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ZONE 15 NEWSLETTER Number 1 July 2006 Jenni Smith

Welcome to our first Zone 15 Newsletter. Thanks to those members who have sent in information and items for inclusion in this issue. Please remember that anything that you feel is interesting or newsworthy is most welcome. My email address is jrsmi0@bigpond.com My fax is 49359128.

Remember that if this newsletter is going to be successful, as a communication tool, you need to be involved by both reading it and having input with information each month.

There needs to be more contribution to make it worthwhile.

Alterations to Championship Dressage Tests

Chris Hall has informed the Zone that Carol Patterson has amended the Championship Tests used at the State

Titles. Please contact Chris Hall on 0732161255 if you need this matter to be clarified. Her email address is pcaq@gil.com.au.

Peak Downs Contribution

This year, the Capella show program included a Pony Club event in the form of a Mini-gymkhana, which was held on the Saturday afternoon, after other ring events had concluded.

It was run by the Peak Downs Pony Club, with prizes of rugs and garlands, and saddlecloths sponsored by Goldings Contractors.

Thirty riders, representing Zone 15 clubs, as well as Yeppoon, Edmonton and Malanda, competed for the wonderful prizes in each of the three age groups.

Results were -

Under 8 years -

1st Abigail Donaldson (Peak Downs) 2nd Chloe Borg (Peak Downs)

8 and Under 12 years -

1st Chris Nix (Malanda)

2nd Tristan Donaldson (Peak Downs

12 to 15 years -

1st Alana Stokes (Emerald)

2nd Megan Pickels (Middlemount)

Zone 15 Gymkhana

Mackenzie River Pony Club has advised that the date for the 2006 Zone Gymkhana is Saturday 9 September at their Pony Club Grounds.

Please contact the club secretary Catherine Mackenzie for any further information.

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Mackenzie River News

Mackenzie River Club has a new Chief Instructor. Dwyan O'Louglin has been elected to this position. It is good to see new faces in Pony Club and Dwayne has a lifetime of experience with horses and in various facets of riding.

Remember the P Rules for Instructors.

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Dingo Contribution

Our Mini Show was on 17th June with Official Combined Training on Sunday 18th June.

The next Rally Day is July 30.

Congratulations to Comet River on a successful ODE last month. Peta Hardwick was our only Dingo rider and she had a most enjoyable weekend.

Comet River Contribution

I have a lovely photo of Sophie James on her pony Mintie, attending her first gymkhana at the Capella Show. She is one of our youngest members at Comet River.

Camp Committee

The first meeting of the Camp Committee will be held next week. If you have any ideas please email to me. We are open to innovative suggestions so please put your thinking caps on. The camp dates are 24 September to 29th . The camp has been booked to be held at Peak Downs Show Grounds including the use of the Indoor Arena.

We need discussion to see if there will be a clash of dates for riders wanting to compete bat the Mounted Games on Friday 29th at paradise Lagoons.

Camp could be in Sunday pm and have four days instead of finishing on the Friday lunchtime.

This matter will be decided at the Camp Committee meeting and presented at the Zone 15 meeting on SUNDAY 23 July at Blackwater. You need to be at this Zone meeting for input into camp discussion and decisions.

Sincere apologies for the delay in sending this newsletter out but I have had a virus problem and I certainly don't want to send viruses to anyone.

I also have had to leave all the photos out as there were too many and it was impossible to send this to a group of people with numerous photos.

Dressage Accreditation School

The Zone is trying to organize a Dressage Accreditation school in Zone 15. It is imperative that we hold this school as we are desperately short of judges. There is a proposal that when we get the qualified instructor to come to conduct the school, we hold a day in Capella and a day in Blackwater.

This would at least get some people qualified to Gymkhana level and then we could have a follow up to upgrade interested people to Zone level.

Please send your name in if you can possibly be involved, as we desperately need to have this accreditation school as soon as possible.

A date of 18-19 November at Capella has been booked for this accreditation weekend.

Zone 15 newsletter number 2 August 2006

Comet River Gymkhana Results

By Julie Jepperson

Comet River Pony Club held its Annual Gymkhana and Gamblers day over the weekend attracting 53 riders for the Gymkhana on Saturday and 49 riders for the Gamblers day on Sunday. The Cross Country phase of The Gamblers Day was held at Alan and Rosemary McLeods property in Comet. Clubs represented over the weekend included Comet River, Blackwater, Callistemon, Dingo, Dysart, Emerald, Middle Mount, Peak Downs, and competitors also travelling from as far away as Gracemere, Alton Downs, The Caves and Parkhurst to participate.

7 and under 9

1st Rachael Gould - Dingo

2nd Kealy Jeppesen - Comet River

3rd Tayla Deaves - Dysart

9 and Under 11 Years

1st Sam Coombe - Gracemere

2nd Amy Crooks - Dysart

3rd Jess McGee - Comet River

11 and Under 13 Years

1st Holly Cairns - Middlemount

2nd Katie Kirby - Callistemon

3rd Casey Hancock - Dysart

13 and Under 15 Years

1st Megan Pickle - Middlemount

2nd Prue Bottomley - Comet River

3rd Taylah Coyne - Dysart

15 and Under 17 Years

1st Amy Walters - Emerald

2nd Alana Stokes - Emerald

3rd Kelsey Dunne - Duaringa

17 and Under 26 Years

1st Katie Brookes - Gracemere

2nd Renee Dunne - Duaringa

3rd Bonita Orr - Comet River

Seniors

1st Marina Crooks - Dysart

2nd Lisa Kerley - Comet River

3rd Andrea Andrews - Emerald

Encouragement Medallions Led Rider Group

Izzac Bates, Sophie James and Darcy Jeppesen all from Comet .

Champion Rider Class Riders were -

Junior , Sam Coombe (Gracemere)

Senior Rider Bonita Orr (Comet River)

Rider with the Most Points on the Day

Sam Coombe ( Gracemere).

Dysart Club won this year's March Past and Dysart Club won The Club with the Most Points on the day. Four very talented riders from Dysart won the Teams of Four Perpetual Trophy, the riders were Kianna Coyne, Amy Crooks, Casey Hancock and Taylah Conway.

Highest Aggregate Points for Comet River Boy Rider was won by Izzac Bates

Highest Aggregate points for Comet River Girl Rider was won by Kealy Jeppesen.

The Best Presented Senior Horse was awarded to Leon Duff of Blackwater and Rider

Emily Andrews of Emerald was presented with the Junior Horse and Rider Presentation Award.

The Comet River Sportsmanship Award was presented to Kealy Jeppesen

Joshua Hanrahan won The Comet Encouragement Award.River

Comet River Gamblers Day

By Julie Jepperson

Sunday saw the riders compete for ribbons and jackpot prize money at the Gamblers Day. Six different classes were held for the riders.

Results were:

Under 10 Years - Small Course

1st Shannon Hancock - Dysart

2nd Kealy Jeppesen - Comet River

3rd Kealy Jeppesen - Comet River

4th Kianna Coyne - Dysart

Under 15 Years - Small Course

1st Katie Kirby - Callestimon

2nd Jess McGee - Comet River

3rd Brooke Coyne - Dysart

4th Liam Hardwick - Dingo

15 Years and Over - Small Course

1st Andrea Andrews - Emerald

2nd Cindy Abbott - Dysart

3rd Prue McGee - Comet River

4th Lisa Kerley - Comet River

Under 12 Years - Big Course

1st Cheyenne Stevens - Middlemount

2nd Courtney West - Gracemere

3rd Sam Coombe - Gracemere

4th Amy Crooks - Dysart

12 Years and Under 15 - Big Course

1st Taylah Coyne - Dysart

2nd Genna Dunne - Duaringa

3rd Megan Pickle - Middlemount

4th Holly Cairns - Middlemount

15 Years and Over - Big Course

1st Renee Dunne - Duaringa

2nd Alana Stokes - Emerald

3rd Tristian Crooks - Dysart

4th Kelsey Dunne - Duaringa

The next Gymkhana for Zone 15 is this Saturday at Peak Downs.

DINGO MINI SHOW REPORT

By Heather Hardwick

March Past - Comet River

Highest Scoring Club - Comet River

Most Exemplary Club - Middlemount

Team of 4 - Dingo

Top rider under 13 yrs - Rachel Gould of Dingo

Top Dingo Rider - Rachel Gould

Best Working Stock Horse on the Day - Georgia McGee of Comet River

Best Presented Horse and Rider - Brooke Sestero of Blackwater

Age Group Champions -

U7 Ridden - David Walters of Emerald

7 U 9 yrs - Rachel Gould of Dingo

9 U 11 yrs - William Cragg of Dingo

11 U 13 yrs - Holly Cairns of Middlemount

13 U 15 yrs - Peta Hardwick of Dingo

15 U 17 yrs - Aleisha Priddle of Crompton Park

17 U 26 yrs - Amber Fenner of Blackwater

Heights Class Winners -

30cm - Bryce Fernie of Mackenzie River

40cm - Darryl Hawke of Emerald

70cm - Amy Walters of Emerald

80cm - Peta Hardwick of Dingo

Led in Class winners -

U7 Led - Sarah Cragg of Dingo

U 7 Ridden - David Walters of Emerald

7 U 9 yrs - Dylan Lawless-Pyne of Peak Downs

9 U 11 Yrs - Sara Jeppesen of Comet River

11 U 13 yrs - Jessica Fletcher of Goovigen

13 U 15 yrs - Brooke Sestero of Blackwater

15 U 17 yrs - Amy Walters of Emerald

17 U 26 yrs - Amber Fenner of Blackwater

Seniors - Prue McGee of Comet River Seniors - Prue McGee of Comet River

Rider Class Winners -

U7 led - Claudia Gould of Dingo

U7 Ridden - David Walters of Emerald

7 U 9 yrs - Kealy Jeppesen of Comet River

9 U 11 yrs - Sara Jeppesen of Comet River

11 U 13 yrs - Georgia McGee of Comet River

13 U 15 yrs - Peta hardwick of Dingo

15 U 17 yrs - Bonita Orr of Comet River

17 U 26 yrs - Amber Fenner of Blackwater

COMBINED TRAINING RESULTS

Official - Class A1 - Bonita Orr of Comet River

Class A2 - Peta Hardwick of Dingo

UNOFFICIAL -

Beginners - Charles Walker of Dingo

Under 9 yrs - Kealy Jeppesen of Comet River

Under 13 yrs - William Cragg of Dingo

13 yrs and over - Sara Jeppesen of Comet River

Official - Class A1 - Bonita Orr of Comet River

Class A2 - Peta Hardwick of Dingo

Official Riders - 2 Unofficial Riders - 12

REPORT - The day was excellent, blessed with excellent weather and the grounds were green due to rain the previous week (no dust). Being new to all this, it was a great learning day. Numbers were down over both competitions due to lack of support and nearing end of school term, with people getting prepared to travel to state titles in Ingham. However, the majority of unofficial riders were new to this competition and it's great to see them have a go. A big thanks to Mrs Barb Forster who stepped in at the very last minute to be the Showjumping judge. We need to cultivate more judges in these areas, as are few and far between in the Central Highlands region. An incident free day as well. For next year we will amend our unofficial program to keep up and coming riders interested, Thanks also to all the parents, helpers, canteen workers, pencillers, course builders and judges who helped out in any way on the day, it was very much appreciated. Your input helped the day run smoothly and efficiently.

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Mackenzie River Pony Club Sports Day

By Catherine Mackenzie

Age Group Trophies

Under 7 Ridden

Ist - Taylah Conway (Dysart) - 2 8 points

2nd - Patrick Luck (Mackenzie River) - 25 points

3rd - Jessica Stuart (Mackenzie River) - 19 points

4th - Morghan Wight (Mackenzie River) - 14 points

7 under 9

1st Sam Kime (Nebo) 33 points

2nd Rachel Gould (Dingo) 25 points

3rd Lara Prince (Middlemount) 16 points

4th Isabella Fernie (Mackenzie Rv) 6 points

9 under 11

1st Shannon Hancock (Dysart) 26 points

2nd Matt Kime (Nebo) 24 points

3rd Cheyanne Stevens (Middlemount) 23 points

4th Maghan Dunne (Mackenzie Rv) 8 points

11 under 13

1st Casey Hancock (Dysart) 27 points

2nd Holly Cairns (Middlemount) 19 points

3rd William Cragg (Dingo) 14 points

4th Dy-Anne Ward (Nebo) 13 points

13 under 15

there were no nominations

Champion Girl of the Day Taylah Coyne (Dysart)

Champiom Boy of the Day Sam Kime (Nebo)

Mackenzie River Champion Girl of the Day - Jessica Stewart

Mackenzie River Champion Boy of the Day - Patrick Luck

Quinn Trophy for Aggregate Club points Dysart 21.75

Islo & Narelle Carter Trophy Highest Points

Middlemount 112

Patrons Shield Nominated Team of Four

Dysart 87 points

Taylah Coyne Taylah Deaves Casey Hancock Shanon Hancock

Jim Maguire Trophy Memorial Trophy 4 highest points scorers

Middlemount

Youngest Independent Rider Jessica Stuart

There were 43 riders from 5 clubs The day was enjoyed by all who attended.

Zone News

Zone 15 will be holding a Pre Instructors School at Dingo Pony Club Grounds on Sunday 27 commencing at 8:30 am There will be morning tea and Roast Beef rolls available for purchase as well as drinks and icy cups. Please ring 49359128 or email jrsmi0@bigpond.com if you wish to come.

There will be another Pre School held at Capella Indoor Arena on Saturday 14 October with the Instructors Testing Day on 11 and 12 November at the Indoor Arena. Ring Linda Pitt if you wish to attend.

The Zone 15 Gymkhana is to be held at Mackenzie River Pony Club Grounds on Saturday 9 September. Programme available from your club secretary or Heather Hardwick on 49358564

Zone 15 camp is on from Sunday 24 September until Friday 29 at Capella Showgrounds. The camp goes in on the Sunday evening and finishes at 12 noon on the Friday. Please contact Jenni Smith or Kay Orr for any further information. The camp forms are available from the secretary of your Pony Club. Camp forms need to be completed and returned to Zone Secretary Heather Hardwick by Friday 1 September.

The next Zone 15 meeting will be held during camp on the Tuesday night. The final meeting for the year will be the Christmas Break up at Catherine and Paul Mackenzie's home on Saturday 25 November.

An Evan Parker Showjumping School will be held on Saturday 2 September at Dysart. Contact Jenny Murphy if you are interested in this school.

Gerald Simms will be in the district from about the 21 September until 30th. If you want to book horses in for any equine dental services please ring Gerald on 0411632125 or 55332951 Gerald will be at camp in Capella from 24 to 28th if you wish to arrange to bring horses to him there.

Zone Dressage School is to be held at the Capella Indoor Arena on 4 and 5 November. This is a chance to get as many interested instructors as possible to come and learn to be dressage judges. The zone is desperately short of qualified judges and the zone is covering the expenses of all Zone 15 instructors who attend this school. Please try to attend this school and if you can't come indicate your interest so if there are the numbers we can organise another school.

Please contact Heather Hardwick, Barbara Challacombe, Jenni Smith or Kay Orr for any further information.

The Zone 15 Camp Committee is looking for a qualified nurse or sister who would be interested in being the Camp Sister for the duration of the camp we would love to hear from you. jrsmi0@bigpond.com or telephone 49359128 or 49825124

Zone newsletter number 3

Comet River Awards Life Memberships

At the recent Comet River Pony Club Gymkhana, long time members Kay and Alan Orr of Blackwater were awarded with life membership to Comet River Pony Club.

Their dedication over twenty years to the pony club has been appreciated immensely by members past and present who have had the fortune to work with and enjoy their company.

Kay has been chief instructor for many years at Comet. Having come up through pony club she is of great benefit to the children in her care.

Alan has been club president for some years now - he seems to be returned each year so he must be doing the right thing. Alan is always there to lend a helping hand, to make the sure the equipment is out ready for an event and to pick up and put away afterwards. "Orries" famous camp oven stew at our gymkhanas was always a highlight of the evening and much appreciated when the weather turns cold.

Zone 15 Pony Club patron Colleen McLaughlin and Comet River and Zone 15 life member Rosemary McLeod were on hand to present Kay and Alan with their Life Membership.

Congratulations to Kay and Alan for receiving this well deserved honour.

Dingo Instructors School

By Jenni Smith

The Pre Instructor / Refresher School held at Dingo Pony club grounds on Sunday 27 August was attended by 6 candidates and 10 instructors seeking refreshers. Claudette Rolfe the Regional Director ran the school assisted by regional Panel members Jenni Smith and Kay Orr. There were 9 Pony Club riders who were kind enough to become 'guinea pigs' for the day. It would have been impossible to have a successful school without these people. It was discussed and agreed on that more of these days need to be held to generate discussion and to reinforce skills for all instructors in our Zone. The next Pre Instructors School will be held at Peak Downs Pony Club Grounds on Saturday 14 October . For any further information please contact Linda Pitt or Heather Hardwick.

Our congratulations to Jenny Murphy on accepting her nomination to the Regional Panel to replace Narelle D'Arcy.

Maryborough ODE Results

By Bamby Neilsen

Quite a few C.Q. riders competed at the State Eventing competition in Kooralbyn. Some of our successful riders were Fenella Neilsen who won the Jnr CNC and received her first ever rug. Carley Garside placed 2nd in the CNC.

Camp Report

All is going well for camp. Our instructors are organised and we are just waiting for the very last minute nominations to come in. There are approximately 100 riders with a number of helpers, as well as the instructors, so we will have a camp of over 150 for the week.

There has been a good response to all areas of help in the camp. The committee is very grateful to all the adults who are coming to help and support the camp.

We have instructors coming from various places with Peta Jackson from Spring Creek a new face for camp.

Zone Meeting

Remember that there will be a Zone meeting on Tuesday 26 September at the Capella Showgrounds, commencing at 7:30. Please try to attend as this Zone needs your support and input to survive.

Agenda includes:

Website -Zone 15 Gymkhana - 2007 Dates dor zone events - Refresher schools - Dressage judges clinic

Add your discussion points to this agenda.

Zone 15 Gymkhana

The Zone 15 Gymkhana was held on Saturday 9 September at the Mackenzie River grounds It must have been so disappointing to the organisers that there were only 21 riders. Our Zone needs to look to the reason for this very poor attendance. Some of our riders from Dingo Club drove well over the 100 km one way to be there. There were 22 riders from three clubs Mackenzie River, Middlemount and Dingo.

Results of the Zone 15 Gymkhana

Highest Scoring Club - Zone 15 Trophy

Mackenzie River Pony Club with 131.25 pts

2nd Dingo Pony Club with 113.5 pts

3rd Middlemount Pony club with 62.5 pts

Highest Average Club - CQ News Trophy

Dingo Pony club with 22.7pts

2nd Middlemount with 20.16 pts

3rd Mackenzie river with 18.15 pts

Club Team of 4 - McLaughlin shield

Dingo Pony club

riders were Rachel Gould, 30pts, Liam Hardwick 30pts, William Cragg 28pts and Peta Hardwick 17.5 pts

Club with Highest Standard - Zone Presidents Trophy

won by Middlemount Pony club

Most Successful Rider - Keene Ferguson Memorial Trophy

won by Liam Hardwick, riding "Rose" with 30 pts (on a countback)

March Past -

Dingo Pony club

2nd Mackenzie River

3rd Middlemount

No incidents were reported, no busters, and the Queensland Ambulance Service was on time.

13 U 15 Age group was the highest age group with riders.

Showjump Judge was Mr Dave Pitt from Capella. Cadet Judge was Mr Bill Dunne of Mackenzie River Pony Club.

Penciller for him was Mrs Linda Pitt from Capella.

Rider Class Judge was Mrs Kay Paton from Nebo.

Summer Camp

Summer Camp will be held on held on 17 and 18 March in the Capella Indoor Arena. For any details or information please contact Jenny Murphy at Dysart.

Peak Downs Gymkhana

By Linda Pitt

All led riders received a ribbon at presentations -

Matilda Donaldson Peak Downs

Sophie James Comet River

Amy Lamont Clermont

Cody Lamont Clermont

Sarah Voronoff Clermont

Under 7

1st Daniel Agius Clermont

2nd Kianna Coyne Dysart

3rd Chloe Borg Peak Downs

7/Under 9

1Abigail Donaldson Peak Downs

2 Michael Borg Peak Downs

3 Josephine Kettle Peak Downs

9/Under 11

1 Brooke Coyne Dysart

2Tristan Donaldson PeakDowns

3 Shannon Hancock Dysart

11/Under 13

1 Katie Kirby Callistemon

2 Georgia McGee Comet River

3 Alyssa Ross Peak Downs

13/Under 15

1 Brooke Sestero Blackwater

15/Under 17

1 Alana Stokes Emerald

2 Aimee Walters Emerald

17/Under 26

1 Louise Burridge Emerald

2 Danielle Abbott Dysart

3 Cassie Armstrong Dysart

Peak Downs Club was the recipient of trophies for the March Past, Most Successful Club and Team of Four, which consisted of Abigail Donaldson, Tristan Donaldson, Michael Borg and Josephine Kettle. The trophy for the Club with the Best Average was presented to representatives of the Emerald club.

Club Patron, Mrs Deidre Milne donated a trophy for the Peak Downs girl with the most points, which went to Abigail Donaldson. Tristan Donaldson received Mrs Rosemary Penrose's trophy for the Peak Downs boy with the most points.

The Little Aussie Battler trophy went to Grace Kettle.

Just a reminder that the Zone 15 Jumping Equitation and Showjumping Championships will be hosted by the Peak Downs Pony Club in Capella on 21st and 22nd October, 2006. All events will take place in the Covered Arena.

Dingo Instructors School

By Jenni Smith

Our congratulations to Jenny Murphy on accepting her nomination to the Regional Panel to replace Narelle D'Arcy.

Maryborough ODE Results

By Bamby Neilsen

Horse Health Daily Routine

By Megan Wrey

Try to establish a daily routine for caring for your horse. Learn to observe the horse and become familiar with his/her normal behaviour patterns.

" temperature (38o)

" resting Pulse (36-42 bpm)

" respiration (8-15 bpm)

" learn recovery rate

" check daily for health indicators

Care after Riding

By Megan Wrey

After riding your horse always cool down as this is as important as

check for signs of lameness e.g resting leg/short steps/horse 'nods' as he walks warm up, a good ten minutes of walk to allow muscles to cool and relax to allow lactic acid to be reabsorbed into the system is very important to keep your horse healthy.

Don't water your horse until he has cooled down lest colic could occur.

" Don't wash him down until it is warm weather unless there is a real need.

Continual washing strips natural oils from the coat.

Remove excess water from the coat - rug up to keep warm.

Check your horse thoroughly for any soreness or injury before letting him go.