M ESSAGE FROM PR ESIDENT
Inside This Issue 1-2
Message from the President/SAQ Matched
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The new Committee
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2015 Committee SAQ Address Book
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Endurance talking
9-22 Up for Adoption 23
2014 Brisbane RNA Results
24-25 SAQ Member Awards 26-28 National High Points Results 29-30 Noosa
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Well it’s that time of year again, Summer. The weather is warming up, the days are getting longer, the rugs can start to come off and we can all recoup after a big competition season and ready ourselves for the next year’s season. August saw our 8th Annual State Championships held at Gatton Showgrounds over 3 days. This year we had 76 horses nominated, and the weekend once again saw some fantastic competition, and beautifully presented horses! Although we did get some rain on Saturday during the dressage, it wasn’t enough to dampen any ones spirits, and our championships continued in the indoor arena for the remainder of the weekend. Despite moving indoors, all events were still run and finished in the day light. Results for the state championships have been posted on our website. Congratulations to everyone who competed! I would thank the events team for all their planning and preparation leading up to
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the championships, and everyone who helped in any way over the weekend. Special mention must go to Paul Dearden and Reg Armstrong, who commentated over the weekend and kept things running on time, Nicole Schuemann, who coordinated everything during the day, and then entered all the scores into the database every evening, and Tara Carney and Owanna Francisca, who both assisted our judges each day. And a big thankyou to all our sponsors! Without their support, we would not be able to run such a huge event! Make sure you support our sponsors who support our club, their details can be found on our website. Also, don’t forget to order your photos, if you haven’t already done so. You can view these on Terri D’s website www.terridsphotography.com . September we had our Open Sporting Day, which was held on Sunday 21st September at Rosewood Showgrounds. This was a fun day, with all levels of riders accommodated for. The competition was open to members and non-members, and all breeds of horses competed. We had some