Tamworth Junior Riding & Pony Club January 2019 · 1/1/2019 · 31st Tamworth Team Penning 7th...

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact

with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom. Sharon Ralls Lemon

Tamworth Junior Riding & Pony Club

PO Box 146, Tamworth NSW 2340

[email protected]

Tamworth Junior Riding & Pony Club

January 2019

Committee Contacts

President – Craig Farquhar

Mob: 0458 618 127

[email protected]

Secretary – Laura Salkeld

Mob: 0418 402 693

[email protected]

Treasurer – Melissa Penrose

Ph. 6760 8458

Mob: 0408 668 782

[email protected]

Chief Instructor – Ian Vaughan

Mob: 0428 615 265

[email protected]

Publicity Officer- Charmaine

Kesby

Mob: 0407 922 972

[email protected]

Don’t forget to visit us on

Facebook - Tamworth Junior

Riding and Pony Club

CLUB Meeting

February 6th will be our first club meeting for the year- please come along to give your ideas to help us improve the club.

Where: TJRPC Clubhouse

When: Wednesday 6th February

Time: 7:00 p.m.

I found this from Camp- it was titled

“Shetland ropers troop 😊

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Hi everyone,

Welcome to Pony Club for 2019!!

This year is going to be big- you asked for more for your kids and Boy did we deliver!!! There are going to be more new activity try days, more guest instruction, more camp and more fun, fun fun!!

As I’m sure you are aware, we got our grant for the Clubhouse upgrade, disabled toilet and also a grant approved for irrigation for the grounds. This year we will be putting in more grant applications and of course we will keep you posted on these. If anyone would like to help with grant application, please let me know- more than happy to have other perspectives on the applications!!

Charmaine Kesby is taking over as our Publicity officer- looking forward to her work! Charmaine has her own email but for ease we will share the Tamworth Junior Riding email, so you can still send through your photos of the kids for the newsletters and Facebook posts. Charmaine is also going to be the owner of the Facebook page, Website, Instagram and general social media. So please make Charmaine’s role in getting your kids pictures into publication easy by sending them through when you are posting or taking the photos… we love to see your kids happy riding!!

We will have a new format for our rally days this year- please see further in the newsletter for details. I think you’ll love it. A big thank you to Mr. Vaughan and the Instructors in advance- we will have a big year coming our way and we all appreciate you teaching our kids.”

A big thank you to all the volunteers from 2018, you cleaned toilets, did dishes, fixed pipes, scraped out stalls, wrapped gifts, cut out flyers, set up courses, packed up courses, timed, wrote scores, supported the canteen, built stables, fixed pipes, fixed taps, dug holes, fixed more pipes, held horses, dished out morning teas. The list

goes on and on. Basically, without you we do not exist. 😊

We also have our Sign up and Working Bee day this coming Saturday 12th from 9 to get the grounds ready for country music camping… please bring brooms, mops, shovels etc., we need to move a fair bit of poop, get the dorms cleaned out again, clean the amenities and clean the windows inside and out. The clubhouse will also need a good clean too. Many hands make light work, and you can sign your risk warning forms and membership forms too. Active kids’ vouchers are now available to select online just type in active kids or go to RMS website.

Happy Riding,

Laura



2019 Memberships

Our 2019 memberships are now available to you online through

Mypony club. Please find attached to this newsletter a how to sheet.

Please be advised if you are paying online you will also be charged

a $1.30 fee per membership merchant fee to My Pony Club- not

Tamworth Pony Club. You will still be required to fill in a risk warning

for you and your children.

We will have a sign up day on this Saturday 12th at our working bee

to get your memberships out of the way. There are membership

forms in the clubhouse as well, and every membership must contain

the membership form, medical forms for all children and the

member protection declaration form completed in full.

Active Kids is now available for you to claim your voucher go to

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/active-kids to claim.

Please note- with all junior memberships there MUST be an adult

member joined as well.

If you wish to ride at pony club, you will need

to be a riding member, even if it is only to

work a horse or for our trail ride.

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/active-kids



Upcoming Events

On the following pages you will see the calendar of events in our

Zone to end July. As you can see Tamworth has 5 Extra events we

are hosting this year.

I need to ask if everyone intending on attending these events can

please help out with organisation of the event as there is a lot of

work that will go into making these days successful. We will need

pencillers, runners, time keepers, first aid officers, judge minders

and canteen assistants.

Our first event the Show Riding, Show Jumping and Sporting

weekend is a great fundraiser for us, and anyone who has ideas for

sponsorship/ donations/ contacts at businesses that can ask for

prizes to donate to our raffle please let me know.

We are also hosting a Mini Camp this year in April we will be

needing support from people to run the camp, there will be no

dorm parents or meals provided as such but we will need troop

leaders and instructors. Again, anyone who can help out please let

me know.

All the events are being put on to give your children more

opportunities at home so any help you can provide is greatly

appreciated.



February 3rd Rally Day

8th Zone Closing Date State Sporting/Camp draft

10th Zone Meeting – (due to no quorum Nov)

16th Tamworth Show riding Day

17th Tamworth Show jumping/Sporting Day

23rd Kootingal Dressage/ CT/Equitation

24th Kootingal Show jumping/Jumping Equitation

March

3rd Rally Day

10th * ** Zone AGM

23rd Quirindi Show jump/Equitation Day

24th Quirindi ODE

24th Narrabri Gymkhana

31st Tamworth Team Penning

April

7th Rally Day

13th Coonabarabran SJ/Dressage

14th Coonabarabran ODE

14-16 Quirindi Mini Camp

13-16 Gunnedah Mini Camp

16-18 Tamworth Mini Camp

13 State Sporting

14 State Camp draft Championships

15 State Team Penning Championships

16 State Mounted Games

17 State Team Sporting

19-22 GOOD FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY EASTER SUNDAY EASTER MONDAY

20-21 Narrabri Pony Club Challenge

28 Currabubula BTD



May

5th Rally Day

11th Boggabri Stock Horse Day

12th Boggabri BTD

18th Gunnedah Greg Swain Show jumping/Dressage

19th Gunnedah BTD

26th Kootingal BTD

June

2th Rally Day

8th Narrabri Show riding gymkhana

9th Narrabri BTD

10th Public Holiday

16th *** Zone Meeting

23rd Currabubula Show riding

30th Tamworth Team Sporting Day

July 7th Rally Day

6-7 State Show jumping Championships

8-9 State ODE Championships

10-12 Wee Waa Mini Camp

13th Wee Waa SJ/Dressage

14th Wee Waa BTD

20th Narrabri Combined Training

21st Narrabri Show jumping/Sporting

28th Coonabarabran BTD



Projects on the Go

New Entrance

THANK YOU to Mick Cameron and all the people who were involved in the making of the entrance. I know

there were many of you who gave up time to lay bricks, cart cement, make mud, dig holes, clean bricks… it

exhausts me just thinking about it!!

Mick and his team of merry helpers have finished the brick construction of the entrance, and my oh my what a

job. We will have an official opening for the entrance as soon as the gates are up, and the fence modification

is completed, so if you were a part of the entrance, please keep an eye out on your emails for the date as we

would love to have you all in the photo for the paper.

Arena Extension

Mr. Vaughan, Craig, Scotty, Tim and Ryan have been busy working out the extension of our rear yard to make

it a standard size. This will then accommodate team penning, camp drafting, barrel racing and give our kids

further opportunities. This project will occur in 1 weekend very soon- if you have expertise in steel welding,

fence erection or earthmoving, please contact Tim or Mr. Vaughan if you would like to be involved.



Projects on the Go

Club house upgrades

We announced in December that we were successful in gaining the grant for the clubhouse upgrade and

installation of a disabled amenities block. We would like to thank Charles Refalo from All Construction

Tamworth who has been instrumental in getting the quotes and designs done for the clubhouse & amenities,

Kevin Anderson for supporting our application and of course Sam Eriksson from Tamworth Council for

approving the grant. We should have word in January from council as to when we can start the project- watch

this space.

Irrigation works

Another grant Mel successfully landed was for an irrigation system for the grounds. We are hoping to have the

funds for this in the first quarter of this year- again will keep you posted. Thanks, Mel, for the investment that

went into this grant- well done!!

Indoor Arena

Still in the wings- am waiting for the grants to open up again- most likely will be after the election. Will keep

you posted!



2019 Rally Days

With our new Senior Instructor Mr Vaughan at the helm, the great work started by Miss

Jan will continue and be built upon.

This year we will be having our Rally days run by our instructors with some guest

instructors, so the kids get more opportunities to learn new things and build on current

skills. The rally days will be all different and focus on different riding skills. You will

receive notification prior to the event to give you a bit of a snapshot of what is to come

for the rally day. There will be a lot of fun to be had and expert coaching/instructing in

many disciplines.

In the afternoons we will be offering the kids the opportunity to fine tune their skills for

competition days, or for those who would like to get into competitions to come and learn

more. We will work on getting those interested in to pairs, teams of four and giving

times, patterns etc for competition days, state championships etc. These afternoon

sessions will be optional however I would encourage you to invest the time for the

children, so they can improve on their riding skills.

If you would like to get involved with organising a rally day or becoming an instructor,

please contact either Mr Vaughan or myself and we can discuss your ideas.

I would like to thank our Instructors who give up their time freely to teach our kids-

please make sure that you remind your children to be respectful, courteous and always

listen - their knowledge is invaluable.



February Rally Day

As we approach the February Rally day, Miss Alison will be running the day with a

focus on skills and techniques to compliment our February Show riding, Show

jumping and Sporting Weekend on the 16th Feb. This is a great opportunity for the kids

to do some jumping practice, flat work and sporting practice so that in a fortnight’s

time they are ready and have confidence on what they will be doing at the event.

Ben Collett and his team will be taking the kids through sporting events and providing

the current times/ patterns for you to take home for practice.

Miss Al and her team will work on Show jumping. As there are quite a few children

with new horses, please ensure you bring with you your child’s jump card for the

CURRENT horse, if you do not have one, I will have cards available for $3 each. Miss

Alison can assess your child and make sure that they are jumping at the correct level

and make any adjustments as required.

We will also have instructors there to work on flat riding with you and getting the

basics of this correct.

If you are going to attend the Show jumping day you MUST have a current jump card

signed off BEFORE the event- this rally day will be your only opportunity to get those

cards.

We will start the day at 8:00a.m to try to beat the heat, and finish at lunchtime, with

the optional session after lunch for those who are interested in competition training.



Housekeeping

In the last few months of 2018 there were a few things brought to the attention of the

Executive committee that have been discussed and actions recorded as below:

Golf Buggy/ Cart

The golf buggy is wearing out and is also a very large and heavy piece of machinery. If it was to

fall over it could cause very serious damage to the inhabitants. As of today, under no

circumstance are children allowed to drive the buggy for any reason. Only people aged 18 and

over will be given permission to drive the buggy, and it is to be available for the instructors

and committee members to take around equipment, drinks etc.

Grounds use outside of Rally Days

The grounds are privately owned and as such we pay insurance to have horses on the grounds.

We hire out the grounds and amenities to people to make money for the club and as such

there is a calendar for bookings which the Secretary and Treasurer have access to. The safety

of people on the grounds is critical and as such only those booked in are granted permission

for use outside of rally days. As you do not know the booking schedule, please contact me if

you wish to use the grounds and we can make a booking.

Working with Children Check

PCA NSW brought in last year the regulatory requirement to hold a current WWC Check to be

able to stay on the grounds overnight. This is now being enforced. If you do not hold a

current Working with children check, please arrange to get one or you will not be permitted

to stay on the grounds at any Pony Club grounds as we now are required to send a list of

WWC check number to Zone and they will distribute to other clubs if you are registered to

stay there.

Helmets

Very simple- No helmet, no riding- NO EXCEPTIONS even for Adults. Under no circumstances

at a pony club event/ trail ride/ riding at the grounds can you ride without a helmet.



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