The Irish Pony Club

Tetrathlon Information for 2012:

Long List - Junior Tetrathlon

For those on the Tetrathlon Long list, training will start in Athy at the end of February. Details will be posted here.

Please contact your DC or John Flood (087 2228850) if you wish to be added to this list.

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Juniors
Invitation to UK Junior/Intermediate Regional Competition - expected to take place week-end of 9 & 10 June, 2012 in Milton Keynes.

All those interested are asked to complete a Nomination Form and ask their DC to sign same.

They will be added to a ‘Long List’. Training days will be arranged in Feb. 2012 from which a squad (30) will be selected to train further (Mar. to June) and travel.

There is no national Senior Tetrathlon training at the moment.

ABOUT TETRATHLON

Tetrathlon is a very demanding competition with four parts: swimming, running, riding, and shooting.

The Aim of The Pony Club Tetrathlon is to provide Members with a challenging competition requiring sound practical horsemanship and general athletic ability. Thus all-rounders should be encouraged to further their interest in riding and the horse generally by combining riding with other activities, thereby retaining their interest in The Pony Club.

The Tetrathlon originated as a competition for boys, but there are separate competitions for girls, under identical rules except where otherwise stated. Boys’ and girls’ competitions are run separately from each other, though they may take place at the same event.

SCORING

The Pony Club scoring system is similar to the Modern Pentathlon method in that competitors score positive points according to the standard of their performance in each phase. In the Running and the Riding Phases, they are based on standards of 1,000 and 1,400 respectively, competitors having marks deducted or, in the Running, bonus marks added, according to their performance compared to the standard. In the Shooting and Swimming positive marks are awarded for shots on the target and distances swum and on scales such that scores are commensurate with those of other phases.

Ideally each phase should have an equal influence on the final result (except that riding should have slightly more weight).

The scores of a competitor in each of the four phases are added together to give his overall score for the Tetrathlon. To earn an overall score a competitor must start each phase and must continue until eliminated or compelled to retire.

Please refer to the

Irish Pony Club Tetrathlon Rule Book

See also

Cross Country Tack Sheet