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Gisborne & District Adult Riding Club February 2013 Newsletter
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PRESIDENT
Lucy Nicholson
0415 696 923
SECRETARY
Gillian Leach
TREASURER
Melissa Harper
03 54 33 5 295
ASSISTANT TREASURER &
UNIFORMS
Tammy Georgaloudis
GENERAL COMMITTEE &
LIBRARIAN
Emily Fairmaid
GENERAL COMMITTEE & TTT
COORDINATOR
Jenny McMillan
0411 118589
GENERAL COMMITTEE
Mandy Charman
Amanda Edwards
5428 3552
Cathy Simmons
OTHER CONTACTS
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Sarah McKenzie-Crawford
END OF YEAR AWARDS
OORDINATOR
Karen Middlebrook
Welcome to February
GISBORNE
DARC N E W S L E T T E R F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 G D A R C
The last month was certainly a busy one on the competition front with our
official HRCAV Showjumping Day on 10th February and many of our
members competing around the State with some terrific results (see page
2).
We have our March Rally booked for Saturday 2nd March (details on page
3) with instructors Kylie Burton for Dressage and Ruth Webb for Show-
jumping and Cross Country. Please note due to TTT CT being held on the
weekend of the 9th March our Rally has been brought forward a week .
This edition of the newsletter also sees an exciting addition from one of
our major sponsors the Gisborne Veterinary Practice. Each month our
friendly local vets at Gisborne will guide us through some of the most
common ailments that can effect our horses. This month Meaghan has
written up a piece on fire safety which we thought would be very fitting
with all of the unfortunate recent events effecting the southern half of
our Country. (See page 5). If you have any questions or possible other
article subjects for the Gisborne Veterinary Practice please forward your
queries onto me at [email protected] and I will gladly pass then
on.
On behalf of the Committee and associated positions we hope you are all
staying cool and safe in this warm weather and we look forward to seeing
you all at our upcoming Rallies and special events.
P A G E 2
Rider’s Results for Jan & Feb 2013
Congratulations to the following member for representing the club
with these fantastic results this month.
Fenella Smith & Rosedale Park Ben
Riddell's Creek ARC Show 28 January 2013
1st – L5 Smartest on Parade
1st – L5 Ridden Mount
1st – L5 Rider
1st – L5 Mount most suitable
Elle McKenzie & Coldstream Amoretto (Bailey) Riddell's Creek ARC Show 28 January 2013
2nd – L5 Ridden Mount
Elle & Bailey
Hayley Mountford & Shaman (Fred) Kyneton & District ARC Dressage Day held at Lancefield on 6 January 2013 5th—4E 66.67% Smythesdale ARC Golden Spurs Round 1 -27 January 2013 3rd—4C 74.1% Gisborne District ARC Show Jumping - Take Your Own Line (Chose your own adventure) 10 February 2013
4th and Equitation - 1st
Hayley & fellow GDARC member Evelyn Crawford
Please remember to send your results to the Editor Sarah McKenzie-
Crawford [email protected] so they can be featured in our
Newsletter and to Karen Middlebrook [email protected] so
they can be counted towards the end of year awards.
G I S B O R N E D A R C
August Rally—Dressage Judy Peel & SJ
Ruth Webb (indoors)
Bookings must be made on the club
booking sheet and sent through to Lucy,
new prices now apply
Club account Bendigo Bank BSB 633000
Club Grounds and Information
P A G E 3 G D A R C
Club Grounds
The grounds are booked on the following days of each month. Regular Users groups at the Club Grounds
include:
Gisborne Pony Club
1st Sunday of the month
Gisborne Adult Riders
2nd Saturday of the month
Simply Savvy Natural
Horsemanship
3rd Saturday of the month
Braemar College Equestrian Club Every
2nd Wednesday pm approx
4.00 pm till dark.
March Rally
When: Saturday 2nd March 2013 Where: At the GDARC Club Grounds Instructors: Kylie Burton for Dressage and Ruth Webb for Showjumping & Cross Country Lunchtime Demo: Bev Gardner, Showing tips When Kylie Burton isn’t training her own horse Casey (or Flowervale Ferraza as many may know her) she is training and coaching dressage riders, predominantly in the Macedon Ranges. Kylie teaches privately during the week and is involved in teaching clinics, adult riding clubs and pony club lessons on the weekends. She is currently a coach of the Victorian Young Rider Dressage Squad and was a coach of the 2010 Young Rider ‘A’ Squad Equitana Quadrille. Kylie is a member of the Young Ambassador of the Year Committee as well as contributing to the Victorian Dressage Events Committee. For more info on Kylie’s achievements please see the attachment to Lucy’s March rally email. Ruth Webb is one of the most popular instructors at many ARC clubs including our own. Ruth is an EA Eventer and, incidentally, just won the 1* Hickstead Event at Ballarat. She migrated from UK in 2007 and has around 20 years of successful Eventing experience from UK scene. Bev Gardner Showing expert and winner of the Garryowen is giving a lunchtime demonstration from 12-2pm for those wanting some showing tips.
Horse Bushfire Advice
Have a fire safety plan.
* You may choose early evacuation of horses to a safer district, however it is worth identifying a
“safe” area on your property where horses can be placed if evacuation is not possible
Criteria for a “Safe” area on your property
* As large as possible – give them plenty of room to move, horses will suffer minimal burns if given maximum space. They will gallop through flames, or around their edges, and stand on the
blackened, previously burnt area.
* Closely grazed paddock
* Ideally have a dam with clear access
* A large well fenced sand ménage – provided there are no trees or buildings nearby that will
burn readily
On total fire ban days, or when fire strikes, put your horses in the designated “safe” area
* REMOVE ALL EQUIPMENT from your horse including:
o Rugs – they will burn
o Halters – synthetics will melt, metal buckles may get hot and burn
o Fly masks – will melt
* Plait tails and manes up, or if you don’t have time cut them off
* Fill troughs, baths, sinks and metal buckets (not plastic as they will melt) with reserve water
for later use
* Turn off power and gas and disconnect electrical fences
Horse Bushfire Advice
CONTINUED
DO NOT
* Shut horses in stables or small yards
* Never turn them out on the road – they will be in danger from traffic and they may cause an
accident which you will be legally responsible for.
* Do not stay with your horse to try to sooth it, you cannot provide assurance when smoke is everywhere and the sound of fire is deafening. Go inside the house and do not put your own life
in additional danger.
Permanent identification of your horse assists in re-uniting lost horses with their owners. While brands are useful in identifying your horse they do not help locate the owner. In this way micro-
chips are superior.
* Microchip contact details are held by Central Animal Records (CAR). o Website:
www.car.com.au , Phone: 03 9706 3187, Email: [email protected]
* NB; In a bush fire situation phone lines may be down, houses or mobile phones destroyed it may be hard to contact the owner of a microchipped animal. The details held by CAR should contain an alternate contact (ie a person not living with you who can be contacted on your be-half if unobtainable). If you have a friend or relative in a safer district, it might be worth put-
ting them down as your alternate contact.
This information was largely obtained from the DPI factsheet Horses and Bushfires. To view the
original article copy and paste the following link into your internet address bar;
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/
nreninf.nsf/9e58661e880ba9e44a256c640023eb2e/29ba41fb3bb9394bca257302000f99de/$FILE/
AG0858_May07.pdf
P A G E 6 G D A R C
Diary Dates to Remember
MAR
2/3 DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND - RREC @ Elmore 14-Feb Leanne 5487 7277
3 COMBINED TRAINING DAY (Official) - Whittlesea AR 18-Feb Sally 0407716480
3 COMBINED TRAINING DAY (Official) - Doongala ARC 20-Feb Ann 5964 7633
3 CT & DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) Albury Wodonga ARC - CANCELLED TBA TBA TBA
9/10 TTT C/TRAINING (Official)- Biddlesden Park EC @ Wandin Pk 7-Feb Lucinda 0448 880 226
11 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Merricks SC 1-Mar Alice 5981 8625
11 SHOW (Official) - Snowy River HRC @ Orbost Agi Show 6-Mar Yuna 5154 2797
16 SHOW (Official) - Pakenham Upper Rc @ Pakenham Agi 4 Mar Helen 5942 7414
16 SHOW (Official) - Horsham & DESC @ Balmoral Agi - Rd 1 of Autumn
Series
16-Mar Alison 0427 882 235
17 CT & DRESSAGE DAY (Official) - Indigo ARC 2 Mar Sam 0401 092 712
17 SHOW (Official) - Peninsula HRC 2-Mar Debbie 5978 8678
17 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Keysborough EC - Sthn Dressage Series 1 Mar Sherrie 0402 526 939
17 CT & DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Yarrambat ARC 5-Mar Monique 0403 595 861
17 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Ballarat ARC 1-Mar Sarah 5341 7741
22 DRESSAGE DAY- NOT SO MID WEEK (Official) - Trentham ARC 15-Mar Sue 0414 445 7946
23 DRESSAGE DAY (Official) - Upper Beaconsfield RC @ Ayr Hill 13-Mar Liz 0412312271
23 SHOW (Official) - Horsham & DESC @ Natimuk Agi - Rd 2 of Autumn Series 23-Mar Cindy 0457 924 950
23/24 DRESSAGE JACKPOT WEEKEND @ Elmore - Yea ARC 8 Mar Kerry 0423 404 235,
24 SHOW (Official) - Horsham & DESC @ Minyip Agi -Rd 3 of Autumn Series 24-Mar Alieshia 0427 155 731
24 SHOWJUMPING (Official) - Hurstbridge & DIst ARC 15-Mar Sarina 0419 515 700
24 DRESSAGE DAY (Official) - Guildford SC 14-Mar , Fran 0411 430 311
24 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Pyalong RC @ Lancefield 12-Mar Kate 0438 029 685
24 SHOW (Official) - Leigh District 15-Mar Narelle 0438 034 313
30 DRESSAGE CHAMPS (Official) - Neerim AEC @ Neerim 13-Mar Erin 0458 266 361
31 DRESSAGE CHAMPS (Official) - West Gippsland ARC @ Neerim 13 Mar Erin 0458266361
P A G E 7 G D A R C
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