Eventing 12th July – Cancelled
SJ – 5th July – Cancelled
20May20
Area 10 Qualifiers 2020
11May20
Competition
If you want to decorate your real pony (no paint allowed) or would prefer to decorate a hobby horse (paint is allowed), there’s sections for both.
We’re running an Area competition in Area 10 and then winners will go through to Regionals again and Allan Davies, Carl Hester’s well known groom will be judging this.
The schedule gives you all the details you need. Any queries, let me know. I look forward to seeing your creative outcomes. Entries to me by email to area10@pcuk.org
Very best wishes
Isobel
29Apr20
CEO update
Dear Members, families, volunteers and staff,
What a busy week at The Pony Club. We were pleased to announce the winners Mary King selected for our Easter bonnet competition. If you haven’t already seen who’s won, please visit our creative activities page and view the wonderful creations, as I mentioned last week, they are spectacular. We are now looking forward to watching the submissions come through for our Art Competition. We know we have many talented members out there and hope you enjoy our theme of Equestrian Hopes and Dreams. You have until June 30th to submit your work, so please visit https://artcomp.pcuk.org, for all the details on how to enter.
Keep checking our Creative Activities page here.
Riding
We know the conversation on riding is a contentious issue, but we do feel it is important to highlight our guidance again. Our stance has not changed since the Government began restrictions and we remain aligned with the BEF and member bodies.
We ask that you do not ride, unless it is necessary for the welfare of the horse or pony.
We do understand that this is an individual decision and that you know what is best to keep our members and your families safe, as well as the best way to manage the welfare of your horse or pony.
However, we should all respect the Government’s message of ‘stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’, and carefully consider the risks associated with riding. As a community, we should not be putting any additional pressure on our emergency and NHS services.
The Pony Club does not endorse any group gathering, online competition or activities involving jumping your horse or pony.
Shared Resources
We have been working hard with our branches and centres to ensure we offer as much support and guidance at this time. As part of this work we have created a collaborative space on Google Drive to post resources everyone can leverage. We have sections on Arts & Crafts, Badges, Quizzes, Pony Club Tests and much more. However, it has come to our attention that many of our volunteer network are part of the vital group of key workers supporting us in even more wonderful ways. Therefore, their time has been limited to make all our resources available to our members.
In light of this, I would like to announce that we have created a member only area on our website, where you can get direct access to many of the resources shared on the Google Drive. We will continue to keep the area updated with new documents over the coming weeks, but we wanted to share the news as soon as possible. To access this new page please click here and use the password: pony1929. We hope this offers more support for members and we hope you enjoy completing the activities. We would love to hear your feedback on the area as we look to develop it in the future. To send your feedback please fill in our contact us form on the website.
Online Safety
As we invite our members to spend more time online joining our competitions, accessing resources, and connecting with their friends, we want to ensure everyone is staying safe. We have very robust safeguarding policies in place to protect our members taking part in Pony Club activities and now more than ever it is important to address keeping yourself safe online. I would encourage all parents to visit the NSPCC website where they share a raft of useful information and links to other organisations who can inform us all when it comes to staying ahead with the latest online risks to our young people.
Looking to the future! It is still an uncertain landscape and the news can change daily, but at The Pony Club we are starting to look ahead. We are mapping out what our summer activities could look like under the current discussions around future restrictions. We want you to be assured we will do all we can to offer our members the best summer possible and we hope this will be spending time with our horses and ponies enjoying the sunshine. I will keep you up to date in the coming weeks when we can plan more concretely.
Please continue to stay safe in these times and thank you for your continued support.
Marcus
Marcus Capel
Interim CEO
Isobel
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AREA 10 EASTER BONNET COMPETITION RESULT, EASTER 2020
The first two placings in each class go forward to the Regionals, to be judged by Mary King.
There were some other lovely entries in Class 1 too – 
12Apr20
Caroline Moore training series
Caroline Moore has kindly offered PC members access to 12 episodes of her training series ‘4 years to 5*’ Maybe not the right time to try them but interesting to view.
These can be viewed on the H&C website using the link below – you do not have to subscribe to view these videos.
5Apr20
Easter Bonnet Competition
In common with a significant number of other PC Areas, we’re going to run this free to enter competition to keep us entertained and to keep our wonderful Pony Club spirit going! Please try and participate for some much needed fun.
The winner and runner up in each age group will go forward to be judged in the REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!!
Hi all!
Our Endurance season may have come to a halt – but there is still plenty to report on!
Stay safe!
Kind regards, Fiona
Curre Hunt branch, Area 10
Pony Club Endurance
20Mar20
Area 10 Quiz results
Branch competition:
1st Crickhowell
2nd Irfon and Tywi Turtles
3rd Ynysybwl 
4th Radnor and West
5th Irfon and Tywi Tortoise
6th Kenfig Hill
Centres:
1st Talygarn Navy
2nd Talygarn Gold
3rd Underhill Dolau Mixtures
4th Underhill Allsorts
