The Pony Club is an international voluntary youth organisation for young people, up to the age of 25, interested in horses, ponies, and riding. Founded in England in 1929, and granted independent charitable status on 1st January 1997, there are around 330 Branches and 300 Linked Riding Centres in the UK alone. The Pony Club is represented in no less than 27 countries with a worldwide membership exceeding 110,000, making it the largest association of young riders in the world.
WELCOME TO IVEAGH BRANCH
Celebrating over 60 years of success, Iveagh Branch is a large and vibrant Pony Club Branch, within Area 17 in Northern Ireland. Our permanent home is our Pony Club grounds at Moyallon Road, Portadown.
We enjoy fantastic facilities including 4 all-weather arenas, one of which has floodlights. We have grass arenas which contain a derby bank, a devils dyke and a drop fence, as well as a small cross country course.
We pride ourselves on having the very best instructors and coaches who work tirelessly to support our members. We offer weekly instruction rallies, Mounted Games Training, Tetrathlon coaching, and discipline specific coaching throughout the whole year.
We hold Pony Club Camps at Easter, Summer and Halloween and host competitions and shows regularly.
Our members, past and present, excel at every level of equestrian sport, and even more importantly, forge life-long friendships through their involvement in Pony Club
To provide children and young people with the opportunity to develop a lifelong love of horses through fun, friendship, horsemanship and sport.
We are one Pony Club, fostering friendship, teamwork and volunteering.
We support every individual to reach their goals. We celebrate success and learn to lose with grace.
We treat all people fairly and equally. We celebrate our history and heritage.
We grow through learning and education, the development of skills, expertise and the pursuit of excellence.
We have three critical strands to our purpose, we exist: