{"id":1052,"date":"2024-03-06T20:44:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/?page_id=1052"},"modified":"2024-10-14T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:46:36","slug":"about-wokingham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/home\/about-wokingham\/","title":{"rendered":"About Wokingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<section class=\"full-width-text py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\r\n                <p>Founded in 1974, <strong>Wokingham Branch of the Pony Club<\/strong> celebrates our 50th Anniversary in 2024!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We are a small, friendly , busy branch, which caters for a wide range of young people from our wonderful mini-gang of beginners on the lead rein right through to experienced competitive riders, competing at all Pony Club levels!<\/p>\n<p>At Wokingham, our team of knowledgable coaches and committed volunteers encourage friendship and fun and provide a supportive team network.\u00a0 By educating our members on horse welfare, helping to develop their horsemanship we work to enable them to unlock their potential, together with building resilience, confidence, teamwork and leadership skills.<\/p>\n<h5>You can find out all about us on this website and on our social media channels and make sure you follow Area 13 too!<\/h5>\n<h5>Facebook: @wokinghampc<\/h5>\n<h5>Instagram: @wokingham_pony_club<\/h5>\n                                                                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 pt-5\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content-left-right py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container py-md-4\">\r\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-image\">\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2024\/10\/455519824_10168815831390063_820196170662624986_n.jpg\" class=\"card-img-mobile\" alt=\"\"\/>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-description-right\">\r\n                    <p>As well as our Rallies and Training Sessions, we hold other fun competitions including Horseball, Mini Fun Day activities, Ride-a-Test Dressage teach-ins, Combined Training, Mounted Games and Superstars which run throughout the summer months and in August we hold our Pony Club Camp at Sparsholt College which provides Camps to suit all our members from the youngest to the oldest and is the best fun according to those who came last year!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wokingham Pony Club really does have something for everyone, yet still retains that small club benefit where everyone knows each other!<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\r\n<section class=\"container-fluid\" id=\"full-width-left-right\">\r\n            <div class=\"row p-0 d-flex flex-row-reverse\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 p-0 fw-lr-image-container\">\r\n                <div class=\"fw-lr-image-ratio\"><\/div>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2024\/10\/455705043_10168815832005063_5129541433162993854_n.jpg\" class=\"fw-lr-image-fw\" alt=\"Image\"\/>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 px-0 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\" style=\"background: #691f74\">\r\n                <div class=\"container d-flex flex-column justify-content-center py-5 px-md-5 h-100 text-white\">\r\n                    <div class=\"row\">\r\n                        <div class=\"description col-12\" style=\"\">\r\n                            <p>We have a variety of instructors providing excellent training for all levels of rider and in all the disciplines. We encourage our members to complete the Pony Club Efficiency tests which aim to improve both their riding, horse and pony care skills and their understanding of horse welfare. These range from E (the most elementary) up to A , the highest Pony Club award which is achieved by less than 20 members nationally each year.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content-left-right py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container py-md-4\">\r\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-image\">\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2024\/10\/457250968_1025369989374957_1283575663218980739_n.jpg\" class=\"card-img-mobile\" alt=\"\"\/>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-description-right\">\r\n                    <p>We are an active Branch who run open competitions during the year &#8211; our next show the Winter Show Jumping at BCA on 17 November &#8211; where we have something for everyone from poles right up to PC110.\u00a0 The show is part of the Area 13 Winter SJ League (<a href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/area13\/area-13-winter-showjumping-league-2024-25\/\">Area 13 Winter Showjumping League 2024\/25 &#8211; Area 13 (pcuk.org)<\/a>\u00a0and we also have a Royal Windsor Horse Show Ticket on offer for the PC110 highest placed PC member!<\/p>\n<p>To enter to go: https:\/\/wokinghampc.entrymaster.online\/index.php?id=85&amp;event=99&amp;details=1<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the events we run ourselves, we also encourage our members to participate in inter branch team competitions across the year at all levels for mini&#8217;s right through to open competitors, including Eventing, Dressage, Show Jumping and Tetrathlon and Triathlon competitors.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"full-width-text py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\r\n                <h5 style=\"text-align: center\">For more information on Wokingham branch of the Pony Club, please get in touch!<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">You can find the details here:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us &#8211; Wokingham (pcuk.org)<\/a><\/h5>\n                                                                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/wokingham\/home\/about-wokingham\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from About Wokingham<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":0,"parent":140,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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