Vaumicel is considering a paddock-polo section

For a weekend, the Vaumicel club hosted demonstrations and friendly polo matches between the Île-de-France and La Rabolière teams, the latter being that of Jacques Macaire, national coach present in Vierville. The club wanted to introduce this discipline to consider the creation of a paddock-polo section, presented as a first in Lower Normandy.

Initiations and internships with the Union de polo de France were necessary. The article described meetings in four seven-minute periods, with six riders. He recalled that Jacques Macaire had been coming to the Vaumicel for several years to host and play the summer matches.

The general meeting ended over the weekend. The club, chaired by Dr. Yvan de Gouville, with Olivier Godard as vice-president and Miss Françoise Moreau as secretary, had 208 members. His riders had participated in the 1979 Horse Show in Paris and, for the first time, in the Saumur International Rally. Jacques Pinard and his horse Irius, accompanied by two riders from Calvados, had connected Alençon to Saumur by traveling 290 kilometers, from Saturday, July 26 to the following Friday.

The Amazon section brought together eight riders who gave demonstrations and animated parties. She had participated in the Alençon antique fair in 1979 and made four releases in 1980. Ten riders from Vierville were to participate on September 13 and 14 in the Mont-Saint-Michel interregional rally, bringing together Bretons and Normans. The departure from Vierville was set for September 8, with registrations still possible at 22 41 48.

The club announced maschalerie courses on September 27 and 28, October 25 and 26, November 29 and 30; a hiking companion course on October 4 and 5; and stuffing and leather work courses on 6 and 7 then 20 and 21 September, 4 and 5 then 18 and 19 October, 8 and 9 then 22 and 23 November. The price of the internships was three hundred francs for two days, accommodation and food included. A hitch section for competitions was also envisaged.

The riding section of the Crédit Lyonnais continued its development, with one hundred and forty children enrolled in 1979–1980 to go up on Saturdays and Sundays. Finally, the members drew a very positive assessment of the horse festival and decided to renew it the following year at the same time.

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