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!


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