BROCKLESBY HUNT PONY CLUB

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1 BROCKLESBY HUNT PONY CLUB A newsletter brought to you by your Pony Club Committee VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2018 What s on Area ODE training 80cm up to 70cm SJ/XC techniques SJ rally All of the Limber rallies are available to book onto now SPRING HUNTER TRIAL MINI ODE 2018 CAMP Membership Date due Members are reminded that subscriptions need to be fully paid up by 28th February if you wish to compete at Area level or above in any discipline and should your child wish to attend Pony Club Camp this year. Please take a note of your membership number as you will need this for booking onto any rallies. We have our own Brocklesby Hunt Pony Club numnah s these are available in blue and have the Pony Club logo and Brocklesby Hunt written on them. These are Jumpers are also available contact Clare Herring for size and price Pony Club Area competitions and Championships LANDROVER REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS With encouragement in mind the Pony Club created a grassroots competition for younger and more novice members to gain valuable experience as a pre cursor to the Senior Championships, known as the Regional Championships. In the last two years, our teams and individual members have again been successful at Championship level in both dressage and eventing. A great experience for these members and we want more of you to experience the fun. The Branch would like to send teams and/or individuals depending on numbers for Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing & Tetrathlon to this years Regional Area competitions. You enter as a team to go to the Areas which are based at Rolleston/ Melton Mowbray or Newark. Should the team come in the top 7 (subject to penalty rule for the ODE) they then qualify for the regionals at Keysoe (again 2 hours away). Dates Areas ODE 14/15th July 2018/Dressage 08th July/Showjumping 24th June Regional Championships 8/9th September 2018 Commitment required To attend training rallies where possible. It is also good to compete in some other Pony Club ODE s as it gives you a chance to practice and see what it is like. You need to be available on the dates for Areas and the Regionals to qualify. Cost (subject to numbers the Club may pay 50% of the entry fees) Areas ODE n the region of 65, Regionals ODE in the region of 80, SJ/Dressage approx. 40 present plus stable fees 70 for 2 nights 40 for 1 night Team managers are to arrange additional training sessions, attend on the day, book the team in, arrange times and make sure that everyone is in the right place at the right time. If you are interested in doing this as a one off or until further notice please contact Nikki Byrne. Team s 80 cm ODE Nikki Byrne N1xeb.byrne@gmail.com 90cm ODE Vacancy Someone required or team can not run Showjumping Vacancy Someone required or team can not run Dressage Vacancy Someone required or team can not run

2 Camp 2018 Save the Date Can we please have formal expressions of interest via to Corinne Williams by Friday 2nd March, please include the Camp wanting to attend, name, DOB and current address of those wishing to attend. Junior Non Residential Camp 100 Thursday 26th July - Saturday 28th July Age 7 and under and those not wishing to stay over Junior Residential Camp 130 Thursday 26th July - Saturday 28th July Age 8-11 (Year 6) Senior Residential Camp 220 Sunday 29th July - Thursday 2nd August Age Year 7 plus Requirements A 50% deposit due Friday 30th March, balance due Friday 29th June. Absolutely all abilities welcome at our Summer Camp, please contact us for further info and we look forward to seeing you all! Corinne and Jo xx All members must attend at least 1 Limber Rally and must have joined by 28th February to be able to attend camp. Those that have attended the most rallies will be given priority. First come, first served so get you responses in asap as we will have limited numbers again. Each parent will be expected to help out on at least one session over the camp period. First aid training and DBS checks What do we need We need you!! Are you a first aider? Would you like to be one? We need a first aider to attend every rally that we arrange. The training is only for a day and if we can get a few of us together this could be fun. The more parents we have the easier it makes this to organise. If you are interested please contact Rachel Kloosterboer kloostys@live.co.uk Mini We have enjoyed lots of mini rallies over the last year, and more recently a very festive, very cold rally at Christmas. These are great little rallies to help keep the mini s and their ponies going throughout the winter months and we see new faces all the time which is GREAT! We do games, jumping, eat lots of sweets, perfect for lead rein and just off lead rein. Dates Look out for new dates starting for the end of January on alternate Thursdays and Saturdays on the rally booking page on the Pony Club Website Rally Organiser Sophie Dale Sophiedale@live.co.uk Brocklesby Country Fair Save the date Sunday 17th June 2018 We shall be performing a short display in the Main Ring at the Country Fair again this summer which is always a good recruiting ground for new members, and an opportunity for us to show our appreciation of its association with the Estate. Please keep an eye on the website for more details of how to become involved in this display. It is also hoped that we shall be running a jumping relay competition in a new area much closer to the Main Ring which should enable riders to enjoy the Fair a bit more too! Further details will follow shortly but do spread the word!

3 Triathlon and Tetrathlon The Brocklesby Hunt Pony Club have several children who are very keen in this discipline. Pony Club triathlon and tetrathlon are one of the harder disciplines within the Pony Club as they involve other sports learned outside of Pony Club. They are exciting, challenging and children make many friends from different Pony Clubs across the country and remain friends for life. The sport of tetrathlon is similar to pentathlon except that our children ride their own ponies/horses across cross country and not strange horses in showjumping. The children shoot pistols, ride cross country, swim and ride across country. In triathlon they run, shoot and swim. The younger members throw bean bags at a board until they reach the age of 8 when they do pistol shooting. Competitors start from the ages of 5 or 6 and can enjoy competitions across the whole country and even Internationally when they get older. The Brocklesby Hunt Pony Club has seen many excellent competitors through its years with Alex Bowman winning an International competition in Australia, Henry James being a formidable athlete and latterly Daisy Williams, Laura & Charlie Jeanes being placed 1st and 2nd at many competitions. Shoot practices take place at Little Limber Grange when there is the demand and time allows. Riding practice will take place in the summer and hopefully can be done at some Saturday rallies. Grassroot Tetrathlon was introduced 3 years back and is run on a similar format. Competitions are held all year round all over the country and events are very exciting and incredibly friendly. A rule book is brought out every year which explains all about tetrathlon and triathlon and is essential reading. It can be downloaded from tetrathlon_rules/ or can be purchased at 3 A Facebook group dedicated to all things Pony Club tetrathlon was started by Jill Williams at PCTetrathlon/ and a teamup calendar has details of many Tris and Tets across the country at Dates Look out for new dates starting for the end of January Team Jill Williams jill@broadlands-cattery.co.uk Costs Tris generally cost about 15 and Tets are held over 2 days and cost around 35. Hunting Prior to the start of the hunting season the children's meet took place on Saturday 28th October, as always at Little Limber Grange. Over 80 people were mounted, many of whom were children and lots our very own members. Hounds met in the water tower paddock before moving off to the first draw in Cottagers Dale. Some senior members were lucky enough to go out on point which was very exhilarating and exciting for them and they reported having jumped a large number of hunt jumps and seeing plenty of hound work too. Junior members enjoyed riding in the field and following the excellent Field Master Mr Ross Fenwick, who did a super job of keeping them interested and even gave out chocolates and sweets along the way! Milo Read had the privilege of field mastering for more than an hour at the end which was a great thrill. A good lead rein contingent brought up the rear and also had a good time. The day was finished off with a hearty tea in the loft. Since then, lots of our members attend Hunts every Saturday and are seen to be representing their club very well. An opportunity to complete the 'Hunting Certificate' is being organised, further information to follow. We are always welcoming new committee members, if you are interested please contact Sally Read who will advise you of the dates.

4 Rallies So how do these work? Each discipline has its own rally organiser. They arrange the venue and the instructor for the required discipline. All instructors must to be up to date with all the Pony Club requirements ie, safeguarding, first aid etc. Without these we are unable to use any instructor who is not up to date on the Unity system. Each rally must have a first aider, this can not be the instructor. Sometimes this can become a difficulty as if a rally organiser is the first aider it would mean them staying there for the full rally which some are up to 3 hours. As we do not all have 3 hours spare we would welcome anyone to be a first aider as you could then cover the rally that you are attending. The rallies are arranged for best value therefore we would only put on a SJ rally for 4 people for an hour, this way everyone is receiving value for money and there is not much waiting around. If rallies are full, please contact the organiser as they will do their upmost to book you onto a rally by moving things around or adding on a rally where possible. Please where possible book onto rallies in advance to help the organiser. Suggestions Have your say We are always looking for new ideas and suggestions, If something is not working for you, please contact us and we will see if there is anything that can be done. We can t promise the world, but we will try. We are always needing people to help at different times throughout the year from pole picking to jump judges. Pony Club Teams Did you know? The Brocklesby Hunt Pony Club is part of Area 6 along with 20 other Branches and 46 centres. The East Midland Area covers from the Humber down to Northampton and from the Wash to Buxton at the foot of the Pennines. There are a wide variety of Area competitions and when people mention going to the Area s this is what they are referring to. That might be in show jumping, dressage, eventing, triathlon, mounted games or more. There is a discipline for everyone! Our Area 6 has an active page on the Pony Club website showing all these different events. If you are successful at Area level, you then take on the best of the other Area s at the Championships! Over the years many of our Branch members have competed at the very highest levels within Pony Club and we hope to maintain that success and enthusiasm. Fundraising What do we need... Major improvements have taken place in the loft at Little Limber Grange including a new floor and re-wiring. This has made a great venue not only for indoor rallies, shoot practice and camp but also for fundraising events. We are very grateful to the Brocklesby Estate for their continued support in providing this space and for their investment in its upgrade. Two events have already been held at the loft, the first of which was the Pre-season Halloween Party. This saw about 80 people attend for a spooktacular disco, supper and social. The event was jointly held with the Brocklesby Hunt and was a nice opportunity for us all to get together and also 800 was raised for Pony Club funds. The second event was our Pony Club Christmas Party. Although a little chilly to start with everyone enjoyed the festive atmosphere and the presentation of cups, trophies and badges took place. About 50 people attended and over 600 was raised. The horn blowing competition took place and Thady Duff (Hunt Whipper -In) kindly attended to demonstrate the skill and the winner on the night was Milo Read, followed by Henry Dixon 2nd and Ted Dixon 3rd. Commitment required We need your ideas and help to raise funds where possible for the Club as this goes straight back to your children in the way of reductions on rallies and competition entry fees. WELL DONE SALLY READ FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS WITH THE LOFT!!!!

5 Payments We have experienced some challenges as parents using the Pony Club Booking and Payment System, Unity. We are looking at easier ways to do this. Watch this space.. If anyone wishes to discuss payments, please contact Diane Marshall. Badges The Pony Club Training structure encourages Members to take Tests which enables them to learn progressively about horse and pony care and riding. The Tests are taken at recommended ages and are designed with certain objectives in mind, in particular to help Members become practical and knowledgeable riders, proficient in caring for horses and ponies. The Efficiency Tests begin at E, and progress up to A Test. The A test is a prestigious award, with only a few members nationally achieving their A Test every year. E test and D test (minimum age 8 years) will be taken at Camp. D+ test (minimum age 10 years) will be held in the Spring. C test (minimum age 12 years) will be held in the Summer. C+ test (minimum age 13 years) will be run if there are enough members interested. As well as the Efficiency Tests, the Pony Club offers Achievement Badges. Mini Achievement Badges for the younger Members, as well as both Equine and Non Equine Achievement Badges for older members. The Achievement Badges closely link with the Efficiency Tests, and working for and being awarded the Badges will help with training for the Tests. Mini Achievement Badge rallies took place before Christmas, resulting in a number of Members being awarded their Gold Mini Achievement Badge. (Awarded when 14 Mini Badges have been completed). Badge rallies will start in the Spring, so that those members wishing to take their D+ and C Tests this year, can work towards Badges and Tests. Committee update We are delighted to announce 3 new committee members Corinne Williams, Sophie Dale and Felicity Gardner to support the club. There has been a few changes of roles within the Committee and we would like to advise you of the following: Janet Bowen was re-elected as the District Commissioner Nikki Byrne was elected as the Assistant District Commissioner Katy Hendry was elected as the Health and Safety Officer and is the XC rally organiser Jo McLaughlin Showjumping rally organiser The committee would like to thank Jill, Dave and Daisy for the continued support and commitment with the Pony Club. Jill will continue to be the Tri and Tet.

6 Who to contact (More details on the Website) District Commissioner Assistant District Commissioner Secretary Treasurer Janet Bowen Nikki Byrne Sally Read Diane Marshall Membership Secretary Health and Safety Officer Child Protection Officer Web Author Clare Herring Katy Hendry Rachel Kloosteboer Nikki Byrne Chief Instructor Pony Club Merchandise First Aid Co-ordinator Hat tagging Officer Caroline Peatfield Clare Herring Rachel Kloosteboer Clare Herring Showjumping Rally Organiser Dressage Rally Organiser Cross Country Rally Organiser Little Limber Rally Organiser Jo Mclaughlin Jess Regis Katy Hendry Sally Read Team Showjumping Grassroots One Day Event Grassroots Dressage Triathlon/ Tetrathlon Team Juniors Nikki Byrn e Seniors Clare Herring/Pauline Strawson Grassroots Showjumping Juniors Nikki Byrne (80cm) Seniors VACANT POST General helpers for numerous tasks adhoc VACANT POST Jill Williams VACANT POST VACANT POST Committee members: Janet Bowen DC Nikki Byrne Assistant DC Diane Marshall Treasurer Jo Mclaughlin Rally organiser Jess Regis Rally organiser Clare Herring Membership Secretary Sophie Dale Mini Rally organiser Louise Jeanes Felicity Gardner Sally Read Secretary Katy Hendry Rally organiser Rachel Kloosteboer Safeguarding/First Aider Corinne Williams Camp organiser Caroline Peatfield Chief Instructor On behalf of the Club we would like to thank all of these people for volunteering to take on these roles as without them we would not have a Pony Club! Thank you for taking your time to read this. Should you have any comments, please contact Nikki Byrne