News
Clinics are being held throughout the Summer for Polework, Show Jumping and other activities These are proving successful and help train horses and their riders for competitions.
4th August 2026
Swalcliffe Park 2026 - BRC National Horse Trials Championships.
Congratulations to Jonathan, Phoebe and Rebecca who travelled to Swalcliffe this weekend to represent WWRC in the 90cm Horse Trials Championships. Well done to Rebecca for finishing 10th, Phoebe for finishing 18th and to Jonathan. Such an achievement to have qualified to go!!!
Thank you to everyone who works so hard to run these events for us. Diolch
1st August 2026
Sucessful day for WWRC members at Area 21 dressage qualifiers at Carmarthen Showground.
Catrin and Cash came 4th in the novice, Lottie and Charlie came 4th in both their prelim classes, Amber and Enzo won their prelim 2 and John with Frank came 3rd in intro 3 and 6th in prelim 2. Rachael and William had joint 1st in prelim and 2nd in Intro and Louise and Gwennie had a 3rd and a 4th in intro and prelim. Lucy and Archie came away with a 2nd and a 5th. Overall team 2nd!!
Well done everyone!! Thank you to Tegan for offering to be our helper, although not needed on this occasion. Thank you to Cwmaman Riding Club for running this event. It takes such a lot of hard work and as always, a friendly and smooth running event. Diolch
26th July 2026
Great day at the area 21 combined challenge qualifiers at Gower Riding Club. Lovely to be there to celebrate 90 years of GRC with them.
Big thank you to everyone who works so hard to run these qualifiers, we had a great day. Lots of strong competition with the team finishing 4th, Elinor and Frankie finishing individual 6th, Lottie and Charlie finishing in the top 10 and some cracking jumping from Kate and Moon and John and Frank. Big well done to everyone who took part! Thank you to Sue for being our WWRC helper!
Looking forward to seeing official photos, will share the link when available. Up next Area dressage!!!!
12th July 2026
Looks like a cracking day was had at Howick for h&h events including the area 21 horse trails qualifiers. Well done and thank you to everyone involved in running these events!!!!
Representing WWRC in the 80cm - Lottie and Amber, with Lottie picking up 4th!
Representing PC and WWRC in the 90cm-
team 1st
Individual - Jonathan 2nd
Rebecca 3rd
Phoebe 4th
They have qualified to go to Swalcliffe
We would love to see any photos!!
11th July 2026
Well done to Lottie and Willie and Emma and Floss for flying the WWRC flag at Beacons yesterday. In tough conditions Emma had a lovely clear and Lottie finished second.
Well done ladies, thank you to everyone who works hard to run these events.
Horse trails qualifiers at Howick today. Good luck everyone!
5th July 2026
Area 21 One Day Event qualifiers
Wow what a day!! Big thank you to Gower Riding Club and everyone involved in the preparation, organisation and running of these events!!
We had a great day! Well organised with a lovely, friendly encouraging atmosphere! Well done to everyone who took part! Our team finished 5th, and our individuals finishing just outside the placing. Lovely to see some friendly faces out to support us too! Big thank you to Linda Rees for being our club helper, keeping the warm up ring running smoothly!!
13th June 2026
Well done to our members today at the Combined training qualifiers. Da iawn chi. Great results all round!
team first
1st Rachael and William -prelim 2/60
1st Catrin and Cash - novice 2/70
6th Charlie and Pebbles -prelim 2/70
1st Amber and Enzo - prelim 1/80
3rd Amber and Mayflower -prelim 2/60
2nd Hope and Peggy - intro 4/50
1st Erika and Ben
The team have qualified to go to the Championships in Ashton le Walls in September!!!
Big thank you to Tivyside Riding Club, Little Mill Equestrian and everyone involved in organising and running these qualifiers, diolch! We appreciate all the hard work that goes into it.
One Day Event qualifers at The Gower next! Get your entries in !
11th April 2026
Great day for the Area 21 arena eventing qualifers today at Beacons. The weather was fairly kind in the morning but it was definitely a warm coat kinda day! Thank you to Cwmaman Riding Club for hosting.
Well done and a big thank you to everyone involved with the organising and running of these qualifers. It was a really well organised day with a lovely atmosphere. Well done to everyone who took part, there was some stiff competition.
Congratulations to all our members who took part, Rachael and William, Catrin and Cash, Elinor and Frankie, Erika and Ben, Amber and Enzo, Gemma and Haribo, Lottie and Willie and Katie and Bernie. Fab rounds and results across the day. Well done to Gemma and Haribo for finishing 1st in the 80cm and Lottie and Willie for coming 2nd. Then Katie and Bernie took 1st in the 90cm and Lottie and Willie were 2nd. Finally Katie and Bernie came away with another 1st in the 1m.
Big thank you to Linda for being our helper, being on gate duty and general words of encouragement for everyone in the 70cm class, as well as making sure Elinor has everything she needs!!
Well done everyone, great to see so many members out having a go and the partnership with their horses
Congratulations to the West Wales Team consisting of Catrin Owen-Weatherall, Lottie Chant, Jessica Miles and Vivienne Haines for qualifying at the Senior Intermediate Dressage Qualifiers held on the 23rd November 2025. Lottie also qualified as an Individual. Unfortunately they are unable to attend the Championships at Grantham on the 24th to 26th April 2026.
Congratulations to Catrin Owen-Weatherall and Katie Mathias for qualifying at the Dressage to Music Qualifiers on the 7th December 2025. The Championships are also on the 24th to 26th April 2026 but neither are able to attend.
A WWRC WINNER!
Huge congratulations to Rachael Birch and Sweet William for not only winning their Arena Eventing final at the 2023 Pembrokeshire County Show but also taking the Championship!
Great to see this exciting competition taking place at the show and many people qualifying at different venues and taking part in the Final!
"William and I won the 56-60 Arena Champs at the County Show last week. We qualified at Ynysymond in January 2023. It was the first time the Show ran this event and there were various Qualifiers over the winter series and springtime. We won a sash, rug, £200 cash and a camping trip. William is a 12 year old Heinz57 cob (ha ha). I have owned him for nearly 3 years. When I bought him he was a woolly, green pony, but we formed a great partnership which allows us to have lots of fun."
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June 2023
Cross Country Training
On 8th and 15th June members of West Wales Riding Club put on their brave pants and took part in two clinics at Coxlake cross country course. With guidance and great instruction from Shelley they worked around the wide selection of fences, ditches and combinations. Everyone came away looking a bit pink in the face but happy with lots of positive feedback.
Pip -'I'm so happy! Shelley got me and Holly safely over our roll top nemesis!'
Katie - 'My session was great, really good for my confidence as we did a little bit more than I had done before with encouragement from Shelley but no pressure. Looking forward to the next one!'
Caroline - 'We had a lovely time on the clinic, ironed out a couple of issues. Essie found it great fun!'
Due to popular demand there will be more dates coming up in June, July and August. check out the events page and our facebook page for more information.
27 May 2023
Pole/SJ clinic
Feedback from one of our Club/Committee Members, Elinor:
On 21st May we held our third pole and show jumping clinic with Helen Evans at Moor farm. Another successful event with 5 groups varying from poles on the floor to 85cm. It was great to see some regulars returning and real progress being made. We were also pleased to welcome some some new faces giving the clinic a go! Everyone went home smiling, even if a bit pink in the cheeks! It was a beautiful day but everyone was kept well hydrated!
A big thank you to Helen for the tips, advice and the confidence in us all! Thank you to all the helpers on the day and those supported the clinic!
2 April 2023
Helen Evans Pole/SJ clinic
WWRC held another successful Pole/SJ clinic on Sunday, thank you to Helen Evans for teaching so many groups of riders!
Feedback from the clinic was positive. Lots of tired horses and riders by the end of the day. Plenty of advice given, to take home and practice before the next event!
Never miss an opportunity - Follow the events page to find out whats happening next!
1 April 2023
BRC SEIB Insurance Brokers Novice Winter Championships
Lucy Jowett along with her support crew (Mum, Sheena Jowett and her Aunties, Linda and Joy) travelled to Grantham to compete in the Dressage BRC Championships.
Having qualifed the 2 horses, it was a full on day. But it was 100% worth it.
Competing against individuals from all over the UK, Lucy came home with brilliant results coming 1st, 5th, 13th and 15th, showing that Pembrokeshire has a lot to offer!
Lucy would like to thank everyone who supports her from home, who travels with her to the events and for work for organising her shifts to get the time off!
26 March 2023
Talk with Cethin Ravenhill
On the 19 April 2023, we will be holding a Talk entitled 'Care of a Senior Horse' with Cethin Ravenhill - Vet.
Food will be available afterwards.
More information now under "Events", it is going to be popular so hurry and book those tickets!
15 March 2023
Event Updates
Since the Pole Clinic with Helen Evans in January. We have had Amy Toughs Arena Eventing Clinic and Mike Butchers Pole Clinic. All have been well supported.
We are always open to suggestions, as to what the club members wish to see in our event calendar. With the days getting longer and warmer, we will have plenty more options.
To keep your mind and your horses minds occupied, don't forget we have our regular lessons taught by Shelley Bradyley - Higham. More information about these lessons can be found on the 'Training' tab of the website!
29 January 2023
WWRC Success
What a fantastic weekend for WWRC.
Another day down, and what a brilliant way to end the weekend. Although cold, the weather was kind to us, and stayed dry for this time of year.
A huge thank you to Helen Evans for providing a day out of her busy schedule to help and teach members of the WWRC at the pole clinic today. We have had some lovely feedback and everyone I have spoken to, thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped and supported. We could not put on these events without each and everyone of you.
Next Event - Arena Eventing with Amy Tough. 9th Feb 2023.
24 December 2022
James Herbert (Bert) Llewellin
We are saddened to hear that Bert died peacefully at Withybush Hospital on Sunday 11th December 2022, aged 89.
Bert was an important part of the Equestrian society, known to many through the West Wales Riding Club. He helped for many years with the Pembrokeshire Hunt Pony Club, hosting rallies, competitions and camps at Great Rudbaxton Farm.
The funeral service will take place on Thursday 29th December at 1:30pm at St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton. Donations in lieu, if desired, to Wales Air Ambulance.
23rd November 2022
Pole and Show Jumping Clinic
WWRC welcomed Mike Butcher to Moor Farm on the 13th November to hold the first Pole and Show Jumping Clinic this year.
It was well supported and throughly enjoyed with many wanting to hold another Clinic soon.
Suggestions for another Clinic or Event will be taken via the contact page - You ask and we can try to provide (within reason!)
Thank you to everyone who took part and helped organise the Clinic.
8th November 2022
Good News!
One of our members Katie Mathias competed in a British Riding Club League this year.
Katie accumulated points across BE90 competitions throughout the season.
Never in doubt - Katie on Lordor Carl Won the BE90 section!!
Katie also competed in the BE Novice section with Penty Parc Stormy, coming in, in 8th place!
Many Congratulations! Fantastic to report our club members are out representating West Wales!
18 October 2022
Poll Results
The results are in:
The preferred time of day for training:
1) The Morning
2) The Evening
3) The Afternoon
This information will be relayed and we will do our best to see what training we can organise. Any suggestions please get in touch!
Side Note - Entries for Dressage close soon! Please make every effort to attend if you can!
02 September 2022
Save the Date!
2022
18th September - Show Jumping
23rd October - Dressage
13th November - Show Jumping
11th December
2023
29th January
12th February
12th March
2nd April
Dates have been booked, but not set in stone to what we hold them for! Opinions matter, so please get in touch with what you would like!
03 August 2022
Vote Time
Hello!
We are in the process of organising Training Sessions for WWRC.
Please could we have your input into what time of day would be preferred! It would be lovely to get together at some point! The poll is accessed via the link below.
Thanks in advance!!
19 June 2022
Summer Show Jumping Qualifier
Another weekend, another Qualifier.
Representing West Wales, Rachael and her horse William set off to join the Gower Riding Club at Parkmill.
Entered individually into the Novice 70cm, Rachael rode like a champion and took 5th place! Fantastic!
Rachael is looking forward to competing again next year, with hopefully a team with her!
21 May 2022
Summer Dressage Qualifier
Rachael waved the flag for West Wales today, competing at the National Dressage Qualifiers in Carmarthen.
For the first time competing at this level, Rachael and William worked together producing a lovely test in the Prelim 13 , and coming a very respectable 7th.
A huge Congratulations.
15 May 2022
Dressage
The sun was shining and the day was full of smiles and laughter. Another Riding Club Dressage competition completed at Moor Farm Equestrian Centre.
Thank you to the judges, helpers and Catherine for being there through the day.
Well done to all for remembering the dressage tests!
Full results have now been published.
23 April 2022
Weekend with the Horses
Welcomed on Saturday by a few of our members was Olympic Event Rider Jonty Evans. A full day of Cross Country Training organised by Jill Ridge - our members were put through their paces.
Rachael says 'It was a great experience. He taught us all about finding and riding your lines. I found by putting this into practise my canter was more contained and forward - William (my horse) was definitely more confident going into the jumps!'
18 April 2022
BRC Cross Country Training
Bank Holiday Monday saw Lucy Jowett attend Cross Country Training with Loretta Joynson. Open to all members of West Wales and organised by Area 21 Rep Emma Brooke.
Lucy says ' I had a fantastic day and the weather stayed dry for once! Would highly recommend to anyone who wants cross country experience - horse and rider!'
Look out for more training days to come!
1 April 2022
Welcome to New Committee Members
We are very pleased to welcome three new members to the committee following the recent AGM. You can read more about them shortly!
1 April 2022
New Website Launch
On 1 April, our new website goes live! Please have a look around and share with your friends.
