SPRING HALF TERM - PHOTOS COMING SOON!

THE HALF TERM ACTIVITIES STARTED WITH A SUMMER GAMES COMPETITION. EVERYONE TAKING PART IN THESE COMPETITION IS AWARDED POINTS TOWARDS THE SUMMER GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE WAS SOME SPIRITED COMPETITION IN THE VARIETY OF GAMES AND RACES.

RESULTS. MINI- 1ST SAM BAKER, 2ND SCARLETT BRADSHAW, 3RD ALEX CARVILL

JUNIOR - 1ST DEMI PARSONS, 2ND JEMMA WORSFOLD, 3RD EMMA BOWYER, 4TH ABY TATTERSFIELD/BECKY GODFREY, 5TH MELISSA LANGRIDGE, 6TH SYLVIE WHITFIELD, 7TH ERIN CARVILL

SENIOR - 1ST PIPPA HALFPENNY, 2ND BRONWYN PARSONS, 3RD GEORGIA ADAMS, 4TH MATT WATKINS, 5TH AMY SITCH/CASSIE EAVES

NEXT IT WAS A JUMP CLUB EVENING WITH THE YOUNGER MEMBERS PERFORMING FIRST. EIGHT TOOK PART AND WERE DIVIDED ACCORDING TO ABILITY INTO TWO GROUPS. EVERYONE IS IMPROVING RAPIDLY AND THERE WERE SOME GOOD, CLOSE TIMES IN THE JUMP OFFS. IN THE SENIOR GROUP LILY WALL HAD HER FIRST COMPETITION ON ALBERT AND COPED REALLY WELL TO WIN WITH MOLLY HARRISON TAKING A GOOD SECOND PLACE.

RESULTS - GROUP 1-1ST HANNAH BRIGHTON, 2ND HOLLY SCRAFTON, 3RD SCARLETT BRADSHAW, 4TH ALEX CARVILL.

                                                 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HANNAH!

GROUP 2 - 1ST ERIN CARVILL, 2ND JEMMA WORSFOLD, 3RD JESS BRIGHTON, 4TH AMY SITCH

GROUP 3 - 1ST LILY WALL, 2ND MOLLY HARRISON, 3RD SYLVIE WHITFIELD, 4TH LILY MOFFATT, 5TH GEORGIA ADAMS, 6TH ABBY TATTERSFIELD, 7TH CASSIE EAVES, 8TH PIPPA HALFPENNY.

FINAL EVENT WAS A BRING A FRIEND FUN DAY WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED!! WE DID SOME GROOMING, PONY CARE INSTRUCTION AND GAMES. THE TEAM RESULTS KEPT CHANGING RIGHT UP TO THE END WHICH GAVE US AN EXCITING FINALE.

RESULTS 1ST PURPLE - ABBY TATTERSFIELD, ALICE HODGES, SOPHIE, OLIVIA & ROSANNA CARANCI, SCARLETT BRADSHAW

2ND BLUE - JESS & HANNAH BRIGHTON, BRITTANY, KARUS & MULSANNE ROBINSON, ALEX CARVILL.

3RD SILVER - CASSIE EAVES, GEORGIA ADAMS, SAM BAKER, LORNA BEARD, MILLY, MEG GREEN, ERIN CARVILL

4TH PINK - AMY SITCH, CHARLOTTE, JEMMA WORSFOLD, SAPPHIRE & JADE MOSS, AMY PAGET, SARAH.

EASTER HOLIDAYS

WE STARTED THE EASTER ACTIVITIES WITH AN INSTRUCTION AND PONY SPRING CLEAN AFTERNOON.IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND EVERYONE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. THE MOST EXPERIENCED GROUP RODE FIRST WHILE THE OTHER GROUP DID THEIR GROOMING AND PLAITING THEN WE SWAPPED OVER.

 ALEX,LORNA, BILLIE-JO & SCARLETT     GOOD PLAITING CASSIE!           CEILEIGH PLAITED WHIZZ'S MANE WELL

 DEMI, HENRY & JEMMA                    EMILY, TRIX & ROZEY                     ERIN, PERKY AND OLIVIA

 FAYE, BADGER & AMY                     GEORGIA, CASSIE, BRONWYN & MO     MEGAN AND ROBIN

  GEORGIA ON MO, FAYE ON BADGER, EMILY ON WALTER & CASSIE ON TOBY

THANKFULLY WE HELD THE EASTER EGG HUNT A WEEK LATER THAN USUAL -GOOD BET AS WE HAD SUPER WEATHER.THIS EVENT IS ALWAYS WELL ATTENDED AND WE HAD SIX TEAMS. WE STARTED WITH THE EGG HUNT ON FOOT ALL OVER THE FARM THEN THREE TEAMS DID TEAM GAMES WHILE THE OTHER THREE TEAMS DID A BIG QUIZ.WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND EVERYONE HAD LOTS OF EXERCISE!!

RESULTS

1ST THE PINK TEAM -AMY SITCH, JEMMA WORSFOLD, JESS & HANNAH BRIGHTON,ROZEY. NIAMH AND CHARLOTTE

2ND THE GOLD TEAM - NICKI RALPH, MARY STENSON, EMILY COOPER, KATE JENKINS, SAM BAKER AND MEG GREEN

3RD THE RED TEAM - ANTONIA PAYNE, ERIN AND ALEX CARVILL, FRANKIE AND CHARIS,LORNA BEARD

4TH THE SILVER TEAM - MATT WATKINS, BRUCE MCLAREN, CHARLIE BROOKS, SCARLETT BRADSHAW, OLIVIA PEARCE, GRACE PARDOE, BILLIE-JO GROGAN

5TH THE YELLOW TEAM -FAYE THATCHER, COLLETTE, RONA WHITFIELD, CEILEIGH LANGFORD, AMY PAGET, HOLLY CUTLER, EMMA BOWYER

6TH THE BLUE TEAM - CASSIE EAVES, GEORGIA ADAMS, ELLA GIBBS, HATTIE, KARUS & MULSANNE ROBINSON, ELEANOR MULROY

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HALF TERM

THIS HALF TERM WAS A REAL BATTLE AGAINST THE WEATHER -I THINK EVERYONE IS NOW STARTING TO GET REALLY FED UP WITH THE SNOW!!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE EASTER HOLIDAYS - IF YOU WANT TO COME AND JOIN IN YOU DONT HAVE TO HAVE LESSONS HERE - YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER TOO SO YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MEMBERS RATES FOR ACTIVITIES (£15 FOR ONE YEAR) 

YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN PONY TOO IF YOU HAVE ONE IF NOT RIDE ONE OF OURS!

.JUST GIVE US A RING OR E MAIL. DISCOUNTS FOR DOING SEVERAL EVENTS!!

WE STARTED ON MONDAY WITH AN INSTRUCTION DAY. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND MEMBERS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. HAVING GROOMED AND TACKED UP THE PONIES ONE GROUP RODE WHILE THE OTHER DID TACK CLEANING.

SECOND EVENT OF THE HOLIDAY WAS A GAMES COMPETITION. THIS WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THE SUMMER (WHEN AND IF IT EVER ARRIVES!!).WE DID MONTE CARLO AND MUSICAL RIVERS TO GET EVERYONE GOING THEN DID SOME RACES. WE INCLUDED SOME NEW RACES WHICH NEEDED LOTS OF CONTROL AND DEXTERITY.

RESULTS - GROUP ONE -1ST AMY SITCH, 2ND MATT WATKINS, 3RD JEMMA WORSFOLD, 4TH BRONWYN PARSONS, 5TH=CASSIE EAVES, ISSY RUCKER, 6TH GEORGIA ADAMS, 7TH = BRUCE MCLAREN, KATIE RUCKER

GROUP TWO - 1ST DEMI PARSONS, 2ND EMMA BOWYER, 3RD SAMANTHA BAKER, 4TH EMILY COOPER, 5TH= ALEX CARVILL, LARA GROVE, 6TH= SYLVIE WHITFIELD, ERIN CARVILL, 7TH ABBY TATTERSFIELD.

A JUMP CLUB COMPETITION FOLLOWED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. WE HAD TWO GROUPS AGAIN -EVERYONE DID WELL. ALBERT WAS A BIT FRESH AND NIPPED OUT OF A COUPLE OF JUMPS BUT HAD A GOOD SCHOOL. SEVERAL RIDERS WERE DOING A JUMPING COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALL OF THEM COPED VERY WELL.

RESULTS GROUP ONE -1ST KATIE RUCKER, 2ND ISSY RUCKER, 3RD PIPPA HALFPENNY, 4TH KATRINA MCARTHY, 5TH CASSIE EAVES, 6TH ALEX HAFFNER

GROUP TWO - 1ST GEORGIA ADAMS, 2ND MOLLY HARRISON, 3RD LILY MOFFATT, 4TH ABBY TATTERSFIELD, 5TH IZZY WRIGHT

SADLY THURSDAYS JUMP CLUB HAD TO BE CANCELLED - SNOW FALLING AGAIN!! AND VERY COLD SO IT WAS ONTO THE LAST EVENT -A VERY POPULAR PONY SPRING CLEAN AND TEAM GAMES. FIVE TEAMS HAD TO GROOM AND TRIM UP TWO PONIES THEN EVERYONE DID A COUPLE OF GAMES. DESPITE IT BEING VERY COLD EVERYONE MANAGED TO KEEP WARM. SEVERAL MEMBERS BROUGHT FRIENDS SOME OF WHICH HAD BEEN TO US BEFORE BUT AMY'S FRIEND SAPPHIRE HAD NEVER RIDDEN BEFORE SO SHE DID REALLY WELL TO MASTER TROTTING AND JOIN IN THE GAMES.

RESULTS -1ST THE BLUE TEAM -CASSIE EAVES, ABBY TATTERSFIELD, EMILY COOPER, SAM BAKER, ELEANOR MULROY, ERIN CARVILL.

2ND THE PINK TEAM - AMY SITCH AND SAPPHIRE, JEMMA WORSFOLD AND NIAMH, BRON AND DEMI PARSONS, AMY PAGET AND LIZZIE

3RD THE LILAC TEAM - SYLVIE WHITFIELD AND SASHA LING, JORDAN WICKHAM AND FIONA MACLAINE, AMELIA BLADEN AND SOPHIE THWAITE

4TH THE GOLD TEAM - PIPPA HALFPENNY, GEORGIA ADAMS, KATE SOMERS, ELLIE AND GEORGIE DRIVER

5TH THE RED TEAM - MOLLY HARRISON, IZZY WRIGHT, GRACE PARDOE, SCARLETT BRADSHAW, OLIVIA PEARCE, ALEX CARVILL

 AMY & JEMMA TRIM UP TRIX'S TAIL!!      LIZZIE & AMY GROOMING HARLEY     ELLIE & GEORGIE GROM SMOKEY

  ERIN, ELEANOR & SAM WITH WALTER   JORDAN, FIONA, SOPHIE & AMELIA     MOLLY AND IZZY

AT LAST WE MANAGED TO HOLD THE NOVICES JUMP CLUB WHICH WAS POSTPONED FROM A SNOWY FEB 18TH.  TEN CAME FORWARD AND WE DIVIDED THEM INTO TWO GROUPS. EVERYONE JUMPED CLEAR ROUNDS ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO HAD TO BE PROMPTED ON WHERE THEY WERE GOING!! TRIX WAS A BIT FRESH BUT AMY COPED WELL ON HIM -HER FIRST EFFORT ROUND A COURSE ON TRIX.EMILY GAVE WALTER A GOOD SCHOOL ROUND BEFORE HER ROUND JUST TO GET THE SPOOKS OUT OF HIM.EVERYONE JUMPED A CLEAR ROUND AND WENT ON TO THE JUMP OFF. IN GROUP ONE ERIN DID A GOOD TIME ON WALTER AND JEMMA HAD AN EXCELLENT ROUND ON HENRY. BUT EMILY, LAST TO GO WHIZZED ROUND IN A VERY QUICK TIME TO TAKE FIRST PLACE. IN GROUP BRON WAS VERY UNLUCKY TO TIP A POLE AFTER A DODGY APPROACH. HOLLY SHOWED A LOT OF PROMISE WHEN SHE STEERED PERKY ROUND IN A GOOD TIME BUT DEMI WAS ABLE TO JUST PIP HER WITH A GREAT EFFORT ON HARLEY. JESS AND HANNAH BOTH DID WELL IN THEIR GROUPS -HANNAH ATKING THIRD IN HER GROUP AND JESS FLYING TILL SHE HAD A WOBBLE ON THE LAST TURN!

GROUP 1 1ST EMILY COOPER, 2ND ERIN CARVILL, 3RD JEMMA WORSFOLD, 4TH JESS BRIGHTON, 5TH AMY SITCH

GROUP 1  1ST DEMI PARSONS, 2ND HOLLY SCRAFTON, 3RD HANNAH BRIGHTON, 4TH ALEX CARVILL, 5TH BRONWYN PARSONS