The Central Ontario Region of Pony Club held its second Prince Philip Games meet of the season on June 11 at Durward Farm north of Port Perry. Highlight results are shown below, with complete order of finish for this meet and also cumulative results following the highlights.
In the A division, Uxbridge-Scugog placed first in this meet and continued to lead the cumulative standings. A mixed Temiskaming/Victoria team came second, followed by the Uxbridge Scugog/Simcoe "Terminators."
Uxbridge-Scugog also took first in the B division, and widened its lead in the cumulative standings, with the Simcoe "Chargers" second and Toronto & North York third.
Simcoe took the honours in the C division for this meet, and moved into a tie for second overall, with a mixed Simcoe/Temiskaming team second and in Durham third place. The mixed team stayed in the lead overall, with Durham tied with Simcoe for second.
In the Masters Games, for players 15 and older, the Uxbridge-Scugog "Cowboys" again claimed first place, and widened its lead in the season standings. A team with members from the Durham, Temiskaming and Northwoods Pony Clubs again finished in second spot and the Uxbridge-Scugog in "Rangers" were again third.
Now the details.
A Division
Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cum. Total |
Uxbridge-Scugog "Hoof Hearteds" | 31 | 28 | 59 | |
Uxbridge-Scugog/Simcoe "Terminators" | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
Temiskaming/Victoria | 19 | 24 | 43 |
B Division
Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cum. Total |
Uxbridge-Scugog | 42 | 46 | 88 | |
Simcoe "Chargers" | 39 | 38 | 77 | |
Toronto & North York | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
Waussnodae | 26 | 20 | 46 | |
Victoria | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
Maple | 22 | 26 | 48 |
C Division
Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cum. Total |
Simcoe/Temiskaming | 25 | 23 | 48 | |
Durham | 24 | 20 | 44 | |
Simcoe | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
Victoria/Uxbridge-Scugog | 17 | 14 | 31 |
Masters Division
Team | Meet 1 | Meet 2 | Meet 3 | Cum. Total |
Uxbridge-Scugog "Cowboys" | 52 | 55 | 107 | |
Durham/Temiskaming/Northwoods | 44 | 45 | 89 | |
Uxbridge-Scugog "Rangers" | 38 | 29 | 67 | |
Uxbridge-Scugog "Indians" | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
Toronto & North York/Arete de Chene/Baltimore Hills/Pine Ridge "Outcasts" | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
Simcoe/Maple | 25 | 28 | 53 |
The Prince Philip Cup Games are a team competition played by Pony Clubs around the world. Many of the Games require the riders and ponies to run a slalom course around a series 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.
The next meet in the regular season will the Regional Finals on July 2. Points accumulate over the three meets, and competition at all levels is very close. The Regional A and Masters winners go on to play for the Central Canada Zone Championship against teams from the Western Ontario and Saint Lawrence-Ottawa Valley Regions on July 19, with Central Ontario Region hosting the meet this year. The two top Eastern Canadian A level teams then play against Western Canadian representatives for the national championship on August 26-27, hosted by Central Ontario. There is also a National Masters Championship on August 12, hosted by the British Columbia Lower Mainland Region.
For more details e-mail Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Chair, or call him at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home).