Thursday’s open event (yes, it’s been moved to Thursday) started in two long lines as normal. I then divided everyone roughly into groups of 4 (two FR, two non FR) before we hacked to the Riding Hall. Then, everyone made a quadrille routine (which is like group dressage). It had to be under a minute and they had about 10 minutes to practice. The routines started. There were ten groups and I think I got around 70 photos? So here are some of the best pictures I had! I did choose winners but I’m not actually going to say who won because I couldn’t really choose and I think everyone was truly amazing, the standard was so high! It was time to do the adding people thing. It was a really hard choice, it gets harder every time! We choose based on how many open events each person has come to and then if a group of people have al come to the same amount, it comes down to nominations. So, just because you didn’t get in doesn’t mean that the club didn’t love you (some people got loads of votes but just didn’t get to join because others had come to more events). I’m updating the shortlist soon so well done to everyone who got on that. But a big welcome to Kailey Kittensmith and Ivy Highberg! Also, you can watch the video below!
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Another open event has passed, with joy! I can’t believe how much the open events have grown, it’s crazy. So we started in two - rather far apart - lines as we always do. Then we hacked to Dino Valley (everyone had brought horses for the cold and racing gear). Here we played an interesting game of CMC over the frozen lake. Well done to everyone who won! After CMC, we climbed up the dinosaur and then some of us had a quick golden egg stop before we left the valley for a picnic. In the FR nominations, 12 people got nominated and two joined, four were already on the shortlist and six will be joining the shortlist. So welcome to Adriana Birchcake and returning member Madelyn Nightmountain!
Hello! Happy Wednesday, I hope that you all enjoyed the update today. We, in FR, had some very mixed reactions. But anyway, it’s time to talk about the open event. As normal, we stood in the traditional two lines before we hacked to Paddock Island. There, I split everyone up into groups ready for a race. First they did Lisa’s jumping track. Then the winners (Emily Mistwood, Lilian Flowergarden, Savannah Opalstreet and Emily Mistwood) all raced again. Lilian won’t this race. People then were put into different groups where they competed in the Paddock Island race. The winners this time were Emily Mistwood, Courtney Firelake, Lilian Flowergarden and Natalie Opalwood. Who, logically, then raced again. This was again won by Lilian who I think we can now call FR’s racing champion! After the races, we hacked to a picnic where as normal we counted up the votes for who to join. If you’re wondering how this works here it is. 1. Everyone on at the event in FR can vote an unlimited number of times for who they want in the club. 2. The votes are counted up and the winners from the shortlist are added. 3. If there is more spaces than people from the shortlist at the event then winners from the interest list may also be added. 4. Everyone who got a vote is added to the shortlist. The winners of the spaces were three people off the shortlist so well done and welcome to Kate Haysister, Azzurra Sharkpie and a to be confirmed place has been offered to Arisha Seawood. If you want to watch a video of the event our amazing camera girl Dalma Diamondgirl has recorded the event and uploaded it, so go give the video and the channel some love (shameless self promo). Although last night was a night filled with joy, something sad happened. Three members left FR (they are friends and left together). It is sad when someone leaves any club but it is felt particularly hard in FR as people don’t leave very often and we are a closely knit family. In addition, these three members were two leaders and one riding instructor. Therefore, FR for a while now will only have 2 leaders which will probably stay the same unless we feel that we need more. We will promote a new RI at the end of this week. Stay strong fam.
Lots of love and hugs Li xx FR found this week that we had some unexpected space so we filled it with the top of our shortlist - Lilian Flowergarden and Leah Proudpaw. Lot's of welcome hugs - I'm sorry that you joined on such a crazy week with theme week going on!
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