Ponies (UK) row resolved after outcry from members
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Ponies (UK) has been forced to reconsider membership dates following an outcry from members.
The P(UK) board changed the renewal date for 2013 season membership to 1 August at a meeting in December.
P(UK) chairman Davina Whiteman said this was to bring it into line with other showing societies.
But the change meant members qualified for the summer championships (8-11 August) would have to renew their membership before competing.
P(UK) announced on 29 March that it would revert to a rolling year’s membership from the date of joining and will review it for 2014.
This news story was first published in the current issue of H&H (12 April 2012)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.