RoR Horseball Series

Overview

RoR sponsors equipment for the horseball education programme, and the horseball ex-racehorse team regularly wear RoR shirts.

Since this support has started the British Horseball Association (BHA) has been able to complete 3 UKCC coaching courses and successfully qualified 16 Level 1 and 8 Level 2 coaches.  More coaching courses are planned and there will also be some joint courses for British Vaulting and Polocrosse.  

The coaching is a major part of the BHA development plan to encourage more people to participate in this sport, in which ex-racehorses are proving successful.   Membership has increased by 50% over the last two years which can be directly tracked back to the qualification of new coaches.

In order to take the coaching qualification, candidates are required to hold a technical pre-requisite such as BHS Stages, Racing NVQ or Pony Club exams.  The BHA also has Horseball Technical Horse Care and Riding exams for which they recently held courses utlising the teaching equipment provided by the RoR. 

For more details contact Mary Pettifor, E: mary.pettifor@lstrillium.com   

British Horseball Association Calendar 2010

For those interested in finding out more about Horseball, everyone is welcome to any of the dates below to watch.  There will lots of helpful people on hand to answer any questions and entrance to spectators is free.

The 2010 season will see the BHA league reforming and teams from up and down the country, from all divisions, competing in a league competition.  Over 100 horses and riders, including many ex-racehorses, will be competing each weekend.

APRIL
10th & 11th April - League Weekend 1, Solihull Riding Club

MAY
8th & 9th May - League Weekend 2, Laughton Manor, Lincoln

JUNE
12th & 13th June - League Weekend 3, Rugby Polo Club

JULY
3rd & 4th July - League Weekend 4, Trent Valley Equestrian Centre, Southwell, Notts
24th & 25th - Anglo/French Tournament, Lee Valley Equestrian Centre, London

AUGUST
11th & 14th August - Ladies European Cup, St Lo

SEPTEMBER 
18th & 19th September - Whitby

OCTOBER 
16th & 17th October - Open Championships 2010, Arena UK, Grantham

For more information visit www.british-horseball-association.btik.com/ or contact Emma Lowther emmalowther22@hotmail.co.uk

RoR team win horseball match at Southwell

Southwell Racecourse has very kindly supported the British Horseball Association in 2009 by providing the venue for all of the International Training for both the junior and senior teams.

To show their appreciation, two teams provided a horseball match on the All Weather track in front of the stands at the family race day in July.

Teams from Nottingham (red) and Retraining of Racehorses (green) played an evenly matched game with RoR just winning by 1 goal.

The crowd particularly applauded Vindaloo (Mia Berry), the old racehorse who had filled many punters pockets at Southwell over the years, together with six other horses in the teams who were also former racehorses and regularly seen at Southwell during their career.

Visit the gallery for photographs.

Nottingham Reds wins Midlands Horseball Final

Nottingham Reds won the RoR sponsored Midlands Regional Final for Horseball on 5th October.

The team, made up of all ex-racehorses, competed against mixed teams from Newcastle, Melton, Rutland and Lions in a very close competition.

Other RoR prizes were best male rider on an ex-racehorse, Ollie Blower, and best lady rider on an ex-racehorse, Annette Harris, both of whom were awarded RoR jackets.