By KATH GANNAWAY
POP-UP dressage rings have provided a solution to meeting new regulations for Lilydale Pony Club.
The club has a cross country course and lots of space at its home ground at Yarra Glen and Lilydale Hunt Club in Yering, but needed to upgrade its dressage arenas when new standards were brought in.
Club president Owen Dixon said while the club had great facilities at Yering, it was struggling to get the money it needed to replace the obsolete arenas.
He said they approached the Wandin-Seville Bendigo Community Bank who came through with a $2,350 grant for two pop-up arenas.
Mr Dixon said the club was delighted to be working closely with the bank, who he said were focused on helping local communities.
The Lilydale Club is always looking for new members, of any age, who own their own pony and are keen to join a community-based club.
