Pennine
Polocrosse Club Newsletter
May 2001
Well,
here it is, the first newsletter of 2001 - how exciting!
As we all know the recent foot and mouth outbreak has affected the season so
far, but remember there's still plenty of tournaments, including the Regionals
and the Nationals.
Don't forget though, it's essential you keep practising for these as they are
not far away and your skill and horse's fitness are important in the selection
process.
HORSES
Horses must be worked hard to make and keep them fit for the season, according
to what they will be doing, so plenty of cantering work in the field is necessary,
not just a quick 10 minute hack! There's a Doncaster practise for the Regionals
the weekend before they take place there and your horses should be fit well
before then.
Remember, feed is also essential to your horse's fitness and the most important
rule is to feed according to weight, type and work load. If your horse is fat,
feed it less bulk, but don't forget to help its energy levels through feed,
they always need energy, especially for polocrosse! If you have any problems
or questions about either working or feeding your horse, speak to Martin or
Keith.
There's a number of members with new horses for this season, so good luck to
them, especially those of you attempting to do pick-ups on bigger horses!!
NEW
MEMBERS
As well as new horses there has been a considerable number of new members to
our club who are all showing great enthusiasm and potential. So, welcome to
you all and we hope you enjoy yourselves this season and also many more to come.
SQUADS
Well done and good luck to those of you going to the squads on the 9th and 10th
of June. We hope everything goes well and a further congratulations to Laura
Otter who was also selected as a reserve for the Junior squad.
TELEVISION
CREW VISIT
Some much needed publicity is on the agenda for our sport - at last!! Ellen
Brookes has organised for cameras from the television programme Transworld Sport
to attend an upcoming tournament and include chukka footage and interviews in
one of their programmes.
The filming will take place at either Liscombe Park on 30th June to 1st July
or Arden on 7th and 8th June, so if you want to try and get your 5 minutes of
fame, make sure you go to these tournaments and more importantly make sure you're
nice to Ellen!! I'm sure small gifts wouldn't go unnoticed!!
THEY'RE
BACK!!
A big welcome back to Guy Robertson and Rachel Johnson. Having returned from
travelling to New Zealand, America and Thailand (and playing plenty of polocrosse
along the way!) they are looking tanned and cheery, although not enjoying our
typically English weather, which obviously does nothing for their tans! Anyway,
it's good to have you back.
It's also good to see Olly Beckerlegge back in the saddle, although it's a somewhat
larger saddle for a somewhat larger Olly - gone are the days of 11hh ponies!
We hope to see more of you this season.
THEY'RE
GOING!!
As we gain a Beckerlegge, we'll also be losing one towards the end of the season
as Edward heads off to Western Australia. He's leaving on the 15th September
for a fun-filled trip of polocrosse, travelling and some more polocrosse, let's
just hope he remembers his shoes!
Well-known and trusty steed Oscar is also heading off on a trip. However, he's
not going as far as Edward because he's only going up to Northumberland and
will definately still be appearing on the polocrosse scene - after about 8 years
he'd be confused otherwise!