For those of you who have not competed for your pony club before, here is an explanation of how it works.

The UK is divided up into areas, we are area 8, and within that area there are all the individual pony clubs who compete against each other in Area competitions for a coveted place at the National Championships in August.

Our Eventing Area Trials have 3 levels, Open 1.10 m, Intermediate 1.00 and Novice which is 90cm.

Grassroots 80cm (landrover )

We can enter teams of 4 with the best 3 scores to count and 1,2 or 3 teams can qualify for the championships depending on how many entries there are in each level.

So if you are keen to compete for your pony club, look up local one day events and try and get some practise in, there will be several coming up in different pony clubs so keep an eye on horsedates to get some practise in.