The Story of Our Club

​​Williamstown Horse and Pony Club is a small and unique club situated within 8km of the Melbourne CBD and 1km to Port Phillip Bay. Our size does not prevent us from supplying a program of instruction which boasts enormous variety and high-level instruction. 
 
Instructors are drawn from both our long-serving, dedicated, experienced team and from a range of expert visiting instructors.  We also host a range of both Club and inter-club competitions.  Every year we host our Annual Pony Club Gymkhana (usually in October) which includes a President's Cup show jumping qualifying event.  Our inter-club events are both well-received and competitive.
 
Williamstown Horse & Pony Club members enjoy the very special privilege of being eligible to agist in our paddock with limited capacity.  The Club very gratefully leases this land in Altona from the Mobil refinery.  More information on membership and our club, it's rallies, competitions and agistment opportunities can be found on this website.  Please make contact for more information.

Our Life Members

Life Membership of the Williamstown Horse & Pony Club is offered to a special group of people who have given the club service exceeding that expected from club supporters, coaching staff or members. We wish to thank them by offering this special acknowledgement with Life Membership.

​Our Life Members are....
  • Pat Walker
  • Pat McDonald
  • Jan Kuit
  • Lesley Whitehead
  • Jenny Atkin
  • Pauline Alker
  • Lynne Gane
  • Leigh Kilpatrick
  • Deirdre Krausgrill

Rules & Conduct

By-Laws of the Williamstown Horse & Pony Club

These by-laws are the Club’s policies and procedures and must be read in conjunction with the Club’s Rules of Incorporation (Constitution) and PCV Rules in the Handbook of By-Laws, both linked from the Club’s website.
  • The riding membership is capped.  Applications received in excess of the cap will be placed on a waiting list.  The membership cap may be exceeded, subject to Committee approval, to accept siblings of existing members.
  • Full Pony Club uniform must be worn at every rally, ie. riding boots, jodhpurs, white shirt, brown tie and WHPC jumper (or summer uniform of WHPC polo shirt). If a member is out of uniform, they must explain the reason to the DC. Riders may also wear the optional WHPC fleece vest and rain jacket.
  • Members are expected to present, unmounted, for line-up and gear check at the specified time. If late, a member must report to the DC and then wait until their instructor tells them to join in.  
  • A parent or nominated guardian must be in attendance with Junior Members at all times.  If a parent/guardian must leave during the rally, another guardian must be
    appointed.
  • At a Pony Club Rally, unless under instruction from appointed Pony Club instructors, members may not trot, canter or gallop on Pony Club ground except under instruction; or jump any obstacle or use any equipment.  
  • Members must not leave the class without permission of the Instructor.  
  • Anyone outside the class wishing to speak to a member in the class must first obtain the Instructor's permission to do so. 
  • Members may not change horses or allow any member or non-member on their designated mount for that day, except with permission of the DC or their appointee, or the member's Instructor. 
  • Members must not leave the Pony Club venue without permission of the DC and must report to them before leaving for home. 
  • Members are expected to obey all traffic rules and must not ride on footpaths or nature strips. 
  • Attendance will only be given to members (and marked in their cards) if they fully partake (including active riding) in at a minimum of three of the four scheduled sessions of each rally or compete at CZ qualifying events when they fall on rally days. However, with prior approval of the DC, attendance will also be given where the rider is only able to participate in two of the four sessions on a maximum of TWO occasions each membership year.  Unmounted attendance may be granted at the discretion of the DC.
  • Note: In these rules, the word 'member' includes anyone on a horse or pony at a rally of the WHPC.
Codes of Conduct

Members must comply with the Codes of Conduct as determined by the Pony Club Victoria (PCV).  Codes of conduct apply to Riding Members, Adult Supporters, Officials, Administrators and Coaches/Instructors.

Smoke Free Policy

All activities conducted by the Club are smoke free. ​

Club Administration & Structure

AClub Administration & Structure 

The Williamstown Horse and Pony Club is affiliated with the Pony Club Victoria (PCV) and incorporated under the Victorian Associations Incorporations Act 1981.  It belongs to and is a financial member of the Central Zone of Pony Club Victoria.

Club Constitution
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The Constitution contains the Club's Rules and Statement of Purpose.

PCV Handbook of By-laws
The Pony Club Association of Victoria (PCAV) Handbook of By-laws serves two main purposes - 
  1. To provide rules outside of the Rules of Incorporation about the requirements for how pony club is to be organised, membership and competition requirements; and
  2. As an addition to competition rules.

Committee Meetings 
  • Committee Meetings are held once a month usually in the week before the Rally.  All Members are welcome to attend.

Committee Responsibilities 
 The committee's responsibilities include:
  1. Administer all local activities and prepare a program.
  2. Ensure that the club carries out directions of the PCAV state council and the zone of which the club is a member.
  3. Maintain communication between the club and the zone.
  4. Ensure that the club holds at least eight club rallies each financial year.
  5. Make every effort to involve associate members and train them for future administration of the club.
  6. If necessary, maintain by-laws of rules that it ratifies in its minutes pertaining to specific aspects of club policies and procedures that club members are required to follow.