XMAS EXTRAVAGANZA 2010

As we did last year, we’ll be setting up our Christmas Fayre in the Patio. Stall-holders and visitors will be lucky in that they have direct access to the Piccadilly Coffee Shop Corner where Ruben will be serving exiting new coffees and delicious hot chocolate topped with whipped cream. And he will have with him a wonderful selection of his latest muffins.

In the arena Sue and Lynn from the Ladies Keep Fit and First Aid Training, will be giving us a display and showing us how to recover from our 2010 splurge.

The youngsters will be demonstrating new fun Gymkhana games whilst our older riders show off their more advanced skills.

For our visiting kiddies and their mums and dads we’ll have pony rides and family games: sac races, 3-legged race, hook the horse shoe, ball games and much more.

Entrance is 1euro but everybody gets a strip of tickets for the raffle. There will be
“ guess the name of…” and “lucky dip”. Last but not least Father Christmas will make his annual visit with a sack full of presies.

KEEP YOUR EYES GLUED TO OUR BLOG AND THE COSTA CALIDA CHRONICLE for more info and updates.

WARMING UP FOR CHRISTMAS

Well Christmas is just around the corner and here at M.E.T.A. we’re busy organising our 2010 Xmas Extravaganza.

STAYOVER:

First on the Calendar we have a Pre Extravaganza Stay Over
Date 6th-7th December.
Time from 6pm Monday to 6pm Tuesday.

Activities:
Riding class
Grooming
Preparing for Christmas Display.
Practising fun games

META HALLOWEEN SHOW 2010

META Halloween Show 2010 saw an amazing turnout, a truly international crowd of 30 young participants – British, Spanish, French and German – and more than 100 spectators, all of whom got into the spirit of the occasion wearing monstrous costumes, wigs and make up.

In spite of the cool weather META terrace was crowded from 10 am until 4 pm when the last of the visitors finally left. The BBQ was a huge success made even more appetising by the delicious selection of muffins provided by the Piccadilly Coffee Company – a new coffee shop in the Plaza Santo Domingo, Murcia, well worth a visit.

Our BHS trained judge, Mrs Julie-Anne Jones, recently arrived in Murcia, had a very difficult job deciding the prizes to be given at the Fancy Dress Parade. She took a thoroughly professional approach to the prize-giving of our 2 Gymkhana sections, Beginners and Initiated riders, and our young competitors really had to show their paces. As with last year’s show META was proud to have one of its disabled riders amongst the 2010 winners.

Veronica Campillo took charge of the Show Jumping. Apart from our regular pupils, Leah Twomey spent her week’s half-term holidays here preparing for the show and getting Ecolo into shape. And Sophie-May Clarke brought Darcy, the horse she has just taken on loan from the nearby stable where he is in livery.

RESULTS:

Fancy Dress :
1st Elena Martínez Rubio
2nd Pilar Segovia Vera
3rd Alba Cárceles Pizcueta

Gymkhana 1 : ---------------------------Gymkhana 2:
1st Thomas Batley ----------------------1st Noa Díaz Velasco
2nd Erwan Rhaiem ----------------------2nd Ellie Yates
3rd Rocio Jerez --------------------------3rd Georgia Pearson

Show Jumping 50 cm:
1st Becky Driffield riding Golfo
2nd Emma Barber de Martino riding Tinker
3rd Hannah Daibell riding Tinker

Chase me Charly
1st Leah Twomey riding Ecolo
2nd Becky Driffield riding Lily
3rd Hannah Daibell riding Tango
And Sophie-May Clarke riding Darcy

80 cm: -----------------------------------------------100cm:
1st Leah Twomey riding Ecolo ----------------1st Leah Twomey riding Ecolo
2nd Sophie-May Clarke riding Darcy --------2nd Sophie-May Clarke riding Darcy
3rd Becky Driffield riding Lily

Last but not least META Riding Centre would like to thank The Piccadilly Coffee Company, Murcia, for kindly sponsoring the great trophies awarded to our Halloween winners. And, as always, a special vote of thanks to our magnificent horses, staff and helpers who all work so hard to make these events a wonderful family occasion.

FOR NEWS ABOUT CHRISTMAS PLEASE VISIT OUR BLOG

META HALLOWEEN SHOW

Fabulous show now being organised for Halloween 2010!

SATURDAY, 30TH OCTOBER STARTING AT 10 AM.

The entry fee of 1 euro gives 5 tickets for the Halloween Raffle.

For those of you who missed last year’s META Halloween Show,
be prepared for a super scary , extra enjoyable, fun family day.

PROGRAMME:-

- 10:00 Fancy Dress Parade
- 10:45 Gymkhana (level 1 and level 2)
- 12: 45 Jumping (approx.)
- 50 cm
- Chase me Charlie
- 80 cm
- 14:00 Fun Games for all the family (approx.

Participants coming from near and far for the day!

Fun things for kids big and small – Fancy Dress, Horror Laboratory, Face Painting, Games, Competitions, META BBQ and Tea & Coffee with Muffins and more at the Picadilly Coffee Company Stand.

ON SALE – Christmas Gift Vouchers and META T-shirts.


KEEP EYES GLUED TO THE BLOG FOR WARMING UP EVENTS LEADING TO META CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA 2010

(hopefully the weather will be kind to us this year!!!!!!!!!!!)

2010 – WHAT A META MARVELLOUS SUMMER!

July was busy, what with the start of the school hols which brought plenty of horse-mad holiday-makers from S. Ireland, Norway and of course Great Britain. Our horses, fat and lazy after an extremely slow winter, were given a rude awakening and were promptly put to work hacking out and giving classes.

If July was busy, August was just crazy. Pony Club started up with a vengeance. Amongst the new activities suggested by the kids was a visit to the neighbouring farm to feed the goats. So off we went with our bags of dried bread and had fun watching the antics as the goats chewed on their husks of bread.

We had one Summer Camp after the other after the next. Our first camp welcomed our old friends, the Spanish children from ASMUJER, the Gaming Addicts’ Association. The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and demonstrated once again that horses bring out the best in people. In spite of their problems the youngsters had fun, got on well together and were responsible and well behaved – a pleasure to have around.

Next came Veronica, a 14 year-old from Barcelona who stayed for 2 weeks. She loved every minute of her time with the horses, learnt to ride and decided to give her very best effort to improving her English. She now hopes to study to become a vet.

The second week in August brought us a very special visit, 35 physically and mentally handicapped people from a summer camp in Los Narejos who came to spend the morning with us. The youngest was 14 and the senior member of the group in his 50’s, a motley group made up of wheel chair users, Autistes, people with Down Syndrome, people affected by Cerebral Palsy and Schizophrenia. Some rode Mollie, some led Magic around, others stuck to art work and chatting but all of them had a dip in the pool and went back to Los Narejos tired and contented.

All in all the Horsey Holiday Summer camps were very successful, especially a certain weekend stay over just for mums and daughters.

Our GCSE Horse-riding people passed their exams with flying colours and will be off to college this month to start Equine Studies.





And Ellie, who did jumping classes with Veronica during her hols, went straight back home and into competition at her local riding school.


How’s that for a Summer Success Story?

Well done all, riders and META horses, staff and helpers!

THANK YOU FOR A TRULY WONDERFUL SUMMER!

Liz

META SUMMER CAMPS

META SUMMER CAMPS 2010 - HORSE RIDING AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Summer is finally here after a long, cold, wet winter and META Riding Centre didn’t hesitate to celebrate the arrival of holiday season with the first of their 2010 summer camps.

Once again META welcomed children from the Addicts to Gaming Association, ASMUJER (Asociación Murciana de Juegos de Azar en Rehabilitatión). Fifteen children, ages ranging from 6 years to 17 years, accompanied by their psychologist, Sonia Pizcueta, spent an amazing 24 hours caring for and enjoying their favourite animals, the META horses.

Problems, those being depression, violence, hyperactivity, eating disorders, failure at school, amongst others, were forgotten whilst the children had fun riding and working in the stables, swimming and playing in the pool (great for getting rid of sweat from such hard work!), eating home cooked meals around META’s enormous garden table and sleeping in their tents under the stars.

To wind down and relax some got into ping pong and table football, others preferred board games and cards and everyone experimented with their English.

A great time was had by all and parents took home very happy, tired kids.
To find our more about our Stay Overs and Summer Camps, not to mention Summer Pony Club mornings take a look at our blog http://www.horseridingbymeta.blogspot.com/ or our web site http://www.horseridingbymeta.com/ or call us on 636 17 21 98. Remember, book now to avoid disappointment!

SAN JUAN STAY OVER

On June 24th our Riding School pupils celebrated St. John’s day with a special ‘San Juan’ stay over.

Veronica, recently back from her Equestrian Formation Course in England, organised fun gymkhana games. In pairs Spanish and English riders played games such as ‘Pig in the Middle’ and ‘Slow Coach’ (a whole new experience on horse back) and did relay races until they collapsed in a heap laughing and Francesca bit the dust after a flying fall from our tiny Shetland, Magic, the little pony with a ginormous ego.

For supper we all made our own pizzas and then it was bonfire time - first scary stories and toasted marshmallows followed by wishes thrown into the flames and jumping the embers for Good Luck in keeping with true Spanish tradition.

Film and popcorn before finally falling asleep exhausted!

Up early the next morning and a good breakfast, then teamwork to learn lots more new stuff. When riders and horses were just too hot to move, it was definitely time to shower horses and dive into the pool before lunch – delish Spaghetti Bolognaise!

Siesta relaxation meant board games (pick up sticks) and film to chill by before home time.

GREAT STAY OVER!

META SUMMER CAMP 2010- SPANISH AND HORSE-RIDING

SUMMER CAMP ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

• LIVING IN THE SPANISH COUNTRY SIDE (BILINGUAL FAMILY)


• HORSE-RINDING OR LEARNING TO RIDE AND STABLE MANAGEMENT


• SWIMMING AND GAMES IN THE GARDEN


• CONVERSATION AND LANGUAGE GAMES IN SPANISH
  

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES:

• HANDLING AND TAKING CARE OF HORSES


• 1 HOUR RIDING CLASS DAILY


• HORSE HYGIENE, GROOMING, MUCKING OUT, TACK CLEANING
  
• POOL GAMES, SWIMMING, TABLE TENNIS, BOARD GAMMES, CARDS.


• ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE CENTRE: BEACH, HIKING (PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH PARENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
  

JOBS:

• MAKE BED, TIDY ROOM OR TENT
  
• HELP AT MEAL TIMES, SET AND CLEAR THE TABLE, ECT.


• GARDENING, WATERING, WEEDING, ECT.

ACCOMODATION:

• ROOM WITH A/C, TV, DVD


• BATHROOM WITH SHOWER


• TENTS
  

WHAT TO BRING:

• SUMMER CLOTHES, SHORTS, T-SHIRTS TRACKSUIT TROUSERS, TRAINERS, FLIP FLOPS, BATHING COSTUME


• SLEEPING BAG,


• TOWELS: BATH AND BEACH


• SUN PROTECTION CREAM


• LOTION TO PROTECT AGAINST INSECT BITES
  

PLASE NOTE:

AS OUR CENTRE IS IN THE COUNTRY SIDE WE WOULD ASK PARENTS TO ADVICE US IF A CHILD IS ALLERGIC TO INSECT BITES, CONTAC WITH CERTAIN PLANTS OR HAS AN INTOLERANCE TO FOOD STUFFS.

CALENDAR:

• FROM SATURDAY ( 19HRS) TO SATURDAY ( 10 HRS)


• WEEKS OF JULY AND AUGUST
  
  

PRICE:

480 EUROS PER PERSON/WEEK

META@META.NOM.ES

0034 636 172 198

CAMPAMENTO DE VERANO 2010:


LAS ACTIVIDADES INCLUYEN:

• CONVIVENCIA EN FAMILIA
• APRENDER A MONTAR A CABALLO Y A CONOCER SU ENTORNO
• DISFRUTE DE PISCINA Y JUEGOS
• INTERCOMUNICACIÓN EN EL IDIOMA INGLÉS - CASTELLANO.

DESCRIPCION DE ACTIVIDADES:

• MANEJO Y CUIDADO DE CABALLOS
• CLASE DE EQUITACIÓN DIARIA
• HIGIENE Y LIMPIEZA DE CABALLOS Y SU ENTORNO, MONTURA + EQUIPOS
• PISCINA, TENIS DE MESA Y JUEGOS DE MESA
• POSIBILIDAD DE HACER ACTIVIDADES FUERA DEL CENTRO - PLAYA
  (PREVIO ACUERDO DE LOS PADRES Y EXENCION DE RESPONSABILIDADES.)
  
  
  

  TAREAS:

HACER LA CAMA Y MANTENER LA HABITACIÓN ORDENARA O LAS TIENDAS DE CAMPAÑA

AYUDAR EN LAS COMIDAS, PONER Y QUITAR LA MESA, ETC.

JARDINERIA, REGAR, ETC.

ESTANCIAS

• HABITACIÓN CON A/C
• TV Y DVD
• ASEO DUCHA
• ESTANCIA EN TIENDAS DE CAMPAÑA
  
  
  ¿QUÉ TRAER?
• ROPA DE VERANO, PANTALONES DE DEPORTE, CAMISETAS, BAÑADOR
• SACO DE DORMIR
• TOALLA ASEO Y DE PISCINA / PLAYA
• PLAYERAS, ZAPATILLAS DE DEPORTE
• CREMA PROTECTORA SOLAR
• LOCION PROTECTORA CONTRA PICADURAS DE INSECTOS

OSERVACIONES:
DEBIDO A QUE NUESTRAS INSTALACIONES SE ENCUENTRAN EN EL MEDIO AMBIENTE
ROGAMOS SE NOS COMUNIQUE:

• SI ALGUN CHICO/A ES ALERGICO/A A PICADURAS DE INSECTOS, PLANTAS, ETC.
• INTOLERANCIA A CIERTOS ALIMENTOS.
  
  
  CALENDARIO
• SEMANAS DE JULIO Y AGOSTO
• DE SABADO 19:00 hrs @ SABADO 10:00 hrs
  
  
  PRECIO € 480 POR PERSONA/SEMANA

META@META.NOM.ES

0034 636172198

CURSO INTENSIVO DE EQUITACION - INTENSIVE RIDING COURSE

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MARZO - ABRIL - MAYO

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INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED

29 & 30 MAY

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0034 636 172 198

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META Medios ecuestres y terapias asistidas

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.

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

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Happy New Year to all META Blog Spot visitors! And before we get into the January swing of normal stable and riding activities, just a quick comment about the META Christmas Extravaganza – a huge success in spite of all the impediments presented by the fluke weather conditions:- rain, wind, snow, the big freeze and so, so cold!

We had so much snow that anyone would think we were in Siberia. We woke up to snow the day before the Extravaganza was originally scheduled and, as you all know, we had to postpone much to the regret of many of you who missed the show due to other Christmas commitments. However, the snow didn’t stop our horses and riders from going out for a white hack.

On Sunday 27th December a glorious, sunny day saw the arrival of about 100 spectators who came to enjoy our Christmas Spectacle.

The Nativity pageant – Unto us a Child is born! was amazing. For want of an ass, Lily played her part beautifully carrying Mary (Sophie) and baby Jesus led by Joseph (Verónica) following our bilingual Angel (Jasmine).

The younger members of Meta Riding School formed the Father Christmas Team and presented a lovely vaulting performance – Mollie looked stunning.

Vero and Sophie put on a nice drill with Tinker and Mollie and then Kim and Liz had fun clowning around on their hobby horses, Tonker and Millie.

In the meantime Magic, Tinker and Mollie did a great job giving pony rides to queues of expectant children.

The patio was full of stands. Fiesta Faces and Partyland put on a fabulous party display. At the bar non-stop drinks, mince pies and sausage rolls galore so nobody went hungry. Then there were games, raffles and an auction in aid of our Riding for the Disabled, the grand finale of course being the arrival of Father Christmas bearing gifts for all.