NEWS
Popular children’s hunt
starts kids drag hunting
T
o introduce young
riders to the sport of
hunting with hounds
the Rand Hunt organises an
annual Children's Hunt at the
Inanda Country Base in Blue
Hills.
This meet is aimed at giving
children and young riders a
chance to experience the
excitement of being out with
the hounds, but in a slower
and safer context than a fullon adult hunt.
Members of SA Pony Club
branches from around
Gauteng traditionally take
part and at the most recent
event riders from the Rand
Hunt, Khaya Lami, Riverpark
and Walkerville branches
participated.
The Rand Hunt itself
allocated extra hack masters
for groups who were 'first
timers' and for those who
prefer to take it a little slower
or who prefer not to jump the
obstacles on the course.
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W’VILLE SHOW
With the backdrop of the
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base for both the Southern
Transvaal branch of the SA
Pony Club and the Walkerville
Polocrosse club.
National showing judge,
Gregory Goss, fondly remembers competing in many
showing and showjumping
horse shows in his youth, run
by Pat and Phil Yeo.
The dual purpose competition
arena enjoyed a makeover in
2013 as the centre of the
speedway track was changed
into a sand arena for horse
events with the sponsorship
and help of a number of local
businesses and individuals.
The 2016 Walkerville Horse
Show which forms part of the
agricultural show is a two day
event and will consist of the
ever popular show jumping
classes from 40cm to 1m, a
mounted games competition
and some in-hand and ridden
showing classes for all breeds.
53rd Walkerville Agricultural
Show, riders will be spoiled
for choice for food, drink
and entertainment in
A correctly-attired SA Pony Club
member at a previous Walkerville
Show: Courtney MacKenzie of the
Walkerville Branch.
between competition classes.
VCR Media House will be
handling all the show's
entertainment and will have
their outside broadcast unit
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DROUGHT That's not to say, however, that
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costs incurred in undertaking a
planting at all.
What this means is that
estimates of necessary maize
imports to cover the shortfall
in local production have
diminished from the initial
gigantic total of seven million
tons, to something closer to
half that.
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food costs have not already
risen ~ and will continue to
rise in coming months.
But if you think the situation is
bad in South Africa, spare a
thought for Zimbabwe, where
estimates put four million of its
population at risk of starvation
as a result of the drought.