PRESIDENT

Lucy Nicholson

0415 696 923

lucyjnicholson@yahoo.com

SECRETARY

Gillian Leach

gdarc.secretary@gmail.com

TREASURER

Melissa Harper

03 54 33 5 295

sandmharper@active8.net.au

ASSISTANT TREASURER &

UNIFORMS

Tammy Georgaloudis

christam@bigpond.com

GENERAL COMMITTEE &

LIBRARIAN

Emily Fairmaid

GENERAL COMMITTEE & TTT

COORDINATOR

Jenny McMillan

0411 118589

jenny.mcmillan4@bigpond.com

GENERAL COMMITTEE

Mandy Charman

mandycharman@gmail.com

Amanda Edwards

5428 3552

aledwards@hotmail.com

Cathy Simmons

OTHER CONTACTS

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Sarah McKenzie-Crawford

sarahmc182@hotmail.com

END OF YEAR AWARDS

OORDINATOR

Karen Middlebrook

kjcmcmlxv@yahoo.com.au

Welcome to January

GISBORNE

DARC N E W S L E T T E R J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 G D A R C

Well, hello Summer! What a hot kick off to the

start of 2013. I hope you are all safe and un-

touched by the tragic recent fire outbreaks

we’ve had all over the Country and let’s keep

our fingers crossed that the remainder of

Summer is a mild and happy one.

We have our February Rally booked for Saturday 9th February (details on

page 3) with instructors Michael Baker and Robbie Allen. Please get your

rally bookings to Lucy by the 1st of February to reserve a place with these

popular coaches.

Also a big reminder that the official HRCAV Showjumping Day is being held

at the GDARC club grounds on Sunday 10th February (the day after our

next rally). The cut of date for entries is the 31st January 2013 so make

sure you check out the details on page 4 and get your entries to Lucy

before the end of the month.

Member Elle McKenzie has written a terrific article on her time as a

Equitana Volunteer at Melbourne 2012 and for anyone who has ever

considered volunteering check out her insider’s scoop on how to get the

best seats in the house for Sydney 2013 (see page 5).

On behalf of the Committee and associated positions we wish all of the

GDARC members and their four legged friends a wonderful and prosperous

2013.

P A G E 2

Rider’s Results for January 2013

Congratulations to the following member for representing the club

with these fantastic results this month.

Evelyn Crawford & Bear

Kyneton & District ARC Dressage Day held at Lancefield on 6th January 2013

Test 4C 4th

Test 4E 4th

2nd (Reserve Champion) in overall

Jackpot.

A big congratulations to Evelyn & Bear as this was their first dressage comp together and what terrific results.

Hayley & Evelyn with their well deserved sashes

With both the TTT Showing and GDARC Showjumping Day coming up We are bound to have many more results and of course for anyone not wishing to compete but still wanting to be part of the event please contact Lucy to express your interest in becoming a volunteer for the day.

Please remember to send your results to the Editor Sarah McKenzie-

Crawford sarahmc182@hotmail.com so they can be featured in our

Newsletter and to Karen Middlebrook kjcmcmlxv@yahoo.com.au so

they can be counted towards the end of year awards.

G I S B O R N E D A R C

August Rally—Dressage Judy Peel & SJ

Ruth Webb (indoors)

Bookings must be made on the club

booking sheet and sent through to Lucy,

new prices now apply

Club account Bendigo Bank BSB 633000

Club Grounds and Information

P A G E 3 G D A R C

Club Grounds

The grounds are booked on the following days of each month. Regular Users groups at the Club Grounds

include:

Gisborne Pony Club

1st Sunday of the month

Gisborne Adult Riders

2nd Saturday of the month

Simply Savvy Natural

Horsemanship

3rd Saturday of the month

Braemar College Equestrian Club Every

2nd Wednesday pm approx

4.00 pm till dark.

February Rally

When: Saturday 9th February Rally

Where: At the GDARC Club Grounds

Instructors: Michael Baker for Dressage & Cross Country and Robbie Allen for Showjumping. Michael Baker is a former Event rider who now focuses on Dressage. He is an EA General Level 2 & Eventing Level 3 coach. Excellent feedback was received from his previous rally which is why he has been invited back. Here's a bit of info from the EA website, http://www.equestrian.org.au/db/person_display.asp?ID=o6vFsAp/?sD

Robbie Allen needs no introduction, in recent years he has been a very popular instructor at our rallies. Lucy found this article online, so if you missed it in the email here is the link again

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/01/12/146481_horses.html The booking deadline is Friday 1st February so please forward your bookings to Lucy at

Lucy nicholson(lucyjnicholson@yahoo.com)

Official HRCAV

SHOWJUMPING DAY

Sunday 10th February 2013 Events: AM7#, Take Your Own Line#, Jumping Equitation

(#Attracts HRCAV points as per HRCAV event rules)

Course Designer: Ian Box

Three rounds of jumping on all weather arenas, a great warm up for TTT CT!

VENUE: Gisborne Adult Riding Club & Pony Club Grounds,

IR Robertson Reserve, Couangalt Road, Gisborne South

(Melways Key Map 7 – Top right hand corner)

PRIZES: Prizes for Highpoint and Class Winners - Sashes as per Event Rule 24

ENTRY FEES: $15 per class or $40 for all 3 (inc Medical Levy) plus $5 facility fee

(All riders must pre-enter on Official HRCAV Standard Entry form)

ENTRIES CLOSE: Thursday 31st January 2013 or when sections are full

PAYMENT: Cheques payable to Gisborne & District Adult Riding Club Inc

Or bank transfer, Bendigo Bank, BSB 633 000 ACC 142 740 166

– please use “SJDname” as reference & include reference on entry form

SEND ENTRIES TO: Event Secretary, PO Box 343, GISBORNE 3437 or lucyjnicholson@yahoo.com

ENQUIRIES: Lucy Nicholson, lucyjnicholson@yahoo.com or 0415 696 923 (scratching)

Melissa Harper,sandmharper@activ8.net.au or 03 5433 5295 (email preferred)

Times will be emailed on Monday 4th February so please include a clear email address or SAE for return of times.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

This event will be conducted under HRCAV rules and regulations.

HRCAV valid membership and show jumping performance card must be presented to the Event Secretary 30 min prior to first class.

All riders must present for gear check at least 20 minutes prior to riding in first class.

Riders can only ride at their assessed level only

Competitors must supply their own bridle or saddle blanket numbers (both sides of horse).

Riders MUST wear Medical Armbands when jumping

Approved safety helmets and boots must be worn at all times whilst mounted.

There will be no refunds after closing date unless accompanied by a medical or veterinary certificate to be received by the Event Secretary within 7

days of the competition date.

Protests must be lodged within 30 minutes of posting of interim results and must be accompanied by a $20 deposit.

Gisborne DARC and the I R Robertson Reserve Committee do not accept any liability for accidents, damage, injury, illness or loss to any person,

horse or property.

The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel any class without notice.

LEVEL MAX HEIGHT* MAX WIDTH*

5 45cm 45cm

4 60cm 60cm

3 75cm 80cm

2 90cm 100cm

1 105cm 120cm

Advanced 120cm 140cm

EQUITANA 2012

By Elle McKenzie

Naturally, I’m on the email list for Equitana… and every time I received an email I went from

excited to ‘how on earth am I going to be able to afford a ticket’ in 3.2 seconds… until I received

the email calling for volunteers! I wondered if it were too good to be true, a ticket to all 4 days

of competition and all I had to do was work a few hours?? Surely not, but I thought, what the

heck… at least I’ll be there! Might even learn something!

From the word go, volunteer team manager Leasa Stephen was incredible with her

communication and organisation. Queries were answered promptly and she managed to work the

roster so we all got to see the events we were most interested in watching. The volunteers are

split into teams, each with different roles- imagine my delight when I saw that I was rostered on

to the Indoor Competition Team… woohoo!! And even better- with fellow GDARC member Sarah

McKenzie-Crawford, with Amanda and Ebony Edwards on the volunteer team as well!! I guess

great minds really do think alike!!

EQUITANA 2012

By Elle McKenzie CONTINUED

My first shift was on the Thursday night for the World Cup Show-Jumping final. If you think front

row is good- try watching it from the sand! Best ‘non-seat’ in the house let me tell you! Grant-

ed, you do put your safety in the hands of crazy show-jumpers who place no value on your life

whatsoever, but eh… you take the good with the bad! Our job was to run around madly between

rounds filling holes, raking sand and picking up poles, all the while trying to dodge said crazy

show-jumpers… FYI- did not need to go to the gym the next day!

I remember finishing this shift thinking good golly (I didn’t really use those words exactly)- 4

days of this is going to be hard yakka! Fortunately, the rest of my shifts were quite cruisy in

comparison and involved some set up and pack up, but all in all- a lot of watching the

amazing events that Equitana showcased. I saw the best of the best in Reining, Horsemanship

and Dressage- all whilst on shift!

I cannot speak highly enough of the volunteer experience, I met some fantastic people, shared

moments that spectators just cannot buy, and was able to see Equitana from a

different perspective.

Equitana itself encompasses just about everything relating to every facet of equestrian sport

over a 4 day program. It attracts internationally renowned experts to deliver materclasses of

the highest calibre and riders from across the country to compete in competition at elite level.

Did I mention shopping? THE BEST trade village ever (in Australia anyway for all the WEG at-

tendees about to jump down my throat)… I am no financial advisor, but DO NOT leave your cred-

it card in the freezer for Equitana weekend!

The highlights for me personally were watching Mary King’s masterclasses, Manolo Mendez and

shockingly… the World Cup Show-Jumping! …having said that, I was very very tempted to go

home and chuck the stocky on Bailey after watching the cutting… hard to say if this was due to

the four legged talent or the two though… some of those cowboys were pretty easy on the eye!

Anyway… back to volunteering… as if the experience itself is not enough… you get all your uni-

forms for free- and get to keep them! You get a meal voucher when you are on shift, and back-

stage passes to watch pretty much whatever you like, it’s a no-brainer for me… I’m already

signed up for Sydney & happy to help anyone else who might be

interested in joining me??

P A G E 7 G D A R C

Diary Dates to Remember

JAN Event

Cut-off for entries

Contact Contact num-ber

6 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) -Kyneton DARC @ Lancefield 20-Dec Debbie 0419 557 080

6 SHOW (Official) - Doongala ARC 31-Dec Michelle 0413 657 895

12/13 EA SJ COURSE DESIGNERS REFRESHER CLINIC Phil 0417 325 320

13 SHOW (Official) - Wonthaggi ARC @ Bass Coast Summer Ag 20-Dec Rhonda 5678 8511

13 SHOW (Official) - Bulla ARC TBA Carolyn 0400 838 266

19/20 TTT SHOW (Official) - Gisborne DARC @ Geelong Showgrounds 13-Dec Melissa 5433 5295

20 SHOW (Offical) -Koo Wee Rup HRC @ Lang Lang Agi 15-Jan Lauren 0439 552 573

26 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Phoenix RC @ Wesburn Park 12-Jan Lisa 5968 8906

26 SHOWJUMPING (Official) - Wangaratta ARC - CANCELLED 18-Jan Tamlyn 0407 662861

26 CT & DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Lysterfield ARC 10-Jan Elizabeth 0433 042 413

27 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Smythesdale ARC 16-Jan Monika 5342 0324

28 SUMMER ROYAL HRCAV RINGS (Official) SE Standardbred RG 2-Dec rasv.com.au

28 SHOW (Official) - Riddells Creek ARC 28-Jan Jayne 0421 133 750

FEB Event Cut-off for entries

Contact Contact num-ber

2 SHOW (Official) - Bendigo & Dist FEG @ Saddle Pony Show 25-Jan Debbie 0414 728 935

2/3 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Echuca & Dist @ Elmore 18-Jan Debbie 0488 570 888

2 SHOW (Official) - Maroondah ARC @ Yarra Glen Agi 2-Feb Mandy 0407 554 184

3 SHOW (Official) - Shadmoor EC @ Boolara Show 27 Jan Gwyn

3 SHOW (Official) - Ruffy ARC 3 Feb Jo

3 SHOW (Official) - Ballarat ARC 28-Jan Sharon 5331 8214

10 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Sale ARC 23-Jan Shannon 0408 148 552

10 SHOW (Official) - Leongatha EC @ Korrumburra Ag 2-Feb Nicki 0409 636 217

10 SHOWJUMPING (Official) - Gisborne DARC 31-Jan Lucy 0415 696 923

16/17 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Leongatha EC 6-Feb Nicki 0409 636 217

17 SHOW (Official) - Benalla & District ARC 11-Feb Janelle 0400 648 547

17 SHOW (Official) - Werribee Central EC @ Barastoc 25-Jan Lucinda 0448 880 226

22 DRESSAGE DAY - NOT SO MID WEEK (Official) - Trentham ARC

15-Feb Sue 0414 457 946

23 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Freshwater Creek ARC 8-Feb Tahli 0403 649 275

23 SHOW (Official) - Echuca & Dist @ Rochester Agi 23 Feb Debbie 0488 570 888

23 SHOW (Official) - Bennison ARC @ Foster Agi 16 Feb Michelle 51861247

24 CT & DRESSAGE DAY (Official) - Upper Yarra & Maroondah ARC

11-Feb Denise 5962 3523

24 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) -Westcoast ARC - Spurs Series Rd 2

8-Feb Sarah 0414 264 929

24 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Ayr Hill EC 15 Feb Deb 0407568388

P A G E 8 G D A R C

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