Quiz Night
Several weeks ago Leanne (parent of Ashton) suggested it would be nice to have a social evening for parents so we decided on a quiz night for parents clients and students. I agreed to do the questions and Leanne put some posters up. We got a room for free from upstairs in the Hand and Squirrel in Talbot Green (Big thanks to Mike) and decided on Sunday June 13th. As everyone is connected with the riding school we decided to have one horse related round. So last week I copied and pasted a 20 pictures containing famous horses or riders and saved them on the computer. Friday and Saturday I was away with Amelia who was show jumping at Broomes. Sunday morning I did the rest of the questions and printed them out before the showjumping started. We are holding the showjumping in the outdoor school during the summer, provided it’s not pouring down with rain and although it wasn’t hugely busy there was a reasonable turn out. and we didn’t finish till 6pm. Agreed to meet at pub at 7.30pm for quiz so just had to water the garden, feed the chickens, have shower, grab a quick bite and print off the pictures and answers for the picture round and thats where it all went wrong, I needed to send the photos to the other computer to print them and could I get an Internet connection, I tried everything from unplugging it to shaking it (that worked best) and don’t you just love it when a little box comes up and says ‘your internet is not connected’ I know that. By 6.50pm I had managed to get them printed, had the quickest shower ever, slung food at chickens, ran out of door with bread roll in hand and got to pub by 7.30(ish) There were 19 of us all together split into 4 teams, we had 2 rounds of questions, one picture round and one round of cryptic nursery rhymes. The quiz was fairly lighthearted and a good laugh with the entertainment provided by Sheena Davies. The winning team ‘Bringing up the rear’ Sue Reville, Jackie Morgan, Gaynor Blake, Kath and Paul Curnock donated the £17 winnings to the Pony Club fund raising for the Championships at Derby in August. We will try to organise another one in July. Having become a keen gardener over the last couple of years you will realise how devasted I was when I got up this morning to make a truly traumatic discovery – My greenhouse blew over in the night. Glad to say it is actually ok and I’m so glad its not made of glass.
Tonight we had the first practice for the musical ride. First everyone rode around the arena to make sure the horses were ok with the music and then started to learn the moves. I was very impressed at how well it was all going – until we got to the canter. There were several near misses, 2 nearly fell off, one crashed and one was at the wrong end. I really think that first practice at the canter movement is more entertaining than on the day. I wish I’d videod it. PS Tickets for Open Day on sale soon – July 11th.
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