Massey Pony Club

30/09/2024

RALLY COACH 24-25 SEASON 🐴

Introducing Cassidy Coleman as a junior rally coach for the upcoming season!

Cassidy started riding when she was 4 years old and spent most of her younger years here at Massey where she has very fond memories. She has two horses and enjoys pleasure riding, but she is also a very competitive mounted games rider! We’re looking forward to utilising her skills and incorporating more games into our rallies. Cassidy is also a qualified physiotherapist.

“This season I am most looking forward to getting to know all of the exciting new faces and helping them to expand their knowledge and gain confidence in their riding.”

30/09/2024

Still planning to enter? ✍🏻
Get in quick! ⌨️

Due to low entries at this stage we will be making a decision on the 11th of October as to if this event will proceed or be postponed to a later date.

🔴 You can enter now and pay later when entries close! ✔️

Inhand, Lead Rein and Kindy are half days ➖ $40
Novice Pony, Novice Hack, Maiden and Open, you choose if you wish to do a half day or full day!
Any questions get in touch directly through our Facebook to one of our members!

Massey hopes to see you there!

26/09/2024

RALLY COACH 24/25 SEASON 🐴

We’re thrilled to introduce Maya Hegh as an intermediate rally coach for the season!

Maya is a very well known and established showjumping rider and coach who has competed up to 1.30/40 and young rider level. During her time in pony club she also competed in lower level eventing and show hunter and has a great grounding in all disciplines. She firmly believes that establishing solid flatwork is key for all combinations and certainly practices what she preaches! Crediting this for her success with training her showjumping horses.

She accredits pony club for giving her riding a solid grounding, creating a fun, supportive and social environment, and giving her a love for riding. Although she was never a Massey PC member, she has fond memories of competition and cross country practices at the club.

“After guest coaching a couple of rallies last season, I am so excited to be back and watch the development over the season! I look forward to sharing my knowledge and having a fun summer.”

We still have some spaces available in our

17/09/2024

RIDER REPRESENTATIVE ❤️

We’re so proud to introduce our club rider representative for the upcoming season, Grace O’ Sullivan!

Grace has been attending Massey Pony Club for over 5 years and has always been actively involved in rallies and events. She is mature beyond her years and shows admirable initiative; assisting riders in need, putting her hand up for jobs and bringing new ideas to the table - All with a huge smile!

We have no doubt that Grace will do a wonderful job of being the ‘go to’ person for our riders and we look forward to working with her this season.

“This season you’ll see me out and about on my horse Mallowpuff, we do all sorts together but our favourites are probably dressage and showjumping! I also love natural horsemanship and liberty and trained a Kaimanawa foal earlier this year. I’ve been coming to Massey since I started riding when I was 9 and have always loved the pony club and all the fun initiatives that come with it! Rallies and camps have always been my favourite days/weeks of the year. I am super excited for my role this season and am looking forward to meeting new families and helping out at all the events!”

17/09/2024

Don’t forget to book your spot for camp! Always loads of fun, but also an opportunity to get to know some of this seasons fabulous coaches and fellow riders and get a head start on your training!

Email: [email protected]

Spring is here and along with it, the details for our ever popular Spring Camp! 🏕️🐴 🍿

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE! All enquiries and bookings to 👉🏼 [email protected]

17/09/2024

A super fun event at a fabulous all-weather facility and the first opportunity of the season to represent your district ❤️ Get those applications in!

Attention all riders interested in representing West Auckland District at the Inter Club Mini One Day Event competition, hosted by Kumeu District, to be held at Woodhill Sands on Sunday 27th October 2024. A MINI One Day Event (ODE) is one where the rider completes their dressage as usual and when it...

16/09/2024

MEET OUR COMMITTEE ❤️

Name: Izzy Wheeler

Role: Grazing Manager and Rally Coach

Favourite part of my role: Helping riders to achieve their goals, gain confidence and learn new things over the season!

A little about me: I have two horses of my own, a 4yr old who I am producing to event and my best boy Blu who I have had for 10 years!

Fun fact: Outside of horses I have two degrees and am currently pursuing a Masters in Biology 👩🏻‍🔬

16/09/2024

We are super excited to announce our first event of the 2024 - 2025 season an open in hand & ribbon day! 🎉🎀

Join us on the 20th of October for a fabulous, relaxed and welcoming event! There’s a class for everyone to give it a go!

Email masseyponyclubevents to enter! ✨

Hope to see you there!

15/09/2024

🌱 SPRING/SUMMER GRAZING 🌱

Still some spaces available! Utilise our fabulous facilities, make new friends and attend a range of club events, rallies and training opportunities onsite by joining us for grazing this season! Limited spaces available from the 28th of September.

✔️ 48 acre equestrian park with SJ’s and an extensive XC course.

✔️Large all weather arena with mirrors.

✔️ $45 p/w per horse (must be a MPC member).

Visit: https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/grazing/ for further information and to apply.

If you have any queries please feel free to email us: [email protected]

12/09/2024

🥂 ADULT RIDE COACH & COORDINATOR 🥂

We’re so pleased to welcome Symantha Pope back as our Adult Ride coach and coordinator for the 24/25 season!

Symantha has just returned from coaching in America and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role. Her coaching style focuses on building confidence and helping riders to find what they enjoy most and she was very popular with our riders last season!

“Last season I had an absolute blast coaching! I adored the attendees and enjoyed coaching a range of different levels, adapting to various rider abilities. I’m looking forward to seeing our adult riders again soon!”

There are still some spaces left in our Adult Ride as well as grazing for the season, to apply/join visit 👇🏼

Membership: https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/membership/

Grazing: https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/grazing/

11/09/2024

🌱 GRAZE WITH US 🌱

Utilise our fabulous facilities, make new friends and attend a range of club events, rallies and training opportunities onsite by joining us for grazing this season! Limited spaces available from the 28th of September.

Visit: https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/grazing/ for further information and to apply.

If you have any queries please feel free to email us: [email protected]

09/09/2024

INTRO TO PONY CLUB PROGRAMME

Spaces still available!

Not all those who love horses have the opportunity to have a pony of their own. Our Intro to Pony Club Programme is designed to cater for our aspiring young horse owners and riders with a focus on safety and fun whilst learning about all things horse care and getting a feel for what Pony Club is all about!

🐴 10 week course.
🐴 Suitable for ages 5-13yrs.
🐴 Tuesday evenings, commencing in October.
🐴 Pony not required.
🐴 First NZPCA certificate.
🐴 Learn about all things horse care.
🐴 Lead rein riding.
🐴 Run alongside junior and senior rallies.
🐴 $230 including all NZPCA fees.

Want to know more? Send us a message! We’re always more than happy to chat and answer any queries.

08/09/2024

MEET OUR COMMITTEE ❤️

Name: Erin Swainston

Role: Event Secretary and Rally Coach

What I love about my role: Putting on events hosted at Massey PC that are fun, friendly and stress free for junior and adult riders, I love to see the smiles from people having great days and also meeting new people that haven’t been to an event at our club before.

Being a coach is so rewarding I love it and am thrilled to be back coaching again this season! My favourite part about coaching is supporting young riders and helping them to develop strong riding foundations, build confidence and achieve both personal and competitive goals.

A little about me: Outside of pony club I work in the change management/project management space, so skills I have from this kind of work come in handy coordinating events!

Fun fact about me: Im a third generation horse rider in my family and have been riding for 20+ years! I also compete competitively myself, eventing to 105 level hoping to step up to 1* this season!

03/09/2024

Spring is here and along with it, the details for our ever popular Spring Camp! 🏕️🐴 🍿

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE! All enquiries and bookings to 👉🏼 [email protected]

01/09/2024

RIDER HEALTH & FITNESS 🤸

As riders we understand that our horses are athletes and manage their care and physical condition so that they’re able to perform at their required workload comfortably. But what about our physical wellbeing? Yes, riders are athletes – and your fitness matters too! Riding requires a certain level of coordination, symmetry, strength and endurance.

Here are our tips for rider health and fitness heading into the new season!

💪🏼 Strength training: Add some low intensity strength training into your routine. Planking and Pilates-style exercises target your core, improving your stability in the saddle and the accuracy of your aids. Make sure these are age and fitness level appropriate for you.

🏃🏼‍♀️ Make time for cardio: Whether it’s walking to school or work, jogging, biking or dancing - Working on your endurance will help you to be more effective throughout your ride in its entirety and also mean you can better regulate your breathing - Something we know our horses are very sensitive to!

🍎 Fuel your body: Eating a balanced diet of lean proteins, fats and carbohydrates and avoiding too many processed foods will not only have you feeling fitter, stronger and more energised but it is also proven to help you to maintain focus and a healthy mindset!

🧘🏼‍♀️Streeeetch: In order to be relaxed and effective in the saddle riders need to have a certain degree of flexibility. Incorporating stretching into your pre-ride routine will improve your flexibility and can also help to prevent injury. A low lunge targets your hips, groin and quadriceps and will assist your ability to move with your horse more harmoniously.

This season we’re incorporating more rider-specific fitness and health into our pony club rallies to help our riders to perform at their very best 🥇

If you would like to join us, enrolment is still open 👉🏼 https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/membership/

01/09/2024

Couldn't make it to enrolment?
No worries! Click the link below & enter online via the Nominate link.

https://www.masseyponyclub.co.nz/ #/membership/

Any queries please email [email protected]

31/08/2024

We’re here until 2pm. Come down and say Hi! 👋🏼

SAVE THE DATE 📅

It’s that time again! Save the date and join us to get your enrolment in for a brand new, action-packed season with Massey Pony Club!

There’s something for everybody 👇🏼

Intro to Pony Club Programme:

🔺 10 week course, Tuesday evenings.
🔺 Pony not required.
🔺 NZPCA certificate.
🔺 All things horse care taught in a fun, safe environment.

Junior & Senior Rallies:

🔹 October-April, Tuesday evenings.
🔹 All NZPCA certificate levels catered for.
🔹 Fun, enthusiastic coaches with a holistic approach.
🔹 Plenty of variety with opportunities to compete and improve across all disciplines.

Adult Ride:

🔸 October-April, Wednesday evenings.
🔸 All levels, ages and stages catered for.
🔸 Encouraging, social, low pressure environment.
🔸 Knowledgeable, understanding coaches across all disciplines.

Want to see what we’re all about? Look out for further details on our open night - Wednesday the 21st of August.

Not able to make it to enrolment? Online enrolments welcomed! A link will be available on our website on enrolment day.

www.masseyponyclub.co.nz

26/08/2024

HEAD COACH 24/25 SEASON ⭐️

We’re thrilled to introduce Darryll MacDougall as our head coach for the upcoming season!

Darryll is an experienced eventing rider and pony club, adult ride and private coach. She has a holistic approach to educating both horses and riders and prides herself on building confidence and helping combinations to reach their full potential. Darryll was our head coach for the 22/23 season before taking some time off to have her little boy and we’re so pleased to have her back with us.

“I’m rapt to be back (albeit, with a plus one!), Massey has a great community feel and I love working alongside their committee, parents and riders - We have some exciting things planned this season, watch this space!”

Don’t forget! Enrolment is THIS SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 📅 In person and online.

20/08/2024

Join us TONIGHT at 6pm for our open evening!

👋🏼 Meet the team and ask Q’s
🧀 Nibbles provided
🥤 Drinks available

Presentations from:

🌱 Fiber Fresh Equine - New Zealand
💆🏼‍♀️ LW Equine Therapy
🍎 Dynavyte

$10 entry to fundraise for new event equipment.

📍 Massey Pony Club clubrooms, 85-87 Glen Rd, Ranui.

See you there!

19/08/2024

HORSE & PONY FITNESS - ARE YOU SEASON READY?

The new pony club season is fast approaching and It’s important that your horse or pony is properly conditioned for the job at hand. This will not only ensure he is happy and comfortable in his work, but greatly minimise the risk of injury. It will also mean that you can get the very most out of your pony club rallies and everything that your coach has in-store for you!

Here are our top tips for preparing your equine partner for the new season:

✔️ Get your pre-season checks done 👉🏼 Ensure that shoeing/trimming, dentistry, saddle fitting and physio/bodywork are all up to date.

💪🏼 Put together a fitness plan specific to your horse or pony 👉🏼 This should show a slow, steady progression in intensity with a variety of work (get out of that arena!) and take approximately 12-16 weeks from spelling condition through until peak fitness.

🍎 Review nutrition 👉🏼 Supplemental feeding amounts depend on many variables - Weather/temperature, grass growth and energy requirements and should be adjusted accordingly.

We look forward to seeing all of your beautiful horses and ponies in October!

18/08/2024

The new season is just around the corner! Join Darryll MacDougall at Brookfield Estate on Saturday the 12th of October for some XC skills exercises to improve balance, rhythm, accuracy and confidence as a combination 🙌🏼

Bookings via private message, text or email.

Get those fundamentals down-pat 👊🏼

14/08/2024

ADULT RIDE 🥂

Want to get out and about with your horse, improve your relationship and technique and socialise with like-minded individuals? Join our Adult Ride group!

🔸 October-April, Wednesday evenings.
🔸 >21 only.
🔸 All levels and stages catered for.
🔸 Encouraging, social, low pressure environment.
🔸 Fantastic facilities - Dressage, SJ & XC.
🔸 Knowledgeable, understanding coaches across all disciplines.

Want to know more?

OPEN NIGHT 👉🏼 Wednesday 21st August.
ENROLMENT 👉🏼 Sunday 1st September (online and in person).