Like most of the other RDA groups around the country, Newbury RDA has struggled both with delivering most of our riding lessons and with the fundraising. Here at Wyld Court, we had managed to keep a small number of individual riders going during the Autumn Term, with the exception of […]

2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, not least charities. It has not been possible to hold fundraising events in the usual way so Newbury RDA were so grateful to be offered an opportunity to raise some money in October. Eugene Smit from Yattendon Stores very kindly offered to […]

HRH The Princess Royal visit On the 8th October, HRH The Princess Royal visited Wyld Court and watched four of our young riders display their skills. She awarded them rosettes and talked to them and their parent. She also unveiled a plaque to commemorate our 25 years at Wyld Court […]

New Surface for the Indoor Arena Our new surface for the indoor school arrived last December. Many thanks to the staff at Hillfields Equestrian and to Carol Steljes, one of our volunteers, who did all the hard work of removing the old surface and putting down the new. The new […]

CHRISMTAS RAFFLE 2019 Karen Bennett, one of our volunteers, donated a pet photographic session (https://karenbennettphotography.co.uk) so we raffled it at our Christmas Tea. Sally Sanderson picked the winning ticket which belonged to Karen Cutler, a volunteer who helps with the Wednesday afternoon class. Thank you to Karen Bennett for her […]

A team of volunteers from Rapid 7 returned, for the third year in succession, to help us out on a wet and soggy day (similar to last year!). In between the showers a significant length of the fencing was painted. Some more lucky volunteers, got a drier job, clearing out […]