What’s on this fortnight

Wed 8th May Llysfaen Working Rally. £8. 4 in each group. Please text Aloma to check availability (07802 342561). Payment must be sent with booking form. 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Cae Melwr, Llanrwst
Thurs 9th May Llandyrnog D & D+ Stable Management. £5. Names to Iona secretary@fndponyclub.org.uk 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm Hendre, Hendrerwydd
Mon 13th May Llanasa Working Rally. All abilities. £8. Booking Form Attached. 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Coleg Cambria Northop
Wed 15th May Llysfaen Working Rally. £8. 4 in each group. Please text Aloma to check availability (07802 342561). Payment must be sent with booking form. 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Cae Melwr, Llanrwst
Thurs 16th May Llandyrnog C Test Stable Management. £5. Names to Iona secretary@fndponyclub.org.uk 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm Hendre, Hendrerwydd
Wed 22nd May Llysfaen Working Rally. £8. 4 in each group. Please text Aloma to check availability (07802 342561). Payment must be sent with booking form. 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Cae Melwr, Llanrwst

MINI AND MAIN CAMP

Please find attached camp application form and information sheet.

Parents /Guardians: please read the information sheet and note the important dates:

Equine flu certificates to be up to date.

Members need to have attended 3 rallies since 1st  Jan 2019.

Bethan Jones

Royal Windsor Show

Congratulations to Flint & Denbigh member Freddy Tewson-Green who has been selected to race at the Royal Windsor Show and ride in the pageant with the Shetland Pony Grand National display team next week.

Llanasa Working Rally – Spaces

At Northop on 13th May. Contact Jude (07960 008601) to book a space.

Area Horse Trials

6th July at Somerford Park. Anyone interested please contact Louise Shepherd. In preparation there will be Cross Country training at Kelsall on 25th May and 15th June – names to Louise (david.shepherd10@btopenworld.com).

Area Show Jumping and Regional Qualifier

Saturday 1st June at Southview Equestrian Centre. Entries close Friday 24th May.

North Staffordshire Dressage Competition

Saturday 29th June it Eccleshall. Intro Test A to Open Dressage Test 2019 and BD Prelim 7. Early Bird entries of £10 per class close 31st May, £15 afterwards. Entries close 14th June.

Llandyrnog Show

Monday 27th May.

Mounted Games Competition Results

The mounted games teams had their Area competition on Saturday 4th May followed by a 2-day competition hosted by United Pack in Shrewsbury on Sunday and Monday.

The Senior A team of Twm Cernyw, Katie Davies, Ellie Richardson, Cari Jones and Alex Owen didn’t have a great start and were in fact losing to the B team at the beginning! But they pulled themselves together finishing in 2nd place overall, and qualifying for Zone in Stanford Hall on 21st July.

The Senior B team of Maisie Lester, Katy Jones, Emma Owen and Leia and Ceri Lloyd Williams rode very well finishing in 5th place, and they were the highest placed B team.

The Junior A team of Lleucu Newton, Lena Pierce, Helen Jones, Erin Wood and Abbie Richardson rode well but couldn’t match the speed of the best teams in Area 5. They finished in 4th place. Just one place behind them was the Junior B team of Macsen Newton, Llinos Owen, Harri Lloyd Williams, and two riders from Cheshire Hunt South they had never met before also rode well and finished in 5th place.

Flint & Denbigh also had 4 pairs in the relatively new competition:

  • Cari Jones and Leia Lloyd Williams finished in 5th place
  • Alex Owen and Katie Davies in 6th
  • Katy Jones and Maisie Lester in 7th, and
  • Emma Owen and Mali Roberts in 8th place

Once Area was finished most of us went on to Shrewsbury ready to compete for the rest of the weekend, where all teams competed in 3 rounds of heats in which teams were scored and then entered into the A, B or C final and scores reset to zero.

The Senior A team of Ellie Richardson, Alex Owen, Leia Lloyd Williams, Cari Jones and Twm Cernyw had two decent sessions and one not-so-good, and went into the B final. They had an excellent final and finished in 2nd place.

The Senior B team of Mali Roberts, Emma Owen, Ceri Lloyd Williams, Maisie Lester and Katy Jones missed a lot of changeovers and made a few other mistakes in their heats, and went into the C final. They rode well in the final and fixed a lot of their mistakes, and finished in 3rd place behind two very good teams.

The Junior team of Erin Wood, Abbie Richardson, Llinos Owen, Lleucu Newton and Helen Jones had a similar experience, making some mistakes in the heats and went into the B final. They had a pretty good final, not making many mistakes but struggling a bit with the speed. They finished in 3rd place.

Harri Lloyd Williams and Macsen Newton made up the North Hereford Junior B team, riding with 3 more children they’d never met before. They also qualified for the B final and finished in 5th place.