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Welcome to the Staff College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Drag Hunt
Last edited: 25 June 2009
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"Hold them back Rammer!"
Painting of the Staff College Drag Hunt
by Snaffles
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We are Britain's oldest drag hunt and are based at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Camberley, Surrey.
During the Season, we drag hunt every Sunday and occasional Wednesdays in the beautiful countryside of Surrey and Hampshire.
We have a full Hunt Diary (Meet Card). This calendar includes the dates of every drag hunt and also our social events to which all riders and non-riders are welcome.
Everyone of any age is welcome to drag hunt with us and we particularly welcome children and parents. Do come along and join the fun!
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Hunt Notices
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Summer & Autumn Activities
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We are planning/taking part in a number of events over the summer and autumn which are detailed below.
Please click the event names which will link to full details and application forms.
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22 Jul
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Festival For Hunting Hound Show & Inter Hunt Team Relay Challenge
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Peterborough
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2 Aug
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Puppy Show
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Kennels, RMAS
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31 Aug
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BBQ Fun Ride
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Eversley
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13 Sept
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Breakfast Ride and Hound Exercise
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Blacklands Farm, Elstead (09:30)
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25 Sept
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AGM
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RMAS (19:30)
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26 Sept
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Hunt Schooling Day & Equine Car Boot Sale
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Blacklands Farm, Elstead
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27 Sept
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Inter Hunt Team Relay - Silver Fox Challenge
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Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
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4 Oct
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Fun Ride
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Minley
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11 Oct
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Opening Meet
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Winchfield (TBC)
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Chairman's Note
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Beccie van Oostrum
Photo by courtesy of www.digitalpicy.co.uk
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For those of you who missed the Farmers' Dinner, there has been an important change within the Hunt. After many years of tireless service, Beccie van Oostrum has decided to stand down as Hon. Secretary and hand over the reins to Kirstie Burrows.
Beccie has worked incredibly hard over the years to ensure the smooth running of the Hunt, dealing with much of the administration and fielding enumerable telephone calls. Her phenomenal memory, attention to detail and dedication has ensured that the Hunt has run extremely smoothly.
The amount of work that goes on in the background to ensure an enjoyable day's hunting is enormous and Beccie has made a major contribution to ensuring that each Season's hunting has been successful.
We are eternally grateful to Beccie for all her hard work and we wish her well in the future. We look forward to seeing Beccie at the various social events.
Pat Sutton MDH (Chairman)
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That's It For The 2008/09 Season!
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Dear All
It is with sadness that we have to say goodbye to Nick Earnshaw from the Mastership this season. Nick has found retirement far too busy to continue his work with the Drag! I would like to thank Nick for all his work over the last five seasons, particularly with the Point to Point. Nick has also been a great help when standing in to Field Master and in running a number of our lines. His steady approach will be sorely missed. Nick will stay on until the official staff changes take place on May 1st.
At that time I am glad to say that we will have two new Joint Masters. James Mitchell and Catherine Brand have agreed to join the Mastership and I am sure will be of great help and value in future seasons. So a warm welcome to them both!
Also I am happy to announce that Kirstie Burrows (nee Woodhouse - congratulations to Stuart and Kirstie on their wedding last week) will be taking over as Hon Secretary. Kirstie has been hunting with us for many years and will be a valuable asset to the team.
Finally I would like to thank everyone for their support over this Season which has had its difficulties on many fronts and hope that you have all enjoyed the sport that has been provided.
See you next season!!!!
Andrew van Oostrum MDH
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Mr & Mrs Stuart Burrows
Photo by courtesy of www.waynejonesphotography.com
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2008/09 DVD and Video
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Last Season's DVD & VHS tapes are now ready to order!
The price for a DVD is £25.00 and a VHS tape is is £15.00. Postage is £2.50.
Cheques should be made payable to:
Mrs C Vasey
Please contact Cherry to place your order at:
cherry.vasey@googlemail.com
or ring:
0118 934 3627
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Team Chase - Kingsclere, Sunday 5 April 2009
Congratulations to our victorious teams at this year's Team Chase at Kingsclere. Thanks as always to Andrew for putting the teams together and ensuring the entries were sent in on time.
Despite an unfortunate delay on the course, we managed the following results:
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Novice - 3rd
Cathy Lochman
Sasha Brooks
James Mitchell
Anne Marie Peries
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Intermediate (Bogey) - 3rd
Andrew van Oostrum
Barry Siefert
David Lochman
Angela Keating
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Open - 3rd
Andrew van Oostrum
Cath Brand
Terry Smith
Jonathon Cook
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Well done to everyone who took part, riders and supporters alike and we look forward to next year.
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Have you seen your photo on our website?
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Manor Farm - 15 March 2009
Photo by courtesy of www.digitalpicy.co.uk
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All official photos taken at each drag hunt are available to purchase from www.digitalpicy.co.uk. In addition, there are professional photographs available from www.waynejonesphotography.com. All photos are copyrighted. Please note that all photos have to be resized for the website and the original quality may be lost. Please refer to the originator's website for proof quality.
Any other photos used are kindly donated by you so please do send any good quality photos that you have taken at a hunt and would like to see on the website. Please send them in jpeg format and less than 500KB.
Do keep an eye on the website to see if you appear. Our Gallery will be updated weekly with photos from Meets and other significant events. All other photos will be updated as appropriate.
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