Rules and Constitution

  1. The Club shall be known as Mossvale Riding Club.
  2. The objects of the Club shall be : -
    1. To encourage riding as a sport and recreation, to promote good fellowship amongst riders and to improve and maintain the standard of riding and horsemastership.
    2. To organise instructional meetings, lectures, competitive events and any other activities deemed to further the objects.
    3. To support and co-operate with recognised organisations interested in the breeding and use, of all breeds and types of horses and ponies.
    4. To maintain full affiliation to the British Horse Society.
  3. Membership : -
    1. This shall consist of persons between the age of 7 and 17 as Junior members. Those who have attained the age of 17 as Adult members.
    2. The annual subscription shall be payable on the first day of the Club's financial year.
      No member, riding or non-riding, may attend any Club activity following the A.G.M., until full membership has been paid. Membership fees not paid by the 1st December in any year will incur a £5 penalty fee in addition to the annual amount. Any member whose subscription is more than three months in arrears shall have his / her name removed from the Membership List, after written notice to the effect has been sent to him / her.
    3. Any member joining the Club between 1st October and 31st March in any financial year shall be liable for full Membership fees. Any member joining the Club between 1st April and 30th June in any finacial year shall be liable for half Membership fees for that year. Any member joining the Club between 1st July and 30th September in any financial year shall be liable for one quarter Membership fees for that year.
    4. The Committee may expel from Membership of the Club any member who has wilfully disobeyed any of the rules of the Club, or who has in the opinion of the Committee, been guilty of conduct derogatory to the character, or prejudicial to the interests, of the Club, provided that before expelling him / her, the Committee shall call upon him / her for an explanation of his / her conduct and shall hear what he / she has to urge in his / her defence.
    5. Any member can be chosen to represent the Club.
    6. Members chosen, and having attended 30% of all Club activities in the current year, may be considered for a percentage of Club funds towards total costs of representing the Club.
    7. Preference for team selection will be given to those having attended 30% of all Club activities in the current year.
  4. The Committee : -
    1. All powers of management shall be vested in the adult committee consisting of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, and a minimum of eight and maximum of twelve other Committee members. Five members shall form a quorum.
    2. The decision of the Committee shall be final, unless overruled at a General Meeting by a majority vote. Adult members only are eligible to vote.
    3. The Committee shall be the sole authority for the interpretation of the rules, or for anything relating to the Club not provided therein, and their decision shall be final and binding to the Members.
    4. The Committee may formulate bye-laws, for the detailed running of the Club, and elect sub-committees for any special activities of the Club which the Committee shall authorise.
    5. The Committee shall have the power to fill any casual vacancy arising among Members of the Committee, to complete the retired members' term of office. The member so nominated will be eligible for re-election at future Annual General Meetings.
    6. Any Committee Member absenting him / herself without good cause from more than 75% of Meetings and major Club fixtures, shall be deemed to have had his Committee nomination suspended and shall be notified as such. Any such member will not be eligible for re-election in future years.
    7. The procedure for re-election of Committee in future years is on a three year cycle.
  5. The financial year of the Club shall commence on 1st September in each year.
  6. The annual subscription shall be decided each year and approved at the Annual General Meeting, having due regard to the financial standing of the Club at that time.
  7. The Club shall have an Hon. President. This person shall not, by virtue only of such appointment, become a member of Committee.
  8. The Annual General Meeting shall be held on the third Thursday of September of each year to transact the following business : -
    1. To receive, and if approved, to adopt a statement of the Club's accounts to the end of the preceding financial year.
    2. To fill vacancies on the Committee.
    3. To appoint an Auditor for the incoming year.
    4. To deal with any special matter which the Committee may desire to bring before the Members, and to receive suggestions from the Members for consideration by the Committee.
    5. Having regard to the Statement of the Club's accounts, to agree subscriptions for the ensuing year.
    6. Notice convening the Annual General Meeting shall be sent to each member not less than 14 days before the Meeting and shall specify the matters to be dealt with.
  9. A Special General Meeting may be called by the Committee, or by a written request to the Secretary, signed by not less than five Adult Members, specifying the business to be discussed. The Secretary shall give all members 10 days notice of the date of such a meeting, and shall specify in such notice matters to be dealt with at said Meeting.
  10. The Accounts of the Club shall be audited each year by the person appointed at the previous Annual General Meeting.
  11. Notice may be given to any member by sending it by post to him / her at his / her address currently registered in the records of the Club. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting, or the non-receipt of such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.
  12. The Club, its Committee or persons acting on their behalf, shall not be held responsible for any accident or injury to any person or property, howsoever caused.
  13. Members shall be properly turned out at all Club events. Protective headgear must be worn by all riders adhering to current B.H.S. Riding Club regulations.
  14. These rules may be added to, repealed, or amended by resolution, at any Annual or Special General Meeting, provided that no such resolution shall be deemed to have been passed unless carried by a majority of at least two thirds of the members present and voting thereon, and providing that prior notice has been sent to all Members stating proposed amendment.

Signed : Walter Moore, Chairman of Founder Committee, 1st November, 1983.

These rules were last updated, under amendments passed at an Annual General Meeting on 20th September, 2001.

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Dress Code

The following items of dress must be worn while riding at any club activities :-

Chaps may be worn on normal club nights but not when representing the Club on league nights or at any other inter-club competitions.

Proper dress must be worn when representing the club on league nights or at other inter-club competitions

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Pegus Show Jumping League
Rules for 2003 / 2004 Season

  1. Teams shall consist of 3 or 4 horse/pony and rider combinations. Three best scores in each round to count.
  2. Horses/ponies may not compete more than once.
  3. Ponies must be 14hh or over.
  4. Riders may not compete more than once in the same team.
  5. Each team may have a maximum of 2 junior riders.
  6. There is no grade restriction on the horses/ponies taking part.
  7. Hats must conform to current Riding Club Standard and must be worn properly adjusted and fastened whilst mounted.
    Proper dress must be worn.
  8. Team entries are run on a league basis.
  9. In all legs equality of faults for 1st place only will result in a jump off by all team members. Lower placings will be decided by the aggregate time in the second round.
  10. If the final points, after 6 legs, results in a draw for any of the first 6 places, a jump off of the whole team will decide the result of the tie or ties.
  11. Team entry £24.      Clear round jumping £2.
  12. Fence Height - Maximum 1.05m

Dates for League
3rd Thursday night in each month
16th October, 20th November, 18th December, 17th January, 21st February, 21st March
Clear round jumping 6.30pm - 7.45pm.     Competition starts 8.00pm

Points and Prizes
1st     20 points + rosette & bag of Pegus feed for each team member
2nd    19 points + rosette
3rd     18 points + rosette
4th     17 points + rosette
5th     16 points + rosette
6th     15 points + rosette
7th     14 points + rosette
8th     13 points + rosette
9th     12 points + rosette
10th   11 points + rosette
etc, etc...

A bag of Pegus will be awarded to the fastest competitor in the jump off, not on the winning team. A double clear round must have been jumped by the competitor.

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