PONY CLUB Tetrathlon
Tetrathlon is a challenging four phase competition requiring practical horsemanship and general athletic ability involving running, riding, swimming and shooting.
• Running phase: The senior boys run over a 3,000 metre course while senior girls and all juniors run over a 1,500 metre course and each competitor’s time is measured.
• Swimming phase: The senior boys swim for 4 minutes, senior girls and juniors swim for 3 minutes.
• Shooting Phase: Senior boys and girls shoot using an air pistol of .177 calibre at 10m. air pistol targets from the standing position. Junior boys and girls shoot using an air rifle of .177 calibre at 10m. air rifle target lying in a prone position. Scores from all four phases are added together to arrive at an individual score for each member. The best three individual scores are calculated to arrive at a team score.
Tetrathlon News
Laois Hunt Pony Club Fun Minimus & Tetrathlon Training Day.....UPDATED
Laois Hunt Pony Club Fun Minimus & Tetrathlon Training Day Sunday 29th May 2022, Swim at K Leisure Athy, Co.Kildare. Run & Ride at Stradbally Hall Estate by kind permission of the Cosby Family.
Carlow Hunt PC Fun Minimus / Tetrathlon Training Day
Carlow Hunt Pony Club, Fun Minimus / Tetrathlon Training Day, Sunday 22nd May 2022.
Minimus & Tetrathlon Squad Announcement
The Tetrathlon committee are pleased to announce the following squads:
Minimus Squad
Julie McDonald -Waterford Hunt
Isla Coad – Wicklow Hunt
Ellen Medlycott – Wicklow Hunt
Lucy McCarthy - Newcastle Lyons Kildare
Emmet Walsh – Waterford Hunt
Jonty Purcell -Scarteen Hunt
Patrick Fitzgerald O’Connor – Waterford Hunt
Patrick O’Callaghan Tipperary Hunt
Junior boys
Jamie Hargaden – Carlow Hunt Pony Club
Peter Galligan – Wicklow Hunt
Tom O’Rourke - South Westmeath
Sonny McCartan – Co. Limerick Hunt
Alexander Maher - Golden Vale Hunt
John Asple James – Island Hunt
Aron Reid - Kildare Hunt
Daniel Sargent – Kildare Hunt
Sean Cooke – North Kilkenny Hunt
Emmet Walsh – Waterford Hunt
Darragh Walsh – Waterford Hunt
Oisin Whelan – West Waterford Pony Club
Peter Verling - West Waterford Pony Club
Michael Bowe - Wexford Hunt
Max O’Reilly – Tipperary Hunt
Teddy Turner – Duhallow Hunt
Zach Palmer – Tipperary Hunt
Harry Lowe - Sth Westmeath
Junior Girls
Grace Quinn – Leitrim
Anna Murphy – Carlow Hunt
Sahara Smith – Carlow Hunt
Ali Fitzpatrick – Duhallow Hunt
Grace Forde – Duhallow Hunt
Victoria Roche – Duhallow Hunt
Caroline Roche – Duhallow Hunt
Ella Lombard – Duhallow Hunt
Anna O’Callaghan - Tipperary
Isabelle Walsh – Kildare Hunt
Katie Dillon - Kildare Hunt
Ellie Dillon – Kildare Hunt
Hanora Brady – Leitrim Branch
Lucy Martin- Kildare Hunt
Hazel Gleeson – Newcastle Lyons Kildare
Sinead Greene - South Westmeath
Emily Quinn - Leitrim
Margaret Verling - West Waterford
Lucy Minihan - Wexford Hunt
Cora finn - Wexford Hunt
Molly hennessy - Wexford Hunt
Charlotte Goor – Wicklow hUNT
Lucy O’Rourke - South Westmeath
Louisa Hussey - Galway Mid County
Yvonne Daly – The Kingdom
Tianne Kelly - Wicklow Hunt
Emma Hickey - Wexford
Amalie Henson - South Westmeath
Due to Covid, inactivity and lack of training opportunities, Tetrathlon has chosen a large training squad, all members will be invited to training sessions. A final travelling squad will be chosen at a later date which will include a trial of all four phases:
Pistol shooting
Running
Swimming
Cross country assessment.
Inclusion in the squad is not an automatic right to travel. Tetrathlon committee reserves right to make adjustments to theses squads at any time.
Best of luck and enjoy the season.
John Flood (Tetrathlon Chairman)
Tetrathlon Training 2022
Tetrathlon Training for all Seniors and Juniors (NOT MINIMUS) will take place on Sunday 16th January 2022. Swimming, Athy pool 8.00am, followed by running & shooting in Stradbally Hall (11am - 1.30pm. Any enquires contact John Flood on 087-2228850
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Congratulations to all Tetrathletes who travelled to Lough Neagh
A large contingent of tetrathletes representing the Irish Pony Club competed in the Area 17 Tetrathlon on the shores of Lough Neagh last weekend.
In sweltering conditions the IPC team performed extremely well. The boys won the Intermediate and Junior team Competitions as well as the open and intermediate individual . The girls teams won the Open, Intermediate and Junior team competitions and the Open, Intermediate and Junior individuals.
The Minimus team also won their-competition with all competitors preforming very well. The IPC tadpoles also did us proud. Well done to all concerned.
Irish Pony Club Tetrathlon Shooting Training Protocol
The Irish Pony Club Tetrathlon committee have issued the following guidelines for Branches for Tetrathlon Shooting Training.
Irish Pony Club
Phone/Email
- ph: +353 (0)56 883 2966
- fax: +353 (0)56 883 2965
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