Sponsored Ride

Rotary organizers were pleased with the result of the Chesham Rotary Club's sponsored ride held on Saturday 6 September. Heavy rain on the preceding days made the going so soft that the horses tended to skid when turning sharply. Two riders were unseated, but there were no casualties and most said that this is preferable to hard ground, which may lead to damage to the horses’ feet by flints. More than 100 riders applied, but due to the weather only 84 came to the event. However it was fairly dry on the day, and riders enjoyed the six mile course with thirty modest jumps, in some of the most beautiful countryside in England, without going near a road. About £3,000 was raised for Rotary charities ranging from the local: the refurbishment of St Leonard's Hall, to the international, the Rotary project to eliminate Polio from the world. David Unwin said, “The Rotary Club is very grateful to all the riders and their sponsors”.

Photo by Mark Dell (Mark@mk1photography.co.uk)