I thought it would be helpful for everyone if you all knew what a Tetrathlon involves. I set out below how the competitions are organised and categorised by the Pony Club.

N&T member Tessa Olley and her pony Bertie Bassett will be performing all week at the NEC in Birmingham this Easter at the British Open Show Jumping Championships.

They are part of the Saffron Walden Musical Ride, who have been selected to be in the final of H FACTOR 2010.

H Factor is a new competition run on the same lines as the X Factor on Saturday night TV. The audience will decide who wins by voting for their favourite act by text.

The other acts are Rocking Horse and Equestrienne, who are stunt acts and The Knights of Middle England, who perform Jousting.

The 14 strong Saffron Walden Team, will perform a dressage to music display, and Bertie is the only pony.

Tessa is keen to win the H Factor, because top prize is to perform all week at the Horse of the Year Show next October....and that means a week off school! Her mum Alice is also part of the team on her horse Milly. 

The H Factor final is on the afternoon of Saturday 10th April, but Saffron Walden also perform on Wed 7th & Fri 9th in the afternoon, and Thurs 8th in the evening. To book tickets go to www.britishopenshowjumping.co.uk

Sarah Burton has kindly offered to run a coach to Birmingham on Friday 9th. Contact Sarah to book your seats.

And as soon as we know the number that you need to text, in order to vote for Saffron Walden Musical ride we will let you know!!!

Provisional Camp dates are:

Junior 2 - 6 August at Thurlow

Intermediate 25-30 July at Tattersalls

Senior  25 - 29 July at Ely or 26/27 at Chrishall Grange.

            EVENTING COMPETITIONS FOR SUMMER 2010

Team/Individual One Day Event – horses/riders must be capable of

jumping 3ft 6” both showjumping & cross country, or are currently

competing at BE Novice level or above.

Team/Individual One Day Event – horses/riders must be capable of

Jumping 3ft both showjumping & cross country.

Team/Individual One Day Event – horses/riders must be capable of jumping

3ft 3” both showjumping & cross country.

4)       OPEN AREA HORSE TRIALS, BURNHAM MARKET 6^th & 7^th August

Team/Individual One Day Event – horses/riders must be capable of jumping

3ft 6” both showjumping & cross country or currently competing at BE Novice level as the

Championship is a strong Novice level – i.e. approx 3ft 9”

The above are the team Pony Club One Day Event competitions that are held throughout the

Summer – if you are interested in competing at any of these please contact Katrina McGladdery either by email or phone as new faces are always welcome. Mobile: 07774 862846 or email:

katrina.mcgladdery@ntpc.co.uk

Team/Individual  Event – horses/riders capable of jumping 2ft 9” both showjumping & cross

country.   This is a very fun introduction to team events and is ideal for those leading up to competing at Novice Area Horse Trials in 2011. The teams will be selected by Sarah

6)      Gosling Cup   Stamford Rivers 29th August    Team competition open to members under 16 riding ponies 15hands and under. Capable of jumping 3 foot. Includes a team ride. The teams will be selected by Sarah Burton.

There is the opportunity for some top quality shooting instruction for all
Area 8 PC members in preparation for the coming tet season. The 
instruction will be from national coach Stuart Allison who, as well as 
being one of the top pistol coaches in the country, is also extremely 
well versed in the various rules and regulations of Pony Club tetrathlon 
shooting. We are fortunate he has agreed to take on some Area coaching 
and are keen to put forward as many tetrathletes as posible.

Two training sessions will take place in Norwich on Sundays January 17th
and 31st; and two will be in Saffron Walden on Sundays February 14th and 
28th. (At Waltons, Ashdon)

Cost will be approx £5 per hour long session, with six people per session.
Targets will be provided, but each branch should supply their own pistols 
and pellets. The first session will begin at 11am. We are able to keep 
the costs so low as Area 8 Tetrathlon is kindly happy to subsidise the 
shooting training.
Please can you let me Tessa Vestey (trgv@talktalk.net) know by
TUESDAY 29TH DECEMBER if you would like to attend, which dates
and the level of shooting experience you have. If you have any queries
please ring me on 01799 584330 or 07774 126999. THIS IS A FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY SO BOOK IN QUICKLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

Tessa Vestey
 

Due to the weather conditions, the Christmas Jamboree and the Rally at Brook Farm have been cancelled.

Sadly Fi Bravery has had to cancel the PC Show Jumping at Towerlands on 19th December as she only had 3 entries.

Please remember to send the £4 postage to Vick Vestey along with your subsription renewal. Subsciption forms are available by clicking on 31st Dec. under 'events.'

New Dressage dates with Fiona Bowen are 14th Dec & 6th Jan.

The Fetlock Ball will be held on April13th 2010. Details under 'events.'

                               Well done to Ellie Berisford, Anna Thompson, Alex Barrelet and Georgie McGladdery who all passed their Cplus test.

Also well done to Robert Barker, Rhiannon Beal and Matthew Collier who have passed their B test and Tessa Olley who passed the B test stable management and Hannah Deuce who passed the B test riding.

This year the branch annual membership renewal forms are made available to you via email.  If you have not received your email from us , we may not have your correct email address, so please get in touch!

webmaster@ntpc.co.uk

To access a renewal form click on 'Events' and go to 31st December 2009, you will be able to download the renewal form and parent help form there.

Please note that your form and payment must be received by 31st January 2010 to be eligible for pony club teams.

N&T instructor Emma Wakefield has been selected to represent England in the British Dressage Senior Home International being held in Scotland in October this year. She is riding her own horse Hiskulet at Advanced Medium level. 

Best of Luck Emma!

If you have any news or photos you would like to share with the Club, email webmaster@ntpc.co.uk

Well done to Tessa Olley who has been awarded the N&T PC Show Jumping Cup ths year. Tessa and her pony Bertie jumped a triple clear to come 4th at Area Intermediate Show Jumping, and jumped clear at Gosling Cup, Calvert Cup and Burghley. Well done Bertie! 

Georgie Duthie, Minty Hanbury,  Serina Johnston and Tessa Olley represented our branch in the Pony Club invitation team jumping competition at Burghley Horse Trials. The team finished on 4 faults, so did not get in the jump off, but everyone had a lovely day.

The Goslng Cup squad.

(from left to right)

Alex Barrelet on Ollie

Katie Monks on Rolo,

Annabel Murphy on Mou

Tessa Olley and Bertie

Essex Union South hosted the Gosling Cup this year.The day was long and hot, but the girls did our Pony Club proud with a 4th place in the famous team ride. The cross country course caused some problems, with some spooky jumps and several skinnies. Tessa  jumped a double clear to finish 2nd in her section. Annabel was placed 6th in hers. Well done everyone! The winners were Suffolk Hunt Pony Club.

Good luck to all of our members who are going to the National Novice Pony Club Finals this weekend. Have a good time.

The Newmarket & Thurlow Pony Club have won the coveted Calvert Cup. The team, consisting of Sophie Balding, Georgie Duthie, Minty Hanbury and Serina Johnston went excepionally well at Chesfield Park to win the trophy. It proved to be girl power all round, as the team consisted of four girls and four mares!

Tessa Olley jumped a double clear to come 2nd in the Individual section. The photo shows from the left Sophie, who won her section. Georgie who came 3rd in her section. Minty in the centre holding the cup. Serina who came 2nd in her section and Tessa.

Achievement Badges We are offering 3 Badge Days for those aged 8-13yrs. All will be at Stradishall Manor, Stradishall, Newmarket, CB8 8YW. The cost is £5 per person per session, cheques payable to N&T PC.Please email me to book places : suemcollier@googlemail.com Contact Tel: 01440 821270 or 07818 036848  Session 1 : Monday 27^th July 2-4pm 8-11yrs only                   Native Breeds and Bird Watching.  Session 2: Wednesday 12^th August 4-6pm                                   8-11 yrs Handling & Grooming and Points of the Horse                   11-13yrs Paddock Maintenance and Feeding             Session 3: 26^th Sep 4-6pm                   8-11 yrs Wildlife and Mucking Out                   11-13 yrs Equine First Aid and Equine Behaviour

The Schedule for the ODE at Thurlow on July 25th is now available to download. 

Go to July 25th under 'Events.'

 If you are able to jump judge at this event, your help would be appreciated. 

Please contact Rachel Upton on 01638 751378

Puckeridge Hunt Pony Club team show jumping event, Wednesday 15th April 2009

It was a lovely sunny day at Towerlands last wednesday 15th April for the Puckeridge Hunt Pony Club team show jumping event.  The Newmarket and Thurlow teams did very well as the following results show:

Class 1 (2'-2'3")

(Izzy Gabain on Mefys,  Lucia Gabain on Blue Boy and Sarah Howlett on Jimbo)

We were one team member short for this class so there was added pressure for  the three members of the team.  We got off to a great start as all went clear in the first round, and with just one fence down in the second round the team were placed 6^th. Well done!

Class 2 (2'3"-2'6")

(Izzy Gabain on Mefys,  Lucia Gabain on Blue Boy, Alice Parker on BT and Lily Howlett on Jimbo)

Four lovely clears in the first round and four speedy clears in the second round put the team in 2nd place!  This was an excellent result considering the very high standard, so very well done girls and thankyou Lily and Jimbo for standing in and making up the numbers in this class.

Class 3

(Lucia Gabain on Blue Boy, Katie Monks on Rolo, Leah Mapston on Take Flyte and Lily Howlett on Bailey)

Again four perfect clears in the first round and  the team ended up in 7th place out of 12 teams so very well done!  There were only three teams on double clears so the girls all did really well.  Thankyou Lucia for standing in to make up the numbers on this team - a very long day for Lucia and Blue Boy so well done!

Class 4

(3'-3'3")

The next class was an individual class with Katie Monks on Rolo and Leah Mapston on Take Flyte taking part.

Both rode really well and Katie and Rolo flew round the jump off course to come 2nd (out of 35) by only 0.2 second.  Fantastic Katie, well done!

I think the Newmarket and Thurlow should be very proud of their representatives. 

It was a really fun day out and the very first time competing for a Pony Club Team for many - well done all of you! 

Do look out for future events and let Fi Apthorp know if you are interested in taking part.

Lisa Howlett

Horseheath results

Class 2 Pairs

1^st           Vick Vestey                        Giles

                Kate Viney                          May

2^nd          Tessa Vestey                     Muddy Puddle

                Billy Vestey                         Matty

3^rd           Nelly Dalton                       Boycey

                Jimmy Dalton                     Bracken

4^th           Rose Vestey                       Rosie

                Eliza Talbot-Williams       Just Harry

5^th           Sophie Brown                    Ted

                Tabitha Downer                  Tampa

6^th           Julian Fuller                        Straight Bacon

                Tom Fuller                           Fagin

7^th           Becky Spooner                  Jack

                Georgie Bray                      Pepsi Max

8^th           Lily Howlett                        Bailey

                Lisa Howlett                       Galaxy

9^th           Kirsty Fisher                       Annie

                Jade Gregory                     Oscar

10^th         Lynne Brackenbury         Toby

                Holly Mann                         Harry Bean

1^st           Carla Beckett                     Lucy Tufty

2nd        Molly Arnold                      Green Dragoon

3^rd           Georgia Marshall              Bess

4^th           Becky Markillie                  Celtic Silver Shadow

5^th           Katya Mann                        Deano

6^th           Scarlett Simmons             Mr Kipling

                Issy O’Hegarty                   Buddy

8^th           Vick Vestey                        Giles

9^th           Hannah Deuce                  Dancing Kizzy    

10^th         Sarah Burton                      Bertie

Class 4 2’6”

1^st           Billy Vestey                         Willy

2^nd          Katya Mann                        Deano

3^rd           Issy Gabain                         Just Mefys

4^th           Scarlett Simmons             Jessica

5^th           Nicky Arnold                      Zenith

6^th           Lucia Gabain                       Blue Boy

7^th           Rose Dunlop                      Blarney

8^th           Charlotte Featherstone My friend Flicka

9^th           Oliver Lawson                    Milly the Millipede

10^th         Robert Barker                    Iceford Spotty

Class 6 3’open  

1^st           Hester Dalton                    Harry

2^nd          Holly Mann                         Harry Bean

3^rd           Charlotte Wisby               Been Goosed

4^th           Joel Browne                       Merlin

5^th           Bethany Brown                 Magic Roundabout

6^th           Kate Viney                          May

7^th           Alex Greatorex                 Sparkey

8^th           Tessa Vestey                     Muddy Puddle

9^th           Jenny Engwell                   Ulhan

10^th         Alex Greatorex                 Schumacher

Class 8 Mini pairs

1^st           Kitty Jean                            Ella

                Jade Vicar                            Merlin

2^nd          Sophie Matthews            Harry

                Becky King                          Rubea

3^rd           Oliver Chapman                 Jasper

                Isabel Oakley                     Rosie

4^th           Alice Shickel                       Dennis

                Adele Rand                         Prince

5^th           Sarah Seaman                   Tom

                Abigail Hamper                 Deedee

Class 9

1^st           Isabel Oakley                     Roxy

2^nd          Kelly Wecke                       Ella

3^rd           Abigail Hamper                 Deedee

4^th           Jade Wecke                        Nelly

5^th           Maya Nicholson                Smokey

6^th           James Howlett                  Tigger

7^th           Jade Wecke                        Merlin

8^th           Zara Hunnable                   Mally

Class 11 open

1^st           Jade Wecke                        Merlin

2^nd          Jade Wecke                        Nelly

3^rd           Maya Nicholson                 Smokey

4^th           Billy Vestey                         Willy

5^th           Kelly Wecke                       Ella

6^th           Audrey Czenin                  Sonny

Due to lack of entries the Tetrathlon has been cancelled.

POLO RALLY: Saturday 18^th April at 4.30

To start the season we are holding a rally for all aspiring polo players. This is open to any age player and riders will be organised into age appropriate groups. All you need is an unflappable pony, bandages on all four legs, electrical tape for tails and a pony club approved hat or polo helmet. We will provide the sticks and balls. Body protectors are compulsory for all juniors but optional for seniors.

The session will be held at Hare Park, Newmarket (see directions below), unless otherwise notified. PLEASE PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS which you should check on the day of the event to see if the venue has been moved. The session will start at 4.30pm. Please arrive promptly allowing time to put on bandages and put up tail.

Each rally will cost £10 per child, made payable to The Newmarket and Thurlow Pony Club. Please send your completed forms to Sarah Hopkins, Bayments, Stansfield, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8LN. Any questions, please ring me on 07810 343296 or email m77sjh@yahoo.co.uk .

Directions: Hare Park (CB8 0UY) is located on the A1304 (Six Mile Bottom Road) right at the beginning of the dual carriageway if you are heading along that road towards Newmarket(right at the end of the dual carriageway if you are coming out of Newmarket). Look for a line of trees, a white house and a sign on the left that says Allington Hill and Hare Park. Turn left onto that road and follow all the way down where there is a sign to the polo club.

NAME OF CHILD:

TOTAL CHEQUE ENCLOSED: £

There are two inter- branch team friendly competitions coming up, and if you are interested in representing the branch please contact Fi Apthorp.

15th April at Towerlands, Novice Show Jumping Team Challenge hosted by Puckeridge Hunt PC.... classes from 2' to 3'

23rd May at Sotterley, near Beccles, Team Show Jumping hosted by Waveney Harriers PC.....classes from 2'3 to 3'3.

fiona.apthorp@ntpc.co.uk

Brook Farm Training Centre would like to offer your branch of The Pony Club
the
opportunity to attend a demonstration/clinic by one of Essex’s top
professional
show horse producers and exhibitor, Katie Jerram.

The demonstration is on 17th March 2009 and although seats are being sold at
£15 each we would like to offer members of the Pony Club, their friends and
family the seats at the reduced cost of £10.

If you are interested in this offer please contact me on 01268 416549 

Pat Moore

 

I hope that you have all had a good Christmas, a good break during the holidays and that you are all looking forward to an enjoyable and exciting 2009.

Sadly some equestrian activities were caught up by the freeze up after Christmas, but I hope you might have had some hunting or fun at one of our events or simply at home on your ponies during the first half of the holidays.

Jilly Beaton organised a Christmas fancy dress rally at Erin and Mark Wittich's yard which was well attended and much enjoyed by all, and there was a good turn out for the dismounted rally at Waltons followed by bowling  - I hope you all had a good time. Fi Apthorp and Fi Bravery organised the Dengie Qualifier at Towerlands, which was a great success. The N&T Pony Club was well represented with Serena Johnston qualifying for the Dengie Final in March- well done her! Many thanks to all involved in organising these events for the time and effert they put in, and to Sue Collier and Simon Thorley for hosting the instruction sessions before the Dengie.

Mel Morley has kindly taken over organising the dressage activities, and has lined up a number of sessions for the Easter holidays and early summer with Fiona Bowen.

The Hunter Trials at Horseheath is again kindly being organised by Ginny Faire on 4th April and again the tetrathlon classes are included following the shoot, swim and run phases on 3rd April. Do please support this event and volunteer to help with its organisation if you can, The Fetlock Ball returns to de Niro's, Newmarket on 15th April and will no doubt be as popular as ever.

We have concluded that we must keep a tight check on membership numbers within the Club, so that they remain at a managable level. If you have not done so already, could I ask that you return your subscription for this year as soon as possible, remembering that anyone whose application is recieved after 31st January will not be eligable for teams this year.

Your committee met recently and made or re-affirmed various decisions which I think I should use this opportunity to convey to you .

Age for Camps - There is no age at which club members must graduate from Junior to Intermediate or Senior, though anyone in academis year 6 may opt to attend Intermediate Camp. All those who choose to attend Junior Camp can only attend Junior Rallies in the same summer, and all those who choose to attend Intermediate Camp can only attend Senior Rallies.From academic year 10 members may choose to graduate either to Senior Camp at Ely or to non residential camp at Chrishall Grange, and in either case will continue to attend senior rallies.

Rally attendance - There were several examples last year of people booking in for rallies and then failing to show on the day. Not only is this wasteful and bad manners, but it also makes it very difficult for the organiser and chief instructor to cater appropriately for the number attending.  If you have booked to attend a Rally and then discover that you wil be unable to attend for whatever reason, please text Sarah Burton as soon as you can and without fail before the rally commences on 07855 118 471.

Rally Charges -  The price charged for rallies in many cases does not cover the costs of puttin the rally on. After some debate the committee concluded that the branch should keep rally charges at last years levels. It is regrettably likely in due course that we will have to increase the charges, in particular for those venues that cost us money to hire.

Rally points - PLease remember that to qualify for the branch teams, you and your pony must have attended three rallies in the twelve months ending 1st July, with at least one rally being in the current year. In order to attend camp, you need to have attended at least two rallies this year. We have decided that in addition to rally attendance, a maximun on 1 rally point may be obtained should you attend one of the Fiona Bowen dressage instruction days and either one of the cross country instruction days organised by Katrina McGladdery or one of the show jumpinh instruction days with John Adams.

For a full list of events being organised within our Pony Club Area 8, click on 1st June 2009 and download the attachment.

The date for the ODE at Thurlow has changed from 11th July to 25th July.

Please note that your horse or pony must be covered for equine flu, and you must bring your vaccination certificate to all PC Rallies to be checked.