North Down Branch of the

Presents

The Area 17 Pony Club Tetrathlon

Competition 2016On

Friday 15th and Saturday 16th July 2016at

Ards Leisure Centre &

Mr. & Mrs. J Perry, Craigantlet, Belfast, BT16 1UA

Featuring the WHINNEY HILL CHALLENGE 2016

Welcome

The North Down Branch of the Pony Club welcomes all competitors, parents, family and friends to the NFU Mutual Area 17 Tetrathlon Competition 2016 featuring the Whinney Hill Challenge.

We are delighted to be able to host this area competition at this excellent venue, Whinney Hill farm, home of Mr & Mrs John Perry.The course has been designed and built by Jasper Demontmorency and ably assisted by Stephen McGlennon, A Mulholland & team.

I would like to thank the Official Steward Stuart Stirling, and my phase stewards, R Fynn, P Dewdney and J Keers.The committee have all worked tirelessly and it is through the efforts of all that we can put on the competition today.I would also like to thank the many past members and friends of the N Down branch who turn out on all these occasions when asked to fence judge, scribe, score, inspect tack, pick up poles, park lorries and many other tasks that may go unnoticed.

Please respect the facilities here today and leave everything just as you have found it. (Do not clean out your lorry/trailer and leave piles of manure in the fields and take Your Litter Home!)

Finally, I wish all competitors a safe and enjoyable competition.

Angela FynnDistrict Commissioner.

Timetable: Friday 15th

8:30am REGISTRATION Ards Leisure CentreOpen, Intermediate, Junior, Minimus & Fledgling 10.30am

9.00am SHOOTING Ards Leisure Centre Open, Intermediate, Junior & Minimus

10:00am SWIMMING Ards Leisure CentreMinimus, Open, Intermediate, Junior, & Fledglings 12.30

3:00pm RUNNING Whinney HillOpen, Intermediate, Junior, Minimus & Fledgling 3.00

2:00pm Course Walk Whinney HillCross Country Course open for inspection

Timetable: Saturday 16th

9:30am CROSS COUNTRY Whinney HillTack Inspection

10:00am CROSS COUNTRY Whinney HillOpen, Intermediate, Junior, Minimus

11:00am CROSS COUNTRY Whinney Hill Fledglings

1:30pm or as soon after FLEDGLING PRIZEGIVING

4:00pm approx. OPEN, INTER, JUNIOR & MINIMUS PRIZEGIVING

Classes 1. Open Boys2. Open Girls3. Intermediate Boys4. Intermediate Girls5. Mixed Intermediates6. Junior Boys (under 15 on 1st January 2016).7. Junior Girls (under 15 on 1st January 2016).8. Mixed Juniors9. Minimus (under 12 on 1st January 2016).8. Fledglings (under 10 on 1st January 2016).

Whinney Hill Challenge This is a separate competition which will have competitors from Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught.

Sponsors: We are indebted to our Sponsors. Please support them if you can.

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Fence 6 Gate jump Physio Plus – Comber – We offer the highest quality, comprehensive physiotherapy plus other fantastic health care services including chiropody, podiatry, pilates, yoga, thai massage, and counselling. Our aim is to fully explain, treat and rehabilitate all conditions back to optimal health to help prevent reoccurring injuries and improve quality of life.

Fence 10 Tyres McVeigh Engineering – Servicing, repairs and refurbishment of all types of equestrian vehicles. PSV & respraying carried out. 10% disc for Pony Club members 07970466028

Fence 16 Wood Pile NI Farm Forestry – A family run business selling Christmas trees, hand made wreaths, table centres and firewood/logs for stoves and open fires.5 Peartree Hill, Comber Rd, Dundonald BT16 1AX

Fence 17 Chair Archway Antiques, Greyabbey run by Boo Hughes for over 30 years. Buys& sells jewellery, pictures, furniture and collectables. 07703330900

Fence 18 Water Edwin Rea Contracts – For all your grassland management – round and square bales, Hedge cutting, Fencing, Shed and stable erection, Sand school construction, Cross country fences made both permanent and portable. 07855814074

Fence 20 Ski Jump TRI Equestrian NI – for all your equestrian needs @ Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan, Co Armagh BT66 6FD - gareth@tri-ni.com. Also @ The Curragh, Kildare

James Armstrong Auctioneers

Anonymous £75

ENTRIES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS

LEGAL LIABILITY

Neither the Organisers nor any person acting on their behalf, accept any liability for any loss, damage, accident, injury or illness to horses, competitors, spectators or any person or property whatsoever.

HEALTH, SAFETY and WELFARE

A riding hat must be worn correctly fastened when mounted. Pony Club members must wear a hat that conforms to The Pony Club hat rule (Rule 22 & Appendix A) and tagged with a Pony Club hat tag.The organizer of the event has taken all reasonable precautions to ensure the health and safety of everyone present.For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents occurring and must obey the instructions of the Organiser and all the Officials and Stewards.

RULESThe event will be run under Pony Club Rules 2016No horse or pony under 5 years old may competeJockey skullcaps and body protectors are compulsory on the cross-country courseAny outside assistance in accordance with Tetrathlon rules will incur eliminationCompetitors who are eliminated on the cross-country course must leave the course immediately at a walkPlease take your litter home - especially tape used to secure bandages or bootsWe are indebted to Ards Leisure Centre and Mr. & Mrs. Perry for the use of the facilities to run this event and we ask every-one to respect this privilege.

Please take your litter home - especially tape used to secure bandages or boots.

We are indebted to Ards Leisure Centre and the Perry family for the use of their facilities. Catering will be available on Friday afternoon at Whinney Hill and Saturday all day.

Officials Official Steward: Simpson CochraneDistrict Commissioner Angela Fynn

Shooting: Phase Steward R FynnFiring Point Steward P SintonTarget Stewart M CalderwoodScorers O Harvey & J ErskineMarshalling Steward M CalderwoodSecretariat H Rea, S McMillan, S Vollands

Swimming: Phase Steward P DewdneyStarter L CurrieCall up H ReaScorers Olive Harvey, R Calderwood

M CushleyScoreboard K McKibbenSecretariat H Rea, S McMillan, S Vollands

Cross Country Phase Steward S SterlingController/Commentator L Currie, J BankheadCourse Design J DemontmorencyCourse Builder J Demontmorency & teamTack Inspection I Kerr, J VollandsCall up C Jackson, T FynnStarters P Gick, R KeysParamedic/Ambulance E Ferguson & St John’sVeterinary Officer AM Carr & Jubilee VetsFarrier J GainsfordSecretariat S McMillan, S VollandsScorers O Harvey, M Cushley, R

Calderwood, C SintonFence Slip Collection J Burgess, W FindlayParking F McVeigh, M GirvinPhotographer R McCrackenCatering J Fleming, D McCaughan

Running Phase Steward J KeersStarter/Timekeeper S McGlennon, M RileyCall up I KerrScoreboard K McCaughan