A big thank you to all our supporters, old and new, who came down and partied at our ball for a good cause and made the event truly memorable. We hope to see you at the next bash next year.

Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore is looking for a Riding Instructor to provide progressive therapeutic riding lessons to disabled adults and children. The successful applicant will be required to assist with horse training, develop a Para Equestrian squad, provide training, support and mentor its team of volunteer instructors, leaders and sidewalkers.

This is a special position, which requires someone with good interpersonal skills, a strong team player, able to work independently along with the ability to work well under pressure and multi task.

Minimum qualification to the British equivalent of an AI. Training in Hippotherapy, Para Equestrian and sound working knowledge of a Riding for the Disabled would be an advantage.

Please send or email your application to:
Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore
5 Jalan Mashhor, Singapore 299174

E-mail mail@rdasingapore.org.sg. You may also write in for more information.

You can now donate to RDA online through your credit card. The link can be found on the Donations page and also right here:

http://www.donation.org.sg/direct%20link/call_rdasingapore_frame.html.

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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The Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore (RDA) is proud to announce that Singaporean Laurentia Tan 29 years, has won the bronze medal for the Individual Championship Test Grade 1A at the 2008 Paralympics in Hong Kong this evening (Tue 9 Sept 2008). 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 will compete in the Individual Championship Freestyle Grade 1A event on Thu 11 Sept 2008 .

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The Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore (RDA) and the Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) are proud to announce that Maximillian (Max) Tan, a disabled independent rider from Singapore was successful at the International CPEDIJ1 Young Riders Competition at Millfield which ended on 6 July 2008.

Max managed to achieve first place for both his events and became the Overall Champion of all grades because of his outstanding result. He was first in both the Grade 1b Individual Dressage Test and the Grade 1b Freestyle to Music events. He was able to beat competitors from 22 countries including U.K., Australia and Japan. Furthermore he achieved this on a borrowed horse, Cleo. Sally Drummond, Max’s coach said Max was “fantastic”!

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The Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore (RDA) was recently invited by the National Paralympic Committee of China in conjunction with the China Disabled Person’s Federation and the Chinese Equestrian Association to participate in the Guangdong CPEDI* competition from 7th March to 9th March 2008.

It was held at the Guangdong Huangcun Training Centre, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. This was a Prequalifier for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and sanctioned by the Federation Equestrian Internationale (FEI).

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The World Para Dressage Championships 2007, one of the qualifiers for Para Olympics 2008, was held in the well-known Hartpury College in England from 18th 22nd July 2007. This was the first-ever International Championship for our upcoming young Singaporean riders Laurentia Tan and Maximillian Tan (Max). Competing in the same field with them are top Para riders like Athens Para Olympic Gold Medalists Lee Pearson and Debbie Criddle (Great Britain), Irene Slaettengren (Sweden), and Ann Cathrin Lubbe (Norway).

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We are constantly looking for new volunteers to help run our sessions. You can be a part of this worthy cause, all it takes is about 2 hours a week. Sessions run Monday to Saturday, morning and afternoon so you are sure to find a time slot that suits your schedule. Please complete our volunteer waiver and signup form if you would like to volunteer at RDA. The form may be downloaded HERE