THE PONY CLUB MOVEMENT

Pony Club is a Youth Movement and uses the horse as a focal point of interest to train its members in the aims and objectives.
The Pony Club member must learn to understand and care for their pony, while at the same time learning to improve their riding skills.

PONY CLUB AIMS & OBJECTIVES

To encourage young people to ride and learn to enjoy all approved kinds of sport connected with horse and riding

To provide instruction in horsemastership and to instill in members the proper care of their animals

To promote the highest ideals of fellowship, citizenship and loyalty and to cultivate strength of character and self-discipline.

THE PONY CLUB IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

There are 81 Pony Clubs affiliated with the PCAWA, of which 68 are presently active. Each Club is also a member of a Zone, which is a regional group of Clubs. There are thirteen Zones in Western Australia. For Club contact details for any Club affiliated with the PCAWA, phone, fax or email office@pcawa.com

The Pony Club, through its activities, is a world wide youth organisation for those interested in horses, ponies and riding.

It is the largest association of riders in the world.

It is a voluntary youth organisation which exists to promote the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people, encouraging in them an awareness of responsibility, sportsmanship and citizenship.

The Pony Club differs from other youth movements because the horse is used as the main centre of interest around which to cultivate strength of character and self-discipline.

The OBJECT of the Pony Club is to encourage young people to learn to enjoy all kinds of sport connected with horses and riding and to provide instruction in riding and to instill in members the proper care of their animals.