Welcome to Pony Camp 2022. We hope you will have a wonderful week, develop your riding skills, learn more about caring for your horse/pony, make new friends and have lots of fun.
Venue Kilguilkey House, Ballyclough, Mallow
Dates Monday 4th – Friday 8th July 2022 inclusive
Admission Ponies will be admitted to Kilguilkey strictly from 8.45 to 9.15am on Monday morning 4th July.
Passports must be present on Monday and spot checks will be carried out. Please ensure that all vaccinations are up to date and correct- refer to website.
What to Bring!
Pony
- Bedding will be provided for your stable
- Bridle and saddle
- Head collar/lead rope
- Pony brushes/hoof pick
- Tail bandage/rubber bands for plaiting mane
- Saddle soap and cloth/sponge
- Hay/haylage and hard feed
- Water bucket/feed bucket
- Yard brush and yard fork
- Wheelbarrow or skip bucket
Rider
- Packed lunch and drink
- Pony club sweatshirt to be worn every day
- Cream/ beige jodhpurs
- Riding boots
- Helmet and Body Protector
- Gloves
- Pony club tie
- Rain gear
- Crop
- Biro and folder
Please ensure that all items you bring to camp are clearly labelled with your name.
Please be at camp from 8.45am every morning to feed pony and clean out your stable. You should be ready to be collected at 5pm every evening. All duties must be finished and yard cleared by 5pm every day.
Parents
To ensure the safe running of camp we need you to commit to help us on one day during the week.
Parent Duties (8.30am to 2pm and 1pm to 5.30pm)
- Monitor Main Gates from (8.45-9.15am and 4.30-5.15pm) and ensure closed at all times.
- Help small children with water buckets and wheelbarrows.
- Bringing biscuits and drinks to rides.
- Generally being available to help for smooth running of camp.
Duty Times are 8.45am-2pm and 1pm-5.15pm.
Friday Morning July 8h2022
Stables and area outside stables may be cleaned out once your child has gone out with his/her ride. The pony cannot return to the stable once it is cleaned out. The pony can be loaded into horse box once morning ride is over. The horse box must be attached to a vehicle prior to loading for insurance purposes. All items must be removed from tack rooms and all stables used as tack rooms have to be cleaned out.
Medical Condition /Allergies
Please inform us on booking of any medical conditions that we or instructors need to be aware of. Please ensure your child has any medication /inhalers they require with them at camp.
Please give a mobile contact number for emergencies and your permission for children to receive medical treatment if required with one of the committee members.
Thanking you in anticipation for your cooperation during pony camp week.
| VACCINATIONS FOR CAMP/COMPETITIONS |
| All ponies/horses must have Influenza Vaccination Certificates, which undeniably relates to that pony/horse, completed, signed and stamped on each line by a Veterinary Surgeon, who is not the owner of the animal. It must state that the pony/horse has received 2 injections for Primary Vaccination against Equine Influenza given not less than 21 days and not more than 92 days apart. In addition, a first booster injection must be given no less than 150 days and no more than 215 days after the second injection of the Primary Vaccination. Subsequently, booster injections must be given at intervals of not more than 1 year apart, commencing after the first booster injection. SUMMARY 1st Vaccination 2nd Vaccination 21days (3 Weeks) to 92 days (13 weeks) later. 3rd Vaccination 150 days (5 months) to 215 days (7 months) after 2nd Vaccination. THEREAFTER, AN ANNUAL VACCINATION (WITHIN THE YEAR) IS REQUIRED. IMPORTANT Please remember that it is important to keep your pony/horse fully vaccinated (a) to stop the spread of Influenza among other ponies/horses (b) you will not be allowed to enter some camps, competitions (RDS) without them. |