RIDDELLS CREEK PONY CLUB JUNE 2013 | NEWSLETTER

Birthday Greetings

Jessica Harvey 3rd Hayley Marciniak 6th

Lauren Cocks 6th Genevieve Brand 9th

Leyla Ozalp 21st Laura Frost 22nd

Monica Harvey 23rd Rhiannon Kurban 27th

Maddy Mahoney 27th Bridget Mouat 27th

This is certainly a busy month for birthday parties.

Enjoy your special day girls.

ATTENDANCE BOOK

HAVE YOU SIGNED IN ????????

This book can be found on the counter of the Office at the beginning of each rally.

You must put your card in the box as soon as you ar-rive.

Rosters If you find you are unable to do your rostered duty, please arrange a swap with another member, prior to the day.

THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

JUNE Equipment Scott, Cox, Kirby, Gunn.

Canteen Pearce, Tivey, Mouat, Cocks

Cleaning Harding, Kurban, Theakstone.

JULY The families for the July rally will be notified and placed on the website.

MEMBERSHIP 2013/14 Fees due on the 25th May Invoices were handed out at the May Rally The groups will be rationalized after numbers are con-firmed for the June rally. Fees for 2013/14 as determined at the recent A.G.M.are as follows

Junior Riders( 17yrs and under) $115.00 ( PCAV )+ $ 185.00(RCPC)= $300.00

Senior Riders Over( 17yrs ) $135.00 ( PCAV ) + $185.00 (RCPC)=$320.00 (Special fee for the third rider in a family)

PLEASE NOTE THAT FEES MUST BE PAID BEFORE YOU RIDE AT THE JUNE RALLY.

Certificates 2013 “D*”Clare Lovel, Sophie Baylis, Lizzy Brand, Abbey Martin, Freyja Barter, Annaliese Scott. and Bridget Mouat will be tested at a later rally.

Despite this list being printed in previous Newsletters in preparation for the May rally, some riders/parents insisted that they did not know that testing was taking place. We hope that there are no such excuses when the next testing day is set. Anna Baylis ,Chloe Ritchie and Melanie Pearce are working towards their “C” certificates.

Club Positions

Thank you to Joan Stammers who volunteered to take on the role of District Commissioner for our Club. This is a special role which requires a great deal of time, patience, understand-ing and enthusiasm. The D.C. is the person responsible to the Club, for the running of the rallies and activities.

Joan was D.C at Heathcote P.C. before coming to RCPC. seven years ago.

Card Secretary

Kathy Millard has agreed to take on this role. To make her task easier, it is most important that cards are placed in the box on the Office bench as soon as you arrive at the rally. She will be working with Aly at this rally. Thank you Kathy.

Canteen Coordinator

Not the most popular job in the Club, but one that is SO im-portant. There are some of our members who would name as the highlight of the day, buying lunch from the Can-teen. There are four families rostered on each month to work in the canteen.

Rhonda Franks does the buying for the canteen and brings it to the Club late in the week prior to the rally

Vicki Cubit collects the goods from the bakery on Sunday morning. The role of the Canteen Coordinator is to open, and supervise the running of the canteen, and assist where necessary, and is not expected to be in the Canteen all day.

As you can see there are many people who contribute to the

success of the canteen.

We now need a leader for the team.

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OUT AND ABOUT Annalise Scott traveled to the Bamawn Extension Pony Club, near Echuca to compete in a Dressage & Showjumping Jackpot Competition. She came =5th in Dressage and 4th in Showjumping . Is this the first of many trips competing in Pony Club events? Thank you for these results Kaylene.

Well done Annalise.

Mounted Games Association

Rhiannon Kurban, Georgia Theakstone and Mat-thew Kirby have been out competing in the Mounted Games competitions. Unfortunately no more details.

Pony Club Nationals Perth W.A Congratulations to Lucy Gunn who has been selected to be part of the Senior Eventing Team to represent Victo-ria at this event. The event will run from the25th - 30th of September.

Castlemaine Pony Club Gymkhana

Layla Ozalp, Felicity Sutherland and Olivia Gilles-pie all competed at the Castlemaine Gymkhana on Mothers Day. Layla, riding Jordan rode in the topsy ring and Felicity, on Rocky and Olivia, on Silver, competed in the pony club ring. The three girls had a great day, each winning a collection of ribbons and doing Riddells Creek Pony Club proud. It was a beautiful day and a great way to spend Mothers’ Day. Congratulations girls.

Thank you for this report Rohan.

Central Zone Horse Trials 30th June.

This is the major Horse Trials event for our Zone in 2013.

The Zone is pleased to announce that this years Central Zone HT will be held at Melton on the 30th June 2013. All entries are via Event Secretary www.eventsecretary.org.au.

We encourage all of your members to attend this event as there is a perpetual shield donated by Equestrian Club Supplies for the club with the highest amount of points on the day in the zone. This is also a great event to encourage club team spirit and for the more experi-enced riders from your club to support the inexperience riders from the lower grades.

This year Zone will be presenting a perpetual trophy in lasting memory of an outstanding young rider from our zone, who competed in Pony Club Horse Trials at the highest level. The winner of the highest grade compet-ing on the day will be awarded the

"Mathew Slade Memorial Trophy"

Zone and RCPC would like to thank Melton for offering to host this event. Prior to this event our Club will hold X.C. training days to give our riders an outing and school before they tackle the Melton course. Those riders who would like to attend this clinic need to fill in a sheet on the table on Sunday.

Dates --- Weekend 22nd -23rd and/ or 15th -16th.June.

Sad News Towards the end of the May rally, Chikito, Laura Harding’s horse became lame, so he was taken home early. The next day his leg was very swollen. The Vet was called ands the news was not good. Once the swelling went down, the leg was examined again, and serious tendon trouble was diagnosed. This means that Chikito’s Eventing and Jumping days are probably over. A sad time for Laura and her family.

Special Thank you

Thank you to Ian Mustey and son Scott for donating their time to set up a system for the drainage of the Events parking area, while they were here spreading the granitic sand around the Clubrooms.

A drain has been formed to take the water from the Sutherlands Rd flow, through the existing dam and out into the natural fall which sends the water to the large dam for storage, on the Clarke property.

Master Painters at work.

Thank you to Kaylene Scott, Tina Cowley and Wendy Lovel who have painted the new showers for us. Not a paint spot, run or smudge anywhere.! ! !

A most impressive job.

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OUT AND ABOUT—cont… State Championships (Eventing) Deniliquin 4th –5th May. Four of our

riders represented RCPC and Central Zone at this event. Below is a report of the weekend from Alice Poker. The photos were taken by our Zone rep. Leonie Lang. Thank you for allowing us to use them Leonie.

On the first weekend in May, four Riddell’s Creek members – Sarah French riding Victory (Gr1), Lucy Gunn riding Ray-mond K (Gr1), Lizzy Cox on Jaybee Flyer (Gr2) and Alice Poker on Jingle all the Way (Gr2) – competed at the Victorian Horse Trials State Championships. This year, Deniliquin Pony Club hosted the event, which is part of the Northern Zone. Team Riddell’s Creek all arrived at the venue on the Friday afternoon, set up camp and rode their horses in preparation for the big weekend to come. The organizing committee was still preparing the cross-country track throughout the eve-ning, using graders and tractors, which very rapidly coated everyone in a very thick layer of dust. On the first day of com-petition, all four riders completed their dressage tests. The standard of competition was high. Lucy, who rode an ex-tremely accurate test, was placed 5th after this phase. Sarah also produced a very obedient test, which attained her 6th place after the dressage in grade 1. In the grade 2, Lizzy was happy with her test, as Jay remained relaxed throughout it. Alice on the other hand, was disappointed with hers as Elf became uncharacteristically tense, due to his dislike of the photographer. Both combinations were placed mid-field after this phase. As the showjumping and the cross-country events were to be held the next day, riders had ample time to walk their courses. This was very lucky, as Bear Grylls like skill was needed to find your way around the cross-country, as it was set up in dense bush. Apart from navigational diffi-culties, the course seemed more challenging than past years, with many unusual questions. Some of the more notable jumps included a very large drop and a Murray Cod. Many of the jumps had themes linked to the Northern Zone, such as sheep, rice, farming and rivers. Later on Saturday afternoon, all of the grade 1 and 2 riders had the chance to participate in the official cross-country course walk. Emma Scott led this walk for the grade 1’s while Trevor Feldtmann directed the grade 2’s. Both gave advice on how best to ride each jump.

The traditional championship dinner was not so well done, as it left many people still hungry. However this was made up for by the novelty of a blind auction, where various sponsors donated goods for the competitors and their families to bid on, with all proceeds going to the Deniliquin Pony Club. Another surprise was when Lizzy won a first aid kit for having the tidiest camp. The Riddell’s Creek team then retired to their campsites, for a good night sleep, in preparation for their cross-country and showjumping. During the night, Ray and Elf made a bid for freedom. Luckily, they did not venture far in their search for grass and were returned to their yards.

The grade 2 riders were the first to tackle the cross-country. There were many difficulties experienced across the course. Lizzy unfortunately had a number of stops at the drop and at the water complex, which put her out of the competition. However, she then produced a lovely showjumping round which allowed her to finish on a good note. Alice was next out on the cross-country. The combination also had some difficulties at the apexes and the water complex. Alice went on to complete a clear showjumping round, which allowed her to finish the competition mid-field. Sarah and Victory went out on the cross-country for the last time as a member of RCPC. Unfortunately, they had a slight mishap at the drop. The combination went on to complete an otherwise clear (straight through the water!) and composed round. In the show-jumping phase, Victory jumped a jump awkwardly, which unbalanced horse and rider. Sarah rode extremely well to get Vic back on track for the rest of the course, which also enabled her to end up mid-field in grade 1.

Things were not right for Lucy and Ray on the Sunday, so Lucy chose not to compete. Overall, all riders gained a lot of experience from the weekend. Although we did not do as well as we had hoped, we tried our best and that is all that any-one can do! Thank-you to all of the families that helped support and encourage all of the team. A special mention to Judy Climas who drove all the way to Deniliquin to cheer us on! We couldn’t have done it without any of you! Well done to all riders, and hopefully we can improve next year! Remember Riddell’s Creek is hosting the Championships in 2014 and we

need as many members aiming to ride at this event as possible.

Riddells Creek Pony Club Inc. Newsletter

JUNE 2013 A0003079R

http://www.rcpc.ponyclubvic.org.au District Commissioner Joan Stammers turkeycreek@activ8.net President: John Mahoney 0438 796 375 Secretary: Kate Luxmoore Treasurer: Wendy Lovel, Vice Presidents : David Stammers and Melanie Budeja . .

Committee – Nereda Brand, Heather Coates, Tina Cowley, Vicki Cubit, Christine Evens, Nicole Martin, Rachael Phelan, Kaylene Scott . Facilities Maintenance: David Stammers, Clothing, Badges, Books: Tina Cowley 54 287 372, Card Secretary Aly Barton/Kathy Millard Gear Checking Coordinator: Nereda Brand, Canteen Coordinator: ????, Canteen Purchasing: Rhonda Franks

Newsletter Editor- Kevin Watson – kgwatson@melbpc.org.au

PONY CLUB CLUBROOMS PHONE NUMBER 5428 6816 EXTREME WEATHER 54 285 445 before 8.15am Rally Day. NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING; MON. 30th JUNE at 8.00pm at the PONY CLUB ROOMS.

NEXT JUNIOR COMMITTEE MEETING JUNE Rally..

COMING EVENTS

June

10th Little River Dres-sage Day

16th Findon CTD

29th Oaklands Hunt Children’s Meet, “Molliacca”Pylong

30th Central Zone H.T.

30th Winter Woollies- Maldon P.C

July

27th -28th Interzone Horse Trials held at Yarrambat This event is for Gr. 4 and Gr.3 combinations. Entries close 14th June. With Zone

This is a teams event.

TO GIVE AWAY...

AGAPANTHUS BULBS

OAK TREE SEEDLINGS

ASH TREE SEEDLINGS (LEAVES COLOR IN AUTUMN)

Talk to Kevin today.

Speed to Safety

Read the PCAV web site for full details of this great activity for our Pony club-bers. Date-- 13th July at Flemington racecourse. 27th July and 4 August at ven-ues to be confirmed. Final to be 24th August at Moonee Valley. All days for these clinics are on a SATURDAY. This Speed to Safety experience will help with riding the time you need for Cross Country, Show Jumping, Endurance

Riding, Trail Riding, Hacking or Pleasure riding and Competitive Mounted Ori-enteering. It keeps you fit and strong. It will really strengthen up your two-point position. If you wish to be a track-rider when you are studying, it’s all over and done with before class starts. You can have a second job.

Riders from our zone who have accomplished this Speed to Safety have in their words “had a ball”. Talk to Wendy Abey for more information

50th AnniversaryYear

The Committee has decided to hold a celebration in the latter part of this year to mark this great milestone.

We are looking for members past and present to form a group to steer this event.

If you are interested in being part of the organizing committee please con-tact our President John Mahoney.

Oaklands Hunt Club is also celebrating a milestone this Year, It is the Clubs 125th Anniversary.

The Club has offered to come to RCPC and present information and a video to encourage our members to see this sport as another way to enjoy riding.

If you would like to hear this presentation put your name on the list on the table.

This years Children’s Hunt is being held at Pyalong on Sat. 29th June.

Talk to Will Poker who has recently taken up Hunting, if you are interested in attending.

Several of our members have experienced the fun of the Children’s Hunt. David Stammers can give you more information.

Lost basket

Sue Frost brought a cane basket full of goodies for our last event. All of the goodies were used during the day, but unfortunately the basket seems to have disappeared during “Clean Up”. If you know where the basket is, please speak to Sue or John Ma-honey.