Last Sunday we hosted a friendly games competition against Cottesmore Pony Club.  What looked like it was going to be a rainy washout of a day turned into glorious sunshine and lots of fun was had by all.  Cottesmore bought along a senior and junior team and we had our own junior team competing together for the first time and two senior teams - girls v boys - both competing against a mixed Cottesmore team.  Cottesmore seniors managed to beat us over all followed closely by our Burghley girls and by one point only our Burghley boys!  Great fun was had by all involved with much team spirit and encouragement on the sidelines from mums and dads.  All the ponies behaved really well with the Burghley ponies and riders being exceptionally well turned out too which was a great credit to us! Friendly competitions are good fun and get all the ponies and riders used to competition conditions without the pressure so it was a great fun start to the season and we are now looking forward to challenging Cottesmore on their home ground in May.  So if any more of you fancy having a go at team games why not come along to our training sessions and joining us in challenging The Cotts - details of all the training sessions appear on the website.

 

Emma Windsor