Junior Camp at Kennaa 22/23 April

As Summer Camp 2011 was heavily oversubscribed the committee made the decision to move the younger members who had not been to Summer camp before into Junior Camp.


All the young members who would normally have gone to Junior Camp were unfortunately for them, moved back down to Diddy Camp. These decisions were deliberated long and hard by the committee in their endeavour to allow as many children as possible to attend camp in 2011.


The time spent at Junior Camp was extended and meals were provided in an effort to recreate the atmosphere of Summer Camp and give these members a taste for future years. The instructors were Cheryl Curphey, Natalie Pell and Abby Corlett with senior member helpers - Katy Robinson, Charlie Morrey, Danni Callin, Breeshey Evans and Rachel Hopkinson. All instructors and senior members made a huge effort to make the experience of camp as much fun as possible whilst improving the confidence and knowledge of members.

Whilst studying for their Perfect Paddock Achievement Badge the first group created their perfect paddock, whilst the second group created the far from perfect paddock complete with barbed wire, fire and bailer in their very dirty paddock!


Fortunately they all passed their Perfect Paddock Achievement Badge and it was awarded to Holly Low, Freya Cullen, Katilynn Arrowsmith, Molly Fraser, Elle Cain, Abby Jackson, Nell Kennish, Hannagh Geoghegan, Imogen Millward, John Whiteway, Millie Bolt, Kari Bridson, Katy Schreiber, and Zelda Newey.


The Public Speaking badge was awarded to Holly Low, John Whiteway, Elle Cain, Molly Fraser, Kari Bridson, Freya Cullen, Millie Bolt, Zelda Newey, Katie Schreiber and Kaitlynn Arrowsmith.


Kennaa proved to be an ideal location for performing this achievement badge and those members eligible will be taking this badge at Summer Camp.

In the evening after tea the children enjoyed a Treasure Hunt organised by Cheryl and Abby

followed by half an hour of fun and games in the outside arena.

On the second day of camp although the weather was not so good, the members took part in a Combined Training competition where they all performed a dressage test and jumped a course of showjumps.






The results were as follows:-

Ride 1

1st Freya Cullen - Jiggy
2nd Holly Low - Moss
3rd Molly Fraser - Barney
4th Imogen Millward - Eriska
5th Kaitlynn Arrowsmith - Bonnie

Tack and Turnout - Holly Low

Ride 2

1st Hannah Geoghegan - Brad
2nd Nell Kennish - Jacko
3rd Abby Jackson - Clippy
4th Elle Cain - Twinkle

Tack and Turnout - the whole ride!

Ride 3

a)1st Zelda Newey - Richie
b) 1st Katy Schreiber - BonBon

2nd John Whiteway - Sally.

Tack and Turnout - John Whiteway.

Camp finished at 5.00pm on Saturday with a presentation to all members of their Camp Certificates and rosettes. Next year we hope to have the middle night as a sleepover!

Games Competition at Kennaa

A fun evening of gymkhana games was held at Kennaa Equestrian Centre on Wednesday 20th April. The weather was beautiful and loads of children turned up for the event and everyone went home smiling having received an Easter egg! Chris Chatel and Jane Cross once again ran a very well organised event with help from the 2011 Prince Philip Cup Games team - Katy Robinson, Breeshey Evans, Danni Callin, Abigail Turner-Drewry and Isla Curphey. 

The results were as follows:-
Lead Rein (a)
1st Ellie Geoghegan
2nd Emma Parsons


Lead Rein (b)
1st Jessica Blaymire
2nd Sophie Hawley
3rd Lucy Parsons, Zevi Sansbury and Tommy Ralston


8 & under
1st Blae Richardson
2nd Dhoona Kirk
3rd Eva Jones, Freddie Ralston and Aislinn Lace


10 & Under (a)
1st Elle Cain
2nd Abby Jackson
3rd Immy Millward
4th Zelda Newey


10 & Under (b) 
1st Hannah Geoghegan
2nd Isla Curphey
3rd Amy Anderson
4th Nell Kennish


Over 11 (a)
1st= Lori Moreton and Kate Anderson
2nd Aalish Creer


Over 11 (b)
1st Breeshey Evans
2nd Isla Curphey
3rd Katie Robinson
4th=Danni Callin and Abigail Turner-Drewry

Horse and Pony Care - 15 April

The last Friday night Horse and Pony Care session took place on 15th April at Kennaa. Once again there was a great turnout of members and it was lovely to see so many older members attending. As the annual Parents Night was taking place in the Club Room, all members congregated in the outdoor school with AnneMarie in charge. The weather was perfect - not a breath of wind and not even cold! Judging by the volume of noise everyone seemed to have a wonderful time whilst learning the footfalls of a horse, serpentines and various dressage movements. It was a joy to see all the senior membrs encouraging and joining in with the younger members. A very big thankyou to AnneMarie for organising such a fun night! There will be further Horse and Pony Care sessions during the summer but these usually take place during the afternoon - keep checking the website for future dates.

Test Successes

On the 11th/12th April seven members were put forward for their 'C' test, three their 'C+' and there was one 'B' candidate. The examiner for all tests was Pam Prickett and at the end she stressed that all members were up to standard but unfortunately nerves on the day let several members down. This is very normal when taking the Pony Club tests as the standard is high and the test situation does make candidates very nervous. We will be holding more tests in September and hopefully those that were not successful this time will be less nervous next time and pass. Pam did mention that all the candidates looked very smart and were beautifully turned out.

Successful 'C' test candidates Charlotte Shimmin, Charlie Morrey and Emily Kelly

Successful 'C+' Candidates Breeshey Evans and Hannah Scarlett

Katy Robinson passed the Horse Care section of this test.

A very happy Abby Corlett who passed her 'B' Test with flying colours!

WELL DONE TO ALL THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.

Mylchreests Group to support Isle of Man Pony Club One Day Event

Isle of Man Pony Club is delighted to announce that Mylchreests Group is to sponsor the Club’s Annual Spring ‘One Day Event’ on Sunday 8^th May 2011.  This event will be held at Oatlands, Santon, with kind permission from Mr & Mrs D Shacklock.

Managing Director, David Mylchreest, said “We are very pleased to be giving support to the Isle of Man Pony Club as apart from being the Island’s Main Dealers for Land Rover and Mitsubishi products, both well known as the “must have” vehicles to tow horse trailers, we are very keen to be giving direct help to a sport largely participated in by young people”

In addition to this financial assistance Mylchreests will be showing a range of new Land Rover & Mitsubishi products at the event at Oatlands in May.

Mylchreests’ sponsorship of the Pony Club follows recently announced support by the Company for the Commonwealth Youth Games, Southern 100, Manx Grand Prix and IOM 4x4 Club. All of these sponsorship programmes have been arranged in celebration of our 50^th anniversary, which is in July 2011.

Each rider competes at Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country.  Pony Club have a new cross country course at Oatlands. The course has been designed by William Blane FBHS and built by Jill, David and Dan Shacklock. There are some new and interesting combinations on the course intended to encourage control and straightness through the fences.

The event has ten classes covering Juniors and Seniors of differing abilities and ages ranging from eight years to adult.

Mylchreests Group have provided rosettes up to sixth place in each of the ten classes, Best Dressage rosette for each class plus Pony/Horse sash for winners of each class.  The winners of each class will also receive a Mylchreests One Day Event Polo Shirt with those in 2^nd place receiving Mylchreests One Day Event Baseball Caps.

Presentation of awards will be made at 4.30pm on the day (unmounted but dressed in dressage attire). 

Instructors Accreditation Course

As Pony Club is a youth organisation it is a requirement that all our instructors are CRB checked and also that they have attended a Pony Club accreditation course. The simplest method of ensuring that these criteria are fulfilled is to hold an accreditation course here on the island.

Some of our senior instructors have attended the Pony Club National Instructors Conference in Yorkshire which was taken by Yogi Breisner however all our other instructors were invited to attend this course on Monday 11th April. The course was taken by Pam Prickett who is a senior instructor and examiner from Oxenholme Branch of the Pony Club. Pam gave two demonstration lessons the first to three young members - Nicole, Courtney and Ellan who were working towards their 'D' test and the second to three older members Callum, Abigaile and Charlotte who are working towards their 'C' test.

There was a terrific turnout of instructors but unfortunately the temperature had dropped

10 degrees from the previous beautiful day and everyone was frozen! Many thanks to Pam and also everyone who turned up. We hope you found the evening helpful and educational.

Pony Club Cross Country Season Gets Underway

Beautiful weather on Sunday 10 th April, helped to make the first Hunter Trial of the season a most enjoyable event. The new course which had been designed and checked by William Blane FBHS, Head of Pony Club Training UK, and built by Gill, David and Dan Shacklock, rode beautifully with the going on most of the course being nearly perfect. There were some new interesting combinations but these rode well causing few problems. It is most encouraging to see so many junior members taking part with some new names winning the rosettes. Abigail Turner Drewry had an excellent day along with family members Clare and Kevin Drewry, proving that hard work and dedication do pay off. The results were as follows:- 


Class 1 Intro Pairs (Level 1) 
1st Annabel Ackers (Garfield) & Callum Staley (Midnight Mystery)
2nd Helen Williams (Mally) & Rowena Kelly (Rosehill Rockstar)
3rd Catharine Barham (Farrants Marimba) & Charlotte Barham (The English Rose) 


Class 2a Junior Intro (Level 1) 

1st Callum Staley (Midnight Mystery)
2nd Annabel Ackers (Garfield)
3rd Milly Killeen (Shannon's Dream) 


Class 2b Senior Intro (Level 1) 
1st Holly Minards (Ballakissack Finuala
2nd Jen Munro (Destiny's Child)
3rd Sammy Leahy (Dowland Demerara) 


Class 3 Prelim Pairs (Level 2) 
1st Clare Drewry (Aclare Cracker) & Kevin Drewry (Colour by Numbers) 
2nd Abigale Turner-Drewry (Grianangh Vida) & Kevin Drewry (O'Riley) 
3rd Suzanne Young (War & Wisdom) & Jen Munro (Destiny's Child)


Class 4a Junior Prelim (Level 2) 

1st Phoebe Cross (Marble)
2nd Abigale Turner-Drewry (Grianangh Vida)
3rd Lauren Bellamy (Oh Mi) 


Class 4b Senior Prelim (Level 2) 
1st Juliet Tranter (Nitron X)
2nd Suzanne Young (War & Wisdom) 
3rd Catharine Barham (Farrants Marimba)


Class 5a Junior Novice (Level 3) 

1st Tabby Wright (Mannog Juliette) 
2nd Breeshey Evans (Hayley) 
3rd Lori Moreton (Jalaga Jack) 


Class 5b Senior Novice (Level 3) 
1st Carla Moss (Greenwood Dionysus) 
2nd Hazel Wright (Keen to be a Million) 
3rd Georgie Allegro (Macero) 


Class 6a Junior Pick n Mix

1st Aalish Creer (Oisin Earl of Dreams) 
2nd Hannah Scarlett (Shiraz) 
3rd Alice Bowen (Greenday) 


Class 6b Junior Pick n Mix 
1st Jess Collister (Sir Braveheart) 
2nd Hazel Wright (Keen to be a Million) 
3rd Jo Priest (Above Suspicion) 


Class 7 Open (Level 5) 

1st Imogen Cannell (Trefeinon Tricolour) 
2nd Carla Moss (Greenwood Dionysus) 
3rd Lottie Pote (Kilcoltrim Perfect Day) 


The Pony Club committee would like to thank Gill, David and Dan Shacklock for their inspiration and hard work building this lovely course, the Copy Shop for once again providing the back numbers, Mylchreests Motors for providing the First Aid vehicle and Sadlers Agricultural, James Cubbon at JCK and Qualtrough's Timber Yard for their support to the Club. Many thanks also to all the stewards and helpers without their valuable help we could not run and finally to Miles and Matthew for the thankless task of traffic management. Our usual commentator Peter Bond was not able to be present but we wish him a speedy recovery. 


The next Pony Club event will be a Cross Country Green Day on Saturday 16 th April, this is an opportunity to try the cross country course but not in a competition. Sessions are available at 10.00am, 11.00am and 12.00noon. This will be followed by an Open Games Competition at Kennaa on Wednesday 20 th April – entries on the day at 4.30pm and then on Easter Monday 26 th April there is a Combined Training at Oatlands, Santon. These events are all open to non members and for further information and entry forms please visit www.iomponyclub.com . 


Members are reminded that the final Horse and Pony Care/Achievement session will be on Friday 15 th November at 6.45pm at Kennaa. Combined with this will be our annual parents evening where parents are invited to come along and have a coffee and chat to the committee. 


Photos from the event are now available to view and purchase from www.manxequinephotos.co.uk & www.cjsphotography.co.im