THE popular midlands venue of Stradbally Hall welcomed another massive crowd of Irish Pony Club members to the Laois Branch’s leg of the Connolly’s Red Mills eventing series last Sunday.

One of the talking points this year was the 20 new cross-country fences which were donated by members’ families and friends through the Laois Lifelong Friends Donor drive. The majority were built by Liam Hurley, with the Sheeran family and members of senior boys’ tetrathlon team making some others.