Wallangarra Riding & Pony Club

February 2013

Issue 2

HELLO WALLIES! Well what a great start to our 2013 season with our very successful Arena Party held on Saturday 2

nd February

We had a great turn out from both riders, supporters and many of our

Life Members. After the official opening by our Club Patron, Guenter

Best, our Treasurer and Life Member, Linda Fletcher (along with her

faithful 22 year old thoroughbred, Mindy) rode the inaugural round in our

new Show Jumping Arena to then be followed by members all keen to

get in and experience the new arena.

As well as the upgrade to the main arena, the show jump warm up arena

has also been extended and has new fencing, the sand arena 3 and 4 in

the 7 acres have been levelled and tidied up and where possible cutting

back of vegetation. Driveways have been resurfaced, mulching,

landscaping and upgrades to ground fencing have also been done.

Of course all of this would not have been possible without the funding

provided by the City of Armadale and The Department of Sport and

Recreation.

Thank you to all who attended and competed, to those who helped out

and a special thank you to the Arena Party committee who organized

and helped to ensure the evening ran smoothly.

Check out the other great pics on page 5

Next Rally

Monday March 4th

2013 Committee

PRESIDENT

Tim Bray 0488 484 351 VICE PRESIDENTS

Scott McNamee 0417 998 075 Richard Campbell 0433 027 656 SECRETARY

Margaret Barnesby-Johnson 0417 167 734 TREASURER

Linda Fletcher 9399 2388 RALLY CO-ORDINATOR

Julie Conroy 0417 188 956 EVENTS ORGANISERS

Kerry & Sam Burns 0422 745 605 NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Denise McKellar 0419 043 764 dmckellar@iprimus.com.au

Fletcher Park, Moore St Wungong WA

PO Box 518 Armadale 6112 WA

www.freewebs.com/wallangarrarpc

.

Pony Club Festival – 23rd/24th March at SEC

Riders will need to have attended 3 rallies by closing date of 10th March.

The entry pack can be seen on the PCAWA website. We will be practising some of the

competitions at rallies. There are classes from lead-line to 24yrs. Entry is done on-line by the

individual – details on PCAWA website or we can go through entry at rallies. .

MESSAGE’S FROM JULIE

1. If you are not going to be at a rally please let Julie know (text 0417 188 956 or email - wallangarra@iprimus.com.au)

ASAP

2. If you are attending the rally unmounted please still be in full uniform - jodphurs, shirt, hair neat and tidy.

3. Good luck to those riders going out to events over the next few weeks.

4. All riders must sign in as they come into the clubrooms -

parents need to sign as well.

5. Lunch orders need to be placed before 9am.

6. All riders and parents are expected to help out with set up before the rally. Even our leadliners can carry a dressage arena cone or something light to help out.

Upcoming Events

RALLY 3 Monday 4th March

RALLY 4 Sunday 10th March

PCAWA FESTIVAL ENTRIES Close Online 10

th March

PCWA FESTIVAL Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March

PCWA STATE TETRATHLON Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th April

at Log Fence

SHOW JUMP TRAINING DAY & TEAM RUNOFFS FOR PCAWA

STATE SHOW JUMPS Saturday 13

th April

ODE 1

Sunday 21st April (Busy Bee 20

th)

Rally Information

Events

State Tetrathlon – 6th & 7th April at Log Fence.

Tetrathlon involves – Saturday – 3 phases: 1.5km run, shooting at target (best 5 shots) and swimming (50m pool as far as you can go in 4 minutes). Sunday – 1 phase - Cross Country Riders must be 10yrs or over as of 1st January 2013. We make up teams of 4 or composite teams. For riders to be qualified they must have attended minimum of 3 rallies from April 2012 to March 2013, and have completed 1 round of XC of the height they are riding. RES07/12 – Tetrathlon "Tetrathlon competitors must have completed at least one round of a cross country course at the level they wish to enter on that mount in the previous 12 months. This may include a cross country course at an ODE, Hunter Trials or Tetrathlon. This excludes Training Rounds." There are now only 2 events before the Tet closing date this year – Serpentine 2nd/3rd March; 3rd March

Walliston Hickstea (Hunter Trials). Swimming, running and shooting practise has commenced– please

contact Sarah Pescud for more details on 0419 471 886,

Remember if you would like to be involved in the PCWA State

Tetrathlon . Please CONTACT Sam or Kerry Burns ASAP!

Pony Club Festival – 23rd/24th March at State Equestrian Centre

Riders will need to have attended 3 rallies by closing date of 10th March.

The entry pack can be seen on the PCAWA website. We will be practising some of the

competitions at rallies. There are classes from lead-line to 24yrs. Entry is done on-line by the

individual – details on PCAWA website or we can go through entry at rallies. .

Events Continued

Wallangarra Riding & Pony Club would like to remind our friends and

members that our grounds (Fletcher Park) are not ‘public reserves’

such as Riverside. This means for Insurance reasons our grounds

cannot be accessed without first contacting Linda Fletcher. This

includes all PC and Adult riders who intend on riding, training and

even extends to individuals walking their dogs.

Also please be aware that extra Adult Insurance, obtained for

parents, covers you while on grounds should an accident occur but

does not cover you for riding on grounds.

If you are selling a pony/horse and have arranged for someone to

meet you at the pony club to view the pony/horse please be aware

that they cannot ride while on grounds as they are again not covered.

By not taking heed of this information any accidents which do occur

outside of our insurance policy terms and conditions can expose the

pony club to legal complications.

Notices

Wally Riders at First Tet Training Clinic

Article by Karen Fouweather

Wallangarra members George Brocklebank, Shannon Meakins and Abby Fouweather rounded off

the summer school holidays at the inaugural Hills Zone Tet Clinic Camp, held during the

Australia Day long weekend at the Gidgegannup Showgrounds.

The camp ran for two massive days and covered every aspect of the upcoming PCAWA State

Tetrathon. Saturday started at 7am with an hour of running and fitness training, followed by a

bacon and egg burger breakfast before heading out to the sprawling Cross Country course for

an hour and a half of intensive training over some fun and challenging jumps. Time for some

lunch then it was off to the Chidlow rifle range for a ninety-minute session with Bernard

Arrantash, the Chief Shooting Steward at WA Tetrathlon competitions in WA.

Training wound up with a swimming session at Mount Helena pool, giving both parents and kids

alike the chance to cool off and grab a shower. Saturday finished up with a communal barbie on

the clubroom decking before repeating the whole thing on Sunday, with the emphasis on honing

and extending the skills introduced the day before.

Our ‘Wally kids’ had an absolute ball on the camp, declaring they could ‘easily’ handle ‘at least’

another three days of the same (whether their parents could is another matter!) A big thank-

you is due to Hills Zone President Trudi Hall and her tireless committee and band of helpers for

working so hard to make it all happen. New friendships were made and vital skills learnt and,

most importantly of all, some of our Wally Tet Team hopefully now have an edge over the

competition!

Wally Riders Out & About

Arena Party Pics !

Was great to see our Life Members attend the Arena Party opening and to reflect on how and when it all

started back in 1977. Life Members in pic above are Bob & Irene Large, Penny & Bert Versteeg, Stan &

Veronica Read, Noreen Petrovic, Kim & Linda Fletcher (Linda on Mindy), Phil Bailey, Paul Johnson, & Olive

and Len Bushby. Picture on LHS is Linda on Mindy during their inaugural show jump round. Below are some

of the other great pics kindly taken by Graham Edwards. More great photos of riders in action can been

seen on our website or at our facebook site.