June 2017 Newsletter. Payments to Monbulk Pony Club

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1 June 2017 Newsletter Monbulk Pony Club Inc. PO Box 444, Monbulk, VIC 3793 Payments to Monbulk Pony Club Opt in to our Rallies It s very easy to do and means we can book our best instructors for your rally monbulk.ponyclubvic.org.au Attend Rally Payments may be Direct Deposited to BSB Acc MONBULK PONY CLUB INCORP

2 Please ensure you have renewed your membership and have completed your forms before the June rally, to ensure that your membership is renewed in time for you to ride in July. Please note that you need to print and fill out the forms listed in step 3 and bring these to the June rally. Membership Renewals 2017/ If you have not already, then please Setup an account on OmniSport for Each Rider and each supporter, complete the details as required, for every person. (It's important Parents register as a club supporter so that you receive updates, and also meet the requirements of our club insurance policy) 2. Log in to your Omnisport account and follow the prompts to renew your membership a) Click on the login page b) Then Select the Membership Tab c) Follow the prompts - selecting the Renew option against your current membership d) Make sure you select the correct membership category 3. We need the following forms completed and returned in hard copy form. Club Supporter form (For each parent/supporter) attending pony club with a rider Medical Information Form (For Each Rider) Member Summary Page ( For Each Rider) Member Renewal Form (For Each Rider) All Forms can be found on our Website under the Membership TAB 2017/2018)MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES: JUNIOR RIDER - Members who have not turned 17 on or before the 30 th June in any year. SENIOR RIDER Adult Member - Members who turn 17 on or after the 1 st July in any year and expect to attend all club rallies run throughout the year. SENIOR RIDER Associate Member - Members who turn 17 on or after the 1 st July in any year, must attend 2 rallies and then pay $25.00 per attended rally to the club on rally day. ADULT SUPPORTER/VOLUNTEER - Any individual who actively assists the club at events/rallies/working bees etc. 2

3 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Presidents Update Presidents Report June 2017 Welcome to June Rally I think everyone will agree that our Freshman s Day was a success, the weather was fantastic and although some of the older people did have to wait a bit longer than expected everyone had a great time and achieved something. A big thank you to all who came and help set up on the Saturday, and helped through out the day on Sunday, it is great to see the club all pulling together and making it easy for everyone to run such a fun event. I hope all the members got to have some fun and thanked their parents for organising everything. Don t forget that its membership renewals time, please ensure that all your paperwork is handed into Stuart and you get online and register. This year I will as you all some questions when you hand in your membership forms, one of the big questions I would like you all to think about is what do you want out of pony club and what would you like us to introduce into our rally plan. Please also have a think about what zone duty you are going to commit to for the upcoming year. I will try and have chat with you all when you hand in your grading cards but if I do miss you please come and have a chat with me. Remember if you are intending on competing in July we need your paperwork early to ensure we can get your new grading card filled in and ensure all horses are correct and that the correct grading has been put in, please make sure when you pick up your new card that all the information is correct including spelling of your name and your horses name. Put your new card in the cover and keep the card in the folder and remove the card, you only need to keep the 2 cards in the folder for competitions. Can all members also please remember to opt in for Rally as soon as possible, it is extremely difficult for Carola to organise a great rally when she doesn t know how many people will be attending, so if you haven t opted in you may need to join another group or may not get the sessions you really wanted. Have a great day Julie

4 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R DC s Update dc@monbulkponyclub.com.au Hello Monbulk Pony Club, Welcome to June Rally. With winter now upon us, fingers crossed for a pleasant Rally Day! First may i start with saying a Big Thank you to All Members for helping with Set Up and Pack Up last rally. May was a wet one as we all experienced, but the soggy weather didn't stop you all from helping - so thank you. Your help was also noticed for our Freshman's day held the other week. Freshman's while seems like an easy thing to attend, is a lot of work and needs help from many different areas. The club had a great turn out for set up, and then backed up by help on the day. Events like these don't just happen, it takes a lot of work for many weeks. Yolanda our resident Chief Instructor worked all day Sunday, not to mention the planning and Saturday set up. Thank you Yolanda, your coaching and care for all riders was exactly what was required and something MPC is very lucky to have. Monbulk Pony Club Winter Woolies is our next event. Once again your President Julie is running the show, and has already put in many hours of arrangement's. There is something for Everyone at this event so please make sure you present your self and your horse/pony and support your club. If you think Showing is not your thing, then think again! Julie has planed a program that suits everyone. Winter Woolies is just that, this event is designed to highlight Winter Pony Club Ponies and just how versatile they are. Everyone is welcome so remember to tell your horsey friends! Riding Groups have changed a little, i ask you all to please make sure you have looked at the groups so you can be best prepared for your rally day. When the New Financial Year (July) takes effect, you may see some more changes so please be aware. Horse Dentist James Harvey is with us this rally. He will be arriving around 11am, and will start seeing clients from 11:30. The below is the list of horses booked, Shetland horses will start and after lunch will be the Clydesdale & Friesian horses - this will be confirmed on rally day. If you had forgotten to book your horse in, im sure James will be happy to fit you in throughout the day. Remember you will need to pay James Directly, $60.00 per horse is fantastic value. James will also hold a discussion during Lunch time meeting. Please make sure you have yourself ready for this by 12:30 in the club rooms. Mini Fiedler - Shetland Jack Fiedler - Shetland Bill Weller - Shetland Oscar Meerkotter - Shetland Whiz b- Friesian Sampezz Wriggley - Friesian Pepper Leach - Clydesdale Astro Slykerman - Clydesdale Sprocket Slykerman - Clydesdale Lelia Bailey So Happy Riding and Hope you all enjoy your Rally Day. Regards Carola Fiedler DC Monbulk Pony Club 4

5 Monbulk Pony Year Book We want to ensure that this years Monbulk Pony Club Yearbook is a success, so we would like to ask for the following from you: Please take photos of this rally and them to newsletter@monbulkponyclub.com.au, provide a caption, such as here we have an amazing canter pirouette being performed by Shazza and Shaggy. Please submit articles and stories on your competition experiences or just any other horsey thing you do through this year, send photos and a description of what is happening in the photo 5

6 Hello All, Bunnings Sausage Sizzle SATURDAY 29 th JULY am to 4pm Our annual fundraiser BBQ slot at the Bunnings Bayswater is coming up soon. This fundraiser event usually brings in a few thousand dollars, which we need to pay for the costs associated with running rallies. Your help is desperately needed! Coordinator Alison Goggin will be organising the event Donations - In the coming week you will be contacted and asked if you can donate some of the food, for example we will ask for donations of a slab of soft drink, and perhaps some sauces Volunteers The Sausage Sizzle is a busy event, we must ensure that we have enough helpers. We will need a minimum of 3 people scheduled throughout the day, and we have to serve food from 9am to 4pm Club Riders/Helpers - This is a fundraiser for the riders of our club, we would like to see some Pony club riders in uniform to help serve the food Please keep an eye out for s asking for your help! 6

7 Monbulk Pony Club Rally Duty Please OPT IN to the rally to let us know if you can make your duty, the OPT inform has this new section: Club Room Duty Job Description - You will need to be available for the day to carry out the following duties. Please negotiate with the other rostered member on duty as to who will carry out each duty. If you cannot attend the rally for whatever reason please find a fill in otherwise we will not run a canteen for that rally. Canteen The Canteen needs to be open from 9am until 3pm. The Canteen needs two people during the lunch busy period. BBQ One of the team rostered on to clubroom duty will need to Set up, cook, clean and pack up the barbeque. Barbecue should be set up ready for cooking by 9am Toilets and Bins Check the toilets are clean at the commencement of rally and they are stocked with toilet paper and hand towel. Clean toilets at end of rally. Place bins on roadside at end of rally ready for rubbish collection. Floors/Tidy Up - Sweep club room floors and entry at end of rally. May June July August CMOD Stuart Goggin Julie Grant Deb Leach Stuart Goggin Gear Checker 1 Julie Grant Julie Grant Julie Grant Julie Grant Gear Checker 2 Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Gear Checker 3 Michelle Weller Michelle Weller Michelle Weller Michelle Weller Gear Checker 4 Stuart Goggin Stuart Goggin Stuart Goggin Stuart Goggin Club Room Duty 1 Fraser (A) Hosking (J) Read (C) Wrigley (L) Club Room Duty 2 Gowers (B) Malerba (M,R) Hodgson (M) Balkin (I) Club Room Duty 3 Weller (J) Meerkotter (E) Welsford (P) Broxham (S) ** Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator for more details or questions 7

8 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Pony Club Rules Please arrive promptly to each lesson, if you are late, please ask your instructor before joining the group if already started If you arrive early for your session or the instructor is not present, you may enter the arena and wait, but you must only walk or halt. You must not use any equipment without the instructor present. Have your horse and yourself looking neat and presentable for each lesson Come to each lesson with a positive attitude and open mind! We Never Stop Learning and each session is a new opportunity. Parents, Please refrain from talking to your child and or instructing them from the side lines. Leave the instructing to the Coach! MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE FUN!!!! ITS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT, BUT ITS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE!! If you are leaving early or not attending a lesson your group has been allocated, please let your instructor know and advise DC. Gear Check Rules Gear check starts at 9:30am, you may enter the gear check arena prior to this time, but please be aware there may be no supervision until 9:30am. Parents must accompany their children if they are unable to remain calmly by their gear check station. WALKING or HALT only - You must remain at a walk or halt within the gear check area. Please walk directly to your gear check station and wait for your gear checker. Trotting, Cantering, lunging or any other warm up activity is STRICTLY PROHIBITED in the gear check arena. (If you need to warm up please do so before the rally day starts, prior to 8:30am, in an empty arena, you cannot use an arena where equipment setup is commencing) Remember that the 'Gear Checkers' are volunteering to check that gear is safe and compliant, without the gear checkers you would not be allowed to ride. Patience and Respect is Required by All - Checkers and Members alike. Remember to Use Your Manners! ** If your horse is not under control or is unable to walk calmly or is acting up please wait outside the gear check arena until the gear checks for those riders already present are completed and the horses have cleared the arena ** If you are late and miss gear check you MUST contact the DC and arrange a gear check before you commence riding 8

9 The Hosking Family The Hosking family descended on Monbulk Pony Club in 2003, when Erica transferred from Lakes Entrance PC on Toby. A year or so later after intense lobbying, Janis was allowed to join as a lead rein rider on the legendary Shetland, Poppy. Janis and Poppy soon earned the privilege of being the first combination through the new water jump, primarily as Janis was the only rider whose horse would agree to go through it! Erica rode the Welsh pony Tammy to State championship Grade 3 dressage five years in a row, as well as Novice EA dressage. They won Lilydale Horse Trials Grade 4 in 2014 and a showjumping championship at Ayr Hill and our own MPC Combined training competition at Grade 4. When Leanne joined the family from America, she attended pony club on Toby and then Fleckie and finally was lucky enough that Erica agreed to hand over Merlin the Magnificent Clydesdale Cross.

10 The Hosking Family, cont Erica moved on to Avoca Flowergirl in 2010, a combination that powered to success almost from the get go, qualifying for the Novice ride off at the Victorian Interschools Championships and winning the Taylor Farley Award for highest placed junior in the Novice class. This after only a few weeks together. They represented Victoria at the PCA Nationals in Perth in 2013, and have won several rugs at Grade 3 Horse Trials. They are now competing at Advanced level official dressage and are only a squeak away from Prix St George and FEI level. Leanne moved back to America and Janis moved on to Toby, winning the MPC Grade 5 combined training competition and then onto Merlin, almost immediately qualifying for the State dressage championships at Grade 3. Partnered with Erica and Daisy, the girls went very close to winning the inaugural State Championship Pairs Ride in 2014, 3 rd on a count back out of 21 pairs. Janis also rode Tammy in Games, captaining the MPC team to the PCAV Games State Championships in Janis also had an all-too-brief 5 months on Appy, a ripper little pinto pony purchased from another MPC family. Janis also had a ball on Pretzel, our Prix St George schoolmaster, and is probably the family member with the most flying changes under her belt. As you can see, the Hosking family attendance cards can get pretty full! Janis moved on to Kennedy, a home bred ASHXTB and they competed successfully until late 2016 when Kennedy was sadly euthanased after breaking a bone in his knee. She then rode Max, Daisy s younger brother. Erica is bringing along another homebred WB X TB, Angelo, as well as Nigel, Kennedy s older brother. Erica is now studying for her NCAS Level 1 Coaching Certificate and educating herself in many aspects of equine anatomy, biomechanics and bodywork, whilst picking up some seasonal work clipping horses. Although there has been much success, there have also been many character-building moments such as the day at Dandenong Ranges Showjumping when Erica, Janis and Leanne were all in the same class and one after another fell off or chose to retire!

11 The Hosking Family, cont The girls enjoyed the social aspects of pony club and are pretty much happy to support any initiative, be it pony camp, junior committee, events, sausage sizzles etc. I have had my share of involvement, kicking off with Canteen, then Card Secretary, Secretary and DC. Erica has also served on Junior and General Committee and coaches regularly at rallies, whilst Janis is always keen to help out at rallies and fundraisers, and coached the games team to a place at the state championships last year. We have loved every single one of our horses and have a growing equine retirement village where we repay their years of service with daily care in a familiar environment until we must send them over the Rainbow Bridge. Pony Club has given us all a wonderful group of friends as well as opportunities for competition and achievement. The club has evolved over the years through much hard work on the part of an ever-growing number of families and it is less reliant on the efforts of just a few. It is an outstanding community and one of which we are very proud. We hope to continue to see our PC friends out and about. The Hosking Family.

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13 Monbulk Pony Club Bring and Take Library We now have a library containing a great selection of horse and pony books, DVD's and other horsey things. Please feel free to borrow an item and return it, or bring in your old books and swap them over. Donations of your old books are welcome! Enjoy 13

14 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Our Sponsors 4/20/

15 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Our Sponsors With thanks to the GPK Group who sponsor our Website and needs 15

16 Monbulk Pony Club Creed I am a member of the Monbulk Pony Club I am respectful and considerate of my pony at all times, doing my best to make sure he is comfortable, healthy and secure. I am encouraging and positive to other members because everyone has the right to enjoy Pony Club free of put-downs and criticism. I respect adult supporters, officials, instructors and my parents. Without them, there would be no Pony Club. I ride because I enjoy it I am proud of my achievements, and I take pleasure in the success of others. 16

17 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Our Committee Role Name Phone President Julie Grant Vice President Vacant District Commissioner Carola Fiedler Chief Instructor Yolanda Slykerman Secretary Treasurer Canteen Groundskeeper Newsletter Deb Leach Stuart Goggin Tasja Blom Rohan Oberin Stuart Goggin Volunteer Organiser Michaela Reed Uniforms Coordinator Card Secretary Alison Goggin Kelda Cook Zone Rep Kay Murray Certificates Vacant Events Coordinator Public Officer Cherie Green Julie Grant Fundraising/Grants & Camp Coordinator Vacant Website Stuart Goggin First Aid Officer Vacant General Committee Vacant 17

18 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Our Club Monbulk Pony Club Inc. PO Box 444, MONBULK, VIC 3793 Arena 5 Arena 4 Games 4wd/Float Parking Arena 3 Jumping Cross Country Arena 1 Horsemanship Arena 2 Poles Grid 2wd/Float Parking Toilets Visitor Parking Club Room Theory Horse Stalls EXIT ENTRANCE Yard Allocations The yards at our club grounds are available to be purchased by our members for $ for the duration of your time as a member of MPC. If you don't purchase a yard, they will not be reserved for you at MPC Competitions and they may be hired out to a competing rider. Please contact our Club Secretary with your preferred yard number, and forward your payment to the Club Treasurer. Thanks, Michelle Weller - Secretary 4/20/

19 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Rally Groups Shetland Jessica Weller Janis Hosking Ella Meerkotter Mia Fiedler Isabelle Balkin Sydney Broxham Charlotte Oberin Sarah Goggin Welsh Christina Leach Patrick Goggin Mia Heinrich Aisha Heinrich Madison Bailey Ruby Malerba Sienna Talor Clydesdale Benjamin Goggin Molly Malerba Jewel Henderson Chelsea Leach Olivia Brouwers Mackenzie Bailey Arab Emily De Haan Jacqueline Johnstone Alexandra Johnstone Erica Hosking Monique Hodgson Elke Wolswinkel Molly Henderson Friesian Alyssa Fraser Femke Blom Charlotte Read Larissa Wrigley Paige Welsford Breanna Gowers 19

20 Monbulk Pony Club Inc Incorporation Number A R Rally Plan Parents are expected to accompany their children on the Cross Country All Groups/Sessions subject to change Please check the club room window and listen for announcements Please remember our Etiquette rules PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS RALLY TO HELP US ORGANISE BETTER RALLIES FOR YOU monbulk.ponyclubvic.org.au Rally Feedback 20