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ROYAL ARTILLERY HUNT Hunting Clinic/Newcomers Weekend 2015 Friday 2 October 19.00 hrs for 19.45: Pub supper The Malet Arms, Newton Tony, Wiltshire. SP4 0HF Tel: 01980 629279 (dodgy mobile reception!) Welcome and Meet up Saturday 3 October 07.10 hrs: Arrival Larkhill Racecourse, Wilts. The Racecourse is off the A303 direction Larkhill Camp; turn right at the Golf Driving Range following the RA Hunt signs on the track grid ref SU130456. As it is on Salisbury Plain, it does not have a postcode. The nearest is SP4 8QT Larkhill Army Barracks which is nearby, please do NOT turn in but follow the signs as above! 07.15 hrs: CHECK IN (lady with a clipboard) Any problems ring 07780 547696 Dress: ratcatcher (breeches, boots, shirt & tie & tweed jacket or Barbour) 07.30 hrs: Meet and move off (mounted) 10.30hrs: Coffee (inside the Racecourse building) Introduction: Pippa Grob MFH Brought up in Leicestershire, Pippa came into hunting by the traditional route through The Pony Club. She has hunted with numerous packs and also in both Ireland and France. In her eighth season as the civilian Master of the Royal Artillery Hunt .....still hasn’t conquered her orientational ‘dyslexia’.
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ROYAL ARTILLERY HUNT

Hunting Clinic/Newcomers Weekend 2015

Friday 2 October

19.00 hrs for 19.45: Pub supper

The Malet Arms, Newton Tony,

Wiltshire. SP4 0HF

Tel: 01980 629279

(dodgy mobile reception!)

Welcome and Meet up

Saturday 3 October

07.10 hrs: Arrival Larkhill Racecourse, Wilts.

The Racecourse is off the A303 direction Larkhill Camp; turn right

at the Golf Driving Range following the RA Hunt signs on the track

grid ref SU130456. As it is on Salisbury Plain, it does not have a

postcode. The nearest is SP4 8QT Larkhill Army Barracks which is

nearby, please do NOT turn in but follow the signs as above!

07.15 hrs: CHECK IN (lady with a clipboard)

Any problems ring 07780 547696

Dress: ratcatcher (breeches, boots, shirt & tie & tweed jacket or Barbour)

07.30 hrs: Meet and move off (mounted)

10.30hrs: Coffee (inside the Racecourse building)

Introduction:

Pippa Grob MFH

Brought up in

Leicestershire, Pippa

came into hunting by

the traditional route through The Pony Club. She has hunted with

numerous packs and also in both Ireland and France. In her eighth

season as the civilian Master of the Royal Artillery Hunt.....still

hasn’t conquered her orientational ‘dyslexia’.

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11.00 hrs: ‘The RA as a Military Hunt’: Lt Col A H McD Cameron MBE RA MFH

Lt Col Cameron hunted on and off with the RA

since 1981 as Service permitted, whist regularly

competing in the Army & RA Hunter Trials since

1993 and in later years as Secretary. He is a

Military Equitation Instructor and ran Army

Saddle Clubs in Bramcote, Hohne, Herford, Thorney Island and Kirton

in Lindsay. He joined the RA Mastership in 2013.

11.30 hrs: ‘Hunting - people, business and fun’

Sam Butler Sam is a Chartered Surveyor owning and running his own

business, Butler Sherborn in the Cotswolds. He has been

in practice for 35 years with 5 offices specialising in

country property and farm sales, management, renewable

energy, valuations and equestrian. Sam has hunted in

Warwickshire all his life and since 1982 has been

Secretary, Master and now Chairman. He continues to

Field Master twice a week if he can!

In 1997 he joined the Countryside Alliance’s

Campaign for Hunting, which he chaired, and

as a board member, until 2005. During that time this saw the

running of the countryside marches, the rallies, families for

hunting and all operations run through the march office. He coordinated the

Alliances’ response to the Burns Enquiry and to the Government’s

consultations on hunting. During these 9 years Sam travelled and visited

hunts all over the country, rallying, mobilising and raising money.

Throughout, he made the arguments for all forms of hunting including terrier

work, coursing and stag hunting as well as beagling and fox hunting. Sam is

married with three children in Gloucestershire with the family keen country

sports men and a wife who is an equine veterinary surgeon. When time

allows Sam shoots, the more informal the better, and spends Sunday

mornings ferreting!

12 noon: ‘From Chukkas to the Cry’

Surgeon Commander Harry Rourke RNR Harry Rourke read medicine and natural sciences at Cambridge, trained as a surgeon

all over the UK and is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Liverpool. He joined the

Royal Naval Reserve and attended Dartmouth Royal Naval College in 2009. In 2010

he deployed to Afghanistan as part of the field hospital on Op. Herrick. He started riding in 2009

after being encouraged by a Cavalry Officer at Dartmouth, later taking up polo in 2010. This year

he won the Captains and Subalterns trophy, the third

oldest trophy in sporting history and importantly beat the

RAF in the Duke of York cup. Graduating from the RA

Hunt Newcomers Weekend in 2011 he now finds it

difficult to distinguish whether he prefers polo or hunting

it being largely dependent on the time of year. Recently

he was delighted to be awarded his hunt button by the

RAH with the concomitant expansion of

his dressing up box! For the next year he

is studying at military staff college but

normally lives in Chester and owns a

single but very sweet polo pony, Ella.

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12.30 hrs: Lunch

13.00 hrs: Visit to the RA Hunt Kennels

Robert Moffatt

Huntsman

(return direct to the racecourse)

14.30 hrs: Riding cross country jumping over the British Eventing course

Dress: smart casual

Please bring a body protector (if you have one, there will be some spares) No peaked hats

16.00 hrs: Tea

16.30 hrs: ‘Looking the Part – Hunting Dress/Equipment/Etiquette’

Colonel R A Winchester

Chairman, Royal Artillery Hunt Col Dickie Winchester first hunted with the RA Foxhounds when he was 8,

with little skill and to no effect, retiring from the sport shortly afterwards for

10 years in order to concentrate upon growing up. On commissioning into the

Royal Artillery at 18, he was told that hunting and nightclubbing were

essential activities of skilled Gunners; he quickly rediscovered the sport,

spending numerous Wednesdays and Saturdays on the Plain developing his

eye for the ground and his stamina.

Other than a few visits to

neighbouring packs, and a spell with the North

American packs, he has continued to hunt with

the RA for the last 34 years, whenever postings

and operations permitted. Although he now has a

skilled eye for the ground, sadly the riding and

nightclubbing skills still have some way to go.

He was Joint Master for 3 seasons 2010-12, and

is now Chairman.

He is also Chairman of both the Army Equitation

Association and RA Polo. Having just completed 4 years

as Commandant of the Royal School of Artillery, is about

to join the Reserves.

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17.00 hrs: ‘A day’s Hunting’

Chris Austin MFH

Chris Austin learned to ride as a child

while living in Switzerland. He is a

former Master of the Vine and Craven

and has been a Master of the

Kimblewick for the last 15 seasons.

He was previously Director of the

Association of Masters of Harriers

and Beagles and has judged at most

of the major hound shows in the

country.

Horn calls by the RA Huntsman: Robert Moffatt

Robert has been in hunt service since the age of 15. He

has experienced hunting foxhounds, beagles and

studbook harriers and was Huntsman of the Easton

Harriers for six seasons. He has been Huntsman of the

Royal Artillery since 2008.

(time to return to hotel afterwards if desired, dress casual for barbecue)

19.00 hrs onwards: Bar & barbecue

(with Hunt Supporters and guests)

21.00 hrs: ‘Hunting tales’

Rory Knight Bruce

Rory Knight Bruce is our friend and neighbour

having been a Joint Master of the Tedworth

foxhounds (1997-2000) but who still returns

regularly to functions from his native farm in Devon.

He is the author of 'Red

Letter Days: Hunting

Across the British Isles',

and has been a reporter on

hunting for all major titles -

The Daily Telegraph, Daily

Mail, Country Life, Horse

and Hound and The Field

for almost thirty years. In

his professional life he was

a reporter on the staff of

The Spectator and Evening

Standard.

He is here to talk to us about 'Hunting Tales' which

includes days in Wiltshire, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

and France and has previously been introduced by

one master as 'The Russell Brand of Foxhunting."

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THE BRITISH HUNTING COLLECTION

courtesy of Tony Roberts will also be on display The British Hunting Collection started in 1989 with a small display at the

Warwickshire & West Midland Game Fair at Ragley Hall and has become a large

travelling exhibition. The Collection is a unique snapshot of British hunting

history with items in the collection dating as far back as the 18th century.

To date it has an impressive collection of the following:

Over 300 hunt uniforms

Over 700 hunt buttons and badges

Hound lists

Diaries

Photographs

Tools and artefacts

Colourful and informative displays

Plus all sorts of meet and puppy Show cards and memorabilia

Sunday 4 October

09.15 hrs: Prince Sports Massage business of sole practitioner

Elizabeth Prince MSMA

‘No more aches and pains’

Elizabeth is a SMA Level 4 qualified Sports Massage Practitioner and a

member of the Sports Massage Association. She qualified in 2005 and

has over 7 years experience. Offering a highly professional and

effective service to her clients, Elizabeth will focus on your specific requirements.

Elizabeth is a former elite rower who won a silver medal competing for England in the single

scull at the Commonwealth Games Regatta in 2002.

On retiring from rowing Elizabeth ran the London

Marathon in 2003 en-route to being selected to

compete for the Great British Triathlon Age Group

Team for both Olympic Distance and Long

Distance in 2004. She is now a regular (but no

longer elite) endurance sports participant. She ran

the Lakeland 50 ultra distance fell race in 2011. In

2012 she switched to open water swimming

completing a 10km and a 14.1km.

Lulu often follows the RA Hunt as a runner but whilst learning to ride spent most of her

childhood exploring the tracks on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border. As a youngster she used

to hunt with the HH and RA when her pony and she could hitch a lift in someone's box.......

Regular switching of sports keeps life interesting and challenging for Elizabeth but it also

keeps her up to date on the demands of various different sports. It also maintains the need for

regular sports massage herself, so when it hurts please believe that she fully understands what

you are going through from regular first hand knowledge!

10.00 hrs: Hack out over The Plain including optional fences (dress: smart casual)

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Drinks and lunch

with RA Hunt members and guests

12.30 hrs: Welcome:

Lt Col John Jago OBE

Vice President

Lt Col Jago first whipped in to Colonel Freddie Edmeades

at the RA Hunt in the season 1955/56 and continued until

leaving Larkhill to attend the Long Equitation Course at

Melton Mowbray in 1958/59, hunting that season with the

Belvoir, the Cottesmore and the Quorn. He continued on

returning to the Plain in 1959 until departing for Kenya in

1961 – two seasons were with Major Pat Ryall, as Freddie

had a two year gap due to a posting.

From 1962 to 1964 while serving in

Chester he hunted with the Wynnstay and

the Cheshire before service in Germany

and Aden, returning to hunt with the RA

from 1967 to 1969. From 1974 to 1975

he hunted the Dhekelia Drag in Cyprus

and then returned to Larkhill where he

became Field Master to Colonel Peter

Heaton-Ellis and then to Major David

Thatcher until 1981. On returning from

two years in Northern Ireland in 1984 he

resumed hunting with the RA and took

over as sole Master in 1985, hunting

hounds for eight seasons until 1993.

Speaker: Alastair Martin

Secretary & Keeper of the Records

The Duchy of Cornwall

The son of a farmer and keen hunting mother, and a land

agent for the last 30 years, Alastair found that hunting

fitted into his life quite easily. That was until he was

appointed to run the Duchy of Cornwall Estates and, as

he is based in London, he is now presented with some logistical challenges.

Having been blooded at the

Tedworth as a child, he has hunted

for most of the last 40 years with

the Mendip Farmers’ Hunt and

was Chairman for a number of

years until recently.

A lifetime riding horses, albeit

mostly just out hunting, has sadly

not revealed any real skill or

ability on his part.

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14.30 hrs: ‘Never Give Up’

Nigel Morland

Chairman

Surrey Union Hunt

Nigel Morland will talk about how he

only started riding aged 30, and didn’t

start hunting until he was 40.

He now hunts every week and is truly

blessed with a lovely hunter, Trinny, who

is such a great jumper she was selected

for the 2012 Olympics and went on to

win Bronze for her rider at Greenwich.

When he first started

hunting he was simply embarrassing - often taking 3 attempts to clear the

simplest hunt jump - but he persevered and now even acts as field master on

(rare) occasions.

15.00 hrs: The Golden Rules – a forum: Pam Baker

Field Secretary Pam’s early hunting was with the West Kent but being horseless at Uni took

to her feet with the Castleton Beagles. The pack operated on the Wentlodge

levels and hunting involved frequently getting wet to the waist if you

misjudged your leap over the reens (drainage ditches). A chance

conversation whilst extracting themselves from a particularly deep one

found her exercising the Tredegar Hunt Chairman's horse and the joy of a

free day on a Tuesday (never mind attending lectures) if he was busy at work. Once settled into

working life she hunted in Kent with the Ashford Valley, then the West Street Tickham, where

she became serially and often in parallel Secretary, Point to Point Secretary and Treasurer.

Somehow she managed to hunt twice a week but does remember one

Commercial Director introducing her to his successor as "this is Pam,

your Corporate Management Accountant, she isn't here on a Wednesday

in the winter"! Life slowly shifted to Hampshire, where she hunted with

the New Forest but got "re-called" to the West Street Tickham as Hunt

Chairman and oversaw their dissolution with their country being divided

between two neighbouring packs. Now hunting with the Royal Artillery

and working full time she still mostly manages two days a week; several

work committees having had their meeting days "re-arranged" to allow

this. Life requires the right priorities!

15.30 hrs: Do’s and Don’ts: ‘Final Question and Answer Session’

Ali Wilson (Honorary Secretary)

Ali started hunting with the RMAS Drag Hunt whilst an Officer Cadet

at Sandhurst and then with the Wesser Vale Bloodhounds whilst

serving in Germany with the Royal Artillery. Since then she has

hunted with the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray and with the

RA since 2004. Ali has been ‘Hon Sec’ of the Royal Artillery Hunt for

the last eight seasons and manages to balance a complex mixture of

Field Secretary, social and information technical communication and

administration. That means she talks to everyone on her extensive

Hunt list. She takes minutes at endless meetings and most importantly

keeps the executive committee on target.

In short she is a lynch pin of the Hunt!

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16.00 hrs: Tea

16.30 hrs: Departure

With the exception of Friday evening all homemade meals provided in the Racecourse

Building, Larkhill by well known cook Emma Harrison of Complete Catering

email: [email protected]

come and see us again soon! RECOMMENDED READING/LISTENING:

The Little Hunting Handbook by Annie Cairns £15 http://www.huntingstockmarket.co.uk/product/The-Little-Hunting-

Handbook/42-106.aspx

Hunting Horn Calls CD (£12) http://www.countryside-video.co.uk/shop-item-Hunting-Horn-Calls--

-CD_1_108.php

RS Surtees is the foxhunter's novelist par excellence His novels raucously unveil the half-forgotten

country life of England between the Reform

Bills: horse-dealers and minxy adventuresses

compete for the lolly of lecherous Earls;

spanking great hill foxes outpace packs of

hounds as likely to belong to a grocer as a

Duke; we find Jorrocks and James Pigg, Lucy

Glitters and Facey Romford, Soapey Sponge

and sound Tom Scott – all bucketing across

the pages of English history. To get started on

a Victorian novelist beside whom Dickens

seems slow and Thackeray wordy call 01749

344 338 or e mail [email protected]

photos of the course will be available from John Eccles Photography

see http://www.johnecclesphoto.co.uk/-/galleries/ra-hunt

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FEEDBACK

We hope you will have a lovely weekend

Please let us know any suggestions/ways to improve the Clinic

Responses to [email protected] or hand in this sheet at the end of the weekend

THANK YOU AND GOOD HUNTING!


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