Essex Union Pony Club
🐴Residential Summer Camp 2024🐴Mon 29th July to Fri 2nd August 2024 inclusive
At Radley Green Equestrian CM4 0LU by kind permission of the Moody family
We would like to warmly welcome all of our EUPC members to join us for a fun filled residential summer camp for 2024. Our camp runs from 2pm on Monday to 12pm on Friday, and is open to children going into Year 7 in September that have attended three mounted rallies before the start of camp.
We will be utilising the amazing facilities at Radley Green, including the indoor arena, dressage arena, show jumping, and arena cross country courses. We plan to have ridden sessions, stable management, demonstrations, talks, fun & games, and a competition afternoon.
We have booked out Chief Instructors, Annette Philpot, Katie Hamilton, and Michael Fursedonn.
COSTWe are very mindful of the current financial climate and the rising costs that everyone is facing at the moment – we have sought to keep the impact on our members to an absolute minimum through careful negotiation and some very generous support. As a result, we are able to confirm that the cost of our Residential Summer Camp this year will be £440 per child. We have received excellent feedback over the years that this camp provides super value for money – the Branch continues to benefit from a number of highly qualified and enthusiastic coaches, ensuring that all riders, ponies and families benefit from an educational and fun experience – and of course there will still be a super variety of treats and prizes up for grabs too!AGES
We invite members going into year 7 in September 2024 to join us. It can all get very tiring, but we will always have Haribo on hand to save the day! THEMEThe theme for this year will be “Oscars”.Everyone is invited to attend the fancy dress competition– in recognition of the tremendous effort you all put into this the best costume in each ride earning points for their team.TIMINGSOur Summer Camp is residential, with ponies and riders arriving on the Monday, staying overnight until the Friday.A more detailed timetable for each day will be circulated in advance and also posted on the day – in outline, it will include a minimum of two mounted sessions each day, together with unmounted sessions with children working towards their next Pony Club Tests and achievement badges .FoodFood for the duration of the camp is included in the cost, please notify us of any intolerances & allergies when booking.We will also be providing a snack station to ensure that everyone’s energy levels are maintained throughout the day – we suspect the more sugary offerings will be the most popular! Water and squash will also be in plentiful supply.REQUIREMENTS
Ponies will need to be physically fit and well shod or with feet trimmed.
Tack and turnout is in accordance with that which is required for all pony club rallies. We strongly discourage bling on rider or ponies and kindly remind you that all riders must be in hair nets and have any jewellery including earrings removed for their own safety.
Out of courtesy to our coaches, we politely request that ponies and riders are smart, clean and tidy each day, but there is no need to plait.
VACCINATIONS
All ponies & horses attending camp are required to comply with the current Pony Club Vaccination Rule for 2024 which can be found here: Vaccination Requirements 2024
For those following an annual programme, boosters must be administered at a maximum of 12 month intervals – please note however, individual venues may impose alternative requirements, whilst those looking to represent the Branch should also check the specific rules applicable to the relevant discipline.
It may therefore be that whilst an annual booster vaccination is sufficient to enable you to attend our residential camp, there may be additional requirements for other Pony Club activities during the year.
If you have any queries relating to your pony’s vaccination history, please do get in touch and we will do our best to help.
LOGISTICSWe are a residential adventure – there will be any stables available to accommodate ponies overnight with hay and water supplied, please bring any hard feeds. In recent years, we have experienced the full range of weather from scorching arid temperatures to monsoon rains – so please come prepared for all eventualities. HOW TO BOOKSo…now you know the plans, how do you sign up? Booking will be available via Horse Events very shortly, with families welcome to pay in instalments. We will contact everyone separately as soon as we go live for bookings. To help us with the planning and to ensure the children get the most from camp, please enter before 20th July – it may not be possible to accept requests for places received after this date, although we will be happy to keep a list of late applications and set up a waiting list on a first come, first served basis. So that rides can be grouped appropriately, attendees are required to attend a minimum of three rallies, prior to our Summer Camp – a full rally programme was announced earlier in the year, with more being added regularly. PLEASE REMEMBER your vaccinations must be up to date for each and every rally that you attend and you must also be a current member.We really hope that you will be able to join us and be part of another wonderful EUHPC experience in 2024 – if you do have any queries, or if you would like to volunteer and support in any way at all, please do get in touch! That’s all from us for now, keep an eye out for confirmation that we are open for bookings on Horse Events 👀 We hope to see you soon!We can’t tell you it will be easy, but we can tell you it will be worth it!