EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COORDINATORS

Transcription

1 November Newsletter 10 th Nov Rally EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Position Name Phone President Sue Korver Vice President Janet Thompson Secretary Wendy Coe Treasurer Sam Fuss COORDINATORS Rosters Mary-Lou Taft Membership Jenny Jaems Grounds and Brian Voigt Maintenance Zone Delegates Graeme Adam Steve Linkin Card Secretary Trish Contencin Uniforms Melissa Myszka Canteen Rhonda Phillips st Aid Coordinator Elisha Thompson st Aid Officers Leanne Foster, Victoria Linkin Newsletter Georgina Rippon doongalaponyclub@gmail.com Fundraising Diana Carter tipprincess@yahoo.com.au Website Monique Biedrzycki doongalapc_website@yahoo.com.au Key Registry Janet Thompson janjanrules@yahoo.com.au Junior Committee Parent Liaison Anna Cameron Sam Fuss micann@netspace.net.au dpctreasurer@yahoo.com.au C Certificate Dani Stefanutti dani.stefanutti@gmail.com Rally Organiser District_Commissioner Anna Cameron micann@netspace.net.au

2 RALLY ABSENCE PHONE IN Please keep in mind that it is a requirement that if you are not going to attend a rally you need to let our DC - Anna know as soon as you know. Please phone Anna on if you are going to be absent and also be mindful of your duty obligations as you may need to swap with someone. GENERAL COMMITTEE Next meeting Monday 25 th November 7.30 pm Graeme Adam, Jenny Jaems, Mandy Burchall, Brian Voigt, Georgina Rippon, Diana Carter, Mary Lou Taft, Trish Contencin, Melissa Myszka, Elisha Thompson, Kristy Anderson, Monique Biedrzycki, Lisa Stocker, Stephanie Crossett EVENTS COMMITTEE Lisa Stocker, Mandy Burchall, Stephanie Crossett FUNDRAISING COMMITEE Diana Carter, Steve Wollington JUNIOR COMMITTEE Position Name Phone President Amy Blundell TBA Vice President Sian Fuss TBA Secretary Emma Cameron Treasurer Sophie Myszka General Committee Teagan Thompson, Brianna Saxon, Bradley Burchall, Allannah Contencin, Melinda Burchall, Shelby Huckstep, Allison Clay, Nicolette Rippon

3 DC s Report I hope you all enjoyed the talk from Kim Johnson at the October Rally. Thank you Wendy for organising Kim and all the appointments for the members to get their horses checked. Congratulations to Erin Deacon who passed her D Certificate at the October Rally. Thanks to Sam K for taking Erin through the assessment. Great to see lots of members taking the opportunity to compete at our Dressage Day on 27 th October. Well done to you all. The Events Committee and especially Mandy did a great job making it a very successful day. A big thank you to Brian co-ordinating the clean up on Saturday and Dani co-ordinating the setup of the arenas. There was a good number of helpers on Saturday putting in whatever hours they could spare. Another big thank you to Rhonda and Janet who spent Friday buying supplies, Saturday preparing and organising the canteen and Sunday doing a great trade. Also thank you to Diana who organised the lucky tickets and cake stall which both did very well on the day. Last but not least, thank you to every person that helped out over the weekend, as the event could not have run so well without you all. We have James Harvey, a horse dentist coming to the November Rally and he will give a talk after lunch break. As Steph and Caitlyn will be out competing on our rally day we will have Elizabeth Cameron teaching Brown Group and Pat Dyson will take Pink Group. Red Group will have Naomi White this month and as Dani is riding in Red Group, Linda Hardy will take Purple Group. Linda was here last month filling in for Caitlyn with Pink Group. Also Beth is competing at the Dandenong Show, thank you to Lisa Stocker who will take Yellow Group this rally. As you will see, I have done a review of all the groups so please check as you may be in a different group. You may also be in the same group, but this does not mean you have not improved. If you look closer, the grading for that group has probably changed. I have tried to take into account dressage grading s, jumping capabilities of horse and rider, riders with new horses and/or young horses at this point of time. If you have any concerns, please come and see me. The next major review should be in another six months time. See you all at the Rally. Anna Presidents Report Hi everyone, To those who competed at our recent message day, well done! I have had comments made about how well the day ran. A great effort by the events committee. You did the club proud. It s always nice to have other clubs comment on our competitions and say they will be back next year. Due to other competition comments I will not be at the November or December rally but Janet Thompson will be standing in as vice president so please support her. For those who compete at grade 3 2 and 1 in dressage, I would like to clarify the rule regarding the length of whip allowed. As of February 2013 the length was increased to 1200mm. The rules have not changed with regards to horse trials dressage. There will be a revision done on all rules in February 2014 and it is up to the riders to read so you know of any changes. I hope this clarifies the rule for those who asked. Happy riding!!!!! Sue Korver

4 CALENDAR OF EVENTS November 2nd DARC Rally 10th DPC Rally 17 th Working Bee December 7th DARC Rally 8th DPC Rally Presentation Night 21st Bunnings BBQ 2014 February 8 th Twilight Freshman s 16 th Doongala Horse Show 22 nd Twilight Freshman s March 8 th Twilight Freshman s 22 nd Twilight Freshman s June 29 th Combined Training & Dressage day Club Grounds Being a member of Doongala Pony Club allows you the use of the grounds. However, we do share the grounds with the Adult Riding Club and we need to make sure we don t use the grounds at the following times; During a DPC or DARC working Bee During a DARC rally (usually the 1 st Saturday of each month including January. On the day of a DPC or DARC competition, including during the set up the day before the competition. When the arena is set up for an event. The dates are usually included in the newsletter and ed to all members for your awareness If there are lessons being held on the arena, please make sure you either use the half of the arena that isn t being used or the back arena, it is essential that riders are courteous of the rider having the lesson for their safety and yours.

5 Manure on arena! There are now crates and poo scoops (Made and donated by Brian Voigt) at each corner of the arena to collect manure. If your horse leaves manure on the arena you need to dismount and remove it or ask for help from a friend or family member who may be willing to do it for you. Grading Cards Please ring Trish the card secretary on if you forget your grading cards and need them by next rally. Adult Helpers Jobs Thanks to Brian and his band of merry helpers many jobs are getting cleared from our maintenance wish list. If you are able to help with any of these jobs please let Brian know. Don t forget even if you are helping else where you still need to do your allocated duty otherwise the roster doesn t work and the day can t run smoothly. Thank you to all the families that attended the last working bee. There was a significant amount of work completed!!! Toilet Disabled toilet can now be used at any time with gate key. Please remember to flush with bucket of water and use water from tank behind canteen!!! Who is Your Guardian? Please make sure that if one of your parents is not able to be your guardian for any part of the rally you must have someone sign the guardianship book at the table near the office to declare they are your guardian. Any rider under the age of 18 must have a guardian present at all times. If your guardian is nominated in writing it makes it easier if anything goes wrong to know who to contact / find. LUNCH Could everybody please pre-order and pay for lunch from the Canteen by mid-morning so nobody misses out on lunch.

6 Jaclyn Swan Sammy Watson Allison Clay Georgia Linkin Bank Details Doongala Pony Club BSB Account No Hi all, we will be having a "Lucky Number Raffle" at the end of year Hi all, we will be having a "Lucky Number Raffle" at the end of year presentation it would be presentation it would be most appreciated if everyone can donate a prize most appreciated if everyone can donate a prize towards this and bring it to the November towards and December this Rallies...it and bring can it be to anything the November from a box and of chocolates, December vouchers, Rallies...it home can wares, be anything toys, hair or from skin products, a box of or chocolates, anything Christmassy vouchers, (new homewares, items only please). toys, hair or skin products, or anything Christmassy (new items only please). Thank you from Fundraising! :) Thank you from Fundraising! :)

7 DPC Duty GROUNDS DUTY Family Name 1. Club room set up BEFORE Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up Crossett BEFORE and AFTER Rally 2. Clean toilets BEFORE Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up and Hulme Arena Set up and Pack up BEFORE and AFTER Rally 3. Bins out BEFORE Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up BEFORE and Plumridge AFTER Rally 4. Club room pack up AFTER Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up Steffanutti BEFORE and AFTER Rally 5. Clean toilets AFTER Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up BEFORE Whitehead and AFTER Rally 6. Bins away AFTER Rally and Arena Set up and Pack up BEFORE Kindl and AFTER Rally 7. Prepare Arena Maintenance Management Team CANTEEN DUTY Cameron/Phillips Thompson 8. Canteen 9am to 11:30am Krslovic Riddle Swan 9. Canteen 11:30am to 1pm Fuss McGovern Myska Watson 10. Canteen 1pm to Finish Deacon Foster Anderson 11. First Aid Foster Green Linkin Important: if you are unable to help when rostered You must arrange to swap with someone else.

8 GROUP LIST FOR NOVEMBER 2013 #Associates Red 2/3 Brown Grade 2/3 Purple Gr 3/4 Pink Gr 4 Naomi W Elizabeth C Linda H Pat D Danielle Stefanutti Jaclyn Swan Sian Fuss Keely Mc Govern Hollie Pogorzelski Natalie Hulme Samantha W Abbey Johnson Megan Haycroft Melinda Burchall Stephanie Crossett Shelby Huckstep Amy Blundell Kaylah Kennedy Renee Haycroft Emma Cameron Emily Roberts Nicolette Rippon Allison Clay Eric Kindl Mairead Green Rachel Riddle Sarah Winchester Danielle Stefanutti Nicole Winchester Sam Adam Bradley Burchall Natalie Hulme Somer Anderson Sophie Myszka Maddison Reznik# Monique Biedrzycki# White Grade 4 Black Gr 4/5 Green Gr 5 Yellow Pre/Gr 5 Desrae T Brooke T Emily R Lisa S Brianna Saxon Allannah Contencin Tully Green Tori Stocker Katie Roach Hannah Taft Jana Krslovics Natasha Burchall Phoebe Wollington Tayla Stocker Shaylie Kennedy Hamish Burchall Teagan Thompson Jaclyn Watson Maddy Hayes Bella Plumridge Sarah Foster Issy Veal Jessica Carter Georgia Linkin Erin Deacon Karina Palmer Gemma Voight # Absent * Unmounted ^ New Member November Red Brown Purple Pink White Black Green Yellow Gear Check XC Flat 2 SJ4 XC SJ Flat 2 SJ4 XC Flat 1 Flat 1 Flat 3 XC XC SJ5 SJ3 Flat 3 Lunch Break ( pm - Meeting 12.30pm) Horse Dentist Talk SJ4 XC Flat 2 SJ5 Flat 1 XC XC SJ3

9 Doongala Pony Club is looking for you to create a MISSION STATEMENT Your Mission Statement will go down in HISTORY!!! We will be using it for grant applications to raise money for the club and it will appear on the website with our logo, along with going on the newsletter, on our competition forms and many other places, including on signage around the club like on the front gate and in the clubrooms. HINTS: A mission statement is essential to clarify the intentions of our club. The mission statement should guide the actions of our club, spell out its overall goals & provide a path for the future! Try to sum up our entire clubs mission in one or two sentences. Inspire and encourage our members! Think of words like belonging, sportsmanship, friendly, horse mastership, encouragement, care, loyalty, self discipline...etc etc A BOX WILL BE PLACED ON THE FRONT TABLE AT EACH RALLY GOOD LUCK!

10 Horse Dentist at November Rally If you would like to book your horse in text or Mandy B on or burchall01@optusnet.com.au For those that have booked for James Harvey - dentist for our November rally at a cost of $55 each Steph Crossett Oscar Sammy Adam Raffa and Snug Sian Fuss Breeze Kennedy Family Speckles, Freddy and Jester. Tayla Stocker Tommy Amy Blundell Harry Alison Clay two horses End of Year Presentation The December Christmas Rally is organised by the Junior Committee. No one is allocated duties but everyone pitches in to help on the day. The Junior Committee are putting together a fun program with something to suit everyone. The day will start about 9am and finish about 2pm. Then you have time to take your horse s home and come back for our Presentation that night. There is no canteen that day but there will be sausages in bread and drinks available to purchase. There will be the annual fancy dress competition (you and your horse) so we hope you are all starting to plan your themes and costumes. At the Presentation Night We are organising a meal with meat, salads and baked potatoes this year. We would be pleased if you are able to book your meals as soon as possible by ing Wendy. We will be taking payments at the November rally, or as soon as possible thereafter by direct deposit. There will be a vegetarian option available, so be sure to let me know when putting your order in if you prefer that option. Payment for the Presentation Night Dinner must be made by this rally. $15 per adult $10 per child under 12 PONY CLUB CAMP Dates: Jan 6 th, 7 th, 8 th 2014 Cost: $220 Only 24 riders will be accepted so most places have been filled. Deposits must be made immediately and the balance paid by the December Rally! Please note Junior Committee Members: There will be a meeting at end of November Rally so please make sure you have made arrangements to be there! It is quite important ALL junior committee members attend this meeting!!!

11 **Only DPC approved instructors can teach Pony Club members on our grounds!!! **Weather permitting we would like to take a whole club photo at the November Rally. Please make sure you are in full DPC uniform DPC black woollen V-neck jumper, shirt and pony club tie (no polo tops for group photo but you may change into your polo top for rest of rally) and DPC Jodhpurs may be worn in the following colours: Banana, Cream, and White. **Please remember Working Bee on Sunday 17 th November. We need all the help we can get to get our grounds clean and in good working order. Working Bee will be from 10am till 4pm. Out And About Doongala Dressage Day Well...this was my first Dressage competition & I was surprised I came 1st! I had a lot of fun but my mum was emotional (I laughed at her!)... I was nervous and had butterflies in my tummy but Jasper was cool and calm and very good as always. I wanted to steal the blue rosette that was sitting on the presentation table. But it ended up being mine somehow :))))!!! I would like to say a huge 'thank you' to Emma Cameron & Linda Hardy for helping me! Lots of love from Jessie Carter Hi my name is Natasha and on our dressage day I came fourth. It was really fun. I won two ribbons, one for participation and one for coming fourth. I also got brushes and a hoof pick for competing in grade 5A. Natasha Burchall

12 Hi my name is Hamish I practised a lot to do test 5A at our dressage day. I was having a good time until Monty decided not to do what he was told and he jumped out of the arena and ran across another arena and bucked me off. I stayed on until he got close to the other end. When I fell off I broke my helmet. I still won a participation ribbon even though I had to retire. Hamish Burchall This was my second dressage competition because I usually compete in Games. Toby and I only did one test because I didn t think I could remember two tests. We did 5C and we came 2 nd!!! It was a fun day and I really enjoyed it. Toby seemed to enjoy it too. Tully Green On the 27 th of October Zazu and I entered our first dressage comp together at Doongala s Dressage Day. My first test was at 11:14am and both Zazu and I were nervous but excited at the same time. As soon as we entered that ring, we went into serious mode and started concentrating. At the end I came out of the ring with a huge smile on my face and I gave Zazu all the pats and praises for being such a good boy and performing so well. Once the first test was over with, the nerves started to die down and I entered the ring for my second test with a smile on my face. With the second test, I didn t know it as well as my first one, but I somehow managed to remember it and ended up getting better marks than my first test! Anyway, for the first test I came 5 th and the second test I came equal 6 th. Overall I came 6 th which I was very happy with because this was both Zazu s and my first dressage test. I was so happy with Zazu and my results. Nicolette Rippon

13 My sister Natalie and I (Caitlyn) had a lovely day competing at Doongala s recent dressage day. After a break from the competition scene Natalie and Musketeer returned to the dressage arena looking better than ever and Musky showing off his dark liver summer coat already! They performed well in their first test, 3C, with only a few minor mistakes, all in all a great test after not having done one for a while, they were 7th. The second test, 3E was even better still, a lovely, forward flowing and confident test, they were delighted to take 2 nd place! Natalie and Musketeer placed 4 th overall in PCAV Grade 3 and it was great to see this great combination back out together, hope to see more of them soon! I was pleased to be able to enter as there was open sections I could compete in which meant I got to get my new mare Larundel Geisha (Scally) out and about for some practice in the dressage arena. She was a little tense in the first test, 2C, and couldn t quite find her rhythm or confidence, she placed 2 nd. By the second test, 2E, she had settled and was working beautifully, she was soft and much more forward, she came 1 st in 2E. I was very impressed with her as some of the movements, she has only just been introduced to recently, including counter canter. There were also some 10 meter turns onto the centre line in canter that I was worried about as she is 17.5hh and has a huge stride, but she coped wonderfully. We ended up 2 nd overall in the Open 2 section. Caitlyn Hulme Thank you so much to everyone that made the dressage day so amazing both Megan and I had a great time with both our boys first comp in grade 4 with Randolf placing 6th and my boy Ruben placing 10th super proud :) Somer Anderson Doongala s Dressage Day was held on the 27 th of October and it was all hands on deck!!!! I was there first thing on the Saturday to organise the set-up of all the arenas, let me tell you it was not straightforward!!! After measuring once, twice and three times, much deliberation between myself and Lisa, we finally decided on the best way to manage having all 4 dressage rings running at once so that they would match with the times Mandy Burchall had organised. If the back arena was 2 metres longer it might have been different but alas it isn t but we worked it out anyway! I can t name everyone who helped as I d hate to miss anyone but thank you all for helping set up the arenas! Special mention to Caitlyn Hulme and Julie Winchester you guys were an awesome help to Lisa and I! After many hours of adjusting and taking rules into account finally the ring plan inc. warm up was completed!! It was then time to report back to Mandy and explain what we had set-up and how it was going to have to be run in order to stick to the current dressage rules and make it fair for all competitors.

14 I was then off home to ride, wash and plait up Amigo ready for our second outing together! He was a superstar and much more relaxed than the previous week but unfortunately the first judge didn t think he was so relaxed, imagine if she d saw his first excited test the previous week! LOL! We finished 3 rd, 2 nd and 2 nd overall in the Open Grade 1 but I was really proud of his efforts for the day we whisked him home to return to club and finish our commitments for the day, gear checking late into the afternoon. (lucky we were in an awesome spot to watch everyone ride their tests!) Well done to the girls I teach privately, Kaylah, Shaylie, Emma, Mairead and Meagan you guys did me so proud!!! Also a huge congratulations to all the Doongala Members who competed, it s awesome to watch you all ride your tests, all plaited up and looking amazing! Thanks to the Events Committee for running the day you did a super job! Looking forward to next year p.s Matilda says hi everyone she misses you all and can t wait till she is sound enough to come to Rally Show Jumping Clinic On Sunday the 3rd both Sue Korver and I (Stephanie Crossett) ran a small show jumping clinic for our riders as a fund raiser for the club. It was so wonderful that the parents of the riders helped us both set up and pack up the 2 courses we set up for the lessons. They say many hands make light work and they weren't wrong! So a big thank you to all those who helped! We had 8 riders in total attended the clinic, so we had split them into 2 groups and they had 1.5 hour lesson to allow for discussing what we were doing and explain anything further. Each rider had their own little things that needed to be worked with and with the smaller groups it allowed for more time with each rider. It was so good to see all the riders with a smile on their face and them having some fun! We will be running another fund raising clinic on December 1st for anyone else who would be keen to attend :) All up thanks to the riders that attended we will be donating $320 back to the club! Thank you everyone and we hope to see you again at our next clinic :) Somer Anderson Hi everyone. Hope you have all been having fun riding since last rally. I recently attended the SJ Clinic at DPC with Sue and Stef. Having the opportunity to practice my Show jumping with expert instruction is something I really enjoyed, and Clyde and I really came together as a team. (I also managed to fall off Clyde for the 1st time. Lol). Everyone who attended seemed to really enjoy it, and got a lot out of it. It was great for everyone's confidence, and many riders achieved their personal best SJ efforts. I hope there will be more SJ clinics in the future, and would like to

15 thank Sue and Stef for donating their time and experience. Hope to see you all at Nov. rally. :) Phoebe Wollington MT DISTRICT DRESSAGE DAY On the 20th of October, Raffa and I competed at our first ever dressage competition which was at Mountain District Horse and Pony Club. In warm up we were having some trouble working together but as soon as we entered the dressage test we both switched on and managed to come away with a 3rd place ribbon!!! This was a great experience for us both and i learned a lot from it :) Samantha Adam Dani and Amgio had some cool results for their first ever competition together at Mt District Pony Club s Dressage Day on the 20 th of October, they placed 2 nd, 1 st and Champion overall in the Open Grade 1 section scoring a great 76% in their second test! Official Event Photographer 50% of the purchase price of every photo (Dressage day), will go straight back to Doongala Pony Club for fund raising. Help support our club by buying a great quality photo which will not only bring back great memories but will enable our club to benefit from this too. Website:

16 Kelato Animal Health HORSELAND RINGWOOD 14/205 Port Hacking Rd Miranda 158 Maroondah Hwy NSW 2228 RINGWOOD, Victoria 3134 M: P: (03) T: (61-2) F: (03) F: (61-2) E: E: w: We would like to thank Kelato and Ringwood Horseland as our major sponsors for Doongala Dressage Day!!!