12/07/2026
Our camp riders had the special treat of hitting the trails this morning. We had the entire camp walk down a section for a short ride. Where we then split off with our little riders turning back around. And our older riders took to the trails for 10km ride. We were also so privileged to have a guest speaker who has competed on the international stage in eventing and 2 olympics. We got to see photos of behind the scenes at olympics and heard about how he got to the international stage. Our riders then headed back onto their ponies for a cross country type session with tips and tricks on how to handle more difficult elements. With ponies exhuasted, parents tired and kids still buzzing with the excitement of camp we did our presentations for results from mini tetrathlon we ran saturday. Mia C taking out highest score across all ages taking home the pony club qld backpack. And just like that 3 days of fun, smiles, riding , ponies and friends became fond memories. We hope they sleep well tonight. Big thanks to Alex Peternell for donating his time friday and sunday including digging a training ditch, talk with kids and how he approaches elements in cross country. We had adult memebers support our trail ride thanks Alyssa, Mel, Kelly and Anita. We had amazing parents support riders on foot (some for the full 10km). Kelly and Anita took groups for poles and cross country. And big shout out to chef chris for the weekend and all our parents that baked extra snacks 😍😍 Cant wait for next years camp already.
