Dec/Jan 2016 THE PONY CLUB Issue 35 ASSOCIATION OF NSW STATE NEWSLETTER 1 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome 3 DON’T FORGET TO BOOK A PCA NSW State Showriding 4 FREE ADMINISTRATION Championships SCHOOL FOR YOUR ZONE IN Pony Club Australia National 6 2016! Championships Upcoming Admin Schools: Pony Club Australia National 8 Zone 14 — 2 February Championships Photos Zone 12 — 6 February International Mounted Games 10 Exchange with Julia Devitt Mitavite Feature Article 12 PCANSW State Mounted Games 16 Championships PCANSW State One Day Event 18 Championships Forbes Pony Club Celebrates 50 22 Years! NSW Parliament Congratulatory 23 Letter from Gareth Ward PCA Australia International 24 Above: Megan Redpath from Bathurst in Zone 3 at the PCANSW Team Manager & Coach State One Day Event Championships. Applications On the Front Cover: Jorja Power from Walcha Pony Club in Zone Around the Grounds 26 13 who placed 4th in the 11 & under 13 years Handler Class at the Pony Club NSW State Showriding Championships held in COMPETITION MADNESS 32 Parkes on the 5th & 6th December. Photo: OzShotz with Kentucky Equine Research Pictured Below: Winning Associate Team of Four at the PCANSW PCA NSW Calendar 40 State Showriding Championships; Zone 16: Lara Polkinghorne, Ashley Meyer Dilley, Myf Clark & Estelle Wenn. 2 WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to the December /January Pony tition in 2015, it is a great achievement and we Club NSW Newsletter hope to see you again at our Championships this year! Happy New Year and welcome to 2016 with the Pony Club Association of NSW! We hope everyone Reports, results and photographs from the PCA had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and we National Championships held in Murray Bridge, look forward to a great 2016 with lots of exciting South Australia are featured in this issue, as we things to come! await the next National Pony Club Championship to take place in 2017. In 2016, Pony Club NSW will be implementing sev- eral changes to our annual event calendar which Our International Mounted Games Exchange rider, will aim to provide a better opportunity for our Julia Devitt has put together a fantastic report on members to attend more State Championship her trip to the USA with the Pony Club Australia events. We have condensed our usual 9 State Team, where they claimed victory! Championships into two major combined Champi- onship events to be held in Quirindi and Camden. Thank you to all Clubs, members, parents, support- Please look out for information on these Combined ers and friends on a terrific 2015 at Pony Club. Championships in our regular E-News editions and Don’t forget to keep us updated with results and on our Facebook Page. photos from your Club events that we can include in our Newsletters throughout the year. In this jam-packed State Newsletter issue, we take a look at the 2015 State Championships that were Leanna Haines, Marketing & State Events Co- held towards the end of 2015, including the State ordinator Mounted Games, One Day Event and Showriding Championships. Congratulations to all the riders that represented their Zone at a State level compe- CONTRIBUTORS DISCLAIMER or mistakes in editorial refer- Editor: Leanna Haines, Published by The Pony Club ence. PCANSW Marketing & State Association of NSW, PO Box Events Co-ordinator 2085, Wollongong NSW 2500. 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The Championship was hosted Valley Pony Club won the 9 and under and under 15 years age group. In the by Zone 11 and held at Parkes Show- 11 years Age Champion, with Darcey 15 and under 17 years age group, Sarah ground on the 5th and 6th of December. Eyb from Cudal taking out the Reserve Olsen was awarded Age Champion Champion. The 11 and under 13 years from Hills District Pony Club, and Grace Riders competed in a range of classes age Champion was awarded to Lydia Daunt from Rankin’s Springs Pony Club judged on both horse and rider to accu- Alston from Rankin’s Springs Pony took out the Reserve Champion. Sarah mulate points to determine the Age Club, and Tahnee Sullivan from Wing- Pernice from Glenorie Pony Club won Champion winners and Champion ham Pony Club was declared Reserve the 17 to 25 years Age Champion, with Zone. The Under 9 years Champion was Champion. Mackenzie Peterkin from Tahlia Wells from Young Pony Club 4 The Champion Zone was awarded just having fun and the parents, friends and families to Zone 9 with riders Tahnee Sulli- making sure everyone who van, Dani Altham, Mackenzie Peter- else did too.” showed support over the weekend. kin and Cara Shirley gaining the The Showriding Championships Teleah achieved great results riding most points for their Zone. mark the last of the State Pony Club “Bells Mountain Phoenix” and rep- events for 2015, with our next resenting Zone 22 at the State The quality of riders was outstand- event; The NSW State Camp taking Championship; ing, making it a very difficult task place in the new year from the 3rd- “We all just wanted to th for the judges who did an outstand- have fun in the ring 8 January at the Sydney Interna- ing job in the very warm conditions tional Equestrian Centre. over the weekend. For 13 & under and at the end of the 15 years Reserve Champion rider day I received the The Pony Club NSW State Showrid- Teleah Lindsay, the long drive to overall Reserve ing Championships are supported Parkes was worth the wait. Champion for my age by major sponsor Mitavite – Official “It took about 5 hours group.” Feed Partner, NSW Sport and Rec- to get to Parkes and it reation & other local sponsors. was extremely hot, The Pony Club Association of NSW but the highlight of would like to congratulate every- All photographs courtesy of the event for me was one who took part in the State OzShotz Photography. Showriding Championships, also to Championships 5 The NSW State Pony September to the 4th October The NSW riders defi- Club team have returned home 2015. nitely did their state proud, from competing in South Aus- with various Team wins, Indi- tralia at the National Pony Club For many competi- vidual Championships and top Championships, bringing excep- tors and their families ten placings across all disci- nd tional results with them. Forty the Pony Club Nation- plines. NSW was placed 2 riders representing NSW trav- als is a once in a life- overall against the other States, elled to compete in the Pony with Victoria claiming 1st place time opportunity, Club Australia National Champi- and the Roger Braham Perpetu- onships held in Murray Bridge, held every two years in a al Shield. South Australia from the 29th different Australian state. 6 Pictured; Savannah Coddington from Dubbo Pony Club representing NSW at the Pony Club National Championships Senior Dressage Team: Cassandra McCarroll, Dannica Whitty, Hollie The McIntyre, Katherine Mills, Amelia Burton & Tiffany Bignold. Nationals NSW had Junior and Senior kinson from Rylstone 8th. In the Julia Devitt, Rhys Smith, Charlotte Teams in all five disciplines, and Senior Dressage age group; Kathe- Millard, Andrea Biondic and Will was awarded the winning State rine Mills from Bathurst placed 5th Conn. The Senior Team were also Team in the Junior Dressage, Junior and Amelia Burton from Geary’s popular contenders claiming a very Eventing and Junior Mounted Gap 6th. close 2nd place with riders; Katie Games competitions. In the Junior Eventing Kirra Slater, Tom Thorek, Madeline In the Individual Champion- Hubbard claimed 1st, and Brianna Skopek, Chloe Pearse and Lauren ships, it was our very own Kirra Smith from Geary’s Gap 4th. For Slater in the Senior Mounted Hubbard from Lake Albert who was the Senior Eventing competition Games event. awarded the overall Junior Eventing Kaila Wharton from Cobar placed In the Tetrathlon competition, se- Champion. Congratulations to Kirra 5th and Adele Clark from Bungen- lected riders were required to who rode her own Rosie’s Rocafella dore 7th. In the Showjumping are- complete running, swimming, in both the Junior Eventing and Jun- na, Kate Johnson from Mangrove shooting, and riding phases over 4 ior Dressage competitions. In the Mountain was awarded 2nd and days of the Championship. Our Junior Showjumping, Kate Johnson Jessica Towns from Gravesend 7th. Junior Tetrathlon team finished in from Mangrove Mounted per- In the Senior event; Mimi Tym 5th place, with riders including Rhys formed well to claim the Reserve from Wellington claimed 5th place, Smith, Alexandra Hamblin, Brianna Champion Title, placing 2nd in the while Annastasia Albouze from Smith, Lara Hamblin, Tessa Cod- junior competition.