Lincolnshire Pony Club

by Caroline
(Grantham, Lincolnshire)

Lincolnshire Pony Club - East Midlands Area 6

The Pony Club is an international voluntary youth organisation for those interested in ponies and riding. It was founded in England in 1929 and is now represented in 15 countries and has a membership exceeding 102,000 world-wide.

The Lincolnshire Pony Club is part of East Midlands Area 6 and If you wish to join the pony club please contact the branch directly.

Contact - Mrs. Christina Thompson
Hill Top Farm,
Ingoldsby Road,
Lenton, Grantham,
Lincolnshire, NG33 4HB

Tel : 01476 585012

Branches in East Midlands - Area 6 include :

Barlow Hunt - Belvoir - Blankney Hunt - Brocklesby Hunt - Burghley - Burton Hunt - Cottesmore Hunt - Fernie Hunt - Fitzwilliam Hunt - Grove Hunt - High Peak Hunt - Meynell Hunt - Quorn Hunt - Rufford Hunt - Scunthorpe & District - South Nottinghamshire - South Trent - South Wold Hunt (North) - South Wold Hunt (South) - Wentworth & District - Woodland Pytchley Hunt

PONY CLUB AREA 6 - NATIONAL SUCCESSES 2007

Many congratulations to the following Branches and Individuals from Area 6 who qualified for and were successful at the National Championships and other National Competitions in 2007.

Dressage

Novice:
India Nichols (South Wold North) 5th Section 2
Phillipa Thompson (Fernie) 2nd Section 4

Intermediate:

Teams-
3rd South Nottinghamshire (Kim Ferrier 4th Section A; Sophie Young; Hannah Tongue 1st Section C/12th Ride Off; Fiona Mellick)

4th Fitzwilliam (Antonia Harrington 3rd Section A; Emma Koch 5th Section 4; Alice Brooks 5th Section C; Megan Howard)

7th Scunthorpe (Karen Lamb; Georgina Barth; Griff Nicholson; Charlotte Scott 5th Section D)

Individuals-

Helen Spalton (High Peak) 1st Section F, 4th Ride Off
Rebecca Howe (South Wold North) 2nd Section F, 7th Ride Off.


Open:
Holly Woodhead (South Wold North) 1st Section E, 3rd Ride Off
Emily Parker (Burton) 5th Section A

In addition the following were successful in Dressage to Music Competitons Elizabeth Best and Natalie Charlton (Quorn); Annabel Jepson (Blankney; Kathryn Gallagher (South Notts); Jane Chatterton and Sophie Buntine (Belvoir)


Eventing

Novice:
George Ward (Blankney) 5th Arena 1
Jade Lawson (Blankney) 1st Arena 3
Devinia Redfern (Meynell) 6th Arena 5
William Rawlin (Fizwilliam) 8th Arena 5

Intermediate:

Teams :
2nd Meynell (Victoria Jones 2nd Section A; Elizabeth Bennett 3rd Section B; Bethany Parker 6th Section C; Anna Critchlow)

7th South Wold North (Libbie Norton (8th Section B); Lauren Spradbury, Rose Price, Olivia Smith)

Individuals :
Verity Hart (Fitzwilliam) 7th Section A and won the Horsmanship Award.

Open:

Teams:
2nd Burton (Emily Parker 2nd Section A; Sammy Crowe 3rd Section B; Sam Molyneux; Suzie Ottewell.)

4th Belvoir (Laua Rowbotham; Willa Newton; Georgie Buntine 5th Section C; Oliver Bealby)

9th Fitzwilliam (Pippie Polson; Alice Newling; Georgie Armstrong 8th Section C; Laura Burnett)

Individuals:
Laura Ringrose (South Wold North) 2nd Section C
Will Jebb (South Wold North) 2nd Section D

In addition Louise Walker (Fitzwilliam) won two of the Associates’ Classes and Hannah Slater was placed in the cross country)


Show Jumping

Intermediate:

Team :
5th Fitzwilliam (Megan Howard, Tori Short, Verity Hart, Venetia Kennedy)

Individual Competition-
3rd Megan Howard

Open:

Team :
4th Belvoir (Annabel Henderson, Georgie Buntine, Annabel Coy, Laura Rowbotham)

5th South Wold North (Will Scott, Will Jebb, Lauren West, Laura Ringrose)


Hickstead Pony Club Championships:

Team:
1st Burton (Emily Parker, Tom Grantham, Sophie Aylmer, Susie Ottwell)

Individual
1st Kate Walters (South Notts)
3rd Anneka Hardstaff (South Notts)

Dengie Winter League-
7th Beth Parker (Meynell)

Dengie Open
1st Emma Tideswell (Meynell)


Burghely Show Jumping Competition

Placed: Cottesmore Hunt; Fitzwilliam Hunt

Tetrathlon

Open Boys

Teams :
3rd Quorn (Dean Cripps, Shaun Cripps, John Graham Brown, Josh Warren)

6th Cottesmore (Jack Day, William Bell, Jasper Sawyer)

Individual :
7th Henry James (Brocklesby)


Intermediate Girls

Teams :
6th Cottesmore (Grace Warman, Sian Barnacle, Coco Hammond, Harriet Bridges Webb)

In addition at the UK Regional Competition Dean Cripps, Shaun Cripps, John Graham Brown and Henry James (also 5th Individual) were part of the winning East of England Team. Tara Williams (Meynell), Rebecca Lewis (Cottesmore) and Lucy Cocker (Barlow) were in the 5th placed Girls Team.


Mounted Games

The following teams qualified from the Zone Finals to compete at Shelford:

Juniors:
Grove (3rd in Junior Runners Up Competition)

Intermediate:
South Nottinghamshire

Runners-Up Competition (HOYS Qualifier)

Burton

In addition Millie Wilkinson (Burton) was a member of the winning England Team at the Daks International Mounted Games at the Royal Windsor Horse Show


Polo
Cottesmore paced 1st Loriners Division I, 7th Loriners Division II.


Centre Competitions

National Quiz Centre Competition
6th Mill House

Shelford Centre Competition

Teams :
5th Mill House

7th Bulby

Individual Junior :
2nd Daniel Taylor (Mill House)
4th Zoe Newton (Mill House)

Individual Senior :
7th Alice Hill (Bulby)