Area Dressage - 11th July 2015
Our Intermediate team of Eliza Chapple, Lorna White, Ellen Cowling and Zoe McCanlis came 2nd ! Eliza also got an individual rosette coming 4th.
Lara and Kitty also did brilliant tests in a huge Novice class against many much older riders, Lara came 6th.
In the junior class Ella came 2nd and Millie came Salway 4th & 5th.
Well done girls !
Double Dengie success for Molly Ricklidge !!
Molly won the 3ft class and came 2nd in the 1m class amongst stiff competition on Saturday 21st March 2015. She qualifies with new pony Wildmoor Girl, for the Dengie Championships in Warwickshire in April - Congratulations!
Arena Eventing win for Sam Amory on Troy .
On Saturday 14th March 2015 Sam won the 70cm under 16yrs class at Bicton Arena, well done Sam, a great start to the season!
As our Awards Night was unfortunately cancelled, here is a review of 2014:
Review of 2014
News for 2014
Area Quiz, 18th February
On the 18th February we hosted the Area Quiz. Congratulations to Cotley PC who won the branch section and the Quantock School of Riding who won the Centre section, good luck to them both in the next round!
We entered two teams, comprising ; Eliza and Kitty Chapple, Lucy and Jemima Kite,Amelia and Lucy Mowat, Ellen Cowling and Ella Varney. They all did really well having done lots of revision including; the Pony club, Grooming, Rivers, Lakes and War Horses. One of the teams came 3rd out of eighteen. Well done girls ! A special thank you to Lara Chapple too, who helped to run the evening.
Kennels Visit - Monday17th February
There were 33 D&S members and 5 Dulverton West North Molton Pony Club members who attended the Kennels Visit. We started off at the kennels where Master David Greenwood and Donald Summersgill (Hunstman) told us about the stags and hinds and their habits, and the hounds and how they work and care for them. We had the chance to meet the hounds who seemed very pleased to see us! Fortified by a Quality Street from Donald (thank you, Donald!), we then moved down the road to the stables where Master Loveday talked us through the magnificent tack room, the equipment the huntsman and other hunt staff always carry with them, and the importance of looking after your tack and keeping it clean and oiled. Janet Ackner then did a tour of the stables and feed room, and we all met the horses and found out how they are looked after. Everyone seemed to have a favourite horse, and one boy described the stables as 'like a tardis, it looked really small from the outside but is really big inside.'
The picture shows Miss Loveday Miller (MSH) who is in the middle wearing the Russian hat talking about the huntsman's saddle, in the midst of all the ranks of bridles and saddles.
The picture shows Miss Loveday Miller (MSH) who is in the middle wearing the Russian hat talking about the huntsman's saddle, in the midst of all the ranks of bridles and saddles.
Mendip Farmers SJ, Stockland Lovell, 22nd February
Mendip Farmers Pony Club SJ was well organised, friendly and a lovely sunny day, the 22nd February, at Stockland Lovell. In the 2'-2'3" Class Kelsie was riding her new pony Tommy who went very well and they had just one pole down, and Kitty on Volvo and Lara on Seren both had clear rounds. There was a very high standard, and a couple of other pony club teams were not only all clears but very fast too. As a team D&S were placed 5th.
Results from D&S Triathlon 2014
WELL DONE MOLLY !!!
Congratulations to Molly who has just got back from the Pony Club Championships at Cholmondeley Castle, where she ended up being runner up in the under 11 category and overall came third.Molly said "Im tickled pink" and had a great day looking round the rest of the events at the championships.
MINI ODE / COMBINED TRAINING
9TH JUNE AT TREBOROUGH
Results
9TH JUNE AT TREBOROUGH
Results
Many thanks for all who compeeted and hope you all had an enjoyable day !! Many thanks also for all who helped on the day especially all who helped put all the jumps out / back again !!! Special thanks to Sarah Weatherlake for all her efforts and for letting us use Treborough for our competition.
Andrea xx
CLASS 1 SECTION A ARENA A
DRESSAGE TIMES No RIDER PONY
234 Elsa Cardale Sparky 1st
235 Elsa clayton Blue 2nd
CLASS 1B SECTION D
ARENA A
DRESSAGE TIMES NO RIDER PONY
220 MOLLY CLAYTON BELLA 6th
221 WILLIAM FIELD CHEWY 2nd
222 TANISHA LITTLE STORM 8th
223 LARA CHAPPLE RHAPSODY 1st
224 MAISIE ATTKINSON WILLIAM 3rd
225 JESSICA STEVENS DRUMMER BOY 7th
226 JEMIMA KITE ROCCO 9th
227 JODIE DELBRIDGE PABLO FOUR DEAL 2nd
228 LILY HEATHCOTT-AMORY SCRUMPY 4th
230 HARRIOT ANDREWS CHUNKY 5th
238 GRACE SINCLAIR ROSIE PIE 10th
CLASS 1B SECTION E
ARENA B
DRESSAGE TIME NO RIDER PONY
217 LUCY KITE PATCH 9th
218 EVE THOMAS-EVERARD TANGO 1st
219 ELLA VARNEY JACK 2nd
10 FREDDIE CLAYTON MERLIN 10th
12 SAM MORRISON FERGUS 3rd
13 TOM PEPPERALL LULU 2nd
15 DAISY HARWOOD ALFIE 5th
16 WILLIAM FIELD ELLIE 6th
17 TANISHA LITTLE BROOKE 7th
18 MOLLY LANDAU TOMMY 7th
19 LUCY MOWATT POPPY 4th
249 JEMIMA RUNDELL GINGER SNAP 8th
249 JEMIMA RUNDELL GINGER SNAP 8th
CLASS 1 SECTION C
ARENA B
240 RACHEL HORNE BLOSSOM 1st
237 MARTHA LITTLE JESTER 3rd
11 CHARLOTTE SCOTT GARANGREE MANDY 2nd
237 MARTHA LITTLE JESTER 3rd
11 CHARLOTTE SCOTT GARANGREE MANDY 2nd
CLASS 2 SECTION A
ARENA B
DRESSAGE TIME NO RIDER PONY
242 DAISY WALDOCK GYPSY 4th
243 SAMANTHA SAUNDERS HOT PROMISE 3rd
245 LUCY TURNER THEO 6th
246 NICOLA MOON KILDROMIN PLUTO 5th
247 CHARLIE BAILEY MILLENIUM GIRLS CHECK MATE 1st
248 MAGGIE RUNDELL MY FRIEND BEN 7th
236 HONOR WEATHERLAKE SONG 2nd
CLASS 2 SECTION B
ARENA A
DRESSAGE TIME NO RIDER PONY
293 SOPHIE BRAY MOONWALKER II 5th
294 ZOE McCANLIS POSITIVE IMAGE 1st
295 TASH HARWOOD CHARLIE 8th
296 ELLA MATTHEWS HOOCH 4th
297 LORNA WHITE SWEET RAZAMATAZ 4th
298 DAISY WALDOCK MILLY 3rd
299 LIZZIE LITTLE STAR 2nd
300 DANIELLE LEWIS ARTIC PRINCE 7th
229 OLIVIA WEATHERLAKE BIRDIE 6th
229 OLIVIA WEATHERLAKE BIRDIE 6th
CLASS 3
ARENA A
DRESSAGE TIMES NO RIDER PONY
341 HELEN MITCHELL FUNKY 1st
344 ZOE McCANLIS POSITIVE IMAGE 2nd
345 IMOGEN GREENWAY FINE FUTURE 3rd
239 WILLIAM WEATHERLAKE 4th
239 WILLIAM WEATHERLAKE 4th
CLASS 4
ARENA A
250 ELLEN COWLING EMBLA RICHMOND 1st
SHOW JUMPING
We sent two teams to the West Somerset Pony Club Team Show jumping event, held at Stockland Lovell on Sunday 14th April.
Our teams came second in both the 2'9 and 3' classes with Clover Godsal, 14, pictured, also winning the 3'class as an individual on her pony, Comet. She was one of only three double clear rounds. Other Devon and Somerset team members, Eliza Chapple, Ellen Cowling and Kelsie Bielby were all placed in their classes.
Clover, who lives in Withypool, has had another recent Pony Club success as she qualified for the National Pony Club triathlon championships to be held at Milton Keynes.
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| Clover Godsal and Comet |
Triathlon
The Cotley Triathlon was successful with Clover Godsall qualifying for the National championships held at Milton Keynes Junior Under 14s. she had a very good running time.
The Team of Eliza, Imogen, Olivia and Clover were 3rd overall.
The Mini girls Sophie Bray, Kitty Chapple and Daisy Waldock were placed third with Sophie Bray also placed 5th individually. The team of Maggie and Gemmima Rundell with two others from Dartmoor hunt came 4th overall, and the team of Lara Chapple, Ella Varney, and Honor Weatherlake were 5th overall. Congrats to them all.
The Christmas Party
This year the Christmas party was held at Huish Champflower Village Hall, 32 children of varying ages had lots of fun, with some ingenious team games organised by Jo Chapple and Sarah Rundell. Chocolate and toilet rolls were vital ingredients mixed with pony club ties and hula hoops, the D&S proved that the competitive spirit is strong even when the ponies are tucked up for the night!
There was a lovely spread laid on by all of the parents, Gareth Varney was guest dj and Ben Kite gave a brilliant commentary on each of the wonderful entries in the homemade decoration competition.
Thanks to all who helped and all who came and brought a great Christmas spirit with them.
Many thanks to Sharon Varney for all her hard work to put on this event.
For all the Triathlon Results from Wellington on Sunday 6th January please go to Results / Triathlon Page on this website
Success for Edward Barlow
Edward Barlow of the Devon and Somerset Pony Club is been enjoying great success this summer with a horse called "Millie" which has been kindly lent to him by Maria Floyd. After 2 clear rounds in the Intermediate section of the Pony Club Area 15 competition at Stockland Lovell over a course of 1.0m minimum, he did a white knuckle jump off and won the class, qualifying for the Finals at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire on 16th August.
He has also recently qualifed for the Inter-Schools SJ Championships at Addington Manor, Buckingham in October riding for Blundell's School. He was 2nd in the 90cm out of 82 competitors, qualifying as an individual and also a member of the Blundell's Team which won the 90cm and 1.0m.
He has also been successful in the Area Tethathlon coming 4th at Bicton and Treborough which he won the Junior boys' running and shooting and was clear X-Country.Team Show Jumping at Conquest 11th April
Thanks to everyone who attended, all Im sure had a great time with the weather being kind as the start of the week looked like we might be in for a terrible week. All of our D&S entries did really well. Please see below for all the results and some photographs, more photos will be on the gallery soon.
Class 1 10year & Under 1'6
Team
1st Polden Hills Blue
Katie Durston, Molly Spraggon, Kerris Curtis, Lara Jay
2nd D&S Yellow
Ellen Cowling, Molly Rucklidge, Tanisha Little
3rd Ciskin Norris, Lucy Durston, Harriet Curtis, Anna Forrester
4th D&S Green
Maddie Norman, Ella Varney, Jemima & Maggie rundell
Individuals
1st Lara Jay, 2nd Molly Spraggon, 3rd Tanisha Little D&S,
4th Harriet Curtis, 5th Anna Forrester 6th Seraphina Oldham
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| Polden Hills Blue Winners Class 1 |
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| D & S 2nd Class 1 |
Class 2
Novice 2 - 2'3
Team
1st D&S Purple
Eliza |Chapple, Tom Waldock, Daisy Waldock, Rosalie Saunders
2nd Polden Hills Green
Meg Wilcox, Chloe Small, Flo Norris, Lara Jay
3rd D&S Orange
Tanisha Little, Maggie Rundell, Ellie Cowling, Molly Rucklidge
Individuals
1st Edward Barlow D&S, 2nd, Flo Norris, 3rd Daisy Waldock D&S, 4th Lara Jay, 5th Eliza Chapple D&S, 6th Evie Smith
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| D&S Purple Winners Class 2 |
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| Edward Barlow & Rocky Individual Winners Class 2 |
Class 3
14 years and Under 2'6
Team
1st Western Harriers
Evie Amith, Molly Smith, Emily Mugford, Florence Human
2nd D&S Red
Eliza Chapple, Daisy Waldock, Rosalie Saunders
3rd Polden Hills Purple
Flo Norris, Lauren Brooks, Chloe Small
4th D&S Blue
Molly Rucklidge, Minny Kerr Dinneen, Edward Barlow
Individuals
1st Minne Kerr Dinneen, Evie Smith, 3rd Flo Norris,
4th Edward Barlow D&S, 5th Eliza Chapple D&S, 6th Molly Smith
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| Western Harriers Winners Class 3 |
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| D&S 2nd Class 3 |
Class 4 Open 2'9
1st Edward Barlow & Minnie D&S
2nd Lauren Brooks & West Wing
3rd Minne Kerr Dinneen & Mr Pickles D&S
4th Molly Smith & Victor
5th Florence Human
6th Charley Venner & Rhencullen Senator D&S
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| Open Winners |
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| Edward Barlow & Minnie Open Winners |
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| Edward Barlow Open Winner |
Area 15 Pony Club Quiz. TEAM WIN !!
Sixteen D&S members travelled to Thornfalcon, near Taunton, on 13th February, to take part in the annual area quiz. There were sixteen teams of four, all from different age bands. Our teams were:
Anna Weatherlake, Rachel Horne, Charlotte Scott and Daisy Topp.
Laura Scott, Georgia Weatherlake, Edward Topp and Honor Weatherlake.
Tom McCanlis, Toby Topp, Will Weatherlake and Henry Scott.
Zoe McCanlis, Michael Waldock, Eliza Chapple and Olivia Weatherlake
The competition took place in a separate room with teams sat at tables like a pub quiz. It was organised by Polden Hills Pony Club. We, and all the other parents, sat in the bar, just peering in occasionally to check that our red shirted darlings were behaving. At 'half time' they all poured out, asking for drinks and announcing that D&S were 1st and 2nd. At this point we fell about saying 'That's not what we were expecting ' and 'Who's driving to Warwickshire?' After three more rounds Seavington beat Anna's team into 3rd place by one point, leaving Zoe's team as winners and eight points in the lead.
The other teams were all close in points, only 12 between last and second so well done to you all for TAKING PART.
The team of Zoe, Rachel, Eliza and Olivia will go to Moreton Morell College in Warwickshire for the National Quiz Finals on Sunday 1st April. Michael cannot go on that day so he will be replaced by Rachel who is in the same age group.
The serious revision starts now. If you have any tips please let us know !
Mounted Games Camp at Pontispool 25th/26th February
I visited the camp at Pontispool in beautiful sunshine. It was very well organised by Becky Daykin, the DC of Tiverton Pony Club. There were 40 children, filling all three arenas, from as far as Hampshire, Wales and Cornwall, as well as five D&S members. Everyone seemed to be having fun and learning new skills so lets hope this becomes an annual event. The lunch was also excellent !
Sue McCanlis
Triathlon
Results from the very well run Cotley triathlon held at Taunton this Sunday where the D&S teams and individuals did very well. To summarise:
- Under 9
’s our two teams came 6th & 7th
- Kitty Chapple had a good individual score and came 7th out 29
- 11 and under our two teams came 2nd and 6th out
- With some great individual scores:
o Anna Bray came 2nd overall (missed joint 1st by 6 points or 1 sec. in running) and 2nd in shooting
o Eliza Chapple had best swimming time and 7th over all
o Olivia Weatherlake came second in the running
o Sophie Bray came 8th overall (improved her running time by 1 minute on her personal best)
o Cary Godsal
’s team of boys came 6th
- 14 and under
o The team came 7th and can see through improved shooting will improve performance greatly.
o Clover Godsal came 8th out 29 individuals
So well done to everyone for all trying so hard and supporting other team members. Great team spirit.
It was also great to see the older ones, in particular Georgia Weatherlake, providing a role model for the younger ones as she helped them all warm up, in a fun and energetic way, and then cheered them all on to the finishing line; no doubt improving their running times. Plus many thanks to Jo Chapple for all the shooting training she has done for the children and parents (loading) and brought so many new people into triathlon.
- Under 9
’s our two teams came 6th & 7th
- Kitty Chapple had a good individual score and came 7th out 29
- 11 and under our two teams came 2nd and 6th out
- With some great individual scores:
o Anna Bray came 2nd overall (missed joint 1st by 6 points or 1 sec. in running) and 2nd in shooting
o Eliza Chapple had best swimming time and 7th over all
o Olivia Weatherlake came second in the running
o Sophie Bray came 8th overall (improved her running time by 1 minute on her personal best)
o Cary Godsal
’s team of boys came 6th
- 14 and under
o The team came 7th and can see through improved shooting will improve performance greatly.
o Clover Godsal came 8th out 29 individuals
So well done to everyone for all trying so hard and supporting other team members. Great team spirit.
It was also great to see the older ones, in particular Georgia Weatherlake, providing a role model for the younger ones as she helped them all warm up, in a fun and energetic way, and then cheered them all on to the finishing line; no doubt improving their running times. Plus many thanks to Jo Chapple for all the shooting training she has done for the children and parents (loading) and brought so many new people into triathlon.
Hockey
PCHockey at Queens School Taunton 18TH DECEMBER.
On a very cold Sunday before Christmas the D&S Teams left the Hills and headed for the bright lights of Taunton, for Pony Club Hockey!
Junior Team. Eliza Chapple, Kitty Chapple ,Imogen Fairweather, Olivia Weatherlake ,Honor Weatherlake, Daisy(1st time with a hockey stick) Waldock and Henry Scott. We started well with Henry taking up the challenge of the new sport of Hockey (previously having played Hurling in Ireland) Henry managed to score 2 goals in the first draw of the tournament, being backed up well by Eliza and Kitty things did not go so good in the following rounds. Henry became a marked man and the other teams saw to it that the ball did not come his way again The final result being D&S Juniors were third over all.
Senior Team: Lottie Lamacraft, Rachael Horne, Michael Waldock, Charlotte Scott, Imogen Greenway, William Weatherlake and Georgia Weatherlake. Apart from having to play against Man Mountains the best the D&S Senior Team managed was a draw, and all were hard fought games.
On a very cold Sunday before Christmas the D&S Teams left the Hills and headed for the bright lights of Taunton, for Pony Club Hockey!
Junior Team. Eliza Chapple, Kitty Chapple ,Imogen Fairweather, Olivia Weatherlake ,Honor Weatherlake, Daisy(1st time with a hockey stick) Waldock and Henry Scott. We started well with Henry taking up the challenge of the new sport of Hockey (previously having played Hurling in Ireland) Henry managed to score 2 goals in the first draw of the tournament, being backed up well by Eliza and Kitty things did not go so good in the following rounds. Henry became a marked man and the other teams saw to it that the ball did not come his way again The final result being D&S Juniors were third over all.
Senior Team: Lottie Lamacraft, Rachael Horne, Michael Waldock, Charlotte Scott, Imogen Greenway, William Weatherlake and Georgia Weatherlake. Apart from having to play against Man Mountains the best the D&S Senior Team managed was a draw, and all were hard fought games.
Mounted Games
Report from HOYS.The team was: Rory Capel, Matt Seabourne, Zoey Cape, Charley Venner and Roisin Zammick with Ellie McLaughlin as reserve. The children had a tricky start to their week as Polo, that Charley was riding went lame and reserve pony Goldie replaced him which caused many changes in race orders and so on. Despite this in the first competition for the Equimax cup the team finished 2nd just one point behind Oakley Hunt West. In the Prince Philip Cup Competition the team won a session and came an excellent 3rd overall. They also won the Butlins Cup for the best Stable management.They had a brilliant week meeting equestrian celebrities such as Louise Whittaker as well as being shown around the Sky broadcasting studio and watching themselves in 3D!
Report from HOYS.The team was: Rory Capel, Matt Seabourne, Zoey Cape, Charley Venner and Roisin Zammick with Ellie McLaughlin as reserve. The children had a tricky start to their week as Polo, that Charley was riding went lame and reserve pony Goldie replaced him which caused many changes in race orders and so on. Despite this in the first competition for the Equimax cup the team finished 2nd just one point behind Oakley Hunt West. In the Prince Philip Cup Competition the team won a session and came an excellent 3rd overall. They also won the Butlins Cup for the best Stable management.They had a brilliant week meeting equestrian celebrities such as Louise Whittaker as well as being shown around the Sky broadcasting studio and watching themselves in 3D!
The Devon and Somerset Christmas Party Thurs 29th December.
Due to weather conditions the party had to be changed from the village hall in Wheddon Cross to Carhampton Village hall at the last minute as their was no electricity in Wheddon Cross.
Despite this after many phone calls everyone arrived at the new venue ok.
We started off with the Talent Competition and I think I can say on behalf of all the Parents that we do have lots of talented children in the D & S with children singing on their own or as a choir and children playing various instruments very well. The winners were a Choir singing a D & S Version of the 12 days of Christmas as it was very inventive. See Picture below.
The winners were chosen by the parents having cast two votes each for their favourite acts.
We then had an interval so the children could get a drink and something to eat and then we began with the party games. We started with pass the parcel and then onto musical statues and ended with my favourite game sleeping lions.
May I say a great thank you to all who made the effort to get to the new venue and im so glad that everyone enjoyed themselves and many thanks to all who helped clean up the hall after the party.
More Pictures are in our Gallery.Due to weather conditions the party had to be changed from the village hall in Wheddon Cross to Carhampton Village hall at the last minute as their was no electricity in Wheddon Cross.
Despite this after many phone calls everyone arrived at the new venue ok.
We started off with the Talent Competition and I think I can say on behalf of all the Parents that we do have lots of talented children in the D & S with children singing on their own or as a choir and children playing various instruments very well. The winners were a Choir singing a D & S Version of the 12 days of Christmas as it was very inventive. See Picture below.
The winners were chosen by the parents having cast two votes each for their favourite acts.
We then had an interval so the children could get a drink and something to eat and then we began with the party games. We started with pass the parcel and then onto musical statues and ended with my favourite game sleeping lions.
May I say a great thank you to all who made the effort to get to the new venue and im so glad that everyone enjoyed themselves and many thanks to all who helped clean up the hall after the party.
Andrea
Secretary.
Show Jumping Results. October 2011
DOUBLE WIN FOR D&S DAISY at Conquest show jumping.
Daisy Waldock , 9, jumped a clear over a twisty, difficult 2 phase course (14 fences !) to win the 2'6 class at Conquest's Interbranch show jumping, held in half term. With her team mates, Lorna White and Imogen Greenway they were also placed first as a team.
This was a successful day for our club, although very long and wet!
Class 1 Lucy Mowatt, Jemima Rundell, Freddie Clayton TEAM 2nd.
Class 2 Amelia Mowatt, Reto White Individually 5th, Maggie Rundell
Class 3 Imo Fairweather Individually 2nd.
Class 5 Tanisha Little, Tom Waldock, Daisy Waldock, Lorna White. TEAM 4th.
Class 6 Lorna White, Daisy Waldock Individually 1st, Imogen Greenway TEAM 1st.
DOUBLE WIN FOR D&S DAISY at Conquest show jumping.
Daisy Waldock , 9, jumped a clear over a twisty, difficult 2 phase course (14 fences !) to win the 2'6 class at Conquest's Interbranch show jumping, held in half term. With her team mates, Lorna White and Imogen Greenway they were also placed first as a team.
This was a successful day for our club, although very long and wet!
Class 1 Lucy Mowatt, Jemima Rundell, Freddie Clayton TEAM 2nd.
Class 2 Amelia Mowatt, Reto White Individually 5th, Maggie Rundell
Class 3 Imo Fairweather Individually 2nd.
Class 5 Tanisha Little, Tom Waldock, Daisy Waldock, Lorna White. TEAM 4th.
Class 6 Lorna White, Daisy Waldock Individually 1st, Imogen Greenway TEAM 1st.
