Welcome to the Old Berkeley Riding Club
We can offer a friendly and supportive club which encourages riders and their horses or ponies of all levels to make new friends, gain confidence, achieving personal goals and have some fun.
Members can join from the age of 18 years and upwards with no maximum upper age.
This can be joining in training clinics or activities to entering club or area competitions.
During the year we hold various events and competitions both for members only and open to all.
Membership entitles you to discounted entry fees at all open OBHRC shows we hold.
If you have any questions please contact the Chairman Diane Hunt, details on the Contact Us Page.
Challenge Trophies & Special Awards
Every year at the Annual General Meeting ( AGM) there is a presentation of awards made to members for their support, achievements and successes during the year.
The club presents 14 trophies and special awards.
Just some of the awards:
Horse / pony & rider improvement in training or competition.
Progressive improvement.
Volunteering at competitions
New member’s awards
Trophies for successes in the various area disciplines.
Best area or championship team awards in jumping or dressage.
Overall point winner of the summer evening dressage competitions
The member who attends the most club organised events.
OBRC Facebook
We have a member’s only and open facebook pagesw which is regularly updates with news on upcoming training, events, competitions and some results including:
Directions & photos to help find training clinics venues.
Our show schedules, reports and results.
Area 6 qualifying competition schedules.
New members can join these facebook pages.
Where are our club venues?
Brief History of the Club
Old Berkeley Riding Club celebrates over 70 years of being part of the BRC/ BHS riding club movement in 2020.
The club started in 1948 by Colonel Phipps Master & Amateur huntsman of the Old Berkeley East Hunt with aim of encouraging hunt members to continue socialising during the summer months. In those early years activities included garden parties, swimming parties, trips to the Windsor races, cross country rides, gymkhanas, hunter trials, and barn dances.
The Riding Club competitions were often organised at prestigious venues with OBHRC team members winning the One Day Event at Kensington Palace Gardensin 1960. Royal International Show was held at White Citystadium in 1961 members competed in the Riding Club team event and in 1971 the quadrille team won the championship at the Horse of the Year show.
Over the years the committees have organised various events & activities including long distance rides, dressage, show jumping, one day events, hunter trial competitions.
Members have continued to represent the club at various competitions & championships.
The Annual Showing show on Good Friday started around 1965 this offered members, riders and local professionals an early show to practice at before the main & county showing competitions season started & is still part of the event diary each year.
Today the club is still growing in strength & expanding interests by offering equine talks, visits & demonstrations as part of the Horse knowledge Club, training clinics in dressage, jumping & XC. Open showing show, treasure hunts rides, dressage & Jumping throughout the year.
In 2022 we shortened our name to Old Berkeley Riding Club to better reflect our main purpose as a modern day Riding Club
OBRC encourages everyone to join in, have fun, make new friends, enjoy riding & competing together.
Thank you to members both past & present who have supported the OBRC over the years & will hopefully continue to do so into the future.