Rockwood Harriers Branch of The Pony Club

Thank you to all for renewing your membership and welcome to our many new members- we hope that you have many happy years as part of the Rockwood Harriers Pony Club family.

We are sorry to lose, at the end of the membership year, Emily Gilfillan, who has reached her 25th birthday. Emily has been a member of the branch for many years. Polo cross is Emily’s passion and over the years she has represented RHPC at the Championships, Internationals both at home and abroad. She is about to depart down under as part of the UK World Cup team. We wish Emily lots fun!

We are also delighted to have members out competing very successfully at Triathlon. Congratulations to Emily Bone and Jake Harris who qualified for the Winter Triathlon Qualifier. Annabel Hodges competed in a mixed mini team near Alnwick, which was placed 1st, well done! Anyone interested in finding out more about this please contact Cathy Sykes.

Novice and nervous night

Brilliant evening organised by Barbara, lots of fun was had by all. Thank you to all who volunteered on the night.

Pony Club Ball

An enormous thank you to the ball committee for all your hard work, time and commitment. Jane, Lisa, Bugsy and Antonia

A spectacular evening of fun, excellent food and entertainment. Monies raised in support of Kirkwood Hospice and Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Mini 5th

Ruby broadhead

Hermine Greenhalgh-Brook

Poppy Eichorn-Swift

Area 3 Horse and Pony care competition results

Congratulations for all your hard work and commitment:

Junior 6th

Leah Wilby

Isabelle Connelly

Rebecca Mosley

Coaching Step 1 Training

Despite the blustery and freezing temperatures everyone enjoyed themselves. Congratulations to Molly, Amy, Isabella, Alanis, Elizabeth, Lucy, Lizzy, Ruby and Lucy from Ryburn pony club all of whom completed their Coaching Step 1 training day. They will continue to build up their portfolio so look out for the guys at Junior, Mini camps and events. Special mention to our ‘Guinea pigs’ who kindly volunteered for the afternoon and coped amazingly well in the arctic conditions along with their parents. Thank you to Sue Chadwick for hosting the event and to Helen Lister and Catherine Cundall our instructors for the day.

Mounted Games

Hi folks, well done to all who competed over the Pennies this weekend this was as usual a strong competition. The senior A final was fast and furious and it was great to see the progress our A’s have made since Belton and Sinnington. The B team continue to improve and it was good to give the juniors some real competition. Congratulations to all members who have competed at the start of the season and we look forward to seeing you in the weeks ahead.

Alma

Musical Ride 2019 – “Schools out for Summer” After a great rally at Woodnook on 2nd March we have our 2019 team made up of some of last year’s team and some new riders taking part. Rebecca Mosley, Holly Jones, Nicole Meigh, Phoebe Sykes, Olivia Morton, Layla Grieve, Jessica Blake, Noah Sykes and Poppy Eichorn Swift. Age ranging from 5 to 14years so this is a great opportunity for all. We have space for one further competent Junior / Senior, so if you are interested please contact Lisa Meigh. We have our theme and practices are scheduled to start on Tuesday Evenings from 7th May, with our trainer Sue Chadwick. We will be performing our musical ride twice at both Emley (3rd August) and Penistone (14th Septem-ber) shows which will be very exciting for the team. This gives us a trial run before champs on the 20th August. It would be great to see some friendly faces at the shows supporting the team. So, if you can make it that would be fantastic! Thanks Lisa

Happening over the Easter period:

Introduction to Eventing Monday 22nd April -Sue Chadwick £30 Air field contact Bridget to book

Wednesday 24th April Combined Training rally With Sue Chadwick & Sharon Wadsworth. Woodnook Arena £20 book with Charlotte please.

14th April introduction to Pony Club Coaching Step 1 (16yrs+) Crossland Moor Airfield. Thank you to our volunteer riders.

Show Jumping clinic every Tuesday and Thursday at Thorncliffe Farm Shop with Dawn Jackson

Mounted games practices now on Horbury Lagoon -setting up from 6.30pm - Alma

All these events involve a huge amount of work and organisation in advance and think you to the teams working tirelessly to ensure they’re each a success. They all also require lots of helpers on the day so do please volunteer. There are tasks suitable for everyone unless otherwise stated.

Vaccination update!

Please note individual venues may have specific rules and procedures, please check before you go!

Please note that following the latest advice from the BEF concerning equine flu many venues used by The Pony Club require horses and ponies to have had a booster in the last six months. With Dengie and Mounted Games trials happening please make sure that you are up to date and if in doubt please consult your local vet. The Pony Club vaccination rule states that no pony may attend a competition if it has had a booster in the previous 6 days so timing is key. We will be checking passports at these events.

I look forward to seeing you all at lots of events through the spring and summer!

Happy Easter

Ann Shepherd

Winter events have included:

B test training

Introduction to coaching evening

Mounted games rallies/ training

Teddy bear rally

Flatwork/ polo Crosse rallies

Richmond/Hepworth event training

Grid work/SJ/ Musical ride rallies

Introduction to eventing at Epworth

Please send pictures and information to Charlotte Oldroyd for the forthcoming newsletter.

Email:CharlotteOld@hotmail.com