Monday May 21, 2012
Members Info

Welcome

A warm welcome to North Shropshire Hunt Branch of Pony Club. 

Emails and/or website updates are the main way of communicating the latest info to our members.  

Join or Renew Now

You can join or renew your membership to this Pony Club now by downloading the Pony Club Membership Form at the bottom of the page.

Once completed, please send the Membership form to the Branch. It should be posted to the Membership Secretary.

Branch: North Shropshire Hunt Branch of Pony Club 

Membership Secretary: Sarah Morris, Upper Fenemere Farm, Myddlewood, Myddle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 3RY

 

A few tips for new and prospective members are given below:

 

Tack & Turnout
 
We like our members to have a high standard of tack and turnout at all our events.  See the Dress Etiquette page for further information.

 

Mounted Rallies; you should wear:

  • a long sleeved shirt
  • Pony Club tie (or stock with pin)
  • cream jodhpurs
  •  jacket
  • hat that meets current Pony Club standard (this will be tagged at your first rally).
  • members must wear Body Protectors and Medical Armbands when riding XC rallies or in competitions. 

For your pony:

  • clean tack that is in safe condition (it will be checked for safety eg stitching at each rally).
  • plain numnah either black, blue or cream with piping of the same colour – no embroidery is permitted. 

 

Horse & Pony Care Rallies, members should wear:

  • pony club sweatshirt
  • trousers
  • sensible footwear – such as jodhpur boots – you will be handling horses and ponies. 

 

Clothing & Equipment

·         Hats must bear the CE mark and a quality symbol (either the BSI Kitemark, the SAI Global symbol or the official Snell label with number).  Acceptable standards are PAS 015:1998 or EN1384:1996, BS EN 1384: 1997 with the BSI Kitemark.  OR Snell E2001 with the official Snell label and number.  OR AS/NZS 3838 1998 or AS/NZS 3838 2003 with the SAI Global mark. 
Please note that for X Country a skull cap is required for courses over 80cm, so if you are considering purchasing a new hat please remember this rule.

·         Medical armbands are compulsory for Pony Club XC competitions and are available from Mo Edwards 01630 685320.

·         Pony Club Sweatshirts, New Sweatshirts, Hoodies & Blouson Jackets are available from Sue Davies  Tel : 07969 579739.

 

Booking & Attending Rallies

·         Please see the Calendar / Diary Dates page on the website, it shows an updated calendar of forthcoming (and past) events for the year.  It runs from January to December. 

·         To book in to attend a rally, please fill in and return the rally reply slips, which can be found on the website (Rally Reply Slips).  Remember that you must book for a rally two weeks before the rally date. To obtain your time please see the website under Rally/Clinic Times.  

·         Ride groups for rallies are put together taking into account ability, experience and age of both rider and pony/horse.  We can meet very special requests eg if you share trailer or lorry with someone.  Please be aware that it is very difficult for instructors to have rides of mixed abilities so please avoid asking to go on the same ride as someone if at all possible! Please remember too, that a responsible adult must accompany and stay with you at the rally. 

·         Rally cancellations will be shown on the Home Page of the website.   

·         Pony Club strongly recommend that members put an ICE (In Case of Emergency) number in their own mobile phones so that someone can be contacted if required. This would be advisable for situations outside of pony club as well.  

·         We are sorry but for safety reasons absolutely NO DOGS are allowed at any of our events/rallies.   

 

Contact Details

·         Members are often emailed with updates and reminders so we would be grateful if you could please provide a regularly used email address. 

·         It would also be useful to have an email address and mobile number on which to contact you (by text or call) – please contact Sarah Edwards (Website) on 07971 280958 or via email sarah.edwards77@virgin.net 

·          A list of committee members can be found on the website under Contact List. Please do not call any committee member after 8pm at night!   

·         Keep your eye on the different pages of the Pony Club Website (www.pcuk.org)

 
 
NSHBPC Complaints & Grievance Procedure 

Anyone who is dissatisfied in any way with the running/organising or teaching of the club should direct their concerns/complaints to North Shropshire’s District Commissioner Mo Edwards in writing in the first instance.  

Under no circumstances, will any verbal abuse or disrespectful behaviour directed at any Instructor/Trainer/Committee Member or Helper at a rally/event/competition be tolerated.  Behaviour which results in any Instructor/Trainer/Committee Member/Helper being approached in this way will result in the offending Parent/Member being asked to leave the club immediately.

We would remind all members that we encourage manners, good sportsmanship and respect to others within our club.  We also expect all of our Instructors and trainers to be thanked on the day by the members after they have been taught/trained/supported.

Thank you for your Cooperation.