Brian Lee

Brian Lee is a 23 year old Dressage competitor from Inland Empire region. He studies Computer Science in college. He is HA rated member. He took his A rating last week but did not meet standards. He plans on taking it again next year. He save money to come to championships. He is really sweet. I got to trade my Middle California pin with him for his Inland Empire pin.

 His hobbies are running cross country, breaking things, and building things.

I got to talk to Brian and his team mates after their rides today.

Mounted Disciplines

Today, August 9th was the second day of riding for Dressage & Show Jumping. Games started today with a ver fun and colorful parade of the teams. I have some very colorful photos of it here.

The Tetrathlon competitors did their show jumping round today.

Tet competitors also did their running round today (I went on a warmup run with them. So, I didn't get to take any pictures.)

Dressage competitors were treated to Ice cream. But, they ran out of Vanilla before I got there. So, I didn't get any Ice Cream.

Sarah Carmela Ponzini

Name: Sarah Carmela Ponzini

Favorite foods: I love pasta, vegetables, ice cream, salmon, and polenta

Like or not like about Pony Club: At first I really didn’t like how you had to jump in Pony Club to advance. I was really really afraid to do it. But I ride a wonderful horse, her name is Pure Maple Syrup and she really helped me get over my fear of jumping. Now I love it and want to do it more often.

Looking forward to in the Championships:  I am looking forward to meeting new friends

About my horse: Her name is Pure Maple Syrup and she belongs to my good friend Sarah Lochran. Maple is a great friend and horse. She is very patient and cares about the rider she is carrying. She is very smart too and she loves to jump which really makes me feel safe!

Hobbies outside of horses: I like sports, designing wedding dresses, swimming and baking.

Pets: I have 15 land hermit crabs, a german shepard mixed dog I got to name Nala when I was little and a cat named Boo Boo.

Funny story about yourself: When I was about three my neighbor had two chickens named Millie and Lillie and they used to run free in our front yard and I would spend all day chasing them all around the front yard

Erin Woodall

Erin Woodall is from the Kentucky National Office. She works at the bookstore.

This is Erin's interview.

Creaky Rousten

Creaky is the dressage judge for championships. She is very nice.

This is the interview.

Kirstin Mennella, Kent Mcneil and Heather Rankie - Dressage Horse Mangement Team

Kirstin Mennella shares a cat with Kent. She likes riding, travel, salsa dancing, and pottery. She loves seeing all the pony clubbers and friends and making new friends. She likes the team work that pony club emphasises. She says it builds strong life skills and that there is a lot of freindly people in pony club. 
She spent the last two months in Japan. During that time, she volunteered at a Japaneese Dude ranch. The people on the ranch were not as clean as a pony clubber. "I started cleaning the buckets like a good pony clubber would. Because I was American, they wanted their ranch to seem American, they followed my lead and everyday they cleaned the water buckets. "

Kent Mcneil lives in San Fransisco but is moving to Australia. He is enjoying the weather at Woodside. He plays Polo and Rugby, makes pottery, cooks, and gardens. Kent has a cat named Kunoichi which is Japanese for " female ninja". Once in japan he went to see fire works on the beach with some friends he made. The went into the ocean and got their clothes. He went to his friends house and they insisted that he take a shower and wear their clothes. Kent ended up spending the rest of the week in Japanese pajamas.

Heather Rankie has dog named Lily. She is part of the Horse management team for Dressage. She loves to travel. She also likes knitting and cooking. She likes to meet new people. She was a PonyClubber when she was younger.

Wendy Abbott

Wendy Abbott lives in Montara and is in Moon Valley Pony Club. She has a yellow Labrador named Maizey who is 9 years old. Wendy has been riding for 3-4 years. She is enjoying volunteering, greeting people, and watching ponies school in X-country. She thinks Pony Club is the best and that it gives the opportunity not just to ride but to learn about safety and dismount to. Wendy says " I'm very forget full. I can remember stories of when I was 9 but if you asked me what I had for dinner last night I couldn't tell you.

Elise True

Elise true is the stable manager for 2 teams. She lives in Oakland and is in Briones Valley Pony Club. She has 1 dog. Elise doesnt have her own horse and she competes in Eventing. She likes to hang out with her friends and go to the beach. She likes that in Pony Club there is always oppurtunity and that it's very structured and how everyone is held to the same rules

Move In day

Cathy Stack , Carol Anderson and Elise True

Today is the official move in day for the mounted disciplines (like Dressage, Games, Show Jumping, and Tet).  Dressage and Show Jumping had nice nuetral zones set up.

There was a canopy set up near the entrance to direct all the trailers that were coming in. I was helping out there with Wendy Abbott.

The Quiz competions are still going on. They will be dome tomorrow and have their awards ceremony.  I met two girls from Oregon region Megan and Rebbeca that I met in the annual meeting at Houston,TX. Megan also came to take th HA rating hosted by MidCal. It is a lot of fun to see folks from other regions and also see them again in the same year.

Megan and Rebecca at USPC 2010 Annual meeting Houston,TX

Beth Young

Beth Young is in the Eastern Pennsylvania Region but she was in Santa Cruz county. She is the Chief HM Judge and a life time member of Pony Club. She has 2 horses named Che' and Serena, a border collie and hond mix named Angeline, and a cat named Bonnie. Her hobbies are gardening, making hay, scuba diving, reading, and voluntering at a theraputic riding center. Beth likes Pony Club because its so much fun getting to meet people from all over the place. She is proud of the way Pony Clubbers take care of their horses. "Even though Eventing is my favorite sport, now that I have been involved with all of them they are all my favorites." Beth says. A funny story about her is Once when she was in college some friends of hers tricked her into river rafting down the Colorado River. She went camping with them and they hid her car and said "You're coming with us." So they went rafting and their raft flipped over. She broke her hand had to fly in a small plane to the nearest hospital.