WERRIBEE CENTRAL EQUESTRIAN CLUB

Committee President Jen Mainland jenmainland@gmail.com chrs 0427 424 222 Vice President Jody Henderson
jody.henderson@agcocorp.au jody.henderson@y7mail.com

February 2014
Welcome to the February edition of the WCEC Newsletter. I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Australia Day Weekend and is surviving the heat. A number of our members have been out and about both competing and taking their ponies on exotic adventures so read on to find out what everyones been up to. Dont forget that we will be once again hosting the HRCAV Ring at Barastoc on Sunday the 16th of February so get your volunteer hats on. This is the one event we run each year to raise funds for the club. Those funds go towards subsidising rally fees so we can engage the best instructors possible. Remember that if you have been out competing, accidently straying onto the nudie beach at Campbells Cove or have a suggestion, recipe, lesson plan you really enjoyed let me know. So grab a coldy, sit back and put your feet up and enjoy a jam packed February News Letter. March Rally At this time our March Rally will be on Saturday the 8th. This still to be confirmed so stay tuned. And remember you can now fill your Rally Interest form in online at the WCEC website. We must extend Stephanie O a massive thank you for the beautiful site shes created for us. CLICK HERE to go to the rally interest form. While youre there dont forget to have a poke around at all the cool stuff Steph maintains for us. Page 1 of 17

Secretary Zoe Sells

zoe.sells@gmail.com

Treasurer Lisa Price

werribeecentralequestrianclub@gmail.com

UNIFORMS Kristy Irons

Kristy_irons@hotmail.com

TTT COORDINATOR Jody Henderson

jody.henderson@agcocorp.au jody.henderson@y7mail.com

MAILING ADDRESS
87 Miles Franklin Boulevard, Point Cook VIC 3030

BANK ACCOUNT
Acct Name: Werribee Central Equestrian Club BSB: 063-541 Acct #: 10632947 Dont forget to put your name as a reference

WCEC Website

WERRIBEE CENTRAL EQUESTRIAN CLUB OUR WEB SITE THANKYOU STEPHANIE O

Thanks to Stephanie Orpik, WCEC now has a beautiful an up to date website. Stephanie has put a lot of time and hard work into creating an easy to navigate and informative page. The committee would also like to thank Danica for all her hard work in the past for maintaining the website. You can now: Fill in you rally interest form online Download membership forms Order club uniforms Keep up to date with TTT Information Keep up to date with what members are up to Keep up to date with the latest news on the club including the latest newsletter. Click here to go there

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MEET THE EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

President Jen Mainland leading Fields of Omagh in the 2013 Cox Plate Parade

Vice President Jody Henderson - on the right with a former member Sally Arnott whos just had her first baby William

Secretary Zoe Sells with her baby Den at the 2014 Melbourne Summer Royal

Treasurer Lisa Price with daughter Rebecca

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WERRIBEE CENTRAL EQUESTRIAN CLUB UNIFORMS

From such humble beginnings came, in my personal opinion, one of the most beautiful HRCAV Club Logos in the Association today. I vividly remember sitting at a committee meeting in the middle of last year. The discussion was updating our out of date, and lets be honest, now daggy logo. We discussed colours wouldnt we look spiffy in pink and purple. But alas we couldnt change our colours under HRCAV Rules. So since we couldnt find a soft copy of our logo anywhere, we decided to change the logo instead. All credit for our new logo has to go to our two Stephs. From Step Os initial sketches on bits of paper to Steph W casting her magic multi-media talents to create the final version, these two women have created something beautiful and timeless that will be a credit to the club for years to come. All the while in the back ground, our Uniform Co-Ordinator Kristy Irons was working her fingers to the bone trying to source a supplier for our uniforms. As it turns out, Hunter Green and Gold are very difficult colours to source. Kristy also wanted garments that would breath in summer, keep us warm in winter, hide all the lumps of bumps of age and gravity and not cost members an arm and a leg. Zoe will have stock available at the February rally for people to try on so they can confirm their sizes before ordering. Please note, you can continue to wear the current WCEC Uniform. Stephanie Orpik has put a brilliant Uniform page together including how to order and what uniform should be worn for what discipline i.e. Dressage / Showjumping etc.

Click here to go to the Uniform Page

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2014 HRCAV BARASTOC RING SAVE THE DATE

2013 Jaime Stroud Memorial Trophy

Werribee Central Equestrian Club will once again be hosting the HRCAV Show Ring at the Barastoc Horse of the Year Show on Sunday 16th February at Werribee Park. This is our one fund raiser for the year, and the money we raise goes towards subsiding rally lessons and lunch for the next twelve months. Its the one time a year the club asks for members to volunteer a couple of hours of their time. Please keep this day free if youre not competing. Even if you can just spare an hour it would be most appreciated. WCEC Its In Your Hands. On the following page you will find the details of what we need in regards to volunteers

Our own Steph Orpik and Blackie Winner of the Level 3 Highpoint 2013 Barastoc

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The particulars: There will be 4 rings. Please note we will be back on the Polo Fields this year All rings commence at 9am on the dot The majority of the set up will be completed by WPEC There will be a secretaries tent The day usually finishes between 4 and 4.30pm this is dependent on ring entry size etc. Entry fee for the day is $5.00 per person. Unlike previous years we have not been provided any entry passes by the Barastoc committee

Volunteer Positions: Ring Stewards x 4 (this can be done in shifts even if you are only available for an hour or two) Judges Stewards x 4 (this can be done in shifts even if you are only available for an hour or two) Runners / Raffle Ticket Sellers to bring the score sheets from the rings if you want to exhaust your kids lend them to us for the day. Announcer If anyone is any good at doing PA stuff heres your chance to show off for the day General Dogs Bodies Those extra people you need to have around for jobs that just pop up at the busiest times.

Zoe, Lisa and I will be manning the Secretaries Tent for the Day. The club will be providing drinks and light snacks throughout the day. Remember even if you can only spare an hour or two during the day it would be most appreciated. We cant Barastoc without the help of our members. Please e-mail myself, Zoe or Jen with your availability so we can start to get a time table together. Just a reminder that the majority of the committee will be there from sparrows fart to the time the sun goes down. And if youve read this far you get a Fredo Frog at the March Rally.

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2014 TTT EVENTS You only have two weeks to get your entry to me
As your friendly neighbourhood but at times grumpy TTT Co-Ordinator, I will once again be keeping everyone up to date on the all the TTT Events this year. We had great representation at all the TTT Events except TTT showing. When I sent out the request for entry e-mail I received five emails from people telling me they didnt want to go 0.o So lets get out there again in 2014 and fly the WCEC Flag.

This first cab off the rank is TTT Combined Training at Bulla. Unfortunately I only have two entries so far. I would really like to at least make up a team. Other events so are are: TTT Horse Trials 15th and 16th May Yarrambat TTT Showjumping - TBA TTT Navigation 19th October Willowmarvin (same place as last year) TTT Dressage 14th 16th November NEC (pending approval) TTT Showing - TBA

INDIVIDUAL DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2nd August 2014

While this next event isnt a TTT Event, the HRCAV will be holding the Inaugural Individual Dressage Championships on the 2nd of August this year at Werribee Park. Unlike TTT where the qualifications include being level assessed in the 12 months prior, you will need to qualify by points to be eligible to enter the Individual Championships. Below I have listed the qualifying requirements. 58. QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS. 58.1. The qualifying requirements for the relevant discipline must be satisfied in the 12 month period prior to the close of entries for the Championships (ie: Qualifying Period). All entries must be accompanied by a copy of the combinations performance card showing proof of qualifying. In Dressage only, entrants are also required to provide copies of tests as per rule 59.1

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58.2. Should combinations achieve further qualifying results between submission of entry and close of entries, the onus is on the entrant to notify the organiser prior to close of entries. 58.3. Should a combination which has been included in the draw advance to a higher level in the weeks following close of entries, they shall be eligible to be included in the draw at the new level, provided proof of qualifying at the new level can be satisfied. Inclusion in the draw at the new level is subject to positioning according to the qualifying requirements and available space in the draw. . 58.3. Should a combination which has been included in the draw advance to a higher level in the weeks following close of entries, they shall be eligible to be included in the draw at the new level, provided proof of qualifying at the new level can be satisfied. Inclusion in the draw at the new level is subject to positioning according to the qualifying requirements and available space in the draw 60. QUALIFYING CRITERIA 60.1. DRESSAGE - Combinations to have earned a minimum of 10 points (levels 1,2,3 & 4) or 5 points (levels Advanced and 5) in official HRCAV Dressage competitions AND must have scored a minimum of 70% (level 5 & 4), 65% (level 3 & 2) or 60% (level 1 & Advanced) on at least TWO occasions in official Dressage competitions during the Qualifying Period. The tests must have been ridden at two separate official HRCAV Dressage competitions at the level being contested at the Individual

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OUT AND ABOUT

Congratulations to Beck Maddocks for coming 3rd in Smartest On Parade in the HRCAV Ring at the 2014 Summer Royal

Well done to Rachael Craig and Taz for flying the WCEC Flag at the 2014 Summer Royal

Congratulations to Lisia Sturm whos been out competing in dressage over the month of January. Bulla Dressage Jackpot 3rd in both L5 Tests 3rd in L5 Jackpot Smythdale Golden Spurs Round 1 6th in L5 Test 9th in L5 Jackpot Well done Lisia!

And yet another selfie. Well done to Zoe and Sadie for coming 4th in Test 3.4 at Smythdale Golden Spurs Round 1

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Some of our members at Werribee South Beach on the Australia Day Weekend

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JANUARY RALLY REPORT

Please feel free to drop me photos if youre out and about at our rallies. As such I have no photos for January. And for the second month in a row the weather Gods were smiling on us. Those of us who had showjumping and cross country lessons were so excited to have Chris Mann back again. We met Chris back in 2012 during a very wet rally in May. Thankfully there was a very obliging groundsman on duty who told us if Indoor 1 was open we could use it; otherwise we would have to cancel. Needless to say those of us who did showjumping and cross country indoors had an absolute ball. So to say we were a tad excited was an understatement. I can tell you after the lesson those of us in the L4/3 had, I could barely walk for two days afterwards. He also highlighted the importance of being riding fit. The L3/2 guys were put through their paces with a complex course of tight turns, poles set up over barrels and again the importance of riding fitness. The L5s I think had the best time of their lives with two members Hels and Kristy cantering over jumps for the very first time. Those that took part in the cross country lesson told me they had an absolute ball. For dressage we welcomed back Renee Pedretti put everyone through their paces in the dressage arenas.

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FEBRUARY RALLY REPORT Thankyou to Lisia Sturm for the February Rally Report
Summer had well and truly kicked in for our second rally of 2014, with a temperature forecast of 39 degrees! A majority vote saw our lessons shifted to the morning only rather than cancel entirely, but the 7.30am start proved to be too early for a few who like their Sunday sleep ins. Still, we managed a full cross country lesson and 3 dressage lessons, with showjumping cancelled due to the weather. Our instructor was the wonderful Jonna McLean, who took us back to the very basics that often get a little neglected in our enthusiasm. A very foggy morning started with cross country where we worked on getting good brakes, keeping the horses calm and relaxed, and being able to maintain the same rhythm and pace without having to micromanage the horses and hang off their mouths for control. Dressage followed and was all about maintaining the forward, with correct flexion and bend, increasing responsiveness to the legs and whip, and learning how to control the front and hind ends of the horse separately. Thanks to Jonna's infinite experience retraining horses, dealing with specific problems and crystal clear explanations we all left feeling a little wiser, armed with new knowledge, tricks and techniques.

Awesome x country lesson today! Managed some level 3 jumps (excuse the icky upper body, working on that), good horsey! ( Lisia)

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WERRIBE CENTRAL EQUESTRIAN CLUB AWARDS WCEC HIGH POINT AWARD JANE GRIFFIN MEMORIAL AWARD MICHELE DEPASQUALE DRESSAGE AWARD
Thanks to the ongoing sponsorship of Mal Byrne Saddlery and John and Dee Griffin, the Club has three annual awards. These are the Highpoint Award, the Jane Griffin Memorial Award and the Michele Depasquale Dressage Award. The prize will consist of an embroidered rug to each of the award winners and is presented at the December Christmas Rally each year and runs from 1st November each year to the 31st October the following year.

Highpoint Award
This will cover all official disciplines of the HRCAV. You must compete for the club to be eligible for this award and be able to provide proof of points should it be requested. You must submit your points to the Secretary as soon as convenient with the following information. Name, Horse, Event, Class, Placing. If you are competing with two horses, the n you will have progressive points for both horses. You must also attend three rallies during the course of the year to be eligible for this award and a full WCEC member and not an associate member. Points per placing: 1st=4 2nd=3 3rd=2 4th=1

Dressage: Highest test placed on the day. i.e. if you place 2nd and 4th, then you must submit your second placing and gain three points. Showing: Highest placing on the day for events. Rider, Ridden Mount and Mount Most Suitable for your level. As with Dressage if you place 1st in Rider and 3rd in Mount Most Suitable, you would submit your first placing for Rider Class. Combined Training, Show Jumping, Horse Trials, Navigation Rides: With these disciplines you would submit your highest placing on the day.

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JANE GRIFFIN MEMORIAL AWARD Sponsored John and Dee Griffin

This award was created in the memory of Jane Griffin who was a regular Showjumping instructor at our club rallies. Those of us who were fortunate enough to have lessons with her fondly remember her very assertive and loud teaching style, the joy at achieving things we didnt think we could achieve and every lesson started with Janes three rules of showjumping

Jump the Jump Dont Fall Off Look Good Doing it

Unfortunately Jane lost her life in tragic circumstances in June 2009. This award will be decided by the showjumping instructor at each rally by nominating a member who they believe is worthy of the award, a person who listens, tries hard and improves throughout the lesson.

MICHELE DEPASQUALE DRESSAGE AWARD

Michele now spends her time between working full time, running a Market Garden in Werribee South and supporting her youngest son Anton in his bid to be the next Mark Webber. And young Anton is definitely on his way. We wish Anton and the DePasquale Family all the best on his journey to Austria in 2014 to continue his racing career. Michele founded WCEC back 2005 wanting to locate a club at the National Equestrian Center. Over the years Michele has dedicated so much of her time to the running of the club that it now takes four us to do what she used to do.

When Michele made the difficult decision to resign from the Committee in 2012 and take a hiatus from the club we as a Committee wanted a way to thank and honour Michele for the all the hard work she did for us. Everything from almost running Barastoc singlehandedly to being Treasurer, President and Secretary in her many roles. Like the Jane Griffin Award, the Dressage award will be decided by the dressage instructor at each rally by nominating a member who they believe is worthy of the award, as person who listens and improves throughout the lesson. Page 14 of 17

EVENT CALENDER
FEB 8 9 16 16 21 22 22 22 22-23 23 23 23 1 2 9 10 10 15 15/16 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 26 29 29/30 29/30 29/30 30 30 30 30 30 SHOW (Official) - Gerogery HC @ Henty Show SHOW (Official) - Horsham & Dist ESC - Rd 1 Autumn Show Series SHOW (Official) - Leongatha & Dist EC BARASTOC HRCAV RINGS (Official) - Werribbee Central EC DRESSAGE (Official) - Trentham - Not So Mid Week Series 1 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Freshwater Creek ARC @ Elcho Park Lara SHOW (Official) - Bennison ARC @ Foster Ag SHOW (Official) - Echuca & Dist @ Rochester Agi DRESSAGE JACKPOT WEEKEND (Official) - Mid Sth East DC @ Lucindale Agi SHOW (Official) - Rosedale & Dist ARC DRESSAGE (Official) -Westcoast ARC - Golden Spurs Rd 2 SHOW (Official) - Dunolly HAC MARCH DRESSAGE CHAMPS WEEKEND (Official) - Rich River EC COMBINED TRAINING (Official) Whittlesea AR COMBINED TRAINING DAY (Official) - Yackandandah RC DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Merricks SC SHOW (Official) - Snowy River HRC @ Orbost Agi SHOW (Official) - HDESC @ Balmoral Agi - Round 2 Autumn Show Series TTT COMBINED TRAINING (OFFICIAL) - Bulla ARC @ Bulla DRESSAGE (Official) - Trentham ARC - NOt So Mid Week Series 2 HORSE TRIALS (Official) - Mansfield & Dist EC DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - UBRC SHOW (Official) - HDESC @ Natimuk Agi - Rd 3 Autumn Show Series DRESSAGE CHAMPS WEEKEND (Official) - Neerim AEC - Day 1 DRESSAGE CHAMPS WEEKEND (Official) - West Gippsland ARC - Day 2 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Ballarat ARC - Golden Spurs Rd 3 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - KWR HRC - Sthn Dressage Series Day 1 SHOW (Official) - HDESC - Autumn Show Series FINAL SHOW - MID WEEK (Official) - ERARC SHOW (Official) - Vine Valley @ Wodonga Agi DRESSAGE JACKPOT & SHOWJUMPING HYGAIN WEEKEND - Wangaratta AHRC HORSE TRIALS (Official)- Donvale ARC @ Yarra Glen DRESSAGE CHAMPS WEEKEND (Official) Bullengarook ARC DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Colac ARC - Golden Spurs Rd 4 DRESSAGE JACKPOT (Official) - Glenvale EC @ Lancefield Park SHOWJUMPING (Official) - FOMEP SHOW (Official) - Peninsula RC TIME TRIAL (UNOFFICIAL) - GEMBROOK RC 5/03/2014 7/03/2014 11/03/2014 23/03/2014 26/03/2014 21/03/2014 21/03/2014 19/03/2014 TBA 12/03/2014 21/03/2014 17/03/2014 21/03/2014 25/03/2014 Jo Nadine Amber Cindy Julie Michelle Tamlyn Claire Stacey Lucinda Julianna Kristy Nicole Fiona 0428 788 796 0409 423 757 0404 013 695 0427 924 950 0408 123 523 0429 358 811 0407 662 861 0414 774 245 0418 994 147 0448 880 226 0448 051 496 0415 616 020 0407 100 919 5942 7587 CLOSE 6/02/2014 9/02/2014 12/02/2014 9/02/2014 14/02/2014 5/02/2014 15/02/2014 22/02/2014 17/02/2014 TBA 7/02/2014 14/02/2014 CLOSE 13/02/2014 18/02/2014 27/02/2014 25/02/2014 5/03/2014 15/03/2014 21/02/2014 14/03/2014 14/03/2014 13/03/2014 22/03/2014 Leanne Chris Kristy Alice Debbie Cindy Michelle Sue Kerryn Liz Cindy Katrina Cindy Nicki Lucinda Sue Lucinda Michelle Deb Susan Rhiannon Sarah Jeanette CONTACT 0412 826 440 0457 924 950 0409 636 217 0448 880 226 0414 457 946 0448 880 226 5186 1247 0488 570 888 08 8766 2242 0417 017 455 0414 264 929 0488 688 523 CONTACT 5487 7277 0417 525 909 0403 899 539 0447 370 070 0400 127 682 0427 924 950 0409 707 243 0414 457 946 0427 801 918 0412 312 271 0427 924 950

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OUR SPONSORS
We couldnt continue to run WCEC without our wonderful sponsors, many who have been with us from the very start.

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NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
Remember to forward all your adventures out and about to me so I have something to put in the newsletter every month jody.henderson@agcocorp.com

FUTURE RALLY DATES MARCH RALLY: SATURDAY 8TH MARCH (TBC)

Fees: First lesson $41 (includes $16 WPNEC fee) second and subsequent lessons $25 Payment details: Please pay by transferring into our account and emailing a copy of the payment receipt to our Treasurer, Lisa Price werribeecentralequestrianclub@gmail.com Account Name: Werribee Central Equestrian Club Inc BSB: 063-541 Account Number: 10632947 DON'T FORGET TO PUT YOUR NAME AS OUR REFERENCE.

If you have any suggestions or requests for Instructors please let us know.

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