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Congratulations to Sophie and Tor

Two of our senior members have recently had much to celebrate.  Sophie Beldham passed her BHS examinations and now holds the Associate Instructor qualification with distinction and Victoria Edwards passed the new B+ Pony Club Efficiency Test.  B+ is pitched as a major stepping stone towards the A test.

These are both prestigious achievements and [...]

Hazel Perry, Pony Club Ambassador

By now you will be familiar with receiving regular emails from branch member Hazel Perry who has tirelessly organised rallies and events for the younger members of the branch, in addition to oganising teams and supporting members at competitions, for the past two years.  Hazel was also the inspiration behind the hugely successful Mini Horse Trials run for the [...]

Pony Club ‘A’ Test success for Hayley Moore

Please share our congratulations to Hayley Moore on passing her Pony Club ‘A’ Test last year.  Hayley was a member of the branch from 1991 to 2012 (yes, that is 21 years) and is, of course, no longer eligible for membership.

We hopefully look forward to seeing Hayley again in the future as an instructor.

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Ben Berrill at the Pony Club Championships

Ben Berrill and Ready Eddie Go represented the branch in the Area Showjumping Competition.  They successfully qualified for the National Novice Championships held in Cheshire.  This is Ben’s report of his experience competing in his first national competition.

The Pony Club Novice Championships 2012

The Pony Club Novice Championships at Kelsall Hill [...]

Senior Camp 2012

I’m sure the seventy members who attended Senior Camp had a great time if the photographs are anything to go by! The photo’s are now all available for viewing here.  Our thanks go, as always, to Anthony Rowles-Jones and his team of staff and to Sarah Muggeridge and the instructors.

Prize winners were as follows:

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Area 11 Show Jumping at Felbridge

I am very grateful to Candy Robbins for supplying the following report. I would also like to add my congratulations to Ben Berrill and Ready Eddie Go on their success in gaining a place at the Pony Club Championships in Cheshire.

Southdown Hunt East sent 4 teams to the Area show jumping at Felbridge on [...]

Two members gain their Hunting Certificates

I am grateful to Katie Giddings for the following news report:

I thought you would be interested to hear that Beth Giddigs and Chloe Fry were both awarded their Pony Club Hunting Certificate at the closing meet of OSB & WK Hunt yesterday.  You may remember that we asked your permission  at the beginning of [...]

Eddie says “Attention all ‘D’ testers!”

Member Ben Berrill (age 13) has created a wonderful fun and educational website which will be of interest to anyone working towards their D test.

Ben has been rewarded for his hard work with an ICT Scholarship.  Well done!

Mike

Southdown West Dressage at Albourne

Fiona Mitchell has kindly submitted the following report:

Yesterday, a number of members competed at Southdown West’s dressage competition held at Albourne equestrian centre. It was a well organized show with excellent surfaces and warm up facilities. Well worth making a note in the diary for next years show as young inexperienced riders were really [...]

Not so oopsy daisy for Georgia Corrin

Georgia Corrin and Oopsy Daisy had a great time at the East Sussex Dengie Dressage at Golden Cross today and came 1st in the walk and trot test with a score of 90%.

Well done to both of them!

Mike