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Timber Tongues June 2014 The Official British Horse Loggers Newsletter Timber Tongues BHL Annual Competitions and AGM 2014 In this issue: Chair’s Report 2 and Chair’s AGM Report Kate Mobbs-Morgan BHL Annual 3 Competitions and AGM 2014 Carole Coates Obstacle Course 4 Judge’s Report Chris Wadsworth Fell and Extract 5 Chainsaw/Felling Judge’s Report Ken Stewart Fell and Extract 5 Extraction Judge’s Comments Jim Johnstone A pair of Shires, Dylan and Prince, tackle the Wobbly Bridge in the Obstacle Course competition; owners James An Amazing Weekend 6 Griffiths and Eddie Griffiths brought them from Staffordshire, and James took the reins for the Pairs competi- (or Nearly) tion, also winning the Best Novice trophy. Photo: Carole Coates (See pages 3, 4, 5 for full results and reports) Steffi Schaffler The Eye of the 7 Beholder... BHL Woodland Management Award Chris Wadsworth Entries are due in by the end of Septem- Head Forester of the Duchy of Cornwall ber, for judging over the winter. Woodlands, Geraint Richards, is the Senior Horses Return to 8/9 Judge. Forestry Commission This coveted award recognises professional Sites excellence in woodland management using Judging is stringent and evaluates the job as a Rab Erskine horses. whole, from planning to finish. The Prince of Wales Perpetual Trophy for Work which has included the use of horses Lynside Eleanor 9 Woodland Management is presented biennial- by a BHL member to extract the timber can Doug Joiner ly, and there are additional prizes for 1st, 2nd be nominated by the horse logger, another and 3rd place. member of the team, the woodland agent or the woodland owner. A Clarification: 10 The next award will be made for work sub- BHL / BHLCT / stantially undertaken from 1st October 2012 Previous winners: 2007 − Simon Lenihan; “Seeing is Believing” / to 30th September 2014. 2009 − Kate Mobbs-Morgan; 2011 – Chris BFotWH Wadsworth; 2013 – Barbara Haddrill. Cathrin Vaughan with Judging will take place over the winter of Julian Philipson 2014, with presentations to the winners in The rules and application form are available on 2015. the BHL website. Pa ge 2 Timber Tongues June 2014 Chair’s Report K ate Mobbs-Morgan I am writing this having just returned from our Competi- Please have a look at them on the website, more de- tion and AGM weekend. This time hosted by David tails will be posted very soon if not by the time you Roycroft and Steffi Schaffler on the Scottish Borders, part receive this Newsletter. of our cunning plan to begin to move our events around Over the summer we will be preparing for our time at the country. It worked … we had a fantastic turnout of the APF exhibition in September. Put the dates in lovely people and great horses, making it a really good your diary if you can, and join us for some or all of the weekend. time. Much work had been done by David, Steffi and Chris For those of you who surf the net there is now a Wadsworth preparing the site and building the courses and Horse Logging Forum on a site called Arbtalk. There it really paid off. The weekend ran smoothly, was fun, with will be a link to it from our website and it could prove time to relax with good food and drink around the fire in interesting to follow. the evening. A good opportunity to catch up with folk af- ter the winter and to chat to many new faces. Thanks again I have kept this introductory piece short as there is the to all those who contributed in many ways. Chair’s AGM Report to add this time, and some inter- esting articles filling the pages. Next in the diary are our two courses, bookings are look- ing good at the moment but there is still room for more. Chair’s AGM Report, 2014 Last September we were well re- ceived at the South West Wood Fair, It feels as if it has been a busy year ence. This has shown an interest from also run by Confor as a smaller sister but I hope for the membership the non-members and from people work- event to the APF. transition with the change of ing horses in other countries, some- Chairman has been smooth so far. thing to build on. The BHL continues to have strong support from our patron, HRH The The Committee as a whole though We continue to offer the BHL insur- Prince of Wales. Following his ap- and some of our membership have ance scheme, an excellent benefit, and pointment of a new Assistant Private been putting in a lot of time to have some good courses in the pipe- Secretary, I attended a meeting at make some changes and to contin- line for later in the year. Booking num- Clarence House earlier this year to ue to take the BHL forward in a bers are good at the moment. We have meet the new Secretary and to dis- positive way. also begun to try and advertise further cuss how best the Prince can assist afield in the publications of potentially The most obvious change is the in promoting our work. redesigning of the website. We interested parties. We have continuing contact with used a combination of a profes- We are also beginning to move our Clarence House and are discussing sional web designer and Matt Wal- events around the country, as you can what should best be our next step in ler, both of whom put a great deal see, in the hope of attracting more showcasing the options we have of time into the changes. members to attend or bringing in fresh available to the forestry industry and interest. We hope you find the new site user in fact all woodland owners. -friendly and we welcome any In September there is the biennial APF Working horses in a woodland envi- comments or feedback. It is still a forestry exhibition and as usual the ronment continues to be a challeng- work in progress and we have one BHL will be running working demon- ing way to make a living but if we or two decisions to make as to how strations over the three-day event. we can improve it as a members’ pull together, deliver and maintain This is an important opportunity to benefit. It is however already avail- high standards of professionalism able to all members for infor- showcase the benefits of working there is work out there to be had. horses in forestry and we have plans in mation and free advertising and we The BHL and its committee will full swing to make this a really good strive to update it regularly. continue to work hard in the coming show for our membership. We would year to offer good training, working We also have now a Facebook welcome any members interested in towards raising industry standards page and Twitter account linked, joining us on the stand to chat to inter- and therefore the professional pro- which have proved popular and ested parties and promote both the file of the horse logger. give us a better social media pres- BHL and the BHLCT. Timber Tongues June 2014 Pa ge 3 BHL Annual Competitions and AGM 2014 Carole Coates Obstacle Course Alongside the Fell and Extract Competition there was the Obstacle Course. This was challenging and provided a lot of laughs as well as demonstrating some excellent horse skills. All the usual components were there − chainsaw, shunt, balance, voice control − all aided and abetted by a wonky log to drag, and uneven ground that made balancing blocks a feat of nature. Results 1. Noel Donaghy Doug Joiner’s new award for contributions to horse logging, accepted by himself on behalf of Judith 2. Kevin Taylor Webb, MBE and presented by BHL Chair, Kate Mobbs-Morgan. Photo: Carole Coates 3. Kevin Reed. In a message to the BHL, Judith said that the profile of horselogging has come Pairs on a “significant journey”. She added, “Although we still have some way to go 1. James Griffiths in increasing understanding of the potential of horselogging in integrated man- agement systems, widening its acceptance and helping build greater continuity Best Novice of work for contractors, the hard work of members of the BHL, its Committee James Griffiths and colleagues on the Charitable Trust has made a real difference.” New Award Despite worries that this new venue may put people off, the attendance was very good, bringing horses from Scotland, England and Ireland and This was given and presented by Doug Join- members from all the home nations. er for the person who has contributed the most to the revival of horse logging in Brit- James Griffiths and Eddie Griffiths (not related) brought a pair of grey ain. The recipient, Judith Webb, was unable Shires from Staffordshire and Noel Donaghy brought a Suffolk mare to attend and the award was accepted by from Belfast − it is really pleasing that so much effort is being made. Doug on her behalf. Judith Webb, MBE, is a trustee of the BHL Charitable Trust and was The weather held up on Saturday and Sunday morning so whilst every- instrumental in establishing the first modern one was dry we were all bitten to death. horse logging society in 1988. Chris Wadsworth, Steffi Schaffler and Dave Roycroft had put a lot of The presentation took place prior to the time and effort into selecting and setting up both skills tests as well ad- AGM on the Sunday. vertising the event to locals and providing a superb camp area with a tent, and a yurt, with cooking facilities.
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