Snowball Farm Activities

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This is for children who would like to do more than just ride for an hour. They have a pony each for the day.

	Start at 10am
	Catch in your pony if old enough.
	Learn to groom and tack up your pony ready to ride.
	Lesson
	This is usually a Flat Lesson, to work on position and improve your ability to control the pony.
	Untack and put the ponies away.
	Yard Duties
	This includes tidying the stalls where the ponies live and giving them their lunch.
	Lunch Time
	Each child is required to bring a packed lunch with them

	After lunch tack up your ponies ready to ride.
	Lesson
	This is a Jumping Lesson, Hack or games.
	Untack the ponies and take out to the fields.
	Ready to go home at approx. 4pm
	Be prepared as once the children have been they just want more.

	Arrive Monday 10am
	Ride Twice Daily
	This includes:
	Dressage, Show Jumping, Cross Country
	Competitions:
	Combined Training, Handy Pony, Gymkana Games.
	Care of Pony:
	Children are taught to catch in, feed, groom, tack up and clean tack.
	Activities
	Swimming, Cycling, Sports Evening, Barbecue, Day Trip i.e. Thorpe Park.
	Pack Entertainment
	Pack entertainment is on the barbeque night, the children entertain the whole camp. Each pack puts on a sketch.
	Friday afternoon is the parents display which is usually a musical ride which the children sort out for themselves to show what they have learnt. After the display is tea and prize giving. Then home time, for a rest.
	If this is too much their is always own a pony day.

The camp gets split into different packs. There are usually two or three each containing 4-6 adults. Everyone gets points for anything from getting up on time to tack cleaning and pack entertainment.

The kids have to do it for a week can you manage a weekend.
How brave do you feel?

	Arriving on Friday Evening and set up camp.
	Then off to the pub.
	Saturday morning, now the fun begins
	Grooming, riding, tack cleaning, competitions and lectures.
	Evening Activities
	Barbeque and pack entertainment.
	Sunday Evening
	You can go home, have a hot bath and collapse into bed thoroughly?????

Day and evening pub rides go out on most Bank Holidays and some Summer evenings. We usually visit 4 pubs, so a minimum of 4 drinks. It's often advisable to have a lift waiting. Non riders welcome as we have cars going ahead of the riders to get the drinks in!

	The day rides start at approx. 11.30am and finish approx. 4pm.
	The evening rides start at approx. 6.00pm and finish just before dusk.
	If you think your posterior is up to it and would like to join us ask for dates of forth coming rides at the office.
	We are always happy to organize private pub rides suited to your requirments.

For adults and children who would like to have a go at Jumping Competitions. We hold 3 levels of competition on our own Horses and Ponies.

Tots Jumping:

This is a very small jumping course for the very nervous.
We gurantee to get each rider round the course at least once, even if we have to lead them round.

Novice Jumping:

For the slightly more competent rider. And if you get around the first course you will go round a shorter, second course against the clock.

Intermediate Jumping:

Now it starts to get exciting. As the Novice Jumping but the jumps are a bit higher and the course rides faster.

Who is in charge, you or the horse?

Want to put it to the test?

Come along to our dressage competitions.

You will be required to ride a series of simple movements in an order.

You won't have to learn the test. If you find it difficult we will be happy to call the movements out to you.

This competition is aimed at the Beginner and the Novice rider. everybody has to start somewhere so why not come along and give it a go.

You don't have to be able to do it all. If you are interested your instructor can have you practicing in your regular class lesson.

Combined Training:

If you have tried the Show Jumping and the Dressage why not come along and try both on the same night.

First you will be required to ride a simple dressage test followed by a course of jumps.

Penalty points are given for each discipline then the points are added together.

Rosettes are given to the best scores in both events. This time you are looking for the lowest mark to win.

Championship Trophies:

At each of our client activities there are points awarded to every competitor depending where they are placed. every competitor receives points, even if you don't get placed you can get a point just for taking part.

These points are added to the leader board after each event and at the end of the year there are Challenge Trophies to the winner of each category.

The categories are Children, Adults and Livery / Staff.

Northwood Riding Club

Meet at Snowball Farm once a week on a tuesday evening.

Opportunity for a non horse owner to join a riding club using school horses and benefit from all club lessons and activity's.

More information can be found at www.northwoodridingclub.co.uk

Own a Pony Day

Childrens' Summer Camp

Adult Camp
How brave do you feel?