On Friday 14th. November we held our AGM at the King’s Head, North Elmham , as a result it gives us great pleasure to announce the election of our new President : Mrs. Suzie Scott. Suzie has been involved with Carousel for many years and has agreed to a 5 year Tenure. Suzie said”Maggie left some big boots to fill and I will do my best to make her proud.” Also at the meeting a new cup was presented to Julie Colley for Best Dressage rider throughout the year. The cup presented was the “Maggie Davies Dressage Cup.” I think Maggie would have approved.
In Memorium Maggie Davies.
It saddens me to have to inform everyone of the passing of our dear friend and President Maggie Davies. Maggie passed on Sunday 17th. August following a freak accident with the horses she loved some 2 weeks ago. Maggie was a staunch supporter of the Carousel Riding Club and has been associated with the club from its inception. Dressage was her first love and she was very knowledgeable about all things Horsey
Maggie may have moved on to look after a new stable in heaven, but she will remain in our hearts forever. We wish her family well at this difficult time. R.I.P Maggie, President of the Carousel Riding Club
Membership
Carousel Riding Club – Important January 2024
Dear Members
We would like to make you aware of changes to Membership options of Carousel Riding Club and also the new way of joining.*
All existing members will have received an email in November, from Sport:80 entitled “British Riding Club – Password Setup”, it will ask you to click on a link & set up a password. Please check your spam box. You can also access through this link https://britishridingclubs.sport80.com/public/wizard/a/1485
Once you have done this you will be able to manage & update your personal details on your account, all current members are listed with accounts, so please keep an eye out for the email & check your spam folder. Please note that you need to be a paid up affiliated BRC member to represent the club in qualifiers. Sport 80 will charge you an additional £1.50 to process.
However for those who do not wish to represent the club at qualifiers, or to have the benefits of affiliation, we offer an unaffiliated membership through our own website www.carouselridingclub.co.uk to benefit from reduced rate entry fees, subsidised & priority training .
Senior affiliated £35 (£24 retained by BRC)
Junior affiliated £25 (£24 retained by BRC)
Senior Associate member £20 paid directly to Carousel through our website
Junior Associate member £10 ditto
Going forward Affiliated members will join the club directly via the new BRC platform Sport 80. Unaffiliated members will continue to join through our own website www.carouselridingclub.co.uk.
Future membership with BRC will be a rolling membership, so if for example you join in January it will run 12 months to the end of December, if you join in June it will run 12 months to the end of May etc.
Your affiliated membership number will change & will revert back to your 1st ever BRC membership number. Unaffiliated members will not be given an individual membership number and renewal will be from January 1st through to 31st December each year.
NB. Affiliated member types need to email Carousel secretary@carouselridingclub.co.uk with Horse’s names so we can issue your Bib Number templates.
*The main reasons for the new system:
1. GDPR – your personal data is taken very seriously, at Carousel RC we ensure all data sent to BRC is encrypted & password protected, this has not in place at all clubs, some still send details by post. This is BRC’s attempt to get parity across all clubs.
2. According to BRC, members have been asking for a rolling membership to get the full value of the fee paid, and this addresses that.
Of the membership fee you pay £24 goes straight to BRC which covers your insurance, BRC magazine sent out, BRC staff & other expenses.