Pony Club news
News from Wellgrove’s Pony Club
March’s Pony Club topic
March’s Pony Club topic is rugs and bandages.
Half-term achievements
Congratulations to those who passed their Achievement badge testing this Half term.
Mini mucking out
- Dilly
- Alice
- Lizzy
- Edie
- Ellie D
- Joseph
- Saffron
Mini Tacking up
- Edie
- Ellie D
- Lizzy
- Joseph
- Jessica
Mini Feeding
- Saffron
- Mimi
Mini Groom
- Edie
- Ellie D
- Lizzy
- Joseph
Feedback to pass – Mainly rugs Cydney, Willow, Jessicca, Rachel, Mary, Sophia, Alice, Dilly – Putting rugs on correctly and leg straps!!! Bandages were surprisingly ok!!
Mini Points
- Joseph
- Dilly
- Alice
- Mary
- Sophia
Mini Rugs
- Grace
Wellgrove Disco tickets now available
Tickets for the Wellgrove disco are now available from the office!
It will be held from 6pm-8pm on Saturday 7 March 2015 at Pembury Village Hall and all are welcome.
Tickets cost £3.50 for Pony Club members and £5 for non-members, and all proceeds will go to Wellgrove Riding for the Disabled.
February’s Pony Club topic
February’s Pony Club topic is grooming and tacking up.
January’s Pony Club topic
January’s Pony Club topic is mucking out.
December’s Pony Club topic
December’s Pony Club topic is tack to include cleaning, points, and a little lorinery.
More achievement badges
Congratulations also to the following Pony Club members for their achievements:
- Mini tack: Rachel Smith, Sianne Manning, Alannah Manning, Dulcie Tillinghurst and Emily Jenkins, Saffron Wilson, Pippa Mitchell, Rachel Lewis
- Mini Mucking out: Millie Vinton, Jessica Weston, Pippa Mitchell, Rachel Lewis, Rachel Smith
- Mini grooming: Saffron Wilson, Rachel West, Pippa Mitchell, Millie Vinton, Jessicca Weston, Rachel Lewis, Jessi Wright, Rachel Smith, Sianne Manning, Alannah Manning, Dulcie Tillinghurst and Emily Jenkins
- Plaiting: Lia Etheridge
- Mini rugs: Isla, Sydney, Amelia Gibbons
- Mini points:Saffron Wilson, Rachel West, Pippa Mitchell, Millie Vinton, Jessicca Weston, Rachel Lewis, Jessi Wright, Rachel Smith, Sydney, Isla, Amelia Gibbons
- Mini poisonous plants- Pippa Mitchell, Amelia Gibbons, Rachel West
Working Dogs achievement badge
Congratulations to those who achieved their Working Dogs badge on Monday: Charlotte Frith, Mary Lambert, Sophia Croft, Alfie Toole and Rachel Smith.
October’s Pony Club topic
October’s Pony Club topic is Plaiting.
September’s Pony Club topic
September’s Pony Club topic is Points of the Horse.
Achievement badges from half term
Congratulations to all the following:
- Mini Feeding: Joseph Morris, Ellie Bircombe, Sophie Wilson, Cydney Hines, Willow Hines, Mimi Brown-Griffin, Alice Mantle, Amelie Hunton
- Feeding: Ellie Burcombe, Sophie Wilson, Cydney Hines, Willow Hines, Amelie Hunton
- Mini Mucking Out: Joseph Morris, Ellie Burcombe, Sophie Wilson, ALice Mantle, Amelie Hunton
- Mucking Out: Ellie Burcombe, Sophie Wilson, Amelie Hunt
- Mini Grooming: Ellie Burcombe, Sophie Wilson, Alice MAntle, Amelie Hunton
- Grooming: Sophie Wilson, Ellie Burcombe, Amelie Hunton
- Mini Pony Points: Willow Hines, Cydney Hines, Mimi Brown Griffin, Grace Brown Griffin
- Mini Foot care: Willow Hines, Cydney Hines, Mimi Brown Griffin, Grace Brown Griffin
June’s Pony Club topic
The Pony Club topic for June in Poisonous Plants.
May’s Pony Club topic
May’s Pony Club topic is feeding.
April’s Pony Club topic
April’s Pony Club topic is grooming. To include trimming and mane pulling.
January’s Pony Club topic
January’s Pony Club topic is Saddlery and Lorinery.
December’s Pony Club topic
The Pony Club topic for December is Tack Cleaning.
Achievement Badges
Congratulations to the following for achieving their badges:
- Plaiting – Phoebe Everett-Kateley
- Grooming and Handling – Abi Gregory, Lydia Gregory, Mary, Sofia Croft
- Mini Rugs – Phoebe Everett-Kately, Abi Gregory, Lydia Gregory, Mary, Sofia Croft, Nadine, Georgia Noble, Joseph Morris, Isla and Sydney
- Mini Feeding – Nadine, Georgia Noble, Isla, Sydney, Joseph Morris
November Pony Club topic
This month’s topic is Mucking Out.
October Pony Club topic
The Pony Club topic for this month is rugs and bandages and also horse handling recap.
September Pony Club topic
September’s Pony Club topics are Tack and Turnout and Plaiting.
Results from first residential camp
Handy Pony 1st- 6th: Poppy Whitehead, Archie Munro, Tilly Murray, Alice Robinson, Ele Barton
Barrel racing 1st-6th: Ginny Sisk, Chris Hitch, Ele Barton, Talia Burgess, Poppy Whitehead, Lois Thorpe
Tack and Turn out 1st-6th: Poppy Whitehead, Ele Barton and Penny; Ginny Sisk, Alice Robinson and Connie; Lucy Morrison, Tilly Murray and Socks; Lara Skilton, Talia Burgess and Sky; (tie 5th- Red Robinson and Daisy Derby and Mitmoo and Evie Hinde and Matilda Sturge and Pumba); Lois Thorpe and Sophie Wise and Baby
Show Jumping 1st-4th large course: Ginny Sisk, Talia Burgess, Archie Munro, Alice Robinson
Medium course 1st-4th: Chris Hitch, Lucy Morrison, Lois Thorpe, Sophie Wise
Small course 1st-4th: Daisy Derby, Evie Hinde, Matilda Sturge
Scavenger Hunt: Alice, Ginny and Matilda
Most Improved: Nikita Windheuser and Sophie Wise
Stable Star: Evie Hinde
Most helpful: Chris Hitch
Dressage scores still to come!
August Pony Club topic
The Pony Club topic for August will be Points of the Horse, to include conformation and breeds.
July Pony Club topic
July’s Pony Club topic is grooming, handling and tacking up.
June Pony Club topic
June’s Pony Club topic is Perfect Paddock.
Results for D and D+ tests
Results for D and D+ test just in: most passed, and those who did not can pick up a feedback letter from the office from tomorrow. Those who did: your name will be on this list, and certificates sent on soon.
Hattie Barker, Abigail Gregory (needs a little work on lower leg position), Lydia Gregory, Erin Hammond, Bella Donmall (whip needs to be held correctly when mounting), Jess Donmall (needs a little work on points of horse), Emily Hooker, Tallulah Whitlock, Olivia Mullen (check for twists in reins), Jess Miller (feed titbits correctly), Flora Cournane (check for twists in reins). Well done to solitary Sophie Whittome, you passed!
Pony Club test and ABRS results
Congratulations to the following Pony Clubbers for passing their E test: Lucy Delaney, Constance Michel, Francoise Michel, Ellie Burcombe, Lulu Turner- Townsend, Toby Sydenham, Charlotte Mealing, Tilly Hughes-Wilson, Robyn Burrows, Emily Scott, Emma Horgan, Laura Pepper, Will Graville, Vicky Thorne, Cydney Hines and Willow Hines.
For passing their Bronze Progressive 3: Eva Wilch, Cydney Hines, Willow Hines; and their Progressive 2: Emily Cunningham, Eva Wilch and Olivia Sparkes.
Congratulations to the ABRS Equitation candidates too. Emma Gower, Sophie Whittome, Lucy Landymore, Gemma Boorman and Red Robinson all passed their Equitation 1 and they all passed Stable Management also as did Sophie Gower.
Well done to all those who achieved their achievement badges today also, and good luck with the future plaiting practice!
April Pony Club topic…
The topic for Pony Club sessions this month is Mucking Out!
Pony Club badges and awards
Achievement badges were awarded to the following:
Native Breeds:
- Katie Cook
- Leah Faircloth
- Imogen Saker
- Millie White
- Sophia Croft
- Mary Lambert
- Grace Brown-Griffin
Mini Points of the Horse:
- Mimi Brown Griffin
Progressive Riding Awards
Bronze level 1:
- Mimi Brown-Griffin
Bronze 2:
- Sofia Croft
- Mary Lambert
- Phoebe Everett-Kately
- Grace Brown-Griffin
Bronze 3:
- Imogen Saker
- Leah Faircloth
- Millie White
Pony Club achievement badges
Achievement badges will be trained as usual on a Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday with the introduction of Wednesday as well from February, but testing will now only be done on special days run in all the holidays, rather than through continuous assessment as done previously.
The current topic for Pony Club study is Native Breeds, Colours and Markings.
These are the latest achievement badges that have been earned:
| Millie | White | tack cleaning |
| Imogen | Saker | tack cleaning |
| Leah | Faircloth | tack cleaning |
| Francesca | Iaquaniello | tack cleaning |
| Eva | Wilch | points of tack |
| Freya | Benton | points of tack |
| Evie-Rose | Green | tack cleaning |
| Miriam | Brown-Griffin | points of tack |
| Grace | Brown-Griffin | tack cleaning |
| Anna | Batchelor | tack cleaning |
| Emily | Cunningham | points of tack |
| Caroline | Hodgson | tack cleaning |
| Molly | Brignell | points of tack |
| Elena | Cook-Garcia | points of tack |
| Jodie | Barnes | points of tack |
| Ellie | Burcombe | points of tack |
| Olivia | Sparkes | points of tack |
| Kathryn | Leviton | tack cleaning |
| Eve | Simmons | points of tack |
| Jennifer | Hodgson | points of tack |
| Lucy | Delaney | points of tack |
| Maisie | Levy | tack cleaning |
| Francoise | Michel | points of tack |
| Constance | Michel | points of tack |
| Flora | Cournane | tack cleaning |
| Lia | Etheridge | tack cleaning |
| Victoria | Fraser | tack cleaning |
| Juliette | Fraser | tack cleaning |
| Georgie | Cogan | tack cleaning |
| Jessica | Miller | tack cleaning |
| Ella | Stanbury | tack cleaning |
| Elinor | Steward | tack cleaning |
| Sofia | Croft | points of tack |
| Samantha | Callander | points of tack |
| Mary | Lambert | points of tack |
| Lydia | Gregory | points of tack |
| Abigail | Gregory | points of tack |
| Rebecca | Headdon | points of tack |
| Lucy | Bartlett | points of tack |
| Charlotte | Hudson | points of tack |
| Lucy | Hudson | points of tack |
| Emma | Horgan | points of tack |
| Victoria | Thorne | points of tack |
| Robyn | Burrows | points of tack |
| Aoibhin | Boles | points of tack |
| Cydney | Hines | points of tack |
| Willow | Hines | points of tack |
| Tao | Peacock | points of tack |
| Mia | Peacock | points of tack |
| Tabitha | Ballard | points of tack |
| William | Graville | points of tack |
| Nell | Fuller | points of tack |
| Lauren | Hill | points of tack |
| Abbie | Barter | points of tack |
| Mimi | Vo | points of tack |
| Toby | Sydenham | points of tack |
| Harriet | Barker | points of tack |
| Emily | Schone | points of tack |
| Briony | Walker | points of tack |
| Eleonore | Barraud | points of tack |
| Georgia | Ballard | points of tack |
| Sophie | Wise | points of tack |
| Olivia | Rayment | points of tack |
| Perdy Josephine | Hirst | points of tack |
| Edith | Wallwork | points of tack |
| Alicia | Ryan | points of tack |
| Philippa | Mitchell | points of tack |
| Poppy | Blake | points of tack |
| Jessica | Donmall | tack cleaning |
| Isabella | Donmall | tack cleaning |
Pony Club 2012 test passes
Congratulations to those who passed their pony club tests in 2012:
E test
- Georgina Speight
- Reiss Damper-Elms
- Mary Lambert
- Sofia Croft
- Samantha Callander
- Abbie Barter
D test
- Lia Etheridge
- Sophie Whittome
- Lara Skilton
- Fran Robbs de la Hoyde
- Tom Conlon
- Gemma Boorman
- Isabella Iaquaniello
- Francesca Iaquaniello
- Edith Wallwork
- Red Robinson
- Jasmine Hargrave
- Olivia Pingault
D+ test
- Gemma Boorman
- Lara Skilton
- Isabella Iaquaniello
- Francesca Iaquaniello