Rally Sunday 13th

November2016

Pam’s Bit Hi All,

Our last rally was once again a bit chilly & super windy but had some sunshine

during the day. Please let me know ASAP if you are coming this rally so I can

organise groups. This rally will be our barrel racing clinic with the amazing Danni

Quinsee to teach us how it’s done, she will be bringing along her own horse to

show us how the expert’s do it. We will be having some time trials at the end of

each session & we will see who is the fastest. Our last session of barrel racing will

be open to any outside riders who want to give it a try at a cost of $40 which

includes day insurance so let your friends know. Our Cup Day got off to a slow

start due to the cooler weather but by lunchtime the crowds came & everyone who

came along had loads of fun on the golf, fashions or just enjoying being together for

a great event. Thanks to our small band of helpers who helped out over the weekend

& Cup Day itself. Thanks to those who made a donation for our Silent Auction

which was very successful especially the Wardle family (Jamie, Fiona, Isabella &

Spencer) who don’t even belong to Pony Club but come along every year to support

us. Our next rally will be our Gymkhana followed by our Awards night which will

be a week later this year so don’t forget the date. Get working on those costumes

for our amazing fancy dress section. Congratulations to our C Kids for passing on

such an awful day. Thank you to Leanne Lake for all her hard work & dedication

during the year with our C kids.

See you all at the next rally, Pam

President Peter Stuart 0413580849 Vice President Ray Lavery 9710 1843 District Commissioner Pam Stuart 97101175 or 0413020981 Assistant District Commissioner Heather Pain 0408371769 Secretary Helen Powell 9730 1837 Ass. Secretary Jackie Scott

Treasurer Craig Spratling Zone Representative Tania Vascon Adult Riders Kerry Uden Agistment Pam Stuart Canteen Karen Tung Certificates Helen Powell Events Sec. Jayde Stuart First Aid Greg Hunter

Fundraising

Sue Laurie, Kerry Cooke, Megan Fox, Maureen Orders & Heather Pain Grounds

Newsletter Robyn Hunter and

Lisa Terry Rally Organiser Pam Stuart

Uniforms Julie Mill General committee

Kerry Uden, Sue Dahlblom, Anjie Grisold, Julie Mill, Jeff Figgins, Mel Ramsay, Isobel Pain, Bethany Lavery & Andy Scott

Diary Dates Nov 13 – Barrel Racing Rally

Dec 10 – Gymkhana & Awards night

As from the 1st June, 2014 the State government

has banned smoking where children play, smoking

is prohibited within 10mts of public places that

children use which host under 18’s sports.

NO SMOKING ON THE GROUNDS AT ALL.

Canteen and Maintenance

For canteen details only please ring Karen Tung 0439148445

So she can fill you in on what you need to bring. Don’t forget if you cannot do your Maintenance Duties or Canteen it is up to YOU to organise to swap

with someone else.

December Roster:

Muller, Somers

November Roster:

Mill, Stewart

Cl intons Road, Smiths Gul ly P .O. Box 59 St Andrews 3761 w w w . s t a n d r e w s . p o n y c l u b v i c . o r g . a u

November 2016 Newsletter

No one is to ride on Pony Club grounds unless they are

insured

Happy November

Birthdays

To

Isabella Figgins, Bethany McGhee,

Isobel Pain, Aiden Somers, Shenae Spratling,

Ethan Stuart

C Certificate

Well done!

To

Briony, Ingrid, Leigh, Paige & Sienna

who successfully achieved their C

Certificate test at Yarrambat on October

22 – despite the terrible weather!

General Interest

More C Cert

Due to a wedding on 19 November –

the clubhouse will be out of bounds.

The arena & grounds can still be used

but only early in the morning & to stay

away from using the main menage.

General Interest

Book Corner

We have created a “horsey” library for

access for any avid reader to borrow,

keep or swap. So, if you have read all

of your horse books, you might like to

add it to the library to share with others.

Your Pony Club!

Working Bees & Events

Our working bee on

Saturday

November 5th

Thank you to those few who did

manage to come along & did a bit.

Mill’s, Spratling’s, Scott’s & Powell

St Andrews Events

Thank you to all the families who have taken the

time to come along to one of our working bees

either for an event or our fundraising days.

We appreciate that everyone has other

commitments & your time spent helping us out is

very valuable to us.

If you haven’t helped this year there is always plenty

to do during the next coming months as there will be

plenty of grass & weeds that will need attention.

Please let me know if you can spend a couple of

hours during the week or on a weekend to keep this

under control, it will also help your club.

CUP DAY THANKS Thanks to Wildwood Restaurant in Hurstbridge for donating $100 voucher, St Andrews Hotel for donating 3 x $50 vouchers, Panton Hill Hotel for donating 2 x $50 vouchers, the amazing Wardle family (Jamie, Isabella & Spencer) for all the amazing coloured shovels & the much sought after wheelbarrow & also Elephant in Vogue for donating a beautiful jacket, Sue Laurie for the lovely Andrew Peace wine selection and the other St A’s familes for their kind donations. Thanks to Mason, White, McDougall for putting up our great signs every year.

Break Up Gymkhana

Please note that this year it will be held

on Saturday 10th December.

It will also start at 9am so we can fit it

all in.

Make sure you have tried the costume

on your horse beforehand.

How will you dress up your pony this

year?

Have added an attachment of last

year’s amazing outfits.

Can anyone with a perpetual trophy

please return it this rally or get it back

to me ASAP.

CUP Day 2016

NMZ & More Diary Dates

Event Date

NMZ show jumping event @ Eltham Pony Club This event is for grades A - E and is a State Qualifier for A, B & C grades Enter on line at bspscoring.com

27 November Volunteers are required as per the Event Information

Mornington Peninsula Pony Club 2 Day Event

26 & 27 November

Drouin Pony Club Showjumping Championships

27 November

PCAV State Tetrathlon

10 & 11 December

Kangaroo Ground PC Dressage Day

11 December

NMZ Ride to Time 17 December

NMG Squad Skills Clinic and Selections 2017

28 & 29 January

NMZ DIARY DATES

These upcoming competitions and

clinics can be found on the pony club

website:

www.ponyclubvic.org.au/calendar/

Event Date

Yarra Glen PC Horse Trials

13 November

Donvale & Templestowe Gymkhana

13 November

Mansfield Dressage & SJ Day

20 November

Freshmans Day @ Chelsea Pony Club

20 November

Lilydale & Mooroolbark Super Cross

20 November

PCAV State Training Workshop @ Charlton Pony Club

27 November

Time to replace

your helmet???

PCAV is adopting the Pony Club Australia policy (see below). It states that any helmet with EN1384 manufactured in 2015 or earlier is approved. Any helmet with just EN1384 code manufactured from 2016 onwards will not be acceptable. This is a little different to the EA recommendation.

A helmet older than 5 years OR the lifetime the manufacturer recommends would also be a limiting factor.

Many helmets have more than one code so where this occurs there would be no cut-off

date restriction on their use (other than manufacturers recommendation). ie. if

AS/NZS3838 (or any of the other codes in the rules) is also listed on the helmet then it

is approved beyond Dec 2016.

Basically the AS/NZS 3838 is a much higher standard than the EN1384 so if it passes

both then it is approved for use.

The cut-off date ONLY applies where there are NO other codes listed on the helmet.

It is also recommended that whenever you have had a fall hitting your head that you

should replace your helmet.

Games News 2017

Games, Flat Teams and Musical Ride

Championship - 2017 to be held in

November

At the September 9th State Council

meeting, following consultation with each

Zone, the proposal to consider an alternate

date for the Games, Flat Teams and

Musical Ride State Championship was

discussed.

The majority decision was that the 2017

GFMR State Championships be held on

November 25th & 26th at Pony Club

Victoria Equestrian Centre.

Games for 2017 are – 2 Mug Shuffle, Stick

Pegging Race, Sock & Bucket Race, Flag /

Drum Relay, Bending / Baton Relay, Milk

Bottle Race *( new for 2017)

Games News & Helemts

FUNDRAISER –

BIRTHDAY IDEAS

We still have templates for Picture Products

available to anyone who wishes to purchase

one, the choices are –

A plate - $30

A clock - $34 Small clock - $30

A coffee mug – $24 Plastic - $30

A Calendar - $20

Or a drink bottle - $30 Small - $24.

All you have to do is attach your pictures &

draw with some textas for you to do some

extra artwork. Look at the one below that

Montana has done (Sorry couldn’t rotate pic).

UNIFORMS

Please note that wearing of black jodphurs is just that. They must be black not anything else no checks or other colours apart from the usual beige, banana or white. Be warned you might not get to ride if you don’t wear the right colour jod’s.

WELCOME We would like to welcome Aleisha in the Wallabies group, Paige Crabtree, Ellie Devlin & Kiera in the Thellwell’s group this month. They are all having a come & try ride so make them all feel very welcome.

Pony Club Australia is sponsoring a prize for Pony Clubs across Australia!

All clubs that are on-line and using the database for member signups and management by 1st December 2016 will go into a draw to win the following prize for the club.

Your choice of:

A workshop on horse learning and

behavior at your club by Dr Andrew McLean Andrew is a Director of Pony Club Australia and leader of the Australian Equine Behaviour Centre. He has written 5 books, including an international best seller, and authored 35 peer-reviewed journal articles. Andrew has been an accredited coach for more than 30 years, Andrew’s own riding

achievements include winner of the advanced section of the famous Gawler Three-Day-Event, representing Australia in Horse Trials, short-listed for the World Championships, competitor at State and National events in FEI level Dressage and Eventing, and Show Jumping to Grand Prix level.

A clinic at your club with an elite,

international equestrian competitor The instructor will be organised according to availability and the club’s preference.

A $2000 grant for your club

More Info

What’s On & Extra Info

St Andrews

Accessible Riding

(RDA)

The St Andrews Accessible Riding (RDA) is now happening on Tuesday and Thursday

mornings as well as the Monday afternoons.

They are always seeking new horses and volunteers to help out. If you are willing to

help or bring your horse please contact Maggie urgently on:

0467 384 343 emailto: rdastandrews@gmail.com

RDA Viewbank looking for Coaches

Riding for the Disabled Viewbank Centre is looking for Coaches to run programs during the week. RDA is an incredibly rewarding

experience and our beautiful property offers delightful trail rides, all weather arena, excellent Horses and a great group of

Volunteers. Coaching positions can be paid or Voluntary. Some additional qualifications

would be required over and above the NCAS/ PCAV Level 1 qualification.

Please look on the RDAV website for further information.

Please contact Belinda Barro, President. RDA Viewbank

Centre. 0409219330.

Adult Riders

If you are thinking about joining adult riders pop down to one of their rallies or call Russell Farrell on the number listed below. The Adult Riders meet for two weekend rallies per month so please do not use the grounds at the following times:

1st Sunday and the 3rd Saturday of each month

between 9am and 12 noon Also, every Friday morning, please contact Julie Mill on 0419323572 for more information. The times might be extended to facilitate all of our new members. Contact Russell Farrell on 9710 1311 or email kayecruse@optusnet.com.au by Wed prior.

New members always welcome (new membership year begins on 1st November 2016) - See Kerry Uden at PC rallies). All ages from 16 years and all standards catered for. Pony Club parents and Pony Club Members 16 years and over receive a discount on membership. The monthly newsletter is available on our website and posted on our new board in the clubrooms.

www.standrewsadultriders.org

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Barrel Racing! Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a cloverleaf pattern around pre-set barrels in the fastest time. Though both boys and girls compete at the youth level and men compete in some amateur venues and jackpots, in collegiate and professional ranks, it is primarily a rodeo event for women. It combines the horse's athletic ability and the horsemanship skills of a rider in order to safely and successfully manoeuvre a horse in a pattern around three barrels (typically three fifty-five gallon metal or plastic drums) placed in a triangle in the centre of an arena.

My PonyClub ... Now Live to Members!

Pony Club Australia in conjunction with member States have launched My PonyClub ...an online portal for Pony Club members.

My Pony Club consolidates all the important functions that members need to access.

Members can:

Renew membership online

Register your horses

Update personal details

View events you are able to attend

Enter events online (events module to come soon!)

How to gain access to your Member Profile (if you are a current member).

1. Go to the Member Login Page [MEMBER LOGIN PAGE]

2. If you are a current member and are logging in for the first time ... leave the Pony Club ID and password fields blank and Click on LOGIN

o if you are a new member you can sign up online if the Club you are wanting to be a member of is set up for online membership!

3. Fill in the details in the box that says "Get your new Pony Club ID".

o The system needs to be able to match certain data in your membership profile, if data is incorrect or missing the system will tell

you to call the help desk, you can also contact your Club, Pony Club Victoria State Office 03 8685 8925 or SMA help desk on

1300 860 665.

o Pony Club Victoria State Office or your Club will update your details then you can go back and verify yourself and gain access to

the system.

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