We are having Dressage Leagues on 19th and 26th February. €45 school horse, €15 own horse. Text Noni to enter.

We are having Dressage Clinics at Bel-Air on the 5th and 12th of February. 90 minute lessons. €70 school horse and €30 own horse. If you are interested, text Noni for a time slot.

Foxborough Riding Club are having an Inter-Club Jumping Competition MMM at Boswell Equestrian, Ashford on Sat 28 January at 11am. All levels catered for. Entry fee First Round €12 Second Round €8. See www.foxboroughridingclub.com for any further information.

Foxborough Riding Club are having Inter-Club Dressage League at Marlton Stud, Wicklow Town the dates are Sundays 12, 19, 26 Feb and 4 March next. Entries Tuesday prior to show on website www.foxboroughridingclub.com entry fee €15. For all other information, please see the foxborough website.

The membership renewals have been flooding in and the membership cards can be picked up at Reception in the Hotel. Anybody intending to attend any of the riding club riding activities must have current 2012 membership. Please do not leave it too last minute to update your membership. Please note that we have in our Spring Calender a number of dates for xc training in March more dates may be added. In April we will be having show jumping training with Jim Donohue. Dates to be decided, so keep an eye on the website.

Happy New Year to all our members. Lets make 2012 a year to remember with lots going on in the Club. Details of our calender over the coming months is now under EVENTS on this website. The first of these being the Mini Midi Maxi on the 21st of January and the all important fun Table Quiz and Cake Sale on Friday the 27th January. A table of 4 €40 and the Quiz starts at 8pm with the cake sale at half time. Please bring and buy - everybody welcome. You do not have to be a member to take part in this social event.

The membership renewal form is available to download under events.

This is a great social night at Bel-Air. We will hold a Quiz in January 2012, date to be confirmed.

We have been sending regular text messages of upcoming events and various bits of news, if you have not been receiving texts or would like to receive updates via text, please contact Noni and she will take your number and add you to the list. Thanks

We can now choose whether we want to receive the AIRC Link-Up magazine through the post or through email. To receive it through email, you need to change your account settings on the AIRC website. Go to www.airc.ie and click the Login link. Then change your Link-Up preference to email.

We had Denise and Mark who renewed their marriage vows here last weekend. You can check out the video link below and see for yourself their views on the Bel-Air experience. http://www.thehoneymoontesters.com/2010/08/bel-air-riding.html

The Association of Irish Riding Establishments have just launched their new website. Check it out and see what you think. www.aire.ie

We have received some important information from AIRC. ABOUT ALL NATIONAL AIRC SHOWS: A. All HORSES PARTICIPATING AT NATIONAL EVENTS HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH AIRC. There is no fee for this, but it is mandatory. If you want to do the national show juming championships 19th July, you need to get your horse registered ASAP. (Postal entries close Fri 3rd July. Online entries close Fri 10th July.) It seems the horse has to be registered BEFORE you can make your entry. B. ONLINE ENTRIES - Starting with the Show Jumping Championships in July, entries to national events can be made online on the AIRC website. It is also possible to enter through the club secretary on a special form, available from the AIRC website. ALL RIDING CLUB SHOWS: A reminder that all riders must make their own entry at the show, and present their ridingclub card on the day. It is not ok for one person to bring several riders' cards and enter everybody.

There is a simple way to protect your Ifor Williams horse-box, and make life a bit more difficult for people who steal horse-boxes to sell them on. Ifor Williams keep a register of their boxes; who owns them and whether they are reported stolen. To keep this register up-to-date, you need to do the following: BEFORE YOU BUY A SECOND-HAND BOX – Take the serial number of the box. Phone Ifor Williams to check that it is not reported stolen. AFTER YOU BUY A NEW OR SECOND-HAND BOX – Register it in your own name. Keep the number safe, so you know it even if the box isn't there. IF YOUR BOX IS STOLEN – Report it stolen to Ifor Williams. PHONE NUMBER: Call Ifor Williams on 00441490412626. Ask for Customer Care.