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Mounted Games Report Two

I am always pleased when members write about their experiences and the fact that Sienna has also written about the Mounted Games Team’s visit to the Pony Club Championships in addition to Ace is a lovely bonus. As they explain, Sienna and Ace have both become to old to compete again next year; they [...]

Mounted Games Report

I am grateful to Ace Robbins for sending me the following report on the Mounted Games Team’s experiences of going to the championships.  There’s also a lovely picture at the bottom of this post of the team with their rosettes!

Mike

Pony Club Championships 2011

We arrived in Draycott House and met with the [...]

Lizzie Trumphs in Eventing

Another of our talented branch members has held the branch flag high in the national Pony Club Championships in Derbyshire.  Lizzie Tillard came 2nd in her arena in the Open Eventing competition!  This is a terrific result; no other rider from Area 11 was placed in the the open competition and Lizzie is therefore ranked [...]

Jo Mitchell – Photograph

Fiona Mitchell has kindly forwarded a picture of Jo with her sash and rosette after winning her arena in the Area 11 Dressage Competition:

Mounted Games Team 3rd in Championships

I had a message from Sue Lee this afternoon to say that our senior mounted games team came 3rd in the Pony Club Intermediate Level Championships today.  This is an absolutely terrific result and congratulations to all concerned.  Hopefully we will have a full report in due course.

Mike

Pony Club Test Passes & Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the following members who have recently passed efficiency tests.  Well done to everyone!

C+ Test

Chloe Fry, Beatrice Lewers and Abigail Martin.

C Test

Olivia Greenwood and William Gribble.

D+ Test

Ophelia Bate, Florence Evans-Thomas, Isabel Forster, Selina Nash, Jasmine Pearce and Matthew Perry.

D Test

Cerys Kelly, Francesca Turner and Polly Wagenmann.

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The England Trial

I think this is best left to Sienna Howell to explain and the answer to her final rhetorical question is a resounding YES!

The England trial is a yearly event giving just one selected member from each pony club the opportunity to represent their country in Prince Phillip Cup mounted games at Windsor. Selected to [...]

Eventing

Some of our older members have been out Eventing this season.  Hazel Perry and Amy Dunn have been active and Hazel writes “We did the Intermediate at Coombelands where I finished 2nd and Amy 4th. We then did the intermediate at Nurstead where I finished 2nd and Amy 7th. We then did the intermediate at [...]

Jo Mitchell

Jo continues to have a cracking year having helped her school team (Mayfield) to glory in the 2010 National Schools Equestrian Association county championships.

More recently she entered her first proper horse trials at Mattingley on 8th May and won her section of the Intro competition with a double clear on top of an amazing [...]

Pony Club Test Passes

Congratulations to the following members on passing their Pony Club Efficiency Tests over the past two days.  May I also congratulate all those who I saw on their smart turnout – well done!

C Test

William Beldham,  Charlotte Burden, Lara Curtis,  Rosanna Curtis,  Beth Giddings,  Greta Israel,  Jo Mitchell and  Alice Reffin;

D+ Test

Katie [...]