Calendar of Events:
We always welcome
prospective members to attend any of our events! If you need directions, just contact our DC.
Monthly mounted and unmounted meetings are not listed. If you wish to know more about upcoming meeting information, contact our DC.
For more information about Chattanooga Pony Club's upcoming activities, contact Lamar Davis (DC) at (423)332-3851 or email. In addition to the events listed, CPC holds biweekly mounted and unmounted meetings locally.
Important Dates for our local club in 2005-2006:
updated 1/16/2006
Please look over this tentative calendar and give feedback to any of your officers. It is important to let us know as early as possible if you think you would like to participate so that we can plan properly. As with all outdoor activities, weather can be a factor, and last-minute changes may have to be made. For the camps, we will especially need to hear from you as soon as possible. Your ideas and suggestions are most welcome.
We have shown several great non-pony club
events, which are marked with a *.
For area US Eventing Association sanctioned combined training events, check out this list of USEA events. Click on Area III. Schooling shows are not listed.
November, 2005
· MidSouth Annual Regional Meeting in Lexington, KY.
This will be held in conjunction with a National Leader
Camp sponsored by USPC and running from Friday evening through Sunday
noon. Lamar Davis is planning to
attend both for our club. If
anyone else is interested in attending either, please phone Lamar or Susan Snow
for details.
· Foxhunting Clinic – with Shamrock Hounds near Rome, GA.
Clinic is mandatory for those of you who have never
attended a foxhunt.
December,
2005
· Junior Foxhunt– with Shamrock Hounds near Rome, GA.
This
will serve as the December mounted meeting. Groups will be divided up according to riding level: from
walk/trot, walk/trot/canter, to being in the field. Please wear proper show attire, including clean tack and
horse! Braided manes are
preferred.
·
Christmas
Party
January,
2006
This is a great chance for learning and exchange of ideas
between clubs.
February, 2006
·
MidSouth Region Quiz Franklin,
Tennessee.
Compete
with your fellow pony-clubbers on a team and see just how much you know about
horses! Questions are determined
by rating level and include topics like horse management, tack, nutrition, barn
safety, etc.
March,
2006
April 2006
· MBNA Foxhall Cup 3-Day CCI*** Championships - Douglasville, GA
Premier southern event. A chance to see Olympians compete! Possible volunteer opportunity (admission free if volunteer). Day trip on Sat (only 3 hrs. away).
· Mock Rally and Dressage Clinic
Ride-a-test and stadium
jumping. The ride-a-test and/or stadium jumping round will be open to
non- PC riders. The
pony club members for Mock Rally would also have a stall and tack stall set-up
demonstration, a written test, and a formal inspection like at rally and then
would do a dressage test and a stadium jumping round, both at their level. Please come, help set up Friday, stable
overnight Friday night, and learn.
We will finish Saturday afternoon. Come whether you ride or not. Many parent volunteers will be
needed. This is an
excellent learning weekend!
· *Rolex 3-Day Event, USET CCI**** Championship: - Lexington, KY, KY Horse Park.
Premier international event.
May, 2006
·
CPC Camp and Summer Ratings - Tri-State
Exhibition Center, Cleveland, TN.
Join us for an
exciting week of camp! We are excited to be able to again use
this lovely facility with two rings (one covered!) and a 200-stall barn. We will offer two mounted lessons per
day Monday – Thursday, and one lesson or ratings on Friday, as well as
unmounted horse management instruction, taught by older, advanced-rated pony
clubbers. Parental help is a
must. Cost usually $100
for the week, plus $10 per stall per day.
June, 2006
- TN Valley P.C. Camp - Knoxville, TN, Penrose Farm
CPC is invited to join TVPC in
their annual camp. All levels are welcome. It's great rally prep -
lots of good riding opportunities, including a xc course. They have lots
of older pony clubbers and HA's and graduate A's to instruct. There is a
possibility of staying in homes of TVPC members. This is a good
opportunity to rate. Cost $100-125 usually.
- Midsouth Regional Mega Rally - Lexington, KY, KY Horse Park
CPC usually sends dressage and combined training teams. If you wish to compete in another discipline, composite teams are available with other clubs. Tetrathelon, show jumping, dressage, D1, D2, and up eventing rallies all in a row. Tetrathelon Fri PM- Sun PM before that week at Masterson Station near KY Horse Park; Show Jumping Mon noon- Tues; Dressage Tues noon-Wed; D1 Wed-Thurs (dressage and stadium- no xc); D2, D3 eventing Wed noon- Fri; Beginner novice, novice, training, preliminary eventing in conjunction with (non-P.C.) open horse trial Fri noon-Sun PM.
Are you curious about horse
management? There will be a horse management seminar in conjunction with this,
for adults and older PC members. The
region requires us to send at least one person from each club to be trained.
They plan to educate horse management judges on Wed. and other parents who are
interested but don’t want to be actual horse management judges on Thursday.
August,
2006:
- USPC National Championships East - Lexington, VA, VA Horse Center
Must qualify in Regionals to compete. Fun to go watch, as all disciplines of many levels compete at the same time.
September, 2006:
October, 2006:
· Annual Sponsors’ Meeting Mid-October
November, 2006:
December, 2006:
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