South Western Association of the WPCS

The aim of our association is to promote welsh ponies and cobs (Sec A, B, C, D and part-breds) in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

If you would like to advertise on here (members only) or add anything useful and informative please contact Rob Curtis at Polmesk Stud or Janet or Sue Hardy at the address below. To have your own website and address advertised on this site please send us your web links.

Please check your details on "members" page and let me know if missing or wrong . If you would like to join us the membership form is at bottom of the members page. Please let me (Rob) or Janet or Sue, know if you feel any info is wrong or needs updating etc

For sale page updated August 1st 2010 !! please see new ad rules for ads over 6 months old on "For sale" page.

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It has come to our notice that there are remarks being made in public stating that there is no point in showing at the SWA Champion of Champions Show on 12th September because the result is a foregone conclusion.

Apart from the fact that this statement is absolute rubbish, cowardly not to put your name on it, more importantly it amounts to defamation of the judge and to libel.

We think we know who the perpetrators are and they are warned that if it can be proven, their membership of the SWA will be in jeopardy and they will be reported to the Welsh Pony and Cob Society as behaving in a manner that reflects badly on the Society.

Such stupid comments are not what we would expect our members to publish and such conduct is prejudicial to the good name of the Association and the Society. If you cannot support the events the SWA puts on and encourage others to do the same, then perhaps you should reconsider your membership of the Association!

This will be a special edition as it will be the 50^th Journal. Information relating to advertising will be issued to all members with the August/September Newsletter and in addition this information will be available on the WPCS website where there will be a facility to download the relevant advertising forms. Regular updates will also be posted on the website. However a list of provisional closing dates is below to help people get their adverts/articles in on time:

2^nd October ................. Editorial, reports, articles and obituaries to Editor.

For entries (including those who have already qualified for the Championship) please click here

Please will any Young Handlers that have not received qualification cards or feel they should have received one ;please get in touch with the secretaries

Miss Jenny WestlakeHome Humber, Bishopsteinton Road, TeignmouthDevon TQ14 9TE07795094414 Mrs Nicky McGuire Rockhill House, Kenton Exeter. Devon EX6 8LG 1626891422 phone before 9pm/mobile number 07894 093511

incorrect date for the Late Summer Medal Show!!! it should be September 5th 2010 NOT 29th August!! The committee apologies for this printing error and hopes it has not confused or upset anybody!!

Because of the above please note closing date for the SW Welsh Late summer Medal show has been extended to 27th August!!!

We are extremely grateful to our 2010 show and Event sponsors who are as follows:

We would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to sponsor any of our events in the future.

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Please note that the WPCS Office will be closed on 11th, 12th, & 13th August 2010, due to relocation.

As from 16th August 2010, the Office will reopen at:
Bronaeron,
Felinfach,
Lampeter,
Ceredigion
SA48 8AG

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In 2010 the non qualifier classes for ridden Section Cs and Ds were moved to the Monday from Thursday which was very lucky for those competitors because weatherwise that was the best day of the show. Later on the main ring was once again a sea of mud after Tuesday afternoon and night’s rain. In the ridden C’s Jan Mann was sixth with her mare WYKEN WELSH POPPY.and her grandson...Maerton Jack Daniels 3yr old sec C gelding, Twmbarlwm Napoleon/Maerton Mayfly by Wyken Rob Roy/Wyken Welsh poppy, also did his first RWAS 2010 - 7th and best gelding 3yr old filly/geld sec C.

Rob and Karen Curtis's Dhanak RS was placed 11th. Katie Chappell and Les Rayfield’s KENTCHURCH DELTA was fourth in the Welsh Cob gelding class. There were no members in the first six in the Welsh Cob stallion class.

The Section A judge Gwyndaf Edwards of the Fronbach Stud had some big classes to judge and seemed to favour the Hill Ponies. Sue Smith was fifth in the first class of the day in a big class of yearling colts with AFAN SEBASTIAN Gordon Hunter was eleventh in the two year old colt class with his homebred FIVEIRON TOP GUN. In the two year old filly or gelding class Gill Killey’s homebred TREFYNYS TAFFETA was fourth.

The Section B classes were judged by Deidre Chambers of the Ardgrange Stud. Entries were down on previous years but there were some good quality animals forward. Jamie Frost won the two year old filly or gelding class showing Les & Lorraine Partridge’s ROSEDALE MARHKERITA. In the three year old filly or gelding class Eunice Jarvis’s MILLCROFT ISOLDE was sixth. The four to seven year old brood mare class was won by John & Maggie Carter’s homebred MILLCRFOT LOTUS, shown by John and Anthony Carter. Lotus’ foal was second in the filly foal class. In the senior brood mare class Pat & Tony Fillingham’s homebred STOCKHAM MELODY was fifth and their foal, STOCKHAM MINSTRAL was fourth in the colt foal class

T J Roberts of the Pistyll Stud judged the Section C’s who were lucky and had the best end of the main ring on Thursday where they did have patches of green grass! Steve Patch’s homebred RIDGEHILL REBECCA was fourth in the barren mare or gelding four years and over class. Rebecca was the only pony belonging to a member that I could find in the results.

Gwyn Jones of the Fronarth Stud had the daunting task of judging the large classes of Section D’s...Calvin Higgs showed the yearling colt SOLLOWAY VERSACE for his father Tony and was third in the class. Again this was the only member I could find in the results. The winner of the senior brood mare class, Julia Evans homebred Haighmoor Glain went on to win the Prince of Wales Cup and the Cuddy’s.

The Welsh Part Bred were judged by D E Burking who judged at our Annual Medal Show. They had to cope with the centre of the main ring on Thursday which by then was like a ploughed field. I could not find any members listed in the results.

The HOYS ridden classes were held on the last day, Thursday, thankfully in the horse ring. In the section B class there were about 30 entries forward! John & Maggie Carter’s homebred MILLCROFT ISKA ROC was third. Above him in second place was Joyce Newbery’s Eyarth Osprey whom she bought from Jacky Wilson last Autumn. Unfortunately I do not have the Section D results.

The WHP classes were judges by Claire Willis-Burton, a member of the SWA and Jacky Webb. Elizabeth Lauder won several rosettes, in the not exceeding 122 cms she was fourth with GORFELYN GO LIGHLY and third with her homebred SKELWITH ROCKETS QUEEN OF OAKS and fourth with MORLYN WELSH JOY in the not exceeding 138cms class.

Well done everyone. Please do let me know if I have missed any one out so that I can include them for the Autumn Newsletter.

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If you have a good winning pony picture from any of our shows please send them to me to put on the website

Ben Orchard is willing to buy any spare Journals, he can be contacted on 07805923010 or stanraystud@hotmail.co.uk.

Please support one of our young Swawpcs showing members, Zoe Skyrme from Penryn in Cornwall.

She has been selected in the last 6 for the Showing world/Showing Council for Show Personality of the Year Award. She is in the Show Handler of the Year Section. It is down to the public vote. Link to their website is www.showingworldonline.co.uk . She is against stiff competition as you will see from the website! Link to voting for her is www.showingworldhosting.com/shandler.html

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SHOW CUPS AND TROPHIES

This is an appeal for anyone who has ever won a SWA cup or trophy to look and see if they have still got it, we are missing a few cups and in spite of the signed receipts accepting full responsibility whilst in their care, people deny still having them. Before going to the expense of replacing these missing cups, we would ask everyone to check extra carefully. If you find you do have one of the SWA’s cups please return it to a committee member or the relevant show secretary. We intend to start a list of people who have not returned cups and they will not be allowed to take any in the future and we may publish in the Spring Newsletter a list of those cups for which we have receipts but which the people who signed for them deny having.

PHOTOGRAPHS FOR WEBSITE

Please keep sending in photographs of ponies and cobs which have either done well and are owned by a member or ones that have been bred in the area. They must be good clear photographs of the ANIMAL. Also any interesting stories about ponies or cobs which would not necessarily do well in the show ring but do so much in advertising the attributes of the Welsh – the show ring is not the be all and end all of everything!! Rob’s e-mail address is karenofpolmesk@btconnect.com. If you do not have e-mail send the photographs to Rob and he will scan them in.

HORSE TAX Now scrapped!!

Young Adult Handler 2010.

!!Are you or will you be between the ages of 16 and 25, ie will you be 16 and over and under 25 during the year end Oct 2009 until end Oct 2010?

!!Are you showing Welsh ponies, cobs or part-breds, either your own or for other people?

Why not get a card and start collecting your points, for the young Handler of the year competition there are rosettes for everyone and a trophy to keep for the winner. Please e-mail for more details.

Roberta

mail@tresparrett.plus.com

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SILVER MEDALS AT THE ROYAL BATH & WEST SHOW

We are very grateful indeed to the following members for sponsoring the Silver Medals at this year’s Royal Bath & West Show which took place at Shepton Mallet on 2^nd – 5^th June 2010 with the M&M day on Friday 4^th June.

Section A: ALGREY STUD, (Mrs Janine Pickett), Summerfield Farm, Stour Provost, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5RU

Section B: MILLCROFT STUD (John & Maggie Carter), Dawlish, Devon EX7 0QX

Section C: KINGDOWN STUD (Mrs Wendy Richards), Newton Farm,Sturminster Marshall, Dorset BH21 4AN

Section D: BIRCHMORES STUD, (Miss Amanda Castle & Mr Craig McClellan), Sparkford Hall Bungalow, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7LD

WPCS PERFORMANCE COMPETITION

We are very pleased that we have been able to enter two teams for the Area Association category of this prestigious competition, these are:

RED TEAM

Section A: Mrs F Thompson’s POWYS JACK FLASH

Section B: Mrs L Sayers’ JANANDA MY VALENTINE

Section C: Mrs L Caldwell’s COEDNEIRIN SOLO

Section D: Miss L Isaac’s STEPLEY LUCKY LADY

Part-Bred: Miss J Talbot’s NICADAEMUS SCIMITAR

GREEN TEAM

Section A: Miss H Jean’s BENGAD STONECROP

Section B: Mrs M Tooze’s SCRAFTON HUBBLE

Section C: Miss A Fry’s OLDFORGE BERTIE

Section D: Mrs M Tooze’s ALLTWALIS SIR HARRY

Part Bred: Mrs L Sayer’s BERTIE BLANC

We very nearly won last year so keep your fingers and toes crossed that 2010 will be the SWA’s year! A big thank you to all the above members for supporting the Association in this way – and GOOD LUCK!

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"show dates and schedules" SCHEDULES NOW ONLINE!!

2009 Performance awards results click here now online

2009 Inhand points competition click here now online