WELCOME TO 2023 WITH THE BELVOIR PONY CLUB!
Belvoir Members passing Efficiency Tests !
Amazing results for some of our older members passing their B test, Lunging Test (Florence, Daisy, Hope & Holly) and then onto their B+ (Hope & Holly) recently, a big achievement so huge well done all!
Saturday 7th October – Mini & Novice Hunter Trial
What a lovely friendly day we had thank you SO MUCH to everyone involved in this super competition.
Held at Grange Farm, Little Ponton, NG33 5BP by kind permission of David and Daniel
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Our lovely Novice and Junior Show for under 15’s (competing up to 70cm) took place on Sunday 27th August, in the beautiful parkland at Aswarby Park
By kind permission of Mr & Mrs G Playne
There was something for everyone and the show was really well attended. Huge thanks to Lauren and Hayley and everyone who worked so hard to set up and make the show happen on the day.
You can view the classes on the schedule here:
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Area 6 Showjumping championship qualifiers – update!
Hosted by the Rufford at Epworth Showground, the ground was perfect and the sun shone! Belvoir saw some great results across all the heights and really super team spirit 
In the 70 a double clear qualified Samuel and then Sydney also qualified in the 70+. In the 110 Abigail came 4th so picked up a Q ticket to Nationals as an individual.
Team-wise what an amazing job from our fabulous 80 & 90 team members today, who all rode their socks off across two rounds in warm conditions & in very competitive fields.
The 80cm team, of Heath, Anna, Alice & Lucy in the Belvoir Reds took the win, out of 21 teams! One of only two teams to end on 0 after 8 rounds.
And an incredible 2nd place from the 90cm team the Belvoir Blues, Olivia, Imogen, Tabby and Millie who are also off to the Champs!
Well done everyone & to the mums and dads who work so hard to help make it happen. Another great day for Belvoir.
BELVOIR SUCCESS AT DRESSAGE QUALIFIERS
We are proud of all our members who represented the club recently at the Area Dressage qualifiers at Shelford, kindly hosted by the Rufford Pony Club. Two teams and several individuals qualified for both the Regional and National Championships with some great performances on the day:
PC 70 – Thomas PC & 70+ Oriel & Sydney
Grassroots: Georgia, Eva, Jemima, Anna, Jemima & Leah
Intermediate: Hope, Imy, Daisy, Isabel
Open: Daisy
GOOD LUCK AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM BELVOIR!
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BELVOIR TEAM & INDIVIDUAL SHOWJUMPING 2023
Weds 31st May at ARENA UK
Huge thanks to everyone who attended our Team Showjumping especially to our volunteers Emma , Tricia and their team for making it run so smoothly! Photos from the day were taken by Trafford Photography and all results available on Pony Club results under the event name and date.
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Membership 2023
Membership renewals are landing in our current members in boxes this month and renewal is easy via the link that will be sent to you on email. If you do not receive your renewal email please do contact our Membership Secretary, Sam on 07808157275
We are keen to welcome new members to the Belvoir this year and you can find out more about becoming a member on the main Pony Club website HERE. You do not have to own your own pony, you can join us through a riding stables membership for example. The video below is a great introduction to the fun you can enjoy being part of your local pony club.
The Belvoir Hunt branch of the Pony Club is a large, friendly and active branch of the Pony Club, covering a large part of the East Midlands including the counties of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland. We have nearly 170 members aged 3-25, who are based from Melton Mowbray, the Vale of Belvoir, around Grantham, out to Sleaford, Spalding and the fens. We organise rallies and competitions to help introduce our members and other young riders locally, to different equestrian sports like Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing, Tetrathlon, Endurance riding and Polocrosse.
New members can join using an online application found on the main pony club website.
See our Become a Member page for more information
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CHRISTMAS DRESSAGE & SHOW JUMPING SHOW
Thank you for all your support for our Christmas show at Elms which was a great success. Full results are still available on Pony Club Results and the photographer on the day was Danielle. Click here to order photos
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Belvoir take the PC90 National Eventing Championship 2022
JCB Pony Club National Championship Update!
What a week the Belvoir Hunt Pony Club had at the National Championships. Our members had an amazing time taking part in Tetrathlon, Polocross, Dressage, Showjumping and Eventing and we are so proud of all their hard work and support for each other all week.
Belvoir Hunt Pony Club members enjoyed some incredible results across all disciplines:
Zara Pollock 6th in the Girls Open Tetrathlon
Polocrosse Area 6 team including Olivia, Morvah and Amelia winning overall in the Novice Mini section
Dressage: Millie Smith came 2nd in her Novice section and 6th overall in the ride off
Isabel & Imogen placed 3rd and 9th in their sections
Imogen Pugh placed 6th individual 90cm in Showjumping after riding clear all day over a tough track
The 90 team SJ had a great day, with Imogen Pugh riding 2 ponies alongside Florence Campbell & Beth Young, the team finishing 9th out of 38 teams.
100cm Showjumping team of Hope, Issy, Lulu and Jasmine came 7th overall in a massive section
PC100 Eventing Lulu came a very credible 11th after a super clear cross country.
And our biggest success of the week, our 90cm Eventing team made up of Daisy Patchett, Hattie Dow, Imogen Pugh and Amelie Pugh became PC90 NATIONAL EVENTING CHAMPIONS
A huge thank you to our Assistant DC, Fleur Taylor for being there all week to support our huge team of riders and to our brilliant instructors Helen Scholl, Julie Corrigan and Sarah Thorpe who helped our teams all week
Not forgetting our wonderful group of sponsors who supported the teams with their lovely kit: David & Wendy Grantham Estates, Glyn Trundle farrier, Julie Corrigan Dressage, 247 Clothing, Ruth at Illuminarity, Ruth at Equitrek Lincolnshire.
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BELVOIR SHOWJUMPING AND EVENTING SUCCESS AT AREA QUALIFIERS
In the past few weeks our members have been competing in Dressage, Showjumping and Eventing and Polocross at various levels, in order to try and qualify our teams for the Grassroots and National Pony Club Championships.
We were delighted that this was a record year for entries with so many of our members working incredibly hard in training and at rallies, to be able to compete at this level. Over 30 of our members came in the top positions at this Area level to qualify for the respective Championships!
The Dressage was at the end of June (see below) and in Showjumping, kindly hosted by the Woodland Pytchley Pony Club, We saw Margot qualify in the 80, Imogen, Sophie, Florence, Bethany and Imogen qualify in the 90.
Hope, Issy, Lulu and Jasmine in the 100
In Eventing, kindly hosted by the Cottesmore Pony Club we had wins in the 70, 90 and 100 classes with qualifiying for the championships! Well done to Lucy in the 70, Imogen, Daisy, Amelie, Hattie and Hope in the 90
and Lulu, Abigail and Isabel in the 100.
We are also very excited that several of our members have started polocross this season for the first time and have been enjoying some amazing success on their ponies with help from the Burghley Pony Club, competing in mixed teams at Area events. Well done to Olivia, Amelia, Morvah and the teams who have really started enjoying this fantastic sport!
Good luck everyone at the Championships in August!
BELVOIR DRESSAGE RIDERS CELEBRATE AREA QUALIFYING SUCCESS!
A record number of over 30 of our members competed on Sunday 26th June at the Area 6 Dressage qualifiers,
kindly hosted by the Rufford Pony Club. Members entered across a range of levels from Grassroots 70 & 80,
to Novice and Open and had been practicing hard in the weeks leading up to the competition, with great support from our amazing dressage instructors Julie & Helen. Everyone had a wonderful day and we are delighted that two Belvoir teams (Belvoir Masters and Belvoir Whips) qualified for the Regional Championships to be held at Horseheath at the end of August and two more Belvoir teams (Belvoir Reds and Belvoir Blues) qualified for the Novice Championships at the JCB Pony Club National Championship, which will take place mid August. We also had some individual qualifiers. A full list of qualified members will be announced shortly but full results from the day can be found on ponyclubresults.co.uk
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
