Congratulations to our C Testers 2022

Well done to Adam Sweeney, Aoibhinn Lucey, Kate O'Riordan, LilyMay Cronin, Sarah McGuire & Siobhán O'Halloran who all successfully passed the C Test in April.

2022 D&D+ Test
February 2022

Super proud of our youngest members starting their learning journey by passing their D&D+. The test was held in late February and we are delighted that all candidates passed. Onwards and upwards for Claragh O'Connor, Ellie Mae Lee Murphy, Emily Macken, Isabelle Cooney, Josie McCarthy, LilyMay Cronin, Sarah McGuire and Zuzia Rogalska

Christmas Jump(er) Rally

Our members dug out their festive jumpers and tinsel for our Christmas Jump(er) rally. Molly O'Connor ran a fun rally and gave everyone a chance to brush up on their jumping. 

 A great way to end our activities for 2021. 

Jumps Ahead Final - November 28th 2021

The club is so proud of our members who worked so hard and represented us so well across the four legs of the Jumps Ahead League. Our members who qualified for the final were Aisha, Alyisha, Amelia, Ciarán, Diarmuid, Jessica, Grace, Harriet, Laura, Leah, Nicola, Sarah and Siobhán. Unfortunately Aisha and Grace couldn't attend on the day, but everyone else jumped their hearts out on Sunday.
60s
Sarah McGuire - 8th in the Final
Siobhán O'Halloran - 10th in the Final
70s
Jessica Kiernan - 1st in the Final & 3rd in the League
Ciarán O'Halloran - 7th in the Final
Alyishia Forde - 10th in the Final
80s
Leah Murphy - 7th in the Final
Nicola Kiernan - 8th in the Final & 5th in the League
90s
Diarmuid O'Halloran - 4th in the Final
1m
Laura O'Sullivan - 4th in the Final & 2nd in the League
Diarmuid O'Halloran - 5th in the Final
Aisha Aksoy - 6th in the League
Amelia Scott - 8th in the Final
1.1m
Harriet Scott - 1st in the Final & 1st in the League
Aisha Aksoy - 4th in the League

The second Jumps Ahead Date coincided with Halloween.

The costumes were fantastic. Well done to our very youngest - Alice O'Callaghan, Aoibheann Lucey, Sarah McGuire, Siobhán O'Halloran and Zuzia Rogalska - you are the future - we are so proud of you. Special mention to
Nicola Kiernan - 5th in the 80s
Nicola Kiernan - 1st in the 90s
Aisha Aksoy - 4th in the 1m
Amelia Scott - 5th in the 1m
Harriet Scott - 1st in the 1.1m
Aisha Askoy - 2nd in the 1.1m
Ella Buttimer - 4th in the 1.1m
Thanks to all our members who entered into the spirit of things in their costumes and well done to those who took home costume prizes - . We think our DC Lene should have got a best costume of the day prize but maybe we're just biased!! 

Mid October saw the first of our Jumps Ahead Dates.

We had 17 members taking part across the day and we couldn't be more proud of them all. A special mention to our youngest members, Isabel Walsh, Lily Walsh. Sarah McGuire, Siobhán O'Halloran and Zuzia Rogalska who did us so proud in the Starter Stakes and 60s and to Bobby Reardon who did the 70s. 

Our older members gave it their all too with special mention to
Jessica Kiernan - 1st in the 70s
Ciarán O'Halloran - 5th in the 70s
Grace Kiernan - 5th in the 80s
Diarmuid O'Halloran - 6th in the 90s
Laura O'Sullivan - 3rd in the 1m
Harriet Scott - 5th in the 1.1m
Aisha Aksoy - 6th in the 1.1m

Three successful H Candidates.

Muskerry Pony Club celebrated again in early October as three of our members achieved the Irish Pony Club H test certificate. Well done Nicola, Orna and Tara for all your hard work across the summer. A great achievement from all three members and a fabulous inspiration to our younger members. 

Fun Club One Day Event - September 2021

Muskerry Pony Club dusted down our xc fences and had a great fun One Day Event in late September. Some of our youngest members took on their first ODE, with thanks to Molly O'Connor for minding them. Thanks also to Shota Niikura for supervising proceedings and for the dressage feedback (with scribe Orna O'Mahony). Finally and most importantly many many thanks to our wonderful host Eddie and family. Unfortunately we don't have many of our youngest members but there was no shortage of photos of the older ones taking on the XC fences!! 

Huge Congratulations to our two successful B+ Testers

Muskerry were extremely proud of our two senior members Molly O'Flynn and Tara O'Sullivan who successfully passed their B+ test in mid September. Getting a test at this level is a huge achievement and proof of both hard work and commitment. Well done both of you from everyone in the club.

IPC National Tetrathlon Championships

14th & 15 August 2021

Diarmuid O'Halloran was the only Muskerry member competing at the National Tetrathlon Championships, in Killossery Lodge, Swords Co Dublin and Ballinakill, Co. Laois. Competing at Senior level for the first time, Diarmuid did us proud in four sporting disciplines. His team came second in the senior boys category.

Muskerry were well represented at the various Eventing qualifiers across the summer. There were Muskerry members at the one day events in Crecora (July 11th), Kilguilkey (August 7th), and Ballindenisk (August 15th). Congratulations to Diarmuid O'Halloran who came 4th in the Intro Intermediate in Crecora, and 6th in the same class in Kilguilkey. Congratulations to Laura O'Sullivan who came 4th in the Intro Intermediate in Kilguilkey. Well done also to Alyisha Forde, Ciarán O'Halloran, Frankie Lucey, Grace Kiernan, Jessica Kiernan, and Róisín Lucey who all represented the club so well. At the end of the summer of ODEs, Diarmuid O'Halloran, Jack Lucey, Laura O'Sullivan, and Nicola Kiernan all travelled to the Eventing Championships in Tattersalls in late August.

Camp 2021

Kindly hosted by Eddie & Ursula McDonagh

Muskerry Pony Club had a wonderful Camp from June 30th to July 2nd. Kids and ponies were delighted to be back out and about in the sunshine. Many thanks to our instructors Norma, Shota and Wayne we had three fantastic days of fun and learning - roll on 2022. Large Gallery of photos so happy clicking/swiping!!

Congratulations to Our D & D+ Testers

Sunday May 9th - Lee Valley EC

Success for all twelve candidates - well done, your club is super proud of you. Welcome also to our EIGHT new members who were part of this group. We are looking forward to getting to meet you over the coming weeks and months.

2020 Christmas Jump(er) Training Rally

Restrictions didn't allow us have our usual Christmas Party, but boy did we have fun at our Christmas Jump(er) Training Rally with Elena FitzGerald. We trained over various fences and finished off with a fun Accumulator jumping Challenge.

XCrountry Training Rally

In late November we managed to get two groups out training in Coachford Equestian Centre. Wayne Santry made sure everyone was safe and learnt lots but there was also no shortage of fun to be had.

C Test Success for our Members

After a false start with our C Test Training in the spring our members came at it again in the Autumn. Across September the members trained hard and they successfully completed their test in early October. Many thanks to our trainer Norma Lucey and examiners. Well done to all of them.

C+ Test

We also had members who worked hard toward and successfully completed the C+ test. Some of these members had also started the training in the spring but were determined to complete. Training took place in September and all the Muskerry members including one from Carbery were successful. Many thanks to their trainer Ellen Beardsley and their examiners Mary Allen and Marie Hennessey (who also kindly hosted us). Well done all. 

B Test Success

Despite Covid and intermitant lockdowns our member Nicola Kiernan managed to complete her B test training over the summer and successfully completed her test in early September. Well Done Nicola (and Marty!) - What a great achievement

3 Day Clinic

All our club members were so disappointed when our annual Pony Club Camp could not happen in early July. It is the highlight of our club year and was sorely missed. We did however manage to have fun at our three day clinic later in July. We trained across two days and did a practice one day event on the final day. Lots of learning and fun and many thanks to Lucey Equine Centre who hosted us.

E, D and D+ Test

Everyone's pony club journey begins with their D test (our even younger members begin with their E test). Our 2020 candidates are happy to pass their test in early March. Well done everyone.