Equestrian
Horsemanship 2016
The Western District Interschool Equestrian Championships competition was held at the Hamilton and Alexandra College Equestrian Centre on the 7th May 2016. It was a fabulous event where equestrian talent from all over the Western District come together to compete in many different disciplines. The events on the day were Dressage, Riders class, Show Jumping Equitation and Handy Mount. There was something for all levels of riding to participate in and it was so great to see many of our junior riders having their first attempt at competing at this level.
Thank you to all the parents who assisted on the day. Your help was invaluable and developed a great sense of team spirit and accomplishment at the end of the day. Thank you.
Thank you to our major sponsor Mitavite, as well as Cox Street Vets, Permewans, Fiona Wall Catering, Gorge Chocolates and Your Beauty for the donations you contributed to the day!
Thank you also to all our judges, Anthea Sutherland and to Linda Archer, Peter and Pip Steer for scoring with such efficiency.
The results are as follows:
Overall Year 4 and below: 1st Zoe Weinberg, 3rd Sophie Paton and 5th Eleanor Tehan.
Overall Year 5 &6: 1st Zara Smith, 2nd Gabriella Officer
Overall Year 7 & 8: 1st Amelia Gilling, 4th Anna Spaull
Overall year 9 & 10: 1st Jorja Farrugia, 2nd Georgia Hodgetts, 3rd Phoebe Sweeney, 5th Ella Davidson and 6th Billie Smitheram.
Overall year 11 & 12: 1st Vienna Smith and 5th Isabelle Linke
The overall individual Champion: 1st Jorja Farrugia, 2nd Vienna Smith, 3rd Georgia Hodgetts, 5th Amelia Gilling and 6th Zoe Weinberg.
Once again the winning school team was The Hamilton and Alexandra College:
The team consisted of Georgia Hodgetts, Jorja Farrugia and Vienna Smith.
Congratulations to all our riders!! The Hamilton and Alexandra College are extremely proud of the commitment and dedication you demonstrate to your sport and for representing the College with such enthusiasm.
The THAC Inter-Primary Games Day will be held on Friday the 20th May 2016 at the THAC Equestrian Centre from 9am until 3pm. Thank you to those of you who have already volunteered your time to help on the day. If anyone else is available to help please let me know. Any kind donations for the raffle which will raise money for the Equestrian Centre and future Games Days, would be most appreciated by our year 9 & 10 Equine Studies students, who are doing an excellent job in helping to prepare for this event.
For updates, news, Calendar, entry forms, results and more VEIS info go to www.veis.com.au
**The 2016 VEIS calendar is now on the website http://www.veis.com.au/calendar
The 2016 Equestrian Victoria Calendar link is below for your reference:
http://www.vic.equestrian.org.au/eventing/sites/default/files/Calander%20Dates%202015-2016_5.pdf
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