Committee Members Information Please ensure you contact the North Staffordshire Hunt correct person No calls/texts after 9pm Pony Club Newsletter Branch Secretary Winter Programme January to March 2015 Sarah Taylor Kibblestone Home Farm House Old Road Oulton Heath Your DC’s Letter ST15 8US Mobile 07805 187042 northstafford- [email protected] Dear All, phies and rosettes were awarded. Membership Secretary Angela Doran Hi All, By the time you read 42 Falcon Road, Meir Park, As you read this we will this we will have held our District Commissioner Christmas Rally where we Stoke-On-Trent ST3 7FQ have turned the page on a aim to provide a fun and Mobile 07807 451881 new year. I hope you all Julie Myatt had a restful and enjoya- festive day for all those [email protected] who attend. Tel: 01785 850381 ble Christmas and New Mobile: 07905 625665 Year. As we move into 2015 we Treasurer northstafford- have a varied programme David Allen This quarter we have held [email protected] of events laid on with for- Tel 01782 372598 Rallies, trainings and a ward notification of dates. Mobile 07515 822831 Competition, which have [email protected] been well supported and Wishing you all the Best m enjoyed by members. for 2015 We entered several teams Julie Trainers into the interbranch com- Linda De Matteo petition at Rodbaston, Mobile 07798 676769 where we came away with [email protected] several achievements, Julie Jenny Plant both team and individual. Julie Myatt. DC. Mobile 07814 878109 We celebrated the achieve- [email protected] ments of the members at Inside this issue: Sarah Weaver our annual presentation Mobile 07970 767873 evening where cups, tro- [email protected] Competitions Results 2 Parents Committee 4 We Now Accept BACS Payments! Activities 5 We are pleased to an- Bank Acc:40954064 then please Notices & Website 6 nounce that the branch Sort Code: 01-08-47 send cheque and reply can now accept pay- sheet by POST only. Calendar 7 ment by BACS for rallies If paying by direct As normal, there will be and trainings. Addition- transfer, please include NO late entries. Reply Sheet 9 ally, cheques may still the member’s name as be accepted. reference and EMAIL your reply sheet to Sa- Trainers 10 If you wish to pay direct rah Taylor. by internet banking our Insurance Summary 12 details are as follows:- If paying by cheque, Page 2 North Staffordshire Hunt Pony Club Newsletter Results Presentation Evening Presentation Evening is an helpers was duly noted. excellent way to celebrate Not to be outdone, our all of the success of our younger members are show- branch members. This ing enormous potential and years event was held at soon plan to give the seniors Offley Hay Village Hall in a run for their money! November and was well attended by members both old and new. Many members came away clutching rosettes and cups and trophies in all shapes and also one member placing in and sizes. the top ten at Nationals! Many of The branch has done very well our members have also studied this year, with branch members for and gained efficiency tests placing at area in all disciplines and the efforts of our junior camp Tests Awarded 2014/Attendance Rosettes D TEST Cora Neill Amy Charlton Silver Olivia Wilkes C+ TEST Elizabeth Chapman Olivia Busby Cora Neill Lucy Chapman Abi Powell Amy Heeley Lydia Riley Lily Cargill Bronze Caleb Latala Caleb Latala Andrew Doran Daisy Aspinall D+ TEST Evangeline Taylor Attendance Rosettes Evangeline Taylor Daisy Aspinall Demi Seabridge Gold Saskia Hargreaves Olivia Wilkes Harriet Leyland Jess Meade Katie Holland Alex Cartmail C TEST Jess Meade Camilla Martin. Jess Cartmail Freya Lloyd. Cups Awarded Attendance Saskia Hargreaves Dressage Mini Amy Charlton Katie Holland Mini (walk & trot) Junior Lauren Charlton Show Jumping Harriet Leyland Senior Abi Powell Leaper Cup Kirsty Myatt Junior (intro) Helpful Member Mini Lydia Riley Saskia Hargreaves Camilla Martin Junior Tyler Casey Senior (Novice) Good Spirit Cup Senior Kirsty Myatt Kirsty Myatt Matthew Owens Horse Trials Tyler Casey Progress Cup Mounted Games Junior Camp Amy Heeley Mini Lily Worrall Alex Cartmail Hunt Supporters Just off Lead Rein Katie Holland Mackenzie Edwards Cup Junior Olivia Wilkes Senior Camp Hollie Stow Winter Programme Page 3 Interbranch Christmas Show Results A very well attended interbranch The Christmas Show produced some excellent riding, with a particu- competition was held in October larly nail biting puissance; the mini puissance almost jumping as high at Rodbaston EC. All our teams as the seniors! did extremely well gaining many Many thanks to all involved, and particular thanks to the parent’s 1st and 2nd place rosettes. Many committee for running hot drinks and the raffle. thanks to Linda for all her support and advice on the day. Mounted Games Competition The last Mounted Games compe- Under 11 Years tition of 2014 was held in Novem- Emily Hollins 11 points ber at Weaver EC. A great time Katie Holland 14 points was had by all competitors, but Caleb Latala 12 points more are needed to form a team. Guy Holman 10 points Come along in 2015 and have a go! Lead Reins Open Lily Worrall 16 points Olivia Wilkes 22 points Gil Holman 10 points Camilla Martin 17 points Ari Latala 13 points Cora Neill 10 points Upcoming Competitions 21st February 2015 members from Lead rein up. More Branch Show Jumping Competi- details soon! tion Alsager EC. Open to all members Area dates have now been con- classes suitable for all from GP firmed and can be found on the up! More details to follow. updated calendar either on the website or attached to this news- letter. April Branch Dressage Competiton Venue and date TBC. Open to all Page 4 North Staffordshire Hunt Pony Club Newsletter Camps Dates and venues have now been Day Camp will be held 30th July have two ‘mums’; Karen Martin confirmed for both senior camp to 1st August 2015 and will be and Nicola Casey. and also our ever popular day hosted courtesy of the Myatt camp. Family at Park House Farm, El- lenhall. Day camp is suitable for all ages and abilities, but more specifical- Senior Camp is suitable for those ly, for those who feel not quite members aged 11 and up and is a ready for Senior Camp, or maybe residential camp for both mem- those members who may have bers and horse. had a new horse/pony and want to take it slowly. There is no up- per age limit for Day Camp and Senior Camp will be held again at we can cater for all levels. Somerford from 8th—12th August 2015. We’ve had a new volunteer for camp mum, so this year, we’ll Insurance By being a member of the pony ry_Liability_Master_Policy_Wordin Arranging adequate insurance club, you are covered by The Po- g_2014_-_2015.pdf cover for yourself and your pony ny Club’s insurance. There are is highly recommended. If you As a member of North Staffs Hunt however, limitations to the cover. Pony Club , there is additional have any further queries about These can be found on the at- cover arranged by the branch, the branch policy, please do not tached summary of insurance through NFU Mutual. This covers hesitate to get in touch with ei- cover at the back of this newslet- member/helpers/instructor, trav- ther David Allen, Julie Myatt or ter, but is for 3rd party liability elling to and from and whilst at a Sarah Taylor. only. For full policy details please pony club event. follow the link below The NFU will only cover members http://www.pcuk.org/uploads/ aged 5-21. Prima- Parents Committee Thank you to all those who please let Sarah Taylor know and Thank you for your support in bought a lottery ticket. We sold she will pass on your details. The 2014. Merry Christmas and a 32 tickets making £480 for the next meeting is on Tuesday 20th happy, healthy and successful Club and a prize pot of £160. The January 2015 at 8pm at Willough- New Year to all. draw took place at Presentation bridge, near Market Drayton. Night and the first prize of £80 was won by Sally Heeley. Parents Committee If you have any ideas for fund raising events to support our We also have 4 new members branch and buy much needed bringing our membership back up equipment, please let us know. to 13 for the start of 2015. If an- yone else would like to join us Winter Programme Page 5 Activities Times for all activities will be on the ny/horse, wherever possible we re- ed Games are great fun in our website quest at least a weeks notice. branch for both Senior and Junior http://branches.pcuk.org/northstaffor members, come along and have a try Mounted Rallies contact Julie for dshire/times/ with sessions for all sizes and abili- more information. These rallies are We request that in the first instance mainly based around flatwork, show ties. More members needed for you check the website for your times, jumping, cross country and dressage. teams to compete against other Pony usually 4 days before the activity. If They are suitable for all PC mem- Clubs! you are unable to attend an activity bers, and will be targeted towards that you have booked please contact the riding element of Pony Club Effi- Julie as soon as possible as there is ciency Tests. Therefore, members often a waiting list and your place will be grouped into similar age and can be used by someone else and you ability.