EASTER HOLIDAYS

There are 3 Fridays of Mounted Rallies starting on Friday 2nd April, Friday 9th April and Friday 16th April. 10.00 am - 3.30pm £35.00.

Thursday 8th and Thursday 15th April are for Senior members working on D and D+ and the Progressive Awards. 10.00-1.00pm

Dismounted Rallies: on Saturdays starting with Native Ponies, colours and markings.

Mounted Rallies 10.00 am - 3.30pm approx. £35.00

SENIOR MOUNTED RALLIES 10.00-1.00pm every Thursday during School Holidays. £25.00

Congratulations to Olivia Thomas, Nick Harden, Charlotte Henshaw, Emily Cudworth, Amy Maycock and Tilly Gottschald who have all achieved their Bronze Progressive Awards 3-1 in Riding and Road Sense and Horsemastership.

Over the summer we worked on the skills needed for passing the achievement tests. Most of you already have the riding skills but a lot of work needed to be done on pony handling, leading, putting on head collars,bandages, rugs, etc and tying knots.

Pony Club League Competition
The Pony Club HQ is providing 3 sets of Pony Club Rosettes 1st to 4th places for this competition. It is to be run over the Summer, Autumn, Christmas and Easter School Holidays. There are 3 groups in each competition Beginner, Novice and Intermediate Levels.

Each Pony Club member who enters gets 1 point, and extra points are awarded for turn out. The competitions are varied to suit the members.
Handy Rider Competition Results for Friday 4th September.

PLACE	SENIORS	JUNIORS
1ST	Beth on Tom	CHELSEA on Bob
2nd	Nick on Dora	Jasmin on Bob
3rd	Emily on Whisky	Evie on Whisky
4th	Georgia C on Bonnie	Phoebe on Bob
5th	Tilly on Sam	Ben on Purdy
6th	Frankie on Whisky	Al on Whisky
		Niamh on Bronnie
		Hannah P on Purdy
		Holly P on Purdy
		Georgia P on Bob
		Naomi on Purdy

Frankie, Chelsea, Jasmin, Evie, Phoebe, Ben, Al, Niamh, Hannah, Holly, Georgia and Naomi all successfully completed the Pony Club Bronze Award 3 in Horsemastership and Riding and Road Sense.

NEW! Ridgewood Equestrian Pony Club embroidered white on navy blue Sweatshirts £16.50 and polo shirts £12.50. These can be ordered from the office at Ridgewood if not in stock. The polo shirts come in navy, pale blue or white or pink with embroidered badge on the front left hand side. Sizes are 14/15 years, 12/13 years, 10/11 years, 8/9 years, 6/7 years, 4/5 years. The navy baseball caps embroidered in white with the pony club badge are £5.00 each.

COMMUNICATION - PLEASE LET US KNOW THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT INFORMED ABOUT PONY CLUB - WEB SITE, E MAIL, TEXT, NOTICE BOARDS OR BY POST. If you prefer the postal method PLEASE can you let us have some SAEs - thanks.

Tests D Test for older more experienced members and E Test for new members and the younger members

SENIORS are members who can trot without stirrups without holding on or who are over 13.

Recommended reading "The Manual of Horsemanship" available from Pony Club, BHS, & other web sites.

Training for badges, to be followed by a test the week after; badges will be awarded only after successful completion of the test. Those who already hold these badges will be expected to show a higher level of competence & efficiency or re-do the training.

JUNIORS are members younger than 13 years.

NOTE - Members under the age of 4 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Lynn Henry's web site is well worth looking at. Lynn's next at Ridgewood on Sunday, 28th February. Lynn came to Ridgewood with Aurora, her own horse and demonstrated with her and later with Bob what Thinking Like a Pony is all about. There are more photos of this fantastic afternoon in the photo gallery. Ridgewood Pony Club now has some natural horsemanship equipment for the Pony Club member to practise with.