The Tribune

By AARON MILLER

CAMPERDOWN Riding Club’s popular summer camp ends today after five weeks, with children having enjoyed the chance to have riding lessons, groom horses and take them into the sea to cool off.

The annual camp, which has been held for more than 20 years and runs five mornings a week, is for children aged five to 15 and a number of campers return as supervisors.

Dominic and Jessica, who were in charge of a dozen campers yesterday, have been attending the camp since they were young.

“Basically the kids would have riding lessons in the morning,” they told The Tribune. “Camp starts at 8.30 in the morning, so we would groom the horses at 9.30.” The camp also involves the children in games of “Horses”, “Simon says”, “Red light, green light” and horse races. They are also given instruction in how to remove saddles and other equipment from the horses to wash them off and have lunch to finish the day.

“On Wednesdays, we would take the campers and horses on the beach and give them an opportunity to ride the horses in the water,” Jessica said.