News from the Committee

February 2010 Newsletter

News from the committee:

Welcome back we hope you have all had a safe and restful summer. If you haven’t ridden your pony very much over the summer please make sure you don’t expect too much from it this rally. We often see ponies tying up or developing colic when they are asked to work hard straight from a rest. Just like us they need exercise to stay fit.

This rally we will be starting practices for the team games, flat and musical ride event in April. I know of a couple of teams already practicing, we would like to see as many riders as possible riding in a team or teams this year. New Pony Club rules will allow riders to compete in both games and musical teams.

We have 3 riders competing at State dressage and show jumping next weekend in Sale. Congratulations and good luck to Saxon Marvin Grade 3 Dressage, Pauline Hartz B Grade Show Jumping and Paige Cartwright C Grade Show Jumping.

Well done to all involved in the Horse trails last November we managed to make a very healthy profit and we will be using some of the money to purchase a dressage arena for use on the new sand area and we will also put some aside towards some new show jumping equipment.

Don’t forget our March Gymkhana and Show Jumping event is fast approaching so we will be asking for volunteers during lunch this Sunday. Sue Hollins has kindly offered the chair the event committee again and we thank her for her continued support to the club, her assistance and experience is invaluable.

C Cert Candidates

Don’t forget to bring your work books this Sunday.

Working Bee:

Saturday 6th Feb 9.30 am – Thanks to the council we don’t have too much mowing but we do need to do wiper snippering, weed spraying, cleaning (canteen, toilets), jump pole painting and there is also some set up for the rally needed. We hope to have plenty of helpers and plan to be finished by lunch time.

Canteen Roster:

The roster for this month is:

Session 1: 10.30 – 11.30 am PURPLE Group

Session 2: 11.30 – 12.30pm RED and PINK Group

Session 3: 12.30 – 1.30pm WHITE Group

Please make an effort to help out the other volunteers in the canteen & don’t forget to mark your hours on your families Voluntary Hours card.

Up coming events:

28 Feb – Glenlyon Horse Trials
14 March – Gisborne Gymkhana and Show Jumping ( 2010 Pres Cup and State qualifier)
21 March – Bacchus Marsh Horse trials

Events: Entry is up to the individual rider for club events once graded. You can competeat any clubs event. For Zone and Team events, entries are completed by the club – you need to register you interest with the DC. Entry forms can be downloaded from individual club web sites or from the Central Zone site at

Remember: You need an up to date card, pony club competition uniform medical armband to compete.

Showjumping Events: Competitions that consist of Showjumping ONLY

Horse Trials & One Day Events: Competitions that have 3 sections to the event – Dressage, Showjumping & Cross-country.

Combined Training Day: Competitions that have 2 sections to the event – Dressage & Showjumping.

Games Days: A day when teams from each Club compete against each other in different “games” contests.

Gymkhanas: Events where lots of different competitions are held – some testing riding skills, showing skills & some fun events.

Gear Check:

Gear check is compulsory prior to starting your lessons, this also applies to UNMOUNTED riders. Failure to attend a gear check will result in you being marked absent on your card for the day & may affect your eligibility to compete!!!

Cards:

If you take your card to an event please don’t forget to bring it back to the next rally so that your attendance can be registered on it.

Parent or Care Giver at Rallies:

Just a reminder that a parent or a designated responsible adult MUST stay with riders throughout the rally. If a child does not have someone at the grounds, then they will be asked to dismount their pony & watch for the rest of the day or until the parent/care giverreturns.

Uniforms

A new delivery of uniforms has arrived – See Jo in the uniform Shop (big shed) at lunch time.

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