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Welcome to Keysoe & Three Shires TREC Club.

The club has been set up to run events, training and competitions for it’s members, and to promote the sport of TREC in the UK.  Please see the events page for forthcoming events.

Charity

Our chosen charity as a club is East Anglian Air Ambulance.  We have a just giving page set up if you would like to help us support them. (Link below)

Throughout the year we fund raise for EAAA, the donations from our afternoon tea and photographs at our summer series competitions, the test POR  rides and the Christmas raffle all go to this cause.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/keysoe-three-shires-1724610174367?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fkeysoe-three-shires-1724610174367&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

TrecGB Awards 

We are so proud to have been awarded

Best Saturday Night Social 🍷

  • Winner 2022
  • Winner 2023

Best Judges Hospitality 🍹

  • Winner 2022
  • Finalist  2023

Best Summer Venue 

  • Finalist 2023 – Shelton Hall

Best Summer POR ☀️

  • Runner Up 2022
  • Finalist  2023 – Shelton Hall

Best Summer PTV

  • Finalist 2023 – Earwig Farm

Best Winter Venue

  • Finalist 2022 – Shuttleworth
  • Runner Up 2023 – Shuttlworth

Best Volunteer

  • Winner Sue Squirrell 2022
  • Runner Up Sue Squirrell 2023
  • Finalist Angela Hughes 2023

Unsung Hero

  • Finalist Angela Hughes 2023

Thank you for all our nominations and votes.

Update from TrecGB

From 1st December 2022, all participants at TREC GB insured events must be either a:

  • TREC GB Red Member or
  • A member of an Affiliated TREC

TrecGB Hall of Fame – awards ceremony January 2022
Congratulations to our Treasurer Sue Squirrell for entering the TrecGB Hall of Fame.  This award is only given to those who have been influential and developing the sport of Trec in the UK.  We are extremely fortunate to have Sue on our committee and one of our founder members.  Sue is instrumental in organising our events, training and taking care of the club kit.  She has helped and encouraged many of our members in the sport.  This is a great and very well deserved honour.

 

FLU VACCINATION REGISTER

With the start of the 2021 season this has been updated and many members and competitors have submitted their horse’s passports for inclusion on the Register. Admin now validate each entry and notify competitors of the validation reference number. The process is designed to save Organisers and competitors time and largely removes the requirement to complete the flu details for each competition. These will only be needed for first time competitors and non-members.

Updating the Register

  • Competitors must ensure that their horse details are on the Register
  • Competitors should submit their horse’s passport details including the front page, ID Page and vaccination pages to admin@trecGB.com
  • The details are entered onto the TREC GB Flu Vaccination register, validated if correct and the passport is saved with a TREC GB Flu vaccination reference number.
  • A confirmation email is sent to the member with their TREC GB Flu register reference number.
  • As vaccination details become out of date, a reminder email will be sent to the recorded owner/rider inviting them to update their details by sending the updated vaccination page or the previous vaccination page to admin@trecgb.com
    • NOTE: non-members and those requesting that their details are not held will not receive a reminder

 

Latest Flu Update from TrecGB

With immediate effect TREC GB requires that all events, including training & camps, involving equines should insist that vaccinations are up to date (12 month cycle) and check passports before horses are unloaded. Horses that have had their annual vaccination or a booster, within the last six days should not be allowed to take part in any event.
On a further note  more and more venues require vaccinations  within the previous  6 months which you need to watch out for too.

 

Safeguarding

The club safeguarding officers are

Monica Russell

Angela Hughes

Mary Lazarus

Paula Warrener

Please follow the link to see our policy

KTS SAFEGUARDING

Events

Forthcoming  Events

Christmas Supper & Quiz 

Saturday 7 December

 

https://form.jotform.com/243214094244046 please complete the jot form to help us cater

Winter Series

Equestrian College Shuttleworth Bedfordshire

Link to Event Information –

KTS TREC EVENTS – Shuttleworth Winter Series 2024 V1

Course Plan November 24 (1) V2

Winter Series Start Times (5) V4

Withdrawal Refund Policy V1

Sunday 27 October 2024 – competition ✔️

Sunday 24 November 2024 – competition ✔️

Saturday 4 January 2025 – competition – open for entries 4 December

link to schedule

https://1drv.ms/w/s!Aq8KFW2wa_nSlRDbDNloGXd_2peP?e=lkNdli

link to jotform for entries

https://form.jotform.com/243284242985363

Sunday 23 March 2025 – competition

 

 

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Past Events

Practice POR

If you would like to ride the Catworth summer series starters, level 1, level 2, level 2a or level 3 either on your own or with support please contact ktstrec@gmail.com

Any of the route can be adjusted to suit.  If you want to ride or walk the grids/bearings section only this is possible.

Summer Series – Carlton

KTS Summer Series Carlton 2024 – Schedule

3 and 4 August 2024

Carlton North, Bedfordshire

Starter class (L1 ride the PTV in pairs)

Levels 1, 2, 2a,

Qualifier for 2025 championships

Summer Series – Little Catworth – Now Full

6 and 7 July 2024

KTS Summer Series 2024 2

Little Catworth, Cambs

Unaffiliated Starter Class (this is a pairs class and riders complete the PTV together)

Levels 1, 2, 2a and 3 mostly off road on tracks and grass, small amount of very quiet road work.  Qualifier for 2024 championships

This beautiful part of  Cambridgeshire is undulating, mostly arable.

Sunday 21 April 2024 10am

Unmounted POR (orienteering) training

Approx 4km including cake points

Irchester Country Park – Northants

https://form.jotform.com/240715476244053

Come and join us for a morning at Irchester Park, Wellingborough, on Sunday 21st April for an on-foot, pre-season map reading exercise.  Suitable for L1 and L2 riders.  Choose between a map with the route marked or challenge yourself to copying from a master map.  Use basic compass skills to check you are heading in the right direction and paces to help you find the correct path.  How many tickets (orienteering posts) can you find and will you stumble across the checkpoint with cakes!  £5 entry which includes a partner or friend.  If you come on your own we can pair you up with someone.  Please complete the jotform by 14th April.  More details will be sent once we have received your entry.

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4-6 May 2024

Training Camp 

This camp will be offered to current members in February before opening up further.  Limited to 20 places only

Open for entries 2 March 2024 via jotform – members only

Butts Leys Farm, High Street, Lower Dean  PE28 0LG

Camp Flyer (1) (1)

Saturday 6 April 2024 – 3pm

Dalton Hall Upper Dean


AGM, Summer Series Prize Giving, Winter Series League Prize Giving, Afternoon Tea & Fun Activity
– free to members

please complete a jot form link below for us to cater

https://form.jotform.com/240731134299052


Sunday 24 March 2024

Winter Series Competitions – Shuttleworth Equestrian Centre

Arena competitions held indoors for schedule-winter-schedule-2023-2024-v31 copy

Entry via jot form https://form.jotform.com/212411585722047

Past events

Members & Supporters KTS Quiz & Supper 

Saturday 9 December 2023

Upper Dean Beds

 

Summer Series – Pavenham Bedfordshire- 5 & 6 August 2023

Qualifier for 2024 championships.

The level 2 class will be suitable for those wanted to step up from Level 1.

L2 / 2a / 3 / 4  Entries open 1st June and close 20th July.

 

Summer Series – Shelton North Bedfordshire 23, 24 & 25 June 2023

Qualifier for 2023 championships

Level 1, 2, 2a

Schedule KTS SHELTON 23 JUNE 23

Pre Checked POR Pertenhall, North Bedfordshire 

30 April 2023

A pre-season practice POR

Map Room, Speeds, Checkpoints, Tickets – Level 1, 2, 2a

Ridden in pairs (we can match you with a pair)

Riding mainly on grass, tracks and quiet roads

£5 for KTS/TrecGB Red/TrecGB affiliated club members

£15 to include part year membership

Training Weekend Brigstock Northants 

22-23 April 2023 limited places

Keysoe and Three Shires Training Weekend April 2023

 

Annual General Meeting 

Saturday 18 March 2:30pm, Dalton Hall, Upper Dean, Beds

free event including afternoon tea, prize giving & fun activity

Please email ktstrec@gmail.com to let us know you re coming, don’t forget to let us know if you have any dietary requirements

Winter Series

winter series competition running order

1 Newcomers, 2 Novice, 3 in hand, 4 pairs, 5 intermediate 6 open intermediate 7 open

Schedule   Winter Series 2022 2023

23 October- competition ✔

20 November- competition ✔

26 February- competition ✔

26 March – competition ✔

Christmas Quiz, Social & Supper – Pertenhall Village Hall MK442AT – 7pm 

Come and join us for some festive fun and a hearty winter supper – all just for £5 per ticket includes entry to quiz, raffle ticket and supper.  Please bring your own drinks.  Don’t forget your Christmas Jumper

Grassroots Summer Series Championship – Souldrop Bedfordshire- 22 July 2022

hosted by KTS level 1

open for entries see TrecGB website

 

Training weekend 29 th April/1st May 2022 

Another opportunity to prepare for the summer season.  A training weekend at Brigstock focusing on riding for TREC and orienteering skills.  You must be a member of TRECGB to take part and numbers will be limited so save the date if you are interested.  More details in the spring.

Price is £250.00 deposit £75.00 

Hilltop Farm has a Cross Country Course which is suitable for all abilities, with fences from under 1 ft 6 to over 3 ft. We aim to give a weekend which will
improve riders confidence and ability, whether that is when jumping, tackling PTV obstacles, riding on the flat or when map reading.
Participants will be put into small groups of similar abilities and aims
Lunches and evening meals will be fully catered. Breakfast is not provided but we will have milk available
Timetable
Friday 29 April
Arrive from 3 pm, and put your horse into its corral. Please bring your own corralling equipment.
If you have never set up a corral, there will be plenty of experienced competitors able to help
6 pm Guest speaker – Charlie Brodie How to be more positive & confident At this point you will be told which groups you are allocated and you full timetable
Followed by dinner and some fun map room games,
Saturday 30 April
AM – split into your groups to work on either, fixed obstacles, polework session, PTV practice or unmounted Orienteering
Lunchtime – talk on fitness for both horse and rider by a human and horse physiotherapist, PM – as AM, although doing a different session
After the afternoon session a talk by Equine Nutritionist, when you can have your horse weighed if desired
Dinner – followed by a team quiz
Sunday 1 May
AM – as Saturday AM
Lunchtime – a talk on how to prepare, and what to expect at a vetting

PM – as Saturday PM
Pack up and go home

Dean Camp 3-5 June 2022 – FULL waiting list only


Members only training camp.

Lower Dean – see our Facebook page for details

Price is £225.00 Deposit £75.00

Secure your place using the jot form below for the training event and camp

https://form.jotform.com/212711764325048

 

Judges Training Day – Saturday 23rd April 2022

10-2 with lunch included Lower Dean, Huntingdon Free to KTS members

We will start in the classroom giving the theory of judging the obstacles followed by a demo in the arena to practice as a judge.  A technical delegate will be our trainer.

This training is ideal for judges or those wanting to find out how to score the extra points in competition.

Lunch, cake and hot drinks included

Winter Series Arena Trec Competitions 2022 – Shuttleworth Equestrian Centre Old Warden Beds – open to enter

Sunday 3 January ✅

Saturday 12 February ✅

Sunday 13 March ✅

Sunday 10 April ✅

Winter-Schedule-2022

Saturday 23rd October 2021 – Winter Series Arena Trec (outdoors) Lower Dean Beds

Winter-Schedule-21-22 3 copy

Course Plan Oct 21

Winter Series Joining Instructions Oct 21

Entry via jot form only

To enter please use the jot form (you may need to copy and paste to your browser)

https://form.jotform.com/212411585722047

AGM Afternoon Tea and Fun Activity – Saturday 5 March 2022


Dalton Hall Upper Dean PE28 0LT

3-5 pm

FLU VACCINATION REGISTER

With the start of the 2021 season this has been updated and many members and competitors have submitted their horse’s passports for inclusion on the Register. Admin now validate each entry and notify competitors of the validation reference number. The process is designed to save Organisers and competitors time and largely removes the requirement to complete the flu details for each competition. These will only be needed for first time competitors and non-members.

Updating the Register

  • Competitors must ensure that their horse details are on the Register
  • Competitors should submit their horse’s passport details including the front page, ID Page and vaccination pages to admin@trecGB.com
  • The details are entered onto the TREC GB Flu Vaccination register, validated if correct and the passport is saved with a TREC GB Flu vaccination reference number.
  • A confirmation email is sent to the member with their TREC GB Flu register reference number.
  • As vaccination details become out of date, a reminder email will be sent to the recorded owner/rider inviting them to update their details by sending the updated vaccination page or the previous vaccination page to admin@trecgb.com
    • NOTE: non-members and those requesting that their details are not held will not receive a reminder

 

Saturday 5 June 2021 9:30 am

On foot POR orienteering training – The Giddy Goat Riseley Beds MK441DR

This session will be suitable for complete beginners, beginners, Level 1 competitors who feel a bit rusty and want to brush up their skills.  We will have some seasoned treccies on hand for this training session.

What to expect if the session?

– welcome with coffee and breakfast

– understand the OS map

– drawing a map

– marking kilometers

– what to expect in the map room

– how to use a compass

– put it into practice by on foot orienteering

What to bring

– clothing for the weather condition and walking

– fine tipped pen ideally coloured

– magnifying glass if you have one

– compass if you have one

– clipboard, map case or large clear plastic bag

– water for taking on the walk

– notebook

entry via jot form

https://form.jotform.com/211415049107042

any questions ktstrec@gmail.com

Bank Holiday Monday 31 May 2021 – Alconbury 

Fixed Obstacle and Terrain training

Please find jot for for entry

https://form.jotform.com/202671164545050

Training on a cross country course giving you the opportunity to train over jumps, steps, bridges, water, ditches, ride up, ride down with an instructor helping you to score the max points.  Groups of 4 similar level riders and horses – 90 minute session. All session will take place in the afternoon.

Saturday 24 April 2021 – POR practice mounted Melchbourne Beds

Please find jot form for our POR practice ride.

The ride will be mostly off road on grassy tracks, farm tracks and some short quiet country roads will be used.

Option of 17 or 10 km (approx) 10 km recommended for beginners and 17 km for those who have competed before.  Riders can be grouped or accompanied please indicate on the jot form.

Start point will be from Melchbourne Beds joining instructions will be available one week before the ride.

£10 for KTS members and £15 for non members which includes day membership.

There are no facilities available at the venue please bring everything you need with you and allow 2-3 hours riding time. Parking is on hard standing.

 

Any questions please email ktstrec@gmail.com

Please enter using the jot form (copy and paste to browser)

POR https://form.jotform.com/210971405581050

Membership https://form.jotformeu.com/92643806517361

Helpers or non riders https://form.jotform.com/202206354873049

Monday 3 May 2021 – PTV coaching – Upper Dean

Please find attached the jot form for our PTV training in Upper Dean Bedfordshire on Monday 3 May.
Please travel alone if you can and if this is not possible anyone accompanying you will need to complete the helpers form to help us comply with COVID guidelines.
Training sessions will be held in an outdoors arena with a shared group with other riders and horses with similar skill levels.   Riders and horses will be able to practice many of the obstacles that would be found on the PTV phase of trec.
In the event that we are over subscribed KTS members will be prioritised and a wait list will be held.  To join KTS please go our website.
Any questions please feel free to reply to this ktstrec@gmail.com
Joining instructions, times and directions will be sent to you one week before the event.

Jot Form for training https://form.jotform.com/202671164545050

Monday 31 May 2021 – training tbc

Late August Bank Holiday Weekend – Full Trec  Competition – Park Farm Stanford on Avon.  KTS and Central Trec Group will run this jointly

 

KTS AGM  – Friday 26 March at 7.30 pm via Zoom

AGM is open to all member to join.  Details will emailed out to members with login details for the zoom meeting.

Agenda

AGM

Outline Plans for 2021

Quiz

Judging of Cocktails

Winter Series – Saturday 17 October 2020 – Keysoe

Please find the information for the competition

Competitor Course Plans

Course Plan Arena Trec Keysoe

Keysoe Arena Trec Competitor Information

Winter Series Arena Trec Competition – The College Equestrian Centre – Keysoe, Bedfordshire  (outdoors) Saturday 17th October 2020

Winter Schedule KTS 2020 2021

http://keysoe.com/maps.shtml

Dean Lodge Farm Summer Series Trec Competiton Sunday 13 September 2020

 

13 Sept 2020 – Schedule – please read schedule fully before completing jot forms

 

PTV + POR Training –  15 August 2020 – Dean Beds closing date 1 August

60 minute PTV training sessions on grass with max 5 riders + 2 hour POR training sessions – 2 riders.  Please enter using the jot form link below.

This training is suitable for all levels from complete beginners to those wanting to brush up their skills.  New riders to trec can go with more experienced riders on the POR (orienteering).

Any questions please contact ktstrec@gmail.com

Subject to government guidelines and TrecGB approval

Times & joining instructions issued one week before the event

All horses must be up to date with the flu vaccines

Members £20

https://form.jotform.com/201935675617362

PTV – Grass Training – Saturday 25th July 2020 – North Crawley Bucks – closing date 14 July

We will hold 90 minute training session on grass with max 5 riders – subject to government guidelines and TrecGB approval – please enter using the jot form below.

Times & joining instructions issued one week before the event

All horses must be up to date with the flu vaccines

to jot form – https://form.jotformeu.com/92964843281366

KTS Annual General Meeting –  Sunday 5th April 2020 2.30pm – CANCELLED

 Dalton Hall, Upper Dean – Free Entry to Members

link to Jot Form – https://form.jotform.com/200391884789066

2-3 May 2020 Brigstock Summer Series Trec (jointly run with CTG)  CANCELLED

Entries Open 1 April 2020

Entries Close 21 April 2020

Hillside Farm, Grafton Road, Brigstock
Central, Northamptonshire

schedule & entry form to follow

8-10 May 2020 – KTS Training Camp  – now FULL CANCELLED

We will be returning to Scald End Farm in Thurleigh for this years camp.

 

26 April 2020 – PTV & MA Training – Milton Keynes  CANCELLED

details and booking form to follow

 

 

Membership

New members can join and existing members can renew their membership online 

Members of other TREC GB affiliated clubs are welcome to join.

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