RACHEL Ware, aged 17 of Spooners & West Dartmoor Branch, will be going to The 2011 Pony Club Hunting Exchange in the USA, in the Commonwealth of Virginia and State of Maryland, during March 1-9.
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Pony Club Members aged 16-25, with their full Pony Club B Test or higher, were invited to apply for selection on the exchange with over 20 members applying.
After much consideration Rachel was selected along with Amy Lawson-Croome, 20 (Tynedale Hunt Branch), Joanna Dunn, 19 (Craven Hunt Branch) and Lauren White, 18 (Curre Hunt Branch).
Hosted over nine days by the United States Pony Club (USPC), the trip will also be joined by four Members from Irish Pony Clubs, as well as the United Kingdom and USA Pony Club Members. Participants and chaperones will be staying with Pony Club host families or hunt members.
Hunting will take place in Northern Virginia in and around Middleburg, with some of the oldest hunts in the country, and just to the north in Maryland, home to many steeplechase enthusiasts and excellent hound packs.
In addition to hunting, there will be a trip to Washington, DC for sightseeing, farm tours, and an afternoon at a Point-to-Point and of course enough time for the all important socialising!