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Thank you to everyone who supported our online 6-week Quiz challenge. We've made it to the end and we hope you enjoyed it.

Congratulations to Sarah Broderick (Team LWSC) who is officially our Quiz Master 2020 with 549 points in total. In second and third places are Quiz super-sisters Emily and Pippa Walker (Team CEEC) with 505 and 504 points, respectively. Well done!

Special mention also goes to the following team-members who completed all six weeks of the Challenge and placed in the Top 10..

Julie Green (TMPRS), India Gray (LWSC), Agnes To (TMPRS) and Daisy Won (TMPRS).

Team Totals and Top Scoring Team Members (position in Top 10):

• Team LWSC 3,463 points: Sarah Broderick (1st), India Gray (5th), LWSC D Competition Group (8th), Sophie Bater (10th)
  
• Team CEEC 2,029 points: Emily Walker (2nd), Pippa Walker (3rd)
  
• Team TPRS 1,354 points: Julie Green (4th), Agnes To (6th) and Daisy Won (7th)
• Team BREC 560 points: Jeffrey Wong (9th)
  

A few weeks ago we invited entries from our members to the British Pony Club's International Art Competition... On deeper reflection, we've now decided to run our own local art competition too!

All you need to do is email us a high quality image of your own original artwork on the theme of "Equestrian Hopes and Dreams" (whatever this theme means to you.) Entries must reach us before 20th June 2020. Our judges will select winners and runners-up in each age category.

There are some great prizes to be won!

We will automatically forward all local entries to the international art competition so that your talent can be recognised on the world stage!

Congratulations to all Pony Clubbers who competed in last weekend's LWSC Dressage Show. There were some impressive percentage scores achieved despite the adverse weather conditions. Well done!

At the invitation of LWSC, rosettes were awarded to top-scoring Pony Club members in the most popular classes. Results as follows:

Class 1 Prelim Dressage (Pony Club)

1st Charmain Ip (72.17%), 2nd Sophie Bater (70.43%), 3rd Charli Haddican (70%), 4th Anita Qian (69.02%), 5th Alexis Shie (66.63%) and 6th Sarah Broderick (66.20%)

Class 2 Prelim Dressage (Pony Club)

1st Charmain Ip (73.28%), 2nd Charli Haddican (70.69%), 3rd Anita Qian (69.05%), 4th Chaira Deebs (67.33%), 5th Fenella Millen (67.16%) and 6th Alexis Shie (65.09%)

Class 3 Novice Dressage (Pony Club)

1st Sophie Bater (59.58%) and 2nd Owen Wong (58.13%)

*** We intend to introduce a new Pony Club points system to recognise the effort and performance of our members in all disciplines across all riding centres throughout the upcoming 2020/ 21 season. More information to follow soon! ***

Entries Now Open to Pony Clubbers of all ages!

This year Pony Club in the UK have invited entries to their annual artwork competition from Pony Club members all over the world, including Hong Kong.

The 2020 Theme: "Equestrian Hopes and Dreams"

For more information and to access the online entry form, please check out PCUK's dedicated website:

https://artcomp.pcuk.org/index.php

Don't forget to read the rules properly! And, if you are looking for inspiration, have a peek at some examples of previous entries...

Election of two additional members to the Hong Kong Pony Club Committee

The Committee is delighted to welcome:

• Tasha Rose (elected on 20 January, 2020) - Tasha represents the Hong Kong Jockey Club in her capacity as Equestrian Affairs Project Manager
  

• Laurel Cooke (elected on 06 April, 2020) - Laurel represents the Clearwater Bay Equestrian Centre (CEEC) 
  

This brings the total composition of our Committee to 12 members—representing a great mix of equestrian professionals, parents and Pony Club alumni. Thank you everyone for your continued support!

Congratulations to the following candidates who passed their D Test on Sunday Feb 16th 2020 examined by Sarah Corner:

Rachel and Lorna Emmerson, Jasmine Poon, Sheri Ng  Emily and Pippa Walker, Emily and Charlotte Yates

A big thank you to CEEC for organising the training and hosting this Test. We look forward to more news from CEEC about successful completion of Efficiency Tests in the coming weeks.

Watch this space!

Congratulations to our recent candidates in the D+ and C Exam.

The following riders successfully completed their  D+ Test  examined by our Chief Examiner Jo Eling in January and February 2020:

1. Lauren Agee
2. Monica Sung
3. Kamila Wilson

We also had 3 successful candidates passing their C-Test Exam  with Jo in January 2020:

1. Matilda Edwards
2. Alexis Shie
3. Kate Lumsden

We are holding another round of D-Test and D+ Test at CEEC for invited riders in the coming two weeks!

GOOD LUCK to everyone!

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to meet and learn from one of the best! 

OPEN TO ALL YOUNG RIDERS AGED 12 - 16 YEARS

When: Morning of Sunday January 12th, 2020

Where: HKJC Shatin Racecourse (venue tbc)

Corinne ran a show jumping competition livery yard, breeding and producing top-level horses for 20 years. In addition to her own successful international riding career, Corinne has achieved notable success as a manager and coach of British Young Rider Squads before joining HKJC Performance Development as the Performance Manager for Show Jumping in 2016.

For more details and to reserve your place, please email:

secretary@hongkongponyclub.com

 

Thank you to all volunteers who joined us at Beas River for the CCI1* on 14 December 2019. It was a glorious day and wonderful to see such beautiful horses and talented riders in action.

If you enjoyed this experience, please save the date on Saturday 14 March 2020 for the Eventing Horse of Year show. We are planning to run the inaugral HONG KONG PONY CLUB FUNATHLON in conjunction with the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation's One Day Event on that day. More details to follow...

In the meantime, for those staying in Hong Kong over the holidays, you may be interested to check out the Christmas Holiday Camps on offer at CEEC. We have it on good authority there are limited spaces still available for beginner and novice riders. More information here.

Wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The HKPC Committee

The 2019 Inter-Pacific Exchange between HK, USA, Cananda, Australia and NZ took place this summer in Hong Kong (you can read more about it on our Inter-Pacific Exchange page) with both main competitions being held at Beas River Equestrian Centre.

The Hong Kong team members were:
Annabelle Dyson
Gabby Thomas
Claudia Wrobel
Matilda Marchand.

All the teams had a fantastic time and made plenty of new horsey friends from all round the world. Here is what Claudia has to say about the IPE.

The International Pacific Exchange was a wonderful experience full of fun and competitive spirit. Each day held a different activity that I looked forward too, whether it was the equine hospital visit, hacking, quizzes, gymkhanas or the dressage and show jumping competitions. Apart from the exciting riding and equine related activities, this competition stood out in another way too. Since it was held over 2 weeks, we all had the opportunity to do other activities such as visiting landmarks, boat trips and have our own time to explore or relax. This was the highlight of my experience because I hadn’t been to a show that spanned out for a long duration and allowed us to partake in planned outings as well as the competition itself. It encouraged us to get to know the competitors, build friendships, learn from one another, experience the culture of the host country, compete and do what we love: ride!