Equestrian

Welcome back to Term 4! Our horsemanship students have returned this week and their horses are safely frolicking in their green grassy paddocks and snuggled in their warm comfy stables. The senior horsemanship program begins on Thursday of this week and the Junior Horsemanship program begins on Wednesday 18th October. There is still time to find a place in the program which is filling up very quickly. Please submit your forms (which are attached) to Ms Amanda te Boekhorst or equestrian@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au  as soon as possible to confirm your place in our Horsemanship program for Term 4!

The Hamilton and Alexandra College together with Dressage Geelong Inc. held a Dressage Competition on Sunday 8th October 2017 at the “Myrniong Campus”. It was a fabulous start to Term 4 and an exceptional opportunity for our riders to participate in this level of competition enabling them to gain qualifying points for Equestrian Australia competition.

Congratulations to Georgia Hodgetts who placed 1st in the Restricted Novice 2.1 & 2.2 on Copabella Vertigo. Jorjia Farrugia placed 2nd in the Restricted Novice 2.1 & 2.2 on Finch Farm Cusac. Charlotte Cuming placed 2nd in the preliminary 1.2 on Little Miss Lulu and 3rd on Jack the Rippa. Charlotte also placed well in the preliminary 1.1 restricted – 2nd on Jack the Rippa and 3rd on Little Miss Lulu! Zoe Weinberg placed 1st in the preliminary 1.1 restricted and 2nd in the preliminary 1.2 restricted. Sophie Paton placed 1st in the preliminary 1.2 restricted and 2nd in the preliminary 1.1 restricted. Our very own Linda Archer placed 1st in the restricted elementary 3.1 and the restricted open Novice 2.2!  Congratulations to all our superstars!!

Thank you to everyone who helped on the day! Thank you to all those who helped prepare and pack up the competition also!! Thank you especially to Mrs Linda Archer and her daughter Amanda for all their assistance in the preparation and running of the day. Thank you to the families of our College riders for kindly volunteering their time to help on the day in the various roles which were given to them. Thank you also to our pencillers Maddi Lowe and Angela Hodgetts. A very big thank you to our judges Mrs Jan Smith and Mrs Lynne Roycroft who brought an experienced and outstanding level of judging to our competition.

If you perhaps missed the beautiful post our Equestrian Captain Georgia Hodgetts wrote on our Hamilton College Equestrian Facebook page, I thought I would include it in the newsletter this week. Congratulations to both Georgia Hodgetts and Gabby Officer for their outstanding effort participating in the recent National Equestrian Interschool Championships in Toowoomba QLD!

“This last week Gabby Officer and myself along with our families had a long haul up north for the Toowoomba National Interschool Championships. Despite the heat wave, we had a fantastic week on such beautiful grounds. Gabby had a great start to the week being titled with Reserve Champion in the working hunter. Then in the Combined Training she placed 5th and 6th. Gabby did an absolutely outstanding job to gain these. As for myself unfortunately Melli and I were not that successful. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the running of this event and most importantly thank you to our parents, Anna Officer & Angela Hodgetts ”

By Georgia Hodgetts

Wongaburra Horsemanship Centre in Mooralla will be holding a 2 day youth horsemanship camp on the 11th and 12th November 2017. The flyer for this camp is attached for your reference! It will be a fabulous opportunity to learn and grow with your horse!

For updates, news, Calendar, entry forms, results and more GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:

Victorian Equestrian Interschool Series:

http://www.veis.com.au/calendar

http://www.veis.com.au/series-summaries

Equestrian Victoria:

http://www.vic.equestrian.org.au/content/interschools

http://www.vic.equestrian.org.au/Events/calendar

Please note any horses who are regularly coming to and from the Hamilton and Alexandra College Equestrian Centre must be up to date with vaccinations for Tetanus and Strangles and records of these will be maintained to ensure the biosecurity of the centre. You must also notify the Director of Horsemanship immediately if your horse has been in or originated from Queensland or Northern New South Wales. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions.

Cox Street Vets are offering our riders a vaccination and health package for all our horses. Should you require further information in relation to this please contact myself at equestrian@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au or contact Cox Street Vets directly on ph. 55711202

Ms Amanda te Boekhorst

Director of Horsemanship