Team Wimpy Updates – Diary of a Wimpy Eventer https://wimpyeventer.com A story of courage, love and not soiling one's self in public! Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 https://wimpyeventer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vic-100x100.png Team Wimpy Updates – Diary of a Wimpy Eventer https://wimpyeventer.com 32 32 69379911 Team Wimpy Update 2: Cutting yourself some slack! https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/02/20/team-wimpy-update-2-cutting-yourself-some-slack/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/02/20/team-wimpy-update-2-cutting-yourself-some-slack/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:09:01 +0000 https://wimpyeventer.com/?p=7683 The most heartfelt update from our amazing polo queen, Susan... I can't believe that it's now almost a year since I became part of Team Wimpy. 2018 was one of those rare, enchanted years when everything just seemed to work out. (If this sounds smug, please believe me when I tell you that I'd had...... Continue Reading →

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]]> The most heartfelt update from our amazing polo queen, Susan... I can't believe that it's now almost a year since I became part of Team Wimpy. 2018 was one of those rare, enchanted years when everything just seemed to work out. (If this sounds smug, please believe me when I tell you that I'd had... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/02/20/team-wimpy-update-2-cutting-yourself-some-slack/feed/ 0 7683 TEAM WIMPY 2019 : Happy New Year! https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/01/23/team-wimpy-2019-happy-new-year/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/01/23/team-wimpy-2019-happy-new-year/#respond Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:58:42 +0000 https://wimpyeventer.com/?p=7473 So, my amazing team of seven riders is about to grow... I am so happy with the girls and how well they have gelled and supported one another, I am looking to add 3 more Team Wimpy Riders to the team for 2019, making a team of 10! More on that this week.... We are...... Continue Reading →

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]]> So, my amazing team of seven riders is about to grow... I am so happy with the girls and how well they have gelled and supported one another, I am looking to add 3 more Team Wimpy Riders to the team for 2019, making a team of 10! More on that this week.... We are... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2019/01/23/team-wimpy-2019-happy-new-year/feed/ 0 7473 Team Wimpy Update: The Wonderful Amie and Raven https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/09/24/team-wimpy-update-the-wonderful-amie-and-raven/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/09/24/team-wimpy-update-the-wonderful-amie-and-raven/#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2018 06:34:05 +0000 https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/09/24/team-wimpy-update-the-wonderful-amie-and-raven/ I am so excited to share all the events of the past few months with you! My last update ended on the high of my riding Jasper for the first time. Three months on and I’m so happy to say since then Raven and I have completed our first clear round event and two one...... Continue Reading →

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]]> I am so excited to share all the events of the past few months with you! My last update ended on the high of my riding Jasper for the first time. Three months on and I’m so happy to say since then Raven and I have completed our first clear round event and two one... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/09/24/team-wimpy-update-the-wonderful-amie-and-raven/feed/ 0 6450 A VERY SPECIAL WIMPY WEDNESDAY by Becki Holmes… https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/07/18/a-very-special-wimpy-wednesday/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/07/18/a-very-special-wimpy-wednesday/#respond Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:55:32 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/07/18/a-very-special-wimpy-wednesday/ So, I’m feeling pretty emotional writing this and it’s taken me a couple of days to be able to put into words what I’m feeling! I can finally say I’m a Wobbleberry graduate and to have finished my challenge at the Hannah Francis one day event was an honour! It’s been a long journey for...... Continue Reading →

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]]> So, I’m feeling pretty emotional writing this and it’s taken me a couple of days to be able to put into words what I’m feeling! I can finally say I’m a Wobbleberry graduate and to have finished my challenge at the Hannah Francis one day event was an honour! It’s been a long journey for... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/07/18/a-very-special-wimpy-wednesday/feed/ 0 1552 Team Wimpy Update 7: Learning to enjoy it by Amie and Raven https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/06/13/team-wimpy-update-7-learning-to-enjoy-it-by-amie-and-raven/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/06/13/team-wimpy-update-7-learning-to-enjoy-it-by-amie-and-raven/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:01:33 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/06/13/team-wimpy-update-7-learning-to-enjoy-it-by-amie-and-raven/ Well hello, So … firstly I cannot begin to explain how inspirational the ladies in our team are! I’m sure if you’ve read the earlier team wimpy blogs you’ll all agree … and I’m lucky enough to have these fab ladies on hand 24/7 each time I have a wobble! I met some of our...... Continue Reading →

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]]> Well hello, So … firstly I cannot begin to explain how inspirational the ladies in our team are! I’m sure if you’ve read the earlier team wimpy blogs you’ll all agree … and I’m lucky enough to have these fab ladies on hand 24/7 each time I have a wobble! I met some of our... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/06/13/team-wimpy-update-7-learning-to-enjoy-it-by-amie-and-raven/feed/ 4 1509 Team Wimpy Update 6: A stay-away show, sat nav blips and living for today, By Nina Studley. https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/31/team-wimpy-update-6/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/31/team-wimpy-update-6/#respond Thu, 31 May 2018 06:50:58 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/05/31/team-wimpy-update-6/ Hi all, Well after 23 years not competing only taking it back up last summer and thinking I could start off where I left confidence wise how wrong was I?! A 38 year old brain doesn’t think like a 15 year olds brain!! To get me going, I did a few unaffiliated jumping classes most...... Continue Reading →

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]]> Hi all, Well after 23 years not competing only taking it back up last summer and thinking I could start off where I left confidence wise how wrong was I?! A 38 year old brain doesn’t think like a 15 year olds brain!! To get me going, I did a few unaffiliated jumping classes most... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/31/team-wimpy-update-6/feed/ 0 1449 Those who can, teach… https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/21/those-who-can-teach/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/21/those-who-can-teach/#comments Mon, 21 May 2018 10:42:01 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/05/21/those-who-can-teach/ So, 2 months ago I got a text from my dear Team Wimpy member and friend Liz Pears, asking if I fancied helping her out with a bit of “motivational instructing” at a Nervous and Novice camp in May... it seemed such a long way off and I’m at the stage in life where I...... Continue Reading →

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]]> So, 2 months ago I got a text from my dear Team Wimpy member and friend Liz Pears, asking if I fancied helping her out with a bit of “motivational instructing” at a Nervous and Novice camp in May... it seemed such a long way off and I’m at the stage in life where I... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/21/those-who-can-teach/feed/ 2 1424 Team Wimpy Update 5: Doing it for the Wobbleberries by Becki Holmes https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/09/team-wimpy-update-5-doing-it-for-the-wobbleberries-by-becki-holmes/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/09/team-wimpy-update-5-doing-it-for-the-wobbleberries-by-becki-holmes/#respond Wed, 09 May 2018 12:34:54 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/?p=1407 Since being picked to be part of the amazing team Wimpy in March a lot has changed for me both good and bad! So I’m participating in the Wobbleberry challenge this year, so my aim is to complete a BE80T by the end of the season! Bridget was to be my wobbly partner and to...... Continue Reading →

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]]> Since being picked to be part of the amazing team Wimpy in March a lot has changed for me both good and bad! So I’m participating in the Wobbleberry challenge this year, so my aim is to complete a BE80T by the end of the season! Bridget was to be my wobbly partner and to... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/09/team-wimpy-update-5-doing-it-for-the-wobbleberries-by-becki-holmes/feed/ 0 1407 Team Wimpy Update 4: by our lovely Polo Player Susan Paterson https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/02/teamwimpyupdate4/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/02/teamwimpyupdate4/#respond Wed, 02 May 2018 10:37:25 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/05/02/teamwimpyupdate4/ Hi everyone! So, whilst the eventers have finally been getting to the first fixtures of the season, the showing shows are underway and the happy hackers are enjoying the lighter nights; for polo players all eyes are on the start of the grass season.  Getting out on the grass is something that I am both...... Continue Reading →

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]]> Hi everyone! So, whilst the eventers have finally been getting to the first fixtures of the season, the showing shows are underway and the happy hackers are enjoying the lighter nights; for polo players all eyes are on the start of the grass season.  Getting out on the grass is something that I am both... Continue Reading →

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]]> https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/05/02/teamwimpyupdate4/feed/ 0 1348 Team Wimpy Update 3: By Sharon Murphy – My first EVER One Day Event!! https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/04/25/team-wimpy-update-3-by-sharon-murphy-my-first-ever-one-day-event/ https://wimpyeventer.com/2018/04/25/team-wimpy-update-3-by-sharon-murphy-my-first-ever-one-day-event/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:13:04 +0000 http://wimpyeventer.blacknovadesigns.co.uk/2018/04/25/team-wimpy-update-3-by-sharon-murphy-my-first-ever-one-day-event/ Hi everyone!! Well...This time last year I entered my first ever round of show jumping in a 60cm nervous and novice class. I trotted the whole way round, as cantering around corners used to terrify me… you never know, we could tip over! Now I have just done my first ODE! I had been feeling...... Continue Reading →

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]]> Hi everyone!! Well...This time last year I entered my first ever round of show jumping in a 60cm nervous and novice class. I trotted the whole way round, as cantering around corners used to terrify me… you never know, we could tip over! Now I have just done my first ODE! I had been feeling... Continue Reading →

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