RALLY PROGRAMME

Our rally programme is now available to book online at Horse Events.

Rallies can also be found on the calendar on our website.

Please note the closing date for booking on each rally, once this date has passed the rally will be closed on Horse Events. Have a read through the titles and all the rally details can be seen in the ‘About This Rally’ section, also scroll down to ‘Additional Information’.

Please contact the rally organiser with any queries about a particular rally.

We will continue to publish times near the date of the rally, find details on the TIMES page. 

RALLY CANCELLATION POLICY

Less than 10 days before the rally:

After the closing date, please contact the Rally Organiser to make any changes, this is usually the instructor who is holding the rally.  Their contact details can be found on the Rally event schedule. 

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT ON THE DAY, PLEASE LET THE RALLY ORGANISER KNOW – please give as much notice as possible!

GUIDELINES FOR RALLIES

How to behave at rallies:

• Please read the Pony Club codes of conduct for members and parents/guardians.
• Please take responsibility for clearing up after your pony both in and out of the arena. And, if you notice any unclaimed droppings, please dispose of these too.
• Please drive and park with great care. Avoid grass areas unless specifically asked to use them. If in doubt, ask first!
• Keep haynets inside your trailers to minimise mess.
• Please help the instructors by taking care not to enter the arena unless you are invited by the instructor, but also be aware to offer help if you think they may require assistance with jumps etc.
• It would be easy to underestimate how much preparation is needed to organise our rallies, and as with all best laid plans, there are often last minute changes which can have an effect on the final group numbers for example. Where possible we will try to fill spaces and re-organise groups when we hear of cancellations, but often this is not possible and in these cases the rally groups may not look as balanced as we had planned.
• Please be prepared to help put equipment away at the end of a rally. Please offer rather than wait to be asked.
• Make sure you thank the instructor (and venue owner, if appropriate) on departure.
• Before you leave, double check that everything has been left in a tidy state.

Medical Care Consent:

If a child is to be left at a rally or PC event, appropriate arrangements must be made for the child and their pony to be cared for. However, it must be clearly understood that Parents / Guardians keep responsibility for their own children at all times, whether the parent / guardian is present at the activity or not.

In the first instance, the parent / guardian must make their own arrangements for the care of their child with another parent. This is a private arrangement between parents / guardians that does not involve a PC official. The PC instructor must however be informed of any such arrangement. The use of a medical armband in this situation can be helpful.

If all parents are being asked to leave their children in the care of a PC official, then a medical care consent form must be completed before the child is left. This form will be provided by the PC official (usually the instructor) and will ask for an emergency contact number, information regarding any allergies, and any other issues that the PC official needs to be aware of in the parents / guardians absence. It will also require a signature. Please do not leave your child without completing this form.

When children are being left for longer, or even overnight (for example PC Camp), a more comprehensive consent needs to be undertaken. This consent form can be downloaded here medical-consent-form 2023.