News from Oxenhope

Haworth & Oxenhope District Bridleways Group’s first dressage competition of 2014 was held on Saturday at Lilyhall Livery Stables, Haworth. Despite a low turnout, a good time was had by all those taking part. Results as follows- Introductory A Fledglings (Senior) 1st place Karen Ballantine on Murphy; P7 and P13 (Juniors 1st place Abigail Kershaw on Treacle; P7 Senior – 1st= Jan Bates on Barrontop Charlie and Angela Parker on Galway Warrior, 2nd Fiona Tiley on Aurora; P13 Senior – 1st Angela Parker on Galway Warrior, 2nd Fiona Tiley on Aurora. The next competition will be on June 7 when the tests will be Intro B, P12, P13 and N28. The annual May Day ride will be on Monday. Decorated horses and riders to start from the bottom of Main Street at 10am, meeting at the Penistone top car park for judging at 10.45am. Rides of three, five, seven and 11 miles will leave at about 11am. The speaker at the next meeting, on May 20, will be from the British Horse Society. Meetings are held monthly, at the Old White Lion Hotel, Haworth at 8pm, preceded by a junior meeting at 6.45pm. The group exists to safeguard our local bridleways and holds events to highlight these and help to raise funds for their protection and extension. We are constantly updating our programme of activities for 2014. Full details of these plus pictures and adverts can be found on the website at hodbg.org. For further details, please contact Gill Burgess on (01535) 644347; 07799 614763 or e-mail gill.burgess4@virginmedia.com.