Equestrian
Horsemanship 2016
The Horsemanship Dinner for 2016 will be held on the evening of the 5th December at Café Catalpa in Tarrington. Please RSVP as soon as possible in order to confirm our booking. We look forward to a fun filled evening!
We are very excited to submit a fencing plan to management for the privatising of paddocks at the Equestrian Centre in 2017! The paddocks will be divided over the Christmas holiday period to enhance the safety of both horses and riders. The paddock closest to the junior campus on Kent Road will have Cross Country jumps upgraded and remain open and available for training and agistment as required in 2017.
The final Senior Horsemanship lesson will be on Tuesday 6th December 2017.
The Junior Horsemanship final session for the year will be a fun filled afternoon of games and laughter with our horses on Wednesday 7th December!
Horsemanship forms for 2017 will be in the newsletter next week so please begin thinking about your plans for next year and let me know if you have any further questions.
The following link provides you with all the events in the next few months at Emu Creek Pony Club:
http://www.emucreek.ponyclubvic.org.au/default.asp?MenuID=Events/21765/0/
There is a clinic being held on the 13th and 14th December at Emu Creek Pony Club with Murray Lamperd, Karen Fisher and Robbie Allen. If anyone is interested please see the link below for an entry form.
interschools
CHANGE TO 2017 INTERSCHOOL EVENTING QUALIFIERS DUE CLASH WITH STATE CHAMPS.
Due to a clash with State Champs Camperdown is no longer a qualifier and Friends of Woady HT has been added.
Qualifiers are now as follows:
Tonimbuk HT 11th & 12th March 2017
Yeringberg HT 1st & 2nd April 2017
Heytesbury HT 22nd & 23rd April 2017
Tintern HT 29th & 30th April 2017
Friends of Ballarat HT 12th - 14th May 2017
Friends of Woady HT 27th & 28th May 2017
Points will be allocated to the top 4 placegetters in each of the four qualifying levels EvA80, EvA95, EvA105 and 1*. The best three scores from each rider* will form our top four qualified riders in each level who will represent Victoria in the Interschool National Championships in Toowoomba in 2017.
Riders are not required to compete in all six qualifiers however they must attend a minimum of 2 qualifiers to be eligible.
*Note that if the same rider and horse combination changes levels throughout the qualifiers only points from the same level will be counted towards qualifying scores.
We will be putting up reminders prior to entries opening for each event as the Interschool classes fill extremely quickly. Please be sure to get your entries as soon as they are open so as not to miss out.
EV Interschool State Championships will run from Saturday 8th April to Wednesday 12th April 2017
Don't forget that to enter the state championships you will need to have participated at an Interschool event since the 2016 state championships.
For more information go to: http://www.vic.equestrian.org.au/content/interschools
For updates, news, Calendar, entry forms, results and more VEIS info go to www.veis.com.au
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
Mrs Amanda Te Boekhorst