SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2011

Firstly I would like to announce the arrival of 2 new ponies, Lincoln a 14 year old Grey Connemara gelding and Daisy a 5 year old Welsh section D chestnut mare, & the departure of both Myles & Louis who have gone to a jumping yard.

Now to the business of the day;

The 2 sessions once again ran parallel to each other; The members all did a mixture of things starting with wild flowers, once again they were shown various wild flower pictures and told a little bit about each one.

We also planted 2 Giant Sunflower seeds for them to grow on at home. This is a long running competition, when the seeds have germinated and grown big enough, they are to plant them in their gardens; when the Sunflower actually come into full flower, each member needs to have a photo taken of them standing next to their Sunflower, They then bring in the photo, and we will measure them; Paul will be given the photos with each members height and then do the maths, the winner will be the person who has grown the biggest Sunflower and the tallest Sunflower. Prizes will be given once all photos are in & the Maths done!

We then did a whole mixture of things from grooming & mucking out to field maintenance. Some of the members expressed a wish to try for some more badges and I am pleased to announce that the following members have achieved the standard for the following:

Points of the pony: Cormac
Nathaniel

Fire Safety: Cormac
Nathaniel

Points of Tack: Kirsty
Joely
Millie J
Scarlet
Leah

Feed your pony: Cormac
Nathaniel
Scarlet
Joely
Leah
Tamryn

Congratulations to you all!
The children have to work very hard to achieve these badges, and are tested to a high standard, I am sure that you are all very proud of your children, I know I am!

Riding was with Jenna, who worked on their position, classical seat and the use of their weight aids.

The members all worked very hard and Jenna has said that this weeks most improved riders were Annabella & Alice – very well done.