Big equestrian event
One of the biggest equestrian events in Australia and New Zealand, the Springston Pony Club teams competition, will be held at Geraldine on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The aim of the annual event, which is held at a different venue each year, is to provide teams competition for South Island pony-club members who have little chance of qualifying for the New Zealand pony-club championships. The competition was first held at Springston nine years ago and has become so popular that this year 49 teams of. six riders will come to Geraldine. Each team will include two senior riders (aged 16 and under),
two intermediates (aged 14 and under) and two juniors (aged 12 and under). ? The teams will come from as far awaj> as Nelson and Southland, with a team also entered from the West Coaist for the first time. There will be dressage events on Friday, a crosscountry event on Saturday, and show jumping on Sunday. The venue will be the property of Mr Jack Ellery, of Belfield, a few* kilometres north of Geraldine. The organising chairman, Mr Ken Ward, said everything was . ready for the influx of people today and to* morrow. Sub-committees, had organised accommodation and catering.
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Press, 28 August 1980, Page 4
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