While the parents and other associate members (volunteers) discussed T-shirts, logos, and colours, as well as planned the program for the next little while, the members worked on their first badge: Equine Arts and Crafts. Miella, Sam and Alex all completed the Equine Arts and Crafts badge. Natasha helped the younger members and our members-in-training (Michael and Shayleen - both a couple of years too young for Pony Club, but eager to become members) when they needed a hand with cutting or glueing.
Our T-shirts will be royal blue with the EastWind Pony Club logo on the back in pink and blue. Once we have a T-shirt completed, we'll post a picture.
Susan provided Mylar to make the stencils and Jennifer (Miella's mom) volunteered her stencil burner to cut the stencils. We plan to use spray fabric paint from Michael's (the arts and crafts store) to make our T-shirts since we don't have enough members to warrant paying a set-up charge and buying a minimum order of shirts yet.
We'd thought about going for a ride, but the weather was a bit uncooperative.
Our branch is participating in the "Ride for 75" as part of Canadian Pony Club's 75th anniversary celebrations. All of the riding that all of our members and associate members (volunteers) do outside of a riding ring or arena counts towards the total for our club. That means that if you ride around the track, on the trails or on the road, it all counts. If you practice outside in an unfenced area in preparation for a cross country competition, that counts, too!
Please send a note to our DC, Susan (sneakypony@yahoo.com) with your riding kilometres regularly so that we can add them to the total.
If we send in at least 100 km ridden by our members and associates, the branch will receive a certificate. The top 10 branches in Canada are listed on the Canadian Pony Club website and updated regularly. The branch with the highest total kilometres ridden will be announced at the banquet and will receive a special award.
Since the other branches started accumulating their kilometres last summer, it's unlikely that we'll make it to the top, but we might as well have fun trying!
By participating in the Ride for 75, members can earn a special badge commemorating the 75th anniversary of Pony Club in Canada.
Natasha and Coconut are off this weekend to compete in the St. Lawrence-Ottawa Valley D Rally and Testing. I'm going as a chaperone, instructor and tester. I have really good memories of the D Rally when it was held at Maxville Fairgrounds when I was a member, so I'm really looking forward to this one. Rally is now held at the Rideau Carleton Raceway, so it'll be a new experience for both of us.
Natasha is on a team with three riders from Ottawa Valley Hunt Pony Club. There are stable management competitions, riding lessons, stable management lessons, and on Monday, testing. Natasha plans to do her D2 test - as it's her first year in Pony Club, she can chose the level for her first test. She did really well on the written portion of the tests.
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