04/08/2025
❗️Important Announcement from BDRC.❗️
We have sadly had to make the decision to cancel the rest of the shows for 2025 (trec and show jumping) due to lack of entries at the last 3 shows. The cost of our insurance increases year on year, and we have kept our entry fees as low as possible for years, but sadly we are not covering the costs of the arena hire, rosettes and insurance.
We will of course refund all membership fees that have been paid for this season. 💜
Rather than run at a loss for the rest of this year, we have decided to stop now and hopefully start again next spring, if we can round up enough support!
We know there have been suggestions about the size of the arena and lack of parking being an issue, however we have NEVER had parking previously and whilst the arena is not huge, it is a lovely surface, and we are careful of the amount of jumps we use. Running on grass is not an option with the British weather, as we would have to cancel more often due to being too wet or too hard. We searched the local area for a venue and there is nowhere else in Blidworth/Ravenshead with a large arena with parking that our regulars can easily hack to... if you know somewhere we don't, feel free to message us or email us [email protected] !
We hope you all understand our decision and we are so sad to do this as we love running the club and seeing our riders progress and have fun! But we are keeping everything crossed if we take a break this year, we can come back with a bang next year! 🥳
Best wishes,
Alison, Clare, Charlotte and Amy
BDRC Committee
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