About The Border Hunt

3rd March 2012End of Season Supper

Border Hunt ‘End of Season Supper’ Saturday 3rd March 2012. The Bay Horse Hotel, West Woodburn, 7 for 7.30pm. Carvery & Desert. Tickets £20, children FREE. Contact Susan Scott tel. 01434 270213.

23rd February 2012Point to Point Fixtures 2012

TYNEDALE - Sunday 4th March 2012 @ Down Hills, Corbridge
CVNH - Sunday 11th March 2012 @ Ratcheugh
MORPETH - Saturday 7th April 2012 @ Tranwell
BRAES OF DERWENT - Sunday 22nd April 2012 @ Down Hills, Corbridge
BORDER - Sunday 20th May 2012 @ Hexham Race Course
HAYDON - Sunday 3rd June 2012 @ Hexham Race Course

Visit www.hexhamraces.co.uk for race information etc.

23rd February 2012Website updates

Updates on the website will be completed as soon as possible.

19th February 2012Saturday's Bonus Ball Draw

Saturday 3rd December 2011 - Ball no:8 - Mary Ann Rogers
Saturday 10th December 2011 - Ball no: 20 - Kathy Scott
Saturday 17th December 2011 - Ball no: 12 - Bill Matthewson
Saturday 24th December 2011 - Ball no: 19 - Sue Hislop
Saturday 31st December 2011 - Ball no: 2 - Campbell Hewitson
Saturday 7th January 2012 - Ball no: 38 - Tom Elliot
Saturday 14th January 2012 - Ball no: 33- John Thompson (The Fawns)
Saturday 21st January 2012 - Ball no: 19 - Sue Hislop
Saturday 28th January 2012 - Ball no: 1 - Alan Nichol
Saturday 4th February 2012 - Ball no: 46 - Thomas Scott
Saturday 11th February 2012- Ball no 6: - Annie Matthewson
Saturday 18th February 2012 - Ball no: 44 - Ellie Mae Gaukrodger

25th January 2012South Shropshire at Pennymuir

If you would like to view photographs of the visit of the South Shropshire at Pennymuir on Wednesday 25th January please visit www.verityjohnson.co.uk

11th January 2012Border Hunt Facebook Page

We now have a facebook page to be used only to advertise our equestrian events. Pictures and comments may only be added at the permission of the Border Hunt.
Follow our events on www.facebook.com/Borderhunt

26th December 2011Santa arrived at our Boxing Day Meet

3rd December 2011Corsenside Meet

To view photos of Meet at Corsenside Church on Wed. 23.11.11 visit www.verityjohnson.co.uk

7th November 2011Gallon of Whiskey

Winner of the gallon of whiskey was Lesley Douglas

1st November 2011Photos of Hownam

Photographs taken from the Border meet at Hownam are now available to view and purchase at http://www.photoboxgallery.com/sarahfarnsworth

My main site is - http://www.sarahfarnsworth.co.uk

13th October 2011Subscriptions for 2011/12 Season

Single Mounted - £400 (£350 if paid by opening meet)
Single Motorcycle - £400 (£350 if paid by opening meet)
Point to Point Horses - Owners to contact The Secretary
Children Under 18yrs - Free
Children 18yrs and under 21yrs - £10 per day or £100 for full season.
Car Supporters - £70
Visitors Caps:
Weekdays - £20
Saturdays - £30

9th October 2011Winners of the Duck Race

Winners from Sunday's duck race.
1st Mary Brodie and Chris Rogan
2nd Alan Thomson
3rd Tim Sedgewick
Thank you to everyone who sold tickets and bought tickets.
Money raised to be split between hunt funds and Tiny Lives.

2nd October 2011Border Hunt Hunter Trial

A very big thank you to all those hunt supporters who gave up their time yesterday to help jump judge at the hunter trial. It was a very successful day with good entries in every class and it has received very good feedback.
Results available soon on the events page and check out DLT Photography for photographs of the day.

1st October 2011Ian Hedley Joint Master of the Border Hunt 99th Birthday Meet

On Saturday 1st October 2011 our Joint Master Ian Hedley MFH was 99 years old. A Birthday Meet was held at Ian's home Overacres, Otterburn to mark this special occassion. The photograph shows Ian seated giving his birthday speech to followers.

27th August 2011Bellingham Show

The Inter Hunt Challenge took place at Bellingham Show with the Haydon Hunt taking first prize after an eventful play off against the Morpeth which fully entertained the crowd. 3rd were the Border and 4th was the North Tyne

27th August 2011Bellingham Show

Championship and Winner of the Bellingham Horn was Wishful from the College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt here shown with Andrew Pro being presented with the Bellingham Horn by Hound Judge Gordon Martin from the Blencathara Hounds.

21st August 2011Border Hunt Hound, Terrier and Lurcher Show plus Pony Sports

On Sunday 21st August 2011 we held our Hound Terrier and Lurcher Show plus pony sports at Overacres.
The weather was kind to us again and a good turn out of was had.

Winners on the day were:
Champion Terrier: Border Terrier ‘Mika’ shown by Margaret Armstrong.
Champion Lurcher: Lurcher Bitch Rough (Over 23”) ‘Cara’ shown by Jim Grant.
Champion Hound: ‘Gilder’, shown by the Melbreak Hunt.
Champion Border Hunt Puppy: ‘Wabler’ walked by Fiona Fyall at Bimmer Hill.
Best working hound of the 2010/11 season: ‘Deadlock’ walked by The Hindmarsh Family at Rowhope.

Thanks again to the Hedley family for the venue and to all our sponsors.

1st August 2011Pleasure Ride - Thank You

A very big thank you to everyone who gave up their time on Sunday to help marshall at the ride. We had a fantastic day with record entries.
Thanks to John and Susan Scott for the venue and other landowners for allowing us to use their land.

1st August 2011Compliment

We thoroughly enjoyed the West Woodburn ride on Sunday and, if you can, please thank the 3 lads again that tried with their van and JCB to sort out our broken down wagon. One of them lay underneath the wagon testing this and that but the battery was fine so we were at a loss as to what was wrong and started to think we might have to call on a friend who had already been and gone from the ride to come and rescue us. Then, after being towed by the JCB and successfully bump started we did get home alright. It was really kind of the lads to help us out and very much appreciated.

There was a really good atmosphere to the whole day and it was very well organised, even down to the provision of water and fly spray for our neddies.

Hope to take part in another Border Hunt event soon!

22nd July 2011Donation to Air Ambulance

£300 from the profits made from a hunt bar at a local wedding was donated to the Great North Air Ambulance Service.The Border Hunt selects a charity each year to support, and the Air Ambulance provides an essential service in Northumberland, supported purely by donations.

19th June 2011Border Hound Results from Kirkheaton Show Saturday 18th June 2011

Best unentered dog: 2nd Ganison
Best entered dog: 1st Deadlock
Best entered bitch: 3rd Frenzy
Best couple: 2nd Frenzy and Freckle
Reserve Champion Hound: Deadlock

7th February 2011Compliment

Hunting up the Coquet.

Must say what a brilliant morning’s hunting we’ve had today with the Border! One of the best ever till visibility turned to zero.
Many thanks
Mr and Mrs J (Morpeth Hunt Followers)

15th January 2011Race Night

Thank you to all those people who came and supported our race night. We had a great night of entertainment and some serious competitive rivalry amongst our owners and jockeys. Congratulations to Mary Ann Rogers for being crowned the champion owner jockey. Proceeds from the evening go towards hunt funds and Friends of West Woodburn First School. Raffle winners were:
Barry Richardson
Darren Gaukrodger
Cameron Thompson
Brian Hepple
Alison Stockdale
Karen Gaukrodger
Harry Scott
Frankie Walton
Hugh Wood
Jim Fyall
June Cowan
Catherine Walton

6th January 2011Compliment

Dear Sir,

I had my first day out on foot with the Border Hunt last weekend and had a thoroughly fantastic afternoon!

From the meet at the Bay Horse to the end of my day at around 2pm I felt welcomed and the whole experience was better than I had anticipated. With the guidance of one of your supporters I was able to have a great day out. The hounds were amazing to watch and to listen to and it was super trying to keep up with them, following them up, down and around.
I especially enjoyed getting a lift on the back of Cameron's quad and had an 'interesting' experience on Susan Scotts buggy!

I hope that New Years day will not be my only day out with you and the Border this year.

Yours Faithfully

Paul Knox