Wirlinga Pony Club Dressage Day

Sunday, 4th November 2012

Corry’s Road Thurgoona

Start 9am Gear Check from 8:30am

$15 block entry for two tests. Compulsary to do two tests.

Ribbons awarded to 4th place.

Camping Available at AWEC book via  http://www.nominate.com.au/stables/awec.asp

One Horse, One rider, One Rider, One Horse

Enquiries Kim Taylor 0448 278 491 or preferably email kimtaylor@westnet.com.au

Entries via Global Entries Online closing date for entries 26^th Oct: http://www.globalentriesonline.com.au/equestrian_pony_club#competitors

Draw times will be emailed to you prior to event or available  at  http://wirlingaponyclub.blogspot.com.au/ on the Wednesday before the event.

Fantastic Canteen open all day.

Please only enter either Unofficial or State classes not both

 

Unofficial Dressage Program for those not aiming to qualify for State Dressage in Jan. Callers allowed.

Unofficial Under 9………Prep 1 and Prep 2

Unofficial 9 and under 11…..Prep 2 and 1A

Unofficial 11 and  under 13. .1A and 1C

Unofficial 13 and under 15….1C and 1D

Unofficial 15 and under 17…1Dand 2A

Unofficial Associates…1D and 2A

 

Official Dressage Program for those wishing to qualify for State Dressage in Jan.

State Under 13yrs 1D and 2A

State13 and under 15yrs 2A and 2C

State15 and under 17yrs 2C and 3B

State 17 and under 25yrs 3B and 3C

 

Please refer to PCA NSW website for rules http://www.pcansw.org.au/site/ponyclub/nsw/downloads/Club Management/Section 10 2012.pdf

Callers allowed for unofficial tests.

All tests 2009 tests except Prep Tests which are 2006  available at EA website just click on link below:

http://www.equestrian.org.au/?MenuID=EA_Rules_and_Regs/11759/0,Dressage/11745/668,Dressage_Tests~_Freestyles_@_Young_Horse_Tests/11712/220/0

Event conducted under PCA rules.  Neither the organizing committee of this event nor the PCA accepts any responsibility whatsoever for any accident, damage, injury or illness to horses, rider, ground spectators or any other person or property.  The organizing   committee   reserve  the right to cancel or change any class or event. Approved helmet only SAANZ3838.

 

Harrison puts in the hard yards

 

Harrison Berg is creating waves in the Victorian Endurance Riders Association distance pointscore for juniors this year, currently leading the rider who has owned the title since 2009.

He’s more than 100 points clear of Samantha Noble who has dominated the distance pointscore and the junior points rider categories for the past three years, stretching his lead with a third in the Coolamon 80km recently. Harrison, 14, competes every second weekend and these days he doesn’t get out of bed for events shorter than 80km.

He trains over 20km a day – rain, hail or shine – and it’s that sort of dedication that caught the eye of the prestigious Castlebar endurance team decision makers who made Harrison the only junior rider on their team earlier this year. Harrison rarely knows which horse he will be riding or what instructions he will have until he arrives at the event. Then he’s matched with his horse and given the time he is to ride to – sometimes  it will be a youngster that he has to bring along slowly, sometimes a more experienced horse that he can push along a bit more.

Wirlinga pony clubbers are used to seeing Harrison aboard Apache, his pocket dynamo but alas, Harrison started to outgrow her last year and succession plans had to be made.
So now he is also bringing along his new mount Azar, an Arab he bought from Sydney last year as part of his plan to compete in next year’s Quilty. He has to qualify by riding at least one 160km event but there’s plenty of time and between Azar and the team at Castlebar, Harrison has plenty of options.

Check out http://www.castlebarendurance.com/news.html to see Harrison in action on Castlebar Goblin.

CHLOE CONVERTS HARD WORK FOR BIG WIN AT WIRLINGA PONY CLUB ODE

Chloe Hayden with My Cyrano, who sports the B grade winning rug, after presentations

Holbrook Pony Club’s Georgia Papworth on Misty, competing in C grade, negotiates
 the water during the Wirlinga One Day Event.

Maddy Cottrill on Susanna clears a jump in the C grade associates

CHLOE Hayden converted hard work into her first major one day event success as a record 135 pony club riders descended on the Wirlinga Pony Club’s annual event last Sunday.

Teaming with horse My Cyrano for just over a year, Chloe’s hard work on perfecting the pair’s timing over the crosscountry phase paid dividends with a win in the B grade and gave her the sweetest present just two days before her 16^th birthday.

Chloe and Cyrano beat Isobel Thomson of Wagga Bidgee Pony Club with Scott Troldahl of Leeton in third place.

It was her biggest win since taking a step up from pony mounts to her  clydesdale/quarterhorse/thoroughbred cross 16 hand mount just over a year ago.

With qualifying spots for the State ODE up for grabs, riders came from as far as Leeton, Griffith and Tumbarumba to take on more than 40 Wirlinga members and a strong gathering of riders from nearby clubs such as Jindera, Myrtleford and Corowa.
Wirlinga utilised their own grounds and the next door Albury Wodonga Equestrian Centre to accommodate six rings of dressage, two showjumping courses and crosscountry for 10 categories ranging from A grade associates to Mini E for beginners.
The state ODE, to be hosted by Wirlinga and the other zone 20 pony clubs, will be run at the same venue in October.
RESULTS:
A grade: Tegan Bonet, riding Bulletproof, Lake Albert Pony Club 1; Lucy May Crawford, Lewis, Howlong 2.
A Associate: Paige Hopkins, riding Clinpara Oliver, Wirlinga Pony Club 1.
B Grade: Chloe Hayden, riding My Cyrano, Wirlinga Pony Club 1; Isobel  Thomson, Maguire, Wagga Bidgee 2; Scott Troldahl, Just So Rocky, Leeton 3; Molly Groat, Kerron Park Tommy, Griffith 4; Emma Campbell, Theodore, Black Range 5.
B Associates: Hilary Thomson, riding Switch, Wagga Bidgee Pony Club 1; Alice Poyntz, Merlin’s Choice, Kergunyah 2; Abby Stubbs, Mieka, Wirlinga 3; Kate Brown, Monty, Black Range 4; Bianca Lorenzo,  Sir Chiefton, Wirlinga 5.
C Grade: Shannon Kelly, riding Jazzy Jasmine, Tocumwal Pony Club 1; Emily Graetz, Corio Monte Karlos, Jindera 2; Nicole Priestly, Heart of Gold, Tumbarumba 3; Shanae Bohr-Howell, AP Caracella, Wirlinga 4; Elvie Rooney, Flossy, Kergunyah 5; Haydon White, Flubee, Canowindra 6.
C Associate: Ezra Lonergan,  riding Bronte, Kergunyah Pony Club 1; Madeleine Cottrill, Hannaford Stud Susanna, Wirlinga 2; Sarah Wilesmith, Bundy, Culcairn 3.
D grade div 1: Shivonne                Watson, riding Carrington Park Arctic, Moyhu Pony Club 1; Mae O’Connell, Poncho, Leeton 2; Katherine Noske, Thomas,  Jindera 3; Sarah McLeod-Nibbs, Rebel,  Black Range 4; James Papworth, Sally, Holbrook 5; Bridgette Cottrill, Marbo, Wirlinga 6.
D grade div 2: Millie Ritchie, riding Bimbadeen Apricot, Mansfield Pony Club 1; Ella Holmes, Will-O-Dale Bubbaloo, Wirlinga 2; Lauren  Allen, Pierre La Pin, Kergunyah PC 3; Rebecca Groat,  Janlyn Joseph, Griffith 4; Gipsy Foster, P J, Lake Albert  5; Zara Carlson, Roman Emperor, Tarcutta 6.
E grade: Mimi Trescowthick, riding Dreamy, Holbrook 1; Kaitlyn McGowan, Bluegrass Shahsk, Howlong 2;  Colby McQuade, Ricky,  Wangaratta 3; Alyce Hince, Merlin, Corowa 4; Riley Loy,  Marmalade, Wirlinga 5; Stephanie Noske, Bristol, Jindera 6.

Off to camp we go....

It was school holidays so why not go off to camp?



Sophie, Joshua and Hayden were in
 green troop and with their other troop
 members had fun terrorising the cattle!

  

So that’s exactly what a small group of Wirlinga members did from Saturday 14 April through to Monday 16 April at the Lake Albert PC camp.

Sophie and Josh O’Connor, Marieke Hoelsher, Sharna Carkeek, Hayden Forrester and Hayley King had a great time trying and learning new things. The first two days were dedicated to instruction and it included some different aspects of horse riding.
For Hayley King, the highlight of the activities on offer was the chance to do vaulting and she is now pestering her mum to organise some more opportunities.
For Sharna and Josh, it was the cattle work involved in team penning that they particularly enjoyed but there was plenty of variety for everyone, including showjumping, cross-country , stockman’s challenge, dressage and games.

On the final day they all participated in a gymkhana which put into practice many of the skills they had perfected over the previous days.

Sadly, then it was time to pack up camp and return home for a rest!

Red Rocks Jumping Equitation

Did we do well at the Zone 20 Showjumping and Equitation? Of course we did!

Have a look at all the Wirlinga Placegetters below:

E Grade Equitation: 1st Kaitlyn McIntosh 2nd Meg Paterson 3rd Eliza Jane Hunter 4th Coriah Keating

D Grade Equitation: 1st Ruby Mae Kearney 3rd Ella Holmes 4th Bridgette Cottrill 6th Brianna Taylor
13 and under 15 State equitation: 1st Miranda Lynch
15 and under 17 State equitation: 2nd Chloe Hayden
17 and under 25 State equitation: Equal 1^st Maddy Cottrill and Abby Stubbs
E Grade AM5: 2nd Kattriya McKinnon 4th Eliza Jane Hunter 5th Daisy Eitler 6th Sophie O'Connor
E Grade AM7 : 2nd Kaittlyn McIntosh 3rd Meg Paterson 5th Eliza Jane Hunter 6th Coriah Keating
E Grade TopScore: 2nd Kattriya McKinnon, 4th Meg Paterson 5th Eliza Jane Hunter
D Grade AM5: 2nd Ruby Mae Kearney 3rd Ella Holmes 6th Brianna Taylor
D Grade AM7: 3rd Ruby Mae Kearney 4th Bridgette Cottrill
D Grade TopScore: 1st Ruby Mae Kearney 4th Brianna Taylor
B Grade AM5: 1st Chloe Hayden 2nd Miranda Lynch
B Grade AM7: 3rd Chloe Hayden
B Grade TopScore: 3rd Chloe Hayden 6th Miranda Lynch
Champion B Grade Chloe Hayden
Champion D Grade Ruby Mae Kearney.
Champion C Grade Associate Maddy Cottrill
Champion B Associate Abby Stubbs.

Bianca Top Citizen at Tumbarumba

Tumbarumba Wirlinga Pony Club had its first winner of the Young Outstanding Citizen award since 2005 at the Tumbarumba camp last month. Award winner, BIANCA LORENZO, describes her final camp.

On the 8th of January 2012, my last Tumbarumba Camp began. Day one consisted of placing our horses in specific yards that were allocated to us. These formed groups for those of all ages to be mentored by team leaders. My group consisted of Sharna, Miranda, Hollee, Jaymie and Chelsea. The day then continued with a gear check and signing-in to the dormitories. Little did we know that the best dorm mum out would have no trouble at all with all us girls!

We then found out the excitement of what troop we were all in. After lunch all troops ended the day with a flat riding/troop drill lesson and this determined if all riders were placed in the appropriate troop for the week (some minor changes were made). When all riding had finished for the day dinner was served and, for the first time in years, there was not one bit of food thrown across the table. Even though this was our very first day of Tumba Camp, we were all that little bit tired and went off to sleep without a fuss.

Throughout the rest of the week our days consisted of:
•           6am-“Good morning Tumbarumber”
•           6:15am-clean yards/feed horses/un-rug horses/check horses’ water (team leaders to check groups yards)
•           7am-breakfast
•           8am-saddle horses for the first activity/check horses’ water
•           12:30pm-feed horses/sponge horses/check horses’ water/lunch
•           1.30pm-saddle horses for second activity/check horses’ water
•           4pm-feed horses/sponge horses/check horses’ water/free time
•           6.30pm-dinner
•           7.30pm-feed horses/rug horses/check horses’ water (team leaders to check group’s yards)

Throughout the camp each troop would have at least a lesson of each activity. These included dressage/flat work, cross country, show jumping, team penning, tent pegging, polocrosse, mounted games surprise, horsemanship and troop drill. All activities were educational for both horse and rider even though some were more enjoyable than others.

The activities I personally enjoyed the most were showjumping and cross country. This was mainly because I love jumping and I am a one-day event rider.
As my horse is inexperienced, I feel it was extremely beneficial for him. Each activity gave him the new challenge he is always looking for.
Tumba Camp is what this is all about – giving you a chance to experience new activities that you may not get the opportunity to participate in often.
On the last day of camp every rider rode their horse in a parade that was led by a Scottish marching band down the main street of Tumbarumba. This is a tradition that the camp holds every year to conclude the week. After the parade, a thank-you to all those who helped put this camp together was given and awards for state riders are presented. There is also an award donated by Rita and Keith Ferry. This award is for a young outstanding citizen and is nominated by the zone 20 Tumbarumba Camp instructors. I was honoured to accept this award as it has not been won by a Wirlinga member since 2005, which was my first year.
I have had a wonderful childhood growing up around horses and participating in the zone 20 Tumbarumba Camp. It is a hard and tiring week but I would encourage every young rider at Wirlinga pony club to ride in it every year. I will try my hardest to return to the camp as an instructor so I can see our young riders grow and learn.
Thank-you to all those people that have made this possible for me for so many years, especially my mum Kayleen and my aunty Debbie!!!

State Dressage Champs

REBECCA HOLMES, nursing an injury that kept her from riding, tells us about the NSW State Dressage Championships which she attended as a strapper and supporter for her sister and her friends.

The NSW State Dressage Championships 2012 were held in Orange, NSW, roughly a six and a half hour drive with the float from Albury. From Zone 20, we had four superstar riders competing, two very professional grooms, four hardworking slaves/parents and six enthusiastic supporters.
At 3pm on Friday, January 20, riders began to tack up and head out onto the main oval of Orange’s Showgrounds for the parade and fitness check that was the official start of the PCANSW State Dressage championships 2012.
Once everyone had been gear checked, their horses fitness checked and the parade had finished, the  four excited and nervous Zone 20 riders went to settle their horses into their yards for the night. After the horses were fed and watered the Zone 20 crew slowly dispersed and went their own ways to find dinner, some settling for Domino’s pizza while others found their way to the pub to watch the tennis.
When everyone’s bellies were full, it was back to the showgrounds to give the horses their hay and rug them up for the night. With the horses sorted it was off to get a good night’s sleep, some camping in tents and floats and others roughing it in the motel.
Bright and early on Saturday morning, after a night of heavy storms and strong wind, it was off to feed the horses before they managed to climb out of the yards with starvation.
All the riders did incredibly well on the first day despite their fears: Ella Holmes from Wirlinga Pony Club, riding in the under 13s on Will-O-Dale Bubbaloo rode her preliminary 1D test, Miranda
Lynch – also from Wirlinga – on Turners Stud Basalt rode her novice 2A test in the 13s and under 15s, Jessica Roe from Tumbarumba Pony Club rode her novice 2C test in the 15s and under 17s on Clarkes Stud Spider and last but not least, Paige Hopkins on Clinpara Olliver from Wirlinga in the 17s and under 25s rode her elementary 3B test.
The second day of the championships proved to be a bit easier after the riders had drunk their “stress-less” tea and reflected that the previous day had not, in fact, been that bad – no one had fallen off and the horses had eventually calmed down and gotten used to all the chaos.
Ella rode her novice 2A test, Miranda rode her novice 2C test, Jessica rode her elementary 3B test and Paige rode her elementary 3C test.
With all the cars and floats packed up ready to roll as soon as the presentations were over, the placings were anounced. Ella came 12th overall out of 68 (10th in the 2A), Miranda placed 16th in the 2A out of 55, Jessica came 7th overall out of 22 (5th in the 2C and 10th in the 3B) and Paige Hopkins came 11th overall out of 39 (10th in the 3B).
The minute that the ribbons had been handed out and the parade was over, it was a mad dash to the cars and floats, with everyone hoping to get home as soon as possible. Another long drive home saw most riders (and the supporters….) hitting their beds around midnight on the Sunday!
The Zone 20 team of 2012 (that includes grooms, supporters and slaves) would like to really thank our team manager Matthew Lynch for helping us all find our feet upon arrival and over the weekend and helping us to make sure we were all in the right spot at the right time! It would have been very difficult without you Matt and we can’t wait until next year!!!

New Members

New Members

Club legend Ken Curnow was kept busy awarding members' badges at the first rally of 2012.

Hayley King




Toby White



Receiving her badge at the first rally from club legend Ken Curnow  was Mikaela McIndoe

Hayden Forrester



Mikaela McIndoe, Hayden Forrester, Hayley King, Toby White and Maddy Chant (unmounted) after receiving their membership badges.

A strong contingent of boys heralded the start of the 2012 pony club year.



New families at our first rally of the year: Hayley and Grace Sawyer, Libby, Alina andJasmine Saunders, Louie and Matilda Simpson, Hollee, Ellie, Connor and Kelton Arnold, Jaylie McCrae, Kat Mckinnon and Regan Beucannon.

Fantastic REsult at 2011 Zone Gymkhana

Congratulations to all WPC members for a fantastic result at the 2011 Zone 20 Gymkhana, held at Culcairn over the weekend of 11th and 12 of April 2011. 30 riders turned out for the event, making us the best represented club. The first challenge was the March Past, judged on club uniformity, grooming of horse and rider, maintaining march past dressings, and overall effort in concentrating on the job at hand. The competition was tough, but when the judges decision came in, Club RED came out on top, winning the prestigious HAROLD FREDRICK MARCH PAST SHIELD. This is the eleventh time Wirlinga has won this shield since it was introduced in 1981. Well done riders and parents on making the effort in preparing and presenting so well for the judges.  

Another Great Wirlinga Trail Ride

We started the trail ride on Sunday with 20 children and 10 riding Adults and incorporated a rally into the first day of the trail ride with this only being attended by an extra 3 riders. We split the children into teams of four with our older riders being team leaders. We named the teams which were the Shetlands, Clydesdales, Lipizzaners, Fjords and the Appaloosers the kids stayed in these teams when they were doing their daily chores of cleaning and serving etc.

The first days trail was led by Mr Curnow taking some of the trails and Views of Woomargama Station on. The first days ride is always a settler with horses very excited and some fancy foot work happening by our four legged friends and bold riding from our riders. The views around Woomargama Station were breath taking and the first day was enjoyed by all with riders looking forward to the second day out. -

Monday the crew was up nice and early, some earlier than others with a hiccup with some horses at 2:00am in the morning taking out the fence. Thank goodness for Andrew Kearney’s spare star pickets and Matt Lynch under the close supervision of Kylie Berg and Jacinta Carkeek managed to get it all fixed. Well done Crew! When the real morning arrived the kids were up doing their jobs and on their horses ready to ride out about 9:30am. This being the second day the horses were a lot more settled and moved along at a leisurely stroll. We rode through paddocks and up paths along creeks keeping watchful eyes for wombat holes and alike. Lots of Kangaroos and Wallabies were spotted with the horses not worrying about it too much at all. The crew met us for lunch and the children were pleased to see the food cart. It’s hungry and thirsty work, trail riding.
Tuesday morning went without incident and all the horses were where they were meant to be in the morning. Tuesday morning we rode around the main part of Woomargama Station past the home stead and through the sign posted paths. For lunch we rode back to the wool shed and in the afternoon the older children went out with the younger ones catching their breath at the wool shed. The afternoon with the older children was a great ride with the older children showing their skills of going through creeks and fair bit of hooning going on. It was great for the older children to pick up the speed and enjoy excelling without having to wait for the younger riders. But alas the younger riders were not forgotten with Mr C giving them one on one specialty treatment when we got back, in the stock yards without their bridles. All the riders enjoyed this and it was a great exercise to get the riders to be more independent of the reins.

On Tuesday night Mr C left us and headed back to town. Taking his Spot as our leader on Wednesday was Jo Dyke. Jo lives on Woomargama Station and kindly donated her time to come and ride with us. The Day however, weather wise did not look promising with all riders with their rain jackets and drizza bones either on or packed on their horse. And boy did we need them. We were only about an hour in and the showers started. However this did not dampen our spirits with Jo having worked out tracks for us to take and incorporating jumps around the circuit. Jo currently holds her preliminary NCAS instructors certificate and is going through the motions to get her level 1 certificate. So, Wirlinga riders were given some free jumping lessons with most of the children having a great time with the experience. As the morning wore on so did the worsening of the weather by lunch time the showers had turned into rain. We stopped at Jo’s for lunch with the lunch crew meeting us here fortunately we had shelter for the kids, in the horse stable of course. The rain by now had turned torrential with all of us very wet if not soaked so decided we would head straight for home which was still ½ an hour away. I have never ridden in rain like that before it was wet and it just kept coming I hadn’t even walked on the ground and my boots were slouching and I could feel the water leaking through my jacket and my clothes underneath getting saturated. This however did create some muddy moments for some of the kids being showered with mud from the horse in front of them and they just smiled through the mud and rain. I can tell you that we were all very pleased to reach home and the shower ran hot with the kids getting clean and warm again. The kids had a nice afternoon just hanging out and enjoying each others company. Wednesday night was party night and the Disco commenced with the nut bush and the Macarena being very popular. The kids limboed shuffled and partied until dinner time. They hadn’t finished and they all wanted to keep the party started, but Mother Nature had other ideas. One lightning strike, and a massive clap of thunder and no electricity. Out came the torches and the kids just got creative. With a Highland Dancing display, and spooky stories coming out of the closet.
The following morning unfortunately the weather was still not in our favour and the morning ride was called off. So there was a mini quiz in the kitchen and then cleaning up was on the agenda. At 10:00am there was a presentation with Chris the Manager of Woomargama and Jo coming down to the shearing shed. The older kids were set the task to write a thank you letter for both Chris and Jo and Miranda Lynch and Shanae Bohr-Howell did a lovely job of presenting it. There were also other presentation for the best team, The Best Slave and all kinds of other fun rewards. A BIG THANK YOU to Chris for allowing Wirlinga Pony Club onto the property it would not have been possible to have created these great child hood memories of “At Woomargama Station” without his help and we appreciate it.
I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed my time as Camp Mum and felt very privileged to have been looking after such great Children. After attending this trail ride and seeing the friendship and team work that this trail ride creates. I know why Wirlinga Pony is such a great club. Respect and understand is a very important part of a club and doing things like the trail ride puts you on a whole different level with the kids and I got to know them all just a little better and loved what I seen. They also have to step up and work as a team and be helped and help each other. I would like to say thank you to Kylie Berg who was camp cook again, Andrew Kearney the Cooks off sider and all the other great parents that pitched in and helped. Things like this don’t happen by themselves and take effort from the people involved. There is of course one more big thank you and that of course is to Mr Curnow. What can I say, What a Wirlinga Legend!!!!

2011 Zone Mounted Games Champs

Zone 20 Mounted games were held on Saturday 30th August, with Wirlinga fielding two full teams, as well as making up another composite team. Our senior team, Wirlinga Warriors went into the games as defending champions, and the second team, Wirlinga Whammers, had several of our up and coming champs. The competition started well with the Warriors winning the Stepping Stone race just ahead of the Black Range team. The Rope Race was a bit of a nightmare for the Warriors, as a pole was knocked over, and the team could only manage a 4th place. The Warriors bounced back to win 9 Ring, and Spillers Pole, putting them back in front, but were pipped at the post in both Tack Shop and Tyre race. With scores at the top running very close, the Whammers were putting in fantastic performances in difficult muddy conditions against many senior riders. The Warriors fought back with a great win in Hi Lo, but had a ball bounce out in the Ball and Bucket race to finish third. Once again scores were very close, with only two points separating first and second place. With only two events left to run, it could easily have gone either way. Warriors dis a great job winning Balloon race, and took the lead over the Upper Murray/Tumba combined team out to three points. Wirlinga had to finish strongly, and that they did, with a very close run second place to the UM/Tumba team in the 5 flag race. A fantastic effort by the Wirlinga Warriors to take out the Zone 20 Mounted Games championships for a third year running. The Whammers finished off very well with 7th place, and our extra riders did some great work in the combined teams. Well done to all competitors, you made us all very proud

The Day of  "The Travesty"
Perfect Synchronisity

The Day of  "The Travesty"
Setting the Benchmark