Coming events. Saddleland McIvor Road Bendigo Vic The Bealiba Brumby: October / November 2010

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1 Saddleland McIvor Road Bendigo Vic Members of the Month This month s awards go to two club members who have shown a huge improvement in their riding ability. I have watched James Stuart attend many pony club camps and lessons on difficult horses and have been amazed at his ability to stay in the saddle. Sometimes I thought that James would have preferred to be sitting on the veranda rather than having a lesson but he was always polite and respectful to his instructors and did what was asked. It has been wonderful to see the huge improvement in James riding and jumping ability and I was very pleased to upgrade him. Congratulations James, I am glad to award you member of the month for your dedication and perseverance with riding and jumping. You are a good club member and I hope that you have had some happy times at our club. Another rider that has gone ahead in leaps and bounds is Keslea Nisbet. Kelsea is one of our newer, younger members who came to our club on a lead. Watching the other riders Kelsea decided that she wanted to do what the other kids were doing so with regular pony club and camp attendances Kelsea has learnt heaps. She now attends weekly dressage lessons and jumping lessons when possible. Her pony Bob Coming events November 11 Bealiba Lessons with Allan 14 Bealiba Rally 14 Gisborne Horse Trials 20 Bealiba Dressage Jackpot 21 Bealiba SJ & Dressage Day 21 Mandurang Sth Gymkhana 21 Smythesdale Horse Trials 25 Bealiba lessons with Allan 28 Zone instructors Mandurang South 28 Huntly SpringGully Gymkhana 28 Riddles Creek SJ & Dressage December 2 Bealiba Lessons with Allan 5 Bealiba Rally/Xmas Breakup 9 Bealiba Lessons with Allan 12 Zone SJ & Dress State Huntly Spring Gully Pony Club 16 Bealiba Lessons with Allan 17 School Term 4 ends 2011 Janruary February 26&27 PCAV State SJ & Dressage. East Barwon Zone - Elcho Park Eq. Centre, Lara March April May 30&1 State Horse Trials- Heytesbury Pony Club PCAV State Training Clinic was a little fat pony living a life of luxury, doing as he pleased, he now is trim and fit and doesn t get much say in what he wants to do. Kelsea tells Bob what to do and he had better do it. Well done Kelsea, I have enjoyed watching you come off the lead rein. Keep up the good work. Faye Barnett District Commissioner. June The Bealiba Brumby: October / November 2010 Anything on, news articles or results???? them to bealibaponyclub@bordernet.com.au 18&19 PCAV Games & Flat Bacchus Marsh 23&24 Interzone HT July August September 26 PCA Nationals- Werribee October Dressage Jackpot and Show jumping Championship Entry Forms are now available to download from the website, please get your entries in ASAP And as of Saturday 13th, 11 pm the Weather is expected to be DRY & MOSTLY SUNNY at 22 Degree s!! Anyone not competing at the dressage / show jumping day on the 20th & 21st are EXPECTED to attend the event as a helper

2 Find the Horseshoe...Somewhere within the newsletter there is hidden a horseshoe, be the first to locate it and let Debbie Know where it is and you will win a small prize.good luck Sunday 5th December Stay Tuned to website for Venue & Time (possibly Inglewood Poole & Sports Facility) Bring a Salad / Sweet to share Santa to Visit (Santa cost as determined at general meeting will be added to your account) Evans Hotel Bealiba Open Monday to Saturday Accommodation available (sorry no pets) Counter Meals: Friday & Saturday nights ATM - Jukebox Cold Beer & Warm Welcome Bookings ph: Your Hosts: Joanne & Bob and The Shoppe Fresh Sandwiches Hot Pies Fish & Chips Hamburgers & your everyday needs Open 7 days ph: Milk Please Shut the Gate! Please keep the oval gates shut and Make sure if you are the last person to drive out that the main gate is shut behind you. This discourages people from driving in and hooning on the oval. Ambulance subscription $75a single $150 a family Membership Joining line: Free call

3 November Sonya Stuart - 7th James Stuart - 16th Molly Gould - 19th Paigan Gould - 19th Alicia Billinghurst - 23rd Faye Barnett - 26th December Eve Toohey - 2nd Tamrie Carter - 8th Veronica Palmer - 14th Brooke Stuart - 14th Les Millar - 16th Peter Fry - 19th Beth Scilini - 22nd Kaye Cohalan - 31st PJ & BJ Rothacker Chaff Mill Quality Steam Cut Oaten, Wheaten & Lucerne Chaff Hay & Grain 279 Collins Road Bridgewater on Loddon Phone:

4 Sally Calamity Park Karisma 5/10/ /10/2010 Written by Kylie Scilini On Wednesday the 13 th of October, Sally s Journey in life ended. At 25years young Sally lived a good life, giving a lot of pleasure and fun for the past 11 years to the Scilini Family, and especially with me (Kylie). Sally was a grey Australian Pony Mare that a lot of people knew well. She was best known for her piggy attitude whenever another horse would come near her! Her ears would fly back and she would squeal at them telling them who was boss. But she was the opposite around people. Sally loved getting attention, she enjoyed many pats, cuddles and kisses off anyone who was near her. Sally especially enjoyed her feed. She loved her apples and carrots and always paced up and down the fence at night waiting to receive her mix. 3 years ago, Sally got a companion in her life, this being Brandon. At first Sally hated him, she didn t want a bar of him! Until, they became inseparable. They had to be with each other all the time and if one of them was taken away the other would neigh until they got back! Being a grey pony, Sally was always hard to keep clean especially before a competition. We would scrub and scrub her, hoping that in the morning she would still be clean. Nope! This was rarely the case. Sally loved to lie down and have a roll and also loved to poo in her tail! This meant early rising to start scrubbing again. Sally excelled in all disciplines. She loved to jump and she had the elegance and quiet temperament suited for a dressage pony. Sally loved playing polocrosse, secretly i think she always thought the ball was an apple! But i think it s safe to say Sally s favourite activity were games and novelties. Sally had the speed and athleticism to make a wonderful games pony. Not to mention the fantastic tight turn around the end pole. Sally s favourite race was the flag and drum. Sally s skill of being able to make a tight turn and gather up the speed in the straight always meant happy results in this event. Sally s last competition was at the Smokey Memorial Novelty Day in 2008, where she and I won the fastest time around the Smokey Memorial Course, the only combination to go under 3 minutes. I have to say, over the past 11 years Sally has taught me how to ride and boosted my confidence up to its peak. She will be missed by everyone who knew her. Always missed, and never forgotten Sally, I love you so much. I will never forget you, nor I hope you will never forget me. R.I.P Beautiful Girl xoxoxoxoxo Flie 4/10/2010 by Faye It was an extremely sad day on Monday when my friend of 12 1/2 years was put to sleep. While Flie never lost her appetite and enjoyed the many treats that Kellie purchased for her the size of her leg continued to grow causing it to weep and break open. I bandaged the leg which gave her some support but it soon became evident that she was finding it difficult to get comfortable and it was obviously causing her some pain. The decision to put her to sleep was made by myself, on Sunday evening she sat on the bath mat while I took a bath, she hobbled up to the bedroom and settled under my bed while I cried myself to sleep. Laurie, Kellie and I spent the day with her on Monday, she had more treats and sat calmly while I brushed her beautiful coat. She could not stay in the same spot for long, at one stage she walked away and then returned and sat beside me, she looked into my eyes and then placed her paw onto my arm. I promised that I would take her pain away, but wondered who would take mine away once she was gone. Chris arrived and as I held Flie in my arms and told her that I loved her, she peacefully fell asleep. She is buried in our paddock next to some of our other animals. Flie was a beautiful, kind dog who always enjoyed a pat and a kind word. She touched my life in a way that is hard to describe.

5 Who?????? Will be next... Abby Fry NAME: abby fry AGE 14 SIBLINGS mitch and katelyn SCHOOL/WORK wedderburn college YEARS IN PONY CLUB 8 HORSE/S flicka, lucy, roxy, regal and mikey FAVOURITE ACTIVITY horses and netty MOST FUN AT PC state games and musical ohh and the camps FAVOURITE COLOUR orange FAVOURITE TV SHOW wipeout :) FAVOURITE FOOD ice-cream BEST MOVIE Wild Child BEST BOOK don't have one OTHER INTERESTS netball GOAL high up in showjumping James Stuart Name: JAMES STUART Age: 15 Siblings: Brooke and Nicki (I guess) School: Highview Years in Pony club: near 10 Horses: Prince and Stumpy Favorite Activity: Playing Video games (was that a horse question?) Most fun at PC: anything besides saddling up Favorite color: Navy Blue Favorite TV show: the Justin Beiber show Favorite food: Cake Best movie: Scott Pilgrim vs The World Best book: Footrot flats Other interests: perhaps Footy? Goal: to be the ultimate life form (full stop) Debbie Weir NAME Debbie Weir (ex Ross) BIRTHDAY 29th Jan, Half a century and pleased to have made it CHILDREN Four - Evan, Toni, Ben & Jacinta WHAT KEEPS YOU BUSY: Farming, Nursing (Theatre & Transfusion), Nail Technician, Secretary - Football & PC HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN A HORSE yes IF YOU WERE RIDING AT PC WHAT ACTIVITY WOULD YOU BE RIDING IN Showjumping WHAT TYPE CAR DID YOU DRIVE AS A TEENAGER/YOUNG ADULT Gemini FAVOURITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL Geography FAVOURITE TV SHOW Rin Tin Tin, & I m a trekkie FAVOURITE FOOD Lemon Slice MOST FREQUENT ITEM BOUGHT AT THE SUPERMARKET Milk BEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY Holidays at Lake Boga THE BEST THING ABOUT BEALIBA PC IS... The family atmosphere, everyone looks out for each other

6 The Committee and members of Bendigo Pony Club thank the Committee and members of Bealiba Pony Club for allowing our club access and use of your fantastic grounds and facilities for our November camp/rally. All who attended had a wonderful time and as a club we were very impressed with the organisation and facilities and obvious club community that makes Bealiba pony club such a special member of the PCAV. The following is a report that will go into our next newsletter about our camp/rally written by one of our members Bendigo camps at bealiba by Angela Goudge On Saturday the 6 th of November we combined a pony club camp with Mandurang south at Bealiba pony club grounds. We all rolled in on Saturday afternoon, set up and made the horses comfortable. When everyone was ready, Trish Goudge and Leanne Nelson instructed a number of members from both clubs on how to make ribbon browbands with their horse s names or their pony clubs name on them in pony club colours while the rest of us worked our horses and went over some of the cross country jumps. After that dinner was cooked and the fire was lit. Thanks to Matt and Daryl it was the best camp fire ever, and then the games began! We played a number of games and the group was spit into Mandurang and Bendigo. The games were great and we fought it off to become the winners but Mandurang put up a great fight. I m sure they will be aiming to take us out next year though. Soon after that all the kids went to bed but the adults stayed up drinking and talking loudly! Sunday morning we were up and fed all the horses and then it was 7.30am and time for breaky Thanks to the Mums, some of the kids and Daryl. It was amazing. The grounds got set up and the rally started with Liam for showjumping, Jason for flat, Trish Goudge and Leanne Nelson for browbands, Brian Davidge for polo cross, Dawn Berry for cross country and Jaclyn Long for Saddle Club. All in all it was a great camp. I m sure Mandurang feels the same. Thank-you to everyone for making this one of the best camps ever and thanks to Bealiba Pony Club for allowing us to use your great facilities for the weekend!!