January 2007
Happy New Year and welcome to the first newsletter of 2007. If you would prefer to receive your newsletter by email then please let Lorraine Woodley know.
Dates for Your Diary
Dressage Rallies near Badgworth
Dates are as follows and are all on Mondays from 4.30 onwards:
• 19th March
• 16th April
• 30th April
• 21st May
The cost is £6.00. Please contact me if you would like to attend and phone me for times on the Monday.
Frances Barker
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Stephen Hadley Clinic
There are still two places on the Stephen Hadley Clinic on 5th April at Stockland Lovell. The cost is £25.00 for one and a half hours. If you would like to book a place please contact me.
Annabel Trollope-Bellew
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AGM and Prize Giving Friday 2nd March at Crowcombe Village Hall's Quantock Room at 7.30pm
Please come along and support this meting. You may have won a prize. As usual, there will be a buffet, contributions to which would be appreciated. Members with surnames between A-M please bring a plate of savoury food. Those between N-Z please bring something sweet.
Team Training
Team training will start again soon for the Interbranch Area competitions this summer. Last year's training paid off with both Lucy Barker and Beth Manders being placed in the Intermediate Eventing. Lucy went on to the Championships at Sansaw and came 8th in her section.
The three disciplines (dressage, Eventing and show jumping) are at three levels:
National Novice Team Competition Eventing - SJ max height 0.95m and XC max height 0.90m.
Show Jumping - max height .90m in the first round, 1.0m in the second round.
Intermediate Team and Individual Comp Eventing - SJ max height 1.05m and XC max height 1.0m.
Show Jumping - max height 1.0m in the first round (Area) and 1.05m in the second round (Championships).
Open Team and Individual Competition Eventing - SJ max height 1.15m and XC max height 1. 10m.
Show Jumping - max height 1.1 Om in the first round and 1.15m in the second round.
If you are interested in finding out more and coming to the training, call me or Frances Barker.
Ann Manders
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Pony Club Camp
Camp will run from Tuesday 31st July until Sunday 5th August, depending on whether you are doing Junior or Senior camp. More details will follow nearer the time.
Dates for Your Diary (continued)
Team Show Jumping
If you are interested in competing in any of the following Team Show Jumping competitions, please contact me in plenty of time.
· Mid Devon PC - 18th February at the Grange, Okehampton.
· Dulverton West (North Molton) PC - 21 st February at the Grange, Okehampton.
· Polden Hills PC - 31 st March at Badgworth.
· QPC - I5th April at Badgworth
(We will need lots of help for this event as we are running it. Please let me know if you are available.)
· West Somerset PC – 7th May - details to follow.
Debbie Perry
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Quantock Pony Club and West Somerset Pony Club
Open Hunter Trials
Sunday 21st October
at Stockland Lovell
This event was previously advertised with the wrong date. The correct date is Sunday 21st October.
Classes were published in the last newsletter and will be listed again nearer the date. Meanwhile if you require further details, please contact me.
Annabel Trollope-Bellew
Pony Club Games Practices
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4th February at JHB Equestrian Centre:
Seniors 10.00am until 12.00pm.
Juniors 12.15pm until 2.00pm. -
18th February at JHB Equestrian Centre:
Seniors 10.00am until 12.00pm.
Juniors 12.15pm until 2.00pm. -
25th February at JHB Equestrian Centre:
Seniors 10.00am until 12.00pm.
Juniors 12.15pm until 2.00pm. -
4th March at JHB Equestrian Centre:
Seniors 10.00am until 12.00pm.
Juniors 12.15pm until 2.00pm. -
11th March at JHB Equestrian Centre:
Seniors 10.00am until 12.00pm.
Juniors 12.15pm until 2.00pm.
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Test Date and
Riding and Road Safety
Weare arranging a test date over the Easter Holidays. If you would like to take a test, please contact me as soon as possible.
We will also be arranging at date for Riding and Road Safety. Once again, please contact me if you are interested.
Also, please remember, you cannot take your 'c' test unless you have passed your Riding and Road Safety.
Debbie Perry
Trip to Badminton Horse Trials
We are arranging a trip to Badminton Horse Trials on Saturday 5th May. The cost will be £6.00 per child under 12 (this is to cover the coach as they get into Badminton free) and £23.00 per person over 12 (£6.00 for the coach and £17.00 for entrance into Badminton). In order to book the coach and get the advance tickets, your cheque must be with me by 28th February. There is an order form attached to the end of this newsletter.
Liz Coles
West Somerset Vale Hunt Junior' End of Season' Party
This will be held on 17 March from 7.30 until 11.00pm at Mill Farm, Fiddington. It is for those who are 15 years and under and will cost £8.00 per person (to include a hot supper and disco). Bar and soft drinks available. Dress code is 'smart'. No entry on the door - tickets must be purchased in advance.
For tickets and more information, contact Julie Long on 01278733743.
Event Reports
Banwell PC Team Show Jumping at The Hand on 28 October 2006
There was a huge turnout for this competition and we had 9 QPC teams entered:
Class 1 - We had 2 teams entered. Quantock Yellow (Jade Coles, Ryan Duddridge, Laura Kyd and Daisy Williams) finished on 4 faults. Quantock Blue (Patrick Daniel, Emma Perry, Abi Porter and Harriet Trollope-Bellew) finished on 0 and won team 3rd with Abi coming 2nd individually. Abi, Emma, Harriet, Laura, Patrick and Ryan all jumped double clears.
Class 2 - We had 3 teams in this class out of 17 teams entered. Quantock Red (Henry Coate, Cressida Cox, Kitty Monks and Emma Perry) finished 9n 0 with Emma and Henry jumping double clears. Quantock Orange (Cressida Cox, Ryan Duddridge, Kaite Gibbs and Emma Trollope-Bellew) finished on 0 with Cressida and Emma jumping double clears. Quantock Green (Tilly Barker, Amelia Daniel, Jess Mortimer and Abi Porter) finished on 0 with Amelia and Jess jumping double clears. Eleanor Daniel rode a double clear as an individual HC. All three teams were unplaced but did well to all finish on a 0 score.
Class 3 - We had 3 teams in this class out of 22 teams entered. Quantock Pink (Sam Gray, Jess Mortimer, Abi Porter and Emma Trollope-Bellew) finished on 0 with Abi, Jess and Sam all riding double clears. Quantock White (Henry Coate, Cressida Cox, Charlotte Perry and Emma Trollope-Bellew) finished on 0 with Charlotte and Henry both riding double clears. Quantock Silver (Cressida Cox, Rebecca Furber, Rowena Gaukroger and Bobbi Larcombe) finished on 0 with Bobbi, Rebecca and Rowena all jumping double clears. All three teams were unplaced but did well to all finish on a 0 score.
Class 4 (Dengie) - We only had 1 Quantock member (Fiona Pascall) left in this class of 62 entries. It was so late that all the other Quantock members had decided not to stay. Fiona rode Echo and Muppet (HC) and was placed 4th on Muppet. Well done!
Class 5 - Josie Moore and Fiona
Pascall joined other individual members from other Pony Clubs to make a team
and won this class. Well done.
Well done to all members who took part in this competition. You should all
be very proud of yourselves.
Debbie Perry
Syston PC Team Show Jumping at The Hand on 26 November 2006
We had 7 teams entered for this competition.
Class 1 -10 years and under -1 '9"
Ran under normal rules, there were 23 teams in total. Quantock Green
(Harriet Bloxham, Kerry Bloxham, Jade Coles and Chris Roberts) were ih to
jump and Quantock Blue (Patrick Daniel, Ryan Duddridge, Harriet Trollope-Bellew
and Daisy Williams) were 13th to jump. Chris, Harriet, Jade, Patrick and
Ryan all rode double clears but both teams were unplaced in this very
competitive class. Well done to all, especially the young members having
their first try.
Class 2 - 12 years and under - 2'3"
Ran under Table A5 rules (two phase), there were 26 teams in total. Quantock
Yellow (Ryan Duddridge, Kitty Monks, Harriet Trollope-Bellew and Daisy
Williams) were 6th to jump and finished on 12 faults. Kitty rode a double
clear but the team were unplaced. Quantock Pink (Tilly Barker, Henry Coate,
Alex Galbraith and Emma Perry) finished on 4 faults, were unplaced, but Emma
and Tilly both rode double clears.
Class 3 -14 years and under - 2'6"
Ran under Table A5 rules again in order to make up time as the competition
was, as this point, running 2 hours behind and had 20 teams in total.
Quantock Red (Henry Coate, Charlotte Perry, Abi Porter and Emma
Trollope-Bellew) were 1 st to jump, finished on 16 faults and were unplaced.
Class 4 - open - 2 '9"
Ran under Table A5 rules and was now running 3 hours late with 18 teams
entered. Quantock Orange (Henry Coate, Bobbi Larcombe, Fiona Pascall and Abi
Porter) were 6th to jump and finished on 12 faults and were unplaced after
Henry had to retire after knocking a tooth out while jumping the 2nd part of
the double. Fortunately, it was a first tooth and he recovered quickly.
Fiona also rode Echo with the Wylye Valley team.
Class 5 - open - 3'0"
Ran under Table A5 rules and was due to start at 6.10pm but started 4 hours
late with 8 teams in total. Quantock Purple (Bobbi Larcombe, Fiona Pascall
and Nicola Perry) were the only team of 3 and were 4th to jump, finishing on
an unfortunate 4 faults. Bobbi and Nicola both rode double clears. The team
was 1 st and Nicola was 5th individually. All 3 girls received trophies.
Fiona also rode Echo in a team with the LIangibby, the team finishing 3rd.
Many thanks and well done to all those who took part in another very, very long day.
Debbie Perry
Prince Philip Cup Christmas Party Cannington
Lots of fun was had by all at the Christmas party and everyone looked great in their Christmas fancy dress. Danny and Libby organized some challenging and fun games which involved some parents joining in with the dressing up (have a look at the website for some photos)!
Many thanks to Danny and Libby for all their hard work. They made a double trip from home to bring enough ponies and also supplied all the prizes.
Frances Barker
Also
For Sale
Rosette Display Holders
Displays up to 55 rosettes. Size 18" x 30". Make ideal birthday presents. The cost is £12.00 plus £4.00 postage and packing. For more information please contact Jane Driver on 01278 732293.
Thank you Julie
We have won a jump!
Equest ran a competition to win a jump. To enter you had to send in a 'tie-breaker phrase' regarding their new combination wormer. Our Secretary, Julie Gaukroger, came up with the winning phrase and QPC now have a new jump. It consists of 2 sets of wings, 3 poles and a filler.
New Instructors
Weare using some new instructors for our rallies. They are:
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Emily Lee who has ridden the Badminton cross country course.
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Isabel Hudson of South West Eventing.
Sophie Clark
Sophie teaches at our dressage rallies and has qualified two horses for the Regional Winter Dressage at Kingston Maurward. Please feel free to go and watch at support Sophie. The dates are 23rd and 24th February.
Frances Barker
Games Equipment
Please can you save any round washing-up bottles and any square margarine tubs. We hope to turn these into items of games equipment. Many thanks.
Frances Barker
Renewals Reminder
We would like to remind all members that unless they have renewed by the end of January they are not longer insured under the Pony Club insurance. Consequently, they cannot attend Pony Club rallies and other events
Second Hand Kit
I have some new second hand kit, including jodhpurs and jackets. Give me a call if you need something.
Lorraine Woodley