These are exciting times and the combined Committee would like to welcome you all to the new Club. A great deal of work has been going on behind the scenes to be ready for our first Winter Series.

The Committee has decided how we will work together in our first year until our first AGM when we hope Members will vote us in! Below are some short biographies to introduce our new committee to you……

The club is always looking for willing volunteers to join the committee - no experience just a good sense of humour required, so please do get in touch if you're able to help out.

Heather has been Chairman of EFDG since 1991, with the exception of a three year break when she moved out of the area - although dedicated Heather remained on the committee.

Heather also competes her horse Onassis at Medium/Advanced Medium Affiliated Level, though many people will remember Heather with her charasmatic grey, Tom (RIP). As a teenager Heather inadvertently caught the dressage bug when she decided to school her horse, Apollo, in the hope that it would help his show jumping and became hooked from there.

Married to Mike, Heather also works as a Business Manager in an Engineering Company based in Harlow, Essex.

A long standing supporter of the club, Laura has been on the committee of EFDG for approximately 12 years, 10 of which she has held the position of Show Secretary.

Laura has two horses, Burywood Briar now aged 22 years and only retired from competition last May, with whom she competed up to Medium Affiliated and her homebred Burywood Chess, out of Burywood Briar. Chess is now 6 years old and is currently competing at affiliated novice.

Laura is a freelance hairdresser, happily married to long suffering husband Chris and mother to two dogs!

Previously Treasurer for EDRC, Avril pays all the bills and expenses, keeps the books up to date, completes a monthly bank reconciliation and an annual trial balance for submission to the auditors. Her "day job" is a civil servant, working for the Inland Revenue where she has worked since leaving school. She has a New Forest mare on whom she competes at Preliminary/Novice level, working Elementary at home, and whom she also shows in ridden Mountain and Moorland classes. Avril is also a List 6
judge.

Previously Treasurer for EFDG, Lesley continues to look after the EFDG accounts. Lesley has been a member of the club for approximately three years, but doesn't regularly compete as her horse Alfie has issues with his back and spavins and according to Lesley "usually manages to throw a sickie if he hears about any events which he might be entered for"!

Lesley's works as a bookkeeper/office administrator for various companies ranging from architects to a small charity.

A latecomer to riding and horse ownership when she and husband Malcolm decided their four children were having too much fun on horses without them, Naomi and Malcom are now proud owners of Carlsberg and Kim's comeback mount Fungi. Carlsberg will be making his Freestyle debut this season and Fungi is looking forward to taking Kim to Music Semis at Patchetts and Area Festival Champs at Hartpury next year.

Naomi and Malcom's sons, Tim and Alastair are also members of EDRC and provide fun time for the horses taking them to the gallops, jumping and on faster hacks as well as being available to compete.

Naomi is always happy to receive suggestions for future clinics and feedback about
previous ones.

Working with Katie Dartnell and Marina Harley to promote the club, website and show wrtie ups, Lisa has a full schedule as she is currently studying for a masters degree in psychology.

Lisa has been taken under the wing of the riders at Burywood livery where she shared and now owns her first horse, Breeze, who was backed at the yard as a 3 year old and is now a 20 year old veteran who acts like a youngster, teaching her owner how to develop a good seat and that patience can go a long way

Originally from Yorkshire, Rachel has lived in Epping for more than 12 years now and is just about ready to call it home. She is on horse number four, Romeo (Ro), an overgrown Welsh Section D that she has owned since he was 3. Ro gets to be special as he is the first horse she has bought herself. Ro would like to be a jumping horse really, but he competes prelim and novice dressage and is working towards affiliated novice at end of 2010.

Sheila Martin: Assistance with EEFDG Accounts

Kay Symons: Membership

Joyce Adams: Valued helper

Denise Dartnell: Rosettes

Julia Halpin: Valued Helper

Emma Wakefield: Co-manager for the teams & BRC Rep

Rachel Roberts: Co-manager for the teams

Katie Dartnell: Valued Helper

Chris Lamey-First Aid training & valued helper

Chris Dye & Michelle Loy-

Lisa Buck-PR/Schedules/Marketing