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The Horse’s Mouth, official magazine of Equestrian SA
MAGAZINE Spring Issue 2016
SA YOUTH DRESSAGE TEAM At the dressage nationals!
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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My EA – How to Discipline reports Rider in focus – Nicole Berry
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Luke Jones & Music in the show jumping. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
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Contents In this issue CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
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NEWS 5 RIDER IN FOCUS - NICOLE BERRY
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DRESSAGE 10 CARRIAGE DRIVING
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COACHES CORNER
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All articles and photos are supplied by Equestrian SA unless otherwise stated. COVER IMAGE Team SA Youth Dressage Nationals L-R Mary Nitschke Nicole Berry Samantha Coleshill
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CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
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Equestrian SA Chair Report In the past few months many exciting and successful events have been held in South Australia. The equestrian world doesn’t have mad March, we have crazy April! The Show Jumping Championships and the Interschool Championships were both held at the picturesque grounds at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Both events had excellent entries and weather. Show Jumping had live streaming for the first time and from reports was very popular with the show jumping community that could not attend in person. Vaulting, held the National championships also in April and had entries from around Australia. It was a very large event to stage for the small Vaulting community, however they excelled themselves! The event hosted 4 International judges who were impressed by the event. Its great to see so many children involved within the discipline. Dressage also staged their Championships at the Mount Crawford Dressage Club Grounds. The event attracted good entries and showcased SA’s talented riders over the 2 days. Its not easy staging Championship events, however the Discipline Committees involved in each of these did an outstanding job in showcasing equestrian sport and the talent we have here in SA. The ESA members involved in the events I sure appreciated the efforts of the Committees. In the first week of the school holidays the ESA staged the Youth Expo, again at the Adelaide Show grounds. It was held over 3 days and over 70 teenagers participated. During the 3 days, the students had coaching, briefings and presentations from a varied group of instructors to assist in riding, presentation, feeding and maintaining their and their horse’s health. From the feedback received many felt they both learnt and had fun all at the same time. The ESA is able to stage this excellent training by the way of a grant from the State Government, Department of Recreation and Sport. Over the last year there has been much discussion regarding Affiliate members of the ESA. As background, a new national membership structure
with respective by-law amendments relating to the new membership categories was introduced in 2013. An information sheet sent to every member in Australia detailed various new membership categories and their respective voting rights. On that sheet, affiliates across Australia were not given voting rights and the national by-laws were amended to align with these changes. Clearly, this is at variance with our current ESA Constitution. Advice confirms that in the case of any contradictions the Constitution prevails. Until there is a national mandate to review and align this issue across all states, the Board of ESA will continue to encourage SA affiliates to exercise their right to vote as per the ESA Constitution. The specific procedure for doing so is being refined in time for the next AGM and all financial clubs will be advised of the procedure for voting in due course. In early August, I am sure we will all be glued to some type of screen watching the Australians compete in the Equestrian events at the Olympics. It is wonderful that Scott Keach is riding in his second Olympics. I am sure everyone will join with me in wishing all the riders a safe and great ride!
Elizabeth Fricker Chairperson - Equestrian SA
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NEWS
News Changes to FEI Horse Name Guidelines The FEI is now monitoring horse name changes. Any changes to a horses name could affect members who wish to compete at FEI Level. There is currently a small number of owners who have (and soon will be) receiving invoices from the FEI for CHF1,000. An outcome of the FEI General Assembly was a stronger focus on monitoring horse name changes. As a result of this, EA updated their website on 1 January 2016 www.equestrian.org.au/forms and also included a link to the FEI website where the guidelines are located www.fei.org/system/files/Horse%20 name%20Change%20Guidelines.pdf). “Horse Birth Name: 1. The name of the horse in the document issued at horse birth 2. If (1.) is not applicable, the name of the horse in the first birth studbook document. 3. If the horse is not affiliated with any studbook, the name of the horse is based on the name written in the first document issued (either national passport / first original document, or FEI recognised document or FEI Passport).” The FEI have confirmed that ‘EA Certificate of Registration’ issued by the State Branches will be the “first original document” should the horse not have stud registration papers at the time of registration. The name listed under “Previous Name” will be listed as the horses BIRTH NAME and the “Horse Name” will be listed as the CURRENT NAME with the FEI. If a horse’s BIRTH NAME is different to its CURRENT NAME, the horse may be liable for charges from the FEI of CHF200 or CHF1,000 dependant on the type of name change as described in the guidelines.
It is also imperative to note, that if a member if registering a horse that has been imported and has an overseas passport, the name of the horse that is issued in its overseas passport cannot change unless the new owner agrees to pay 1,000 CHF to the FEI. National Federation passports are FEI recognised documents and apply in #3 when determining a horses birth name.
Example below: • Horse #5000 0000 was first registered with EA as Sun Shine • The horse’s name was later changed to Sun Showers • As stated above, if the owners would like to register the horse with the FEI under the name Sun Showers they will be invoiced 1,000 CHF for a complete name change. If the owners revert back to the horses previous name and register it with the FEI as Sun Shine there is no invoice (birth name = current name). Birth name:
Birth name:
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NEWS
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Check your Equestrian SA membership or horse information online with My EA Equestrian Australia and the State Branches in conjunction with Nominate have launched MyEA – an online portal for EA members. MyEA consolidates all the important functions that members need to access. Through MyEA you can complete member registrations online, manage your details, view results and more. Take a tour of MyEA today by clicking on the button below.
I thought EA already had an online portal for members, what is the difference between EAOnline and MyEA? EAOnline was a temporary solution that was put in place while MyEA was being developed. MyEA is a superior product to EAOnline and consolidates all the important functions that members need to access. MyEA will continue to evolve to offer even more services to members.
How do I access MyEA?
Please note you will need your EA member number and password to access MyEA. If you do not remember your password you will be able to retrieve this by following the prompts on the next window.
MyEA is exclusive to EA members; all you need is your EA member number and password. To access the portal simply visit the page www.equestrian.org.au/MyEA.
Access MyEA button here https://www.nominate. com.au/EAOnline/portal/Login.aspx
What if I have forgotten my user name or password?
MyEA FAQ’s
You can reset your password through the log-in page available at www.equestrian.org.au/MyEA. If you have forgotten your member number you will need to contact your State Branch.
What is MyEA? MyEA is Equestrian Australia’s online registration portal for members. Through MyEA members can complete registrations, manage their details, view results and more.
What if I am a new member, how do I gain access to MyEA? Before you can gain access to MyEA you will need to become a member of your State Branch. Becoming a member is easy and can be completed online. Visit www.equestrian.org.au/MyEA and follow the instructions for new members.
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In the future MyEA and Nominate’s Event Entry System will be fully integrated which will provide you with a seamless Membership and Event Entries system. This event registration system will provide many benefits for Organising Committees and members including: • Directly linking to the EA membership portal to provide easy verification of membership details (including membership number, currency and past results) and horse registrations and qualifications • The ability to automatically post results to the EA and State Branch websites. Future benefits include allowing Officials to enter an upcoming Seminar for promotion or maintenance of their qualification. Members embarking on the Coach pathway will have the ability to register their interest and purchase some of the Education resources via the member portal.
How will this help EA? The platform supports all the strategic priorities of Equestrian Australia that were established by representatives of all disciplines, State Branches and the national office. In addition it has the potential to significantly reduce the current workload placed on equestrian sport’s volunteers (Organising Committees) and members. The automated system will provide greater efficiencies that will benefit the whole sport.
How will this help members? MyEA will provide greater efficiencies in the way people join and renew their membership. Members will be able to complete registrations and manage and update their details anywhere, anytime. The entire system is designed to improve your interactions with both EA and the State Branches through faster response times via self-service. Future enhancements such as a fully integrated event registration system will benefit members involved in event management and club management and this will reduce their administrative burdens significantly, freeing up time to do other things they enjoy within the sport.
Is EA investing all its money into this system? Will this see an increase in membership fees? EA has entered a contractual arrangement with Nominate which capped financial contributions towards development of the system and ensures a revenue sharing arrangement that will see money returned to the sport by EA and the States.
There will be no increases in membership fees directly due to MyEA. Membership fees are set by the State and fee structures vary State to State, however this system will not directly force those prices up.
Isn’t it true this is just a money making exercise for EA? No, the primary reason for investing in the EA IT Platform is for increased member services and organisational efficiencies. Any revenue generated for EA under the agreement with Nominate will be going back into the sport and its programs. Will there be further fees and charges added because of the new system? Nominate charges a service fee for membership renewal transactions – as has been the practice for the last three years. This covers merchant fees, support and system development. The revenue sharing arrangement with Nominate will see funds generated by MyEA returned to our sport and its programs.
Is the event registration system compulsory? No. In most cases, it will be at the discretion of the event organisers as to which system provider they use. However, EA will be looking to make it a condition for those events currently receiving funding, under various EA grants to use the system once it becomes fully functional. State Branches may also have requirements around the system from an event management point of view. EA believes that the integration of MyEA and Nominate will provide operational efficiencies for Event Organisers and for members and will reduce overheads and provide significant value for money for everyone. Event organisers need to be conscious of the fact that using the Nominate event entry system will benefit our sport in the long run.
What sort of support will be available? Comprehensive support will be offered at multiple levels, from online support to dedicated personnel support via EA, the States and Nominate.
Is the MyEA Platform secure? The MyEA platform is completely secure and provides the highest level of personal and financial security. As per EA’s privacy policy, no personal membership data will be provided to external or other third parties, with all membership data remaining within EA’s secure network. This includes sponsors and other business providers within the equestrian community.
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We can already renew online, what else will we be able to do?
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Rider in focus
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Nicole is a member of the South Australian Youth Dressage Squad, and can often be seen in the winners circle with her eye catching grey horse, Euroz Jinks. We caught up with Nicole while she was on the road heading the Sydney for the Interschool Nationals.
Can you tell us how you got started riding, and how long you’ve been riding? I’ve grown up with horses, my mum and dad worked in the Mounted Police and they had show horses well before I came along. I got my first horse 13 years ago when I was 4, his name was Toby and he was a grey rescue pony my parents dyed him blue for me because I had said I wanted a blue pony. I also started vaulting when I was 6 years old and continued on with it for 5 or so years until I decided I wanted to focus more on my riding.
Tell us about your current horses? Q2: I have 2 horses, Euroz Jinks (Jazz) and Danson Debonair (Boo). Euroz Jinks is my current competition horse sired by Jazz and we’re currently training Advanced/ Prix St George. Jazz is a very quirky horse both on the ground and under saddle with a big personality and always tries his hardest for me. I owe a lot to this horse, just over 12 months ago I had never competed over novice and hadn’t had much experience training the higher movements. Danson Debonair is sired by Donnerblitz and will hopefully be making her competition debut in a couple of months both in the dressage and show hunter ring. I have had Boo since she was a foal and it has been a very long journey, but I cannot wait to see what awaits this talented young mare.
Any standout results you’re particularly proud of or excited about? Over the past year competing with Euroz Jinks we have had many successes and won many championships but a big standout for me was back in March this year at the Victorian Youth Rider Championships where we won the Elementary YR Championship, placing 1st and 2nd and also placing 3rd in one of our medium tests. Also when I was 12 years old competing at the National Interschool Championships on my old pony ‘Tyler’ and winning Reserve Champion Primary Combined Training, this was a big thrill for me.
Any upcoming competition plans? As we speak I am on the way to Sydney to compete at the National Youth Rider Dressage Championships and I am incredibly excited. Later this year I also plan on competing at the Victorian Dressage Festival and if we are ready I would like to compete in the Aachen Challenge test.
Thinking big-picture - what are your long term riding goals? Q5: My Goal is to one day go overseas to work and train in Europe for a few years and come back and possibly start my own business to train and sell horses. My ultimate dream would be to represent Australia.
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Introducing Nicole Berry!
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Katharine Farrell and Luxor. PHOTO Julie Wilson
Welcome to Dressage in winter! We hope that you’ve all managed to find that everelusive warm pair of winter breeches, and wish you leak-proof winter rugs! It’s lovely to see the rain falling in SA – we might bemoan it now, but come Springtime when we see the beautiful hay and full dams, we will all be smiling! It has been colder than normal, but that certainly hasn’t slowed the pace of Dressage over winter. There has been a huge amount happening – as always, stay tuned to our Facebook page (search Dressage South Australia on Facebook) for the day to day happenings. You’ll also find latest rule changes, announcements, and National news. If you’ve got suggestions of what you would like to see, feel free to message the page or contact dressagesouthaustralia@gmail.com
2016 Hygain SA Dressage Championships Of course, the talk of the State has been the Hygain SA Dressage Championships. What an event, run by a small but incredibly enthusiastic subcommittee of Dressage SA. Mt Crawford Grounds looked an absolute picture – what a credit to the team at MCDC for presenting the arenas to such a high standard. We couldn’t have ordered better weather…! The sun shone for 80% of the time, meaning that some were seen to be calling for sunscreen (in April!). We must thank the incredible array of sponsors who came on board for this event. It really does mean that this event can be run when sponsors (who you’ll find listed in this edition) come forward and support Dressage in SA. We cannot encourage you enough, as riders, to take feedback to the sponsors and
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The committee thanks all riders wholeheartedly for embracing this event. Increased entry numbers from last year meant that we had two full days, with strong representation across the grades.
SA State Squad The State Squad have also been incredibly busy! We recently saw the first ever ‘Treasure Trove Dressage Event’ being run entirely by State Squad members at MCDC in May. A wonderful fundraising initiative by our imaginative Squad riders – huge congrats to them for making this happen! We thank the Dressage community for getting behind this great event and helping to lay the groundwork for future squads and their funding.
The Trade Stand was the largest it has been, with many traders from within SA and interstate having fantastic weekends (plenty of shoppers were spotted working out how to fit it all in the car!). Thank you to everyone for supporting these traders who were full of praise, and plan on coming back again.
The Squad will also be welcoming State Coach Ricky McMillan back in SA in May, for the second training clinic, with another clinic set for July. Feedback is overwhelmingly positive, and its great to see our riders improving and coming together.
It was fantastic to see such a large number of spectators dotted throughout the event. We were pleased to welcome guests from throughout the state, and it was great to see many children, young riders and not-so-young dressage devotees lining the short ends of the arena. The food stands were particularly popular, meaning that people could grab a bit and enjoy some wonderful dressage in the sun.
Young Riders
And, of course, we can’t forget the riders. Huge congratulations to those who made the commitment to ride at the State Championships, meaning that we saw some wonderful, strong competition, and some high scores across the levels. It was particularly exciting to see the numbers in the higher levels beginning to build, seeing so many horses now hitting the FEI. The quality of horse and rider at the lower levels was fantastic, with huge depth, ensuring we will have growth and strength in dressage for years to come
Judges Education Congratulations to the small but hard working group of Judges Committee members, who have run some fantastic events in the past months. It’s fantastic to see increasing numbers of riders and spectators attending these events, and encourage you to come along. We’ve most recently seen Maria Schwennessen and Wendy Barker presenting and sharing them in depth knowledge and experience. Well done to all of those judges who have successfully completed exams and continue to upgrade. It’s important to remember that judging is a critical aspect of our sport, and we encourage anyone considering becoming a judge to visit the Dressage South Australia page on the ESA website for full information.
Young Riders in SA recently welcomed NSW coach, Claire Seidl, to SA, to take part in a Young Rider clinic, hosted at Kersbrook Equestrian Centre. The clinic was a great success over three days, and there was fantastic feedback from the young participants. It’s great to see the young riders in our state taking part with such strong enthusiasm in all offered events. We are starting to see some self-driven fundraising from the Young Rider squad members, which is very exciting to see. We can’t wait to see what this next generation of riders bring to the table in the future! We also wish those Young Riders headed to NSW to take part in the Inteschool Nationals all the very best, and safe travels! You can also read more about our featured rider this edition, Nicole Berry, in this edition of the Horse’s Mouth. Is there something you would like to see happening in Dressage SA? We would love your suggestions and feedback! You can always email us – dressagesouthaustralia@gmail.com – or, even flick us a Private Message on the DSA Facebook page. Happy riding – and, rug up!
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ensure you support them – this isn’t something we just say as a matter of course, it’s an investment in making sure these events can not only exist, but grow, into the future. If we want big events, with all the trimmings, sponsors are the key – so please do your bit!
CARRIAGE DRIVING
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Victoria Fricker driving Lewis with Bram Chardon and Kim Norris grooming
Judging and technical two day workshop The ESA Carriage Driving Committee organised a two day Workshop on 21/22 May 2016 which covered Dressage Judging, Course Design and Technical Delegates The committee was fortunate to have two FEI officials, Dot Willcoxson and Peter Harkness run the workshop which was divided into two streams. The first part of the course was conducted jointly on the Saturday and covered Welfare of the Horse, with a strong emphasis placed on ensuring that horses were treated with respect, care, and correct harnessing which caused no injury to the animals. The attendees then divided into two groups, with Dot Willcoxson taking eight attendees to concentrate on Dressage Judging and seven attendees working with Peter Harkness on Course Design and Technical Delegate requirements. Dot and Peter were using a new training program which has recently been put together and this was the first Workshop it had been used at. The success of the Workshop was largely dependent on interaction between the presenters and the attendees, and prospective judges and experienced officials reviewed a power point presentation, discussed the notes, asked questions and reviewed several driven dressage tests on DVD from both the judges’ position at C and B. These were of British
drivers and comments were made about movement, and some issues that were fairly apparent watching the tests. Attendees were given an exam several days before attending the Workshop and those who had been able to complete it, were able to mark it in the Workshop and several other attendees will forward the exam to be marked. The Course Design/Technical Delegate Workshop was run in a similar manner and attendees were given an exam to work through overnight. Sunday saw the Workshop moved to the Lindh property at Echunga and a cones course built, for all attendees to critique. While it was being built, Dot ran a discussion group covering cones judging and then attendees were given the opportunity to walk the course and see if there were any “errors” made which would have to be corrected before the course could be driven. Unfortunately the weather turned nasty before the course could be driven so everyone retired to the stables and finished the Workshop inside. Peter Harkness is the Technical Delegate for carriage driving at the Adelaide 3de and on the way to the airport, he was taken to the parklands to view the area available to run CAI*1 and CAI*2 events
Coaches Corner. What a great year for Coaching in South Australia! The Equestrian SA Coach Committee have been busy all year with Clinics for both accredited Coaches and for new candidate Coaches. We have also supported training for Coaches and Officials from some of the smaller disciplines. First of all, in July last year, we held a very interesting and innovative clinic on using Brain Training to increase a sports person’s rhythm, timing, coordination and many more cognitive skills. This is the latest frontier in many sports and the presenter, Linda Clark explained it and let the audience of more than thirty riders, coaches and judges practice as well. Next on the Agenda was an Orientation clinic for new Introductory coach candidates in August 2015. All of these attending had to have already completed a very comprehensive list of prerequisites including their Certificates for Introductory Riding and Horse Management, First Aid, Working with Children checks and the AIS certificate for Community Coaching. Three candidates attended with Tamsin Adcock and Lyn Jutilane Maynard as Assessors. Once Christmas had come and gone, it was all ‘go’ for the Lucinda Green Compulsory Coach clinic which was held at Tilling Hill EC on a warm February evening. Lucinda had already been coaching at Eventing Clinics over the past two days and so we were very lucky that she agreed to spend an evening with coaches, riders and judges. Almost
100 attendees thoroughly enjoyed the night and were sustained with refreshments organized by the Committee. We have also just completed another Orientation clinic which took a different format to the usual, being held over two evenings with one day full practical ‘train to teach’ session. Six candidates attended and we wish them well on their pathway to becoming Introductory Coaches. In July 2016 we held another evening professional development clinic for coaches, riders and judges. This time we asked Geof Boylan-Marsland, who is a senior psychologist at the SA Sports Institute and also runs his own professional practice, ‘Mind Matters Psychology” to present a session focusing on riders, coaches and judges. Again over thirty attendees were very interested in Geof’s comments. He used his experiences to show how managing your mind– mindful-acceptance based intervention – can help your sporting success and even better to get the best out of yourself realizing your best outcomes. Geof had already presented at our 2015 and 2016 very successful Youth Expo’s and the young people there thought he was great. The Coach Committee have also been supportive to the less populated disciplines such as Vaulting and Driving. We supported one of our Vaulting Coaches to attend an Interstate Vaulting Coach Clinic in Boonah, QLD with German Vaulter Daniel Kaiser and Qld’s Darryn Fedrich, L2 Vaulting CE.
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The Committee was also able to commit some much needed funding to support the recent Carriage Driving Officials clinic held here in SA. It is hard for the officials and coaches of these smaller disciplines to get the necessary updates held Interstate and so it was very worthwhile for SA to be able to host this Seminar with guest Educators, Dot Wilkinson from NSW and Peter Harkness from Victoria both FEI Officials. Three of our well known Coaches have also been highlighted in the National EA ‘Evolve’ emag. Tamsin Adcock, Lyn Jutilane Maynard and Anne Lindh saw their names in lights in the magazine as Coach of the Month.
As to the future, the Coach Committee will continue to hold the Introductory Orientation clinics as candidates become ready. We are also interested in hearing from current Coaches who want to upgrade their qualifications to Level One or Two and to understand what support these candidates would like from the Committee. An innovative new Coach clinic may well be offered later this year to those who can show that they are already experienced coaches, but without NCAS accreditation, and/or ‘elite’ athletes competing at high levels of competition locally, nationally or internationally. The Coach Committee welcomes suggestions for professional development Seminars and particularly would like to know about any International equestrian visitors so that we may be able to organize clinics when those visiting experts are here. As a last, but heartfelt request, we ask all Coaches to consider applying to join the Committee at the next AGM. It is a very worthwhile aspect to your Coaching career and gives you a chance to steer Coaching development in SA. Thanks from the Committee, Chair Lynda Smith and members Tamsin Adcock. Denise Rofe, Rachel Vincent, Lyn JutilaneMaynard Geoff Pannell and Mandy Maiden
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Lara Pizimolas and Latitude
Eventing out and about Reynella Horse Trials (30 April/ 1 May 2016) The Reynella Horse Trials event ran smoothly with the hiring of the arenas, the plants and the Australian 3DE Judges boxes helping to present a picture perfect setting. It is fantastic to see all the hard work with infrastructure starting to pay off and hopefully by the next event we will have our pergola up thanks to a grant from the City of Onkaparinga The weather was kind to us but the rain during the week kept the dust down. It also made the going x country much better for the horses. Once again, Wayne Copping developed a course that gave the riders and horses something to think about but still provided an excellent ride. The opening of the new Judge’s Commentary box went well and Michael Clark was pleased with his Certificate of Appreciation, with the accompanying oratory from Steve McEwen. It was also great to see the new logo for Reynella Horse Trials on display thanks to the hard work of Leigh Beisel. Also up and running now is the Reynella website (reynellahorsetrials.com.au) with many thanks due to Sue Millbank and Julie Michelmore for completing this task.
The change of date, to the end of April, did not encourage larger numbers in the star classes. In fact, there were probably less competitors than when we ran our event in March. The clash with the State Dressage Champs also meant there were difficulties in getting enough dressage judges, pencillers and stewards. Something definitely to be avoided in the future. A huge thank you to our sponsors and an extraordinarily hardworking committee. The following are results from the event. CNC 3* with 2star CC: Megan Jones/ History CNC 2*: 1st Luke Jones/Proclaimer, 2nd Luke Jones/ Music, 3rd Joanne Brooks/Life of Riley CNC 1*: 1st Jamie Stitchel/ Image Blue Ice, 2nd Anthony Thomas /Allegretto, 3rd Anthony Thomas/ Levitation NZPH EVA 105: 1st Emily Nettle/Cash Cab, 2nd Megan Jones/ KP Irish Musketeer, 3rd Arabella Allen/ Freedoms Ace EVA 95: 1st Courtney Munroe/ AP Apple Blossom, 2nd Bain Pk Nebiolo, 3rd Megan Jones/ KP Northern Lights EVA 80 Div 1: 1st Ashlee Kay/ Made Ya Look, 2nd
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Alizee McGregor/ Kieraleigh Leolena, 3rd Kristy Dodd/ Cambias EVA 80 Div 2: 1st Ellen Rowlands/ Forestway Bewitched 2nd Carole Benassy/ Innisfree Beaujolais 3rd Megan Jones/ Domingo EVA 65: 1st Bec Leslie/ The Milo 2nd Jamie Lea Burns/ Onyx 3rd Jessica McDade /Ballymount San Darius. The Frank Keach Trophy was won by Luke Jones on Proclaimer. The Cosevein Trophy was won by Emily Nettle on Cash Cab
Naracoorte Horse Trials 14 - 15 May 2016 Naracoorte this year looked fantastic ! As always the Dressage was held at the showgrounds ,in beautiful sunshine – which was very lucky considering the torrential rain and generally unpleasant weather we had in the lead up! With record entries this year, and I mean record entries ever for this wonderful event, the recent rains meant the Cross-country and Show Jumping were also held on lovely green fields which helped the event look it’s absolute best. We had fantastic support from our South Australian riders in all classes and it was great to see so many Interstate riders returning for the first time in a while and also Tegan Lush from WA competing here for the first time on two of her horses. Whilst running CIC Classes has increased costs it is rewarding to see more and more entries in these classes and some very positive feedback from both local and interstate riders regarding the going, the Cross Country course and the general running of the event – we thank everyone for their participation and congratulate all place getters. The major placings in the CIC*** were taken by WA and Victorian Riders, Tegan Lush winning this class on one horse before having a heavy fall on her second horse Belfast Mojito at the end of the day. Both Tegan and Mojo were fine after their fall. Jade Kluske did very well and recorded 4th place.! The CIC** was a different story with SA Riders taking out the major placings with some fantastic rounds Cross Country, Sarah Clark and Consort followed by Luke
Jones riding Proclaimer, Jaimie Stichel with Image Blue Ice and in 4th place Lara Pizimolas and her lovely mare Latitude. Joanne Brooks went up a step to complete her first CIC2** and looked great all weekend as did Emily Daley on Aremdale Donn Piatt. The CIC1* was a pretty big track with a number of tough questions particularly for those relatively new to this level. Whilst the Victorian riders Tarryin, Rebecca and Murray took out 1st, 2nd and 3rd, South Australian riders took out the next 5 placings, Anthony Thomas and the wonderful Levitation, Isabeau Garner and Even Steven, Sophie Knight and Leguna Seca, Anthony again on the pretty special Allegretto and Skylar McFarlane on Bruno Twenty Two. It was great to see two SA Young Riders – Sophie and Skylar – tackling the Cross Country with such poise and determination! There was a complete mix in the EA grades with both local and interstate riders taking out the placings. Lauren Van Tijn did well to place 6th in the EvA105 class with Schavello in her first competition at this level. Not surprisingly Cooper Oborn had two good rides picking up a 3rd and 4th with Bloomfield Royal Nizika anf Puff 11. Kerrie Spears had a good weekend and a particulary good Cross Country round to place 5th in the EvA95 just being pipped by Anthony Thomas on his young horse by .6 of a penalty.!! Previous Ground Jury member Fiona Heysen had the chance this year to ride for a change but only after helping out by judging the Dressage on Saturday. She had a lovely clear round and also helped her daughter lug around photographic equipment when not riding.!! You can check out hundreds of excellent photos taken by Steph Heysen on our Facebook page.! It was great to see a number of riders that either help run other events or have parents that area involved like Kelzie Schipp who placed in both EvA80 classes, her mother has judged Dressage for us for just about forever.! Lara Pizimolas and Karin Edwards (both busily involved on Horse Trials committees) also placed, 2nd and 5th which is great to see. With no major mishaps, many fun moments and everyone having a great time Naracoorte is done and dusted for another year!!
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It had always been a dream of mine to one day ride at Melbourne and finally my time had come. Although it didn’t finish up the way I would have wanted it to. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had. The dressage day was a beautiful sunny day and Bruno had warmed up really well. As I was riding into the arena, the sun disappeared and the heavens opened up and started pouring with rain. The test was going really well until a minor change in canter lead by Bruno which in turn led me to make a couple of errors of course. Although the test had been fantastic, I knew that I would pay dearly with the errors and rather than being in 7th place, I ended up in 17th. I now had to put this behind me and focus on the cross country phase as this was going to be quite a technical course to conquer. Pumped and ready to go, I headed into the warm up area. As I was riding between a couple of the practice fences, a fellow competitor rode along beside me to jump a fence and her horse left its legs and flipped over the fence on top of her. Bruno freaked out and I came off breaking my reins on the way down. This was not the
warm up I was hoping for. Bruno was beside himself (as was I) and it took the next 20 minutes, whilst the start was held up, to settle him down. Finally we were off, and it was amazing. Being quite green at this level, Bruno ate up the course and I couldn’t have been more proud of his amazing effort. With such a big warm up, Bruno was starting to tire close to home and had a run off at the 3rd to last fence, but we finished and I couldn’t have been happier. On the final day of competition, Bruno passed the trot up and we were ready to show jump. The course looked good and I was raring to go and complete in my first Melbourne 3DE. When we started the round, I noticed that Bruno felt quite flat and tired and although he was trying his heart out I decided to retire him in the middle of the course. Disappointed that I didn’t finish up the way I wanted to, I wouldn’t have changed anything. I was so happy with how Bruno had gone and the silver lining on this amazing competition was winning the Junior 1* Teams competition. With only 2 South Australian Juniors in our class, we were teamed up with the 2 Queensland riders to make up a team and with the amazing efforts of my team mates, we won.
Skylar Mc Farlane & Bruno Twenty Two over the skinny brush2. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
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Sophie Knight & Leguna Seca, CCIJ1*
EVENTING
My first Melbourne International horse trails was an amazing experience. My horse, Leguna Seca, and I managed to finish with a 9th place in the One Star Junior Eventing and was also a part of the winning combined SA (Skylar McFarlane on Bruno) and Qld team.
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Sophie Knight and Leguna Seca over the log drop. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
We completed a calm dressage test to go into cross country day in 14th place. The Cross Country course was spectacular to ride through, the beautiful rose garden and Mansion grounds. We lost some time going through the tight roped off areas of the mansion and finished with 9 time penalties, moving into 13th place.
After passing trot up early Monday morning we were onto Show Jumping, where we incurred 9 penalties from 2 dropped rails and 1 time fault. Huge thanks to my coach Megan Jones who has a taken Leguna Seca and I from intro to 1 star. Megan helped and supported my riding but also taught me so much about how to train a horse to this level and keep it sound. Thanks also go to Megan’s groom Vicky for all her on-going help and assistance and of course thanks to my Mum and Dad for their constant support.
Joanne Brooks & Life of Riley, CCI1* Riley and I competed in our first 1* 3DE. After our fabulous dressage test, scoring a 9 for our walk, and a fun XC round, clear jumping / 2.8 time, we were placed 19th and feeling great ! Unfortunately that was short lived with a stop, rails and time faults in the SJ dropping us to 46th !!!
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On a positive note we had a great time, learnt heaps and meet some lovely people. Thanks for the support from my family, fab groom and fellow SA riders�.
Joanne Brookes & Life of Riley show jumping. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Isabeau Garner & Even Steven, CCI1* Melbourne was great, a first time experience for me at one of the bigger events, I had a great time. Dressage was good, Even Steven was on around 67% I was happy with him having been his first time in a bigger atmosphere with bigger Judges Boxes as well.
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Isabeau Garner & Even Steven over the big dray cart. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Cross country was amazing, going clear on jumping and 2.5 time faults. I was pleased, as it was a tough enough track as neither of us have ridden in such an atmosphere or with those sort of jumps/ lines and roped lanes - which I quickly learnt you have to ride through carefully! Showjumping was never my strongest phase and after an average round it put us down, from 11th atr XC out of 70, to finish 36th. All in all it was an awesome week, I learnt stacks from it and I think Steven did too.
Anthony Thomas & Levitation & Allegretto, CCI1* Now a huge and difficult decision to make. Allegretto qualified at Melbourne 3DE to go 2* after just 6 events. I need to decide whether I prepare him for the 2* at the Adelaide International Horse Trials or the World Cup Grand Final. Thank you Grant and Heather Hughes for finding this super talented horse.
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Anthony Thomas & Allegretto performing well in dressage. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
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Luke Jones & Music and Proclaimer CCI2*
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Both horses performed as I had hoped on cross country, to add nothing more to their dressage scores and then show jumped well on Monday, to have one rail down each and finish the competition with Music in second place and Proclaimer in seventh. Editor’s note: Music’s great dressage score of 46.9 would have had him the clear winner without that cursed SJ rail that cost him the event by 0.1 !!! – great performance Luke.
Luke Jones & Music in the show jumping. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Sarah Clark & Kirby Park Irish Consort, CCI2* Melbourne International 2016 proved to be a fairy tale event for me, with a personal best result for one horse making up for the withdrawal of another due to injury.
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Sarah Clark & Kirby Park Irish Consort in the show jumping. aPHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Kirby Park Irish Consort excelled herself in all phases, taking both atmosphere and technical demands in her stride. She added only a meagre amount of cross country time faults to her dressage score to finish in 4th place in a large CCI** field. Ultimately it was her flawless showjumping round that saw her rise into the placings for an exciting finish on the final day. I was lucky enough to have trusted coaches and mentors present to help me prepare for each phase.
Thank you to long time dressage coach Denise Rofe, fellow CCI** competitor and cross country veteran Luke Jones, and showjumping master Anthony Thomas, for all sharing your wisdom! Congratulations and thanks also to fellow competitors and friends who made the experience all the more enjoyable, particularly those who made the trip from SA. More treasured perhaps than the rosette I never thought I would come away with, is the medal given to each rider to complete the event; “Olivia and Caitlyn forever in our hearts”.
Jade Kluske & Mighty Delago, CIC3* Melbourne was a fantastic event as always. The weather held off for the days of competition and Delago and I didn’t manage to get too wet.
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I competed in the CIC 3* class and had some very tough competition, with some of the Olympic hopefuls in the same class, hoping to impress one last time before Rio Selections. I didn’t walk away with the neatest score but I was still very pleased with how Delago performed. Completing the event was very satisfying and placing 6th was just a bonus.
Jade Kluske & Mighty Delago looking super in the dressage. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Megan Jones & Kirby Park Impress and History, CIC3* A most unusual report from Megan this Melbourne (the venue of her many successes) as she actually retired both horses at the same jump on cross country – the narrow fish in the final water jump – the same skinny monster that caught both Jade and Cooper out for their one refusals. Not a SA friendly addition this year.
Megan Jones & History into the last water & the offending Fish. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
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I competed two horses in the CCI** at the Melbourne Three Day Event. I was very pleased with both of them in the dressage, in particular Music who earned his best score at this level.
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Lara Pizimolas & Latitude, CCI2* I think I’m still recovering from the week away. What an awesome week at Melbourne International 3 day event. Strudel was a very good pony all weekend.
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Dressage wasn’t our best but we had the most unreal cross country round and with only 1.2 time penalites. Showjumping we had 2 rails but we finished thank goodness, which ended us in 16th place.
Huge thank you goes out to the following people. Tracy Pizimolas number 1 groom and mother and No1 sponsor of myself and the ponies. Lesley Soden thank you for all your help and support. Rafaela Mascarenhas thank you for your help while you have been over here from Brazil, I’m sure having a week at Melbourne was more fun than going to school! Lara Pizimolas & Latitude in the show jumping. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
Anthony Thomas you are tough on me, but it works because we finished, thank you for all your help. Jade Kluske & Kerry Kluske such a fun weekend being camped with you guys, absolutely love spending time with you both. Max Martin & Ash Sinclair from iNform Health & Fitness, you two are unreal and so positive of me and what I want to achieve. Mel Gorton, thank you for treating Strudel for the week with your Activo med blanket. And to Emma Kalderovskis for the amazing photo’s. We were definitely decked out in Dapple EQ gear, Strudel looked pretty good in her new Antares bridle for showjumping.
Cooper Oborn & Sun Showers, CCI3* Sally warmed up really well but was a little too tense during the test to really score well, still managing 58%.
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Cooper Oborn & Sun Showers over the offending fish in the last water. PHOTO: Emma Kalderovskis
XC was big, with lots of skinny combinations and long, lasting for over 10 minutes - it was a tough enough track. Sally felt amazing up to jump 7 where we got held on course because of a nasty fall, which actually gave Sally a break and by the time we started again she was recharged and no longer sweaty. It’s always hard to get going again after a hold, so I just tried to switch back on and be really positive. Sally jumped everything great until we got to the last water and had a glance off at the fish in the water, so finishing our round with 20 penalties. Through second trot up and onto Showjumping, we jumped one of only six clear rounds and Sally did it easy and confidently so finishing on a good note.
In conclusion, all riders completing the Melbourne Three day event were presented a Medal in memory of the two lives lost to our sport this year, Caitlyn Fisher and Olivia Ingham. In Sarah Clark’s words,
More treasured perhaps than the rosette I never thought I would come away with, is the medal given to each rider to complete the event
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Interschool winners are grinners
A busy couple of months What a brilliant busy couple of months we have had with the 2016 Mitavite Interschool program! April hosted the exciting Mitavite State Interschool Championships at the Wayville show grounds. Competition was fierce with over sixty competitors from over thirty different schools battle it out for the overall school champion and to experience competing in a professional atmosphere. Seymour College was the school that took out overall state champion by a few horse lengths, followed down the stretch by Scotch College. The two days of high class competition proved to be a great opportunity for riders to gain some qualifications and experience before attending the National Championships scheduled later in the year at Horsely Park. A massive thank you must go to Mitavite, Horseland and Southern Sport Horses for their generous sponsorship and also to every amazing volunteer, parent and competitor for making the two days of competition amazing!
in Mt Barker. Over a hundred and twenty guests enjoyed a night of glitz, glamour and good laughs with special appearances from our Team SA mascot. The overall discipline champions were announced on the night and the talented winners are as followS:
With final interschool selection events completed, the Mitavite Interschool Awards dinner was held on the 24th of June at the beautiful Auchendarroch House Secondary Show Horse Champion Belle Ker and the Team SA Mascot
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Primary Showjumping Champion
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We were also very blessed to gain some incredible prizes for a “Mega Raffle” from some very generous sponsors! A massive thank you must go out to Gil Rolton-AI3DE, The team at Equitana, Colin Price and Mitavite, Charmae Belle- Bit Bank Australia, Lara and Carla Cerchi-Dapple EQ, Wallis Cinema, Natasha Cockburn, Dianne Reynolds-Donnybrook, Beck Casey-QJ riding wear, Kitty Rose-PYT, Megan Jones, Clive Reed, Ruth Schneeberger, Julia Weir, Tamsin Adcock, Mark Ker-Horseman Floats, Chris and Vicki Laurie and Ness’s Chaff for all being extremely generous and donating such amazing prizes! We had some very lucky winners!
We will now begin to turn our attention towards the Interschool Nationals to be held later in September. We currently have an exciting massive team of forty seven talented competitors, confirmed to make the big thrilling adventure to the big smoke in Sydney! The team is made up of some of the very best riders in the state and we are all set to make a competitive stamp on the old Olympic grounds and win back the Team Spirit award!!!
L – R Claire Nitschke, Courtney Munro, Emily Tickner.
Sophie Ludbrook on Blitz
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Patrick ridden by Kai Semmen and led by his grandmother Sue Castley
Show Horse Season about to begin As our show horses come in from their well earned break and begin their prep for the coming season, the Show Horse committee, has been busy hosting events and planning for the season ahead. May saw us host a very successful fundraising Gymnkhana. We are very grateful to Mrs Rae Brice for the opportunity to hold the Gymnkhana at the wonderful Mallala Equestrian Centre. It was a great stage for our younger riders to have a go by themselves, many for the very first time. Lots of fun and laughter and some well earned success was had by all. Those older riders who have always wanted to try their hand at showing were also catered for in our program. A huge delight were our Champion Garlands, a massive thanks to our show horse community who so generously donated their own special garlands. Such a fun and successful day we plan to make it an annual event. The Show Horse Committee is excited to host our Youth Development Weekend in the July school holidays. Some of our shining stars, aged between 12 and 18 will be hosted at Nickki Brugermans and treated to a weekend of coaching thanks
to Kym Durante from Queensland. Thank you to Kelli Probert who has agreed to be our Youth Development squad selector. As a follow on from this weekend we also plan a week night information sessions for the squad in October which will include some hands on workshops from sports psychologists, judges etc. Behind the scenes planning is ongoing for our spectacular Mitavite Horse of the Year held at the Royal Adelaide Show grounds from the 14-15th October. This year sees the introduction of new qualifying classes for child riders under 17. We have announced 6 interstate judges and will run two rings from dawn to dusk on both days. All classes will be live streamed around the country. Some fabulous sponsorships have been sourced, our major sponsor Mitavite is again thrilled to be on board. We offer a fantastic range of sponsorship packages and welcome all businesses with amazing opportunities to promote your business to a national audience. Please contact the ESA office if you would like to jump on board. Its going to be a sensational 2016/17 season!
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Amy Williams & FP Outlaw. PHOTO:Equus Australia Photography
Showjumping back at the showgrounds Showjumping was back at the Adelaide Showgrounds from 8th-10th April for the running of the 2016 Thomas Foods International South Australian State Showjumping Championships. The SA Showjumping Committee welcomed with great excitement the 3 year commitment from Thomas Foods International as major event sponsors for the State Championships. This is the third consecutive year the State Championships have been held at Wayville. With pleasant autumn weather, excellent surface and the awesome course building skills of Michael Haese (FEI 3) the event was destined to be great. Talented SA Young Rider Felicity Atkinson and her lovely home produced horse Romley Leonardo, attacked Michael Haese’s Senior Speed Championship course so bravely with a “nothing to lose attitude”. Felicity let her horse roll along, wasting no time and set the clock at 74.8. Nicole Bruggeman on her new ride Congranda and Adam Metcalfe on Dennison Park Converse both had great
rounds and recorded quicker times, but with rails added to their times, left Felicity and Leo the winners! SA Young Riders team, with only 3 combinations, Erin Buswell, Jasmin Dawe and Felicity Atkinson did a great job to win the team challenge against a gun Victorian team. Well done girls!! Amy Williams, riding Tayla Howell’s great campaigner, FP Outlaw, had a great first State Championship winning the Monalita Junior Grand Prix, the only double clear. With South Australians Troy Woollard riding Facebook and Kate Crauford on Regal Bundaberg making up minor placings. The SA Junior team started off in the lead, but succumbed to the stronger Victorian team. The SA Junior Championship was won by the very talented Victorian Jasmine Dennison (riding LH Annie Elk). Michael Haese set an amazing test for the Juniors in the first round, with a line of two doubles consisting of:- triple bar one stride vertical, 5 rolling
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strides to vertical one stride oxer. With 7 clear into the jump off and the jumps lifted to 130-135cm it was a true test for the Juniors. The only SA rider to place in the Championship was Kate Crauford riding Regal Bundaberg who placed 6th. Senior Championships:- What a class!! VIP guests including invited guests to the Jeff Evans Testimonial were thrilled to watch an amazing event. Michael Haese’s course was tough with a double right up against the VIP tents and a tricky red and black treble diagonally through the centre of the course. This was a course that needed attacking and the three clear rounds in the first round did that! Nicole Bruggeman on the ever reliable Bluesta jumped clear....yay SA!! Both Tim Clarke on the little pocket rocket Totally Blue and Jess Barton on the unorthodox but amazingly careful Volador attacked the course...wow what a ride!! The jump off was exciting.....no doubt about that!! Bluesta jumped his heart out. What a champ, 1 down 63.39. Tim Clarke’s big hearted Totally Blue
gave his all but had rails. Jess and Volador gobbled up the course, 4 seconds faster than Nicole, with one down. Jess Barton & Volador – gutsy new SA State Senior Champions. Nicole also placed 4th on Congranda and Mark Lindh 6th on Six Pack. A huge thank you to all the people who volunteered their time to help over the weekend. Without the support of all these wonderful people it would not be possible to run competitions like this. Well done to SA Showjumping Committee, the State Championships Sub Committee, officials and competitors. Wonderful showjumping indeed and great social activities all weekend. Exciting times ahead for South Australian Showjumping and we look forward to welcoming you all back in March 2017.
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Jessica Beattie & Emma Moulds in the Pas de Deux
Success at the 2016 CVI & National Vaulting Championships The 2016 CVI Three Star and Nationals Vaulting Championships attracted record numbers for a vaulting event held in South Australia. The South Australian Vaulting Committee hosted 117 vaulters and 26 horses, which travelled to Mallala from all over Australia for the National Vaulting Championships, 36 of these vaulters also competed in the Great Southern CVI. The Equestrian Vaulting community is extremely grateful to the sponsors of the event which included; Equestrian Australia, Equissage South Australia, Chateau Tanunda and Birdwood Grain & Fodder.
The SA Vaulting Organising Committee warmly welcomed competitors as they arrived and set the stage for a very friendly event. T he arena surrounds sporting the vaulters names from years gone by has become a tradition and the new vaulters enjoyed adding their own mark like joining a unique club. One of the benefits of hosting a joint Nationals and CVI is that international judges are engaged to officiate. This year the CVI judges were Sweden’s Monika Eriksson, Great Britain’s John Eccles, Slovakia’s Zuzana Baciak Masarykova and Angie Deeks from Australia. In addition John Eccles is
an FEI Tutor and 11 coaches were fortunate to be able to participate in the FEI Level 1 Coaching Course which was conducted over the 4 days after the competition. Several South Australian aspiring Coaches attend this very informative course The 2016 National Champions from South Australia are: • Open Individual Male: Zac Singlehurst on Iramoo Megabyte, lunged by Wendy Singlehurst. • Open Pas de Deux: Jessica Beattie & Emma Moulds on Next Generation Romulan, lunged by Gail Beattie. • Preliminary Individual: Bella Master on Wilameka Balgownie Utrecht, Lunged by Robyn Oram Thomson • Preliminary Squad: Quicksilver on Acacia Ridge Grande, Lunged by Wendy Singlehurst
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Congratulations to all the winners and place getters of the 2016 Nationals, full results of all the classes can be found on the Equestrian Vaulting Australia Website Nationals Results page. Jessica Beattie & Emma Moulds (Pas de Deux) who qualified to represent Australia at the 2016 World Championships in France later this year. Conducting the Great Southern CVI alongside the Nationals enabled 36 vaulters a pathway to international competition. Additionally the vaulters listed below all achieved qualifying scores required to move up to the next level of international competition. Full results for the Great Southern CVI can be found on the Equestrian Vaulting Australia Website CVI Results page.
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OLYMPICS
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Diamantina WEG PHOTO: Pamela Bode
It is about the TEAM Perspective eventually comes given time. Like I have said before a dressage score will never ruin a life and if the worse thing that ever happens is that we don’t go to the Olympics then I think we will be just fine. My family are healthy at present, my horses are beautiful,my dogs are still alive. There are people with real problems in the world and at this point I am not one of them. That being said, it is ok to feel sad, shattered, devastated when you put so much into the sport and things don’t go to plan. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, if you are not disappointed, shattered, then you don’t want it badly enough. It’s ok, take a moment, be shattered...but then move forward. I want to thank my team, Morgan and Kody especially, for really putting yourselves out to take care of what is most important to me , my dogs and horses. I think of you like my own children and I am forever grateful. What wonderful human beings you are growing into. Emma, my best friend and unwavering support and Marie at home. The beautiful Lyn Sultana, through thick and thin, we cry and laugh together and always Diamantina comes first. What a wonderful journey we have had, couldn’t have done it without you my dear friend. My family, years of support in every conceivable way. Andy, B, Mum and Dad, I love you and am so grateful. My poor long suffering husband, I know it’s not easy ! My dear lady friends and their partners, girls you are always there and the best friends a girl could have. I have wonderful sponsors that have supported us for so many years, up to 20 ,some of you!! Kelato, Barastoc, Saddle Up,BSM Sport, Koolitwraps, Equissage...Too many people, Maxine Brain our vet of 20 years, Jeff Pagden farrier extraordinaire, Scott Newman farrier of 20 years, breaker Gavin Nash and so many wonderful people that make the whole thing work.So grateful for a lifetime of support, win, lose or draw I am very lucky to have you. My mentors, Deb McNicol you are a legend, Lone, Kerry, Rodney, Gina, Roger X 2, how lucky I am that you listen to me and council me and put up with all that crazy.
My beautiful horses and my dogs, what life is all about ,they give meaning to each day and often the only thing that gets me up in the morning. On this tour I would like to thank Koschels for providing a wonderful base for the girls once again, the Aussie ladies, for being kind and thoughtful, for trying to include me and being understanding and supportive when things were going badly. Mary,Lyndal,Hayley, Brianna, Sue and Annie...thank you! I hope our team of ladies , Kristie, Mary, Lyndal and Kelly are amazing and have a great Olympics, they have super horses and are such worthy professionals that we can all be proud to have represent us. In the end it is and can be a team sport, you can feel dreadful about your own performance but you need to put it aside for the greater good and the success of the whole team. Wear the uniform with pride, turn up to all meetings and team dinners, share your whip or whatever is needed, say good luck, congratulations, have empathy, take care of your horse, cherish your groom,don’t be a Prima Donna ,be respectful to each other, include EVERYONE, ride ,compete and live with integrity, play the sport fairly, say sorry, think about the good of the team and the sport as well as yourself and even if it is not always reciprocated do it anyway...and do it even when no one is looking! Most importantly, look after your horse, your horse is not SPORTS EQUIPMENT, you are nothing without them, be kind to them. Put their needs before yours, fight for them, create a connection with them, when they love and trust you the rest is a bonus. Thank you for the kindness and support always shown to me on social media, I’m not sure I always deserve it but thank you. I make mistakes, I mess up, I wear my heart on my sleeve too much sometimes but never with the wrong intentions. We do the World Young Horse Championships and then the girls and I head home on the 3rd August to my three legged dog at the end of my dirt road, I can’t wait! Thank you ,from the bottom of my heart , God bless and good night. This article was reproduced with permission by Maree Tomkinson
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SACE & equestrian studies Did you know that students can now undertake formal training in the Equine Industry while still at school. This exciting development allows students to undertake up to eight modules of Equestrian Australia’s nationally recognised National Coaching Association Scheme (NCAS) courses. On completion students will be awarded SACE credits. All courses are self paced with assessment by qualified NCAS assessors.
These modules provide an important stepping stone into many career paths within the Australian Equine Industry as well as consolidating knowledge that will aid students in pursuing tertiary qualifications in equine studies. For competition and recreational riders, these courses cover the basic and more advanced principles of horse management and riding.
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SACE COMPLETION & COMMUNITY LEARNING Each of these modules provides students with 10 credits or 1 unit towards the completion requirements of the SACE. This means that young equestrians can use their personal riding experiences and capabilities to further their education achievements under the area of Sports Skills and Management. See more about SACE qualifications at www.sace.sa.edu.au and look under Community Developed Programs.
Level 1 – Horse Management
MODULES
10 SACE Stage 1 credits This course builds on the flatwork competencies achieved in the Introductory Riding Certificate – such as the understanding of forward movement, flexion and bend up to Elementary level dressage tests. It includes some face to face training and several units of self-paced study.
INTRODUCTORY HORSE MANAGEMENT 10 SACE Stage 1 credits Workbook course covers the basic concepts of general horse management, essential to the provision of minimum standards of horse welfare and practice. It is also a prerequisite to EA Coaching qualifications under the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) supported by Australian Sports Commission.
INTRODUCTORY RIDING CERTIFICATE 10 SACE Stage 1 credits Workbook course covers the variety of skills and knowledge needed to perform equestrian riding up to and including Preliminary Level Dressage, including safely riding in the open. Again it is one of the essential prerequisites to beginning an EA NCAS Coaching qualification.
INTRODUCTORY GENERAL COACHING 10 SACE Stage 1 credits Workbook course – in conjunction with other compulsory prerequisites is designed to provide the candidate with the essential skills and knowledge to offer basic equestrian coaching in a safe and nurturing environment. Minimum age 18 years.
For more information contact Suzanne Skibinski Coach and Officials Coordinator, Equestrian South Australia P: 08 8391 0488 E: coordinator@equestriansa.com.au
10 SACE Stage 1 credits This certificate is designed to further develop the skills and competencies that candidates gain from the EA Introductory Horse Management course. It builds upon these basic concepts with a focus towards the care of performance horses for sport activities.
Level 1 – Dressage Riding
Level 1 – General Riding 10 SACE Stage 1 credits This course builds on the flatwork competencies gained from the Introductory Riding Certificate up to Novice – level dressage tests and includes Jumping and Cross Country qualifications.
Level 2 – Horse Management Certificate 10 SACE Stage 2 credits This course is designed to further develop the skills and competencies that candidates have achieved from completion of the Level 1 Horse Management course and from other significant life experiences. It develops many integrated aspects of the care, supervision and training of a horse and will offer the candidate focused learning towards the management and development of performance horses for EA sport activities.
Level 2 – Riding (Olympic Disciplines) 10 SACE Stage 2 credits This course covers concepts of equestrian riding that aim to develop skills enabling riders to compete at the highest national competition standards
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