NEWS

Upcoming Events

Christmas Ride on the 16^th December 2007

starting from Smithills Coaching House

at 10.30am

To check if going ahead in case of bad weather

ring 07855  420323

between 6 and 9pm the day before.

Quiz Night  January 2008

 

80s night

The 80s night was a roaring success and raised in excess of £1200 for the Association. Our thanks go to Colin and Ann Greenwood for organising the event single handed and to Amir Khan and Saj Mahmood for donating a pair of signed boxing gloves and a signed England cricket shirt respectively. Amir’s gloves raised £250 and Saj’s shirt raised £150. Other local businesses donated many great prizes, including Modec Fine Arts and Dave’s Aquarium to name but a few.

Santime Quarry has generously donated some stone for mounting blocks in the local area and have agreed to deliver it as well for free! A great night and we look forward to the Treasure Hunt on 1st Oct. Start time 10.30am from Coaching House Car Park in Smithills.

  

BBA Membership

Thank you if you rejoined SDBA this year. We are sorry for the delay in your membership cards arriving but with the name change there has been a mass of paperwork and legal stuff to sort. Because of this we would like to offer you free membership for the rest of the year and start your membership that you have paid for from Jan 2007 to thank you for your patience. Anyone who joins before 1st September will also receive this offer. Renewals for the membership will be due in January regardless of joining date in the future.

 

New Bridleway

The first new bridleway in many years has opened from Fallbirch in Lostock to Matchmoor Lane in Horwich which will cut out Chorley Old Road and Old Kiln Lane for many riders. You will need to register to use the route and receive the key code for the locks. Members can contact BBA for registration forms

Nellies Clough

Progress at last. BBA and the council have finally agreed a compromise over Nellies Clough after years of campaigning to get horses off New Chapel Lane. The new bridleway will cut New Chapel out altogether and will eventually get riders from the Heaton and Lostock areas into Rivington without going on any major roads apart from to cross them. We have Marie Jones from the Rights Of Way department to thank for her hard work in getting this project off the ground. The new West Pennine Bridleway Strategy is also due into effect over the next 7 years and this will see a number of bridleways opening in the Bolton area. It is largely because of bridleway groups (especially SDBA) that any of this has got off the ground. We expect a big increase in members as this has come about from our hard work on your behalf so don’t forget to renew.

 

Headline News

SDBA has become Bolton Bridleways Association by popular demand!! We have changed our name after being asked by the Council and its representatives as we are though of as “the most organised and active of the Bridleway groups they deal with in the area.”