CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA

URGENT BECAUSE OF DREADFUL WEATHER CONDITIONS M.E.T.A HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE THEIR CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA FOR NEXT SUNDAY, 27TH DECEMBER, SAME TIME SAME PLACE.

SUNDAY 27th DECEMBER 2009

M.E.T.A. CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA:

HORSE DISPLAY AND EXHIBITIONS, BBQ, PONY RIDES, LUCKY DIP, RAFFLES, CHRISTMAS FAYRE AND FATHER CHRISTMAS.

ENTRANCE: 1€


PROGRAM:

10:30 - 11:00 VAULTING

11:00 - 11:30 PONY RIDES

11:30 - 12:00 DRILL

12:00 - 12:30 PONY RIDES

12:30 - 12:45 DRESSAGE

12:45 - 13:00 PONY RIDES

13:00-------------------------FATHER CHRISTMAS ARRIVES

13:30 RAFFLES


STANDS:

PARTY LAND
GLITZY BITS
CARDS AND CALENDARS
BRITISH BUSINESS PAGES
TUCAN VET
FACE PAINTING
SECOND HAND HORSE TACK SHOP
CANDLES
COSAS Y COSAS
MABS
META
LIZ’S CAFÉ – Christmas cakes, mince pies ……
HOT TUBS 4 HIRE.

CHRISTMAS EVENTS

CHRISTMAS EVENTS DECEMBER AND JANUARY:

STAY OVER:

(minimum group of 5 children, maximum 8. Other dates can be arranged on demand)

11-12 DECEMBER FROM 18:00-18:00
Description: from Friday 6pm until Saturday 6 pm there will be two riding classes, mucking out and grooming horses, art craft Christmas decorations and horsey games. Friday night, film and pop corn!!

Friday 18:00 - Riding Class
- Feed horses
- Dinner
- Film (popcorn)
- Bed

Saturday 8:00 am – Breakfast
Mucking out
Grooming
Riding Class
Rehearsal for Christmas show
Feed horses
14:00 Lunch
15:00 Art work – Christmas decorations
Horsey games
18:00 Home time

PONY CLUB MORNINGS:

From 9:30 to 13:30

Pony club activities include a riding class, mucking out, grooming and stable management, pony games and quizzes. Children are asked to bring their own picnic lunch and old trainers for mucking out. Our activities can be adapted to all ages and horse-riding abilities (minimum age 3 yrs). Hard hats provided.

DECEMBER:

Tuesday 22nd
Thursday 24th
Tuesday 29th
Thursday 31st

JANUARY:

Monday 4th
Tuesday 5th
Thursday 7th

(other dates on demand)

ABOUT US

META is a family-run riding centre that goes to great lengths in an effort to meet everyone’s special equestrian needs with an eye to detail and personalised attention.

Our adapted installations are at the disposal of all those, old and young, able bodied or not, who wish to enjoy themselves in the company of our horses and ponies–riding or even just indulging in a bit of grooming and a stroke.
META is a 5-star equestrian centre with an excellent selection of lovely, versatile horses and ponies.

Small enough to maintain a welcoming feeling of family which guarantees the personal touch of individual attention, META can also cater to the demands of the number of spectators who visit regularly to enjoy our shows and special events.

Tucked away in the foothills of Murcia’s Carrascoy mountain range and surrounded by orange groves, the centre is located on the Costa Cálida with easy acces to both Alicante and Murcias airports close to S.E Spain’s finest beaches and golf courses.

Depending on the skills of our clients, hacks out can take riders through the orange groves and the typical country villages or along the Guadalentin river valley.
Among our friendly staff members and helpers we have at hand trained specialists in show jumping, riding for the disabled, basic horse riding skills, training and stable management.
All our classes, activities and events take place in a totally bilingual atmosphere where language Spanish/English can be learnt and practised.

We offer:

- Group classes.
- Reserved individual classes.
- Initiation.
- Perfection for competition.
- Preparation for Galope exams (FHRE).
- Stable management training.
- Preparation for GCSE P.E. (horse-riding).
- Hacking out.- Pony club mornings (children).
- META club mornings (adults).
- Over night stays.- Camps.
- Birthday parties.
- Celebrations and events.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH US?

Any horse riders out there! Fancy living in Spain for a bit, free accommodation, maintenance, and Spanish lessons, with a small salary on top? Ask your friends and put them in touch.

If you have experience working with horses and giving riding classes, don’t hesitate to send us your curriculum vitae and a short letter explaining what could you offer to our riding centre at one of the following email addresses:

veronica.cknowles@gmail.com or meta@meta.nom.com

PONY CLUB - CAMP CHIT CHAT - POPPY DAY

At Pony Club Kim told us about Remembrance Day and we painted Poppies.

Next week Veronica wants us to make some poppies to take home. META has donated some money to the British Legion and we are going to help with our poppies.

We did lots of riding and we made good friends. We were a bit naughty – we jumped on the beds. Veronica got cross but she still made us popcorn and let us watch a film before we went to sleep.

After lunch we mucked out Sheila’s stable, then we learned to tack up by ourselves and we played Volley ball in the arena until it was time to go home.

Mimi, Kiki, , Noa, Natasha, Jasmine, Blossom and Isabel.

PONY CLUB-CAMP CHIT CHAT – ECOLO’S STORY

This is Ecolo.

He was born on 24th June 1992 at the stud farm of Monsieur Jacques Chevalier in Dinard, France. He was a French champion 3-day Eventer but he was shipped down to Spain as part of a job-lot, his days of winning competitions in France over.

He was only 11 years old, sick and out of condition, when Liz and David bought him. Quiet and easy to ride he seemed quite a gentleman. Liz’s vet put him on antibiotics followed by vitamins and soon he was a different horse – just dying to jump again. Within no time he was flying over 1.30 m hurdles winning big competitions all over S.E. Spain until, that is, travelling got too much for him and it became clear that he was in pain. He was diagnosed as having chronic arthritis and navicular disease.


So that was the end of competition and Ecolo became META Nº1 Schoolmaster.

In the 3 years we’ve been riding at META Ecolo has taught most of us to walk and trot, some of us to canter and jump. We look after him and he loves to jump when we have our shows. He doesn’t work so much these days. He’s now 17, still a winner though.


Georgia, Georgina, Chloe, Kayleigh and Sophie

META HALLOWEEN SHOW, 25th OCTOBER, 2009

Hi,

My name’s Liz and I’m the mother of the M.E.T.A. Horse concept.
My husband, David, my son, Jonathan, and especially my daughter, Veronica, help to nurture this idea along its road to success.

And what a success we had on Sunday 25th October at the META Halloween Show!

I was down in the arena busy organizing pony rides. The Fancy Dress parade had got off to a late start and things were going slow but when I looked up at the terrace I was amazed! A huge crowd of spectators – must have been 300 or more – jostled to get a good view of the proceedings. We were about to begin the Gymkhana and suddenly the atmosphere was expectant.

Nine children, two of those Angel and Jorge, our special needs pupils were taking part in the Gymkhana. We were also pleased to welcome Fionn Storey, a young rider from a neighbouring equestrian centre run by Harald Bonsack and his wife, Regina. Here I must say a word of thanks to Regina for being as always, an excellent Judge of Proceedings.



All the children did wonderfully well and proudly took home their META Halloween trophies.

In the Novice Show Jumping class our youngsters demonstrated quite clearly that their riding is really coming on.



3rd place was taken by Natasha Turner Cascales on Molly

2nd place went to Blossom Storey, Fionn’s elder sister, on her beautiful pony, Beyoncé

1st place and winner was a very happy Georgia Pearson on Lily

Noa, Lauren , Jasmine and Chloe, separated by only a matter of seconds from the winners, all received Halloween Rosettes.

After yet another round of pony rides our more advanced riders were challenged by Blossom Storey on Beyoncé and by Blossom’s mum, Lisa on her horse Darcy, during a thrilling Chase Me Charly.



The overall results of the Intermediate Show Jumping class were:

3rd place Sophie-May Clarke (a disappointing result for a very talented rider after so much hard work but Midnight is an extremely difficult horse and I would defy any professional to do better)

2nd place Lisa Storey on Darcy

And our brilliant Halloween winner, Leah Twomey riding the veteran – Ecolo IV.
In the meantime tea, coffee and Liz’s Halloween cakes sent down a treat whilst the BBQ Bar kept the beer circulating to wash down hot dogs and sausage and bacon rolls.

The Face Painting corner was literally mobbed. Susie and Becky of Fiesta Faces were kept busy all morning. The kids loved it. They also had a great time painting ceramics.

Last but now least was the Terrorific expedition to the Horror Lab where Rubén (the
corpse) scared the life out of visitors as they plunged their hands into blood and gunge.

A great day was had by all. We were very happy to raise 80 euros in our raffle, money which is to be donated to MABS Mazarrón Cancer Support Group.

And now to start planning our Grand Christmas Spectacular!


META Horseriding Centre
We are open 7 days a week
Telephone: 0034 - 636 172 198
Email: meta@meta.nom.es

La verdad es que cuando se visita el centro ecuestre META lo primero que llama la atención es su ambiente. META es una empresa familiar en si misma, pero también es una empresa que ha conseguido dar ese toque acogedor y especial entre sus alumnos y clientes.

En realidad, todos ellos parecen una gran familia, personas de todas las edades y condiciones disfrutando de una afición común, dando como resultado una convivencia genuina y enriquecedora para todos. Como ellos mismos suelen decir, en META las personas forman una gran familia y los caballos una gran manada.

Para poder pasarlo bien con los caballos no necesitamos ninguna condición ni física ni mental en especial puesto que en META nos darán una atención personalizada y adaptada a cada uno de nuestros propios requisitos y sus instalaciones están así mismo acondicionadas para atender a personas con requerimientos especiales. Tampoco la edad es un impedimento para poder pasarlo bien en el ambiente ecuestre, aunque nos aconsejan empezara partir de los 3 años.

Entre las muchas actividades que META nos ofrece, una de las que más llama la atención es la de aprender y practicar inglés a la vez que montamos a caballo. El 50% de los alumnos de META habla inglés o inglés–español y eso nos permite relacionarnos en cualquiera de los dos idiomas. Gracias a esta iniciativa de META convertimos nuestro paso por el centro en una experiencia única de aprendizaje en un ambiente rodeado de caballos, niños y adultos bilingües. Imaginemos los avances en el aprendizaje del inglés que nuestros hijos podrían hacer mientras se relacionan de un modo tan directo con la naturaleza, en un ambiente sano y puro.

Y orientado para los más pequeños de la casa META ofrece acampadas en las cuales los niños conviven entre ellos, con la naturaleza y los caballos, hacen trabajos manuales y sobretodo se divierten. También pensados para ellos tenemos el pony club donde los niños y los ponys son los protagonistas. Además se preparan fiestas de cumpleaños donde el entretenimiento está asegurado, los niños celebrarán su día de una forma saludable y original.

Podemos pasear por el campo a caballo y recibir terapias asistidas. También se dan clases de tai-chi combinadas bien con equitación o con relación con los caballos.

Pero las iniciativas que META nos propone no

acaban ahí. En META podemos hacer clases grupales, clases individuales, de perfección en salto y doma (preparación para concursos) y también clases de iniciación.

META Horseriding Centre
We are open 7 days a week
Telephone: 0034 - 636 172 198
Email: meta@meta.nom.es

Horseriding to Meet all Your Requirements

Horseriding to
Meet all Your Requirements

META is a family run, English/Spanish horseriding centre on the beautiful Costera
de Alhama, Murcia situated in the mountains and orange groves with the backdrop
of the Sierra Carrascoy

Event: To coincide with the half term holidays we've organised our Halloween
Gymkhana Show for Sunday 25th October 2009. Free entrance - All welcome!

Enjoy a scary morning - Halloween treats, Face painting, Competitions, Tack
Shop, BBQ and Refreshments - Why not come along all are welcome and
remember it's FREE!

Do you want to learn to ride?

Would you like to improve your riding?

Perhaps you have
visitors coming and want give them a brilliant day out in the heart
of the Murcian countryside?

Are you looking
for exciting activities for your children that they will love?

Then, why not ring Liz, discuss your riding needs with
her and arrange a day out to remember!

* * * New Summer

Activities * * *

Pony Club Days will be held
onTuesdays and Thursdays starting on the 30th June and running through the
summer until the schools start back in September

Classes and Hacking Out are on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays

Stay-overs will be organised
for certain weekends according to demand

Language - Learning/Riding Camps (7 days) dates will be set ASAP

Watch this space!

* * * * * * * * * *
* * *

Kids Specials: Pony Club - Birthday Parties - Sleepovers

Here at META all our horses are very well kept
and loved; riders can expect to enjoy a hack through the fabulous
surrounding countryside or they can take a lesson in a well equipped
school with expert tuition

Gymkana, Showjumping, Dressage

Young, old and
disabled are all welcome here at META

Therapy for the disabled and Horse riding

Equine therapy gives a disabled child a physically enjoyable experience
(learning to ride a horse) that also helps develop muscle tone, balance, and
coordination. It also helps the child develop and improve upon hand-eye
coordination. It achieves the same results as standard physical therapy but in
a more pleasant setting.

Therapy programs often include more than just riding. Learning to groom a
horse can aide disabled children in their comprehension of the importance of
caring for other living beings (both animals and humans). In addition, as the
child begins to better understand how to groom the horse, the therapist can allow him to start directing the grooming process. A step like that does
wonders for a child's self-confidence, not to mention that it's a natural
decision-making and problem-solving activity.

META Horseriding Centre
We are open 7 days a week
Telephone: 0034 - 636 172 198
Email: meta@meta.nom.es