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HoofPrint VINE PONY CLUB HoofPrint www.pcuk.org/vine AUTUMN 2013 NEWSLETTER VINE PONY CLUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ORGANISERS What a busy summer! This edition of Hoofprint contains details of our three camps (Senior, Junior and Mini), a report on our fantastic One Day Event, and results from Area, Regional and National competitions. As well as this, we had children preparing for tests, and rallies continued at intervals throughout the holidays. Chief organisers for our camps were Tina Skipworth and Zoe Donald (Mini Camp), Fiona McAlister and Tamsin Raymond (Junior Camp) and Auriol Adams (Senior Camp). The One Day Event was organised by Lisa Heneghan and Frances Pusinelli. To run their events, each of our chief organisers needed an army of helpers. Nobody in the branch, with the exception of some of the instructors, is paid. So a big ‘thank you’ not only to our Team Leaders but to everyone who joined in. Whether your children are Minis, Juniors or Seniors we need you! Our next major riding event is the Show Jumping Show at Sparsholt College, Winchester on 2 March 2014. Please contact Auriol Adams ([email protected]) if you are available to help. If you are brand new to Pony Club, helping is the fastest way to learn how it all works. Out of the saddle, the Annual Meeting and Prize Giving is on Thursday 24 October. Details to follow but please keep the date free. We have been privileged this year to be supported by two main sponsors, Macbeth Insurance and Chapel Forge Farriers. Their involvement enabled us to support the camps as necessary and to buy equipment for the Minis. We did have three sponsors to begin with but one had to pull out for business reasons. So for 2014 we are looking for at least one new main sponsor. Finally, we have a new payment system for rallies. The bank has started charging us a lot of money for each cheque used. They are trying to encourage us to use online payments. Accordingly, details of the new system to register and pay for a rally are at the end of this newsletter and I would urge you to read these thoroughly and ask if in doubt! Hope that you all continue to enjoy your riding over the winter months. See you soon. Vine PC District Commissioner Junior Camp at Three Maids Kings Worthy Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd Aug 28 girls; 1 boy; 18 day guys; 11 campers!! With all the blazing sunshine and hard ground we were a little concerned how camp would run this summer. But we have had some lovely feedback which seems to prove junior camp was a great success! We gave the ponies two quiet afternoons and managed to cram in loads of activities. One of the highlights was discovering the skeleton and muscle build of your pony. The children became totally absorbed in painting the structure and shape of each muscle and bone on their ponies. There were some amazing artists among us but we also required great imagination for others! Amongst other things we looked at lunging correctly (they lunged Artwork! HoofPrint HoofPrint each other), rode bareback, spent a very energetic afternoon on a massive treasure hunt and rode the jumping lane at every opportunity. Our instructors, Southerly Roberts, Dani Bizzarro, and Clare Chamberlain, with afternoon help from Sharon and Craig, provided some amazing and at times challenging and exciting action. The Chase-me-Charlie was won by Sophie Hext clearing an incredible 132cm and Lottie Ledger was a clear winner of the ‘barrel’ jumping by clearing a single cone – no mean feat. All the instructors worked really hard and we saw huge progress made over the week. The yard groups became extremely competitive and it was fantastic to see the leaders looking after and motivating the youngsters. “I'm Jessica. I am 9 years old and have an 11.2 h.h. black Dartmoor x mare called Fantasy. This was my 5th time at Pony Club Camp and it has always been great fun. This year I was in a group with 3 other riders and my Instructor was called Julia. Show jumping was the highlight but I also loved the cross country, I am always really sad when camp ends and I am really looking forward to another camp next year.” We had 3 evening speakers when I hope the children learnt as much as I did. Richard Gillatt very kindly stood in at the last minute for Andrew McGonnall (stuck on the A303) to do a talk on basic veterinary issues; Ben Tillett talked us through the intricacies of shoeing a horse and Sarah McGonnell did a fantastic first aid talk to arm us all with some potentially life- saving procedures. Learning a dressage test! All the classic camp antics kept everyone busy, and as a treat for the campers Caroline (our DC) asked them all to swim and eat Pizza at her house on the last night. One of the ‘camping’ members wrote: Lane jumping “This was my first year sleeping over at camp. It was fun staying with all of my friends. My instructor was Sam Albert and she was very nice. We did dressage & showjumping. We had a contest to see who could ride around the arena the longest standing in our stirrups! We practised jumping cross country corners with show jumps. I had to jump a very wide corner on my pony. We also had to see how narrow we could jump over blocks. My favourite thing was jumping a 1 metre oxer up hill. Thank you to all the people who helped with camp and to the instructors for making it such a fun week. We had a marvellous team of volunteer parents who gave up their time to come and help, without these generous people we would not have been able to provide a really fun and productive week, THANK YOU! Taking a bath! 1 Southerly’s energy proved to know no bounds as she arrived straight from another week’s camp to camp the 4 days with us along with her 2 ponies. Thanks to her 4 legged friends she was able to take each ride out on a hack and take those that wanted for an evening bareback paddle in the water jump. Other extra curricula entertainment included Volleyball and on the last evening a ‘concert in the tent’ from Emma Lawrence, a recent Vine member with a budding career in singing, who kindly came and entertained us all with songs both written by her and by others (please watch her on Youtube and like her on her facebook page). Thanks to all the wonderful parents for coming to help during the day and for keeping us all fabulously fed on an endless supply of yummy cakes. Special thanks must also go to Sammy Ledger, Mandy Taylor, Camilla Hext, Katey Harley and Angela McFarlane for not only cooking us the most amazing evening meals but for then also spending a night camping with us, a first for some I think? Lastly, I would like to thank Russ Hardy and his Boomerang team for being so helpful, tolerant and hospitable as we worked out our camp routine. They even let us use the Boomerang washing and drying machines when we ceased to be amused by the rain – it could almost be called glamping! With the much needed help of camp committee members Rachel Chamings, Michelle Loveridge, Jenny Stevens, Phillippa Chamings, Lisa Heneghan, Caroline Blatchford and Arlina Mauree P.S. If anyone would like photographs from camp Rachel Bays took hundreds and they are available to be viewed on her site: photos.coldfeetphotography.co.uk by putting in ‘vine’ as the password. Images are £5.00 each and payment can be made online via PayPal. Boomerang Camp Report th st Sunday 28 July – Thursday 1 August Starting up a ‘new’ camp was always going to be an exciting but rather daunting challenge even when you know that the facilities and teachers are second to none. I am delighted to report that despite the weather doing its best to dampen our spirits from the moment we arrived, none of my worst fears arose and we had a fun, albeit rather exhausting, week with 16 fabulous girls and 2 equally fabulous and brave boys. Who slept in there?! The first challenge for some of us was to put up tents in the pouring rain. Some were more successful than others – it was a little disconcerting to put my head out of my tent at 5.30am on Monday to see a tent upside down on the electric fence with one of the Boomerang horses nonchalantly grazing a few feet away! Cross country bareback I do hope everyone not only enjoyed themselves but left feeling that they had learnt something. HoofPrint Minis Camp Report HoofPrint Show Jumping with the Vine Summer 2013 It was decided this year that the Minis would have their own camp, held in the week following the junior and senior camps. A venue was needed and, having convinced my husband that he would love to have between 8 and 10 (certainly no more than 12) small children and their ponies at Adbury Park in the middle of harvest for 4 days, Zoe & I compiled an information sheet and asked people to book their place. Twenty signups later we had to close entries. From our own experience we knew that the way the children would get the most from camp was to make them feel safe. Arenas were constructed for each ride and hacks out were planned so that no-one was facing an open field and the prospect of an over enthusiastic pony. Help was recruited from our more senior members to lead and encourage, and mums were asked to be on hand for our lead reiners. Confidence was the key. What a busy and successful summer the Vine show jumpers have had this summer. Area Show Jumping : It started with the Area Show Jumping which was moved at the last minute from Berkshire College of Agriculture to Merriest Wood with a date change moving the date forward to the day after the Vine Pony Club Camp. The Vine therefore had the disadvantage of some very tired ponies…but that didn’t stop us. Ponies began arriving on Sunday afternoon and by 9.30 on Monday morning we had a full complement, tacked up and ready for instruction. Our three instructors took control and Zoe and I breathed a huge sigh of relief – it had even stopped raining. Tack cleaning Starting the fancypants thingamyjig The days followed a similar pattern. The mornings were taken up with instruction in their rides. We then had lunch and a break followed by an afternoon activity such as gymkhana games, hacking out, badge work and on two afternoons Sharon Quant came to give show jumping instruction. We also had a very informative talk by Nick, the huntsman with the Vine & Craven, who brought 3 hounds for us to meet and let us all have a go at blowing the hunting horn. Parents and grandparents were invited to come along on the final afternoon to see how much progress the children had made. We had show jumping, handy pony and the team gymkhana finale. Cordelia’s ride also did their Musical Ride to music from The Jungle Book which got everyone’s toes tapping. This will forever be known as the ‘fancypants thingamyjig’ as described by Ella to her mum when asked what she had been doing that morning. Once everything was tidied away at the end of camp we held a very informal prize giving. There were many prizes and rosettes to hand out to all the children and we introduced a new shield this year for Best Camp Member. This award was given to Maddie Tame – always on hand to help, tidying up and doing jobs without being asked and always smiling. Well done Maddie! rd th th Minis: This year we were able to produce three mini teams who came 3 , 4 and 5 which is a fantastic result for such a small branch. Third were Oliver Bays, Tishy Akroyd, Tatiane Mauree and Izzy Fry who rode a spectacularly fast jump off round for the team. Fourth were Jessie Blatchford, Siobhan Heneghan, Izzy Akroyd and Alice McGonnell who again rode a very fast jump off round but couldn’t quite pip Izzy Fry. And Fifth were Tori McAlister, Georgie Vile, Chiara Heneghan and Anouk Mauree who did ride a very fast and clear jump off round but the team had 4 points to carry forward going into the jump off. Novice: This year’s Novice team were Georgie Bartlett, Lotty Ledger, Anna Jones and Gemma Raymond with Bella Moore representing as an individual. The team did incredibly well rd coming 3 with both Anna and Georgie producing clears in the jump off and us narrowly missing qualification for the Nationals. Georgie who came 7th individually did, in the end, qualify for the nationals. There are so many people to thank for making this camp such a success. We were so fortunate to have great instructors, Jenny Englefield, Michelle Woolmer and Cordelia House. Their enthusiasm and understanding brought the best out in all the children. We had a wonderful team of mums who gave up so much time and supported Zoe and I, shouldering some of the responsibility. And of course our junior and senior members who ran miles, filled endless haynets and water buckets and generally provided much needed help to the minis to get them tacked up and ready for their lessons and activities. Bertie & Birdie off the lead rein But my final words of thanks must go to our brilliant mini members. You were all an absolute pleasure to have at Mini Camp. Happy, polite, helping each other, trying your best even when perhaps things weren’t going to plan… the list goes on. You were all superstars!! There is no doubt that organising and running a pony club camp is hard work however to see smiling faces at the end of a ride, to hear children excitedly telling their parents of the triumphs they had during their lesson or out on a hack and to watch their confidence grow, is all the reward needed. Jessie, Izzy, Oliver, Sharon, Georgie, Tori, Tishy, Alice (back row) Siobhan, Chiara, Tiane, Anouk & Izzy Intermediate: The Intermediates were allowed to compete as originally planned on the Sunday so at least their ponies did manage to have a rest after camp. These were Millie Coyne, Sophie Hext, Olivia Bartlett and Tara Pusinelli with Tom Burton Georgia at the National Championships and Miles Albert representing the Vine individually. After a very long day the intermediates again did extremely well rd coming 3 and managing to qualify for the Nationals with Olivia riding a fast, clean clear round and managing to come 5th individually. You can read later on to see how Olivia, Tara and Tom did at the Nationals. Hickstead : Next to come was Hickstead with just 5 days rest and a mini-camp in-between it was another quick turnaround. Everybody bar one open competitor who was competing very late in the day took the option of driving up the night before and either camping or taking the slightly salubrious option of staying in the local TravelLodge. We must all thank Alex Mauree for managing once again the BBQ - every year it gets better and better - and Fiona Coyne for HoofPrint producing birthday cake and strawberries for Millie. As we all went up the night before we were very lucky as we managed to walk the course with Sharon Quant that night making the 6:30am start not so hectic. First to go were the Minis: who were Jessie Blatchford, Katie Blatchford and Tatiane Mauree they managed to get through to the jump off with 4 faults and Tatiane rode a lovely round with an unfortunate pole down. Jessie, Tiane and Katie Next up were the Novice team of Anouk Mauree, Tori McAlister, Oliver Bays and Izzy Fry (pictured below). All four team members managed a clear first round so were allowed to jump off again with Anouk representing the team. Anouk, directed by Sharon, th rode a fast and successful round managing to come 7 individually and the team came th 5 . Competing at the same time were our Intermediate teams of Holly Hathaway, Bella Moore and Miles Albert, with a second team of Gemma Raymond, Anna Jones, Georgia Bartlett and Bea Webber. This was one of the youngest teams competing in this section and they all did extremely well at a big full up to height course, Georgia and Gemma both had clear rounds in the first round so were allowed to compete in the jump off with Gemma completing another clear round which unfortunately was not fast enough to be placed. HoofPrint The Vine have enjoyed much success this summer and have had a lot of fun competing. At the Area Dressage we had two Novice teams taking part and one Intermediate individual. The Novice Green team Tom Burton, Miles Albert and Tori McAlister - came 8th, with Tom Burton 5th individually. The Novice Red team comprising Georgia Bartlett, Siobhan and Chiara Heneghan and Gemma Raymond came 3rd, narrowly missing out on Championship qualification. Individually Chiara and Gemma were both 7th. Georgia won her section with a mark of 76% and qualified for the National Novice Championships at Kelsall Hill in Cheshire. She thoroughly enjoyed her experience at Kelsall and did really well to finish in the middle of the section. In the Intermediate Olivia won her section by 6 marks, qualifying for the National Championships at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire in the middle of August. At the Championships the competition was extremely tough and Olivia was thrilled to finish 4th individually - a great achievement for Olivia and for the Vine. There was further success for the Vine at the Mini Championships. Our team of Katie and Jessie Blatchford and Oliver Bays just missed out on a team placing but individually Jessie had a great result, coming 4th, closely followed by Oliver who came 9th. Tori, Izzy, Anouk and Oliver And finally in the Open class we had Olivia Bartlett, Millie Coyne, Tara Pusinelli and Tom Burton representing us over a very well built solid course. Everybody did extremely well as once again we had one of the youngest teams competing most of whom had never competed at this height. Olivia did get through to the jump off and rode a fast th th competitive round to put the team in 4 place as well as coming 4 individually. The Mini Team Championships This year was held at The Bisley pony club which always builds an interesting and spooky course. Unfortunately we were only able to put up a team of three as one of the ponies went ‘sick’ the night before (who is now fine) and these were Oliver Bays, Jessie Blatchford and Katie Blatchford unfortunately the team were not able to go through in to the jump off but both Oliver and Jessica did produce two lovely clear rounds. Once again this summer The Vine did extremely well show jumping and this of course is really all down to one person - our team trainer Sharon Quant, who not only trains our little ones over trotting poles but also our senior members jumping well over a metre. Sharon comes with us to all our team events to warm everyone up, walk courses and generally give us all a big moral boost and without the enthusiasm and her expertise I am sure we would not only do as well as we do but wouldn’t be able to produce some lovely riders in the process – so thank you Sharon we all appreciate you very much and look forward to many more years of training from yourself and any little assistant’s you may have! Olivia with Munro P.S. An enormous thank you to Maggie Richardson for the unerring support she has given our Area teams this summer. It was greatly appreciated and made all the difference! Area Horse Trials Report The Area Horse Trials was held on the 7th of July at Iping. The intermediate team were the first to go on the very hot day we had in front of us. The team was just three of us, Olivia Bartlett, Tara Pusinelli and I and we all did very nice tests. The show jumping was causing many problems with very few clears throughout the class and unfortunately all three of us had one annoying pole down. Finally, as the Vine show jumping has become so popular not only with rally's and training but also competing, Arlina Mauree, who has two young children Anouk and Tatiane who both are very keen show jumpers, has agreed to come along side and help me with the organisation of the rallies and team competitions. Arlina will therefore be receiving some show jumping rally forms - so please check who these are to be sent to as advised on each form. Arlina will also be looking out for any team show jumping competitions we can do throughout the winter months, if you would like to email Arlina with any ideas etc please feel free to do so at: [email protected]. We then set off on the cross country which was also causing many problems and a lot of time faults so we were all told to kick on!! I thought I was going very fast as I caught the person in front of me up so slowed down a bit too much and ended up getting 3 time faults, but did a lovely clear. Olivia did a great round with being one of the few to get inside time in the whole class. Tara had an annoying step back which meant she had a stop, but otherwise did a super round with a few time faults. As I write we now just have the Southern Novice Championships at the end of September to look forward to, before we start our Sunday training rallies once a month with Sharon to which everyone is welcome to come along to – look out for the dates in the back of Hoofprint. If you want any other information on show jumping with the Vine please email me at [email protected]. Chiara, Siobhan, Miles, Tori, Georgia, Tom, Gemma Olivia,Tara and Annabel There was a very long and agonising wait to see the results, I ended up HoofPrint HoofPrint it was incredibly technical - every other fence was a combination, and endless angles and skinnies. As we walked this first time, we met up with the course builder by chance as I was trying to get the right line into fence number 4 - a brush, four long strides to a very narrow corner. He happily informed us that the course had been criticised the previous year for being too straightforward so this year it was maximum height, maximum distance, with a maximum number of combinations. Just what we needed to hear! There was little time to get too bothered about it as I now needed to concentrate on the Show-jumping for the following day. 3rd as an individual with only one point away from qualifying which was very annoying. Olivia won her section which was amazing and went to the Championships in August. Tara come 8th which is very good considering she has only had her pony for a few months. The team ended up fourth overall. The Novice team, being Hattie Lees, Gemma Raymond, Georgie Bartlett and Anna Jones had the worst of the day, it was so hot for them and they all did an amazing job in-spite of the weather. They all did very nice dressage tests and then Georgie went clear SJ but everyone else had one down. The show jumping was causing as much trouble as the intermediate was, so they all did very well. We were so excited to be joined that evening by Sharon Quant, Tom Burton and Tara Pusinelli, along with a team of supporters. Tom and Tara had both had terrible journeys taking the best part of 7 hours to get there! Getting up at 4am suddenly didn't seem so bad. Competing as an individual is great but there is nothing quite like being part of a team and we felt extremely lucky - as we sat down to supper together in the fading light - to be experiencing all this with our good friends. They then all did super clears cross country but unfortunately they all had some time faults which was expected because Iping is a very twisty and undulating course. Georgie and Hattie both did extremely well and both ended up 5th individually. Gemma and Anna unfortunately both just missed out on the placings. But considering this was the first attempt for them all at the area they did extremely well. Georgia and Hattie National Championships Report An Unforgettable Experience At 4.30 on a Friday morning in the middle of August we were on the road driving in the dark up to Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire with two ponies in the lorry and armed with feed, hay, endless tack, rugs for every situation, much food and drink and a great deal of hope, anxiety and anticipation - all set to contest the National Intermediate Championships on behalf of the Vine. Morning came round too fast. Our Show-jumping team had been drawn fourth to compete so we had an early start, plaiting and grooming, walking the course with Sharon - we (Mothers as much as children!) were so grateful to have her there - studding, tacking up and then riding over to warm up. The course was up to height as expected, with some really square oxers, an undulating arena and lots of changes of direction. We were thrilled to see the Blatchfords who must equally have had a horribly early start - arrive to cheer us on and their support was enormously appreciated. As a team of 3 we were up against it, with all our scores counting regardless. Nonetheless, the team performed well with Tara going clear, me knocking a pole and Tom unluckily knocking a couple. By the end of Round 1 we were 12th equal - which out of 30 teams was a great effort. Annoyingly my Eventing dressage test was scheduled for the same time as the Vine's 2nd Show-jumping round. The organisers, therefore, agreed that I should jump my second round with Boy first of everyone to allow me time to prepare for the dressage with Munro. The course was significantly bigger this time with much wider, even squarer oxers, and the weather had turned with high winds and pouring rain. Boy was fantastic and without the benefit of having watched anyone ride the course ahead of me, he jumped beautifully, just touching one annoying pole. A rapid change of pony, tack and dress and I was back to dressage mode with Munro. Whilst I was warming up for the dressage - by now in a gale - I could only imagine how my team mates were getting on in the Show-Jumping. Munro performed another great test despite the weather and I have to confess to being a bit disappointed - after our success in the pure dressage - to have been placed a third of the way down the field after the Eventing test. But that's the name of the game - time to grin and bear it! The Dressage Championships were taking place on Friday and my test was scheduled for 11.30am. In leaving early we had hoped to beat the traffic and in this we succeeded, arriving before 9am. However, we had not made any allowances for how far our lorry would be parked from the stables (and the Vine were stabled at the very furthest end of the complex) and how far the stables would be from the competition area. Thankfully we had come armed with bikes (forgot to mention them earlier!) and wheelbarrows too, but nonetheless the effort of unloading ponies, bedding and feed into the stables was immense. Thank goodness for Georgia - my 'wonder groom' without whom the weekend could not have happened. By 10.30 we were on our knees! Nothing like adrenalin to spur you on and there was no rest as our dressage time was drawing ever closer. Munro looked fantastic (thank you Mum!) and walking across the park to the dressage arenas I felt extremely proud of everything we had achieved to get here. It was my first time in a long arena, I had never ridden the test before in competition and my fellow competitors looked terrifyingly good. Nonetheless as I rode into the arena I decided to give it my best shot, tried hard to remember everything Matt Hicks had told me in preparation, smiled stupidly at the judge and concentrated as I had never concentrated before. I came out thinking that I had done as well as I could have done. The sun had shone, Munro had risen to the occasion and hadn't been phased by the situation. At worst it was great preparation for the Eventing test, also in a long arena, the following day. Tom and Dundee Meanwhile the Show-jumping for Tom and Tara in the second round didn't go entirely according to plan and our hope of a place slipped away. This was not to be the Vine's day for rosettes, but the experience gained (for next year!!) was worth its weight in gold. As the scores came up we were completely amazed and delighted to discover that we had come 4th in our arena - beyond our wildest dreams. The Vine had made it into the placings and we were chuffed to bits! That evening - despite feeling exhausted - we were back out walking the cross-country again. Munro also needed a practice show-jump and we wanted to walk the show-jumping course too. When bedtime came we were asleep in seconds. That evening we had been sad to see our fellow Vine members leave us. It wouldn't be the same the following day without their support and encouragement. Time to celebrate was limited as we were now thinking about the Eventing on Sunday and the Show-jumping the following day. On Friday afternoon, having exercised Boy, we walked the crosscountry course for the first time. It wasn't too big or too terrifying but Sunday morning was an early start all over again. The showjumping course was tricky - with deep going after the rain of the previous day and the undulating ground was again likely to take its toll. I was able to watch a few of the early competitors jump HoofPrint before I warmed up. There were a lot of faults and several competitors eliminated before it was my turn. Sharon's help again was invaluable in the warm up. The first fence was the only straight-forward one and small in comparison to the rest. I approached it on a perfect stride and was devastated to touch the top rail. The rest of the round was clear but leaving the show-jumping with 4 faults was disappointing. I therefore arrived at the cross country hoping to finish on a good note but with no expectation of a place. The course, however, was causing unbelievable problems and the time faults were numerous. Munro was brilliant throughout - he flew, loved the challenge and my lines thankfully seemed to be spot on. I came through the finish without faults elated - to huge congratulations. It had been a great round - well inside the time thanks to the training Phillippa Chamings had kindly allowed us to do on her gallops. Incredibly we came 3rd! A podium finish for the Vine was a great way to end the most unforgettable experience at my first Intermediate Championships. The biggest thank you to the Vine for supporting me throughout this adventure; to Sharon for her expertise and calm in the face of huge anxiety; to Georgia without whom I would have been lost; to all those who sent me messages of good luck which meant such a lot; and to my parents without whom none of this would have been possible st On the 1 of September we went to the Area 13 Mini Champs. It was a sunny day but a bit cold. When we arrived we had to decide what to do about our eventing team because one of the team had had to drop out because their pony was ill (it is better now). We all decided that Tatiane had better change from the show jumping team to the eventing team – that way there would be a team of 3 for each class. Cordelia came to help us walk the course and warm up. The first to ride were the show jumpers (Katie & Jessie Blatchford and Oliver Bays). Sadly they didn’t get through to the team jump off, though Jessie and Oliver were able to ride the second round. Over the two rounds they ended on 4 faults each. What another fantastic day but if it weren’t for Frances Pusinelli the event really would not have happened. We all know how generous Frances and David have been to let the Vine invade their beautiful home for the last two years but very few probably realise quite how much hard work Frances has done herself each year. Aside from the fantastic signage that goes up and the hundreds of metres of temporary fencing erected to ensure competitors have no doubt of their route, Frances spends hours meticulously maintaining the fences, building new ones, watering the ground, clearing the wonderful barn where the secretary can be found and generally making the entire setting a mini Badminton – an American guest of one competitor commented it was the best setting and signage she had ever seen at that level! Frances would be the first to admit she couldn’t do it without her farm team of John and Shaun but noone should underestimate the hours of physical hard labour Frances does herself. Jenny Englefield did an amazing job judging the dressage in both classes and was joined for Class 2 by Susie Jennings. Brenda Sampson had built an interesting show jumping course which had riders thinking about their turns and distances but was also manageable for the youngest riders having assistance from their ever enthusiastic parents. The cross country course, fantastically labelled, gave all riders options at the slightly more testing fences but proved to be an immensely enjoyable course to ride with plenty of beaming smiles crossing the finishing line. In spite of the fierce competition, the 12 Vine riders put up a very good performance with placings in each section, Katie Blatchford lifting the cup for the highest placed Vine member in Class 1 and Siobhan Heneghan adding her name to the cup awarded to the highest placed Vine member in Class 2. Thank you must go to all the helpers that turned out on the day, particularly those from the Vine who didn’t have children riding and even more so to ‘friends’ who gave up their time to make it happen. Thank you also to the various sponsors who contributed fantastic prizes and gave the Vine another memorable day. Financial Matters! IMPORTANT CHANGES TO PAYMENTS - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Tiane at prize giving Finally the dressage team (Katie, Jessie and Oliver) rode their tests. They all rode really well and Jessie and Oliver were both placed in th th their sections. Jessie came 4 and Oliver came 9 . It was really great fun and my pony enjoyed it. Everyone was so friendly and it felt like a championship because they had flowers on the arenas. Cordelia was brilliant getting us warmed up and feeling ready and excited. If you are under 12 you could be chosen to take part. If you think you might like to have a go next year you should let the rally organisers know. Vine One Day Event Meanwhile: With a total of 84 entries against just 60 last year, the Level 1 class got underway at 9.00 with the first two riders in the dressage arenas, judged by Jenny Englefield and Clare Chamberlain. Entries had been received from a vast number of branches including the Craven, Hampshire Hunt, Old Berks Hunt, Hursley Hambledon, South Berks, Garth Hunt, RA, Staff College & Sandhurst, Chiddingfold, Garth South and even an entry from the Island South branch in Ireland! And there were still some on the waiting list for Class 1. Mini Champs Report Next the eventing team (Izzy Ackroyd, Tatiane and I) did our dressage and then our show jumping. Izzy and I were clear but Tatiane had the last pole down. We were very excited to do the cross country. It was a tricky course and lots of riders were eliminated. Sadly Izzy had trouble at the trakehner and, although she finished, she was eliminated. Tatiane had 3 stops in the first part of the course but she flew round the last part. Lots of people th in her section had trouble and so she was still able to finish 5 . She was pleased as she only joined the team at the last minute. I was clear and finished on 29 penalties (just my dressage) and th came 4 in my section. HoofPrint As mentioned in the last issue of Hoofprint, due to the ever increasing costs of banking, the committee has decided it st is time to bring payments for rallies and, where possible, events into the 21 century and as a result will be starting an ‘on-line’ or electronic transfer payment process with immediate effect. This will hopefully make paying for rallies easier for all members too. On-Line Banking: When you log into your banks on-line banking to make payments, you will be asked for the Vine Pony Club bank account number (00019934) and sort code (40-52-40) which are also at the top of the 'What's On' pages. You will then be asked for a REFERENCE. The reference is the relevant code for the rally (highlighted on the Booking Form) together with the rider's(') surname - this is vital otherwise we will not know what the payment is for. The slip should still be sent to the relevant organiser clearly indicating that an electronic payment has been made. In the unfortunate event that any rally is cancelled, you will receive an email from the organiser to advise you that the rally fee will be held over to the following rally of that same discipline. Should you wish the fee to be refunded please contact Bo De Groot directly via email at [email protected] and copy your email to the relevant rally organiser. HoofPrint This is a new system for all of us and there will, inevitably, be some teething problems which we ask for your patience with. We are sure, however, that the banking charges this will save us will help to keep the Vine the financially sound and active branch it is. HoofPrint Date Details Venue Organiser Cost Sunday 20th October Show Jumping Rally with Sharon Quant East End Farm East End Newbury Berkshire RG20 0AB Arlina Mauree £15 Monday 21st October General Rally £15 to include 1 hour mounted and 30 mins stable management Park Farm Oakley RG23 7EH Fiona McAlister From 10.00 Wednesday 23rd October Dressage Rally Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre Manor Farm Whitchurch RG28 7SE Katie Bartlett £15 Boomerang West Soley Hungerford RG17 0TW Carrie Lees £15 Park Farm Oakley RG23 7EH Fiona McAlister £15 Yew Tree Stables Ball Hill Newbury RG20 9EF Fiona McAlister £20 East End Farm East End Newbury Berkshire RG20 0AB Tamsin Raymond £!5 ******** Thursday 24th October From 14.00 In addition to the rally fee £20 per horse is payable at Boomerang on the day Eventing Rally Monday 28th October General Rally From 12.00 (there is hound exercise before) to include 1 hour mounted and 30 mins stable management Thursday 31st October Grid Work Rally Sunday 24th November Show Jumping Rally ******** What’s On – Autumn 2013 sessions will be with Matt Hicks or his assistant Matthew Metcalfe with Phillippa Chamings and Southerly Roberts Must be able to jump 2’3” + with Sam Albert with Sharon Quant From 10 am Following are details of all the rallies that have been organised so far this autumn. Please send your forms in well in advance and certainly before the ‘by’ date to help the organisers discuss rides with the instructors. ALL RALLIES WILL BE FILLED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS AND MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE INCLUDED ONCE THE ORGANISER HAS RECEIVED THE RALLY SLIP AND CHEQUE Sunday 15th December Show Jumping Rally with Sharon Quant East End Farm East End Newbury Berkshire RG20 0AB Tamsin Raymond £15 Friday 20th December Dressage Rally Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre Manor Farm Whitchurch RG28 7SE Katie Bartlett £15 Please book at least two weeks before the date and send your booking slip to the organiser whilst following the new payment instructions as detailed in Financial Matters. ADDITIONAL RALLIES MAY BE ORGANISED. DETAILS WILL BE EMAILED. PLEASE READ THE ABOVE REGARDING PAYMENTS AND TRY TO COMPLETE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSFER WHERE POSSIBLE BUT RETURN THE SLIP TO THE RELEVANT ORGANISER. THANK YOU. CAF BANK SORT CODE: 40-52-40 ACCOUNT: 00019934 Christmas Dressage with Matt Hicks HoofPrint BOOKING FORM NB: Sunday 20th October Show Jumping Rally, East End Farm Please send a separate form and cheque for each rally. £15 PAYMENT CODE: SJR 20/10 HoofPrint BOOKING FORM please tick to indicate payment Thursday 24th October Eventing Rally £15 (£20 also due on the day) PAYMENT CODE: ER 24/10 Boomerang, West Soley please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer made by electronic transfer Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Height jumping …………………. Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Email address…………………………………….................…………… th Tel ………………………… Return by 6 October to: Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ……………………………………………………. Arlina Mauree, Mud Hall Cottage, Winterbourne Road, Boxford, Berkshire. RG20 8AY Return by 14th October to: Carrie Lees, Orchard House, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire. RG25 3BE BOOKING FORM BOOKING FORM st Monday 21 October General Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: GR 21/10 Park Farm please tick to indicate payment Monday 28th October General Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: GR 28/10 Park Farm please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer made by electronic transfer Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Height jumping …………………. Height jumping …………………. Email address…………………………………….................…………… Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ……………………………………………………. th Return by 7 October to: Fiona McAlister, Holly Cottage, North Waltham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. RG25 2BZ BOOKING FORM Wednesday 23 October Dressage Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: DR 23/10 Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Return by 14th October to: Fiona McAlister, Holly Cottage, North Waltham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. RG25 2BZ Thursday 31st October Grid Work Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: GWR 31/10 Yew Tree Stables please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Tel ………………………… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Email address…………………………………….................…………… Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Return by 8th October to: Katie Bartlett, Hogscombe, Greenham, Thatcham RG19 8HW Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ……………………………………………………. BOOKING FORM rd Enclosed ………… Return by 17th October to: Fiona McAlister, Holly Cottage, North Waltham, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG25 2BZ HoofPrint BOOKING FORM Sunday 24th November Show Jumping Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: SJR 24/11 East End Farm please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer NB: Please send a separate form and cheque for each rally. Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Height jumping …………………. Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Return by 10th November to: Tamsin Raymond, Stoken Farm, Steventon, Basingstoke RG25 3BD BOOKING FORM Sunday 15th December Show Jumping Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: SJR 15/12 East End Farm please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer NB: Please send a separate form and cheque for each rally. Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Height jumping …………………. Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Return by 1st December to: Tamsin Raymond, Stoken Farm, Steventon, Basingstoke RG25 3BD BOOKING FORM Friday 20th December Dressage Rally £15 PAYMENT CODE: DR 20/12 Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre please tick to indicate payment made by electronic transfer Member’s name …………………………………..….…. Age ……..… Name of horse …………………..…………..……….… Height …………. Enclosed ………… Email address…………………………………….................…………… Tel ………………………… Any medical conditions the organisers should be aware of? ………………………………………………………………. Return by 6th December to: Katie Bartlett, Hogscombe, Greenham, Thatcham RG19 8HW
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