Thank you to our many loyal followers from all over the world as well as members, customers and staff for your kind messages now that The Ranch is closed due to the coronavirus. We hope you are all safe. The ponies are well and missing you.
We know that keeping children amused at home can be a challenge, so we are bringing you a the first of our series of “Crafty Pony” Shetland Pony Club TV episodes today. It shows you how to make a Pony Puppet, which can also be used as a pencil topper. We hope you enjoy making it and would love to see your photos of your creations. Do email them in to: info@shetlandponyclub.co.uk
Crafty Shetland pony pencil topper
You will need:
A wooden stick or a pencil
Cardboard
Wool or string
Strong glue – ideally a hot glue gun, but you can use any paper glue instead.
Googly eyes (you can draw them if you don’t have any)
A black or brown pen
Scissors
Make sure that you ask a grown-up to help you with the hot glue and scissors.
Find out how to make your Crafty Shetland pony pencil topper
Ranch closure and bookings rescheduling information
The Ranch remains closed until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic.
All paid bookings for March, April and May will be issued with a voucher code in the coming days, (please bear with us), to enable you to rebook at a future date to suit you.
All paid bookings from June onwards – should it become apparent that we are not going to reopen from June, all paid bookings will be issued with a voucher code in due course, to enable you to rebook at a future date to suit you.
Gift Vouchers – expiry dates will be extended if you are unable to utilise them within the current expiry period.
Party bookings until end May –party hosts have been emailed to agree on a route forward – do get in touch if you have a party booked with us.
Pony Share Members have received a separate email detailing how Pony Share Membership is being reorganised.
Refunds – We hope that you will support the ponies, if you are able to, by accepting a voucher code to ride in the future. Should you require a refund instead of a voucher code, please email us and we will organise this for you.
We are working hard to rearrange our programme for you and expect the office to be busy, so please be assured we will get to all enquiries as fast as we can.
Keep safe, thank you for your support – we will miss you all. Please be assured that we will be caring for the ponies and endeavouring to get you back in the saddle as soon as it is safe.
Our thoughts are with you all.
Small Ponies…Big Dreams from Rosemary and all the team and ponies at Shetland Pony Club
Urgent message – Shetland Pony Club closure from Wed 18 March 2020
I am writing to all our members, customers our team and the wider Shetland Pony Club community with an important announcement.
Following the latest government advice to avoid all non-essential gatherings we have decided to temporarily close The Ranch with immediate effect, to play our part in the global effort to stem the coronavirus spread.
The health of our members, children, staff, parents and grandparents who visit us is our priority, along with our wish to do everything we can to support the nation’s efforts at this difficult time.
We appreciate your ongoing support of the ponies and we will endeavour to get through this difficult time intact, so we can all enjoy pony riding long into the future.
With regard to the upcoming programme, The Ranch will close on Wednesday 18 March 2020, until further notice.
Bookings rescheduling
Pony Share Members will receive a separate email detailing how your Pony Share Membership will be reorganised.
Party bookings until end May – we will call all party hosts in the coming days to agree on a route forward with you.
All paid bookings for March and April will be issued with a voucher code in the coming days, (please bear with us), to enable you to rebook at a future date to suit you.
All paid bookings from May onwards – should it become apparent that we are not going to reopen from May, all paid bookings will be issued with a voucher code in due course to enable you to rebook at a future date to suit you.
Gift Vouchers – expiry dates will be extended if you are unable to utilise them within the current expiry period.
Refunds – We hope that you will support the ponies, if you are able to, by accepting a voucher code to ride in the future. Should you require a refund instead of a voucher code, please email us and we will organise this for you.
We will be working very hard to rearrange our programme for you and expect the office to be busy, so please be assured we will get to all enquiries as fast as we can.
Liz, Rosemary and Camilla in the office will be on hand to help.
We will continue to update you weekly via Shetland Pony Club TV every Wednesday at 4 pm and will be active on Facebook and Instagram and our website to keep you in touch with the ponies.
We have many loyal followers from all over the world as well as local members and we hope that wherever you are in the world as you read this, you keep safe, follow the guidelines and let’s pull together and support each other to get through these unprecedented times. Hopefully, we will be back riding our ponies over the Surrey Hills before long.
Camilla has made a lovely video this week reminding us that there is always hope and Spring is just around the corner. You can watch it here.
Keep safe, thank you for your support – we will miss you all. Please be assured that we will be caring for the ponies and endeavouring to get you back in the saddle as soon as it is safe.
Our thoughts are with you all.
Small Ponies…Big Dreams from Rosemary and all the team and ponies at Shetland Pony Club
Shetland Pony Club
The Ranch
Blue Bell Lane
Stoke D’Abernon
Near Cobham
Surrey
KT11 3PW
