Thank you to all the members who paid their membership before the end of January. Thanks also to those of you who made submissions regarding the Memorandum and Articles review. The committee will give consideration to all views submitted. As we enter into Spring our thoughts turn to Spring inspections, entry forms will be available on-line later this week. Members are asked to please ignore the erroneous information about judges that was published in Thursday's Connacht Tribune....
This year the CPBS will run two bus tours to facilitate breeders without vehicles, on Monday the 18th of August and Tuesday the 19th of August. The tours will visit local breeders and points of cultural interest on Monday in North Connemara (Letterfrack & The Renvyle Peninsula) and on Tuesday in South Connemara (Carna & Kilkerrin). Enquiries or more information please email: [email protected]
We are pleased to announce that almost all details for the upcoming 2015 Elite Sale have been finalised. They are as follows: Selection Days: There are 3 Selection Days planned. The northern selection day: The Meadows Equestrian Center, Embankment Rd., Lurgan Co. Armagh BT666FD Mon. 6th April The southern selection day: Thurles Equestrian Center, Thurles, Co. Tipperary Sat. 11th April The western / eastern selection day: Athlone Equestrian Center Moydrum, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Sun. 12th April All venues are subject to entry numbers, and all have a 10a.m. start. Selection Day Entries: The price of entry to the...
The Council of the CPBS held its January meeting last night. It was agreed that a memorial service for deceased breeders will be held on the Wednesday of Show week in Clifden. A memorial book will be opened and family members of the deceased are asked to submit their names. The following sub-committees were formed: Breeding Committee - Ciaran Curran, Patrick Keaney, Keith Murray Education Committee - Kevin Bolger, Dermot Power, Andy O'Donoghue Inspection Committee - Jim Mullaney, Gearóid Curran, Keith Murray International Committee - Padraic Heanue, Dermot Power, Andy O'Donoghue Marketing & Promotion Committee - Niamh...
The 2015 Bartley O Sullivan Lecture will be presented by Dr. Eithne O Connell at the Station House Theatre in Clifden on Saturday March 28th at 8p.m. The lecture's working title is 'The Scandinavian Connection' and will focus on the founding of the Danish(1964) and the Swedish(1965) societies, both celebrating 50 years. Dr. O Connell's father, Michael, who managed the Lambay herd for Lord Revelstroke played a key role in the development of both herds....
Michael Clancy, Graham Tulloch and Paddy King were among the prize winners at Clifden in 1964. At a time when duns proliferated the studbook, Ardnasillagh Honey, Macdara and Lambay Rebel were three good ones that were in the ribbons on the day. The outside blood was popular with Clonkeehan Auratum and Camlin Cicada siring all the young stock winners. Frances Lee Norman swept the boards and Tim Cotter and Tommy Kelly were still in the middle of the ring forty years after they judged their first show at Roundstone in 1924. It...
The 2015 Connemara Pony Festival will take place in Clifden from Sunday 16th August to Sunday 23rd August....
The CPBS office will be closed from Friday 19th December and will re open on Monday 5th January. We wish all our breeders and members a Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year....
We're running a competition where riders have a chance to feature on Page 3 of the 2014 "An Capaillin"! The winner will receive a photo shoot with their Connemara and have editorial on their successes with their pony. To enter, all you have to do is send an email with no more than 50 words on why you should be our Page 3 Jockey of 2014 and include one photo. Entries close on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 and all submissions will be posted to the CPBS Facebook page. The winner...
The CPBS Council met last night Tuesday 16th December for their last meeting of 2014, where it was agreed to hold a Council meeting on the second Monday of every month. The 2015 AGM was set for Sunday 11th October. Following a huge amount of discussion and suggestions the Council agreed that an independent Chairperson will select a committee of four members, one from each province, to pick the judges for Clifden Show. All eligible judges will be written to in the coming days to see if they wish to...
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