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News from the Zetland Hunt Pony Club Have a go at Triathlon


D


id you know you can now be a member of the Zetland Hunt Pony Club


even if you don’t have a pony? From January 2020 the Pony Club introduced a ‘non-riding’ membership which means you can join and take part in all activities throughout the year.


Do you like swimming and running and would like to have a go at target shooting? If so, you may be interested in triathlon. There are four age categories, known as tadpoles (under eights), minimus, (eight to 11), junior (12 to 14) and senior (15 to 21), and boys and girls compete together. There is no


minimum qualification standard to compete. At the end of the games, rosettes are awarded to the top scores in each discipline, for the highest overall scores, and for the best team performances in each category.


In the under eights, you’d be expected to run 500m, swim for two minutes and throw beanbags at a target as a form of shooting. From the age of eight, competitors are required to shoot at stationary targets using 177 calibre air pistols from a range of seven or 10 metres, depending on their age. Younger (minimus) competitors are allowed to use two hands while older


competitors must use only one. Ten shots are fired under timed conditions with a maximum of four seconds allowed per shot.


Competitors are required to swim freestyle, a distance appropriate for their age and the level at which they are competing. Swimming is scored on a grid of age, level and time.


Competitors run a cross-country under timed conditions. Distances are 500 metres, 1,000 metres, 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres depending upon age category. Runners do not run against each other directly as in a marathon or race; instead


40cm Lead rein


1st Max Mullen with Woody 2nd Phoebe Gough with Silver


Junior 1st Grace Baker with Solo


2nd Amelia Dickinson with Wharfside Welsh Ruby


3rd Freddie Nicholson with Orla 4th Freya Gibbon with Starlight


60cm 1st Iris Collinson with Charlie


Winners of the 70cm W


e held our annual New Year unaffiliated show jumping event at


Richmond Equestrian Centre on 3rd January, organised by Sarah Clark.


There were more than 130 entries for the event, with classes from 30cm to 1m. Open to all, it was well attended with many additional entries taken on the day. Ran as a single phase competition, the rider had to jump six fences and if clear, they progressed to the second half of six fences, which was timed, resulting in the fastest, clear combination winning.


The smooth running of the day was aided by Donna Wood and her team, commentary and course design by Rennie Wood and young assistant Max Riley Fox. We would wish to thank the great number of people involved


and a large number of volunteers and parents helped out in order to make the day a success.


A special thank you to the show jumping class sponsors, local businesses who have supported the Zetland Hunt Pony Club and donated such generous prizes for each category.


RESULTS


30cm Lead rein 1st William Nicholson with Sparky


2nd Henry Gibbon with Tinkle 3rd Phoebe Armstrong with Owl 4th Polly Welton with Sky


Junior


1st Alfie Clark with Mr Soxs 2nd Jemima Heron with Henry 3rd Hugo Oaks with Dundee 4th Ella McGarth with Val


Seniors 1st Heidi Stewart with Lush 2nd Sarah Bartlett with Sully


3rd Ayla Foster-Blenkinsop with Divine Image


2nd Phoebe Ward with Dolly


3rd Grace Baker with Varley Mistique


4th Polly Nicholson with Pingu 70cm


1st Ella Gibbon with Kitty 2nd Polly Nicholson with Pingu 3rd Phoebe Ward with Dolly


4th Harriet Hodgson with Summerhouse Shadow


80cm Juniors


1st Polly Nicholson with Little Cracker


2nd Amelia Anscomb with Peanut


3rd Ella Gibbon with Kitty 4th Morgan Monteith with Cally


90cm junior winner, Jessica McCarthy with Prada 4th Sarah Bartlett with Frank


90cm Juniors 1st Jessica McCarthy with Prada


2nd Charlotte Hewick-Crawford with Paolo


3rd Anna Mould with Orta Vida 4th Gretel Wood with Lily


Seniors 1st Charlie Flood with Red


2nd Ayla Forester-Blenkinsop with Frodo Baggins


3rd Charlie Flood with Sonic 4th Zoe Burns with Bruce


Open 1m


1st Abigail Pearse with Cally 2nd Libby Soley with Ralph 3rd Sarah Bartlett with Podgy P 4th Charlie Flood with Red.


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Young Zetland Hunt Pony Club members at a triathlon competition at Barnard Castle School in 2019


start times are staggered at one- minute intervals.


If participating in a triathlon interests you, entry forms and schedules are available from the Zetland Pony Club website www. branches.pcuk.org/zetland and if you are interested in joining the Zetland Pony Club, please contact Jeanette Crompton: lawrence. crompton@btinternet.com


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