Woodbrook Hunt Club

Whc has found the best way to promote our sport is by inviting riders to events at the clubhouse. This year we added a junior summer day camp for kids that introuced them to horseback riding and jorsemanship, hounds and hound care, and they did crafts and swimming as well as learning about land conservation on jblm. Before the hunt season starts, we do an "introduction to foxhunting clinic and this year we plan to take the clinic on the road so we can reach out to a larger number of potential members. Over the year, we hold three to four hunter paces with series championships, this is very popular with non-foxhunting riders. To reach junior riders, we hold a very popular gymkhana of games, and for lower-level riders, we have a summer schooling show. Our biggest competition is our october hunter trials horse show; it includes hunter trial classes that simulate riding on a foxhunt, a show within a ring and a hunter pace. These activities bring in over 75 non-member riders that learn about our sport.

This year whc is encouraging its members to learn more about environmental land conservation, in partnership with joint-base lewis mcchord's fish and wildlife division and its isportsman recreational program. Members and our guests and volunteers, including many children, participated in several learning opportunities including: 1.) a re-homing of endangered bat species on jblm 2.) learning how to safely remove non-native invasive plants like tansy and scotch broom that are killing native habitat and 3.) a hands-on clean-up workday clearing up the riding trails and open meadow on jblm where many of our activities are help, a partnership of a federal agency and our club.