“Harvest a spikelet of skills”
8 Day Teens' Show Jumping & Cross Country + English Training on Aquitaine Atlantic Coast
Centre Équestre le Marina Guest House, 55, Route de Baleste, Mimizan, Landes 40, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
France - Atlantic Coast - Teens' Show Jumping & Cross Country + English Training
For your 12 to 15-year-old teenager fascinated by horseback riding, you have always dreamed of embodying a little touch of “added value” in hours of intensive training in the arena. What if your beloved “Equus fan” would invest as much energy in learning English as in tacking their horse or pony? Unique as fingerprints, this course entitled “R.Y.E.2©” offers you an unprecedented opportunity to hone your English and to prow horse riding skills at the same time.
Key Information
- Rider Weight Limit: 80 kilograms / 170 pounds
- Horse Height Range: 15.7 to 16.5 hands
- Tack Type: English saddle
- Horse Breed: Mostly Anglo Arab
Meet the instructors
Michel & Suchard
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Highlights
- 15 to 18 hours of English classes
- 15 to 18 hours of equestrian classes
- High-quality instruction in-class
- Small group of 6 students per tutor
- 7 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
- Access to quality facilities on-site
Skill level
- Intermediate
Styles
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French
Group size: 2-6 participants
Airport transfer available:
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 52 per person)
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 52 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
18:30
Check-out Time:
10:00
Basic accommodation comprises a three-star equestrian lodge with an 11×7-meter swimming pool, an outdoor lounge, and a sheltered dining zone in closest proximity. A dormitory with one to two bathrooms that can host four to six people in single or double rooms (with a supplement to pay) is provided for this purpose.
Program
The program consists of 18 hours of English and 18 hours of equestrian classes in the arena, outdoors, including two beach trails per week in a small group of six students per tutor. It is useless to remind you that reaching ambitious goals requires stepping way out of the box. A pesky mistake is that you keep on doing the same thing and in the same way, expecting different results. Although it may feel scary, if you want to be singled out you need to act offbeat. Get into the “stop-start” philosophy before you enroll in the RYE2© program:
1. Stop limiting your beliefs; start feeling empowered to reframe a limit into a benefit.
2. Stop dwelling on your past mistakes; start focusing on the current things positively influencing you to become a better version of yourself.
3. Stop setting vague objectives; start being proactive and specific about what exactly you want to achieve.
4. Stop performing things because somebody told you “you must”; start thriving on inner harmony and fun you will get from doing such.
Participants enrolled in the RYE© program will have two segments to follow:
1. RYE2© "Ride Your Equus" segment
Objectives
- To build harmony in a rider-horse pairing by favoring natural balance and creating an efficient bond between the two.
- To implement constructive methods of communication with the animal.
- To promote training ethics highlighted by simple and predictable actions.
- To learn how to bring a horse to a reliable physical condition and a conducive mood necessary to easily solve current tasks.
As there is no good show horse without good basic dressage, so there is no good rider performing excellent jumps without a good knowledge of horse biomechanics, locomotion, and overall respect for their mount.
Participants attend classes elaborated and given by a state-certified tutor having a proven record of successful 40-year experience of preparing riders of all levels. They may be competing at the national level or simply living their dream of horse riding. Upon the completion of the Equus segment, depending on the progression shown, participants will be invited to perform galloping passages on various types of surfaces.
Classic program (13-15 years old, intermediate to experimented riding level jumping lower than 0.70 centimeters)
An opportunity for students proving A2-B2 proficiency in English to hone their spoken and written language in a fun way and to improve equestrian practice by studying complex notions of dressage and jumping with daily training in the arena, two outdoors treks to foresee. Expect you to be able to put into practice matters learned in the arena, such as controlling pace on changing terrains, as an example. To complete a monitored eight to 10 obstacle course.
Matters to study
- How riders should position themselves in a saddle while preparing for, approaching, or clearing different obstacles and landing after such, at three possible gaits on a flat surface
- How riders should balance their horse while changing pace, speed, or direction
2. RYE2© "Ride Your English" segment
Centre Équestre le Marina is glad to announce that the English segment of the RYE2© program is designed for students ready to “ride a couple of extra English miles” per day after intensive equestrian classes. Four core language skills are in focus: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Effective conversational activities aimed at strengthening pronunciation will also require you to be accurate in your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. Nothing comes out of the blue. Six days of classes cannot result in proficiency equal to a native speaker’s, as if by magic.
It will require more commitment and persistence on a long-term basis. The short-term goal is to provide students with accessible learning tools in a small group of three to six persons in a friendly, supportive environment. The long-term mission is to seed a grain of knowledge and to advise on how to grow a spikelet of skills. While trans-ocean and even trans-La Manche travelers are becoming spendthrift, Centre Équestre le Marina is ready to welcome students from all over France, neighbors from Switzerland, and Belgium to enhance their English speaking skills for academic study or day-to-day use.
A penny saved is a penny earned. Centre Équestre le Marina is only making promises that they can perform. Keen to put students in a context where they can express themselves without being judged, Centre Équestre le Marina endows them with different communicative tasks in and off class. Their daily assignment can be to compose an essay, share a story, speak about their experience with mates and tutors while taking meals, visiting places of interest, or on horseback. The English segment of the RYE2© program comprises speaking, listening, and integrated skills classes.
- In the listening class, students are focused on receiving, understanding, evaluating, and remembering information presented as either a video or a voice record to further respond, verbally or non, to information they have received.
- In the speaking class, students are involved in a discussion through role-play or debate. They are pushed to use new words and word combinations, as well as to incorporate appropriate grammar and other units to produce spoken language fluently and accurately.
- In the integrated skills class, students work on improving English grammar knowledge as well as on reading and writing. Lasting 45 minutes x 2 on average, a class is held in and outdoors.
Centre Équestre le Marina invites like-minded people to enroll in the RYE2© program. Your humanistic values and ambitions will be appreciated. As great equestrians are not born but made every day in the arena, so great speakers have to practice in and off class.
Papers to provide
- Swim permission
- Permission to use image or video
Sample daily schedule
Sunday
- 18:00 Check-in at the guest house for the young riders arriving with their parents
Activity days
- 07:30 Early wake-up
- 08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
- 08:45 - 09:00 Storage of the room and personal effects
- 08:45 - 12:30 Horse riding (tacking up and lesson in the arena)
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:30 - 15:00 Free time, swimming pool, or beach
- 15:00 - 18:30 English lesson (with a 30-minute break)
- 18:00 - 19:30 Free time, swimming pool, or phone call
- 19:30 - 20:00 Farm’s horse and foal care
- 20:30 - 21:30 Dinner and activities
- 22:00 Bedtime
Horses at Centre Équestre le Marina
Centre Équestre le Marina's stable is composed of 30 horses mostly of Anglo-Arab breed plus five ponies. Most of them were born on the family farm. Athleticism, appearance, intelligence, personality, temperament, attitude, confidence, willingness, eagerness, and responsiveness - the list of their dignities is not exhaustive.
Instructors
Michel Girard Mille
With 30 years of experience in teaching horse riding in harmony between horse and rider, Michel provides a huge experience of instructing the quality of the communication between horse and rider in dressage and show jumping. Showing up with successful own competing until the age of 45, he followed up with giving classes to his students who provided various placements at the national level (French championships). In love with his horses and nature, he is a guide who established itineraries with exceptional views and picknick spots in the region of Aquitaine, Perigord, Basque Mountains.
Location
The center is located on the Atlantic coast of Les Landes, on a 13-hectare territory patched with wild forests and pastures surrounding the stables, to say nothing of the Atlantic Ocean shore with its mesmerizing dunes just a stone’s throw away.
Food
The package price includes the 3 daily meals. Centre Équestre le Marina provides all kinds of food except vegan food and all kinds of drinks during the meal!
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soda
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
Participants wishing to have a two-week stay can also enjoy a boat trip, a visit to Arcachon, or perform other activities subject to prior discussion.
What's included
- 15 hours of equestrian classes
- 15 hours of English classes
- 7 nights accommodation
- 3 meals daily
- Access to quality facilities on-site
- High-quality instruction in-class
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers (45 EUR per way)
- Federal liability and accident insurance (27 EUR, minus 18 years old)
- Annulation insurance (45 - 70 EUR per stay for 1 to 2 weeks)
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
BOD
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
82 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 52 per person
Driving directions from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)
Please check in at the guest house on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Parents can drive their ingenious learners directly to the center located in Mimizan Bourg, at a distance of 55 miles (90 kilometers) slightly to the southwest of Bordeaux. Otherwise, for participants allowed to travel on their own, Centre Équestre le Marina ensures group transfers from the main transport hubs to the center and back at an affordable price of 50 EUR (one way).
On Sunday, a day before a session starts, the shuttle will pick them up from either “Bordeaux Int’l MérignacAirport” at 4:00 p.m. (CET) or from “Bordeaux Saint-Jean SNCF train station” at 5:00 p.m. (CET). Next Sunday, a day after the session closes, the same shuttle will bring them back to the departure points by 11:00 a.m. Keep this information in mind when booking tickets.
Airport: Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Airport transfer available:
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (US$ 52 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 21 days before arrival.
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