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PYTCHLEY  HUNT  SUPPORTERS  ASSOCIATION

     UNAFFILIATED DRESSAGE.  
CLEAR ROUND JUMPING - SHOW-JUMPING.
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SILSWORTH  LODGE, CRICK

TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST  2008

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MINI AND NOVICE JUNIOR

ONE DAY EVENT

 

SUNDAY 21st SEPTEMBER    

 

AT PORTLY FORD, WELFORD

NORTHANTS

 

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The Pytchley Hunt Branch was established in 1930 and is part of Pony Club Area 7. In 2005 we celebrated our 75th anniversary. As we were one of the first branches to be formed we are one of the oldest and are allowed to wear our own tie, the burgundy and silver, rather than the purple and yellow of Pony Club.

It all began way back in 1930 on August 5th when the first committee meeting was held.  The roots of our beginnings lay firmly with the military, the hunt and the farmers.  The influence of the army officers at The Equitation School in Weedon continued through the early years.  The branch activities and competitions have changed very little, Hunter Trials were put on as opposed to One Day Events through the 1950s and 1960s.  The very first Pytchley hunt branch camp was held in 1953 in the grounds of Holdenby House.  Even then 60 members aged 6 to 17 attended arriving at 9.00 am and leaving at 6.00pm, they must have been exhausted to say nothing of the instructors!  By the end of the 1950s the membership numbered 130, which included 46 boys – not that different from today.  Captain John Macdonald-Buchanan led the branch into the 1960s.  The members began selling race cards at the Pytchley point-to-point in 1964 and continue to do so now – 41 years on!  Some of our cups and awards were first presented in the 1963 – The Watson Cup and The Robinson Cup amongst them.

The Pony Club is the number one organisation for young people who love ponies and riding. There are more than 43,000 Pony Club Members in Great Britain, belonging to either a Branch or a Centre - there are more than 350 of each of these. Membership of The Pony Club offers fun, friendship, training, events and competitions.

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