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domingo, 18 de julio de 2010

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!

jueves, 15 de abril de 2010

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

domingo, 21 de marzo de 2010

CURSO INTENSIVO DE EQUITACION - INTENSIVE RIDING COURSE

CURSO INTENSIVO
DE EQUITACIÓN
4 CLASES - NIVEL 1
45 €

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MARZO - ABRIL - MAYO

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AM OR PM - MONDAY TO THURSDAY

MARCH - APRIL - MAY

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0034 636 172 198

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INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED
29 & 30 MAY
DIRECTED BY
HARALD BONSACK
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0034 636 172 198



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martes, 26 de enero de 2010

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.

martes, 8 de diciembre de 2009

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)

domingo, 1 de noviembre de 2009

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