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Please can I say a huge thanks to Mel (manager) and Anne (instructor) plus the very many young assistants at the Dilmun Stables’ Pony Day Camp last week.

My two daughters, Ella, six, and Freya, four, left, attended one of the two days over the Eid holidays and spent several blissful hours in riding lessons, pony care, stable management and general ‘horseyness’.

All of this under the very patient and watchful eyes of Mel and her team. My two exited the stables begrudgingly, exhausted but so happy! Thank you so much and roll on the next Pony Camp event!

Sharon Nicklin,
By email.

I was very pleased to read in last week’s issue that F1 bosses are backing Bahrain and making it clear there will be a race in Bahrain next season. Well done GulfWeekly for dispelling the rumours that the race was going to be lost which were spreading like wildfire here and abroad. What has the international press got against Bahrain?

Thousands of ordinary Bahrainis signed your F1 petition and those special books put on display around the kingdom to stage the race this year but we were thwarted by a hate campaign we did not deserve.

Keep up the good work and continue the campaigning on behalf of Bahrain - power to your pages.

Mohammed,
Riffa.

I work as an English teacher at a municipal school. I’ve travelled to Bahrain several times and was so impressed by its history and culture that I decided to give lessons about the country to my students.

We have some printed material such as maps, brochures and books about Bahrain but I also want to give one lesson about the symbols of your country, including the flag and its meaning.

Could one of your readers send me a fabric flag, if possible? I hope it will motivate the children to learn a foreign language and encourage them to consider a trip to Bahrain.

Oleg Novoselov,
Tula, Russia.olegnovoselovfamily1@gmail.com

Editor’s note: The oldest known flags of Bahrain were plain red. In 1820, Bahrain signed a treaty with the UK, and a white stripe was added to the flag to indicate the truce. In 1932, a serrated edge was added to distinguish the flag of Bahrain from those of its neighbours. The flag originally had twenty-eight white points, but this was reduced to eight in 1972. In 2002 the number was again reduced to five, so that each of the points could stand for one of the Five Pillars of Islam.