Ardmore Pony Club welcomes new members. Our season starts late August and runs through to April. Rallies are held on Saturday afternoons. Some of the benefits of being a member include:

• learning safe and effective ways to ride and look after a horse
• the companionship of like-minded people, both parents and riders
• being able to participate in a sport that teaches teamwork, responsibility, discipline and having fun
• the fact that it’s a sport the whole family can enjoy

You can become a member:

• If you have your own pony, grazing and transport and by making an enquiry to the President
• By speaking to the Sonshine Ranch office who may, after about 12 months of Sonshine Ranch lessons, consider you for the hire a pony programme, so that you have a ranch horse to ride at Saturday rallies

Parents:
Pony club is a family commitment. Each rider must have a non-riding parent member, for which the club pays a levy to the Franklin District and NZPC Association. Parents need to ask themselves whether they can fulfill the club’s requirements of parents. We need you -

• to open email regularly
• to read the minutes
• to remind their rider about reading and replying to e-mail
• to remind their rider to inform the rally co-ordinator about rally absences
• to be rostered on to help at ordinary rallies
• to provide adult helpers at events in which their rider participates
• to attend two working bees
• to attend a minimum of two committee meetings per season
• to attend the AGM