This website is for all Vale of Aylesbury Pony Club (VAHPC) members, parents and for prospective new members.
It has been designed to provide you with information on us, the different equestrian disciplines, how to join and all we have to offer in the way of training, rallies, activities, and other ridden and social events. The Programme for Members will contain details of all rallies and training days and how to book onto these. If having looked through the site you cannot find what you are looking for please contact one of our committee members.
The Vale of Aylesbury Hunt Branch was established in 1931 and is part of the Pony Club Area 12 which reaches into Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire. Today we have approximately 100 members comprising a good balance of mini’s (4 – 8 years), juniors (8 – 11), seniors (11 –18) and Associates ( 21-25). Our club field is in Meadle, Buckinghamshire which we use regularly during the spring and summer and we have use of several other venues both indoor and outdoor, across the county.
A very friendly club, we encourage all our members to take part in as many disciplines as they can and we, often with great success, field teams at local and area level in show jumping, tetrathlon, mounted games, eventing, dressage and prix caprilli.
Some of our members are very competitive others just enjoy riding, learning about looking after their ponies and the companionship that membership of the club offers. Whatever the ambitions of our members the majority come together for our Pony Club camp week – a real highlight of the year which is thoroughly enjoyed by members of all ages and levels of experience.
THE PONY CLUB
The Pony Club is the number one organisation for young people who love ponies and riding. There are more than 40,000 Pony Club Members in Great Britain, belonging to either a Branch or a Centre. Internationally The Pony Club has a membership of over 110,000 across 18 countries, making it the largest association of riders in the world. Most British equestrian medal winners at The Olympics and World Championships have been Members of The Pony Club. For full details of ‘The Pony Club’ please go to www.pcuk.org.
Welcome to VAHPC
If there is any information that we have missed that you think will be useful to members please do let us know. If you have any photos, results from events attended, news, views, tips or advice please forward them to: vahsecretary@gmail.com for inclusion on the website. Please remember that volunteers are the backbone of The Pony Club, like all clubs we rely on support from our members, members’ parents and friends of the club – to all of whom we are hugely grateful.