Finley and District Horse and Pony Club Newsletter

May Newsletter Number 4, 2013

Key Dates May 19 B&S Breakfast Fundraiser 6am onwards June 2 Rally Day, 9:30am arrival for 9:45am gear

check. 3 General Meeting 7pm at the club rooms.

Everyone welcome to attend. Local Events May

19 Finley BnS breakfast fundraiser, 6am Finley Show Grounds.

Uniform Orders If you would like to order a club jacket or poloshirt please have details to Kerry by Friday midday. Kerry will be sending out a reminder email with size chart and prices. Finley Pony Club Combined Training Day The Finley Pony Club Combined Training Day was held on Sunday 21st April 2013 and attracted an impressive 54 entries, some who came from places such as; Tocumwal, Cobram, Deniliquin, Corowa, Jerilderie, Chiltern, Lavington, Howlong, Numurkah, as well as a good representative of Finley riders. The day kicked off at 9am with the dressage component beginning in Arena One, starting with the Grade 5 riders, later the Grade 4 riders. The second dressage arena began at 10am with riders from Grades 3, 2 and 1. The riders each had to memorise a dressage test and perform the moments in either a 40 x 20 or 60 x 20 metre arena. Dressage Judges were; Miss Adrianna Morris, Janette Morris and Mrs Tina Bell and the rings were pencilled by Julie Maconachie, Adrianna Morris and Janette Morris. The show jumping competition commenced in the ‘Helen Hendy’ arena at 10.30 am and provided an exciting spectacle, as the riders and horses attempted to negotiate a series of jumps, to try and achieve a clear round. The course, designed by Mr Kevin Hare of

Deniliquin, provided the riders with jumping challenges to test the riders and horses’ courage and timing. The jumping judge for the day was Kathy Johnston and the pencillers were Kim Kelly and Kerry Lunn. The jumps were gradually raised in height, for each grade, until the very last exciting event, the Grade 1 competition, which saw Jill Lockhart and Shannon Kelly, two very talented local riders, pit their abilities against each other, in the final duel of the day, The crowd were all ‘on the edge of their seats’, as they watched the two horses fly over the incredibly high jumps in the exciting battle. The littlest riders were also catered for on the day, with them having their very own mini competition in the small sand arena, which began at 11.30am. The children were firstly presented with ten riding challenges, which were timed. The children could enter either the ‘led class’ or the ‘independent rider class’, in both Pony Club and Open sections. They then had to ride over six small jumps. A great deal of fun was had by all these younger riders. A big ‘thanks’ must go to the following members of the Finley Pony Club; Grace Ingram, Abbey Maconachie, Rachael & Jessica Butler, for judging and running this activity, the first time they had done so. The girls did a wonderful job.

Above: Georgia riding Pixie grade five dressage test.

Above: Chelsea leading Ralph with the help of her mum in the pre-grade five led class.

Above: Courtney riding Bubbles in the pre-grade five independent rider class.

Above: The pre-grade five children walking the jumping course with the help of Grace Ingram. At the conclusion of the day, the results were eagerly anticipated by all and they were as follows; Pre-Grade 5 Pony Club (Led) 1st Chelsea Singleton (Finley Pony Club)

Pre-Grade 5 Open (Led) 1st Nathan Ryan 2nd Bianca Griffiths 3rd Jemma Reid Pre-Grade 5 Pony Club (Independent Rider) 1st Chloe Paton (Deniliquin Pony Club) 2nd Courtney Lunn (Finley Pony Club) 3rd Caitlin Griffiths (Deniliquin Pony Club) 4th Emily Phillips (Numurkah Pony Club)

Pre-Grade 5 Open (Independent Rider) 1st Mackenzie Loughridge Grade 5 (Pony Club) 1st William McCallum (Deniliquin Pony Club) 2nd Meg Marsden (Tocumwal Pony Club) 3rd Emma McCallum (Deniliquin Pony Club) 4th Lucy Metcalf (Deniliquin Pony Club) 5th Madeline Preedy (Corowa Pony Club) = 6th Zoe Metcalf (Deniliquin Pony Club) Molly Reid (Tocumwal Pony Club)

Grade 5 Open =1st Emma Marsden Sophie Griffiths 2nd Meg Marsden 3rd Jemima Wettenhall 4th Madeline Preedy =5th Sharna Ryan Sophie Griffiths 6th Jessica Ryan Grade 4 (Pony Club) =1st Emily Gastin (Finley Pony Club) Gracie Reid (Tocumwal Pony Club) 2nd Annabelle McGee (Howlong Pony Club) 3rd Kacee Johnston (Finley Pony Club)

Grade 4 (Open) 1st Belinda McCallum (Deniliquin Pony Club) 2nd Hannah Braybon 3rd Melissa Morphett Grade 3 (Pony Club) 1st Vanessa Hayes Beetson (Toc. Pony Club) 2nd Hayley Graham (Deniliquin Pony Club) Grade 3 (Open) 1st Hayley Graham 2nd Melissa Morphett Grade 2 (Pony Club) 1st Shannon Kelly (Finley Pony Club) 2nd Hayley Graham (Deniliquin Pony Club)

Grade 1 (Open) 1st Shannon Kelly 2nd Jill Lockhart

After the presentation of the ribbons, Finley Pony Club had one final surprise for all the riders and their families that had come along to support this wonderful day. A variety of prizes, ranging from hay bales, bags of chaff, jams, preserves, horse feed, grooming kits, halters, lead ropes, kids cooking kits, etc, had been kindly donated by Finley Pony Club parents, to be offered as a lucky dip prizes. All of the competitor’s numbers had been placed in a hat, in the form of raffle tickets and the tickets pulled out, one at a time and the lucky winners announced, to come and select a prize from the pile of available prizes. Great excitement was generated, each time, as the lucky winners were announced. The Finley Pony Club would like to thank all the competitors and helpers, who came along to help make this day a success, especially Mrs Leanne Williamson, who was our official Gear Checker for the

day and her husband Steve, her Penciller. It was a big and important job to help ensure all competitors were able to compete as safely as possible. Mrs Bronwyn Bourchier, our ‘Club Visitor’, was also on hand to offer support and also provided her wonderful ‘PA System’, to keep everyone informed throughout the day.

It was certainly a very successful and enjoyable day for the Finley Pony Club. The very next official Finley Competition will be held on the 15th of September, later this year, two weeks after the Finley Show, in the form of a ‘Games and Showjumping Day’. PCAV State Horse Trials The PCAV State Horse Trials were held in Deniliquin on 4th and 5th May. Shannon Kelly represented Finley Pony Club, competing in Grade 2. Shannon placed 9th out of 26 riders. Congratulations Shannon, an excellent effort. Shannon would like to thank Finley Pony Club for their support.

Above: Shannon riding Sovereign Mac in Cross Country

Above: Shannon riding Sovereign Mac in Show Jumping. Also thanks to everyone who was able to help in the canteen on the Sunday or make cakes, slices or biscuits. ANZAC Day March Thanks to everyone who attended the ANZAC Day March held on Thursday 25th April. It was great to see so many members in attendance, and you all looked fantastic.

May Rally The May rally was held on the second weekend of May as the first weekend was the PCAV State Horse Trials. It was a lovely day with show jumping in the morning and cross country after our hot chips and gravy lunch.

2013/2014 Memberships Memberships for 2013/2014 are now due. Invoices have been posted out to help lessen the confusion over the total cost of membership. Please have these returned to Ros before the end of May to avoid a late fee of $5 per entry. Sale Items If you have any horsey items that you would like to sell please email sez_325@hotmail.com and I will put them in the newsletters. Thanks.

D Star Presentation Congratulations to Georgia Lunn for attaining her D Star Certificate. Well done!

Rider Profile Name: Kacee Johnston Age: 15 Horses Name: Moccona Idol: My mum. She is amazing with

horses, always knows what to do and never gives up! I aspire to have her determination.

Riding Aims: To improve my dressage and jumping

Riding Achievements: 3rd in Combined Training Day! Champion riding pony 2009

Birthdays May 10 Rosie Cleve 25 Jess Butler Happy Birthday girls!