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PONYPONYPONYPONY CLUB INC.CLUB INC.CLUB INC.CLUB INC. A0001527G

ABN 57 961 998 978

PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER DISTRICT COMMISSIONER

Shane Simpson Stephanie Lawrence Roz Lonie Mary Drendel Brett Almond

5342 4411

[email protected]

5341 7751

[email protected]

5342 0024

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5341 2504

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0417 560 045

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November 2009 NEWSLETTER

FOR YOUR DIARY

Don’t Forget our first lesson each rally starts at 9.30am for all groups, gear check for all groups riding in their first lesson of the day is from 9.00am November 2

nd - Newsletter items deadline

13th - Committee Agenda Items Deadline

14th & 15th- Smythesdale Pony Club Rally and overnight camp December 18

th - Committee Agenda Items Deadline

8th

- Committee Agenda Items Deadline

20th - Smythesdale Pony Club Christmas Rally

Smythesdale & District Pony Club official postal address This address is for all correspondence to the pony club other than membership fees that will be sent direct to Mary Drendel, our Treasurer.

Smythesdale & District Pony Club Inc.

C/O Smythesdale PO

Smythesdale

Vic, 3351

Rally Day RSVP – Have you RSVP’ed yet for the November rally? Please do so ASAP so you can receive the information you need for the day regarding start time etc. Please RSVP to Shane on [email protected]

THIS MONTHS BIRTHDAYS AND ROSTER INFORMATION

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to the following Smythesdale Pony Club members who have birthdays in November Jordan Almond, Kaitlyn Rosewarne, Esther DeLosa, Rachel Ladiges, Wren Luc-Dreger, Saffron Luc Dreger, Sam Pope, Chloe Riddis, Skye Rossi-Harris and Maddie Taranto. Apologies to any one I’ve missed; let me know so we can add you in next time.

NEWSLETTER ITEMS If anyone has any news or items they would like to go in our newsletter please forward them on to Cathy. These items can include get well greetings, achievements, family news, for sale items or events. Also please notify Cathy of any changes in contact details, i.e., phone, e-mail or postal address.

• phone ~ 5344 8354

• e-mail ~ [email protected]

SET-UP ROSTER 1.00pm Saturday Afternoon for the following families please Simpson, Almond, Warrener, Deeker-Fradd, Ladiges, Riddis, Lea, Taranto, Pryse-Smith. ‘CANTEEN’: Please phone Lisa Grigsby on 5342 4890 if you are on canteen duty and are unable to make it. Could the following families please see Lisa in the canteen when you arrive to check out what help is needed and at what times. Thanks Names on page 3

FIRST AID: – Names on page 3 GEAR CHECK: - Names on page 3 Please contact Sandra on 5342 0965 if you are unable to help with gear check this rally.

NOVEMBER CAMPNOVEMBER CAMPNOVEMBER CAMPNOVEMBER CAMP

Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November 2009 At the Woady Yaloak Equestrian Centre (WYEC), Glenelg Hwy. Smythesdale

Plan for Saturday 14th November Arrive between 12pm and 1pm

2.00pm – Freshman’s Showjumping on Arena 4 (Bronze group up) 2.00pm - Littlies Freshman’s - starting with poles on the ground and moving up to very low cross poles, can be on lead rope, walk beside, kind of like an obstacle course etc for the littlies on Arena 1 4.00pm – Musical team games, you’ll have to wait and see!! All levels of riders can be involved in this fun activity. 5.30pm Tea – BBQ – BYO Meat, and each family bring a salad or sweet to share 7.00pm - Trail Ride in the bush (Approx 1hr) Casual walk only, this is for all levels of riders, on lead rope included. 8.30pm - Red Faces Night, (Run by Junior Committee) Prizes for winners of different category’s. For every 4 kids who perform we have to have an adult perform!! That’s to help everyone get involved. Sometime in the evening after Red Faces – Bed time

Plan for Sunday 15th November Our normal Third Sunday of the month Rally, as per rally plan that will be

sent out prior to the rally weekend.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!

Have a look at how it is coming along and please forward any ideas and suggestions for things you would like to see on the website. This is going to look quite exciting over the next few weeks.

www.smythesdale.ponyclubvic.org.au

November rally November rally November rally November rally Camp InformationCamp InformationCamp InformationCamp Information and Rosters and Rosters and Rosters and Rosters

Gear Check Saturday at 1.45pm

Sandra Morgan Debbie Stewart

Dianne Lotherington

Sunday Teresa Holmes Lieanne Brehaut

Terri Pryse-Smith Jenny Crawley Fran Scanlin

Canteen-Saturday Therese Tims Simpson family

Almond family Lawrence family Woodgate family Morgan family

Drendel family Wally Scanlin

Short family

Canteen-Sunday Lisa Grigsby Karen Pearcey

Doust family Rosewarne family Rossi-Harris family De Losa family

Stabeusz family Crebbin family

Taranto family Mundie family Doust family Mellington family

If everyone gives 2 hrs help, it means everyone has a break and we don't end up leaving the same one or two people in the canteen all day long every rally

First Aid Roster

Julie Lodge Raelene Green

Jacque Ladiges

☺☺☺ GGGGGGGGGGGGeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt WWWWWWWWWWWWeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllll ☺☺☺ We send our best wishes to Sam Wilson, Tori Wilson’s mum. Sam has just had an operation and we hope she is feeling better very soon. Also to Sharon Deeker, our Vet check assistant from our horse trials. Sharon was kicked in the knee by a horse while volunteering her time to our Club. She is still undergoing treatment for this and we send her our thoughts and best wishes.

Membership fees Please could everyone who still owes membership fees catch up with Mary Drendel (our Treasurer) this

rally and complete your fees payments. There are a

number of families still owing money for memberships and this can impact on the clubs

finances, it is important that fees are paid by this rally. Please see Mary if need to make a payment

plan, otherwise please see her with the remainder of

your fees.

Out and AboutOut and AboutOut and AboutOut and About

Not a lot to report on since our last newsletter,

there has not been a great deal of events in the

past few weeks that are within driving distance

for us all.

One major stand out was our very own Riley

Deeker-Fradd, who made the front page of the

Pony Club Association of Victoria (PCAV)

website. He was hidden in his Batman costume,

but some of us from around these parts do know

his true identity. Well done Riley, you put

Smythesdale PC on the map.

Events Coming Up: Hi everyone – here are the upcoming events for the next couple of months. If you have any questions regarding any of these events give me a call on 5342 4411, or email me – [email protected] Saturday 14

th November Ballarat Show – Pony

Club Section, incl. Teams Musical Ride. 14 November Bealiba PC Showjumping & Dressage Day 14 November Leighdale PC Short Course Event 15 November Gisborne Horse Trials 15 November Portarlington PC Open Show 21 & 22 November The Anakie Endurance Challenge - Training Weekend 40km ride

22 November Drysdale Leopold PC CTD, Dressage & Showjumping

22 November Riddles Creek Dressage & Showjumping Day 27 November Maryborough PC Schools Comp. 29 November Little River PC Show & Showjumping

December 2009 13 December Barwon Zone Dressage & Showjumping Qualifiers BZ Remember the PCAV Website, it’s a very handy reference point – annual events calendars for all zones are listed on this, Pony Club rules, dressage tests, etc. www.ponyclubvic.org.au

Wishing you all happy and safe riding. AAAAnnnnnnnniiii

Junior Committee

Report

Hope everyone is practicing their acts

for the Red Faces Competition on

Saturday night. If you haven’t thought

of anything yet don’t worry you can

probably join up with someone and create

something unique and fun on the day.

We will have a CD player available if you have

music to bring for your act. Don’t forget to get

Mum, Dad, brothers and sisters to come and join

in the fun!!!!!

See you there!!!

Please see the below letter and if you think you have a horse that fits the

request please follow up with Marianne Riddis. Thank-you Hi Marianne,

My dad, Art Nichols, told me you would look out for a horse for me. I really appreciate this.

I have had two horses in the past, my first horse died in May this year. My second horse died

in August, they

have both been older horses and I am now looking for a younger horse. I have had a horse for five

years, I'm not an experienced rider but then again I'm not a

beginner.

I was thinking of 8yo to 15yo, 15 to 16hh,

It does not really matter to me what type of horse it is as I will only be doing trail riding and jumping.

Also we do have a budget which is no larger

than $1,200.

Thanks heaps for this, I really appreciate it,

Kind regards, Grace Nichols

Working Bee Working Bee Working Bee Working Bee

The following are some example of the gorgeous Artwork that was created at our recent working bee. Our jumps will look incredible when set up!!! Thank you to all of our talented and hard working members who created these pieces of artwork for our jumps.

Green, Purple and Orange Groups Following our meeting at the October rally Brett has

been talking with the instructors to work out the make up of the top three groups, so please keep an eye on which group you are in for this rally. As discussed at the meeting the instructors and Brett would work on evenly balanced groups with around 5 to 6 per group, and it might take a couple of rallies to get right. The other outcome from the meeting was our great dazzle boards which is just a bonus for everyone.

CLASSIFIEDS WANTED

A Double Horse Float My two girls and I are seeking a horse float. We would prefer it to be registered and in a Roadworthy condition, although not essential. Would need to accommodate two ponies,14.3 & 12.1 hh Willing to do some repairs. We can afford to spend around $2,000.00 If you have our dream float, could you please Contact Linda on:-0407 950 370Or email [email protected]

FOR SALE:

Fresh Baled Lucerne Hay Nov 2009 $10 per bale call John 0408523835

Jog cart for sale - has car tires, - $300. Teresa 53428252 0r 0407 515 298

Wanted quiet pony, from 11HH for company to a difficult to float trotter. Prepared to take for free lease to good home for a few years while the trotter is racing. If interested please call Marianne Riddis on 53424535. for behalf of cousin. FOR SALE: Shetland Pony: 9.2hh, 4yo. Broken in, Good to handle. $900.00 ONO Ph: 0409 330 424 Wintec Synthetic All Purpose Saddle. 15.5 inch (39.5cm); has a changeable gullet and has Cair. Good Condition; no damage, well looked after. $500ono Danni Lea 5342 4114 Weatherbeeta Flex Rider Body Protector Navy Blue Body Protector, fantastic for Cross Country or just general riding; in good condition with adjustable shoulders and size Purple Level 3 Protection (Highest possible level of protection). Ladies Xsmall/ size 32; Chest31-32inch, Over Shoulder 30inch, Waist 25-26inch. $150 Danni Lea 5342 4114

Expressions of interest for the sale of a 16" (40cm) Wintec 500 dressage saddle. Great first dressage saddle; has Cair and changeable

gullets and comes with stirrup leathers and irons. $450

And the clothes/jods for the Clubs uniform shop are: Ladies size 14 white Windsor sticky bum jodphur $35

Ladies size 14 beige Windsor sticky bum jodphur $35

Ladies size 12 beige Windsor sticky bum jodphur $35 Kids size 8 Dublin Black Jodphurs $15 Men/unisex Medium Blue Polarfleece Equitana

Jumper $10 Men/Unisex Medium white Equitana T-shirt $10 Mens Medium white longsleeve School Shirt.

Now all the stuff I'm selling at the uniform shop will have 10% going back to the club! Contact Danni Lea on 5342 4114 for all of the above Dressage Saddle 17” - Stubben Tristan – Saddle in very good condition, complete with stirrup irons & leathers Priced to sell $350 Contact Sandra Morgan Ph 5342 0965 or 0407 050 229

Training on the WYEC Grounds – Did you know you can access the centre without paying casual users fees and with PCAV insurance cover.? You need to be clear that you are training for a special purpose such as you need some extra help with your horse, or you need to work on a certain discipline or training for a ODE, a games event or event of some kind. The training needs to be with our permanent instructors Allison Hayes, Sue Bradley, Nick Benyon, or Sue Short. It can be at any time during the week or on weekends. Just make sure you check if any other core users are using the centre at the time. You can use sand, cross country and even our jumps if you are prepared to get them out and pack them up again.

Allison on 0400 446 363

Nick on 0416 387 408 Sue on 0439 428 769 Sue Short on 5341 2332 Talk directly to the Instructors to book in.

Thank you to the Morgan family for their recent

generous support of our gymkhana please tell your friends and family about their fencing business.

Don’t Forget our Rays Outdoor & Camping Discounts

Remember the discount with Rays available for SPC members. Just quote D77228 to get 22.5% discount on all Industrial work wear & footwear & 10% discount on all other items*. This offer applies to all Rays stores Australia wide. *Some exclusions apply.

We need some more First Aid volunteers The club is on the hunt for some more parents who may have level 2 First Aid certificates. We need some more numbers in the team so that you all only need to do it at a few rallies each year.

Please pop up your hand if you can help with this one, you can see Julie Lodge or Shane if you can help out. Thank-you.

WYEC CASUAL USER FEES

At the recent WYEC meeting a motion was put forward to reduce the casual user’s fee for the core user groups of the centre. The WYEC committee, which includes members from Rokewood PC, Adult Riders and Smythesdale PC along with the WYEC management group voted unanimously to reduce the casual user fees for the core groups of the centre. The new User fees for the core user groups (which includes SPC) is as follows which now revolves around families. 12 month casual user – Family $70 6 month casual user – Family $50 1 month casual user – Family $30 Day casual user – same as one month. Guest pass - $10 per rider per day Included in the restructuring is that you may bring a friend to ride (if you have the casual user membership) for $10 per rider per day For further information call Liz Sayers (the booking Officer) on 0408585919

President’s Spiel Hello all pony clubbers,

Please don’t forget our November Rally camp

coming up this weekend, 14th and 15

th November. We

have got some great things planned out for the two

days, hopefully the weather will be slightly cooler

than the weekend just gone, if things are going to be

too hot we will look to adjust our plans to suit the

heat, and even look at an early start for the Sunday.

Well done to Batman (AKA Riley Deeker-Fradd) for

making front page of the PCAV website, that’s a

great effort, great picture from our recent gymkhana.

Our dazzle board working bee was just the best effort

by so many people and the results are just amazing.

The designs and efforts by so many people to end up

with what we did at the end of the day is not just an

amazing effort, it shows the friendship, support and

willingness of so many members in our club. Clearly,

the idea of lessons was a winner, only problem being

that we ended up with around 20 something kids

saddled up for the lessons. We are sorry to poor Sue

Short and all the kids for having such a large group,

but all went well, and some fun was had in the water.

The BBQ and evening trail ride were about perfect.

Thank-you everyone who helped on the days leading

up, on the morning and then all Saturday afternoon,

you all deserve a medal and pat on the back, you

made it so easy for the one’s organizing the day. Just

for the record, we had 48 people sign in and do work

on the day, and we couldn’t have done it without all

our wonderful riding members who painted and

painted all day.

We would like to welcome and thank Roz Lonie who

has taken on the important role of Club Secretary.

Please everyone give her all the support you can, she

has previous experience on committee’s and brings

new ideas with her from pony club involvement in

NSW. Thanks Roz from everyone.

We also have two other members looking at joining

the committee, both are great helpers around the club

and offer a lot to our committee and club and can

only help improve the management of our club.

We look forward to our camp next weekend and are

all hoping for perfect weather. Remember to practice

hard for the red faces competition (Kids and mums

and dads) Thanks again for another great month.

Cheers

Shane

From your District

Commissioner Hi every one its that time again PONY CLUB

DAY yep that’s right it’s here again, that day

that we all look forward to. I know I can’t, I

hope you guys are as excited as me. It’s the

camp this rally and I hope you are all going to be

there to enjoy and have heaps of fun over the

whole weekend. It will be starting on Saturday

afternoon and if it stays this warm we will all be

spending a lot of time in the water jump but

minus the horses so every one bring your hot

weather gear.

I would like to thank everyone who turned up at

the working bee it was a great day and everyone

who came had a great day and the dazzle boards

are amazing you guys can be really proud of

what you accomplished on the day. A special

mention to Shane who organized the boards and

paint as well as getting the hangers made up at

such short notice well done Shane it was a

brilliant job. I would also like to thank Sue Short

for taking the time to run a couple of lessons it

was greatly appreciated by all who took part,

myself included, and I am sure there were a few

of you having a good laugh at my expense when

I was trying to jump the zig zag and also at the

water jump, where I am sure you all hoped that I

would be the one swimming, HA HA HA maybe

next time. But never having done anything like it

before I had a great time so thanks for letting me

join in.

On a serious note with the warmer weather there

are bound to be snakes around and whilst WYEC

keeps the grounds in good nick with the grass

reasonably short they are still bound to be

around. So please be watchful and wear

appropriate footwear and if you see one stay well

away from it and let someone on the committee

know so we can let everybody know its there and

to stay away from that area. The last thing we

want is to be treating someone for snake bite as it

is a horrible experience for all involved

especially the victim. Sorry for the serious note

but it is a very real threat to all involved at the

club.

Any way I hope to see you all there as we have a

pretty cool weekend teed up for you all with lots

of fun things on Saturday afternoon and evening

and a pretty cool rally for Sunday. Look forward

to seeing you all

Cheers Brett

GYMKHANA AND NOVELTIES THANKS

SMYTHESDALE PONY CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THEIR SPONSORS FOR THEIR VERY GENEROUS SUPPORT WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG HORSE RIDERS IN THE REGION. PLEASE SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES IN RETURN. Horseland – Learmonth Rd Wendouree Skipton Roadhouse Saddle World - Armstrong St Ballarat Petstock - Latrobe St Ballarat Ballarat Safety – 14 Ballarat-Cargnahm Rd Ballarat UFS Pharmacy - Ballarat Baker’s Delight – Howitt St Wendouree Thinking Petcare - Wendouree Darriwell Farm – Sturt St Whiteys Pet Foods - Sebastopol Ballarat Toyota – Creswick Rd Ballarat Bunnings – Gillies St Wendouree Beaurepaires – Mair St Ballarat Toyworld – Howitt St Wendouree Foodworks Supermarket - Brooke St Smythesdale Lotus Oils – Armstrong St Ballarat Black Horse Trading - Brooke St Smythesdale Animal Wears - Scarsdale Jades Hair Design 142 Albert St Sebastopol Action Ads - Ballarat Eclectic Tastes – Burbank St Wendouree Stephens Pasture Seeds Ballarat Ross Creek Nursery – 798 Bray’s Rd Ross Creek D & S Morgan Rural fencing Oakley Manor Riding Accessories - Scarsdale Protector Allsafe – Gillies St Wendouree Beaurepaires Tyres - Mair & Latrobe Sts Ballarat Ballarat Health Foods – 405a Sturt St Ballarat Elysium day Spa - Armstrong St Ballarat H.F Ranch, Juniper Rd, Haddon, 53425051 Maxi-foods Latrobe Street KnK Stockfeed, Shed 3/6 Micheals Dr Delecombe

PH 53 356914 Haddon MARES Inc

Presents a workshop with

Dr Natasha Pettingill BSc BVSc BVMS Dr Pettingill will talk about Common Horse Illnesses & their symptoms and how to identify them, when to call the vet, and how to take a horses Tempreture, Heart Rate and Respiratory rate (these will be demonstated at the

workshop) The workshop will be held on Saturday 5th December from 10.00 am till 12 pm at the Woady Yaloak Equestrian Centre, followed by lunch.

Cost is $25 per adult (MARES members $20), Junior 16 yrs and under $15 For booking s please contact Catherine Ross on 0429 630 719 or [email protected]

Cheers Catherine Ross MARES Inc Coordinator & President Mothers Appreciating Recreational Equine Support 365 Sago Hill Rd, Haddon, 3351 Ph: 0429 630719 Email: [email protected] www.freewebs.com/mares2008

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