Pony Club Tests
Including Riding and Road Safety
RIDING & ROAD SAFETY
Please contact Maggie Mockett on 01730 825804 or email mockettfamily@btinternet.com
Please remember the Pony Club rules do not allow any member to be awarded certificates for tests at C level or above without having passed the R&RS test. Candidates must be 12 years old before the test date, and members must complete a minimum of 10 hours training
The tests are intended to assess riding and horse and pony care in a structured way. There are a number of Tests ranging in difficulty from E, which is the easiest to the A Riding, the most difficult. The tests must be attempted in succession. Test training will take place throughout the year.
D and D+ Test -
New dates for those members interested in taking C and C+ training are as follows:-
27th November 2010
18th December
15th January 2011
12th February
12th March
17th April
C Training 4.15pm to 5.45pm
C+ 6.00pm to 7.30pm
C test will be during the Easter Holidays, normally following Easter Clinic.
C+ will take place during the October half term.
These stable management sessions will be with Jane Stickley, held at Eastwood Stud Farm. However, please book your place with Maggie on 01730 825804 or email mockettfamily@btinternet.com. The cost of the 3 sessions is £22.50, or 4 sessions £30, payable in advance to Maggie.
Hopefully, most of you will now be up to date with the appropriate Riding and Road Safety Test but, if not, we will run further courses next year and you will still be able to train. R&RS Achievement Badge for C Test and Road Rider Badge for C+.
Please contact me if you are interested or need more information. You may download the requirements of all the tests from the Pony Club website www.pcuk.org under Training.
B Test – if you have passed your C+ test and wish to train for this next test, please contact Lucy Sanders on 01730 812017 or michael.sanders1@btinternet.com.
Dress for Stable Management
Pony Club Sweatshirts , Cowdray hoodies or Cowdray polo shirts, johds and suitable footwear, johdpur boots or muckers are acceptable. No trainers. Jewellery shouldn’t be worn at any time.
WELL DONE to Rosemary Robinson, Fiona Clinch and Lewis Adams for passing their Lunging Test on Saturday (24th April 2010).
They all got on really well and worked hard with Jane Stickley whose lessons are always fun and packed with all the information that they needed to do really well in the test. Lessons took place at Eastwood Stud and they are now equipped with all the basic knowledge which they will build on to carry them on through their Pony Club tests. Jane just has a way of making everything really easy to remember - informal but memorable!
Look out for dates for the start of the next course or contact Maggie for more information.
B TEST SUCCESS
We had 100 per cent success rate for those taking B Test in October 2009
Annie Forsyth passed Full B.
Lottie Gravely passed Horse & Pony Care which means she now has Full B as she passed her Riding in the summer.
Fiona Clinch passed Riding which means she also now holds Full B as she did Care in the summer.
Rosie Robinson passed Horse & Pony Care.
Congratulations to the girls who have worked very hard and many thanks to Elaine Wilson (Riding) and Jane Stickley (Horse & Pony Care).
Thank you.
Lucy x
Congratulations to our first Cowdray members to pass the Road Rider Achievement Badge! Zoe Glass, Phoebe Glass, Lucy Griffiths, Holly Fletcher, Lottie Marchant, Leuca Smith, Ella Wakeland and Issy Lush. Good luck to the next set of members to take the test.
Congratulations to , Georgie Brash, Imogen Krens, Christi Radkiewicz, Wilfred Ross, Rachel Scanlan, Edwina Robinson and Ellie Thorman for passing their C Test.