the baling twine
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The official newsletter of the Howlong Equestrian Park and its associated clubs.TRANSCRIPT
Issy & Kaitlyn McGowan keeping it in the family at
Moyhu SJ Day
Issue 3 December 2011 The Baling Twine
Official Newsletter of the Howlong Equestrian Park
and it’s associated clubs
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2011 Pony Club Committee & Contact Details
Club District Commissioner & Club President: Jodi Homer H: 02 6026 8231
M: 0419 288 798
Club Vice President: Sue Green H: 02 6026 8159
Assistant DC: Taiya Fry M: 0447 197 904
Club Secretary: Katrina Horne H: 02 6032 7049
M: 0412 221 700
Club Treasurer: Wendy Tuff H: 02 6026 5133
M: 0427 265 193
2011 Committee Members: Tammy Baker, Taiya Fry, Sue Green, Donna Donlen
Fundraising: Taiya Fry
Grounds: Lowe Square, Howlong
Mailing Address: 162 Sturt Street, HOWLONG NSW 2643
Pony Club Club Rallies
Annual fees are due @ 1 July, for those wishing to join mid-year pro-rata fees are as follows:
Fees for the period February 1 to June 30 2011 are $55 plus a club fee of $25 (this club fee reduces to $10 for
subsequent members of the same family).
Fees prior to 1 February are $125 for the first family member and $100 for subsequent members of the same
family (comprising of $80 insurance each rider and the remainder is the club fee).
Adult helpers are not required to pay a fee.
Prospective new members are given the option to have a “come and try day” - Note this does not apply to riders
who have been a member of pony club in the past. The insurance component is payable prior to riding at a rally
and may be refunded at the end of the day if rider chooses not to go ahead as a member. They also need to com-
plete all necessary forms.
Pony Club Fees
Rallies are generally held at the club grounds once a month, on a Sunday. Occasionally there will be a second
rally in the month if there is demand and it fits in the with the Zone competition calendar.
Summer rallies commence at 8:30 for gear check and riding commences at 9:00 am. These rallies finish be-
fore lunch at around 12 Noon.
Winter rallies commence at 9:30 for gear check and riding commences at 10:00 am. These rallies generally
have a lunch break around 11:45 and finish around 2pm.
Rally dates vary a lot so won’t be published in this newsletter. Dates will be decided at the committee meet-
ing for the next couple of months, and advised via the minutes which will be distributed to all members via
email. Dates will also be published on the club Facebook page.
It is the member’s responsibility to keep up to date with the information that will be provided via these two
methods.
A huge variety of instruction is provided at our rallies, often with paid instructors of a high standard and our
club also has several very knowledgeable parents who help provide a high level of instruction at our club.
Calendar 2012 - NEZ Events
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Please note that all dates in the above calendar are subject to change. Please keep an eye on the NEZ website
and the Howlong Pony Club Facebook page for further updates.
All club members on our mailing list will be forwarded programs via email as they become available.
A more detailed and up to date calendar for the NEZ is available on their website:
www.northeastzone.ponyclubvic.org.au
IMPORTANT:
Entries for pony club competitions are to be submitted individually. It is the riders/parents responsibility to
ensure their entries are in on time. All entry forms for zone events are emailed to the pony club members and
are available on the NEZ website.
Date Event Date Event
7/8 January Alan Mitchell Clinic (Moyhu) 29 January Benalla SJ Day (warm up for state)
12 February Myrtleford CT Day 25/26 February STATE SJ & DRESSAGE CHAMPS
4 March Kergunyah Horse Trials 11 March Benalla Horse Trials
18 March Moyhu Horse Trials 1 April Shepparton Horse Trials
15 April Mansfield Horse Trials 29 April Barry Hillier Horse Trials (AWEC)
19/20 May Moyhu Autumn School 10 June Benalla CT Day
4/5 August Yarrawonga SJ & Dressage Qualifier 11/12 August Benalla SJ & Dressage Qualifier
26 August Wodonga SJ Qualifier 9 September Moyhu SJ & Dressage Qualifier
23 September Mansfield CT Day 14 October Seymour SJ & Dressage Qualifier
28 October Wodonga Gymkhana 11 November Kergunyah SJ & Dressage Qualifier
18 November Moyhu Supercross 24 November Mansfield Gymkhana
25 November Mansfield SJ Qualifier 2/3 December Zone SJ & Dressage Qualifiers FINAL
Committee Meetings
7:30 pm 2nd Wednesday of every month - Howlong Community Resource Centre. We often meet for a feed at the Howlong
Hotel prior to the meeting for a social “catch up”.
Howlong Pony Club Bank Account Details for EFT Payments
BSB: 640 000
Account: 581120S16 (substitute “S” with a “5” if you don’t bank with the Hume Building Society)
Reference: Use your surname and a word describing what the payment is for - VERY IMPORTANT
If you pay online for any monies owed, you MUST ALSO email [email protected] and include a copy of
your receipt, and in the email details of what the payment is for.
Non Pony Club Competitions
Useful links are:
GLOBAL ENTRIES ONLINE - www.globalentriesonline.com.au
NOMINATE - http://www.nominate.com.au/
ALBURY WODONGA EQUESTRIAN CENTRE - http://www.awec.net.au/
BORDER DISTRICT SJ CLUB - http://www.bdsjc.com/
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2011 HARC Committee & Contact Details
Club President: Jodi Homer H: 02 6026 8231
M: 0419 288 798
Club Vice President: Katrina Horne H: 0412 221 700
Club Secretary: Mandy Reidy M: 0409 129 697
Assistant Secretary: Kylie Bowden
Club Treasurer: Suzanne Fisher
2011 Committee Members: Peggy Cockayne, Katrina Johnson, Mandy Gilpin, Claire Clayton
Mailing Address: 162 Sturt Street, HOWLONG NSW 2643
Club Rallies
Annual fees are due @ 1 November annually.
♦ Insurance component (paid by club to HRCAV) $90 per rider for the period 1 November 1 to 31 October 2012.
♦ Club fee is $40 annually.
♦ Total payable by new members is $130.00.
Those who are members of another HRCAV affiliated club may join HARC as an associate member, this means
they can take part in our activities. To become an associate member you pay only the $40 club fee and must
have already paid the insurance component through another club.
Membership is open to all riders over the age of 16. Riders as young as 14 may be accepted at the discretion
of the committee providing the rider and the parent are both members, and the parent is present at all times.
Fees & Membership @ January 1, 2012
2011 Adult Riding Club Committee & Contact Details
Rallies will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month and the 4th Saturday of every month.
Exceptions may be around Christmas time and January School holidays. Rallies or cancellation rallies will
be publicised through our Facebook page and via email to club members.
It is the member’s responsibility to keep up to date with the information that will be provided via these two
methods.
Rally’s will mostly be unstructured, with instruction provided on a user demand basis. If a member would
like to organise a more structured rally, they are more than welcome and should bring it up at the monthly
meeting.
Meetings
Meetings will be held during our Wednesday rally days.
If you cannot get to a Wednesday meeting and you have something you would like to raise, you can either put
your request/concerns in writing to be submitted as correspondence, OR request that the following meeting be
held at another time that is more suitable.
The reason it was decided to hold meetings on the Wednesday was it suited most of the committee and reduc-
es the need to have another “evening” meeting in our already too busy lives.
2011 HARC Committee & Contact Details
Howlong Adult Riding Club - Inaugural Rally
A fabulous day was had by all who attended. There were 10 members present, with one unmounted due to inju-
ry. We simply saddled up and had a ride. Peggy kept to the sand arena for most of the time and she said it was
good for Fox to get out at the grounds with no pressure so she could try to relax him. The rest of us rode around
the SJ area over poles and small obstacles.
All riders gained confidence as the time wore on, and perhaps at least one rider got a little too ambitious.
Trudy McGee riding Lucy Crawford’s Lewis lost her balance when Lewis popped in a bigger than expected
jump, clinging to his neck for a bit before hitting the deck and claiming the award for the Club’s first Stack.
Luckily she was OK.. Just a tad winded and no doubt a bruised butt!
Some shots taken at the inau-
gural rally and below all the
members in attendance on
that first day.
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Welcome to our club newsletter. I like to think our newsletter is unique. Whilst it is not the place our mem-
bers refer to for the latest information regarding upcoming rallies and events, but it is a tool, used by our club
to showcase how fabulous it has become to the local Howlong Community and the region surrounding Howlong,
which is where many of our members come from.
We now boast members from Rutherglen, Jindera, Thurgoona and Wodonga as well as quite a few locals from
Howlong.
The club has gone from strength to strength not only in numbers, we are now one of the biggest clubs in the
area, but in our presence in the North East Zone.
I have taken on the role of Dressage Co-ordinator for the 2012 State Showjumping & Dressage Championships,
to be held at the Albury Wodonga Equestrian Centre in Thurgoona in February. The Howlong club is very sup-
portive of this championship and our riders will be there in uniform representing Howlong as volunteer helpers
on the day.
These championships are a major event in the Pony Club calendar and hopefully our club will be represented
by Lucy Crawford and her horse Lewis in the C Grade team. To date she is the leading qualifier in the strongly
contested Showjumping series, having won two overall Championships during this years series.
Also on a competition level, I have to comment on the number of our riders out competing at pony club competi-
tions throughout our zone and neighbouring zones. They are always beautifully turned out and our uniform is
one that stands out in a crowd.
We have also managed to conduct several successful showjumping and dressage clinics, which is a wonderful
opportunity for those wishing to focus on these aspects of their riding, to gain expert instruction.
We have also been lucky to make use of Ashby’s indoor arena for some of these clinics. It is also marvellous for
riders to experience riding indoors.
Looking ahead to 2012, it can only continue to get bigger and better.
President’s Report - Jodi Homer
RALLYS
In 2012 we will aim for riders to be working towards gaining their Proficiency Certificates and work will start on this in the
near future.
Thanks goes to Peggy Cockayne, Trudy McGee, Mandy Gilpin, Tracey McGowan & Taiya Fry for instructing at
our rallies, and especially to Mandy who has been doing a fabulous job with troupe drill at the beginning of our
rallies, a wonderful thing for all the riders to take part in together.
Of course we have had many guest instructors, too many to mention.
Also a timely reminder for riders, when you are at pony club, you should conduct yourself in an or-
derly manner, riders should be lined up when not actually working your horse or pony, and at no
times should you go riding around unless under instruction.
GEAR CHECK
For those wanting to have a shot at the end of year awards for the Gear Check awards, remember the more ral-
lies you get to the better, and we are looking for the following when awarding points:
Clean boots
Clean bits
Tidy Hair
Clean gear & Clean Horse
If you go to extra effort you will be rewarded. Remember at gear check you should also line up in an orderly
fashion and wait for instructions.
From your DC’s Desk!
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Fundraising
The Clubs both need to do a lot of fundraising in the coming 12 months, as it has been decided we need our
own clubrooms. Unfortunately we cannot use the pool facility all year round and as our club is growing we
are needing a “home”.
Anyone who has ideas for fundraising or who has time to apply for grants should contact a committee mem-
ber of one of both of the clubs. It would be envisaged that maybe in 2012 we can run our first competition,
which will also raise funds for our club.
The Howlong Adult Riding club is finally off the ground. It has been a vision of mine for some time and it was a
matter of simply doing it - fitting it in with my crazy lifestyle that is already way too busy.
Now that the club has been officially affiliated with HRCAV the pressure is off a bit and also as we have our-
selves a great committee made up of ladies from around the region.
This club has all the ingredients to grow into a great club and our aim is to keep it relaxed and fun. The more
formal instructional clinic’s will still happen, but will more than likely be run in conjunction with the Pony
Club to ensure they are well supported and fully booked.
The inaugural rally was refreshing to say the least, from my own point of view having taken on so many roles
within our club it was simply lovely to hop on a pony and ride in such a relaxed manner, with a bunch of other
ladies who have a great sense of humour and fun.
I can see that the club will be very social and I think this is what we all need in our lives that can become so
wound up with competition and the business of keeping up with family commitments.
I look forward to the year ahead - it will be interesting to see how we evolve over the next 12 months.
HARC President’s Report - Jodi Homer
Photographed above are the entrants in
our 2011 Xmas themed Fancy Dress com-
petition, won by Eryn Norie riding Cher-
ry. Many thanks to Horseland Albury
who sponsored this competition.
Photographed at right is winner of the
Horseland Saddlecloth, Eryn Norie, and
placegetters Kaitlyn & Isabel McGowan.
Dress up fun at HPC Christmas Breakup
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Here’s some pics of our new members, our club is now well over 20 riding members...
WELCOME Page!
Issie McGowan
Kaitlyn McGowan
Sophie Keen
Monique Bakulic
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Competitors Corner
Since the last newsletter, riders have represented Howlong at many events, from Showjumping events within
the North East Zone, to Horse trials in our own zone and neighbouring zones.
Many of our riders also compete in open competition, using the knowledge & experience they have gained from
their involvement in pony club.
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It all started in August 2010, Yarrawonga SJ Champs. It was a horrible day and not a great start to my
first SJ qualifying season in the North-East Zone as I had walked the course wrong and had been eliminat-
ed! There was also Wodonga Showjumping which was our first indoor competition and I ended up getting
eliminated in every event from Lewis stopping! At Benalla I ended up getting a second place in the One
Round Stakes, I was so happy with Lewis! It was one of my first ribbons since we changed to the difficult
competition in Victoria. The last event of the year was Shepparton State Qualifiers. I was proud to find out
that I had come second in the championships, although it unfortunately wasn’t enough to make the state
team.
So in 2011 it started again with Yarrawonga, where I had the ride of my life! Lewis worked his heart out for
me and I came out of the three round championship in FIRST place, ahead of 25 other riders! And I also
bought home a second place in the Power and Speed. From that moment I was absolutely dedicated to the
SJ and decided I AM going to make it to state this year!!!
Next was Benalla, came out with a 1st place in the Power and Speed! I had a horrible championship round
as I had three rails down in the jump-off. Last event of the day was the one-round stakes. It was pretty close
to watch and I had the most amazing round on Lewis! Turns out that I came first by over 4 seconds, and I
won the Reserve Champion sash.
Wangaratta was next, by now I was a lot more confident and even more determined than ever. I had a great
one-round stakes and I came first! Two-round Championships is the toughest event and I had the first
round clear and was last to go in the jump-off knowing that everyone had had a rail so if I could go slow and
keep them standing I would win. Except I had a rail and ended up being too slow, I ended up second place.
Save the best event for last, Top Score – where you make your own course up and the more difficult jumps
are worth more points and the top score wins! I had a concerning round knocking down a jump worth 80
points, I still won! Today was the best day of my life, apart from the best rides ever, it was the first time I
had ever won a champion sash and trophy rug!! Lewis just keeps getting better.
Moyhu Show jumping and Dressage and I had Vinnie in the dressage as well as Lewis’ jumping. I came first
in an average one-round stakes. Equitation is a bit
different because you are judged by how you go
around the jumps, position and they ask you to do
a small task. I was first to go and I had the clean-
est ride I ever had, except I misunderstood the
task which spoiled my chances. I ended up 7th. The
Championship round was huge and difficult, so
many people didn’t go clear. I was one of two peo-
ple to go clear and was very fast, coming first!! I
was the C Grade Champion AGAIN :)
At the moment I am on the top of the list for the
NEZ State team! There is only one qualifier to go,
at Shepparton and that could change everything,
also because my horse is fat as and might not
make it over the jumps, I’m still really excited and
I think I’ll need all the luck I can get but I am al-
ready overly happy with my little legend called
Lewis ! I wish everyone good luck in the future and
I hope this explains that there is hope, and I didn’t
have an easy time on Lewis, there is moments
where I wanted to give up. But in the end, it is
worth it!
ZONE SJ QUALLIES by LUCY CRAWFORD
Lewis giving it his all in the Top Score at Wang
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ZONE SJ QUALLIES by LUCY CRAWFORD (cont.)
Following is the top 10 in the standings following the final qualifier at Shepparton. There was a total of almost 40 riders
competing throughout the season. The total is made of each riders best three performances.
With the spoils of Victory at Wang SJ Champs
C Grade Yarra-
wonga Benalla
Wodon-
ga
Wangara
�a Moyhu
Mans-
field
Sheppar-
ton Total
Quali-
fied
Lucy Crawford Lewis 20 22 31 26 22 79 1
Kate Rowe Kr Duco Pop 16 10 21 41.5 78.5 2
Alexandra Robin-son Dozer 6 22 11 13 12 30 25.5 77.5 3
Rebecca Robinson Simon 7 22 24 8 18 21 67 4
Sarah Osborne Stuey 13 13 19 1 20 16.5 55.5 res
Rebecca Robinson Baxter 18 18 7 11 15 51
Lachlan Staats Patrick 25 12 9 13 4 3 50
Maise Adams Sequel 17 9 6 8 15 15 47
Maddison Connell Ellison Stretch 14 6 9 7 16 4 36
Lachlan Waddell Ranger Peddy 1 7 13 9 29
Howlong Pony Club - Member Profile - Monique Bakulic
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I have been riding since I was 6.
I started riding a little white pony who was owned by my
Pop’s next door neighbour. I started taking ‘Buster’ to
Wirlinga Pony Club, and once I showed enough interest
mum decided to buy me my own pony, and I got Jess.
Jess was previously a horse who went to St Pauls College
as a college horse but had not done any pony club! Ever
since then I’ve had jess and we’ve done every discipline of
riding you can think of. I’ve competed at pony club, Zone
and State level twice on Jess.
The time came when
unfortunately I out-
grew jess and we had to find a new horse. I leased a few horses
who were found to be unsuitable. I was borrowing a horse for the
Zone 20 Tumba Camp in 2010 when after hours of searching eve-
ry possible website & magazine countrywide, Mum came across
Buzz who happened to be at Tumbarumba.
Buzz had never been to pony club with his previous owners, he
was only used to round up cows and trail riding. I didn’t want
him, but mum insisted he had potential. And sure enough, mum
was right, yet again..! And now Buzz is at where he is at now, but
were both improving each time!
FOOTNOTE: Since Joining Howlong in May this year,
Monique and Buzz have improved immensely, both attacking
challenging courses with a fabulous attitude, not yet having the
success they crave, but doing the hard yards that will see them
progress in the future - Well Done
Monique and Buzz -
Jess & I doing XC at
Kergunyah HT 2006.
Mon & Jess in
the early days
Competing
When you compete at a Pony Club
competition for the first time, there
are many things you need to be aware
of. Here are some hints:
ARRIVING
Get there early! There are lots of
things to do before you ride, so if you
are riding at 8:00 am for example, it
would be wise to be there before
7:00am - even earlier if your horse is
not completely ready.
CHECKING IN:
You need to attend (or have someone
do it for you) the secretaries office.
Your card should be completely up to
date, Victorian Pony Club events are
very strict on cards. Ensure your card
is graded and all rallies have been
updated.
MEDICAL ARMBANDS
You need to wear a medical armband
at all PCAV competitions. Howlong
PC has a couple of styles in stock, con-
tact our treasure for further infor-
mation.
COURSE WALKING
Especially if it is a One Day Event
that you are attending, you need to
allow plenty of time to walk your
course - you need to look at your times
for the day and work out when you
can fit in a course walk, which can
take up to an hour or so!
SJ course walks only take 10 minutes.
Riding Around Town
When riding in town, remember a cou-
ple of things:
COURTESY
Don’t ride on resident’s nature strips,
this is not only inconsiderate but can
also give our club a bad name. We
want to be respected in this town, so
please respect this rule.
SPEEDING
If you want to go for a gallop, do it in a
place where the ground is soft. Not on
a roadway or hard surface. Galloping
flat out is not good for any horse, but
especially not on a hard road. If you
do want to go a bit faster, find an out
of the way place, somewhere there is
some softer ground, and keep it at 3/4
pace out of consideration for your
horse, especially it’s legs.
TIMING
It is a bad idea to be out on a horse
after dark, for obvious reasons. Take
care to not leave for your ride without
allowing time to get home before dark.
TRAFFIC
It is wise to get off the road as far as
possible to allow traffic to pass. How-
ever, if you are approached by an obvi-
ously speeding vehicle, you can try
standing in the middle of the road and
asking it to slow down before getting
off. Common sense should prevail, but
remember vehicles coming at speed
are dangerous for us horse riders.
Take care to not leave for your
ride without allowing time to
get home before dark
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Things you need to know:
ADULT RIDING CLUB RALLIES:
These are much more casual than a Pony
Club Rally.
At our first one, we all simply rode to-
gether, had a lovely time with lots of
chatting. There was plenty of help and
advice.
We have several members who have
enough knowledge to teach groups, and
also we will occasionally be getting in
specialist coaches.
There are also the clinics coming up,
which will of course be open to both Pony
Club & ARC members.
Adult Riding Club is quite different to
Pony Club in that you don’t have to at-
tend 50% of rallies to be eligible to com-
pete.
You don’t have a gear check, you are ex-
pected to present with safe gear of course.
Our mid-week rallies are designed to be
“kid-free” time for our busy adult riders.
Looking forward to an enjoyable year
coming up.
FOR SALE/WANTED
FOR SALE - 16inch Stubben Rex sad-
dle, suit smaller child - beautiful
leather saddle in good enough condi-
tion for showing
Navy velvet riding helmet - size 57 -
only used a couple of times and now
outgrown. RRP $199 - tag is still on
the bag. Will sell for $150 ONO con-
tact Jodi on 0419 288 798 or how-
OUTBACK SPIRIT LEATHER
SWINGING FENDER SAD-
DLE...16 1/2 " NEW..COMFY $320
ONO also a black kincade AP
SADDLE 6 MTHS OLD 17" $150..
Contact Mia on 0403 678 881
Martin Kinlet Dressage saddle,
excellent condition, older saddle,
suitable for show, 16.5 inch - con-
tact Jodi 0419 288 798
16.5 all pur-
pose saddle
$100 ONO
Small hole in
flap but very
useable, excess
to our needs.
Argentian
brand, well
made similar to Stubben - Contact
Mandy on 0409 129 697
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Lowe Square - Grounds update
A very successful working bee was conducted in September, with lots of fam-
ilies turning out to clear away the rubbish from under trees and build our
fence around the SJ and Dressage areas.
Landscapability provided a truck and skid steer machine to help with the
task, and a huge amount was achieved.
Following this effort, a couple of weeks later, the boys (5 of them) from
Landscapability spent the entire day on site.
Completed was our temporary yards, made out of materials
donated by Landscapability. They also finished off the arena
fencing. Pete Homer spent many hours on the machine, shap-
ing our bank, and materials have been sourced to complete this
project in the Summer holi-
days.
Our first XC fence was also
built!
We will try to get another
working bee organised in
the New Year.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OUR GROUNDS?
There is a lot happening at Lowe Square - many will have noticed a change in the fencing on the
southern side. This is to allow for the new cricket oval being constructed behind the grounds. We
have effectively lost a lot of what was our parking space. We are being allocated the current “Dog
Leash Free” area in the South Western corner of the grounds as a compromise. This is a fairly large
space and will be a very good parking area once fenced off.
We will also be given a new access gate (main entrance) off Hume Street, just south of our SJ arena.
This will change the look of our grounds even further, and will be a much more user friendly en-
trance.
The grounds will now be known as the HOWLONG EQUESTRIAN PARK home of the Howlong Pony
Club & Howlong Adult Riding Club. A new sign will be erected reflecting this, and major supporter
Landscapability will take up the advertising space on the sign.
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HARC - Member Profile - Mandy Reidy
A short introduction to myself and my background.
I am Corowa born and bred. My family has been involved in horses for over 5 generations that I can lay claim to, be-fore that was horse buggy times so here's hoping we did not walk!
My family ran Mitchells river trail rides in Corowa many years ago and stood stallions at stud including Stud book stallions and breed stallions. My grandfather Murray Mitchell taught many local children to ride and some of them went on to international success.
I was a member of Corowa Pony Club and represented our club at club, zone and state level. We were all rounders, we evented, showed, competed in dressage, Showjumping, novel-ties and even tried picnic racing! Mr brother went onto big boys stuff and rode bulls. In my 'grown up' years (again I use that term very loosely), I have been a member of a couple of ARC's and competed at Horse Trials, Showing and Barastoc to success including TTT events. I am also a member of Hume Hunt Club and have represented them competitively at local and Melbourne Royal Show, where we won Reserve Champion Field Hunter horse on the flat. Myself and my daughter Emma put in a lot of work
breaking and training our horses and love to com-pete! Personally, I have not done much over the last couple of years as my daughter has taken priority, but it is time for me to have an interest and to also steal some of my horses back!
I look forward to being associated with How-long Adult Riding Club and hope that every-one can enjoy themselves and learn some-thing, even something small along the way, as you NEVER EVER stop learning from hors-es.
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Howlong Pony Club - Christmas Rally
Howlong Pony Club members were treated to an extraordinarily fabulous day at the home of our Sec-
retary, Katrina Horne. Her parents Tony & Jenny who own a most delightful property by the Mur-
ray River allowed us to use their facilities and grounds for a Mini ODE.
Katrina did an immense amount of work to get the grounds up to scratch, which was greatly appreci-
ated by all those in attendance.
Dressage judging was carried out by Caitlyn Hiskins, with her mum, Jo, Pencilling. All the riders
appreciated the constructive comments from Caitlyn.
A small SJ course was built using borrowed equipment, and all riders were allowed one round, as
they would be in a real competition.
The XC course was “walked” on horseback, as time was limited, and riders went one a time over a
simple course, but one that entailed some ups and downs and gave some riders their first ever experi-
ence at riding “across country”.
Enjoy the photos of our fabulous break up rally.
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End of Year Awards
It is only the 2nd year of awards within the new Howlong Pony Club and it was nice this year to see a
few new faces in the line ups.
2012 may see some changes in how the Gear Check award is worked out - we may even give out this
trophy for something completely different in 2012. Please any suggestions bring them along to our
first meeting in the new year.
Senior “Club Person”
Junior “Club Person”
Gear Check Aggregate
“Most Improved”
“Performance Award”
We’re on
Facebook!
Check out “Howlong Pony Club”
and “Howlong Adult Riding Club
Inc.” on Facebook. Great place
to keep in touch and up to date!
Other places of interest:
www.ponyclubvic.org.au
www.northeastzone.ponyclubvic
.org.au
www.awec.net.au
www.hrcav.com.au
Thanks...
♦ To Snap printing, for again printing our
newsletter;
♦ The people of Howlong for showing great
interest in our club and supporting our
sausage sizzles;
♦ Those who have put their hand up for a job
♦ Howlong IGA for giving us the opportunity
to raise funds through their sausage siz-
zles!
♦ Landscapability for providing machinery,
labour and a truck free of charge on nu-
merous occasions
♦ HORSELAND Albury for supporting our
Xmas themed Fancy dress.
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JANUARY 2012 - clinic
A Dressage & Showjumping Clinic will be run in
January - Dates to be confirmed, but it will be
somewhere between January 19 and 24 over 2
days.
It is hoped that we will be able to book both
Elizabeth Grenda and Andrea Williams.
Liz is shown below in her World Cup days riding
OT Flying High