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Parent
Commitment
Form
Does
your
child
want
to
join
Pony
Club? Pony
Club
is a
worldwide
educational
organization
for
children
with
approximately
12,000
members
in
the
United
States.
It
was
founded
in
England
in
1928
by
foxhunters
who
wanted
to
teach
children
how
to
ride
and
properly
care
for
their
ponies
and
horses.
The
club
has
mounted
(riding)
meetings
and
unmounted
meetings.
Mounted
meetings
can
be
lesson-type
instruction
or
fun
and
games
on
horseback.
Unmounted
meetings
involve
education
and
activities
that
promote
good
care
and
management
of
horses.
Covered
Bridge
Pony
Club
holds
meetings
at
several
barns
in
the
Prospect/Goshen
area
and
all
members
are
invited
to
attend
any
or
all
of
the
meetings
as
they
wish.
It
is
not a
requirement
to
own a
pony
or
horse
to be
a
member
of
Pony
Club,
but
access
to a
horse
is
essential.
Therefore,
if
you
do
not
board
at
one
of
the
"Covered
Bridge
barns",
you
have
to be
able
to
trailer
your
horse
to
mounted
meetings.
The
other
option
is to
be
active
in
the
lesson
program
at
one
of
our
barns
so
you
can
rent
a
lesson
horse
for
meetings.
Please
read
the
information
included
on
Pg.2
about
how
the
mounted
meetings
operate.
Our
annual
Club
fundraiser
is on
the 3rd
Sunday
in
March
every
year
- the
Covered
Bridge
Combined
Test,
which
is
our
horse
show
at
Stone
Place
Stables.
This
is
our
only
fundraiser
of
the
year
and
the
proceeds
from
this
show
fund
a big
portion
of
our
Pony
Club
activities.
These
include:
riding
instruction
for
mounted
meetings,
club
contributions
to
our
families
to
help
with
Rally
expenses,
purchase
of
equipment
for
the
kids
to
use
at
Rally,
copying
study
materials
for
Quiz,
our
newsletter,
mailings,
and
so
on.
Most
of
the
annual
dues
that
we
pay
goes
to
the
Regional
and
National
Pony
Club
offices,
so we
rely
on
this
income
for
our
operating
budget. We
need every
family
to
make
themselves
available
to
help
during
the
third
weekend
in
March
-
please
remember
to
keep
that
date
free
every
year.
We
have
about
60
jobs
to
fill,
so we
ask
that all
parents
from
each
family
help
if at
all
possible
since
we
only
average
around
45
families
in
our
club.
Quite
a few
families
work
both
days
to
help.
We
cannot
operate
this
show
without
your
support! Some
pony
clubs
require
as
many
as 30
volunteer
hours
a
year
from
each
family,
so we
feel
that
our
requirement
is
quite
reasonable
in
comparison
to
those
clubs.
We
will
send
an
email
out
before
the
show
date
with
the
CT
Jobs
List.
If
you
are
difficult
to
reach
by
email,
please
contact
us.
Don't
worry
-
many
jobs
do
not
require
any
"horse"
knowledge
at
all
(see
the
attached
"jobs"
examples).
In
addition
to
the
mounted
and
unmounted
meetings
at
your
barn,
Pony
Club
offers
several
activities
during
the
year
that
we
strongly
encourage
our
members
to
participate
in. Rally
is
held
at
the
Kentucky
Horse
Park
in
June
and Quiz
held
in
late
winter.
For
a
detailed
explanation
of
these
events,
see
"What
is
Rally"
and
"What
is
Quiz"
on
our
website:
www.covered.ponyclub.org. As
is
true
of
all
Pony
Club
activities,
these
are
completely
staffed
by
parents
of
the
participating
children,
so we
must
count
on at
least
one
parent
from
each
family
to
help
during
the
event
in
order
for
these
wonderful
activities
to be
available
for
our
children.
Please
visit
the
"Newsletters"
section
on
our
website
to
get a
feel
for
how
much
fun
these
kids
have
at
Rally
and
Quiz
-
they
are
wonderful,
challenging
activities
that
build
character
and
life-long
friendships.
We
are
asking
for
just
a few
hours
of
your
time
to
make
Pony
Club
a
wonderful
experience
for
your
child,
while
building
friendships
and
having
some
fun
in
the
process
yourselves. Please
acknowledge
that
you
are
willing
to
undertake
this
commitment
to
our
club
by
signing
below.
We
hope
your
child
benefits
from
and
enjoys
Pony
Club
as
much
ours
have. Welcome
to
Covered
Bridge
Pony
Club! Parent
signature
and
date
___________________________________________________ Pony
Club
Mounted
Meetings: Each one of the Covered Bridge barns schedules one or two mounted meetings a month according to the days that the rings are available and instructors can be booked (with the exception of certain times of the year when members may not be available such as the middle of the summer or holiday breaks from school.) The Barn Mom/Dad who schedules the meetings will send out an email with the meeting days and set a deadline for RSVPs from the members. Each member is responsible for responding in a timely manner for each meeting so that riding groups can be organized for that meeting. If a member wants to rent a school horse for the lesson, they must notify the Barn Mom in order to check for availability, submit a check to the farm for the fee, catch the horse, tack it up and take proper care of it after the lesson. It is the responsibility of the member and their family to prepare for meetings, not that of anyone else in the Club, including the instructor for the day. Families whose children have no experience riding or handling horses will need to arrange for enough lessons with an instructor of their choice that they and/or their child are able to independently prepare a rental horse for the mounted meetings. *Parents
of D1
and
D2
children must be present during
the
mounted
meetings. Rider
Qualifications
for
Rally:
Eventing
Rally
includes
riding
over
cross-country
jumps
out
in a
large
field,
so in
order
to
ensure
your
child's
safety,
we
require
an
instructor
certificate
from
lower
level
riders
stating
that
your
child
is
prepared
to
ride
at
that
level
by
the
time
of
our
Rally
Organizational
Meeting
in
April.
A
copy
of
the
certificate
is
included
in
your
membership
papers. Examples
of
Pony
Club
"Jobs"
The "Combined Test" Horse Show (third weekend in March) Everyone needed! Misc: Scorer's assistants. Food
Booth
-
chair
the
Food
Booth
or
man
the
booth
for
part
of
the
day Post-show cleanup Walk/Trot Division: (this class is held during the afternoon) Help set-up and take down the jumps for this class Scribe for Jump Judge - enter scores on sheet for the Judge Dressage:
Additional Activities and Volunteer Opportunities
Quiz Rally and Mega Rally: Each participating club is required to provide volunteers to work. All Rallies are staffed by parents, so please be aware that you are expected to help at each Rally attended by your child, but we also want all children to be able to go, so if you cannot plan a day off of work that week, please talk to your DC. Barn Manager: Schedule and supervise PC meetings at your barn. Supervise
a
barn
meeting
when
your
Barn
Manager
cannot
attend. Annual Awards Banquet & Holiday Party: (early December) Chair - buy the food and refreshments; supervise setup and cleanup Helpers Quiz Study Groups: (meet weekly late Nov/Dec through February) All 'C' level groups need supervising parents for each meeting. |
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