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Neddy’s News
Issue 4/ 2010
APRIL 2010
Forest Hills Pony Club Inc.
P.O Box 161, Terrey Hills 2084
‘We picked you some flowers Mr. Charnaud’
A BIG THANKYOU
to the
Closed Equitation Cleanup crew
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April
24th (Saturday) First Mounted Games training (1pm)
26th Closed Show Jumping Comp FHPC
9:00am Course walk, 9:30am Start
May
Winter Uniform
2nd Rally Day 9:30am gear check
9th Zone 23 Show riding @ Ryde PC
15th&16th State Equitation @ Worrigee
20th Rally Day 9:30am gear check
Happy Birthday
May
6 Rachel Adam
8 Isabel Lister
18 Catherine Syme
19 Zoe Fitzpatrick
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Canteen Roster
Date
BBQ
8-10am
BBQ
11-1pm
Canteen
8-11pm
Canteen
11am2pm
Canteen
11am3pm
26 April
Closed
Show
jumping
2 May
Rally Day
Help
Help
Help
Help
Help
Needed Needed Needed Needed Needed
16 May
Rally Day
Help
Help
Help
Help
Help
Needed Needed Needed Needed Needed
30 May
Dressage
Comp.
FHPC
Help
Help
Help
Help
Help
Needed Needed Needed Needed Needed
Help
Help
Help
Help
Help
Needed Needed Needed Needed Needed
In the canteen, we divide up the day so parents only spend part of the day on canteen
or BBQ, leaving the remainder to relax and watch your child. As part of pony club
By-laws, all parents are required to assist in either the canteen or help on the BBQ at
least once a year. If you’d like to volunteer you can see Kylie in the canteen or call
Robyn Syme on 9450 1149
Remember, we are all volunteering to help and support our children as well as the
instructors who do a magnificent (unpaid) job.
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POLOCROSSE
Our Polocrosse group headed down to Bungendore for the Championships
on the 20th and 21st March. We had 14 members competing and fielded
almost a full team of Associates (Caroline Day, Karl Triebe, Marcus and
Emma Van Haren and Matt Dillon), a full team of 13 and under 17
(Catherine and Christopher Syme, Victoria Temm, Kristie Nixon, Mitch
Beale and Floss Wood), and half a team of Under 13 (Rachael Temm,
Stella Reeve and Jasmine Wayne). All 3 teams did amazingly well in really
TOUGH competition!
The Under 13 team were undefeated and came first, the 13 and under 17
team came 4th out of 8 teams and the Associate team came 2nd. All were
totally exhausted but happy with the results.
Most importantly we learnt how to PLAIT tails in the correct Polocrosse
manner and Mitch Beale now sees a reason to learn to plait!!!
© Lee-Ann Swan
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RAS Teams of Four
Congratulations to the Zone 23 Senior Team of Four from Forest Hills.
Victoria Temm, Rachel Adams, Bianca Clarke-D’aprile, Isabelle Miller and
Georgie Allan (reserve) for their 6th place at the Royal Easter show.
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Zone Equitation
FHPC had 27 riders competing at the Zone 23 Equitation competition.
Congratulations to the six riders from Forest Hills who took out Champion
and Reserve Champion places. They were Genevieve Bell (Champion
60cm), Ellen Thompson (Reserve Champion 60cm), Georgie Grove
(Reserve Champion 75cm), Stephanie Mackillop (Reserve Champion
85cm), Jess Henderson (Champion 90cm), and Zoe Fitzpatrick (Reserve
Champion 90cm). We had riders from all the clubs in our zone which made
it a very competitive event. A VERY BIG thankyou to everyone who helped
pack-up the grounds, and assisted with the smooth running of the event.
Full results are on the Zone 23 website.
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State Sporting
17 children from Zone 23 travelled to Glenn Innes for the State Sporting
Championships, with 12 riders from Forest Hills. All our riders rode
extremely well, in almost perfect conditions. The full results will be posted
on the Zone 23 website.
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Dressage NSW Inc 2004
GLOSSARY OF DRESSAGE TERMS
ABOVE BIT
head too high, evasion, unbalanced, hollow back
ABRUPT TRANS
too sudden aids, insufficient preparation, loss of balance
ACCEPTANCE
submit, lack of evasion, resistance or protest
ACTIVITY
energy, vigor, liveliness
AGAINST THE BIT
leaning
AMBLE
irregular walk
ANTICIPATION
transition before rider’s aids
BALANCE
weight distributed evenly on four legs
BALANCE NOT MAINTAINED
momentary loss off balance
BEHIND BIT/AIDS
evasion, draws back, not on aids
BEHIND THE VERTICAL
poll not highest point, nose behind forelock
BEND
even curve from poll to tail
BLOCK
tightness through the back
BROKE
changes gait without rider’s aids
CADENCE
a combination of harmony, impulsion, regularity, rhythm, balance and
expression
CARRIAGE
posture, outline
CHANGING RHYTHM
altering steps within a pace
CONFIDENCE
boldness, self assurance
CONSTRAINED
forced, shortened
CONSTRICTED
physically tight
CONTACT
feel of the reins
CROOKED
not straight, i.e. quarters left or right of line taken by forehand
DEFINED/DEFINITION
distinct, demarcation
DISOBEDIENT
willfully evading riders aids, not performing movement
DISUNITED
cross canter
DRAGGING
inactivity (in hind legs), non-engagement
ELASTICITY
stretchiness, springiness
ENGAGEMENT
thrust, flexion of hocks, lowering of croup,
EARLY TO WALK/TROT/ANTICIPATING simply changing gait before requested
EVASION
avoidance, resistance, disobedience
EXPRESSION
see cadence
EXTENSION
stretching, lengthening
FALLING IN
too much leaning to inside shoulder
FALLING OUT
escaping/evading through outside shoulder
FELL INTO TROT
unbalanced, fell on forehand, rushed forward, running
FELL INTO TRANS
same as above
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FLAT CANTER
insufficient suspension in strides
FLEXION
lateral or position – horse on the bit; longitudinal – from front to back
FORWARD
energy, ground covering, lively tempo
FRAME
outline
HALT
immobile, square, straight, balanced, attentive
HARMONY
agreement, togetherness, tidiness
HOLLOW BACK
sagged
HURRIED
rushing, losing rhythm – usually in lengthening
IRREGULAR
impure, unlevel, different tempo
LACKING IMPULSION
insufficient energy to maintain a regular forward speed
LENGTHENING
thrust, engagement, ground covering, longer steps (not faster)
IMMOBILITY
completely still, attentive
IMPULSION
liveliness of hind quarters, energy, thrust, forward
INATTENTIVE
not listening to aids, gazing around
MARCHING
purposeful walk steps
LABOURED
lazy, inactive, effort to keep going
LEANING
downhill, on forehand, croup high
NOT ENOUGH FROM BEHIND
not engaged, back legs not stepping through or under enough
ON FOREHAND
downhill, weight too much on front legs, not evenly distributed on all four
legs
ON THE AIDS
accepting, obedient, instantaneous, responsive, calm
ON THE BIT
accepting contact, supple
OVERBENT
curling, behind the vertical, bent too much at poll
OVERTRACK/OVERSTRIDE/OVERSTEP placement of hind feet
PACE NOT TRUE
incorrect gaits ie walk pacing, trot passaging, canter 4 beat
PURITY OF PACE
correct gait ie walk 4 beat, trot 2 beat, and canter 3 beat.
REGULARITY
correctness, purity, levelness, evenness of the gaits
RESISTING
evading, kicking, tilting head, mouth open, etc
RHYTHM
beat, tempo, time, swing
STIFF
not flexed, constrained
SUBMISSIVE
yielding, attentive, willing, confident, harmonious, acceptance
SUPPLENESS
smoothness, pliability, flow
SUSPENSION
lift
TEMPO
repetition of the rhythm (not speed)
TENSE
nervous, tight, taught, strained
TILTING
unsteady head, nose not straight i.e. left or right
TRANS NOT CLEAR
no marked difference, faded, trans not shown, progressive, blurred
TWO TRACKING
not straight, quarters left or right of forehand
UNEVEN
lame, in pain
WIDE BEHIND
spreading ie in halt or lengthening
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Photos Can Be Ordered
Photos are now available to purchase.
purch . Images can be viewed in
the green folder at the club house. You will be able to purchase
ase
photos from throughout the year on specific rally days. These
days will be in April, June, September and November only.
To order,, pick from the selection of photos in the book. Then
write down which photos you want on the order form located at
the front of the folder. Completed
ompleted order formss should be placed
in the back of the folder. Photos will be burned to a CD and you can collect then
from Christopher Syme,, payment to be received upon collection of the disc.
Cost for a CD is $10
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For Sale
The ‘For Sale’ area is where you can buy and sell any horse related gear.
If you are interested in selling your horse gear here, please send a picture, the
price you wish to sell it for and your contact details to:
Robyn Syme- [email protected] .
FHPC saddlecloths are in very short supply. If you
have a spare one, new members would appreciate
the opportunity to borrow or purchase one.
Don’t forget that FHPC Camp is in October
School Holidays 5th till 9th.
Ian Charnaud -Camp master
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