February 2013.indd - The Pony Club Branches

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Branch Committee Acting District Commissioner Lucy Workman 07900 865441 lucyaworkman@gmail.com Secretary & Membership Lynne Palmer 07812 563795 lynnepalmer2@btinternet.com Treasurer Phillip Jay 07802 789639 pony@velvetgrove.co.uk Rallies Co-ordinator Senior SJ Events Co-ordinator Junior Dressage & SJ Lucy Edmunds 07812 365072 edmunds@esimon22.orangehome. co.uk Mary Curtis 07790 735254 curtis.djmv@btconnect.com Senior Dressage & Child Protection Jayne France 07757 033777 fjayne858@hotmail.co.uk Health & Safety / Shooting Russell Cox 07970 026582 russellfruitandhoney@gmail.com Branch Co-ordinators Intermediate SJ & Dressage Julia Rawlings 07714 697 003 julia.rawlings@hotmail.co.uk Games Tara Hayes 07714 191684 tarajhayes@hotmail.co.uk Efficiency Tests Joanna Cox 07940 163974 connectcox@btinternet.com B test training Wendy Chinnock 01458 792400 chinnocks@googlemail.com Tetrathlon & Triathlon Claire Ainsworth 07889 192119 aphilclaire@aol.com Eventing Venetia Kenney- Herbert 01934 822170 vkenneyherbert@gmail.com Swimming Cisca Norris 07812 036664 weeksgreen@btinternet.com Logistics Denzil Hayes / Russell Cox 07974 038764 Through Tara by email Unmounted Rallies Catherine Bastyan 07841 511295 telandcath@gmail.com Team SJ Co-ordinator & Merchandise Carolyn Durston 07817 128431 carolyndurston@aol.com These are the contact details for your committee and co-ordinators. Remember that time is precious and to call at a reasonable hour. If you have to leave a message, please explain the reason for your call. Chief Instructor At the last committee meeting, we elected Jo Roberts as our Chief Instructor. Jo was a Polden Hills member for 11 years and has also been a Pony Club mum for 11 years, with her son being a member of Quantock Pony Club. This means Jo can offer valuable insight to Pony Club, both as a member, and as a parent. Jo recognises the challenge at both ends of the club, with the Minis needing well qualified instructors to ensure safety and progression, and our Seniors requiring high level and specialist training. Jo is happy to offer advice to members and parents on a range of issues, such as feeding, nutrition, bitting etc. We recognise that not all parents are as experienced as others, so please, if you’re worried about something, contact Jo. Texting is usually the best way to contact her on 07970 165148 The club has been running for a while without a Chief Instructor, and many decisions have had to be made during that period. We hope that we have held the fort adequately and that Jo can gently settle into the role. There may of course, be changes, and we welcome Jo to the position and look forward to new ideas. Booking into rallies Until further notice the booking in procedure remains as follows: Please phone your coordinator to book in, at least 7 days ahead, and pay on the night: £5 if you booked in a week in advance, £7 if you booked in late. Costs of rallies are going to be discussed at the co-ordinator’s meeting. Groups are decided with the help of our chief instructor, who works alongside co-ordinators to plan training. One issue we have with current groupings, is that rides are very small. Rallies are mostly subsidised through funds 2
we raise, and the smaller the group, the higher the subsidy. Group sizes, and whether we should cancel training that is poorly supported, will be discussed at the co-ordinator’s meeting. Tack and Turnout There has been a noticeable drop in standards of turnout at recent rallies. It has been very wet, and we understand that ponies do get muddy, but it is not acceptable to turn up at a rally with dirty tack or ponies. Dirty tack is a health risk to ponies, and is more likely to decay and get broken. Arriving to a lesson with a muddy pony is disrespectful to the instructor, and is letting yourself, your pony and the club down. Polden Hills Pony Club has been known in the past for it’s high standard of tack and turnout, so please make the effort to keep up the standards. Our instructors check tack and turnout at the beginning of every lesson, and should let you know if your turnout is poor. Co-ordinators will also remind parents when appropriate. There are some noteable exceptions to the deteriorating standards of turnout, you know who you are: well done, keep it up! Easter Residential Camp Residential camp is taking place at a new venue this year, Pontispool Equine Sports Centre near Taunton, from the evening of Thursday 11th April through to Sunday 14th April. We will arrive at 7pm on the Thursday evening giving all of us and our ponies time to get settled, so we are ready for a full programme of activities starting on the Friday morning. We have a jam-packed programme of riding, demonstrations and other fun activities, so it is important that ponies arrive fit as they will be ridden for a minimum of four hours a day. You will be put into cabins with your choice of friends and the camp will be fully catered. Ponies are stabled on site. The cost of camp is £150 for the first child, £120 for a second child attending, and £90 for a third child from the same family attending. Camp forms have been sent out to all eligible members, so if you want your child to attend camp, please can you return the slip with a non refundable booking deposit of £25 by 1st March. The remaining fees will be due on the first day of camp. You will be required to fill out a more detailed form closer to camp. Camp is open to members aged 10 years and above on the first day of camp. All horses attending camp must have current flu/tet vaccinations. Could you be stable manager at camp? If you feel you have good horse care knowledge, are well organised and can be assertive with our members, why not give it a try? Please call Joanna Cox to find out more about the role. 07940 163974 Presentations at the Awards Evening: All members received a cloth badge and a date badge for their sweatshirts. Those who have represented the club at National level received a cloth badge. Open SJ Individual: Anna East. Novice SJ Team: Jess Bartlett, Grace Bishop, Annabelle Jay and Tash Puddy. Novice Dressage Team:Jen Cox, Charlotte Day, Holly Jackson and Annabelle Jay. Novice Eventing Individuals: Annabelle Jay and Tash Puddy. Junior cup: Kerri Curtis Intermediate cup: Chloe Small Senior cup: Tasha Puddy Jo Brooks cup for Effort & Improvement: Awarded jointly to Mitch Bastyan and Ashley Palmer Junior SJ cup: Emily Billing Senior SJ cup: Annabelle Jay Junior dressage cup: Lara Jay Senior dressage cup: Lauren Brookes Eventing cup: Grace Bishop Shooting: Katy Durston Junior Tri: Lucy Pitman Senior Tri: Harry France Junior Tet: Flo Norris Senior Tet: Will Cox Games: Molly Spraggon (Juniors), Anna Forrester (Seniors) Many different factors contribute to deciding on these awards such as the member’s commitment to the club, their attitude to others and their horse, overcoming problems and riding achievements both in and outside of the club. Congratulations to all of you, and my apologies to those who missed out on a mention on the night. Avon Vale Triathlon at Stonar School On this glorious sunny day four children held the Polden Hills flag very high and certainly put the club on the map - Josh Cobb and Cisca Norris were competing in the Biathlon class and finished 1st and 2nd individually (Josh 1st and Cisca 2nd). Josh won the swimming phase closely followed by Cisca who was just 2 metres behind. They both then sprinted around the 600 metre running course, with Josh gaining the second quickest time of the day. They both did superbly well and as well as their individual rosettes and medal their team (a mixture of Polden Hills and West Wilts) finished 1st too. Flo had a very good day against some tough opposition and finished in 12th place individually after a very good run phase, with her team finishing in 5th place. Sam had a wonderful day scoring over the magic 1000 points in both the swimming and running phases (the only competitor in his class to do so). He finished 2nd in the swimming with a personal best of 135 metres in the 2 minutes and won the running phase with a great run of 3.53 minutes over the 1000 metres course. He finished in 2nd place overall and has gained a place at the National Pony Club Triathlon Championships in Milton Keynes on 17th March 2013 - a super achievement considering he is 2 years younger than most of his competitors and 3
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