February 2014 - Moorooduc Saddle Club

Moorooduc Saddle Club News
NOVEMBER 2013
Important
Dates
Presidents Report
Trail Ride
2nd March
Mid week
6th March
Sunday Rally
16th March
Car boot sale
12th april
Hello again,
Welcome back and I hope everyone had a good break. We had
our first committee meeting last week and we are ready for another good year. The round yard looks great thanks to Chris,
Denis ,Claire, Gayle and
Grant. We moved the
round yard onto the new
surface and cleaned the
clubhouse during the
holidays. Any suggestions on how we can improve, or any concerns,
let me know . All the
best. Terry.
CONGRATULATION TO OUR GYMKHANA AND CLUB WINNERS
The Club had another successful Christmas Gymkhana and congratulations to all our members
for participating in the events. Lots of fun was had by all and one
member has the lasting memory of being told “he had a lovely seat
at the canter”.—very impressive. The children enjoyed dressing up
and hopefully Lotte’s pony is now back to his normal colour .
Congratulation to our winners:
High Point Junior rider—Lucy Richards
High Point Senior rider—Deb Birch
Michael Erwin Sash—Lucy Richards
Senior Handy Mount-Deb Birch
Junior Handy Mount Junior—Lucy Richards
Most Improved Senior riders 2013 Renee Camenzuli and Kelly Hansen (sisters)
Most Improved Senior Horse 2013—Jimmy ( Renee’s horse)
Most Improved Junior rider 2013 Emily Richards
Most Improved Junior Horse 2013—Lucy (the Richards horse)
Most Improved Mid Week Horse—Conrad (Heather’s horse)
Most Improved Mid Week Rider—Gayle Kelly
President’s Trophy—Denis Roberts
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MOOROODUC SADDLE CLUB NEWS
Round Yard completion and rules associated with its use
The round yard has now been completed and available for
use by members. There is still a plinth board to be added to
the bottom of the panels to prevent loss of the surface.
We request that members remove all manure and rake the surface after use (rake and bucket supplied) This will preserve the
surface and keep the round yard in good condition for years
to come. The round yard must not be used for securing/
housing your horse, we have several secure yards for this use.
Mid week Rally
The first mid week rally was held on 6th February. It was very hot but 12 riders braved the heat.
Mid week has a very keen group of riders, so if anyone can manage to get the first Thursday in
the month free, come along and join in. Just reply to the reminder email sent out to members
on the Monday before the rally.
HEAT POLICY
After discussing the issues surrounding our recent hot weather the Committee has decided to implemented a Heat Policy. If the temperature is going
to be 35+ all rallies will begin at 8am and finish at 11am. Consideration has
been given to both horse, riders and instructors. This hopefully will only impact on a small amount of rallies during the summer months.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
Members please be reminded that the Club is on
tank water and it would be appreciated if riders
limit their time for washing their horses to no more
than one 1-2 minutes. A quick wash of saddle,
neck and legs areas is all that is needed which
will then preserve our limited tank water. Thanks
for your cooperation.
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MOOROODUC SADDLE CLUB NEWS
Instruction Rallies—newly form Sub Committee
The Committee has established a subcommittee to look at
our instruction rallies and their content. We have had several suggestions from members and we are looking at
adding games, quadrill and specialist instructors to our
rally formats. Please if you have any ideas the Committee
would be only too happy to look at members suggestions
Just email us and we can see what we can do.
Canteen Roster for 2014
We have a new canteen roster and all hours worked goes towards your 10 hours of Club Service. Members will be asked to
help once a year at a Sunday rally. Three volunteers are required
per rally to help with the BBQ, kitchen and clean up duties. There
will be a Committee member coordinating the purchase of the
food so what we need is members to help with preparation and
selling of the food. If you have a preference for a specific month
please email us otherwise each members will be allocated a Sunday rally. Please help us keep the canteen up and running which
will assist in keeping the cost of the food down.
VALE FOR CHESTER
Chester joined the Kelly herd around six years ago
as a yearling after I found him at a Council pound.
He had escaped from his paddock and was unclaimed and heading for the knackery. I paid $50
for him unseen on the pretext that he was a Welsh
Mountain Cross but when I picked him up from the
shelter I could see he had not a shred of Welsh
Mountain in him. He was very under nourished
and wormy and after lots of TLC I broke him in and
started to ride him. My intention was to sell him on
to a young rider but he kept growing and as a mature horse measured 16.2. Fortunately Grant took
a fancy to him and they became great mates and
trail riding buddies. He was the life and fun of our
little herd always up to mischief but he was such a
delightful horse we could never get mad at him. Chester unfortunately developed a malignant
eye tumour which was inoperable and after persevering for six weeks after the diagnosis the difficult decision had to be made. Grant and I will remember him as a handsome, friendly, though
somewhat clumsy horse (he tripped over a lot) who will be missed terribly by us both and by his
two best pals BJ and Jack. Gayle and Grant
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FUNDRAISER - CAR BOOT SALE—12 APRIL
Car Boot Sale April 12th. 2014
As most members are aware we now have a very impressive round yard completed, which will
be of much use for many members. To keep improving the club we need some fundraising. To
help, the committee have decided to have a Car boot sale. The stalls will be $25. While keeping with the horsey theme we are open for other items to be sold as well.
We need to get as many sellers as possible to make this event work. So get your gear together
and book a stall. Tell friends and family the more the merrier!!. See flyer to follow.
HRCAV News
The competing year has commenced again with lots of Horse Shows, dressage and combine training competitions coming up. We have ten members riding in the Moorooduc
Club colours, so if you are interested in having a go there is plenty of support from fellow
riding members. The Merricks Dressage Competition is on Monday 10th March (Labour
Day weekend) and I know we have at least five members competing, so come and have
a look to see what it is all about. Our club colours are grey/white and gold. The Tack Box
will bind a white saddle blanket with our colours and Westernport Embroidery will embroider our logo on your shirt or vest. If you have a club t-shirt, that is also acceptable to compete in. Its great fun and the atmosphere at all the competitions is one of supporting the
adults riders in their advancement of training their horses and improving their riding skills.
Left
Gayle competing at Boneo
Dressage Day
Right
Conrad and BJ
relaxing after
their dressage
tests
ACCESS GATE IDENTIFICATION
The Committee has decided to number all access gates onto Club grounds from Derril Road
and Loders Road. This will give members an exact description of which gate is being referred
to for working bees, access for vehicles and trail rides.
Gate 1 Main gate—float entrance—Derril Road
Gate 2 Club house gate—Derril Road
Gate 3 Top Land gate—Derril Rd
Gate 4 Creek crossing gate—Loders Road
Gate 5 Bridle trail gate—Loders Road
Each gate will have a numbered plate attached to it for quick reference
Committee
President / Ass. Rally Coordinator
Terry Keet
5986 2640
0429425189
Vice President/ Mid Week Rally
Gayle Kelly
Coordinator / HRCAV Contact/New
Membership Co-ordinator
5977 5102
0418584900
Treasurer / Newsletter
Tanya Patterson
0438 306 582
Secretary
Claire Davy
0481316060
Trail Ride Coordinator
Grant Kelly
59775 102
0412952749
Rally Co-ordinator (Sundays)
Sharyn Battin Brown
Andrea Peel
Grounds/Construction
0421227970
0408525572
Marty Veldt
0419500663
Denis Roberts
0418518137
Chris Richards
59788006
Gate Key Coordinator
Kelly Hansen
0418366953
Uniform Coordinator
Leonie Hull
59775019
General Committee
Wendy Symons
Deb Birch
Dawn Wansborough