WOODSIDE PONY CLUB (WPC) IS A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION OF PARENT AND HORSE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE THREE DISCIPLINES OF COMBINED TRAINING,
WHICH ARE RIDING ON THE FLAT, RIDING OVER FENCES, AND RIDING IN THE
OPEN. INSTRUCTION IN HORSE MANAGEMENT IS ALSO PROVIDED. WPC WAS
CHARTED IN JANUARY, 1977.
WPC IS A CHARTED MEMBER CLUB OF THE UNITED STATES
PONY CLUB, INC. THERE ARE OVER 612 PONY CLUBS IN THE UNITED STATES,
WITH APPROXIMATELY 13,462 RIDING MEMBERS. WPC IS ONE OF THE 16 CLUBS
COMPRISING THE MIDDLE CALIFORNIA REGION. PONY CLUBS ARE ACTIVE IN 31
COUNTRIES, WITH A COMBINED MEMBERSHIP EXCEEDING 130,000.
PONY CLUB WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1928 BY WHAT IS
NOW THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY. THE UNITED STATES PONY CLUB, INC. (USPC)
WAS FOUNDED IN 1954. THE WORD 'PONY' IS A BRITISH TERM FOR A HORSE
RIDDEN BY A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE. IT DOES NOT REFER TO THE
SIZE OR THE BREED OF HORSE.
THE USPC IS ADMINISTERED BY A BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECT REGIONAL SUPERVISORS THROUGHOUT THE
U.S. WPC IS, IN TURN, RUN BY A DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (D.C.) WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE OFFICERS AND THE INSTRUCTORS. OFFICERS OF WPC ARE
ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL SPONSORS MEETING.
SPONSORS ARE THE VOTING BODY OF EVERY CHARTERED PONY
CLUB, AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THEIR OWN ANNUAL FEES (TAX
DEDUCTABLE). THE SPONSORS' FEES AND MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE USED TO
BENEFIT THE PONY CLUB MEMBERS. ALL PARENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
TO BECOME SPONSORS OF THE WOODSIDE PONY CLUB.
