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Schedules and documents for download:

Summer and Autumn Half Term Programme - 2008
SDHEPC ODE Schedule - Saturday 13th September
Turton Open Hunter Trial Schedules - Saturday 30th August
Rally Booking Form (April 2008)
Tack and Dress Chart

Headlines:

Summer and Autumn Half Term programme of rallies and events now available to download using the links above.

Schedules for all our summer open shows now available to download using the links above.

Photos of Junior Camp taken by Craig Payne, C.Images Photography

New Rally Booking Form and Tack & Dress chart now available to download using above links.

Urgent announcements website is now live. Click here to view.

Venue location maps are available under ACTIVITIES

Attention all parents / guardians / able-bodied helpers. Your Pony Club needs you! Our major events won't happen unless you help set up, run and clear up. See Help Required below.

Click here to see photos of some branch activities and members exploits

The Southdown Hunt Branch, which was formed in 1931, divided into East and West in 1976 when its membership stood at more than 400. Today the Southdown Hunt East Branch is the biggest in Area 11, with 77% of the 230 members being under 15 years of age.

While the Branch does its best to provide a balanced programme of activities to suit all age and ability groups, it is inevitable that considerable emphasis is laid on helping beginners and novice riders. We have about 90 rallies a year and raise a number of teams at mini and novice level in dressage, eventing and show jumping. At present, there is a strong interest in mounted games (both our Senior and Junior teams qualified for Sansaw in 2006), and we are trying to encourage polo, polocrosse, pony racing and tetrathlon.

Our boundaries stretch from the coast northwards to Ardingly and across to Cross-in-Hand, down to Seaford and along the coast to Portslade and Southwick. The A23 roughly forms our western boundary, just as the A22 is approximately our eastern edge. No boundary, however, is rigid and many of the venues we use are also used by neighbouring Branches. We have excellent relations with these Branches, however, and often organise joint activities and test days. The map on this page will give you an idea of the extent of our area and shows the location of venues where our rallies and other activities take place.

If you want to know how to get in touch with us, click on Contact Us above for full details of Branch officials, Chief Instructor, rally organisers etc. Use Activities to see what our current programme provides in the way of rallies, outings and other activities. Latest News will bring you up to date on achievements within the Branch, such as test passes and competition successes, and contains announcements concerning Camp, etc.

If you would still like to know more, feel free to telephone any of the Branch officials (see Contact Us). You can download a membership application form from the Pony Club website, or we are happy to send you one. Completed forms should be sent to our Membership Secretary/Treasurer, Dr Ripley.

Internationally The Pony Club has a membership of over 110,000 across 18 countries, making it the largest association of riders in the world. Most British equestrian medal winners at The Olympics and World Championships have been Members of The Pony Club.