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The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette January 2013


Centre offers a taste of


the Olympics


A RIDING centre in Hayle can offer a real taste of the Olympics to its clients thanks to an unusual purchase! Old Mill Stables, a riding school and equestrian centre in Hayle, teamed up with Riding for the Disabled to purchase 50 tonnes of the Olympic surface which was at Greenwich Park last summer. The surface has been declared ‘a dream to ride on’ by one of the three appren- tices with Cornwall College who are currently working at the centre and are proving that apprenticeships are a great way to get ahead.


Jade Booton, from St Ives, has just completed her horse care and management ad- vanced apprenticeship with Duchy College and Old Mill Stables and works as head girl at the stables.


Scholarship


She has just received a schol- arship to go to Talland School of Equitation in Gloucester- shire to enhance her training. Jade said: ‘I’m going to be working with Pammy Hutton from Talland Equestrian Cen- tre so that’s really exciting. The apprenticeship has been great; it’s been completely work based which is perfect be- cause I’m always working at the stables and using my skills on a day-to-day basis.


‘I really liked the fact that I


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could earn money and further my skills and knowledge with a qualification at the same time. I’ve enjoyed having more responsibility and improving my management skills. ‘As for the Olympic surface – it’s really amazing to have it here, there’s no dust and it’s phenomenal for the dis- abled riders, a dream to ride on and really inspiring to know


that gold medals where won on it!’


Jade is helping to train two apprentices at the stables, Sarah Twigg from Hayle and Amy Roberts from St Ives, who are studying the work-based horse care level 2 apprentice- ship.


Amy said: ‘I wanted the op- portunity to work while I was learning so an apprenticeship


AMY Roberts, Sarah Twigg and Jade Booton with horses Boy and Rio


appealed to me. I’ve just started teaching younger stu- dents and beginners how to ride which I really enjoy and this is what I’d like to do as a career.’


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Sarah added: ‘I love working with horses, it’s what I’ve al- ways wanted to do and the sta- bles here are great, it’s a bril-


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STUDENTS from local schools descended on Cornwall College Cam- borne to take part in the regional heat of a


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School competed against each other in the regional heat, pro- ducing a main course and dessert to be judged by a panel of judges on their workmanship, creativity, menu bal- ance and dish taste.


Judge Mike Turner, chair of the Devon and Cornwall Institute of Hospitality, said: ‘The students are all ner- vous but they’re doing a brilliant job. There’s lots of imagination in their dishes and I can see the influence of cookery programmes and celebrity chefs, which is great.’


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Neil Medhurst, youth programme manager for Springboard, said: ‘Cooking is an impor- tant life skill and hav- ing the ability to cook


and knowledge of the nutritional values of food is important. ‘The facilities here at the college are fantastic and give the students a real taste of what a pro- fessional kitchen is like.’


The winning student was Mason Winwood, from Penair School in Truro, who will now go on to compete in the regional final to be held at Petroc College in Devon in February 2013.


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During the apprenticeship the girls learn about every- thing from riding to stable management and general yard and day-to-day duties.


Old Mill Stables proprietor Louise Ridge explained how working with Duchy College has benefited her: ‘It’s been so beneficial; we now have three


apprentices on our staff and their skills and knowledge cas- cades down to the rest of the team.


‘They receive great qualifica- tions and it really helps their career progression.


‘Jade has excelled on her ad- vanced apprenticeship and this determination has really helped her to obtain her schol- arship.’


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