PRESIDENT Lucy Nicholson 0415 696 923 [email protected]SECRETARY Gillian Leach [email protected]TREASURER Melissa Harper 03 54 33 5 295 [email protected]ASSISTANT TREASURER & UNIFORMS Tammy Georgaloudis [email protected]GENERAL COMMITTEE & LIBRARIAN Emily Fairmaid GENERAL COMMITTEE & TTT COORDINATOR Jenny McMillan 0411 118589 [email protected]GENERAL COMMITTEE Mandy Charman [email protected]Amanda Edwards 5428 3552 [email protected]Cathy Simmons OTHER CONTACTS NEWSLETTER EDITOR Sarah McKenzie-Crawford [email protected]END OF YEAR AWARDS OORDINATOR Karen Middlebrook [email protected]Welcome to January GISBORNE DARC NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013 GDARC Well, hello Summer! What a hot kick off to the start of 2013. I hope you are all safe and un- touched by the tragic recent fire outbreaks we’ve had all over the Country and let’s keep our fingers crossed that the remainder of Summer is a mild and happy one. We have our February Rally booked for Saturday 9th February (details on page 3) with instructors Michael Baker and Robbie Allen. Please get your rally bookings to Lucy by the 1st of February to reserve a place with these popular coaches. Also a big reminder that the official HRCAV Showjumping Day is being held at the GDARC club grounds on Sunday 10th February (the day after our next rally). The cut of date for entries is the 31st January 2013 so make sure you check out the details on page 4 and get your entries to Lucy before the end of the month. Member Elle McKenzie has written a terrific article on her time as a Equitana Volunteer at Melbourne 2012 and for anyone who has ever considered volunteering check out her insider’s scoop on how to get the best seats in the house for Sydney 2013 (see page 5). On behalf of the Committee and associated positions we wish all of the GDARC members and their four legged friends a wonderful and prosperous 2013.
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Congratulations to the following member for representing the club
with these fantastic results this month.
Evelyn Crawford & Bear
Kyneton & District ARC Dressage Day held at Lancefield on 6th January 2013
Test 4C 4th
Test 4E 4th
2nd (Reserve Champion) in overall
Jackpot.
A big congratulations to Evelyn & Bear as this was their first dressage comp together and what terrific results.
Hayley & Evelyn with their well deserved sashes
With both the TTT Showing and GDARC Showjumping Day coming up We are bound to have many more results and of course for anyone not wishing to compete but still wanting to be part of the event please contact Lucy to express your interest in becoming a volunteer for the day.
Please remember to send your results to the Editor Sarah McKenzie-
they can be counted towards the end of year awards.
G I S B O R N E D A R C
August Rally—Dressage Judy Peel & SJ
Ruth Webb (indoors)
Bookings must be made on the club
booking sheet and sent through to Lucy,
new prices now apply
Club account Bendigo Bank BSB 633000
Club Grounds and Information
P A G E 3 G D A R C
Club Grounds
The grounds are booked on the following days of each month. Regular Users groups at the Club Grounds
include:
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 College Equestrian Club Every
2nd Wednesday pm approx
4.00 pm till dark.
February Rally
When: Saturday 9th February Rally
Where: At the GDARC Club Grounds
Instructors: Michael Baker for Dressage & Cross Country and Robbie Allen for Showjumping. Michael Baker is a former Event rider who now focuses on Dressage. He is an EA General Level 2 & Eventing Level 3 coach. Excellent feedback was received from his previous rally which is why he has been invited back. Here's a bit of info from the EA website, http://www.equestrian.org.au/db/person_display.asp?ID=o6vFsAp/?sD
Robbie Allen needs no introduction, in recent years he has been a very popular instructor at our rallies. Lucy found this article online, so if you missed it in the email here is the link again
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/01/12/146481_horses.html The booking deadline is Friday 1st February so please forward your bookings to Lucy at
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