FEBRUARY 2008
THE START OF THE SEASON AND A BLUE BUS!
It’s the end of February and welcome to the 2008 season. The Junior and Senior indoor jumping was a roaring success and congratulations to all those who attended.
As some may have noticed when parked in, or passing the BSJA field recently, we have purchased a double-decker bus to replace both the secretaries box and the judges box. The existing Judges box had reached a point when it was uneconomical to repair, so our view was to kill two birds with one stone and bring the secretary's area closer the judges box at the same time. The outlay for this was halved due to the generous donation of £1,500 from a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous. (If we have any more out there please give me a ring!)
There is a lot of work needed to get this prepped and fitted out for the coming season but work is progressing well.
The existing secretary’s box will be moving down to the collecting ring so that we have somewhere dry to store both the paperwork and the collecting ring steward!
Now I am sure that there are some who will say we are copying
We are reaching the stage where we need as much help as possible to get the field and facilities prepared for the first outdoor jumping events. Please feel free to contact any of the committee members if you have a spare hour here or there to help or if you have any special talents you can offer!
So the season is upon us and has reached us at some pace. Keep your eyes peeled for further updates on our new website and I look forward to seeing you over the coming weeks.”
HELPERS
Please don’t see this task as a punishment! We need you to help so that the club runs smoothly, therefore if your forte is in the kitchen please offer your culinary services, or maybe you prefer to organise from the Secretary’s Box or perhaps you’d prefer offering your man power in the Arena or down at the Collecting Ring, whatever your prefence please contact Marina with your offer of help on 07797733099 before she calls YOU!
The updated helper points will soon be added to the new website and Liz and Marina shall be bringing out a postcard system with helper duties allocated. It will be up to the person allocated a job to find a replacement if they can't perform the duty. If members would let them know their prefered jobs it would help. Please email Liz on lizmoon@jerseymail.co.uk or Marina on camaugerltd@jerseymail.co.uk with your preference
We must point out that this year we shall be operating a strict policy of no help, no entries accepted – so please get calling now – the sessions will operate in the same way they did last year.
FUTURE EVENTS
For the month of March we can look forward to showjumping ! Starting the season in earnest on Saturday 8th March will be the Junior Heights jumping followed by the Senior’s on the Sunday and we continue in this vein for the 15th and 16th March and the 29th and 30th of March where the running is turned around and we have the Seniors on the Saturday and the Juniors on the Sunday. Obviously this is weather dependant and should you be in any doubt on the day please call the Clubhouse number on 863926.
NEW WEBSITE
We have a new website under construction, which should be ready to go “live” very soon! This website can be viewed at the moment by entering bsjajersey.com however it shall soon be in place on our current webpage. You will note on our new website there is a “forum” page whereby you can air your views or your goods for sale. However should you wish your adverts to be placed under classified please email Jarn Dodd at jarnmarie@googlemail.com and she will upload it for you.
EMAIL ADDRESSES
Any members who have an email address and haven’t yet informed Gina of their address, please please please forward this to Jarn at jarnmarie@googlemail.com and copy in Gina at gina@base.je and you shall receive your newsletter automatically by email every month.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
AMATEUR INTER-NATIONS CUP SHOW 18th – 20th APRIL, 2008, amateur riders in the Channel Islands who might wish to take part in the competition please contact Martin Mitchell on 858561 or 07797743884. Anyone seriously wishing to take part in this must contact Martin as soon as possible, however please note this is rider funded. Amateur Schedule can be found on Breaking News page!
FIRST AID COURSE
On the 18th and 19th March, to be held at St Martin's Hall, Child Protection 28th (Evening) and 30th March (morning) to be held at Fort Regent First Aid and Child Protection Course . Anyone interested please contact Angela Mitchell on 863679 by 3rd March 2008 She needs to have names and cheque made out to Treasurer of the States before this date.
So Goodbye for now and see you at the Showground! Please note shoud you have any problems or queries please approach a Committee member - they don't bite - they can be identified by their Committee badges!