Horse and Pony Care at Eairy Mount on Wednesday 27th July 2011

 About 25 children attended this event at Eairy Mount, Foxdale, home of Mr & Mrs Gerry Vernon.  It was a beautiful day – warm and sunny and the children enjoyed their picnic lunch sitting in the sun in the garden.  After lunch the children were divided into two groups with the older children  learning how to plait and the younger members sat in the sun and learnt about poisonous plants and then how to take a bridle apart and put it back together again. The children then had opportunity to play together which they all thoroughly enjoyed.

 These daytime sessions of Horse care are always very sociable thanks to Gerry and Judith Vernon for always making everyone feel very welcome at their home, thanks also to  AnneMarie Robinson, Joanna Ralston and Caroline Vernon for organising such an enjoyable event.

Area Tetrathlon 16th/17th July 2011

The weekend of the 16th/17th July, five members - Phoebe Cross (16) , Aalish Creer (11), Isla Curphey ( 10), Blae Richardson (7) and Lucy Corlett (6) travelled to England to take part in the Tetrathlon competition for Areas 4 & 5 (the North West and part of Wales). The tetrathlon consists of shooting at a target, swimming, cross country riding and cross country running, although those aged 8 & under throw beanbags instead of shooting and ride a working hunter course.
Day one was held at Whitchurch in Shropshire where competitors did the shooting and swimming phase. All five competitors did well at these phases and Blae Richardson received the medal for the best swim in her class.

Day two was at Kelsall Hill in Cheshire and the weather could not have been more unkind. It rained heavily non stop from first thing in the morning until after the competition finished at 5pm. Phoebe was in the Intermediate competition and did extremely well being placed 6th and qualifying to go on to the Intermediate Championships at Hartbury later next month.

For Isla Curphey this was her first venture into Tetrathlon off the Island and she competed very impressively in the Minimus in every section, gaining maximum marks in the riding and finishing 2nd overall. Aalish was 6th in the same class.

The two youngest members Blae and Lucy were in the pre-mini class and as this was the last class of the day they had a long wait to do their runs. Both were soaked to the skin and blue with cold by the time they ran and Blae the last run of the day, slipped in the mud and was sick while running. However they both finished and Lucy was awarded the medal for the best run in the class. Blae finished 3rd overall in the pre-mini class closely followed by Lucy at 4th.

The team Aalish, Isla, Blae and Lucy were also 5th placed team out of the 13 teams competing, so all five members came home with more than one award. A successful, if somewhat wet, weekend!

The Pony Club held a Games Competition at Kennaa on Tuesday 19th July. Unfortunately there were alot of the regular competitiors absent but those that did attend enjoyed the competition and the results were as follows:-
8 & Under 1st Sophie Hawley, 2nd Aislinn Lace, 3rd= Daisee Sewell and Cate Atkinson
10 & Under - 1st Elle Cain, 2nd Rebecca Sissons, 3rd Abby Jackson, 4th Zelda Newey, 5th Immy Milward
Over 11 (a) 1st Emily Mylchreests, 2nd Kirree Quayle 3rd Charlotte Driver
Over 11 (b) 1st Breeshey Evans, 2nd Katy Robinson, 3rd Chloe Lace, 4th Abi Turner-Drewry 5th Isla Curphey

Pony Club Mini One Day Event

Pony Club Mini One Day Event

The Pony Club held a Mini One Day Event on Saturday 9^th July at Oatlands Farm, Santon (kind permission of Mr & Mrs D Shcaklock).  This event is to introduce younger members to the three disciplines which make up a One Day Event.  It begins with a simple dressage test, followed by a round of show jumps  and then a small course of cross country type fences. It is run under Pony Club eventing rules.  The weather was lovely and there was a good entry and the results were as follows:-

Class 1-  8 & Under -  1^st. Sinead Cox – Boston Bo Peep, 2^nd= Blae Richardson – Conrhenny Appley Dappley and Sophie Hawley – TyGolau Crusader, 4^th Zelda Newey – Woolrich
Best Dressage Score – Amelia Hotchkiss - Liam

Class 2 – 9 & Over – 1^st Nicole Andrews – Bailey Spirit, 2^nd Molly Fraser – Barney 3^rd Jessica Loader -  Wortley Orlando, 4^th Nell Kinnish  - Jacko
Best Dressage – Nell Kinnish – Jacko

Class 3a Lead Rein Combined Training
1^st Lucy Parsons – Millie

Class 3b Off Lead Rein Combined Training
1^st Katy Schreiber – Celton Moondaisy

The committee would like to thank our dressage judge  Laura Callow, our for being such an encouraging judge and also Laura’s Mum Mary for writing, also Mr & Mrs Ray Cox for the loan of their cross country fences.

The next Pony Club event will be a games competition at Kennaa on Tuesday 19^th July. This event is open to non members and entries will be on the day at 5.30pm for prompt start with lead rein class at 6.00pm.  This event is a fundraiser to for the  Pony Club Prince Philip Cup Games Team who have now qualified for the Senior Runners Up competition at the Championships to be held at Draycott House, Derbyshire on the 16^th August.

This Games competition will be closely followed by a members only Rally to be held at Oatlands, Santon on Thursday 21^st July.  For further information regarding these events please visit www.iomponyclub.com.