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Churchwood Park Taylor Pass Road

PO Box 4051 Blenheim 7240

Ph: 03 578 3051 Email: marl.rda@xtra.co.nz

Term 4, 2019 ~ newsletter ~

Parents and carers—please

remember to call the office on

578 3051 if your child is unable

to make it to their lesson.

Thank you

Please Remember

Riders must wear long pants, socks and covered arms for their comfort and safety while riding.

Also please ensure your child has enough warm clothing as we have a limited supply of spares...

Welcome to Term Four—to all our riders, volunteers, Marlborough RDA supporters and a BIG hello to

our new riders. We’re sure you’ll enjoy your time with us here at Marlborough RDA.

Hopefully you all had a good break over the school holidays. Our horse team also had a wee break,

though some of them had fun being involved with the school holiday programme held on 7-9 October.

Check out the photos on page 4 in this newsletter.

Our Special Olympics Ribbon Day held on 7th September was a great success, see page 2 & 3 for more

on this.

From the Marlborough RDA team

~ dates for your diary ~

Term 4: 14 Oct - 13 Dec

Labour Day: 28 Oct

Marlborough Anniversary Day: 4 Nov

MRDA Christmas Party: 13 Dec

~ a few reminders ~

Christmas Party & Prize Giving

Join us at RDA for fun & games! There’ll

be a bouncy castle, sausage sizzle and

maybe even a visit from Santa!!

Friday 13th December

5.00-7.00pm

~ followed by a get-together for all our

amazing volunteers ~

Change of Details

Please let us know if you have a change in any of your contact details including your email address.

Thank you

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Ribbon Day

Top effort awards were presented to:-

Hannah Dickens matched with Sundance, despite having first time competitor nerves and Sundance

challenging her with his cheeky tricks, this didn't stop Hannah having a great show,

Jack Bugler, who was thrown in the deep end after his usual horse, Nuggett, could not compete and he

took his ride on Rusty, whom he had never even sat on before! Jack was a great sport and pulled off some

really great results!

Well done everyone!!

It’s always a thrill to see our riders in full competition attire and competing

together at our Ribbon Day each year. On Saturday 7th September

fourteen ‘Special Olympic’ riders competed in three disciplines;

Equitation / Dressage / Working Trail, which tested their skills in working

with their horse or pony.

Everyone rode really well and the coaches all felt very, very proud of the

riders. Also, a big thank you to our guest judges, volunteers & coaches.

Standout results were:-

Highest dressage score (75%) for Benn Thomas on our lovely

Sundance , they certainly do bring out the best in each other (75%),

Sky Veevers riding Rusty who have only been a combination for a

short period of time, with a great score in Equitation of 76%,

Young rider Lawrence Piesse, riding Melody was three-way tied with

Charlotte Elliott on Halo and Jack Bugler on Rusty, all scored a

huge 87% in the working trail, with Lawrence taking out the top prize

on countback.

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~ horse team update ~

… we bid a warm welcome to… Rusty & Jimmy.

J immy (left) has been

purchased by M a r l b o r o u g h RDA. He is a 7 year-old bay standard bred ex–harness racer and has a lovely friendly and gentle nature.

R usty (right & below right) is a sturdy 18 year-old bay Clydesdale x

Standard bred who has been loaned to Marlborough RDA courtesy of Suz Lloyd. Rusty is the largest horse we currently have here and came to us fresh from the hunting field where he cleared full-wire fences with ease!

Thanks to our multi-talented

volunteer, Masae, and her amazing

artistic ability, we now have these

beautiful and informative signs in

the tack shed and on our indoor

arena noticeboard. Not only do the

signs help our riders to find the

correct bridle for their mount, they

are also packed with fun facts about

their horse or pony.

Thanks Masae

The Special Olympics team

We would like to especially thank; Sue Lucas (Equitation), Rose

Prendeville (Dressage), Mandy McFarlane (Working Trail) and Alex

Stowasser (assistant Working Trail) for donating their time and skills as

judges for our Ribbon Day. We couldn’t have done it without you!!

Back Row, left to right: Coaches; Gaylene, Roslein, Amanda & Angie.

Judges; Rose, Sue & Mandy

Middle & Front Row: Our fourteen amazing riders!

New Horse Sponsor

Thank you to Nomolos Ltd. for

generously becoming the

sponsor of Melody.

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Thank you to our major sponsors: COGS, Lottery Grants, The Blenheim Trust,

October school holiday programme

W e enjoyed three fully booked days of fun and learning

with our horses and ponies on our October school

holiday programme, held 7-9 Oct.

Sincere thanks to four very dedicated volunteers on our team;

~ Christmas raffle ~

Be in to win! Make sure you buy some tickets for our

Christmas raffle. There are two prizes of a clothes

basket full of goodies just perfect for Christmas gifts

and treats for yourself!

Buy your tickets at RDA or phone 5783051.

$2 / ticket or 3 tickets for $5

Raffle will be drawn 13 December

at our Christmas Party.

Please contact Christine if you would

like to sell some tickets on behalf of

MRDA. Thank you.

We need more volunteers for our weekend feedout roster.

Can YOU spare about an hour a day, on a few weekends a year to come and feed hay to our

incredible horses & ponies?

Please contact Christine on 021 849 934 or MRDA on 578 3051

Clinton, Masae,

Nikita and Ella, who

worked hard each

day.

Without volunteers

it would not be

possible to run

these programmes.

Thanks - Angie

Thank you~ from all of us at Marlborough RDA to the generous community groups and

businesses who have supported us with donations in the last few months;

Picton Women’s Institute, St Ninians Church, Blenheim Lions Club, Beavertown Blenheim Lions,

Salvation Army, The Burleigh Store

We would also like to thank those businesses who host our donation boxes.

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