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VENUE CHANGE FOR LAST RALLY OF THE SUMMER FROM WALKERNBURY TO ION FARM, LOWER GRAVENHURST.
PAGE LAST UPDATED ON 24TH August 2008
PUCKERIDGE HUNT WESTERN NEWS
The website becomes much more interesting when we have up-to-date news.
Please email any stories, successes, reports, pictures, competition results at other Pony Club branches competitions etc to nickytollafield@hotmail.co.uk
SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2008
Electronic version of Summer Newsletter with attachments available via the following link.
Summer NewsletterPWPC MERCHANDISE - SWEATSHIRTS, POLO SHIRTS, ETC
Tracey Hay has kindly taken over the role of supplier of all PWPC clothing - please see attached file for full details of styles, sizes and prices together with Tracey's contact details.
PWPC MerchandiseNEWS FROM THE PONY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
TETRATHLON - Jon and Jessica Earp headed to Hartbury College in Gloucestershire for the Tet Championships where reports back inform that the whole event was 'awesome' - both PWPC members gave their all and had a great time.
SHOW JUMPING - Louise Beechener (Hilltop Baby Blue) contested the Individual Intermediate Competition at Draycott, Derbyshire over two rounds - just tipping the first fence in round one for 4 faults, they jumped a clear in the second round to finish 8th!
EVENTING - Louise was joined by Gina Weedon (Midnight Delight) and Sophie Adams (Surely a Crime) for the Intermediate Eventing Championships where the team finished 9th and Sophie 8th in her arena - a great acheivement especially as there was no discard score - all jumped clear across country within the time.
There are some great stories coming back including a mystery blonde joining Mandy and Brian in bed during the night! Looking forward to reporting more - pictures etc to follow.
MAIN CAMP AT ION FARM, LOWER GRAVENHURST 27TH JULY TO 2ND AUGUST 2008
'The best thing about Pony Club is camp - no parents, just ponies, friends and lots of fun'
Jackie and Steven Chandler opened up their facilities at Ion Farm to 42 campers and their ponies/horses - it seemed that no sooner had the ponies been secured on lines/stables that the water pistols were out and the fun had begun.
Rumour has it that parents mounted a raid on the campers who went swimming on Monday night and found themselves somewhat wetter on their return from the pool ........!
Camp came to a sad end on Saturday with tired and happy children and ponies heading home for some sleep! Prior to exiting Ion Farm, a inter patrol relay took place (unfortunately in the pouring rain!), tack and turnout, ODE and patrol prizes given out together with C and D+ and D test passes.
JNA Photography visited camp on Friday for the ODE and pictures can be found on their website.
MINI CAMP AT ION FARM, LOWER GRAVENHURST 24TH TO 26TH JULY 2008
Twenty mini campers had three fun filled busy days at Ion Farm, Lower Gravenhurst with ponies and children alike leaving each day tired and happy. Lots of riding, tests were taken and a combined training event contested - many thanks must go to Anita Foy for organising Mini Camp, to the parents who provided the instructors lunches and the instructors, Marianne, Lynne, Dawn and Suzanne. Jackie and Steven Chandler were as generous as always with the lovely facilities at Ion Farm and older pony club members gave valuable assistance to instructors and mini campers.
The first day was captured on camera by JNA Photography, the pictures can be viewed at www.jnaphotography.com - our first mini camp report has been recieved from Barnaby and is available for reading via the following link.
My first Pony Club Camp by Barnaby age 5AREA COMPETITIONS 2008
Area 8 Team Competitions take place through the summer with the disciplines of Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing and Tetrathlon being contested by PWPC Teams in up to three sections - Novice, Intermediate and Open.
EVENTING - Run by Soham & District on the week-end of 9th and 10th August at Isleham, PWPC sent three teams to contest the Novice, Intermediate and Open. The Novice Team (Pip Dixon - Brend, Charlotte Cooper - Polar Sun, Charlotte Connolly - Herbie is Bananas and Josh Sutton - Kurt) had a marathon day as there were lots of teams entered and finished 2ND QUALIFYING FOR NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIPS! Individually Pip was 2nd in her arena and Charlotte Connolly 3rd.
The Intermediate Team (Sophie Adams - Surely A Crime, Gina Weedon - Midnight Delight, Joe Wright - The Real McCoy and Louise Beechener - Hilltop Baby Blue) also had a fabulous day finishing 2ND QUALIFYING FOR INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS! Individually Gina was 3rd in her section and Sophie, Joe and Louise 5th in their respective sections).
The Open Team (Abbi Forsyth - Willoughby Chase, Rachel Underhill - Tabatha Bay, Kirsty Short - Bouncer and Bridget Andrews - Little Miss Conundrum) all went well over a testing course.
SHOW JUMPING - Run by PWPC on Tuesday 5th August at Graveley Park Chesfield five teams were entered - in the Novice Arena Jack Andrews - Jessie, Hannah Conway - Jack, Charlotte Connolly - Irish Ted and Rachel Christie - all jumped well to finish on a team total of 16. The second PWPC team in the Novice Arena Pip Dixon - Brend, Emily Tollafield - Squirrel, Olivia Griffin - JJ and Charlotte Cooper - had an exciting time finishing 5th in the turnout and jumping well to finish on a team score of 4 - which left them equal 4th on faults - once the times were added up for the second round they finished 9th.
Special mention must go to Jack Andrews, Emily Tollafield and Olivia Griffin who all jumped double clears over a technical course in testing conditions. Jack finished 8th individually.
The Intermediate Arena saw PWPC represented by Jessica Earp - Jeeves, Joe Wright - Heidi, Lilly Golding -, Georgina Andrews - Willow, and the second team Jon Earp - Murphy O'Duffy, Louise Beechener - Hilltop Baby Blue, Georgina Weedon - Midnight Delight and Kirsty Short - Bouncer - everyone went well with the second team coming 6th in the turnout, 6th in the jumping and Louise winning individually and qualifying for the Championships.
In the Open Arena Abbi Forsyth - Willoughby Chase, Harriet Jones - Darcy, Rachel Underhill - Tabatha Bay and Bridget Andrews - Little Miss Connondrum finished 4t in the turnout and 6th as a team.
Photos are available for viewing and purchase at www.sporting-moments.com
TETRATHLON - Team Earp were out in force at the Area Tetrathlon on 2nd and 3rd August at Stratford Hills. Jessica Earp WON the open girls section which is a fantastic achievement and she heads to the Tet Championships alongwith Jon who also qualified.
DRESSAGE - The first of the Area 8 Team Competitions was the Dressage kindly hosted by Easton Harriers at Stratford Hills on Sunday 20th July 2008, the team competition is contested in the morning and individual tests ridden in the afternoon.
PWPC sent two teams - Intermediate (Gina Weedon - Midnight Delight, Sophie Adams - Surely A Crime, Jon Earp - Murphy O'Duffy and Pip Dixon - Brend) - the team were 3rd! missing out on qualifying for the National Championships by one placing, individually members were well placed. The afternoon saw three team members being well placed too!
The Novice Team (Hannah Conway - Jack, Charlotte Connolly - Herbie is Bananas, Megan Bayliss - Sam and Laura Whitely - Drizzle) all team members rode good tests in the morning and excelled themselves in the afternoon with superb tests being ridden and placings being acheived by all Hannah and Charlotte were 3rd, Laura 4th and Megan 5th.
PWPC'S Novice Eventing Team
THE CALVERT CUP 2008 - CHESFIELD PARK, GRAVELEY ON SUNDAY 13TH JULY
What a fabulous day - Chesfield Park looked amazing thanks to Jackie Chandler and Nick Mason together with their teams of strimmers, toppers, dressage arena assemblers etc etc!
Full results follow - many congratulations to all PWPC members who represented our branch and to those members of the of PWPC 'B' and 'A' Teams who were 4th and 5th respectively. Individually Abbi Forsyth was 3rd andJessica Earp 5th in Section A and Georgina Weedon at her first Calvert Cup 6th in Section D.
Sporting Moments captured the day on camera - the photographs are available for viewing at www.sportingmoments.com
Calvert Cup 2008 ResultsPWPC OPEN SHOW AT CHESFIELD ON SUNDAY 6TH JULY 2008
A huge thanks to Tracey Hay, her family, friends and everyone else who pitched in and made the Annual Open Pony Club Show a success despite the weather during the middle part of the day.
With a wide and varied range of classes for competitors of all ages and abilities, the show was enjoyed by all - JNA Photography were kept busy with five rings in operation and as usual captured the day on camera - proofs and pictures are available for viewing and purchase at jnaphotography.com.
Results will follow asap.
April - June 2008