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Hall Of Fame Previous Winners of the On A Mission Young Rider Bursaries In Action!! Camilla Spears - 2009 winner with the very promising BT Crewmaster
Captain Geoff Curran at the 2008 Olympic Games
Elizabeth Power on board Kilpatrick River finishing 11th at Badminton Horse Trials CCI**** 2009 Sam Watson riding Horseware Bushman at Badminton 2009
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On A Mission Newsletter Spring 2011Hello everyone! We have negotiated to have all Irish international results in Show Jumping and Eventing free for all members of On A Mission this year. We had a very successful Cross/country clinic with Geoff Curran in March as a fundraiser. We are now organising 2 more in Wicklow, possibly Ballinacoola, Co. Wicklow and maybe in Co. Tipperary. Any one interested please contact me. More details later. Tattersalls 3 day event May 26th-29th. Sadly we do not have enough funds to sponsor a fence this year. However, please let me know if you could help in any way during the event. We might take a fence to steward for the c/c day and would make a rota for helpers. NB Don’t forget our annual Pimms party in our gazebo beside the show jumping arena after the c/c on Saturday. I will try to organise a course walk for members (free) and friends (€5) on Friday aft/eve. The Owners League is hotting up after a few events Gerda Marwood’s daughter Caroline on Jazzin Along, has been most consistant in Jun B’s with 19 points so far Congrats are in order for member Carol Gee who’s horse Fernhill Encore ridden by Fraser Duffy won at Ballindenisk CIC2* . Also to Katie Moffatt who won the CIC1* on her mother’s Pick and Mix 11. and Jean Pim with Mr Otto who won the Pony 2* ridden by her grandson Josh Pim A great result for On A Mission members! We won’t be having any European trips this year but if you want info for any Internationals abroad, I will help if I can. We hope to hold a Quiz night as a fundraiser in the Autumn, so get your thinking caps on! In the meantime enjoy your Eventing and see you at Tattersalls!
On A Mission 2010 Chairman’s AGM Report Membership was up slightly this year. Training is so important, and with the Horse Sport Ireland initiative of setting up the graded Coaches Programmes, now coming to fruition, we have no excuse not to use these top trainers in our country. In Feb. the winners of our 2009 International Young Riders Bursaries , Camilla Speirs, Cairan Glynn, and Sam Watson very kindly came together to hold a most entertaining demonstration evening at Killossery Stud. Our thanks to Laura and Frank Glynn for the use of their indoor school. In early March a large group of members visited McKee Barracks, the Army training quarters, where Lt Col Gerry O’Gorman made us very welcome . He gave us an interesting talk, first on the history of the Barracks and then those riders and horses who had made their names in the Equestrian Role of Honour. Aga Khan Trophy winners and Hickstead Derby winners tripped off his tongue and a visit to his office to view the huge silver trophy presented by Hitler, for a showjumping class in Germany, in the 1930’s, really amazed us. We were priviledged to be see it in it’s own special glass showcase. Early May was Badminton, and there was a good group of supporters there to cheer our Young International riders Sam Watson, Camilla Speirs and Elizabeth Power. They did us proud Sam finishing 13th and Camilla 14th in their 1st 4* event. We congratulate them. In mid May, Marcus and I opened our cottage garden and arboretum in Co.Kilkenny for the 1st time, (very frightening!) for members and friends of On A Mission. We had a buffet lunch and were thrilled to find over 40 people interested enough to come to the Fund Raiser in The Rower. Tattersalls International 3 day Event was the highlight of the Eventing Ireland Spring calender. They were blessed with the weather. We also supported Tattersalls by sponsoring fence 4 on the Cross Country 3* course and we had a large banner erected beside the fence. As we did not have an official trip to WEG I took a small group of 12 over to Burghley 4* at the beginning of Sept. to cheer on the Irish. Geoff Curran finished 17th having been held on the cross country course and also losing a shoe just before his show jumping round. However he was picked as a late entry for our team in WEG a month later and did well to finish. WEG took place at the end of Sept /October. Sam, Mark, and Geoff did us proud to finish whatever the result. I know it was gutting for all the Team not to have qualified for the London Olympics but we still have next year at Luhmuhlen. Our Website is up and running thanks to Sam Watson. www.oamireland.ie FundraisingIt was decided by the Committee to drop the Race Nite at Tattersalls this year after 3 yrs. All good things run their course and we felt it was time for a change. I must thank my Committee for all their work and support this year. Michelle is so meticulous with our accounts and keeps us all in check. Wendy has been such a help doing all the secretarial jobs for me, David for his sound advice in times of angst, and our new member Julia, who I hope is feeling better after a nasty accident at home, during the week. ---------------------------------------
I hope you realise that ON A Mission had a huge input into Eventing Team Ireland in 2010.
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