EC, they are now qualified for the National Dressage Championship in Mullingar.

Our showjumping team of Cassandra, Niamh, Liz & Rudy also finished in 5th place on the day on a total of 4 faults. Many thanks to all at Letterkenny RC for hosting such a great day out !!

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With the weeks flying in so quickly its now just over a month until our inaugural One Day Event at Gordons Bay in Carrigart.

Course preparations are well underway in Carrigart with our technical delegate calling out this week to finalise course plans, new fences are also being constructed in the run up over the next few weeks .

We will be running the classes starting from the highest class working down the way so the running order  for all 3 disciplines will be as follows-

Open – Advanced Intermediate – Intermediate – Advanced Primary – Primary

The event will be strictly pre-entry and pre-pay only,  we will not be accepting any entries on the day.  Full details have been sent to your club secretaries so please contact them to put in your entry.  Bib Numbers ,Dressage time slots  & Cross Country Start Lists will be published on Wednesday 24th May on our website.  There will not be a running order for the Showjumping arena.

Schedule One Day Event |ODE Schedule

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Well done to everyone who took part in our final leg of the Spring League yesterday.

Results available by clicking on link below-

Points Table –Points Table -FINAL

Overall League Results –Results Overall League

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