Tamworth Junior Riding & Pony Club PO Box 146, Tamworth NSW 2340 [email protected] Tamworth Junior Riding & Pony Club February 2019 Committee Contacts President – Craig Farquhar Mob: 0458 618 127 [email protected] Secretary – Laura Salkeld Mob: 0418 402 693 [email protected] Treasurer – Melissa Penrose Ph. 6760 8458 Mob: 0408 668 782 [email protected] Chief Instructor – Ian Vaughan Mob: 0428 615 265 [email protected] Publicity Officer – Charmaine Kesby Mob: 0407 922 972 [email protected] Don’t forget to visit us on Facebook - Tamworth Junior Riding and Pony Club Welcome to my first Pony Club Newsletter, I hope it’s up to standard of the previous executives!! It is only early into the year, but some of our members have been quite busy. It was an awesome experience for some of the Junior members volunteering to help Tom Curtain with his Outback Experience shows in January during Country Music. Then, it was great for Tom and his Team to come put on a special performance at our grounds on the Sunday. We had a great first rally day on Sunday, concentrating on sporting, show jumping and finetuning flatwork ready for the Show Riding, Show Jumping and Sporting weekend coming up. A massive thankyou to all that assisted with running the day, and the commitment of parents and kids to get an early start and beat the heat. At the end of the Rally Day we had plenty of presentations to do. Trophies were presented to the members who had attended 6 or more Blanch Trophy Days for 2018. Congratulations to kids and parents for your commitment in travelling to these competitions and doing Tamworth Pony Club proud. Members who had completed and passed their Certificate work in 2018 also received their badges (see photos). Along with the Encouragement awards for the day. Congratulations to Bailey Miller and Ella Halcroft. Recently Laura upgraded our Club website, and we plan to keep posting regularly, along with Facebook - please keep on sending in your children’s pics and sharing the posts with your friends and families, this is a great way for other families considering Pony Club to see how much fun we have. A fundraising committee has been formed, please refer to the notice further on in this newsletter. If you feel you can contribute in anyway at all, don’t hesitate in approaching one of the committee members. Remember also to get your nominations in for our 1 st Competition on 16 & 17 February. Programs in this newsletter and enter via Nominate to receive a entry fee discount. We look forward to seeing you all at our 1 st competition for the year - showriding, showjumping & sporting weekend. Happy Riding, Charmaine Page1