Welcome to Waitara Pony Club
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Waitara Pony Club is located in the northern Taranaki town of Waitara.

We are lucky to have a dedicated group of instructors and volunteers, together with a strong team of enthusiastic members, that make our club a success from year to year.

We cater to riders of all levels of riding ability and provide excellent training opportunities to our members through training squads and  extra coaching lessons.

If you are considering joining pony club and would like more information about the Waitara Pony Club, please visit our About Us page or contact our president, Rebecca Dearden for more information. 

WAITARA PONY CLUB NOTICE BOARD

prize giving 2017

Dressage:
Beginner - Ashley Goodin
Intermediate - Poppy Worthington
Senior B - Jasmine Bolton
Senior A - Katelyn Harlan

Flat Classes:
Hawley Cup - Ashley Goodin

Games:
​Junior - Milla Worthington
Senior - Tamsyn Skerrett
Most Promising Games Combintation - Tamsyn Skerrett and Ayisha
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​ODE:
Junior - Toni Stott
Intermediate - Poppy Worthington
Senior B - Katelyn Harlan
Senior A - Sammie Smith

​Show Jumping:
Beginner - Rosie Howatson 
Intermediate - Olivia Woodward
Senior B - Brendon Terrill
Senior A - Hannah Adlam

4 Bar - Elle Sole
​6 Bar - Hannah Adlam

                                      
​​Show Hunter:
Cat. A - Rosie Howatson
Cat B - Elle Sole
Cat C - Brendon Terrill
Hacks - Kelsey Cheswass
Overall Hunter Points - Elle Sole​

Points Cups:
Beginner - Ruby Patterson​​Show Hunter:
Cat. A - Rosie Howatson
Cat B - Elle Sole
Cat C - Brendon Terrill
Hacks - Kelsey Cheswass

Overall Hunter Points - Elle Sole​
Junior - Elle Sole
Intermediate - Tamsyn Skerrett
Senior B - West Hutton
Senior A - Hannah Adlam &
Katelyn Harlan​

​​Improver Cups:
Beginner - Ruby Patterson
Junior - Erica Vogel & Elle Sole
Intermediate - Milla Worthington
Senior B - West Hutton
Senior A - Sammie Smith

​Most Improved Mount - Stormy​
Special Awards:                                                   Bublitz Trophy - Jasmin Manning
Fair Play - Nicole Barrett &
​Jaymi Lea Laurence                                             Colson Trophy - Emma Mahony

                            John Higgins Memorial Trophy - Dallis Barrett

GREAT EFFORT WAITARA BLACK
​2ND PLACE
AT
Area Show Jumping

Congratulations to Emma Mahony - 1st in the ponies 1.00 m
​and 1.05 m Championship
Best of luck to you and the TAPC team at HOY

Congratulations to Kelsey Cheswass - 3rd place in 90 cm Championship and Jessie Smith - 4th in 90 cm Championship




Well done Waitara Warriors
on placing 6th at 
Bruce Forbes

​Nicole Barrett, Kelsey Chesswas, West Hutton,
Jessie Smith, Sammie Smith and Brendon Terrill

Team Manager - Shannon Bridgeman
Coach - Julia Bolton

Well done waitara
​ taranaki area dressage team winners
11th December 2016

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Congratulations to

West Hutton,
Sammie Smith,
Katelyn Harlan,
Jessie Smith,
Tamsyn Skerret, and
Toni Stott
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Well done
​West Hutton
Junior Champion on Molly
Junior Reserve Champion on Jonty

Thanks to Team Manager - Julie Adlam

Closed Dressage & games day
​Results
6th November 2016

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Dressage Results

Class 1:                                                                      Class 2:
1st Jasmine Bolton on Meg                                     1st West Hutton on Molly
2nd Katelyn Harlan on Starshie                              2nd West Hutton on Jonty
3rd Jessie Smith on Hamish
4th Sammie Smith on Ruby                                    Class 4: 
5th Katelyn Harlan on Red                                      1st Jasmine Bolton on Sunny Jim
                                                                                   2nd Jasmine Bolton on Meg
Class 3:
1st Katelyn Harlan on Starshie                               Class 5: 
2nd Sammie Smith on Ruby                                   1st Poppy Worthington on Echo
3rd Katelyn Harlan on Red                                      2nd Willow Worthington on Boon
4th West Hutton on Molly                                       3rd Milla Worthington on Sen
5th Jessie Smith on Hamish                                    4th Jasmin Manning on Smooch
6th Hannah Adlam on Finn                                     5th Tamsyn Skerrett on Ayiesha
                                                                                   6th Toni Stott on Sunshine
Class 6: No entries
                                                                                   Class 7: 
Class 9:                                                                     1st Ashley Goodin
1st Hannah Adlam                                                   2nd Rosie Howatson
2nd Poppy Worthington
3rd Brendon Terrill                                                  Class 8:
4th Willow Worthington                                          1st Tamsyn Skerrett
5th Milla Worthington                                             2nd Toni Stott
6th Kelsey Cheswass                                               3rd Rosie Howatson

Games placings - Round 1 (Round 2 scores will be added for final results)

Juniors                                                                       Seniors
1st Milla Worthington on Sen                                 1st Sammie Smith 
2nd Poppy Worthington                                          2nd Jasmin Manning
3rd Rosie Howatson                                                 3rd Tamsyn Skerrett
4th Ashley Goodin                                                    4th Jessie Smith
                                                                                    5th Katelyn Harlan on Red
                                                                                    6th Toni Stott

  Thank you to our judges, writers, scorer, time keepers and all the parents who made the                                                       day successful by setting up and taking down equipment

                                       Congratulations and well done to all riders!
                                                                              

Waitara whips @ NI Show Hunter Champs

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​Congratulations
Waitara Whips
5th place

Cat. A - Brendon Terrill and Milla Worthington
Cat. B - Nicole Barrett and Emma Mahony
Cat. C - Emma Mahony and Sammie Smith
Hacks - Katelyn Harlan and Jessie Smith

Thanks to Coach Rebecca Dearden
and Team Manager Dallis Barrett

​Well done to all riders

​Individual Placings
​Cat. A Equitation - Brendon Terrill on Midnight Storm 5th
Cat. B Emma Mahony on Onetai Red Gem 3rd
Cat. C Emma Mahony on Onetai Cover Girl 1st
Cat. C Equitation - Sammie Smith on Rubyx Cube 5th
Cat. C Top Pair - 1st Waitara Whips - Emma Mahony on Onetai Cover Girl
and Sammie Smith on Rubyx Cube
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Congratulations
Sammie Smith
Winner of the Ponies
Equitation
​and Reserve Champion 
​Winter Show Hunter Series

2017/18 Season

 Rallies  
Rally 1 
20th August 2017


Upcoming Events

Working Bee
Sunday, 11th June
​10 am rain or shine

Next Committee Meeting
21st June 2017
7:00 pm
WPC Clubrooms

Winter Woollies
and 
Progressive Jumping Day
16th July 2017

Winter Show Hunter Series 1
29th & 30th July 2017

Taranaki Equestrian Jumping Day
5th August 2017

Registration Day
6th August 2017

Winter Show Hunter Series 2
12th & 13th August 2017

Taranaki Equestrian Jumping Day
19th August 2017

Winter Show Hunter Series 3
26th & 27th August 2017

Waitara riders at
​international tetrathon event

Claudia Hurley on Prada


Jesse Mahony on Diamond
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WINTER WOOLLIES

3rd July 2016

Many thanks to all the wonderful judges, stewards and helpers that made this day successful.

Congratulations to all the competitors - you all looked fabulous

NZPCA Achievement Badges

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This is a new initiative from NZPCA aimed at Junior riders. There are badges for all major milestones of being a junior riding member such as “first pony club camp”, “first competition”, “hunting” as well as two levels of badges covering HM topics such as grooming, feeding, health and saddlery (there are quite a few more topics but I only have so much space!) Rebecca as the head coach is the administrator for the badges and will be in charge of keeping track of riders meeting the requirements and the issuing of badges to successful riders. Some badges require riders (or parents) to complete an application form confirming they are eligible for the badge. Achievements can be back dated to 1 January 2014. Check out the information on the NZPCA website (under the “rider tab”). 
WAITARA PONY CLUB
WINS
BRUCE FORBES 2016
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Well done to our team of:

Emma Mahony, Caterina Poletti, Nicole Barrett, Kelsey Chesswas, Jessie Smith and Sammie Smith.

Well done Caterina on placing 1st in the 95cm Individual

Thanks to Claudia Hurley and Jesse Mahony for coaching and to Mandy Mahony for being Team Manager
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Mini Teams Training 2016

1st Stratford/Eltham PC
2nd Waitara PC
3rd Te Kuiti & Districts PC
4th Clearwater/New Plymouth PC

First Start Overall Rider of the Day - Maddy Buckley
​Intro Overall Rider of the Day - Jade Egan

Congratulations to all riders
Thanks to the great team of helpers and judges

Equine Skills Certifcate

Is a new NZPCA initiative, this one aimed at riders 13 and over.  There are three levels of achievement  Bronze (approx. C certificate level), Silver (C+) and Gold (B). Riders can enter the programme at the level most appropriate to them.  Riders select different electives from the list provided which must be a mix of ridden, pony club service, horse mastership and creative/arts. Riders must meet the requirements of each selected elective in order to achieve the certificate – NZPCA must think our head coach doesn’t get up to much in her spare time as you guessed it, Rebecca is the administrator for the equine skills programme as well. There is information on the NZPCA webpage (under the riders tab).