Benalla CT 2021
Sophie Fox and Justine Wedlock Clinic 2021
Thankyou so much Justine and Sophie for such an awesome day! All of the riders spoke highly of the lessons and learnt so much!
State HT and Interzones Championships
Very well done to our members, Sarah Marshall, Grace Seymour and Miranda Farrel for their amazing riding at the PCV State HT and Interzones Championships! You represented our club and zone wonderfully and rode beautifully!
March Rally 2021
Such a great day for a rally! Happy birthday Kate!
State Showjumping and Dressage Championships
A huge congratulations to our wonderful members who represented our zone at the state showjumping and dressage championships for 2021! You all presented your selves and rode beautifully! You should all be proud!
C* Assessment
Congratulations to our Mansfield members, Ebony, Maddy, Charlize, Della, Alice and Sarah, as well as Nick and Sophie from Shepperton pony Club, on receiving you C* certificates! You were all so well presented and rode fabulously!
Christmas Rally 2020
Well done to everyone for making our last rally for the year such a wonderful day! There were smiles all round the whole day! Have a very merry Christmas everyone!
Working Bee
A big thankyou to those who got involved to help with our working bee!
NEZ dressage day 2020
Congratulations to all our members who competed at the NEZ dressage championships at Bright! You all rode beautifully and looked stunning!
October rally 2020
MPC Christmas Rally 2018!
Mansfield Riders Out'N'About!
July Rally
Here are a few photos from our July Rally. Thanks Ross Kennedy I hope you will be at the August Western Rally!!
CHRISTMAS RALLY
Well what a fantastic day it wasyesterday. Our new format went extremly well and the kids had a great time. The long lunch was very well received by all including Life Members that came.
Thanks to eveyone that brought along food it was such a scrumtious feast!!
Congratulations to our newest Life Member Fiona Fox, very well deserved.
Congratulations also to our winners of the Memorial Xmas Games the team consited of Lauren Hutchinson, Bridget Callhan and Alice Marshall
Congratulations also to the following award winners
The Junior award - Scarlett Hanratty
The Senior award - Bridget Callahan
The Marie Hulse Memorial award - Kate Thomson
The Jock Gray award - Junior Molly Lines, Senior Molly Stow
Peg James award for Senior Rider - Jamieson Kennedy
Merry Christmas
Thanks to eveyone that brought along food it was such a scrumtious feast!!
Congratulations to our newest Life Member Fiona Fox, very well deserved.
Congratulations also to our winners of the Memorial Xmas Games the team consited of Lauren Hutchinson, Bridget Callhan and Alice Marshall
Congratulations also to the following award winners
The Junior award - Scarlett Hanratty
The Senior award - Bridget Callahan
The Marie Hulse Memorial award - Kate Thomson
The Jock Gray award - Junior Molly Lines, Senior Molly Stow
Peg James award for Senior Rider - Jamieson Kennedy
Merry Christmas
WOW what a wonderful weekend we had and what an amazing club we have, a big thanks to all the parents and kids that worked tirelessly all weekend and before!!!
Congratulations to those that won and placed and we hope everyone had a fun time and look forward to seeing you next year.
Don't forget that you can get your rider video at www.ridervideo.com this is an amazing oppurtunity to see your whole cross country round which is very rare.
Also the wonderful Derek O'leary photograher was there on the Sunday and captured all Grades in the Show Jumping and Cross Country so head to his webiste www.derekoleary.com.au and click on Mansfield Horse Trials to veiw your photos.
You can also find your results by going to www.ponyclub.kyabram.biz
Lastly many thanks to our wounderful sponsors with you we couldn't run such an amazing event!
See you all next year!!!
Congratulations to those that won and placed and we hope everyone had a fun time and look forward to seeing you next year.
Don't forget that you can get your rider video at www.ridervideo.com this is an amazing oppurtunity to see your whole cross country round which is very rare.
Also the wonderful Derek O'leary photograher was there on the Sunday and captured all Grades in the Show Jumping and Cross Country so head to his webiste www.derekoleary.com.au and click on Mansfield Horse Trials to veiw your photos.
You can also find your results by going to www.ponyclub.kyabram.biz
Lastly many thanks to our wounderful sponsors with you we couldn't run such an amazing event!
See you all next year!!!
Here are a few photos of some of our members at the Gone Riding Mansfield Horse Trials, thanks to Rob Krainz for sending them in. If anyone else has photos that they would like to send please email them to jbdl@bigpond.com
FIRST AID COURSE
Congratulations to our newest and re-newing First Aiders, here they are having some fun practicing their bandaging technique - they are pretty good! On a serious note, well done to the Committee for recognizing the need for more First Aiders around the ground at Pony Club - the more people that have the knowledge, the safer our kids are. The cost of completing the course was subsidized by Mansfield Pony Club and was offered to all families and will be offered again before the end of the year. If you are at all interested (even if it makes you nervous) please have a chat with Peta Middleton and get your name on the list. You never know when you might need it...
STATE HORSE TRIALS
Well done to Jacinda Dixon-Reilly who competed at the State Horse Trials on the weekend. She and her very clever mare Miss Freebie did a fabulous job. After a nice dressage test they were positioned out of the top ten but then a beautiful clear cross country round on a challenging course that caused many stops she shuffled up the leader board to 6th. The last phase being Showjumping saw Jace and Freebie drop two rails on a course that had very few clear rounds and they ended up 5th! Miss Freebie also won the Best Performed Retired Racehorse award bringing home a beautiful rug. Well done Jace and Miss Freebie, what a fantastic achievement!
Also, congratulations to our past Mansfield Pony Club member Beth Collins who won the event and well done to all the other North Eastern Zone members who made it to State and were competing on the weekend.
Also, congratulations to our past Mansfield Pony Club member Beth Collins who won the event and well done to all the other North Eastern Zone members who made it to State and were competing on the weekend.
Alexandra Show on Saturday 14th November saw Emma Bowe and Lauren Hutchinson win their respective rider classes to go on for Champion Rider. Lauren won Champion and Emma came Reserve well done girls!
5 Mansfield Pony Club Members went to Oaklands Horse Trials on 18th October. All performed extremely well, all bringing home ribbons. Seen here after the Grade 5 cross country are from left to right, Kate Wedlock with Brandy, Jacinda Dixon-Rielly, Tess Storey, Lauren Hutchinson and Molly Lines with May
MARCH RALLY
Well done to all the riders who got out of bed early on Sunday for our March Rally. The early start was designed to beat the heat..... Well, we tried!!! Despite the Extreme Heat, we had a great number of participants in this rally which saw some beautiful dressage on the Sand Arena, some thrills (and spills!) Cross Country, some Super Fast Games Practice, some gorgeous Bareback Riding and some excellent jumping practice on the Terrace.
After a relaxing lunch break all riders sat down to a session in the Pavillion on Certificate Work. Well done to you all for carefully listening and contributing to this session. We have a great bunch of Certificate candidates. There are some photo's below of some of the kids enjoying this session.
See you next rally!!
After a relaxing lunch break all riders sat down to a session in the Pavillion on Certificate Work. Well done to you all for carefully listening and contributing to this session. We have a great bunch of Certificate candidates. There are some photo's below of some of the kids enjoying this session.
See you next rally!!
MPC OFF TO STATE DRESSAGE
On Sunday the 13th Dec North East Zone held their Dressage Qualifiers for Grades 1,2 &3 to go to State. Two Mansfield girls Tess Storey & Lauren Hutchinson went and both qualified in Grade 1!! So they are both off to Gladysdale the new home of PCAV in March.
Join us in wishing them the best of luck.
Join us in wishing them the best of luck.
WILL & EMILY EVENTING CLINIC
If anyone has more photos of the clinic could they email them to jbdl@bigpond.com
TEEGAN ASHBY EVENTING CLINIC
If anyone has more photos of the clinic could they email them to jbdl@bigpond.com
MPC CHRISTMAS RALLY
A great day was had by all that attended this years Christmas Rally with our annual games run by Val Kirley, thanks Val and of course the now famous Hoof and Woof which always brings a load of laughs.
Thanks to all that came and helped out on the day.
Thanks to all that came and helped out on the day.
SOPHIE FOX OFF TO NATIONALS!
Mansfield Pony Club would like to offer a huge congratulations to Sophie Fox and her amazing mare La Princess for being chosen to represent Victoria in the Junior Eventing Team which are off Murray Bridge in South Australia from the 29th Sept - 4th October.
Sophie is a well deserved member of this team as she works hard with her string of horses and goes about things with a big smile and an encouraging word for the younger members of the club.
Good luck Sophie
**An Update on Sophie. In very hot conditions her and Princess did an amazing job to come 5th! Well done Sophie**
Sophie is a well deserved member of this team as she works hard with her string of horses and goes about things with a big smile and an encouraging word for the younger members of the club.
Good luck Sophie
**An Update on Sophie. In very hot conditions her and Princess did an amazing job to come 5th! Well done Sophie**
ALLAN MITCHELL CLINIC
A sample of photos taken by Ross, father of new member Jamieson. All look to be having a great time. Thanks Ross!!
MPC GYMKHANA
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Christmas Rally
Mansfield Pony Club & Open Gymkhana
Thanks to everyone who came to compete at our annual Gymkhana and of course many thanks to all the helpers, volunteers and judges. It was a lovely day for it and what a great turn out. So many beautiful combinations in the Show Rings and some great jumpers and super fast games riders. Well done to you all. More info and photo's to come.
ALLAN MITCHELL CLINIC
Photos courtesy of Robyn Reed, thanks Robyn.
STATE HORSE TRIALS
Congratulations to our 3 Mansfield Pony Club Members that competed at the State Horse Trials this weekend at Riddles Creek, Maddy Kyritsis riding Reggae Music and Sophie Fox riding Practice Makes Perfect in Grade 1 and Nichola Payne riding Langtree Zandora in Grade 2. The weather was very cold wet and windy and the Grade 1 course in particular proved quite tricky with some technical lines.
The biggest congratulations must go to Nichola Payne who won in Section 2B. This is Nicholas first season in Grade 2 and her and her beautiful pony Langtree Zandora are a fantastic combination.
Sophie Fox also did very well coming 8th
The biggest congratulations must go to Nichola Payne who won in Section 2B. This is Nicholas first season in Grade 2 and her and her beautiful pony Langtree Zandora are a fantastic combination.
Sophie Fox also did very well coming 8th
April Rally - Campdraft School
Tuesday the 8th April turned out to be a stunning day - perfect for our Campdraft School. We were very lucky to have Steve Arbuthnot, Paul Sheppard, Pat McCormack and Kelly Lovick come and give our members a fantastic insight into how to compete in a campdraft. The campdraft was set up from the Mansfield Campdraft held the week before and we even got to use REAL COWS!! Steve and Paul gave us all a talk on the general idea of campdrafting and then the whole group went off to the Cross Country Course to bring in the beasts, which looked like great fun - especially for Annabelle riding Jerry cowgirl style complete with the biggest bucks we have ever seen!! Once the cows were in, they split into 3 separate groups; one group chasing Steve on his horse around the course, the next group chasing Paul around learning how to move a beast around and the third group working with a real cow in the camp! Everyone looked like they were having a ball, the ponies were all looking very happy about a change of scenery, but all nice and tired at the end of it all. Huge thanks to Steve, Paul, Pat and Kelly for your expert help and to Bill Bryce and Paul Sheppard for the use of the REAL COWS!! Also a huge thanks to Glenn Fox for organizing the rally!
GOOD LUCK TO OUR STATE GAMES TEAM
All the very best to our wonderful games team competing at State in Bacchus Marsh on the 15th June
Go Team Mansfield!!!!
HORSE TRIALS 2014
Please enjoy some photos from our Horse Trials on Sunday 23rd March with thanks to Zone Secretary and photographer extraordinaire Issie Hill
MANSFIELD PONY CLUB SUPERSTARS
Click on your chosen picture to enlarge and get more information.... CLICK HERE to send in your action shots for publishing.
Mansfield Gymkhana 2013
July and August Rallies:
Thanks to Fiona Fox and Jenny Gleeson for the photos.
Click on the photo for a closer view.
June Trail Ride
Well what a lovely day we had on Sunday for our rescheduled trail ride. We left the Hutchinson's place on Green's Rd to ride along the Rail Trail with Jenny Gleeson and Leonie McLaughlin on horse back and Fiona Fox and Fennella Cameron on push bike well done Mum's!! We rode for 2 hours returning to the Hutchies for a BBQ lunch thanks to Joe for cooking. Fiona & Bec made up a show jumping course with it being closest to the time with the winner being Sally Kirley well done Sal. Then after lunch a bit of bare back riding to leave around 3pm!!
It was great fun
Photo's courtesy of Fiona Fox
It was great fun
Photo's courtesy of Fiona Fox
Well done Sophie!
Well done to Sophie Fox and her beautiful horse Wally (Practice Makes Perfect) for competing in the recent Melbourne International 3DE. Click on the link below for more informaion, photo's and a fantastic video of Sophie's Cross Country round.
CONGRATULATIONS MANSFIELD PONY CLUB
Well done to all the Mansfield Pony Club members who competed at the Barry Hillier Horse Trials last weekend coming home with THE SHIELD!
What a fantastic effort, this trophy has not been in Mansfield hands since 1987!
GO MANSFIELD!!
What a fantastic effort, this trophy has not been in Mansfield hands since 1987!
GO MANSFIELD!!
Gone Riding & Mansfield Pony Club Horse Trials 2013
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Megan Jones, Amanda Ross & Kim Hewlitt Eventing Clinic
Wow, what a fantastic clinic we had! Due to ridiculously hot weather, the start times for the clinic were bought forward for a sparkly 6am start both mornings, which turned out to be a fabulous idea as conditions were perfect at that time of the day. Paricipants and spectators alike were treated to an amazing two days of tuition from these top instructors and many were able to attend a lovely dinner and thoroughly entertaining talk by Megan Jones and Amanda Ross held at the Mansfield Produce Store on the Monday night. We were given a bit of a "back stage peak" into the lives of olympians, their olympic horses and the teams that surround them - amazing! We also saw and learnt that mistakes and bad luck can happen even to the best of them and the answer is to pick yourself up and just keep focussed on your goal. Many, many thanks go to Fiona for all her hard work to make this clinic happen - yet again - and her offsider, Fenella who also worked extremely hard to make sure everything was right for the two day clinic. Many thanks also to the working bee parents and First-Aiders who helped out and most importantly, our amazing instructors for the two days, Megan, Amanda and Kim. THANK YOU!
Check out some of the action below, I am sure there are more photos to come, but here is a start. Thanks to those parents both inside and outside of our club who have sent in these wonderful pictures. If you have some photos to add, send them through to me and I will make sure they go in.
Check out some of the action below, I am sure there are more photos to come, but here is a start. Thanks to those parents both inside and outside of our club who have sent in these wonderful pictures. If you have some photos to add, send them through to me and I will make sure they go in.
THE LITTLE CHAMPS....
Christmas Rally 2012
Many thanks to Kerryn for the fabulous photos...
October Rally
What a gorgeous day we had for our October Rally! The wind was still a bit chilly, but perfect riding conditions! Well done to all the riders and horses who managed to behave even with bellies full of yummy spring grass... Many thanks to our wonderful instructors and to the people who sent me photo's to share on the website. This month was great, I had photo's from Bec Hutchinson, Teresa Hore, Robyn Reed and Jenny Gleeson - the biggest contribution ever... Don't forget to send them through to me if you want your photo's on the website - it's great to see what all the groups are up to on our Rally Days.
Sophie Goes to Nationals in QLD!
During the school holidays Sophie and her beautiful mount Wally (Practice Makes Perfect) represented Victoria at the Interschool Nationals in Equestrian held at Toowoomba QLD. The Interschool Nationals are run annually by Equestrian Australia and the State qualifying event is held at Werribee in July school holidays, where they select the top 4 riders from the 3 Olympic disciplines to represent their state at the Nationals.
She competed in the showjumping section for Victoria where she finished 5th overall after 3 events.
Amongst these events she also finished a credible 2nd in her equitation.
As well as qualifying for the SJ she also qualified for the 3 phase interschool Challenge consisting of dressage, Showjumping and an in- hand phase. In this she finished 5th
overall.
Former MPC member Beth Collins also competed in the Prelim Eventing as you can see in the photo and you will also see in the photo Olympian Megan Jones who they were lucky enough to have as their Team manager!
Well done Sophie, we are so proud of you.
She competed in the showjumping section for Victoria where she finished 5th overall after 3 events.
Amongst these events she also finished a credible 2nd in her equitation.
As well as qualifying for the SJ she also qualified for the 3 phase interschool Challenge consisting of dressage, Showjumping and an in- hand phase. In this she finished 5th
overall.
Former MPC member Beth Collins also competed in the Prelim Eventing as you can see in the photo and you will also see in the photo Olympian Megan Jones who they were lucky enough to have as their Team manager!
Well done Sophie, we are so proud of you.
September Rally
Wow! What beautiful weather we had.. The sun was shining and we all had a magnificent view of our gorgeous snow-capped Mt. Buller all day long. Once again a great rally, many thanks to our wonderful instructors and of course our hard working co-ordinators who put the rallies together for us. Photos courtesy of Jenny Gleeson and Bec Hutchinson. If you want your photos put on the website, please send them in to mansfieldponyclub@hotmail.com and I can put them on.
Mansfield Members having fun at Benalla SJ & Dressage
Photo's thanks to Robyn Reed and Teresa Hore
May Rally
Musical Ride State Qualifier
A huge congratulations to the Musical Ride Team consisting of Tess Storey, Molly Hore, Lauren Hutchinson and Sally Kirley who after months of hard work came a fantastic FIRST PLACE at Howlong on the weekend.
They rode a musical dressage test to the tune of “Oh Mickey” and were dressed as Cheerleaders. Their horses performed the test beautifully in time to the music and in sync with each other.
This means the team get to compete in this event at State Level in June at Bacchus Marsh.
Many thanks to their very capable coach, Nikki Grey and to Michelle Kirley who made the gorgeous costumes for the girls.
They rode a musical dressage test to the tune of “Oh Mickey” and were dressed as Cheerleaders. Their horses performed the test beautifully in time to the music and in sync with each other.
This means the team get to compete in this event at State Level in June at Bacchus Marsh.
Many thanks to their very capable coach, Nikki Grey and to Michelle Kirley who made the gorgeous costumes for the girls.
2012 Games Team
CHRISTMAS RALLY
Will & Emily Clinic 2012
MANSFIELD RIDERS SHINE at ZONE QUALLIES 2011
Mansfield Pony Club Showjumping 2011
A big thank you to our sponsors Francis and Liz Seaton from Mansfield Produce and Pet Supplies for the wonderful rugs for the aggregate winners
CONGRATULATIONS MADDY AND SPECIAL PACKAGE!
All the best of luck to Maddy and Special Package who competed in the 2011 Nationals what a fantastic achievement.
NOVEMBER RALLY
Zone Clinic at Oxley
Photos from Fiona Fox
OCTOBER RALLY
After all the rain through the week we were really lucky to have some beautiful weather on Sunday for our rally. There was heaps going on with flat work, X/Country training, some showjumping and some games! Flat teams and Games Teams are getting sorted and it's all going on! Thanks to all our fantastic instructors who help the kids have such a great time at Pony Club. Goodluck to those out competing at the moment and to everyone doing some extra riding on the holidays - safe riding & have fun!
Here are some pictures from the day - courtesy of Robyn Reed. If anyone has some shots from Sunday that they would like to see on the website, please CLICK HERE to send them through.
Here are some pictures from the day - courtesy of Robyn Reed. If anyone has some shots from Sunday that they would like to see on the website, please CLICK HERE to send them through.
SEYMOUR PONY CLUB DRESSAGE DAY
Some little Mansfield dressage enthusiasts trundled off to Seymour on the 9th October. Even though the weather was less than pleasurable, the girls had a great day. We had Molly Hore and Dana coming 4th in their first Grade 4, Molly Lines on Rocky coming 1st and 2nd to win the Jackpot in her first Grade 5, and Verity Hore on Unicorn coming 4th in the Open Grade 5. Well Done Girls!
2011 State Games Qualies!
Well done to the Mansfield Team who travelled to Moyhu to attend the State Games Quallies on Mothers Day 8th May. The team consisted of Anna Krainz, Lauren Farrell, Claire Debney, April Lachal, Nikki Krainz, Sophie Goff and Beth Gleeson. Many thanks go to our Team Leader, Marion Sargeant who coached all the kids before the big day and then gave up her Mothers Day to travel to Moyhu with them. THANK YOU and well done to the team.
Photo's courtesy of Jenny Gleeson.
Photo's courtesy of Jenny Gleeson.
COMBINED TRAINING & DRESSAGE DAY
We had a fantastic day full of sunshine for our CT & Dressage Day on the 29th April. Look at the class of mini's! They all did so well. Full results now available and some action shots of the mini's too. If anyone has some more pictures, please CLICK HERE send them to me so I can publish them.
CRAMMING!
Some Mansfield members cramming last minute tips for the Barry Hillier Horse Trials last year watching the Badminton Horse Trials in the warm comfort of the Kyritsis Float! We can see they do it tough out there!
May Rally Action
Samantha Jones getting in some games practice on her mount Colonel at the May Rally. Go Samantha!
Cobram Horse Trials
Congratulations to Lauren Hutchinson who completed her first Grade 5 Horse Trials riding Mouse at Cobram in July, coming =first!! Great effort, well done Loz!
MPC Navigation Ride June 2011
MANSFIELD & DISTRICT BENDIGO COMMUNITY BANK HORSE TRIALS 2011
Photo's courtesy of Tilly McLaughlin
2011 State Horse Trials Championships at Heytsebury
Mansfield Pony Club was fortunate to field a team in the 2011 State Horse Trials Championships. Our team was Maddy Kyritsis on Special Package in Grade 1 and in Grade 2 Nikki Grey on Smarty Class, Sophie Fox on Here's To Us and Ange Robinson on Village Encore. On Saturday Maddy completed a lovely dressage test and our grade 2 riders did both their dressage and showjumping with Sophie in 6th place after the dressage in 2B, Nikki in 2A and Ange in 2C further down the field. The all did great showjumping rounds with Nikki's horse unfortunately clipping a rail.
Sunday saw heavy rain for the cross country phase and in really slippery conditions Maddy's horse was not able to complete the course. Nikki, Sophie and Ange all did a fantastic job with clear rounds and just a few time penalties which showed safe riding in the conditions.
Sophie place 5th which was a super effort in her first State Championship and at just 12 years of age the one of the youngest riders there. Ange moved up to 10th place in her class and Nikki 11th which gave our team 7th placing overall. Fantastic effort girls!
Sunday saw heavy rain for the cross country phase and in really slippery conditions Maddy's horse was not able to complete the course. Nikki, Sophie and Ange all did a fantastic job with clear rounds and just a few time penalties which showed safe riding in the conditions.
Sophie place 5th which was a super effort in her first State Championship and at just 12 years of age the one of the youngest riders there. Ange moved up to 10th place in her class and Nikki 11th which gave our team 7th placing overall. Fantastic effort girls!
April Rally
Thanks to Robyn Reed for her wonderful photography skills.
Shepparton PC Horse Trials at Cobram
Again some fantastic results for Mansfield Pony Club at Cobram where we had lots of Mansfield riders and our Grade 5 riders all did a fantastic job, even those who didn't place. It is great to see you all growing in confidence.
Grade 5: 1st April Lachal, 3rd Millie Ritchie, 4th Annabelle Fox, great efforts by Amy Dixon-Reilly with just one stop XC, Jacinda Dixon-Reilly who got all the way to the second last jump which was a spooky bridge and Sooty wasn't going near it, Lauren Hutchinson who rode the dressage and SJ with a broken arm (we didn't know it was broken until the Monday) and decided it was a bit too sore to do the XC. Lauren's new nickname is Gill (aka Gillian Rolton - google her if you don't know who she is).
Grade 4: Lauren Farrell was 1st after the dressage with just one stop XC, Beth Collins who is going fantastic on her new horse, Foley Lachal riding Dancer getting some great experience in their first HT together, Charlotte Wilson who it was great to see back on Lad, Kaitlin Stewart and Claire Debney having a nice day out.
Grade 3: Donald Ritchie had a great SJ round but Magoo wasn't impressed with the XC course.
Grade 2: 3rd Nikki Grey who has now qualified for State HT, Ange Robinson and Sophie Fox who both did beautiful XC rounds but unfortunately had a rail in the SJ.
Ungraded: 2nd Alec Ritchie on Commy who can't wait to turn 8 and start his HT career.
Well done everyone!
Grade 5: 1st April Lachal, 3rd Millie Ritchie, 4th Annabelle Fox, great efforts by Amy Dixon-Reilly with just one stop XC, Jacinda Dixon-Reilly who got all the way to the second last jump which was a spooky bridge and Sooty wasn't going near it, Lauren Hutchinson who rode the dressage and SJ with a broken arm (we didn't know it was broken until the Monday) and decided it was a bit too sore to do the XC. Lauren's new nickname is Gill (aka Gillian Rolton - google her if you don't know who she is).
Grade 4: Lauren Farrell was 1st after the dressage with just one stop XC, Beth Collins who is going fantastic on her new horse, Foley Lachal riding Dancer getting some great experience in their first HT together, Charlotte Wilson who it was great to see back on Lad, Kaitlin Stewart and Claire Debney having a nice day out.
Grade 3: Donald Ritchie had a great SJ round but Magoo wasn't impressed with the XC course.
Grade 2: 3rd Nikki Grey who has now qualified for State HT, Ange Robinson and Sophie Fox who both did beautiful XC rounds but unfortunately had a rail in the SJ.
Ungraded: 2nd Alec Ritchie on Commy who can't wait to turn 8 and start his HT career.
Well done everyone!
Bacchus Marsh PC Horse Trials 2011
A number of Mansfield stalwarts made the trip to Bacchus Marsh to compete at their Horse Trials on March 20. It was the venue of the State Horse Trials two years ago and as such had a very challenging cross country course but our girls did us proud.
Results: Grade 2A Nikki Grey 4th, Grade 2B Sophie Fox (in her first grade 2 riding Treasure) 5th, Grade 5 Anabelle Fox was 1st in the dressage and 4th overall, Tess Storey was 2nd in the dressage and 6th overall (with her mum Nic once again winning the Open Grade 2), in Grade 4 Lauren Farrell and Beth Collins were just out of the placings and Maddy Kyritsis did a great job on her new horse in their first Grade 3. Well done everyone!
Results: Grade 2A Nikki Grey 4th, Grade 2B Sophie Fox (in her first grade 2 riding Treasure) 5th, Grade 5 Anabelle Fox was 1st in the dressage and 4th overall, Tess Storey was 2nd in the dressage and 6th overall (with her mum Nic once again winning the Open Grade 2), in Grade 4 Lauren Farrell and Beth Collins were just out of the placings and Maddy Kyritsis did a great job on her new horse in their first Grade 3. Well done everyone!
Moyhu PC CT & Dressage 20th March
Moyhu Horse Trials was changed to a Combined Training, Dressage and Minis event due to the state of the XC course. Mansfield members once again did very well.
Results:
Combined Training
Grade 4 Nichola Payne 3rd, Grade 5 Millie Ritchie 1st and Beth Gleeson 3rd
Dressage
Grade 4 Lauren Hutchinson 3rd
Minis
Alec Ritchie 1st
Results:
Combined Training
Grade 4 Nichola Payne 3rd, Grade 5 Millie Ritchie 1st and Beth Gleeson 3rd
Dressage
Grade 4 Lauren Hutchinson 3rd
Minis
Alec Ritchie 1st
Benalla PC CT & SJ 13th March
Mansfield members ventured to Benalla for their Combined Training and Show Jumping day. We had some great results in the CT but unfortunately the heavens opened and the SJ had to be called off.
Grade 3
1st Maddison Kyritsis on Reggae Music
Grade 4
2nd Nichola Payne on Bumble
5th Sophie Goff on Pippin
Grade 5
2nd Jacinda Dixon-Reilly on Sooty
4th Amy Dixon-Reilly on Pavlova
Grade 3
1st Maddison Kyritsis on Reggae Music
Grade 4
2nd Nichola Payne on Bumble
5th Sophie Goff on Pippin
Grade 5
2nd Jacinda Dixon-Reilly on Sooty
4th Amy Dixon-Reilly on Pavlova
Kergunyah PC Horse Trials 6 March 2011
Mansfield riders had a great day out at Kergunyah with Tess Storey and Sweetwater Tapdancer winning Grade 5, Sophie Goff on Pippin placing 3rd in Grade 5 and Nikki Grey and Smarty Class 2nd in Grade 2 - well done girls! Mansfield also has some great open riders with Tess' mum Nicole winning the Open Grade 2, Amy and Jacinda's mum Judy placing 3rd in the Open Grade 3 and Jane Parks winning the Grade 3.
Seville PC Horse Trials 27 Feb 2011
A few Mansfield die hards ventured to Wandin for the Seville Pony Club Horse Trials in very wet and slippery conditions. Nikki Grey and Smarty Class won the Grade 3 and Angeline Robinson riding Village Encore were 5th in the Grade 2. Great effort!
Myrtleford Combined Training Day
A lovely day was had by all and Mansfield was well represented on the 13th of February at the Myrtleford Combined Training Day. We had Tess riding her first Grade 4 and coming a fantastic 10th, Lauren riding Grade 5 coming =5th and Molly riding in the Mini's coming =4th. Tess's mum Nicole even rode in the Open Grade 2 and won! Well done girls - Go Mansfield!
Congratulations to Charlotte Wilson who competed in the Special Pony Club event recently at the Summer Royal. Photo's courtesy of Fiona Fox.
The Will and Emily Clinic
Photo's courtesy of Nikki Grey - please click on the photo for more detail.
NOVEMBER RALLY
The beautiful weather at our November Rally (held on the 24th October) saw many Pony Clubbers turn up for a fabulous day of riding adventures. There was everything from Showjumping, X-Country, Flat work, Games practice, Show training, Horsemanship, Theory and even the Soccerball. Thanks to all our wonderful instructors and helpers on the day.
Seymour Show
OCTOBER RALLY
Our October Rally was something a little different with kids riding outside our grounds down the road to the arena's at Brial Park and Mansfield Riding Centre. It was a beautiful day for a ride and from all accounts, a great day was had by all. Many thanks to our brilliant instructors and helpers on the day.
Long time Pony Club supporter Val Kirley trying to sneak in on the action at the October rally. Good to see she still has her Pony Club saddleblanket.
BLAST FROM THE PAST!
The 2007 Games Team. Aren't they cute?
Maddy Kyritsis at the 2010 Interschool Nationals in Sydney.
State Champs 2010
Emily Thompson riding Tassie at State Champs 2010. Photo courtesy of Derek O'Leary and below, James Fox on Here's To Us (aka Treasure).
