Summer camp ITS HERE ...............SUMMER CAMP 2010.....READ BELOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING UP TO..............
SUNDAY 8TH AUGUST
hi ho hi ho its off to the polo we go!!! blessed with lovley weather and fantastic company we all enjoyed a fabalas afternoon at Cirencester Park Polo Club. We were very lucky to choose a weekend when a rather large tournement was taking place - the Gloucestershire Cup. All the girls and Joe (lucky Joe!!), enjoyed a rather lovely picnic whilst sitting under an oak tree watching the polo, having pitch side seats they were able to follow the action and see when the goals were scored. After the Polo, I had my arm twisted and off to the pub we went.....after a healthy (!), tea it was a game of crazy golf that was on the agenda....Kate passed on the golf, far to competitive and she wouldnt let the children win!!
I was very proud to take the WRS team out and so very proud of how they all behaved, all what we would expect from a WRS team player!! so all in all a fab start to Pony Club camp 2010.......
Deni - proprieter Worcester RIding School
DAY 1 - FOR THE REST OF THE CHILDREN
THE FIRST DAY WAS GREAT, WE RODE,GOT GIVEN OUR BEDROOMS, ROLLED OUT OUR SLEEPING BAGS AND SHOWN WERE WE WERE GOING TO SLEEP. iN THE AFTERNOON, I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ONE OF THE FEW BIGGER ONES THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO OUR FIRST AID BADGE, WE HAD AN OUTSIDE ASSESSOR COME IN AND TRAIN US - WE EVEN GOT TO USE A PROPER RESUS DOLL, TO PRACTISE CPR. lATER ON WE HAD A LESSON A HACK OUT AND THEN GOT TO DO SOME FREE TIME IN THE SCHOOL. IT WAS A GREAT FIRST DAY.
KATIE NEWMAN
ON THE FIRST DAY WE GOT UP QUITE EARLY TO GO AND CATCH A PONY.AFTER WE HAD CAUGHT HIM WE CAME BACK IN AND HAD BREAKFAST.ONCE WE HAD FINISHED WE ALL WENT DOWN THE YARD AND MUCK OUT FEED AND WATER THE PONIES ONCE THE YARD WAS FIINISHED WE HAD A REAL ASSESSOR TO COME IN AND TEACH US FIRST AID WE LEART HOW TO BANDAGE A HAND,THE RECOVERY POSITION AND PRACTICE CPR ON A RESUS DOLL.THEN AFTER WE WENT ON A HACK ON OUR PONIES I RODE SALLY.I HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY. -
IZZY SUTCH
TUESDAY - SECOND DAY OF CAMP
WE GOT UP IN THE MORNING AND HAD TOAST AND APPLE FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN WE WENT AND GOT DRESSED READY TO GO TO THE YARD, I WAS REALLY EXCITED. WE WENT AND MUCKED OUT STABLES AND LOOKED AFTER THE PONIES. AFTER LUNCH WE WENT AND CAUGHT THE PONIES THE BIG GIRLS CAUGHT MY PONY BLAZE FOR ME I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER WE ALL TACKED OUR OWN PONIES, MY GROUP HAD A LESSON FROM DENI THIS WAS REALLY GOOD WE HAD NO STIRRUPS AND HAD TO PUT OUR KNEES UP HIGH ON THE SADDLE AND STAND UP WITH OUR ARMS OUT TO THE SIDE I REALLY ENJOYED THIS AND BLAZE WAS A VERY GOOD GIRL. DENI TAUGHT US HOW TO PUT OUR HEELS DOWN. THEN I WENT CARRIAGE DRIVING WITH MISCHIEF I DROVE HIM ALL BY MYSELF WITH ELLIE WE WERE GIGGLING. AFTER THIS I DID SIDESADDLE RIDING. WE HAD A BARBEQUE FOR TEA AT THE YARD, I WAS VERY TIRED AFTER ALL THIS SO I WENT STRAIGHT TO SLEEP WHEN WE GOT HOME.
FAYE GRUBB AGE 7
TODAY I FACED ONE OF MY FEARS, I RODE ON A BIG HORSE SHE WAS CALLED ROSIE WE DID SOME WALKING AND TROTTING AND SOME WALKING THROUGH POLES, ROSIE WAS VERY GOOD AND LISTENED TO ME WE WENT ON A HACK ROUND THE VILLAGE AFTER OUR LESSON ROSIE LOOKED AFTER ME AND GAVE ME LOTS OF CONFIDENCE. WHEN WE GOT BACK I DID SOME CARRIAGE DRIVING AND BAREBACK RIDING I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME THIS WAS A REAL CAMP NIGHT EXACTLY WHAT I HAD HOPED CAMP WOULD BE LIKE. WE STAYED UP LATE HAVING A BARBEQUE AND DOING GYMKHANA GAMES. AFTER THE BARBEQUE ME AND MY FRIENDS PLAYED TAG IN THE FIELD AND WATCHED GINA AND TRAVIS THE PONIES PLAYING.
ELLIE BROADHEAD AGE 9
I WOKE UP EARLY, I WENT FOR A RUN LAST NIGHT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR TALKING A LOT, I SECRETLY ENJOYED THE RUN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PUNISHMENT. WE TIDIED UP THE YARD I MUCKED OUT THE PENS THIS WAS SMELLY BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE CLEAN STABLES AFTERWARDS. WE HAD LUNCH AFTER THIS I HAD CHICKEN SANDWHICHES A DOUGHNUT AND A PEAR. I DID CARRIAGE DRIVING FIRST I SAT NEXT TO HANNAH T, AFTER THIS I DID SIDESADDLE, I KEPT FEELING LIKE I WAS SLIPPING OFF I ENJOYED IT THOUGH IT WAS A BIT TRICKY. I HAD MY LESSON AFTER THIS I RODE ON KATIE COB, WE HAD THE BARBEQUE AFTER THIS I REALLY ENJOYED THE BARBEQUE, AFTER THIS I DID BAREBACK RIDING IN THE GYMKHANA GAMES, I RACED MISCIEF, JAKE AND BONNIE THEY WERE VERY SLIPPY BUT I MANAGED TO STAY ON. I WAS VERY TIRED AFTER ALL THIS AND I WENT STRAIGHT TO BED WHEN WE GOT BACK.
HANNAH DONAGUE AGE 11
WEDNESDAY - THIRD DAY OF CAMP
TODAY WE WENT OFF TO THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE.......
After our supermarket sweep where we stocked up on sweeties we went to the cross country course. It was really good fun, and nobody got wet in the water jump, which was good. I loved galloping and going through the water, I rode Diego.
GEORGIE ORMANDY
AT THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE I RODE JAKEY, WE DID THE LOG AS A WARM UP JUMP I FELL OFF ABOUT 5 TIMES AT THIS JUMP! BUT I GOT BACK ON AND WE WENT AND JUMPED A HEDGE I FELL OF 4 OR 5 TIMES AT THIS JUMP. THEN WE WENT ON TO THE PROPER CROSS COUNTRY COURSE I DID NOT FALL OFF AT ANY OF THESE JUMPS, I REALLY ENJOYED JUMPING JAKE, AFTER JUMPING THE JUMPS WE HAD A GALLOP BACK TO THE HORSEBOX. THEN WE HAD A REALLY NICE LUNCH, AFTER THIS WE ALL WENT TO THE WATER JUMP AND EVERYONE GOT TO HAVE A GO AT GOING THROUGH THE WATER, JAKE LOOKED AFTER ME AND WENT THROUGH THE WATER REALLY WELL.
JOE MIDWINTER AGE 9
IT WAS MY FIRST DAY OF CAMP TODAY AS I HAD BEEN ON HOLIDAY, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO CAMP, WE WENT TO CROSS COUNTRY AND I JUMPED DENNIS HE WAS REALLY GOOD, IN THE EVENING WE DID BAREBACK GAMES ON THE PONIES, I ENJOYED THIS. I HAD A GREAT DAY AND AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF CAMP
ZOE LITTLEWOOD AGE 6
THURSDAY FOURTH DAY OF CAMP
WE WERE TOLD ON WEDNESDAY EVENING THAT WE WERE DOING OUR D AND D+ TEST TODAY, WE WERE UP NICE AND EARLY SO THE YARD LOOKED NICE FOR THE EXAMINER, IT WASNT AS SCARY AS I THOUGHT AND THE EXAMINER WAS REALLY NICE, WE ALL PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING ME C TEST AT THE WINTER CAMP. IN THE AFTERNOON WE BUILT AND PAINTED THE BIG JUMPING WINGS SO WE CAN USE THEM IN JUMPING COURSES. LATER ON WE HAD A JUMPING COMPETITION THERE WERE 3 CLASSES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE, I JUMPED THE LARGE CLASS ON DANNY IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I RODE DANNY AND I FOUND HE WAS REALLY DIFFERENT TO MAGGIE. I ALSO PLAYED POLO IN THE EVENING, I WATCHED THE POLO MATCH ON SUNDAY AND LEARNT THE RULES THEN SO I FOUND IT REALLY GOOD TO BE PLAYING IT FOR REAL.
MELODY MAYOW AGE 17
I CAME TO CAMP IT WAS FUN I GOT TO RIDE MISCHIEF AND WE HAD A BARBEQUE, I ENJOYED BLOWING THE HUNTING HORN. WE WALKED BACK TO THE COTTAGE AND SANG THE CAMP SONG ON OUR WAY, I THEN STAYED OVER
ELLIE AGE 5
I RODE KINGSLEIGH TODAY HE WAS REALLY HUGE BUT I WAS NOT SCARED, I RODE HIM SAT IN FRONT OF DENI AND WE WENT FOR A CANTER AROUND THE ARENA, AFTER THIS I RODE HIM ON MY OWN AT A WALK, I WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE RIDING KINGSLEIGH AS HE IS DENIS SPECIAL HUNTING HORSE. THE HOUNDS CAME TO VISIT US I REALLY ENJOYED THIS AS I FOLLOW HUNTING WITH MY DAD IN THE CAR, BUT THIS TIME I GOT TO RIDE ON MISCHIEF BEHIND THE HOUNDS I REALLY ENJOYED THIS AND CANT WAIT TO BE ABLE TO GO HUNTING PROPERLY. I PLAYED POLO IN THE INDOOR ARENA AND I SCORED A GOAL.
REECE HEAP AGE 8
TODAY WE GOT UP REALLY EARLY TO GO TO THE YARD READY TO TAKE OUR D TESTS, WHEN WE GOT THERE WE TACKED UP OUR PONIES AND THE EXAMINER ARRIVED I WAS NERVOUS, WE STARTED THE D TEST BY NAMING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SADDLE, BRIDLE AND PONY THEN WE HAD TO MOUNT AND DO SOME WALKING AND TROTTING EXERCISES. WE ALSO HAD TO SHOW THE EXAMINER WE COULD TIE A SLIP KNOT, NAME SOME BRUSHES AND CATCH A PONY AFTER THIS I WAS THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THE D PLUS TEST THIS WAS REALLY WEIRD BUT ALSO GOOD FUN, THE EXAMINER TOLD ME I WAS READY TO TAKE MY PUBLIC SPEAKING BADGE AFTER DOING THIS. LATER THAT EVENING WE DID A JUMPING COMPETITION, I HAD BROUGHT MY OWN PONY JEZZABELLE TO CAMP AND I HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH JUMPING AS I DONT PRACTISE AT HOME! KATIE RODE HER ROUND THE JUMPS FIRST AS SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF PRACTISE AND THEN I RODE HER ROUND WE DID THE MIDDLE CLASS AND HAD 1 STOP AND THEN I RODE A CLEAR ROUND IN THE BIG CLASS I WAS REALLY PROUD OF HER. I HAD A VERY BUSY DAY.
HANNAH BREWER AGE 12
DAILY BLOG - SUMMER CAMP 2009
DAY ONE BY KATIE NEWMAN, CONNIE SMITH, EMILY WHITE, GEE HOLAND & JOE MIDWINTER
The first day was really fun. We all arrived first thing in the morning and were all really exited. We went down the yard and were given our ponies for the week , i had James. we did lots of riding in the afternoon. We also did a bandaging session, and put the bandages on the ponies - we also got to bandage the older teenagers - it was funny watching them trying to walk all badaged up!! We all came back from the yard and had a really really yummy tea - Sas cooked in and it was lovely! Then it was time for a shower, in our pyjamas and a DVD. We all went to bed very tired and excited about the next day at pony camp. - katie Newman age 11
The first day was really fun because we were given our own pony for the week and then went on a hack and after that we done loads of gymcana games and also had a really good bandage session and it was really exciting, When we got back to the cottage we had a really nice tea and after our tea we had marshmellows and chocolate and it was the best day ever - Connie Smith age 14
On the first day I got given Bonnie to ride and look after, I was really happy about this. We learnt how to bandage i really enjoyed this because I didnt know how to bandage. We went on a hack I rode Bonnie and we saw the little foal. I liked the lesson we had we went in the outdoor arena, I havent been in there before so i was really pleased about that. When we to bed we were all very tired. - Emily White age 9
On the first day I was really happy to be coming to camp. My favourite activity was bandaging, we bandaged each other as well as the ponies! We went on a hack and I got to go round the village twice. When we got back we had a really yummy tea, when we went to bed we were all really tired. - Georgina Holland age 6
i was really excited about coming to camp becasue i thought it was going to be lots of fun. On the first day we did some obstacle racing this was really good and i had lots of fun, the obstacle course was quite tricky. I liked going on the hack, I rode phoebe, she was really good. The bandaging was fun, we learnt how to bandage the horses legs. My pony for the day was Bonnie, I like Bonnie lots because she is always listening to me. I made lots of new friends and i am really pleased that there is lots of boys at camp, we had our own boys bedroom this was lots of fun. Im really glad I came to camp and Im looking forward to the rest of the week. - Joe Midwinter age 8
DAY 2
Today we had a barbeque, the food was really nice and i had lots of fun. Then we raced the sheep, I rode lucy sheep we jumped over the jump and went really fast, then i fell off! In the morning we went to the sweetcorn field and picked the sweetcorn, we had a competition to find the biggest sweetcorn. I liked my jumping lesson, and the carriage driving was good, i even had a go at steering. I cant wait until we go to the racetrack tomorrow morning. - Molly McGrath age 6
Today we went to find the biggest sweetcorn, we were told the biggest ones were in the middle of the field. My jumping lesson on William was good because he was very happy and he was good at jumping the jumps, after the lesson me and Joe untacked William by ourselves. When we did carriage driving I drove Spook by myself he was good at driving and looked after me. The barbeque was very fun and the food was fabulous. The gymkhana games were very exciting especially when Spook was dancing, the pony I wanted to win was Mischief, but I cheered for everyone. - Aidan Matthews age 12 and a half
Today we went on a hack down the river banks we went to the pub and had a glass of coke and lunch, when we got back we had a jumping lesson with kate i rode jack and indy it was the first time id jumped indy , later on we had a BBQ the food was nice and afterwards we did sheep racing i held the bucket for the sheep to chase. im am looking forward to watching wivney gallop tomorrow. -Izzy sutch age 12
Today we went to the field full of sweetcorn, we had to find the biggest one. It was very hot walking there and back ! In my jumping lesson i rode William. I did a very good canter on him and a few jumps! I enjoyed it very much and had alot of fun. Later on we had a short carriage driving lesson, it was really fun. In the evening we had a BBQ and the food was very nice! Then after we had the gymkhana games and it was very exciting, i cheered on every one as they were all excelent riders! - Naomi Pulfer age 12.
DAY 3
Today we went to visit the racehorse yard, we had to get up really early. We learnt all about the different racehorses and how to look after them. Then we got to watch Wivny and the other racehorses on the gallops, wivny was in the lead she was really fast. Then we went in the starting blocks and pretended to be racehorses. We went to McDonalds for lunch afterwards this was really good fun, we all got toy dinosaurs. When we got home we put our stirrups really short and learnt how to bridge our reins and had a racing lesson, we finished off with a race! In the evening we watched a dressage demonstration, they were very good riders and the horses were very posh and wore white bandages. Then we had a competiton to see who could jump the highest, the big girls jumped really high, it was very exciting. - Beth Roberts age 12
Today we all went to the racehorse yard to see Wivny on the gallops. Then we got taught how to ride jockey style and how to bridge our reins and have short stirrups and then had a race in the indoor school. Later on two women came to the yard and did a demonstration on dressage with two good horses, the grey really suprised me as he moved so gracefully. Towards the end of the night we got to ride again and I rode Spook, we put a high jump up and got to a very high jump, I was quite pleased with myself, today was very good and i enjoyed it alot! It was a great experience and can't wait for tomorrow! - Luke Finch age 15.
DAY 4
Today the hunt came to visit us at the yard, they brought the hounds with them to visit us. We had to count the hounds, we also got to have a try at blowing the hunt horn, I couldnt make a sound! Then we went on a pretend hunt with the hounds across the riverbank. We had a really good time it was lots of fun. This evening we had a jumping lesson from Deni, she was really good, there was 5 jumps in a row for us to jump over. Deni showed us how to do it with Spook, she had no reins or stirrups! Afterwards we had a barbeque the food was really yummy. Beth Cross - age 13
This morning we had a visit from the huntsman,`he gave us some food to feed the hounds, they were very friendly. I didn't go on the hunt with the hounds, but followed the hunt across the bridge to the pond field, it was easy to keep watching them because of the red jacket. I rode later on when I went on a hack across the riverbank, this was really good fun. We had a jumping lesson back at the riding school. In the evening we had another bbq and played in the front paddock. I'm really tired but cant wait for tomorrow! Katie Moseley age 8
DAY 5
Today we had an examiner come to the riding school and test us on our pony club certificates and badges. It was really good to find out how much I knew and what I needed to brush up on. The farrier visited today and we learnt all about the foot and shoeing. We went for a lovely hack all along the river bank - it was great fun and the weather has been brilliant. This afternoon we did some more jumping and had great fun in the new outdoor arena.....very sad as it is our last night tonight, but we had a great BBQ in the paddock at the yard. The cottage pie was really yummy!! Chantelle Parsons age 14 |
