Well Christmas is coming...
Nichole Baker
Well Christmas is coming and to get you all in the spirit of joy and goodwill I thought I'd pass on my thanks to all those who've sent me e-mails and jokes over the last year:
Especially to whoever sent me the one about rat poo in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing. Also, I now have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown); who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program .....Or from the senior bank clerk in Nigeria who wants me to split $7 million with me for pretending to be a long lost relative of a customer who died intestate.
But I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a waterbuffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward e-mail to seven of my friends & make a wish within five minutes. Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca-Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
I no longer can buy petrol without taking a man along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm filling up.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my bum.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't even pick up the £5.00 I found dropped in the car park because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
If you don't send this note to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhoea will land on your head at 5:00pm this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump.
I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbour's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician.
Thanks again and have a wonderful Christmas!
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Reflecting on 2007
Geof Robbins
Having been a riding club committee member for 2 years now and having been party to many discussions about training, trainers, area competition venues, membership involvement, cost and viability of running them and whether what we organise is what you, the members, want. I thought that you might take a moment to put forward some fresh ideas or, modify some old ones to breathe some new life into the club and to encourage a greater involvement and support for club competitions and functions.
From my point of view, I want to see CDRC being successful at area and national competitions in any discipline at which we compete and to see more membership support for social, training, competitions and demonstrations. If we achieve success in some or all of these areas then I and on the committee would feel that our efforts, which can be quite demanding in time and energy,are worthwhile and pleasurable.
The pleasure derived from success and support of club activities is the only payback we get and so if membership support is minimal and apathy is the apparent message then how long does one soldier on with this endeavour? Take away the committee members present at most club events and you’ll find a small number of people, always the same ones, supporting the activity. We have a membership of over 160 people. What sort of message does this type of turnout relay to the committee or other members?
It is imperative for this clubs survival that we all become more involved and supportive or we will witness the demise of one of this areas oldest riding clubs.
So what can we do to galvanise the support that will rejuvenate this club? We need feedback, we need offers of help, both physical and administrative.
If you’re not happy about a venue, don’t just moan about it, offer an alternative. If you don’t like a trainer, put forward another one. You must be proactive to get what you want from this club it won’t just do it by itself.
The committee would welcome new blood and fresh ideas. We are in good shape financially which means that should a venture need some funding then within reason I’m sure it would be available.
Do you want to a trip to Burghley Horse Trials or HOYS? Put it forward as an idea. Would you rather have some of the winter dressage shows at different venues (last year we used The RDA, Huntley & Home Farm) rather than staying at one place. It’s your club, make it do what you want it to do.
This club is full of people with loads of ability both on and off horseback and if we all work together we can be successful as a club and as a competitive force at BRC competitions.
I look forward to 2008, renewed support for the club and success for our teams, functions and training.
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