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Central Ontario Prince Philip Games Meet #2 Results

The Central Ontario Region of Pony Club held its second Prince Philip Games meet of the season on June 15, at Durward Farm north of Port Perry. Highlight results are shown below (complete order of finish and cumulative standings follow).

In the A division, Uxbridge-Scugog and Temiskaming finished the regular meet with the same score, and Uxbridge-Scugog won the tie-breaker race.

The team from the Pine Ridge Pony Club took first in the B division, with Uxbridge-Scugog second and Victoria third.

Uxbridge-Scugog won the C division, with Temiskaming second and Pine Ridge third.

In the Masters Games, for players 15 and older, Uxbridge-Scugog again took first. Uxbridge-Scugog is the defending Canadian Champion at this level. A mixed Temiskaming/Uxbridge-Scugog/Durham team placed second and Huronia came in third.

Here are the detailed scores.

A Division
Team Meet #1 Meet #2 Cumulative
Temiskaming 20 20 40
Uxbridge-Scugog 19 20 39

B Division
Team Meet #1 Meet #2 Cumulative
Pine Ridge 45 43 88
Uxbridge-Scugog 43 36 79
Victoria 28 32 60
Durham/Victoria 28 29 57
Maple 14 24 38
Simcoe 16 13 29
Green Lane* 12 0 12

*  The team from Green Lane did not compete in Meet #2

C Division
Team Meet #1 Meet #2 Cumulative
Uxbridge-Scugog 41 39 80
Temiskaming 36 33 69
Victoria/Baltimore Hills 26 19 45
Durham/Simcoe 21 23 44
Pine Ridge 18 26 44
Maple 15 21 36

Masters Games
Team Meet #1 Meet #2 Cumulative
Uxbridge-Scugog 30 30 60
Temiskaming/Uxbridge-

Scugog/Durham

24 24 48
Huronia/Simcoe 16 15 31

The Prince Philip Cup Games are a team competition played by Pony Clubs around the world. The Games are played by teams of five riders and five ponies, four of which participate in each game. All of the Games are variations on the relay race, and all are great fun for players and spectators alike. 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 will be the Regional Finals on July 6. Points accumulate over the three meets, and competition at all levels is very close. After the first two meets, only one point separates the two A teams, and the largest gap between first and second in any division is 12 points. 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 24; Central Ontario Region is hosting this year's Central Canada Zone Championships on July 23. The two top Central Canada Zone A level teams then play against representatives of other Zones for the National A Championship at the Ontario's Pony Club Tournament of Champions August 15. There is also a National Masters Championship, which will be hosted by the Alberta North Zone August 23-24.

For details please e-mail Liz or Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Co-Chairs, or phone  us at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home).