Awards and Achievements

At Watershed RDA, we offer fantastic learning opportunities in an environment that is supportive, engaging, rewarding…and fun!

Did you know that our riders can undertake RDA Proficiency Tests?

We offer a range of awards for Riding, Pony Care & Welfare.

For full details of all of our awards and qualifications, please speak to a member of our team using the contact details at the bottom of this page.

Awards and Achievements 2023

Riding and Pony Care Proficiency Tests

Many congratulations to the following riders who have passed Proficiency Tests in 2023:

Emilia passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 1 Tests

Patricia passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 2 Tests

Amy passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 3 Tests

Awards and Achievements 2022

Riding and Pony Care Proficiency Tests

Many congratulations to the following riders who have passed Proficiency Tests in 2022:

Patricia passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 1 Tests

Chloe passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 2 Tests

Coco passed both her Riding and her Pony Care Grade 3 Tests

RDA National virtual dressage competition - The Results!

We are very proud of all our riders who entered the Virtual Dressage Competition held by National RDA. The results have been announced and the finals were shown on You Tube last weekend.

Amy Williams was a very creditable 18th in her class - there were lots of entries in this class - Penny Thomas came 8th and Sue Johnson was placed 6th, all in the qualifiers.

Both Louise Rounds and Fiona Tovey made it through to the Finals and both won their Freestyle Dressage to music classes and Fiona was also second in her pure dressage class whilst Louise won her dressage class.

All the results are incredible and the riders are very keen to pass on their sincere thanks to all the volunteers for making this possible and to the Coaches for all their hard work.

Awards and Achievements 2021

Endurance Tests

This new RDA Endurance League has proved very popular, and several of our riders have achieved the 5km and 10km distance rosettes.

Riders who are able to ride out on a hack in the countryside can accumulate distances on their own time card. These are logged on the internet each month with National RDA.

Once they have achieved 5, 10, or 25 kilometres the riders are awarded with a special rosette.

Virtual National Dressage Competition

Three of our riders qualified to go through to the National Level of the Virtual Dressage Competition.

Louise Rounds came first in her class for the visually impaired, making her a Champion!

Fiona Tovey came second place in her class.

Penny Thomas came 6th place in her class.

These are truly wonderful results., and a great accolade to Watershed RDA. Congratulations!

Five of our riders entered the Virtual Regional Dressage Competition.

They had special coaching from Nicky, practiced hard, and needed to learn a particular dressage test. On the day, they needed to dress smartly (as did their ponies!) and a video was taken of their performance.

Penny Thomas rode Copper, Louise Rounds rode Jessie, and Fiona Tovey rode Smartie. They all won their own classes and qualified for the National Level Competition!

Karen Orsler rode Copper, and Amy Williams rode Finn. They were second and third in their classes respectively.

These were remarkable achievements, and we are so very proud of them all!