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2010 Events

January

 

Planning Meeting -- planning   discussing events/rides for the year

February

 

MEETING, West Vincent Twp. Building, Chester Springs.
Cancelled due to weather

March

20th

MEETING, West Vincent Twp. Building, Chester Springs.
Trails Forum sponsored by The Northern Federation.

April

11th

TRAIL RIDE - Perkiomen Trail at the Graterford Trail Head

16th

Spring Tack Sale, Chris Moore-Milne, Chairperson
West Vincent Township Building
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., BRING YOUR OWN TABLES
$15 per 6 foot long space until 4/2/10, $20 thereafter
Space is limited so please reserve early. 610-495-7845.

20th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC. Police woman Anne Whitney speaking on self defense, including self defense for riders

May

1st

Murder Mystery Ride at Marsh Creek
Co-Chairs Jody Phillips/Chrissy Hartman.

18th

Meeting

21-23rd

Fair Hill Weekend, members only
Deb Grothmann & Chris Moore-Milne, Co-Chairs.

June

12th

Trail Ride in Birdsboro -- for members only
10 a.m. ride-off, about 2 ½ hours long, some hills and rocky areas. No toilet facilities. Bring a snack to share & a muck tub to clean up. RSVP to Davey at 610-458-8446 & leave message with phone # & what snack you are bringing. Directions: Take Rt. 345 North from 82, 23 or 401 to where it joins 724. At 1st light in Birdsboro, turn left. Take Creek Rd. 724 & 345 go to the right. Go Left and go about 1 mile. After crossing 3rd RR track, turn Right into parking area.

15th

MEETING
Mel McCartney will be doing a program on Driving and safety. She will show us harnessing safety tips as well as different types of harness. Mel will give us safety tips while hooking up & while we are out driving our horses. She will be driving her horse Lucero which she showed in the Devon Horse Show this year. There will be Q & A during & after the program. The program will be at Mel's farm in Chester Springs. Please bring chairs

July

4th

Trail Ride at Green Lane -- members only
10 a.m. ride-off, Knight Rd. lot. Bring covered dish for picnic after ride. RSVP to Davey at 610-458-8446. Leave message with phone # & what dish you are bringing. Directions: Go North on Rt. 100, East on 73, West on 663, cross body of water, top of hill go right, turn on Knight Rd., cross reservoir, cross 2nd body of water, parking is on right. Questions about directions to either ride, call Davey.

10th

Picnic non-members can attend - $5
The annual Club Picnic is July 10 (rain date 7/17) from 12:00 noon until 6:00 at Jon and Linda Morrison's home at 690 Rock Raymond Rd., Downingtown, PA 19335. Shish kabobs will be provided and everyone is to bring a side dish to share. RSVP to Norma Strouse at 610-469-1966 or curiding@aol.com with the number of people coming, (members and guests) and what dish you will be bringing. Cost for non-member guests is $5. Bring chairs for sitting and your bathing suit for swimming. If anyone has a pop-up tent, please bring that as well. Norma Strouse is organizing the food. Jon & Linda will provide the main course. Needed are appetizers, salads (green, potato, macaroni etc), desserts, drinks & paper goods. Please RSVP to Norma ( curiding@aol.com or 610-469-1966 ) & tell her what you will bring.

August

17th

MEETING

September

21st

Meeting

24-26th

Fair Hill Weekend, members only
3 days of riding, socializing & eating -- come & join the fun

October

19th

MEETING, St. Matthews UCC

31st

Halloween Chase at Marsh Creek
Eve Marberger & Maija Ray Co-Chairs

November

16th

MEETING, St. Matthews UCC

December

11th

CHRISTMAS PARTY, Inn of Chester Springs



2009 Events

January

20th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m. Annual Planning Meeting.

February

17th

Dori Wade and Miranda Wade will answer questions on training issues. Their emphasis is natural horsemanship methods.

March

17th

St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m.
Dr. Maria Wright will talk about "what you need in a first aid kit"

April

17th

Spring Tack Sale,

21th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m.
Barb Hershey & Stacey Small from Equilite.

25th

Spring Fling/Scavenger Hunt, Marsh Creek State Park

May

9th

Trail Ride at Blue Marsh

19th

Meeting, Demo of Icelandic horses at Hope Springs Farm located at the Marsh Creek Park Stables.

29th-31st

Fair Hill Weekend

June

16th

MEETING, Farrier Drew Sosko at farm in Chester Springs talking about pulling loose shoes, driving in loose nails, when to trim/re-set, etc.

July

11th

Picnic in Pottstown.

August

18th

MEETING, Karen Schell of Mane n'Tail - the right way to wash a horse and what products she recommends. Held at farm in Glenmoore.

September

13th

Pace Event at Marsh Creek State Park. Click here to see flyer for details.

15th

Meeting.

25th-27th

Weekend of pleasure riding at Fair Hill, MD. For club members only.

October

20th

Meeting at Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines. 1710 Ridge Rd., Pottstown.

November

1st

Halloween chase at Marsh Creek.

17th

Meeting

December

 

Christmas Party

2008 Events

January

15th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m. Annual Planning Meeting.

February

19th

Meeting, West Vincent Twp. Bldg., Chester Springs 7 p.m.
Gwen & Bud Wills, PA Equine Council Trail Coordinators Protecting access to trails & maintaining trails that allow horses

March

18th

St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m.
Daisy Bicking of Daisy Haven Farm on Hoof Care

April

6th

Trail Ride Valley Forge Nat'l Historic Park (6 riders)

11th

Tack Sale, West Vincent Twp. Bldg. 6:30-9

15th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs 7 p.m.
Jeff Miller, Blue Seal Horse Feed "Myths & Misconceptions on Feeding"

26th

Spring Fling/Scavenger Hunt, Marsh Creek State Park

May

17th

Trail Ride, Lake Ontelaunee (12 riders)

20th

Meeting 7 p.m.

30th-
June 1st

Fair Hill Weekend (27 attended)

June

7th

Trail Ride, Green Lane for Nat'l. Trails Day (7 club riders)

17th

Meeting, Maija Ray's in Honey Brook, 7 p.m.

July

15th

Meeting, Hellzapoppin Farm, Chester Springs.
Mel McCartney -- transitions/flatwork talk & demo w/3 students.

19th

Trail Ride, Marsh Creek State Park

August

3rd

Trail Ride, Pawling's Road, Valley Forge Park (8 riders)

3rd

Picnic, Nocella's, Pottstown

19th

Meeting 7 p.m. at Peace by Piece Farm, Chester Springs. Jumping demo -- Alison Haase with 4 students

September

6th

Trail Ride, French Creek State Park/Horseshoe Trail

14th

Horsepower For Life fund-raising ride at Marsh Creek

26th-29th

Fair Hill Weekend -- cancelled due to rain Fri. & Sat.

October

21st

Meeting at St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs. Parelli DVD 'Horsenalities'.

26th

Halloween Paper Chase at Marsh Creek State Park

November

18th

Meeting, St. Matthews UCC, Chester Springs, 7 p.m. Dr. Anthony Rodriguez of Foxfield Equine, Kimberton. "Ask the Vet"

23rd

Trail Ride, Blue Marsh

December

6th

Christmas Party, Inn at Chester Springs


2007 Events

January

16th

Annual Planning Meeting -- 7 pm at the St. Matthews Church, UCC.

February

20th

Club Meeting-Dr. Maria Wright of Brandywine Equine Veterinary Associates will speak on diseases which we need to vaccinate for this spring. Dr. Wright and her associate, Dr. Gomez, recently started Brandywine Equine.

March

20th

Club Meeting-A representative of the Blue Seal Company presenting a nutrition seminar.

April

13th

Spring Tack Swap - Friday evening 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. - West Vincent Twp. Bldg.

17th

Club Meeting - Irv Lichetenstein from SEPASAR (Southeast PA Search and Rescue) will speaking to us about SEPASAR and also give us some general guidelines for trail riding and trailering safely.

May

15th

Club Meeting at McKellar's farm.

19th

Spring Fling/Scavenger Hunt at Marsh Creek State Park

June

8-10th

Weekend at Fair Hill, MD

19th

Club Meeting at 7 pm. Topic: Trailer Safety and Inspection by Jay from DiBella Trailers at Karen Nocella's home.

July

21st

Picnic Saturday at the home of Jon and Linda Morrison. The picnic starts at 12 noon.

August

21st

Club Meeting- Elaine Cury's in Glenmoore

September

8th

Trail maintenance at Marsh Creek State Park

9th

Club Trail ride at Lake Ontelaunee with Chris Moore-Milne leading the ride.

16th

Guess Who? Paperchase at Marsh Creek State Park

18th

Club Meeting at Elaine Cury's in Glenmore.

28th-30th

Fair Hill Weekend

October

16th

Club Meeting at 7 pm- Guest Speaker is Renee McClure

28th

Club Trail ride at Warwick Park with Karen Nocella leading the ride.

November

4th

CANCELED--Fall Pace Event at Marsh Creek State Park--CANCELLED

17th

Club Meeting

December

8th

Club Christmas Party at Ludwig's Inn

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