Coakham Bloodhounds

The Coakham Fallers Club 2007 - 2008 Season

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Remember - our spys are everywhere - so better to own up and pay your £2!!

Your chance for fame and glory - or perhaps more appropriately, mud and a sore ego.There is a £2 fine per fall which will go into a kitty for the quarry supper at the end of the season. The person with the highest number of falls will receive a prize (possibly a pair of sticky bum breeches or a riding lesson).

There will also be a prize for the most spectacular fall - and perhaps, the best confession

**The Coakham Fallers Club Rankings 2007/8**
Rider	Meet		Number of Falls
Gillian Ransome	Attwood Farm: Bucked off and then bucked off twice early on at Brookers Farm - giving Will from Horse & Hound an exciting start to his day hunting with us! Says Gillian "I took a tumble on the flat. To top it all, I fell off again while trying to get back on and the horse then cleared off back to the boxes! So I called it a day!!"	owes £6	3
Master Roger	At two of his own meets: Owley and Tory Hill - at the last fence - another "Oh Thomas" Moment! And then at another of his own meets the Ewe and Lamb - where Thomas trod on his reins in front of everyone!	paid	3
Ann Derby	Two falls at Baron's Grange - and a big thank you from her to those that helped - she hopes they do not have hernias! And now another at the Ewe and Lamb meet - a fall on the flat.	owes £6	3
Mickey Few	Cherry Croft: A spectacular bid for the championship at the opening meet. Bucked off Andy's chestnut twice before he worked out a growling technique which seemed to work - and then the horse tried a neat trick which unseated him over one of the last jumps of the day!	paid	3

Oly Hurst	At Owley and now at Kitchenham	paid	2
Gun Hole	St Hubert's Day: At the last Hedge at her own meet!! And then at Brookers Farm over the first fence!	owes £2	2
Paul Blagg	Street Farm: after one dismount where Paul landed on his feet running beside the horse, the second fall was more serious when Paul's horse tried to jump the wire beside a fence. But in March the horse went on to win its Maiden race at Detling!	owes £4	2
Carly	Two falls at the hedges at Larkins - she might have got away with it in the heavy fog but her friends gave her away!	paid	2

Huntsman Nic Wheeler	At Benenden: Fell at Steve Leang's Boomerage Hedge - Says Master Clare Miles: "You pay £50 for your Cap, £2.30 to see Nics picture in H&H but seeing him fall at the hedge...priceless" -	owes £2	1
Nicky Stevens	At Benenden	owes £2	1
Ben Manning	At Brightling	paid	1
John Stevens	At Brightling	paid	1
Nic Godwin	At Baron's Grange at Xmas - someone grassed you up, Mr Godwin, so £2 please!!	owes £2	1
Lottie Best-Short	At Hole Park	paid	1
Master Alex Wheeler	At the new fence on Mr Kings land at Stidolphs	owes £2	1
Lindsey Newitt	The same fence at Stidolphs	paid	1
Katrina Arnold	A fall at the opening meet at Cherry Croft - and a confession at tea as no one else saw!! She has been moved to top of the 'One Fall' ranking after her appeal for account to be taken of her 100% record of falling off at meets - out once, fell once!	paid	1
Tim Scott	Nurstead: Tim called his fall "an elegant dismount" - that still counts Tim ! (Even though he very kindly helped Martin prepare the jumps - for which a big Thank You!).	paid	1
Lisa Baker	.Nurstead: Lisa insisted she was just checking the state of the ground, so at least she was able to take some home on her jacket for further analysis - her reunion with her horse will soon be viewable on YouTube!	paid	1
Paul Tattersall	.Nurstead: Fell at the first jump and got a bloodied lip and didn't manage to do any more - he is also on YouTube as the jump was videoed!	owes £2	1
Ella Graham Scott	Montague: Bucked off at the meet as we set off but went on to have an excellent day!	paid	1
Gabby Pitman	Montague: after jumping a ditch - pony caught some time later by Claire, it galloped off as if it had an urgent meeting in Hailsham!	owes £2	1
Romney Hole	Firle: a rolling fall off her pony, but she was soon up and bouncing.	(parents) owe £2!	1
Jenny	A fall at Firle	paid	1
Tommy Hurst	Barons Grange: at a hedge	paid	1
Bob Langdridge	Barons Grange	paid	1
Robbie Miles	Barons Grange: saddle then rider slipped round -	owes £2	1
Carol Kay	Barons Grange: trotted in to hedge and horse and rider fell	paid	1
Tony Warr	Attwood Farm: a fall on the flat when his horse spooked and he went straight on!	paid £5 as he thought a fall on the flat should cost more!	1
Charlotte Blair	Attwood Farm: jumped into the woods then was knocked off by a tree on landing. Paid	paid	1
Neil Ridge	Attwood Farm: Jumped big into the same woods	owes £2	1
Richard Bramwell	Attwood Farm:	paid	1
Melissa Norris	Attwood Farm: Hooked off by a gate	owes £2	1
Lyn Skinner	Horse jumped part fence and part catch, Lyn catch her foot on post and was hooked off. Horse galloped off and went for a swim!	paid	1
Will Furlong	At Stone	owes £2	1
Master Jo Carr	An early fall at the hedge hopping day at the Bramwells. Poor Splash looked like a thorn pin cushion!	owes £2	1

Your £2 fine should be paid to Claire Miles or Charlotte Blair.

Madam

I write to protest in the strongest terms about my very low ranking in the Fallers' Club league table. You will see I managed to notch up one fall at the Opening Meet, the day Mickey Few went for the record, and have not been out since. This is not for want of trying but, unfortunately, my mare has had a sinus problem since the week after the Opening Meet causing me to be number one client at my local veterinary practice, and not much else.

However, the fact remains that I have a 100% fall rate and yet I languish low in the league table amongst people who come out a lot and fall off hardly at all! It really is most unfair. Given my recent vet bills how else am I to afford a new pair of breeches (sticky bum or otherwise) for next season? I demand an enquiry. My fall was not elegant nor spectacular nor indeed painful, for which I am thankful. Indeed it was not even witnessed. But it was bonafide and duly paid up. Who else in the league can claim a 100% daily fall rate?

Yours sincerely,

Soap Sud.

REPLY: Dear Katrina. We are sorry that you feel so aggrieved! We will refer your complaint on to the relevant authorities but would suggest that one way to acquire those sticky bum breeches is to borrow the horse Mickey rode for one meet!!

A Message from Paul Blagg:
Thank you everyone who helped me today (at Street Farm). Whilst accidents will happen no one expects to have a fall like I did with such an outcome.

As always the field rallied to someone in trouble and it makes me very proud to be a member of the Coakham. The vet was fist class as well!

The poor old chap travelled home well and is as comfortable as we can expect, on my part, 5 minutes to climb a flight of stairs, with assistance from Linz, so things can’t be to bad!!

We are grateful to everyone.

Best wishes, Paul & Lindsay

owes £2