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 the hunting season for the girls to undertake this test with OSB, as you know we regularly follow and support this pack. The girls have hunted (both Autumn Hunting and Full Hunting) on about 20 occasions this season. To achieve the certificate they had to accompany an adult subscriber twice during the season, once autumn hunting and one full hunting day, and prove they could cross the country and were knowledgeable about the hunting day. The girls spent a day at Kennels helping, and even worked in the flesh house with our huntsman (rather them than me!), and finally had to answer a written test all about hunting terms and etiquette. So it was quite an undertaking for them, but one they obviously thoroughly enjoyed!
In addition to achieving the PC certificate Beth and Chloe were also given their Jorrocks Hunt Button, which is a special award given to youngsters in our hunt who are helpful , courteous and well turned out on the hunt field, this button is a real honour and highly respected, so Claire and I are both thrilled that they have both been recognised as offering a valuable contribution to a very adult environment!
We thought you would like to hear of the girls success, we are very proud of them both!
Congratulations to both girls!
Mike