APRIL 2012

Hoof Prints Wandin Park Adult Riders Club Inc. Association No. 1218P

President Meg Stafford

Vice President Peta Elstrek

Secretary Veronica Harris

Treasurer Julie Hanssen

General Committee

Rally Bookings Peta Elstrek

Club Uniforms Anita Nathan

Green Book Rebekah Harris

Instructor and Judge

Bookings Narelle Walker

Ribbons, Bows and

Prizes Teagen Krop

TTT Co-Ordinator

Meg Stafford

Newsletter Kathy Smith

Website

Administrator Sharyn Symonds

Morning Tea & Lunch Adrian Kolvacic

Next Rally Sunday 6th May At Wandin Park

Instructors : Dressage—Claire Knowles Jumping—Sue Tufnell

For lessons contact peta.elstrek@bigpond.com

TTT Horse Trials

Cost: $80 per rider (made out to Wandin Park RCA Inc, or deposit the club account) When: 19th and 20th of May Where: Bulla RC - Greenvale Extras: $13.90 for spit roast dinner, unlimited camping, but NO perma-nent yards so you must BYO yards.

Send your individual entry form to 70 Harberts Road, Don Valley 3139 or email me at megstaf@iprimus.com.au

Entries by 17th April please

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President’s Report

H O O F P R I N T S

I N S I D E H O O F P R I N T S

T H I S M O N T H

President’s Report

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April Rally Report 3

April Rally Report cont. 4

Rally in Photos 5

Rally in Photos 6

WPRCA Calendar 2012 7

Equitech Performance

Products

8

- Seville Saddlery

- Glenbrae

9

For Sale/lease/wanted 10

Champion Club Mem-

ber

11

Club Merchandise 12

Hello Everyone,

Daylight savings is over. No denying that Winter is on its way now boo

hiss. The upside though is the kids go to bed so much easier with the sky

being dark!!

TTT Horse Trials entries need to be in to me by 17th of April at the latest,

so if you are looking at joining a team please get them in sooner rather

than later. Send them to megstaf@iprimus.com.au or 70 Harberts Road

Don Valley 3139.

Well, we have bought a new Show jump trailer!! I’m sure you have all

walked past our current trailer and wondered what the hell was keeping

the sides from falling off. It was beyond repair, so it has been replaced by

a newer, shinier version. A member of your committee is travelling up to

NSW to pick it up this Wednesday, so it will be there at the next rally for

you to all check out.

I sent out the question via email and in the last newsletter why people are

not attending rallies. I have had a rather dismal response which is a

shame. Remember – if we don’t know what’s wrong, we can’t fix it!! The

answers so far consist of cost/ lack of funds (x2), lame horse (x2), compe-

titions conflicting (x2), too busy (x3), prefer private lessons (x1).

Does anyone else have anything to add? 10 responses out of 58 is pretty

slack just quietly!!

As mentioned in the last newsletter we are looking at holding a competi-

tion later in the year (Aug/Sept time). We are proposing a show and a

freshman’s show jump competition. As soon as more information comes

to hand, we will pass it on to you.

From my front, Andy has been plugging away quietly. We have mainly

been doing EA stuff, but did a comp at Neerim on the weekend. He did

well in one test, but we retired in the second after he had a meltdown

about a kid twanging the fence wire next to the arena. I feel more de-

sensitizing coming on (either that or a swift slap to a stranger’s child!!).

In the meantime,

I hope you have all had a very HAPPY EASTER, and are quietly eating

through a mountain of chocolate!!

Meg

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H O O F P R I N T S

Rally Day

1st April 2012

A Lesson with Caroline Coleby…… ….by Sharyn Symonds Sit Trot……without stirrups……did I hear that prop-erly??? Well many of you know I haven’t been to club for a while and after today’s effort I may not be able to walk tomorrow but they do say no pain, no gain!! And even though the instructor was quite tough and didn’t suffer fools lightly I actually learnt quite a lot!!! I was quite looking forward to club and it was proba-bly the fact that I had a new four legged friend to take along by the name of Flash. Flash is a Clyde/WB/TB cross and hasn’t done a lot of work of late so when the schedule came out and I saw that I was having a private lesson with Caroline I did wonder how Flash & I would cope with an intense hour with Caroline. I had heard on the grapevine that Caroline is a great instructor but she can be quite tough. Lucky for me Meg Stafford decided to join me which gave me some breathing space as Caroline worked with Meg and Andy. Transitions were the flavour of the lesson and we worked on transitions and making them

from engaging the abdominal muscles instead of kicking, flapping or however else you get your horse to trot and then making the down-ward transition in the same way. We basically had to leave their heads alone and ride from our core. So being the hard task master that Caroline is she made us ride on the buckle so that we have no choice but to stop and go by engaging muscles. It is quite amazing that when you actually get it right how little effort it takes as a rider to make your horse trot or canter.

Dressage Lesson

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H O O F P R I N T S

Rally Day

1st April 2012

I have only had flash for 1 week and every time I rode him I always felt that I worked harder than he did so for me learning this was a great tool in getting him to move forward. Just when I was starting to get the hang of engaging muscles that haven’t been used in a while Caroline yells out “ok you girls I want you to cross your stirrups”……….I am thinking “oh what”, did I hear that right……bugger me this is my 7th ride on this horse and I kinda like having pedals!!! For fear of being yelled at I lose my pedals and suck it up and get on with the job. More transitions and this time sit trot. Sit trot is not a very strong point and Caroline picked up on this and gave me a really handy tool to help develop the sit trot. In the past I would have sat a few strides and then when it got all awkward and out of sync I would have risen a few strides and then gone back to sitting. Instead of doing it that way, Caro-line had me sit a few strides and then do a transition to walk and then after 2 strides of walk go back to trot……this way you not only get time to reorganise once your balance is out of whack but you also practice another transition (something that Caroline is very big on!!!) well what can I say…..it worked a treat and by the end of the lesson I was sit trotting nearly the whole perimeter of the arena……something that I have not been able to do be-fore today without bouncing and getting tense and gripping. The other highlight for me was the beautiful drawing that Mary Newham had done whilst I was deep in concentration trying to master those transitions and the sit trot. It is just beautiful. Mary comes to club often to sketch and her work is amazing!!! What is even bet-ter still is the fact that she shaved about 10kgs off me!!! Well what can I say……it was good to be back at club and I enjoyed every minute even though it was hard work, but no pain no gain!!! See you all next month and in the meantime cross your stirrups even if it’s for 5 minutes, it does make a huge difference!!!

Dressage Lesson cont....

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H O O F P R I N T S

Rally Day

4th March 2012

Jumping Lesson with Jenny Parlivliet

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H O O F P R I N T S

Rally Day

4th March 2012

Dressage with Caroline Coleby

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WPRCA CALENDAR DATES

2012

Sunday 6th May 2012

Club Rally at Wandin Park Dressage / Show Jumping / Cross Country Instructors : Dressage—Claire Knowles

Jumping—Sue Tufnell

Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Club General Meeting location to be confirmed

Sunday 3rd June 2012

Club Rally at Wandin Park Dressage / Show Jumping / Cross Country

Instructors : TBA

Sunday 1st July 2012

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping

Instructors : Dressage—Claire Knowles

Jumping—Edith Kane

Sunday 5th August 2012

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping

Instructors : Dressage—Leanne Williams (indoor)

Jumping—TBA

Sunday 9th September 2012

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping

Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Sunday 7th October 2012

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping

Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Wednesday 24th October 2012

Club’s AGM details to be confirmed

Sunday 4th November 20112

Club Rally at Wandin Park Dressage / Show Jumping / Cross Country

Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Sunday 2nd December 2012

Club Rally at Wandin Park Christmas Rally

Fun Club Day and Christmas Lunch at Club Rooms

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H O O F P R I N T S

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H O O F P R I N T S

648 Warburton Highway, Seville. Tel 5964 4633

www.saddleryshop.com.au

NEW IN STORE

- Ariat Heritage Boot Promotion - as seen in March Horse Deals, page 46 - buy a pair of Heritage

boots in March or April and receive a beautiful Ariat tote valued at $40, free!

- Kerrits winter clothing range, including jackets, fleeces and long sleeve tops. See The Saddlery Shop

Facebook page for photos. Kerrits Sit Tights; Flex Tights and Microcord breeches all in 3 colours.

- Winter rugs - Weatherbeeta and Zilco rugs in now.

- Lafitte socks - new colours

- Decron leg wrap poultices

- Cashel saddle pads, horse boots, wraps, bell boots, flymasks and hay bags.

ON SALE

- 33% off ladies summer tops including Wrangler & Kerrits

- 33% off girls' T shirts and PJs

- 50% off winter vests and girls' long sleeve & fleecy tops

- 25% off Ariat and Dublin show shirts - good range

COMING SOON – the new Horze range – great products, amazing value

Don’t forget your 15% Wandin Park discount!

Under New Management

Arena Hire Agistment Lessons

SEEKING SPONSORSHIP

We look forward to providing business as usual! Please contact Teagen 0401 194 265

or Claire Hakek 0418 871 225

www.glenbrae.com.au glenbrae@mail.com

Like our Facebook page—Glenbrae Equestrian Centre

Got Something to sell/lease or want....

H O O F P R I N T S

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No thoroughbreds, please… Dear All,

After thirteen wonderful years with my beautiful TB girl,

I'm looking for something else…a very quiet gelding! Not too big (15 to 16 hh)

and not too old (8 years and under) with good movement and an impeccable tem-

perament. I currently ride HRCAV Level 3 and although I will mostly focus on dres-sage, I would like to think my jumping days are not entirely over.

If you could please forward this to anyone who has anything to do with horses, I would very much appreciate it. I figure someone somewhere must know the right

horse…

Many thanks!!!

Suzanne (mobile: 0404 098 854)

BACK PROTECTORS

available in club colours, manufac-

tured in the UK & worn by top 3 & 4 star

riders in Australia and around the

world.

5% discount to WPRCA members.

Please contact peta elstrek to view

them or try on.

0427 500 865 or email

peta.elstrek@bigpond.com.au

Champion Club Member

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Description Points

Attendance at AGM 100

Attendance at General Meetings 50

Attendance at Working Bees 30

Helping out at WPRCA Competitions 30

Helping out at WPRCA Rallies 5

Official team helper at HRCAV Team Event 25

Attending rally mounted/unmounted 5

Competing at our competitions 10

Newsletter Contributions 5

Competing at Official HRCAV Events 5

Champion Club Member Championship Points

The Green Book

Members please remember to complete the ‘Green Book’ at each rally to ensure you accrue points throughout the year towards a free chaff chat or free entry to a TTT event/s the following year.

The person with the most points at the end of the financial year (October) will receive a trophy and a free WPRCA Membership for the fol-lowing year as well as the ‘Champion Member’ title.

You can earn points by just attending club rally days (either mounted / un-mounted), helping at rallies, writing for the newsletter, competing at official HRCAV competitions, or helping at our competitions, attending the AGM and General Meeting during the year.

At the end of the year, Members who earn:

h300-400 points - 1 x prize Prizes Are : - 1 x Chaff subscription

h400+ points - 2 x prizes - 1 x TTT Entry

The Club Champion will receive free WPRCA Membership for the following season.

This rule is assessed annually.

Committee Members DO NOT receive points for the committee jobs they do. Any member can earn the same amount of points as each other.

Every WPARC Member has

the opportunity to win this

award!!

H O O F P R I N T S

NAME (last update March 2012) TOTAL

1 Sue Symonds 195

=2 Nicole Gilbert 150

=2 Anita Nathan 150

=2 Meg Stafford 150

=2 Veronica Harris 150

=3 Adrian Kolavcic 140

=3 Rebekah Harris 140

=4 Jenelle Martin 130

=5 Carol Foote 125

=5 Narelle Walker 125

6 Barbara Geoffrey 120

=7 Julie Hanssen 115

=7 Sharyn Symonds 115

=7 Anita Hummer 115

=7 Kathy Smith 115

=8 Debbie Walsh 110

=8 Mardi Trease 110

=9 Kim Anning 105

=9 Peta Elstrek 105

=10 Jenny Wall 100

=10 Michelle Oliver 100

=10 Patricia Ellis 100

Soft Shell Jacket—$80.00

Polo Neck T-Shirt—$ 40.00

Polar Fleece Vest—$45.00

Polar Fleece Jumper—$50.00

Rugby Top—$40.00

Soft Shell Vest—$65.00

Knitted Scarves—$15.00

Peaked Caps—$15.00

Military Style Cap—$20:00

Bucket Style Cap—$20:00

Knitted Beanie—$15:00

Stock—$35.00

Uniforms are available to order through

Anita Nathan.

We have many members out and about in

the new uniforms and they do look very

smart.

Contact details for Anita are Home:

5964 4735 or Mobile: 040 8 945 171

Email: ggryder@bigpond.com

Club Merchandise..

H O O F P R I N T S

NEW ARRIVAL:

For the dressage people, this

lovely satin Stock is hand

made in Teal and White with

gold embellishment.

Easy to put on with a Velcro

fastener.

Matches our existing uni-

form.

Contact Anita Nathan for

any enquiries or for pur-

chase.

Cost : $35.00.

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