tootsietoo
Well-Known Member
Just wondering if anyone here is involved in organising stable management rallies/training for the horse and pony care competition and achievement badges. I have been organising mini badge rallies for a while (I'm a parent, not an instructor), and just started doing some rallies with the aim of getting a team together for the H&PC competition - these are pitched at a higher level than the mini badge rallies.
The PC website and literature is fairly unhelpful on how badges should be awarded. I've been giving the mini badges to all who attend the mini badge rallies, but now I've got a mixed age group coming to rallies and I'd like to give an achievement badge (ie. the big ones) to the older children and a mini badge to the younger ones, but not sure where the age cut off should be, and whether I should be actually testing the children a bit more before awarding a big achievement badge.
Obviously I can ask our DC/chief instructor to decide, but it would be interesting to know how other pony clubs do it - advice appreciated.
Thanks
The PC website and literature is fairly unhelpful on how badges should be awarded. I've been giving the mini badges to all who attend the mini badge rallies, but now I've got a mixed age group coming to rallies and I'd like to give an achievement badge (ie. the big ones) to the older children and a mini badge to the younger ones, but not sure where the age cut off should be, and whether I should be actually testing the children a bit more before awarding a big achievement badge.
Obviously I can ask our DC/chief instructor to decide, but it would be interesting to know how other pony clubs do it - advice appreciated.
Thanks