C+ zoom stable management - from Polly Thom

Hi all,     Zoom stable management for C+ with Angela Whitehead.    6.30-7.30 pm  Thursday 28th January  Thursday 4th February   Wednesday 24th February     These are ideal to join of you are thinking of aiming for your C + this summer.  I know there is also some Area 11 ones too so feel free to do both or just one whatever suits you!  The more practice makes perfect!!     Kind regards    Polly Thom

C+ zoom stable management sessions - from Polly Thom

Hi everyone,     I hope this finds you well!  As you may have seen from the e mails Lorna and myself have been organising zooms with Angela Whitehead for stable management.  I'm just enquiring into organising C+ ones, do we have anyone interested?  Please email me on pollythom@hotmail.co.uk and we will try to liaise with Angela.  Or maybe I'll try and get a bit more tech savvy!!     Polly x    Kind regards    Polly Thom

C stable management zoom meeting last night - from Lorna Thwaites

Dear all,

Thank you to everyone who attend last night's C stable management ZOOM rally and to Angela Whitehead for instructing. It was a very useful session covering the C test syllabus areas of shoeing, veterinary care, health in a pony, vaccinations and first aid. There will be a further C Test level stable management ZOOM rally on Thursday 11th February, 6.30 to 7.30pm, again with Angela instructing. This will soon be on the SDHEPC calendar to book. These ZOOM rallies are a great way to improve your knowledge of horse and pony care and work towards your tests whilst we are unable to hold ridden rallies.

If you haven't done so already, please join the SDHE Members Only Facebook group to keep in touch with SDHE and Pony Club rallies and activities.

Best Wishes

Lorna 

zoom C+ rallies - from Polly Thom

i everyone,     I hope this finds you well!  As you may have seen from the e mails Lorna and myself have been organising zooms with Angela Whitehead for stable management.  I'm just enquiring into organising C+ ones, do we have anyone interested?  Please email me on pollythom@hotmail.co.uk and we will try to liaise with Angela.  Or maybe I'll try and get a bit more tech savvy!!     Polly x    Kind regards    Polly Thom

C and C+ test care online training with Jean Preston

Dear All,

I have organised C Test Care and C+ Test Care Training Online with Jean Preston who is an experienced coach and assessor up to AH Level. She successfully ran these sessions for the OS&B and DC Caroline Matthews suggested that these might be of interest to other branches. It may be particularly helpful for the smaller branches.

C Test Care Online Training

5 sessions weekly from 23rd January at 3pm-4pm, maximum of 6 candidates.Cost £30 for 5 sessions.

C+ Test Care Online Training

6 sessions from 23rd January at 4.15pm-5.15pm, maximum of 5 candidates. Cost £40 for 6 sessions.

Please contact Area Rep Abby Bernard: area11@pcuk.org

Keep Safe & Well. 

Abby

Abby Bernard
Area 11 Representative

(I do not respond to emails at the Weekend, if you need to get hold of me urgently please text or call my mobile)
 
07775712512
http://branches.pcuk.org/area11/
www.facebook.com/area11PC

2021 - onwards and upwards!

Dear Pony Club Members,

If you are starting to think about your development in 2021, you might want to consider training for and taking one of the Pony Club Efficiency Tests. These tests enable members to learn progressively about horse and pony care and riding. 

The tests are taken at recommended ages and in a specified order:

E Test (voluntary test for new members)

D Test (min. age 8 years)

D+ Test ( min. age 10 years)

The Pony Club Road Ride Achievement badge (this is a pre-requisite before being awarded the C test)

C Test (min. age 11 years)

C+ Test (Riding and/or Horse and Pony Care) (min. age 13 years)

B Test (Riding and/or Horse and Pony Care) 

Lungeing Test (must have passed B Test)

B+ Test (optional)

AH Test

A Test

The syllabus for each test can be found on the Pony Club UK website:

https://pcuk.org/members/training/test-syllabuses/

Whilst we all continue to stay as safe as we can in Lockdown, there will be some remote rallies operating at the D and C Test Levels. Details will be sent out via email and Facebook. Ridden rallies will be arranged as soon as guidance allows and test dates set when sufficient members are considered ready to take their tests.

D and D+ standard zoom rallies

Zoom rallies with Angela Whitehead for D and D+.  23rd and 30th January at 4 pm.   

These will cost £7.50 per person and a minimum of 4 needed to run.

I will also aim to organise some achievement badges in February to keep us all amused during these weird times!  So keep eyes open on both Facebook and your emails!!  Stay safe xx    Kind regards    Polly Thom

Eridge PC - photo Show schedule

Please see the attached schedule.

Pony Club Membership Renewals

You don't need me to tell you this year is rather different but in addition to coping as best we can with the pandemic, Pony Club have fundamentally changed the process of membership management from being managed by individual branches to centralised administration built around a new computer system called PELHAM.

Most of our existing members have a renewal date of 31st January and you should already have received an e-mail from Pony Club HQ inviting you to renew.  Memberships have now moved to a rolling 12 months so some memberships will fall due for renewal at other times of the year.  An advantage of the new PELHAM system is that memberships can be renewed online via the membership portal and payment made by card online.

If you expect an invitation to renew but have not received it please feel free to contact me at mike.nichols@btinternet.com and I will do my best to sort things out.

Obviously Pony Club activities have been curtailed and disrupted during the lockdowns and we were unable to run any camps.  Some have expressed the view that Pony Club should roll over the membership free of charge for a year.  Unfortunately a significant part of the membership fee is spent on providing the comprehensive third part insurance cover and this has been operative as normal.  Put simply, much as Pony Club might like to offer a free or reduced fee year it does not have the financial resources to do so.

If you do not intend renewing at this time I would appreciate a message to that effect as it will help the Branch Committee in making plans for 2021.

Wishing everyone a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

Mike Nichols
Treasurer and Membership Secretary.

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The following is from Pony Club HQ and is included here for information:

All Pony Club memberships and renewals should now be made directly with The Pony Club Office at Stoneleigh.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS (those with less than 3 riding members in the same household).

• If you do not have a "family membership" (usually 3 or more riding members in the same household) then you will receive 2 emails with details of how to renew via the new online portal. 
• The first contains the renewal reminder and membership details. 
• The second contains a custom link to the portal.  When you click this link you will be asked to enter a password. 
• This is a new online portal so create a new password. 
• You will then be asked to login with your username (the email address to which the renewal reminder was sent) and your newly created password.
• Early renewal notices are being sent this year to try and phase out the renewal process for memberships expiring 31/1/2021.  
• A reminder to those who have not renewed will be resent the first week of January.  Thereafter, reminders will be sent one month prior to renewal date, and then 2 weeks before if not renewed.
• Using the online portal, you will be able to check and update any contact details, and members and pay online.
• You will not be able to change the branch or membership type (Riding or Non-riding) – if you need to do this please contact your branch to initiate the transfer process or contact membership@pcuk.org to change your membership type.
• Memberships will be for a 12-month period from the date of expiry
• If you renew in December and your membership expires on 31 January 2021 then your new membership will run until 31 January 2022.

 

FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS

If you have a family membership, or want to add members to create a family membership, you will need to download the membership form either from your branch website or https://pcuk.org/find-a-club/ complete the form and email to membership@pcuk.org OR by post to the address on the form.

Membership fees for 2021 remain as 2020:

Non-riding member £36; riding member £80 and family memberships £200 (up to 5 members in the same household).

online guides and activities for younger members

Hi all,

Whilst all ridden rallies are currently on hold during the current lockdown period, there are some online guides, short video's and activities on the Pony Club website, aimed at the younger and more novice pony clubbers. 

If you would like to have at look, please follow the link and log-in using the pony club membership password of pony1929.

https://pages.pcuk.org/training/

Best Wishes

Lorna

Zoom stable management rally booking now open

Dear all,

The ZOOM stable management rally (C test level) on Thurs 14th January is now available to book on the pony club website.

This rally is at C test level but any pony club member is welcome to attend.

£7.50 per person, min. 4 people for the rally to run.

http://www.sdhepc.org/events/

Many Thanks

Lorna

Covid update and rallies - from Anne Cook

Hi  I hope you all had a lovely Xmas and New Year and are staying safe and well.   In view of the fact that we are now in Tier 4, the Pony Club guidance is that we can only have one member at a rally.  Obviously this is not viable so we are cancelling   all rallies in January.  Hopefully things will improve soon.   Lorna Thwaites has organised a  C test zoom stable management rally on 14th January.  Anne    

C test zoom stable management rally - from Lorna Thwaites

Dear all,

Happy New Year Everyone!

The next C test ZOOM stable management rally is on Thursday 14th January, 6.30 to 7.30pm with Angela Whitehead. The cost will be £7.50 per person and will soon be on the pony club rallies calendar for booking.

Please attend this rally if you are hoping to take your C test in 2021. Ridden rallies are currently postponed due to Tier 4 restrictions but a C rally will be planned as soon as is possible.

Lorna