Wednesday February 8, 2012
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The Holcombe Hunt Branch was established in 1931 and is part of Pony Club Area 4.

The Pony Club is the number one organisation for young people who love ponies and riding. There are more than 43,000 Pony Club Members in Great Britain, belonging to either a Branch or a Centre – there are more than 350 of each of these. Membership of The Pony Club offers fun, friendship, training, events and competitions.

Internationally The Pony Club has a membership of over 110,000 across 18 countries, making it the largest association of riders in the world. Most British equestrian medal winners at The Olympics and World Championships have been Members of The Pony Club.

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 Unfortunately, due to the snow Monday night’s games training has been cancelled.
 
Lesley 

C Test passes

Well done to Becky Wheeler who passed her C Test with flying colours!

September news – hot off the press

This weekend (18th Sept) we had for the first time a team of endurance riders at the Pony Club UK endurance championships.  They all did brilliantly, particularly Finnley Green who came 1st in the Junior Novice Competition (33 klm) with 0 faults and a heart rate of 36!  Izzy Wilson came 2nd in the Senior Novice (33 klm) with 4 faults and a heart rate of 40.  Well done to Max Wilson and Brook Grierson as well.

What a busy summer we have all had.

Congratulations to all our members who have represented the branch at Area and Championship level. Holcombe Hunt Branch of the Pony Club has had qualifications in Mounted Games, Dressage, Horse Trials and Endurance. Becky Bolam, Becky Wheeler, Joanne Bowker, Becky Halliwell, Amy & Harriet McFarlane, Briea Denny, Charlotte Staines, Sara Moss Gibbons, Brookland Grierson, Finnley Green, Marnie Green, Max & Izzy Wilson, Olivia Wright, Maddison Jamison, Molly Lewis

Good luck to our endurance representatives at the Chamionships shortly. They have an extremely long journey to complete down to Bedford.

We are looking forward to the launch of our Winter Training and Activity Schedule that Becky and our Team Trainers are currently working very hard upon. This will appear on the website shortly.

A big Well done to Becky Bolam for  passing her C+ Test.

Best Wishes to all.

Lesley & Becky J

June update

We also now have four members who have qualified for the National Endurance Championships. These rides are brilliantly organised and the fittening work that goes in beforehand is a true reflection of both commitment and care. Whilst the rides are challenging, I can speak from experience, you pass through beautiful countryside and beaches that would not always be accessible to you on horseback.  It is something that you should put on your agenda for next year.  Please do touch base with Izzy and Max Wilson, Finnley Green and Brookland Grierson who will tell you all about their expeditions and what fun they had in qualifying.  This training has helped their ponies and their own riding in all areas and I have certainly seen the differences in way of going and riders’ balance.


 NEWSFLASH.

 Please find our new booking form. This is now to be used to prebook onto all activities. Due to our large membership and the recent bad weather it is essential that we are as organised as possible.

You can use the booking form for all of our activities and as far into the future as you like. Please ensure that your fee is included with the form and this can either be passed to myself, or Becky. This will help us tremendously to have instructors, first aid provisions and even enough refreshments at all of our activities. A postal address is also on the form for returning via the post.
 
In the case of training sessions the closing date for bookings will be one week prior to the session. Later bookings will be considered if the sessions are not fully subscribed.
 
Booking forms will always be available for downloading via the web or at all of our events. We hope to have the booking forms fully implemented by the end of March.
 
I hope that you find that the changes that your committee are implementing useful. As always, if you have any comments or feedback please do not hesitate to get in touch.
 
Please find the booking form for the events on a tab on the left hand side.