Equestrian

Congratulations to Muirne Reilly who travelled to Sydney in the school holidays with her horse to compete in the National Equestrian Australia Interschool Championships in the Secondary Show Hunter class. Muirne placed 11th overall which is a fabulous achievement!

Zoe Addinsall has also travelled to Sydney during the holidays to compete in the Pony Club Australia National Competition. We have wished her all the very best and look forward to hearing all about it upon her return!

Senior and Junior Horsemanship Term 4

Thank you to those riders who have completed their Horsemanship forms for Term 4. Please return any outstanding forms as soon as possible in order to secure your place in the program and/or to confirm your agistment arrangements.

Senior Horsemanship will begin on Thursday 9th October and Junior Horsemanship will begin on Wednesday 15th October 2019. We look forward to a fabulous term of riding ahead!

Please note that Horsemanship lessons are a commitment for the entire term and not available on a casual basis unless this has been approved by the Director of Horsemanship. There is a minimum of 3 riders required for each lesson to run successfully. There is a limit of 4 riders per lesson. Private lessons or lessons with two riders can be arranged; however, the fee for these will be higher than the term charge for Horsemanship on the school fee schedule in order to cover the costs of instructors. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

THAC & Geelong Dressage Club Inc. Dressage Day – Saturday 12th October 2019.

Our annual Dressage competition will be held on Saturday 12th October 2019. The draw and times have now been emailed to all competitors and we look forward to an exciting day of competition.

THAC Interprimary Games Day

Friday 15th November 2019

The annual Interprimary Games Day will be held on the 15th November 2019 at the THAC Equestrian Centre. Please save the date in your diaries, the entry form is attached to this newsletter! The Hamilton and Alexandra College Equine Studies students are eagerly preparing for this event and are looking forward to seeing you all on the day!

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

Equestrian Victoria:

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

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

Please make sure you join our THAC Equestrian Facebook page for regular updates and photos of all our Equestrian endeavours. Updates and entry forms for competitions are also posted on this page so make sure you keep up to date!

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 is 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.

Amanda te Boekhorst