Margie McLoone

LAST weekend’s Holmestead Saddlery Irish Pony Club National Minimus Championships were regarded as a huge success, particularly by members and supporters of the Ward Union Branch, who won the overall award for the first time. Thanks to the Kildare Hunt Club and the racecourse, the championships began and finished with the ride and run phases at Punchestown, while there were visits to the Curragh Swimming Pool from early on Sunday morning for the influential swimming phase.