Rallies

‘Rallies are the back-bone of the Pony Club’

A rally is a structured supervised day where lessons are conducted on horse riding and horsemastership.

Day rallies usually take place in the school holidays between 10am – 3pm  for the whole duration of the day.   Children form friendships whilst having a picnic with friends.   Day rallies will always have our  on board catering crew where you will be able to taste the home made cooking and baking from our dedicated team of volunteers.  we hold  evening rallies during the Summer starting at 6pm and run through the eving for a couple of hours. We are extremely fortunate to have some fantastic venues which we are honoured to have exclusive use through membership of our branch.  These are not  available to the public.

The list of rallies for the year is pinned at the top of the closed  Facebook page.   Booking onto rallies is via ‘Horse Events’ via https://www.horse-events.co.uk/pony-club-rallies (If you select Calendar at the top of the page you will find a link to rally)

Information and details of the rally are released closer to the time of each rally date. Closing date for rallies is always  2 weeks before the rally with NO EXCEPTIONS.  

Monday Night Training

This is held at Stocking Green Farm Womersley DN6 9BP. Members pay in advance for monthly blocks of group lessons (flatwork and jumping on alternate weeks) Sessions move to weekends in the Winter.

Please contact Claire Needham on 07980 697098 for more information and to be placed onto the training WhatsApp group.

Mounted Games

Informal training sessions are held regularly and members are welcome to come along and have a go. Suitable for all aged 15 and under.

Please contact Anna Steele for more information 07714 245236

Tests & Badges

This very popular group runs blocks of sessions through the Autumn, Winter and Spring. Members come unmounted and work towards Tests & achievement badges covering lots of different topics linked to Horse & Pony care and management as well as the countryside in general.   From this group we select the Horse & Pony Care Teams and Quiz Teams.

Please contact Lottie Mills for more information 07837 487186

Tetrathlon

This comprises running, swimming, pistol shooting & XC riding. Members have recently begun competing for the Club and regular shooting practices are held.

Please contact Grace Nicholls for more information 07792 730345

Show Jumping

Very popular with members Badsworth Hunt hold an annual show jumping event incorporating the Area 3 Junior Show Jumping Series. Team try out and selection events are held for any Area competitions and anyone with a Badsworth PC membership can put themselves forward however participation in pony club rallies and training, ability and those who are actively competing is taken into account when selecting members for teams. When feasible there is additional show jump training for those members selected to represent the club at Area level.

Please contact Branca Gebbie for more information 07594 516483

Dressage

Also popular within the club, members are invited to try out for places on the Badsworth Hunt PC Dressage teams to compete at Area 3 events. As above, anyone with a Badsworth PC membership can put themselves forward however participation in pony club rallies and training, ability and those with dressage competition experience is taken into account when selecting members for teams. When feasible there is dressage test training for those members selected to represent the club at Area level.

Please contact Emma Haigh for more information 07779 592723

Horse Trials

An Area 3 Horse trials competition is also held combining XC with the two disciplines above.

Entries/training for this will be co-ordinated by Richard Thompson & Sophie Woolhouse.

Camps

In the Summer holidays we run 2 camps – Senior residential camp (one week) for 10 years and over, Junior day camp (3 days) for the under 10s.

Plenty of information is available seperately on what these entail.

Efficiency Tests

The Pony Club Efficiency Tests enable members to learn progressively about horse and pony care as well as riding. They start at E and then D, D+,C, C+ etc and each test has a corresponding colour of felt which is worn pinned underneath the pony club badge. The tests are taken at recommended ages during certain rallies through the year. Full details of the tests can be found on the main Pony Club website but you don’t need to apply your instructor will tell you when your child is at the required level.

The Manual of Horsemanship is the ‘bible’ for everything you will learn at Pony Club, it is a very good idea to put this on your birthday/Christmas list so that you have a copy to refer to.