9. Active Riding Active Riding had a great year with its hard working and enthusiastic committee. There were a number of prelims held north and south. Although numbers were down on previous years, which hopefully is just a blip. Various reasons have been given possibly the increase of Eventing riders and lower rider numbers overall. One of the most disturbing things is, that riders are not doing Active Riding at Rallies. Cross Country seems to be used instead of Active Riding. This was evident when some of our committee members ran the Novelties at the Festival. When they asked many riders presenting for the Novelties if they had practiced them at rallies, in many cases the answer was “no we don’t do this at rallies.” The Committee has been fortunate to have a team of members each with their own jobs that they enjoy doing which makes it really easy to plan and run competitions. I would like to thank all on the committee for making it so easy to Chair. They are a great team. Thanks again. championships The Active Riding Championships were held at Serpentine Horse and Pony Club and were enjoyed by the vast majority that attended. The Serpentine members and committee must be thanked for their Can Do attitude and went out of their way to ensure everything was spot on. It is a great location and venue. The Committee hopes Serpentine would like to hold the Championships again in 2016. Thanks again to Serpentine for hosting it this year. As a committee we feel that our Championships are better held in this type of format. nationals Thanks to Coach Sean Corbin and Manager’s Tash Ellery~ Seniors Scott McNamee and Angela Herzer ~Juniors for the fantastic job well done. The Seniors rode extremely well, winning all 3 comps, which was good as there were 5 states in it. The Juniors came third, rode well but needed a bit of luck to go their way. 17
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