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President
John Leach
Secretary
Fenella Smith
Treasurer
Evelyn Crawford
GENERAL COMMITTEE
TTT Co-ordinator
Brigid Donovan
Rally Co-ordinator
Cathy Simmons
gdarc.rallycoord.gmail.com
Vice President and
Minute Secretary
Amanda Edwards
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Uniforms
Tammy Georgaloudis
Newsletter
Fiona Davies
Library
Anneli Tucker
Assistant Secretary
Gillian Leach
Autumn 2015
GDARC N E W S L E T T E R A P R I L 2 0 1 5
Hello All,
What a busy start to the year we have had! Our SJ went off without a hitch (what a re-
lief!!). It was great to see such fantastic club spirit out on display on the day. I would
personally like to thank our super president, John, for going out of his way to help me on
the day. Bailey was most grateful, I’m sure! Unfortunately for us horsey folk, the end of
day light savings means less hours for riding and feeding out in the dark! I’m already
counting down the days until we get those precious hours of sunshine back! I hope you’re
all managing to get some time in the saddle. At least we have our Winter rallies to look
forward to at the amazing Jacks Run. Be sure to get your rally bookings in to Cathy to
ensure your spot. We have lots of things on the horizon at the club, with our Dressage day
planning in full swing, our new logo in the making and a possible XC clinic in the coming
weeks to prepare for TTT HT. Busy times!! Happy riding, Fiona.
A note from our President…. Hello riders!
I wanted to say thank you very much for your outstanding support for our official Show-
jumping day in March. Two days out from the closing day we had just 8 entries. We had
great support from our social media campaign and our members, and we finished with 56
entries. As far as finances go, that took us from a certain loss to a small but healthy sur-
plus. More importantly, we had excellent support from volunteers to set the course up,
run the rings and pack up after the event. We had lovely feedback about the quality of
the courses, the efficiency and the friendly and effective support from club members. It
really showed the club off as an inclusive, supportive club. Thank you so much. I was
proud of the club and the committee. We've also invested in a complete new set of jump
wings. They are lighter, stronger and easier to use than the old ones, so a good invest-
ment all round. Next investments in the showjump equipment will be to upgrade some of
the rails, and build some more infill - walls and plank type rails, plus some flash new start
and finish signs and numbers.
We've also got some grounds improvements on the calendar in conjunction with the Rob-ertson Reserve Committee. Watch out for new tie up yards and improvements to the surface of the arenas and round yard. Watch out for winter rally notices too - we've got the use of Jack's Run in Bolinda again this winter. The facilities are fabulous - Plenty of space and the arena surface is world class. As a mark of respect, we will be taking extra efforts to keep the arena and grounds spotless while we're there, and completely spot-
less when we leave.
We've also been looking at design submissions for a replacement logo for the club - check the GDARC facebook page to see some of the submissions and give an opinion on your preference. (No - you don't need to buy new uniforms - just use the new logo when you
replace your existing gear.)
Last piece of news is that we've already started work on an official dressage day at our grounds on October 18th this year. Its a good year for the club - we've been welcoming one or two new members each month - currently standing around 58 members (unofficial count!). We've been able to maintain and grow our available funds and also to invest in infrastructure and continue to subsidise instruction at the rallies. We've already had an excellent result from our official showjumping day, and prospects of another official
competition in October.
John.
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P A G E 2
Rider Results Nicole McOwn & Mellizo Park Royal Legacy
TTT Dressage 15.11.14 test 2.3 1st test 2.6 1st and jackpot champion
Trentham 13.2.15 level 2 1st
Trentham 13.3.15 level 2 1st. Level 1 2nd
Trentham 17.4.15 Level 2 1st Level 1 2nd
Series winner at Trentham Dressage Levels 1 and 2!! WOW!!
Level 2 Champions at the HRCAV individual Dressage Championships. DOUBLE WOW!!!
Nicole McOwn & Mellizo Park Royal M Kyneton 17.1.15 test 3.2 6th
Riddells ck 11.3.15 test 3.3 3rd
Samantha Cronk & Cambridge Royal Melbourne Horse Show - 26.1.2015
1st - Level 5 SOP
4th - Level 5 Ridden Exhibit
3rd - Mount Suitable for a beginner (level 5)
1st - Level 5 Rider
Level 5 Highpoint winner
Megan Campbell & Isle of Liberty
3rd and 6th in Level 1 @ Glenvale EC Dressage Jackpot
Evelyn Crawford on Whisper Bear & Doobie
5th at Lancefield Mid Week Test 3.1 70.2% (1
st April)
13th March Trentham 4
th Test 3.3 69.52%
7th in test 3.3 and 8th test 3.6 on Easter Monday at Warranooke dressage jackpot
Doobie Trentham 13th March 3
rd Test 4.3
G D A R C
Nicole and Mellizo Park Royal Legacy
Fenella and Spielberg
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P A G E 3 G D A R C
Club Grounds
The grounds are booked on the following days of each
month. Regular Uses groups at the Club Grounds
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 Equestrian Club
Every 2nd Wednesday 4pm till dark
Locking of Arenas
Current financial members of GDARC and
GPC are permitted to use the arenas, but
please ensure that you lock up when you
leave.
General Club Grounds
Thank you to all who have been cleaning up
after themselves and their horses at rally,
please keep this up and set an example for
others.
Club grounds cannot be ‘booked’ for private
use be members at anytime.
Club Rallies
To ensure our rallies run with ease, please ensure that you arrive on time especially if you’re rostered on for
set-up duty. We have invested in new jumps and we really need to make an effort to use them each rally.
Please lend a hand and help grab equipment out of the shed each morning on rally days. This makes our
instructors jobs much easier as they can then set the courses with ease.
We’ve had positive feedback from rallies so far this year and we have booked Amber and Oliver Evans
again for the May rally. What a great opportunity for our TTT HT teams to get some extra coaching in!
Lesson rates are as usual 1 lesson is $35, 2 Lessons are $60 and 3 lessons are $90. The deadline for the
Feb rally is Friday the 6th.
Please forward your bookings using the attached booking form to Cathy at [email protected].
See you there!
More Rider Results Fiona Davies & Vengeance Dark Horse
Trentham Dressage 4th 70.1% Level 5. GDARC SJ Day 3rd Overall Level 5.
Gillian Leach & Riccardo
Placed 2nd in Level 4 at GDARC SJ Day.
Brendan McOwn & Mellizo Park Royal Legacy Riddells creek 11.3.15 test 3.3 6th and 3.5 3rd and reserve champion jackpot
Lancefield 1.4.15 test 3.4 6th
Fenella Smith & Spielberg
Riddells Creek Dressage 2nd in 4.4 and 7th in 4.6
Trentham Dressage 4th in 4.4
Club Grounds Information
Amanda Edwards & Whizz
Competed in showjumping and
survived!! WOO HOO Amanda!!
mailto:[email protected]
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P A G E 4
TTT Combined Training by Gillian Leach Gisborne DARC fielded two teams at the JA Photographics TTT Combined Training on 14th & 15th March. This was held at the Bulla Club grounds so was very convenient for us. We were very fortunate to have good weather at the event. Congratulations to Rachel McDaniel who was 3rd in the Level 4C class with an excellent dressage score and 1.75 time penalties in the Show jumping. Jenny McMillan also did well winning the 8th place rib-bon after coming 10th in dressage and clear in Show jumping. Brigid Donovan was very happy with her calm dressage test and I was very pleased with Ric as we would have been 7th if we hadn’t had the 5 penalty points for riding below our dressage level. Sam Cronk’s horse, Cambridge, cut his heel badly the day before the competition so she had to scratch unfortunately. We were very grateful that she and her dad, Darrell, still came along to volun-teer on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday, we had all finished riding by lunch time, so we were able to enjoy a barbecue lunch cooked by President John and washed down with some bub-bles, before we all helped with the volunteering in the afternoon.
TTT HT The next TTT event is Horse Trials which is being held at the Bulla grounds this year. We have 2 teams entered and ready to go. We would love to see the GDARC crew out and about over the weekend, showing support for our riders and club. Thankyou to the mem-bers (Karen Middlebrook, Kristy Hess and Cathy Simmons) who aren’t riding, but have vol-unteered to help out at the event. True club spirit on show! Good luck to our two teams!
All things TTT!
Brigid Donovan aboard Wildon
Park Bobby, getting the job
done! Well done Brigid!
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P A G E 5 G D A R C
“Why aren’t you riding at the SJ day?” was the question I kept being asked leading into the closing
date for our competition. I had a few excuses up my sleeve to keep people quiet! “I’m not ready, I
haven’t jumped for weeks, my horse is a baby OTTT and he’s not ready…” You get the idea! I was
more than happy to play my role on the side lines, picking up poles in the crash crew!
When John Leach called me, to say we were close to cancelling the day altogether due to low
numbers, I knew I had to put my excuses to rest, and sign on the dotted line. I had about a week
to prepare my said baby OTTT for his show jumping debut. Its fair to say that my preparation was
not perfect with a fall on the lunge line and a slipping saddle resulting in a cranky horse and nerv-
ous rider! Great combination!
Nonetheless the day arrived, we rode and we came 3rd overall in the Level 5 jackpot! I was super
happy with my boy, who battled through the day with a little help from our super president himself.
The day went off without a hitch. Club members volunteered (as did their parents) and we ran a
superb competition with great courses and a fantastic atmosphere. I was super impressed with the
quality of riders in each level, especially with members of our club placing in each level. Caroline
had a cracking day in Level 4 on Wilco coming reserve champion! Anneli Tucker showed her great
skill and amazing horse-woman-ship by riding her 2 trusty steeds in a hectic schedule over the day.
Her not so skinny TB ‘Yes Indeedy’ came 3rd overall in the Level 3 jackpot and jumping machine
‘Valentina Rose’ came home with Reserve Champion in Level 2. Anneli got my vote for ride of the
day when she absolutely nailed the Level 2, 2 phase course, taking some impressive lines on Tina,
who is not a small horse!
Overall, it was a fabulous day (even if I did miss out on the crepes!!) We are super proud of the
club for turning around what was almost a non-event, into a successful day for all involved! Cant
wait for next years SJ day!
GDARC Show Jumping Day Report by Fiona Davies
Bailey receiving some much needed TLC from
Erin’s Equine Service at the SJ Day.
New GDARC member, Shannon Cattlin
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G D A R C
P A G E 6
Library News Anneli has recently purchased some new DVDs that are available to borrow each month
from rallies. They are A decade of Badminton, Ingrid Klimke Basic training for riding
horses (GREAT dvd!) and The Animated Riding Series: Dvd 1 Balanced Beginnings.
Please see Anneli if you’d like to borrow a
book or DVD. If Anneli isn't available at the
rally, please ask one of the other committee
members!
Member Recipe submitted by Sue Bloem
Easy Craisin & almond slice
1 cup SR flour 1 cup coconut 1 cup castor sugar
Mix together above ingredients. Add 125 grams melted butter, 2 beaten
eggs,1 tbsp milk mix until well combined. Spoon into slice tray and press
1/2 cup dried craisins into top then sprinkle flaked almonds all over.
Bake in a 160 deg oven until light brown and just firm to touch.
Cool..Sprinkle with icing sugar.. And yum!!
Craisens can be substituted with mixed fruit, soft dried figs, raspberries etc
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G D A R C
P A G E 7
GDARC 2015 COMMITTEE
President: John Leach Treasurer: Evelyn Crawford
Newsletter: Fiona Davies
Secretary: Fenella Smith
Social Secretary: Elle McKenzie
Rally Co-ordinator: Cathy Simmons
TTT Co-ordinator: Brigid Donovan Vice President: Amanda Edwards
Uniforms: Tammy Georgaloudis Webpage: Eleanora Cahill
Library: Anneli Tucker Sue Bloem
Assistant Secretary: Gillian Leach
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P A G E 8 G D A R C
25th April Westcoast HT @ Elcho Park
May 2/3rd Dressage @ Whittlesea
Club Rally May 9th @ Robertson Reserve
TTT HT @ Bulla May 16/17th
May 23rd HV Genesis Dressage @ Lancefield
June 21st Showjumping @ Lancefield
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