The Annual RDA Charity Ball will be held on 15th May 2010. Each year this event proves to be a night of fun and entertainment  – please come along and join us!

Time: 7:00pm to 1:00am

Venue: RDA Centre, 5 Jalan Mashhor

Theme: ‘Take a Wok on the Wild Side!’

Dress Code: Asian Flavour

Corporate Tables: $5,000 and $3,500

Standard Tables: $2,000

Individual Tickets : RDA Members $180 (max 2 per member), Non Members $200

*Early Bird Discount*

RDA Members $165 per ticket (max 2 tickets per member)

Non Members $185 per ticket.

Payment to be received in full by 15th April 2010

For more information and to purchase your tickets please contact the office on 6250 0176 or email: mail@rdasingapore.org.sg

You can now donate to RDA online using your credit card.

Please visit www.sggives.org/rda

This link is also available on our donation pages – thank you!

RDA TRAINING DATES

Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore is a registered charity providing FREE therapeutic horse riding lessons to adults and children with disabilities.

We are providing training days for new and existing volunteers.

Sidewalker – no experienced needed with horses or disabilities.

Leader  – some horse experience needed.

Places are limited so please contact Rosemary at mail@rdasingapore.org.sg to register on one of the below days:

Monday 15^th March 2010  0930 – 1200 : SIDEWALKER TRAINING Fully Booked

Tuesday 16^th March 2010  0930 – 1200: LEADER TRAINING

Thursday 18^th March 2010  0930 – 1200:  SIDEWALKER TRAINING Fully Booked

Friday 19^th March 2010  0930 – 1200: LEADER TRAINING

Saturday 20^th March 2010  0930 – 1200: SIDEWALKER TRAINING Fully Booked

Saturday 20^th March 2010  1430-1700 : LEADER TRAINING

Please wear closed in shoes on the training day itself!

As part of the Singapore Turf Club’s efforts to support the community, the Club has lent Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore (RDA) the platform on Saturday 23rd January 2010 raceday to raise much needed funds. The RDA has raised over $80,000 from the event through the sale of donation lunch tables. The Guest-of-Honour was the New Zealand High Commissioner, His Excellency, Mr Martin Harvey, who presented the trophies for the RDA Cup, the main race that afternoon.

RDA relies solely on donations and fundraising events such as this to support our unique form of therapeutic riding programmes for people with disabilites. This is the third year that we partnered the Singapore Turf Club in this effort and we hope that we will be able to continue this event annually as one of our main fundraisers. Our special thanks must also go to our sponsors. In addition to the RDA Cup, other racing highlights that afternoon will be the Janice O’Connor Stakes, Clarkson Asia Stakes and the Barclays Capital Gallop.

RDA at the Races began at 12.30pm, with a buffet lunch and the races commenced at 12.45pm. Afternoon Tea was served at 4.30pm and the final race is at 6.30pm.

The latest pony express is available online HERE now.

We now have a wish list page on the right in the sidebar menu. Do have a look to see if there are any items you would like to contribute. It could be something used but in good working condition that you would like to give away or something you wish to buy as a donation to RDA.

On the 10th November 2009 we were honoured to be visited by Zara Phillips, the daughter of The Princess Royal, Princess Anne – patron of RDA in the UK.

Zara is an accomplished horse woman who has won many world championships in 3 Day Eventing. During her time with us she observed some of our independent riders during one of their riding sessions and afterwards presented them with signed photos and chocolates while posing for photographs and sharing tips and advice on riding techniques.

We have created a new Events page so that visitors to our website can easily see all the upcoming events listed on one page.

We have a new email address for our volunteers!

Please email us at volunteer@rdasingapore.org.sg if you are interested in volunteering at RDA

The Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore (RDA) is most delighted to announce that Singaporean Laurentia Tan 29 years, has won yet another bronze medal for the Individual Freestyle Test Grade 1A last night (11 Sept 2008) at the 2008 Paralympics in Hong Kong with a score of 70.167%. She did this event to music although Laurentia suffers from profound deafness. The gold was won by the same persons who beat her in her other event 2 days ago with a score of 76.166% (Sophie Christiansen) and 73.333% (Anne Dunham). She narrowly beat the 4th place rider who had a score of 69.667%.

On 9 Sept 2008 Laurentia won the bronze medal for the Individual Championship Test Grade 1A. She achieved a score of 68.80% and this is the first time in history that Singapore has won a medal at the Paralympics. The gold was won by Anne Dunham of UK (73.10%) and the silver by Sophie Christiansen of UK (72.80%).

Laurentia, who was born in Singapore, suffers from cerebral palsy and profound deafness. She started riding at the RDA in England when she was 5 years old and she found the horse riding therapy most beneficial and so she continued riding till she was 18 years when she went to University to concentrate on her studies. After graduating with a degree in Hospitality Management & Tourism she started working as a mental health worker and did not start riding again until 2005.

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