Riding and road safety working in partnership

Bridgend County Borough Councils Road Safety Department agreed to supply Llangeinor Pony Club free of charge with copies of specific equine related road safety books, copies of the Highway Code and High Visibility tabards for each of the members who successfully completed and passed their formal road safety training and examination test.

After seeing exactly how the Road Safety training was going to be delivered, Bridgend Councils Traffic Management and Road Safety Team Leader Trevor Taylor and Road Safety Officer Gail Calford agreed that they would be happy to support The Llangeinor Pony Club. Said BCBC’s Gail Calford, “ This was a new challenge for us, as Road Safety Officers, we are always keen to support innovative road safety programmes, but this was the first time we had been asked to assist with horses …… and on such a large scale.

At the Pony Club Annual Summer 2010 Camp held at Ewenny, BCBC’s Gail Calford and Sarah Ness were there to present the members of Llangeinor Pony Club who had successfully completed the first part of their training programme with their road safety books and high visibility tabards. Mrs Marion Elliott Pony Club District Commissioner stated “We are very, very grateful to the Road Safety Team. Trevor Taylor, Gail Calford and Sarah Ness have been of tremendous assistance to us and we are very grateful for all of their help. We were delighted that Gail and Sarah spent a day with us on our Summer Camp talking with the young people themselves about the training they have received and the benefits of it.

I have been very impressed with the way our young riders have applied themselves to the seriousness of their Road Safety Training; they have been a credit to themselves and a credit to our club. The partnership between The Llangeinor Pony Club and Bridgend County Borough Council had been a most beneficial and successful one.”