West Waterford Pony Club

Please see the Irish Pony Club Tetrathlon Page for general information on the IPC Tetrathlon competitions.

Our club has again started to participate in the tetrathlon after a break of a few years. At the moment it looks likely that there will be participants in the years to come. Whereas, this is an extremely exciting competition and everyone tremendously enjoys the competition itself, beware that the training for it takes up a serious amount of time.

Swimming Training
Swimming training for the Tetrathlon usually starts in April. It is on once a week, so when you get the text you can book in for this. Tetrathletes who have siblings doing the Minimus might find it more convenient to train with the Minimus group starting in February. We have been holding our swimming lessons in the Aura Leisure Centre in Youghal.

Running Training
You will have to organise your own running training since we found that trying to organise another day to suit all was impossible. A lot of our Tetrathlon participants have joined their local athletics club.

Shooting Training
We have been organising gun shooting training for our junior tetrathletes the last few years. However, we will probably not be able to offer pistol shooting training for the senior tetrathletes. In the past our seniors have done their shooting training with neighbouring pony club branches. We will try to organise this again if there is demand.

Cross Country Riding Training
You can participate in our general xc rallies to prepare for the xc phase of the Tetrathlon, but we will also organise special Tetrathlon xc trainings that are only open to Tetrathlon participants. Once you are on the Tetrathlon list you will receive text messages about these trainings.