Equestrian
Horsemanship 2018
Congratulations to all our riders who competed in the Warrnambool Interschool Equestrian Championships on the weekend! Well done to Tara Sullivan, Jack Addinsall, Zara Smith, Airlie Bowes and Indi Talay. Unfortunately, our school team did not place this year. Huge congratulations to Zara Smith who came 4th in Grade 4 and to Indi Talay who placed first and second in Grade 3!! Thank you to our Equestrian Captain Georgia Hodgetts for her outstanding leadership and support of our riders at this event! ☺️
ANDREA REIDEL-CARRISON CLINIC 15th September 2018 - FULL
We are so pleased to announce that Andrea Reidel-Carrison will be running another Intensive Dressage clinic at our Equestrian Centre on the 15th September 2018. This clinic is now full and we will look forward to seeing all our riders on Saturday! An email has been sent out to everyone with times and details of the day.
The Hamilton and Alexandra College Equestrian Centre will be hosting the following events during Semester 2, 2018. The entry forms are on our website and attached to this newsletter. We hope to see you all there! Entries are closing very soon so please make sure you enter as soon as possible!
THAC & Geelong Dressage Club Interschool Dressage Competition Saturday 6th October 2018 (Official Equestrian Victorian Qualifying Event)
Western District Interschool Equestrian Competition Sunday 4th November 2019 (Official Equestrian Victoria Interschool Qualifying Event)
HORSEMANSHIP TERM 4 2018
Those riders who would like to participate in our Junior and Senior Horsemanship programs in Term 4 are encouraged to complete the form attached to this newsletter and return prior to the end of Term 3, in order to reserve your place in our very popular coaching program. We will look forward to seeing you all next term!
Our community greatly appreciates regular updates of results of competition and the achievements of our students in their Equestrian sport! Please make sure you email me at ateboekhorst15@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au or let Georgia Hodgetts, our Equestrian Captain, know what you have been doing and include as many photos as you like so that we can all celebrate and promote equestrian sport, your efforts and accomplishments for 2018.
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!
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.
Amanda Te Boekhorst