DC REPORT. March Kitty. Committee. Next Rally: UBPC Grounds March 17th.

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1 Committee President Kerry McKenzie P: E: DC Kitty Kiker E: Secretary Julie Mahoney E: Treasurer Narelle Bentley-Bell E: Card Secretary Lisa Sykes P: E: Membership Marg Jones P: E: Newsletter Editor Sharon McDonald P: E: Grounds/Equipment Ian Lever P: E: Uniforms Sharon McDonald E: West Gippsland Zone Rep Kerry McKenzie and Kitty Kiker Rec Reserve Rep Kerry McKenzie Riding Club Rep Kitty Kiker Grants Lisa Sykes Catering Co-ordinator Committee Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month starting at 8pm at the Pony Club Rooms. Hi Everyone, March 2013 Next Rally: UBPC Grounds March 17th DC REPORT February rally turned out to be a rather hot day but despite the heat we still had a good number of riders. Welcome to our new members: Emily, Kyleanne, Annabelle, Weng Yi, Talullah and Jacqui. Hope you enjoyed your first rally day with us! Thanks again to Tori and her father John for running the morning games practice sessions with the help of ex member Charlotte. (Really nice to see Charlotte again!). The older riders had a flat and showjumping lesson with Kathy Kindler and Vanda Morgan. The afternoon consisted of our games competition in our house teams. Well done to everyone who participated, whether on horse or on foot! The apple dunking as our last game was a definite hit with the younger riders who ended up drenched (reminder to self; next time put less water in the buckets). Robertson were our clear winners on 130 points, 2 nd Brodie on 100 points, 3 rd Magee on 90 points and 4 th Wilson on 80 points. We finished the day with our Awards presentations from both the Xmas Gymkhana and the year s awards. Congratulations to all recipients! The day before the February rally, Sat 16 th Feb, we held our third and final day of the Summer Series SJ competition. It was again well attended and some of the other Pony clubs have enjoyed the Series so much they are considering copying the idea. Thanks again to everyone who helped with this day: especially Kerry, Sharon and Narelle. I think the four of us spent the whole weekend at ponyclub! The last weekend in March two of our members competed at the State Dressage and SJ Championships. Clarissa Bentley Bell competed in the Level 1 Dressage and Lillian Charman was part of the B Grade SJ team. Congratulations also to Clarissa and Monty for winning the WGZ Dressage Series at Grade 1! Lastly, but definitely not least, Millie McDonald and Hammer headed off to Berwick Show to represent our club in the Evan Henry Memorial Event. She did our club extremely proud by winning this event, as well as competing successfully in the other Ponyclub events. Well done Millie!! It was a very hot day so not the most pleasant to be out in the ring. For our March rally we will have Vanessa Canning, Vanda Morgan, Kathy Kindler and Lynda McNeil instructing. As you may have noticed we will be trying out a bit of a different rally plan. We are hoping it will give us more flexibility and allow us to mix the groups up a bit more. Let us know if you like it or not, we would like to try it for at least three rallies and then decide whether to continue with it or not. So give the committee your feedback; we want to make your time/lessons at ponyclub more enjoyable so let us know what you think! Kitty.

2 March Rally Plan Morning Groups Morning Groups Riding groups Gear check 9.45am 10am 11am Riding groups Gear check 10.45am 11am 12pm Top Arena - Flat Vanda Morgan Middle Arena - Flat Vanessa Canning Bottom Arena Flat Linda McNeill Theory Clubrooms Theory Clubrooms Theory Clubrooms Tegan McKenzie Jess Sykes Weng Yi Wong Talullah Lili Lloyd-Murray Emma Jones Emily Bekker Liana woods Eliza crossing Ingrid crossing Jacqui Dunstan Annabelle Conran Ruby Keon Cohen(Come and try) Poppy Wardrop-Brown Saffy Wardrop-Brown Georgia Nelson Jordy Treasure Tiff Mahoney Layne Shepard Lily Charman C Certificate (Tori Ling) David Charman Millie McDonald Jess Kiker Ellie Boura Kyleanne Bekker Annaleise Johnson Working to C (Marg Jones) Hannah Sykes Katie Jones Tahlia Ricketts Brooke Lever Sarah Jones Chloe Lever Tiff Mahoney Layne Shepard Lily Charman Tori Ling David Charman Millie McDonald Jess Kiker Ellie Boura Kyleanne Bekker Annaleise Johnson Hannah Sykes Katie Jones Tahlia Ricketts Brooke Lever Sarah Jones Chloe Lever C*/ K Emma Jones D & D* (Kitty?) Weng Yi Wong Talullah Lili Lloyd-Murray Emily Bekker Liana woods (Jess Sykes) Eliza Crossing Ingrid Crossing Jacqui Dunstan Annabelle Conran Ruby Keon Cohen Working to D (Tegan McKenzie) Poppy Wardrop-Brown Saffy Wardrop-Brown Georgia Nelson Jordy Treasure Lunch pm Set up Show Jumps

3 March Rally Plan Afternoon Groups Afternoon Groups 1.00pm -2.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm Top Arena Show Jumping Vanessa Canning Middle Arena Show Jumping Vanda Morgan Bottom Arena Poles Linda McNeill X-Country Kathy Kindler Oval Riding at a Given Pace Kerry & Parents Tiff Mahoney Layne Shepard Tori Ling Kyleanne Bekker Weng Yi Wong Talullah Lili Lloyd Murray Katie Jones Sarah Jones Saffron Wardrop-Brown Tahlia Ricketts Brooke Lever Chloe Lever Jacqui Dunstan Poppy Wardrop Brown Georgia Nelson Ingrid Crossing Eliza Crossing Annabelle Conran Jordy Treasure Ruby Keon Cohen Hannah Sykes Emily Bekker Liana Woods Ellie Boura Jess Kiker Millie McDonald Lily Charman Tegan McKenzie Jess Sykes Annaleise Johnson David Charman Emma Jones Lily Charman Tegan McKenzie Jess Sykes Annaleise Johnson David Charman Emma Jones Hannah Sykes Emily Bekker Liana Woods Ellie Boura Jess Kiker Millie McDonald Katie Jones Sarah Jones Saffron Wardrop-Brown Tahlia Ricketts Brooke Lever Chloe Lever Jacqui Dunstan Poppy Wardrop Brown Georgia Nelson Ingrid Crossing Eliza Crossing Annabelle Conran Jordy Treasure Ruby Keon Cohen Tiff Mahoney Layne Shepard Tori Ling Kyleanne Bekker Weng Yi Wong Talullah Lili Lloyd-Murray Everyone to help pack up

4 Please check the canteen and grounds roster to see if you have a duty at the rally. Looking forward to seeing you there. Calendar 2013 Mar 17 Rally Apr 7 Show jumping West Gippsland Qualifier Lang Lang Showgrounds Apr 21 Rally and AGM at 12.30pm Apr 28 Zone Games and Flat May 4 Working Bee 1pm Please Read!! If you have current level 2 first aid training please advise Kitty asap. May 19 Rally June 16 Rally June? State Games and Flat Bacchus Marsh Jul 7 Bunning's Sausage Sizzle July 21 Rally Aug 18 Rally Sept 15 Rally Oct 20 Rally camp Nov 17 Rally Dec 8 Gymkhana For details of competitions and rules please visit Pony Club Victoria s website or West Gippsland Zone Website westgippslandzone.luniac.com GEAR CHECKING Team Gear Checker Assistant Robertson (White) Narelle Bentley-Bell Kerry McKenzie Wilson (Red) Julie Mahoney Magee (Green) Sven Jones Sharon McDonald Brodie (Blue) Kitty Kiker Fiona Thompson

5 Upper Beaconsfield Pony Club 2012 Awards Christmas Gymkhana Simone Memorial Award; Hannah Sykes Chicka Memorial Award; Tegan McKenzie Blue Print Cup; Tegan McKenzie and Hannah Sykes Handy Mount Junior Trophy; Tahlia Ricketts Handy Mount Senior Trophy; Maeve Thompson and Tori Ling Ice King Trophy; Alice Kludass Awards Kelly Family Instructors Award; Brooke Lever and Layne Shepherd Trewin Family Junior Award; Ellena Boura and Jessica Kiker Lynda Brodie Trophy; Liana Wood Associate Award; Annaleise Johnson Jenny Magee Award; Hannah Sykes Encouragement Award Junior; Georgia Nelson, Saffron Wardrop-Brown, Poppy Wardrop-Brown Intermediate; Katie Jones Woff Family Achievement Award; Tegan McKenzie Jake and Tawny Memorial Award; Millie McDonald Gria Memorial Award; Jessica Sykes Dot and Brian Pockett Teams Award; Robertson

6 Evan Henry Memorial Hi I m Millie and as most of you know on the 24th of February I rode my pony Hammer in the extreme heat at the Berwick Show. I was competing in the Evan Henry Memorial event representing our club. I was against three other girls on massive horses. There was two parts of the workout to be completed, first there was the flat. I didn t do the best workout because Hammer didn t like the motorbikes on one side of the ring. The next part of the workout was the obstacle course. This involved opening and closing a gate, collecting a jacket off of one barrel and placing it on another, walking through poles on the ground and then reversing back, finally jumping over a small jump and walking back to the judge on a loose rein. Hammer did everything perfectly but I still thought we had no chance! Then the judge called for Upper Beaconsfield to come forward and handed me the shield. I had a really good day all up and was very happy with my win. I would definitely recommend anyone to go next year as it s a really fun day. Well done to Ellie Boura and Georgia Nelson who were also there competing. Also thankyou to Mum, Dad, Granddad and Karen for helping and watching me. Millie

7 Uniforms Order NOW! As we head into the cold and wet seasons I will be taking orders at the March Rally for jackets. Woollen Jumper $75 Windcheater $25 Polo Shirt $45 Jacket $75 Tie $20 Saddle Blanket $50 Armband $17 Certificate Books $15+ P&H If you require a new name badge please see Marg. Replacements are $10 Rugby Tops $75 IRTHDAYS Happy Birthday from everyone at UBPC We hope to have restocked our uniform cupboard before the next rally so please check with Sharon if you require uniform items. Jess Kiker 12/3 Liana Wood 21/3

8 Canteen: Parents on duty need to meet at the canteen at 9am and are required until 3pm. Grounds: Parents on duty are required at 9am to help set up and at 3pm to help pack up. Anyone available please assist with jumps in the middle arena. MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK! If for any reason you cannot do duty on your allotted date can you please find a replacement. Canteen March Wood Thompson April Boura Charman May Mahoney McDonald June Shephard Sykes We are privileged to have such beautiful grounds for our rallies. I m sure everyone enjoys using them. They do not stay beautiful on their own so we ask that everyone assists with helping set up, pack away and clean up before they leave, as the old saying goes, many hands make light work. We would like to thank the parents that are there to help on a regular basis. Check details on our calendar for our working bee.

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10 Clarissa Bentley-Bell Emma Jones Ellena Boura David Charman Chloe Lever Poppy Wardrop-Brown Ingrid Crossing Kyleanne Bekker Jordyn Treasure Layne Shepard Tiffany Mahoney Jessica Kiker Jessica Sykes Tahlia Ricketts Saffron Wardrop-Brown Eliza Crossing Georgia Nelson Maeve Thompson Millie McDonald Tegan McKenzie Lillian Charman Brooke Lever Katie Hore Annabelle Conron Jacqui Dunstan Tori Ling Kaitlyn Jones Sarah Jones Hannah Sykes Liana Wood Annaleise Johnson Emily Bekker Weng Yi Wong Talullah-lili Lloyd-Murray

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12 THANK YOU to Don t forget your HOT CROSS BUNS for Easter Up the Hill Bakehouse Up the hill Bakehouse donates all the delicious food for sale at our rallies. The bakery offers an array of breads and rolls, plus meat pies and sausage rolls as well as cakes and croissants. Opening at 6am, call in for a coffee from a quality coffee machine. The shop will be open until 5pm weekdays and 1pm weekends.

13 Megan Jones is coming back to run clinics in July (1 and 2) and September (26 and 27) holidays. This year open to riders from grade 1-4. If you miss out on first clinic hope you can make second clinic. Find attached entry for July Clinic July 1 and 2 at Aaron Park. It is expensive but she is amazing. Coming up: ( just working on entries hope to circulate soon) Speed to Safety at Stony Creek Saturdays May 25th and June 29th. Entry to be available soon. Is heaps of fun and great for riders getting a feel of rhythm at a good canter. April Camp for 12 and under at Malabar Farm. April 9 and 10th. Bush rides, Treasure hunts and lots of fun for the zones junior riders. K, C star and B camp at Tooradin Estate, October 2nd and 3rd. Encourage all you C riders to attend. Will be a great 2 days. See you at Tooradin soon, Jenny O'Sullivan WGZ Chief Instructor 1720 Buffalo-Waratah Road, Tarwin Lower, ;