Hunt Club 50 Years

Hi my name is Daisy and I am going to be bringing to you all ,a series of short stories about our beloved Pa and its people as I know it.

Fifty years next year .......... as shared to me by the Hunt club 08/05/16
One of the many activities that have taken place at the Pa over the years has been a hunt day run by the local Pony club. I spoke to two stalwart members of the hunt today and learnt that they have been coming to the Pa for the past 49 years.
Called a hunt and run annually in May of each year, it is actually an opportunity for "horse minded" people to spend the day together doing what they love, horse riding across paddocks, up hills, down into gulley's, over man made jumps testing their horses and their own horsemanship.
For the past 49 years there has always been someone around the Pa to open the doors, korero and "stoke the fire" so to speak, some who have since passed on, Cyril Tamou, Wiri Tamou, Cody Ranui, Murray Hiroa, Lorrie Noble, Johnny Noble, Sam O'Carroll, Ngaire Hiroa. Riders would return to the Pa, settle their horses and then gather in the Pa for a kai. Often the people of the Pa would join them, help in tidying down the Pa and when departure time came, they would re-gather at the home of the patron of the annual hunt for "the hospitality and drinks sessions". It was not uncommon I was told today, that these sessions sometimes lasted well into the night.
Next year will be fifty years since this club has been coming to our Pa, which we think is a really awesome achievement, not only for the club but also for the Pa to have hosted them. I shared with them that the rebuild of the Pa will in all likelihood be well under way this time next year and that they are more than welcome to come along when we open the doors for the first time.