By REBECCA BILLS
PONY Club members are saying “enough is enough” after years of damages weigh up.
Cockatoo and District Pony Club as well as Macclesfield Adult Riding Club have both been targeted by vandals over the last month, leaving the two clubs out of pocket, disappointed and angry.
Cockatoo and District Pony Club president Lisa Alderson was left on her knees trying to pick glass out of the gravel after vandals smashed all the security and normal lights around the facility.
She said the incident occurred between 11pm on 8 June and 10am on 9 June.
“We had received a grant from the Department of Justice which we used to install the security lighting which we have now had for two years,” she said.
“Little incidents like this have been happening for years now, and we just want it to stop.
“It’s just so annoying, we work so hard and the kids work so hard to raise money to put these sorts of things up around the club to keep it safe for not only us but the surrounding residents,” she said.
On Saturday 14 June, Macclesfield Adult Riding Club had copper pipes removed from under one of the buildings in an overnight attack.
Secretary Delvene Henderson said it was going to cost around $1000 to replace all the pipes.
“That really isn’t what the pipes would even be worth to sell,” she said.
“We are really disappointed and extremely angry.
“These people have gotten underneath the building and ripped out all the copper pipes turning the gas and water lines off before taking them – whoever has done this has been very sneaky.”
Both clubs are hoping those who live around the pony clubs may have seen or heard the disturbances, and are appealing to anyone with information to contact police.
