Forbes Pony Club riders will represent their Zone this week at the Pony Club State Tetrathlon Championships to be held in Denman in the Hunter Valley. The event sees riders compete in a variety of sports in a version of the Olympic Pentathlon event and requires the competitors to be all round athletes. Competitors will ride a show jumping round, run a cross country course, swim and shoot.
President Gary Tomlinson is excited about the members being able to compete at this level and in a different type of equestrian sport. Competitors from the Club will be Tess Worland, Jemma Hodder and Jake Tomlinson with a fourth rider Freya Hooper unfortunately having to withdraw.
“It is so great to have so many keen young riders in our Club wanting to have a go at something different and be competitive”, said Mr Tomlinson.
“Who knows, we may even run our own tetrathlon here in Forbes one day!”
Forbes Pony Club meets regularly for Rally Days and membership is now open. For enquiries please contact the club secretary at forbesponyclub@gmail.com