On Saturday, April 28, 164 members of 20 Pony Club Branches took part in the Central Ontario Region Quiz at Sutton District High School in Sutton. Quiz includes an oral test, a written test and a visual test, in which competitors must identify unusual horsey objects. Teams can also enter display projects based on one of several pre-set themes (separate competition). The divisions in Quiz are based on age and knowledge level. The D, D1 and D2 levels are for the youngest and least experienced pony clubbers, the C level for the intermediates, and the A/B level for the oldest and most experienced. D and D1 competition is on a team basis only, while the others compete as both individuals and teams.

In the display projects, in which Branches competed across all levels this year, Sudbury and Oshawa tied for first place, with Kawartha third, Pickering fourth, Tynedale fifth and Durham sixth.

Team standings were as follows:

A/B Level

Oral

1. Napanee/Timberline mixed team (Ann Revill, Christina Meyer, Charlotte Richmond).
2. Uxbridge-Scugog/Tynedale mixed team (Allison Birdsall, Allison Pascoe, Heidi Breen).
3. Pine Ridge/Toronto & North York/Prince Edward County mixed team (Christy Barnes, Sabrina Welter, Jillian Baker).

Written

1. Napanee/Timberline
2. Pine Ridge/Toronto & North York/Prince Edward County
3. Uxbridge-Scugog/Tynedale

Visual

1. Pine Ridge/Toronto & North York/Prince Edward County
2. Napanee/Timberline
3. Uxbridge-Scugog/Tynedale

Overall

1. Napanee/Timberline
2. Pine Ridge/Toronto & North York/Prince Edward County
3. Uxbridge-Scugog/Tynedale

C Level

Oral

1. Napanee/North Bay (Stephanie Meyer, Roanne English, Matt Frederick)
2. Eglinton (Maya Kennedy, Courtney Langer, Brian MacInnes)
3. Uxbridge-Scugog (Lisa Pascoe, Zoe Brown, Mandy Marsella)
4. Huronia (Michelle Leuty, Megan Taylor, Danielle Denis)
5. Kawartha (Megan Mattos, Jessie Loucks)
6. Tynedale (Becky McQuaig, Jessica Harcourt, Janna Sassur)

Written

1. Ajax (Sarah Bortoluss, Ingrid Piat, Elizabeth Sandford)
2. Oshawa (Tiffany Kift, Sarah Kift, Amber Snow)
3. Prince Edward County (Andrea Baker, Victoria Baker, C. H.)
4. Victoria/Pause Awhile (Kayla Wilkens, Kylie Pinder, Emily Fisher)
5. Eglinton
6. Napanee/North Bay

Visual

1. Tynedale
2. Victoria/Pause Awhile
3. Napanee/North Bay
4. Oshawa
5. Eglinton
6. Ajax

Overall

1. Ajax
2. Oshawa
3. Victoria/Pause Awhile
4. Napanee/North Bay
5. Tynedale
6. Eglinton

D2 Level

Oral

1. Durham (Julia McGill, Jordan Thompson, Cori Barnes)
2. Pickering (Ashley Milne, Katelyn Powell, Lyndsay Harrison)
3. Tynedale (Hayley Goodchild, Anna Suckling, Bronwen Taylor)
4. Uxbridge-Scugog (Kathy Robertson, Martha Warriner, Lindsey Forkun)
5. Muskoka Lakes (Lara Harmon, Lisa Carswell, Meredith Boddington)
6. Sudbury (Britt Miller, Morgan Methe, Laura Demchuk)

Written

1. Durham
2. Muskoka Lakes
3. Uxbridge-Scugog
4. Ajax (Dawn O'Neill, Mallory Jones, Amy Caldwell)
5. Tynedale
6. Huronia (Michelle Breedon, Alysia Mansfield, Gail Atkinson)

Visual

1. Uxbridge-Scugog
2. Huronia
3. Tynedale
4. Ajax
5. Muskoka Lakes
6. Maple (Samantha Quinn-Steinberg, Kristin Mogg, Kim Carty)

Overall

1. Durham
2. Uxbridge-Scugog
3. Muskoka Lakes
4. Tynedale
5. Ajax
6. Huronia

D1 Level

Oral

1. Pause Awhile (Sara Brumwell, Kate Jordan, Nicole Vidinu)
2. Prince Edward County (Stacey Adler, Sheena Baker, Sondra Shantz)
3. Huronia (Alex Freemark, Phillip Denis, Rebecca Compton)
4. Durham (Kristen McNight, Andrea McGill, Kayla Neal)
5. Oshawa (Melissa Cowan, Courtney McFarlane, Johanna McKeen)
6. Ajax (Hailey Earhart, Sara Monnikendam, Erika Belanger)

Written

1. Muskoka Lakes (Fiona Semkow, Megan Gooch, Courtenay Boddington)
2. Tynedale (Christina Chamney, Claire Goodchild, Danielle Heft)
3. Oshawa
4. Eglinton (Dana Kennedy, Kelly MacQuarrie, Jessie Brownrigg)
5. Ajax
6. Prince Edward County

Visual

1. Muskoka Lakes
2. Pause Awhile
3. Victoria (James Moreshead, Sarah McBride, Anora Welwood)
4. Ajax
5. Oshawa
6. Prince Edward County

Overall

1. Muskoka Lakes
2. Oshawa
3. Ajax
4. Prince Edward County
5. Eglinton
6. Victoria

D Level

Oral

1. Maple (Katie Stephenson, Philip Lewis, Rebecca Alkalay-Houlihan)
2. Tynedale (Morgan Taylor, Genrys Goodchild, Veronica Gray)
3. Eglinton (Meaghan Doerner, Jenna Rosset, Stephanie Armstrong)
4. Muskoka Lakes (Jessie Smellie, Claire Hutchinson, Laura Fife)
5. Oshawa (Sarah Conboy, Vicki Francey, Jennifer McKeen)
6. Pause Awhile (Sera Bellinger, Alice Donoghue, Staci Thompson)

Written

1. Maple
2. Ajax (Lauren Cappelletti, Kristen Cappelletti, Laura Grant
3. Eglinton
4. Oshawa
5. Sudbury (Josee Losier, Sadie Carriere, Rene Montpellier)
6. Tynedale

Visual

1. Oshawa
2. Eglinton
3. Ajax
4. Sudbury
5. Durham (Chelsey Horton, Rebecca Simmons, Kathleen Barnes)
6. Victoria (Jessie Ball, Alexandria Kelly, Kaley Fountain)

Overall

1. Maple
2. Eglinton
3. Ajax
4. Oshawa
5. Tynedale
6. Sudbury

Individual Standings (Written, Visual and Overall; Oral is team-only)

A/B Level

Visual

1. Heidi Breen, Tynedale
2. Christy Barnes, Pine Ridge
3. Charlotte Richmond, Timberline
4. Sabrina Welter, Toronto & North York
5. Jillian Baker, Prince Edward County
6. Allison Birdsall, Uxbridge-Scugog

Written

1. Charlotte Richmond
2. Ann Revill, Napanee
3. Christina Meyer, Napanee
4. Heidi Breen
5. Christy Barnes
6. Jillian Baker

Overall

1. Charlotte Richmond
2. Ann Revill
3. Heidi Breen
4. Christina Meyer
5. Christy Barnes
6. Jillian Baker

C Level

Visual

1. Becky McQuaig, Tynedale
2. Jessica Harcourt, Tynedale
3. Kayla Wilkens, Victoria
4. Megan Mattos, Kawartha
5. Tiffany Kift, Oshawa
6. Stephanie Meyer, Napanee

Written

1. Tiffany Kift
2. Kayla Wilkens
3. Sarah Bortoluss, Ajax
4. Kitty Baker, Toronto & North York
5. Megan Mattos
6. Elizabeth Sandford, Ajax

Overall

1. Tiffany Kift
2.  Kayla Wilkens
3. Becky McQuaig
4. Megan Mattos
5. Stephanie Meyer
6. Sarah Bortoluss

D2 Level

Visual

1. Lindsey Forkun, Uxbridge-Scugog
2. Jordan Thompson, Durham
3. Amy Jordan, Kawartha
4. Anna Suckling, Tynedale
5. Katelyn Powell, Pickering
6. Gail Atkinson, Huronia

Written

1. Jordan Thompson
2. Julia McGill, Durham
3. Lara Harmon, Muskoka Lakes
4. Kathy Robertson, Uxbridge-Scugog
5. Martha Warriner, Uxbridge-Scugog
6. Hayley Goodchild, Tynedale

Overall

1. Jordan Thompson
2. Julia McGill
3. Lara Harmon
4. Kathy Robertson
5. Gail Atkinson
6. Martha Warriner

The top four individual competitors at the A/B and C levels will form teams at each level to represent Central Ontario at the National Quiz to be hosted by the BC Islands Region in Victoria on Thanksgiving weekend. At the D2 level, ribbons went to the top competitors.

For details contact Liz Inglis or Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Co-Chairs, at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home), or call Catherine Burke, Central Ontario Regional Quiz Chair, at 416-407-2010 (home).