The Central Ontario Region of Pony Club held its Regional Prince Philip Games Finals on Sunday, July 6 at Durward Farm north of Port Perry. Top three cumulative results are shown below, with complete order of finish meet by meet following.
At the A level, the team from the Temiskaming Pony Club won the championship, with Uxbridge-Scugog second. In the Masters competition, the Uxbridge-Scugog Cowboys finished on top, with a mixed Temiskaming/Uxbridge-Scugog/Durham team second and a mixed Huronia/Simcoe team third. Both the Temiskaming A team and the Uxbridge-Scugog Masters team successfully defended titles won in 2002.
The Regional A and Masters level winners go on to play for the Central Canadian Zone Champi-onship against teams from the Western Ontario and Saint Lawrence-Ottawa Valley Regions. The Zone Championships will take place July 23 at Durward Farm. The two top Central Zone A and Masters level teams then go on to their respective National Championships. The two top Central Canada Zone A level teams then play against representatives of other Zones for the National A Championship at the Ontario's Pony Club Tournament of Champions August 15. There is also a National Masters Championship, which will be hosted by the Alberta North Zone August 23-24
Pine Ridge Pony Club took the honours at the B level, with Uxbridge-Scugog second and a mixed Durham/Victoria team third. Uxbridge-Scugog and Temiskaming continued their rivalry at the C level, with Uxbridge-Scugog taking the Regional Championship, Temiskaming second and a mixed Victoria/Baltimore Hills team third.
The Prince Philip Cup Games are a team competition played by Pony Clubs around the world. The Games are played by teams of five riders and five ponies, four of which participate in each game. All of the Games are variations on the relay race, and all are great fun for players and spec-tators alike. Many of the Games require the riders and ponies to run a slalom course around a se-ries of poles from one end of the playing field to the other, where they hand-off something to the next rider on their team. In some races, riders have to vault off of and onto their ponies.
Here are the detailed results and standings.
A Division
| Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cumulative | Place |
| Temiskaming | 20 | 20 | 21 | 61 | 1 |
| Uxbridge-Scugog | 19 | 20 | 19 | 58 | 2 |
Masters Division
| Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cumulative | Place |
| Uxbridge-Scugog | 30 | 30 | 29 | 89 | 1 |
| Temiskaming/Uxbridge-
Scugog/Durham |
24 | 24 | 27 | 75 | 2 |
| Huronia/Simcoe | 16 | 15 | 14 | 45 | 3 |
B Division
| Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cumulative | Place |
| Pine Ridge | 45 | 43 | 37 | 125 | 1 |
| Uxbridge-Scugog | 43 | 36 | 40 | 119 | 2 |
| Durham/Victoria | 28 | 29 | 32 | 89 | 3 |
| Victoria | 28 | 32 | 24 | 84 | 4 |
| Maple | 14 | 24 | 23 | 61 | 5 |
| Simcoe | 16 | 13 | 30 | 59 | 6 |
| Green Lane | 12 | 0 (Dropped out) | 0 | 12 | NA |
C Division
| Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cumulative | Place |
| Uxbridge-Scugog | 41 | 39 | 42 | 122 | 1 |
| Temiskaming | 36 | 33 | 33 | 102 | 2 |
| Victoria/Baltimore Hills | 26 | 19 | 27 | 72 | 3 |
| Durham/Simcoe | 21 | 23 | 22 | 66 | 4 |
| Pine Ridge | 18 | 26 | 21 | 65 | 5 |
| Maple | 15 | 21 | 17 | 53 | 6 |
For details please e-mail Liz or Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Co-Chairs, or phone us at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home).