June 2010 Newsletter

Posted by Mim

June 27, 2010

PRESIDENT

Mr Bill Heuston

11342 Wee Jasper Road

YASS NSW 2582

PH: 02 6226 1606

jheuston@bigpond.com

SECRETARY

Mrs Ann Anderson

c/o Wingello Post Office

Wingello NSW 2579

PH/Fax: 02 48410 400

BURRADOO NEWSLETTER JUNE 2010

Newsletter compiled by Belinda Tarlinton. If you would like to contribute any news, photos or ads, please contact Belinda on

(AH) 02 4849 4361 or email dbtarlinton@westnet.com.au

2010 Season

It’s hard to believe that we have nearly finished the SH carnivals for the 2010 season. Another year has flashed past. We have been blessed with generally warm weather at each carnival, with the exception of the wet at Hall. We have also had some very successful wins, both teams and individuals, so we should be very proud of our Club. Special mention should be made to all of new players! Your enthusiasm and success is quite infectious! You should all be very proud of your achievements, just as we are. I hope everyone has enjoyed the season so far.

Burradoo carnival

Our carnival thankfully came and went without too much hassle (well for those not on the Committee anyway). We were very lucky to get great mild weather, and even though we had large numbers of teams competing, still managed to finish with some daylight left on Saturday. A massive thank you to all who did put time and effort into making the carnival run smoothly yet again. Those who work are often not publicly acknowledged enough and it is assumed we all do it for the love of it, although in the lead up and during the actual event I am sure we all wonder how much we do love it… until the Monday after and we wonder what all the fuss was about. Congratulations to all of our teams and individuals who won prizes. The results for the carnival were:

A Grade Juniors winners: Burradoo 1 runner’s Up: Eurocoast

B Grade Juniors winners: Young runner’s up: Milton

C Grade Open winners: Central Coast runner’s up: Hall

B Grade Open winners: Milton runner’s up: Sydney

D Grade Mixed winners: Bungendore runner’s up: Canberra 2

C Grade Mixed winners: Burradoo 2 runner’s up: Yass 4

B Grade Mixed winners: Canberra 1 runner’s up: Young 1

A Grade Mixed winners: Eurocoast runner’s up: Lake George

Best Sub Jnr #2: Emma Davidge (Bdoo) Best Sub Jnr #3: Aimee Mehl (LG)

Sub Junior Encouragement Award- Jessica McCoy (Braidwood)

Best Jnr #1: Thomas Gilvary- (Bdoo) Best #2: Riley Edwards (Bdoo) Best #3: Emily Dickson (Bdoo)

Best Junior Female- Rosie Harris (Braidwood) Best Junior Male- Jordan Bennett (Young)

Champion Junior Horse- Rosie Harris (Braidwood)

C Open Best #1: Les Parker (CC) Best #2: Annie Robinson (CC) Best #3L Marnie Rawlings (Hall)

B Open Best #1: Bruce Petty (Milton) Best #2: Nick Walton (Sydney) Best #3 Scott Shea (Milton)

D Mixed Best #1: Grace McNiven (Sydney) Best #2: Steven Howes (E’coast) Robert Jeffers (Milton)

C Mixed Best #1: Edward Webster (Yass) Best #2: Adam Dickson (E’coast) Best #3: Ella Edwards (B’doo)

B Mixed Best #1: Ben Bennett (Young) Best #2: Brenton Ward (Young) Best #3 Belinda Cosgrove (Cbr)

A Mixed Best #1: Wayne Stevenson (Syd) Best #2: Chris Smith (LG) Best #3 Alison Mathie (E’coast)

Best Turned Out Team- Eurocoast 1

Heuston Trophy for Best B Grade Horse- Brett Petty- (Milton)

Champion Ladies Horse- Belinda Tarlinton (B’doo)

Champion Men’s Horse- Greg Davidge (LG)

Mick Blenkinsopp Memorial for Best #2 Player- Ken Goatham (B’doo)

During the Presentation, long time club member Mrs Carol Gilpin was given a painting done by local artist Elva Macpherson, of Carol riding the famous “Mardi Gras” which partnered Carol at Zone and National Titles and also appearing in Royal Sydney Show Teams. This presentation represented the Club’s appreciation and recognition of Carol’s dedication, support and love of the club.

New Zealand Visitors

We were very lucky to have Talie and “Baz” Burtt and Cameron McKenzie come over from New Zealand and play with us at Milton and Braidwood carnivals. Our Kiwi friends were kindly put up by Allan and Alina, Neville and the Edwards family and when they weren’t mucking around with horses, ensured they made the most of visiting our country by doing some day trips. Thank you to all of those who lent horses, supplied gear and helped transport the horses. Although no major wins were recorded, I am sure they had a great time and the experience made up for not winning. All those at Milton will keep the memory of doing the haka around the campfire alive!

We hope that in the future some of our members will be able to go over and visit them and get to experience polocrosse in New Zealand during their 2010 or 2011 season. Start thinking about planning your holidays!

SH Zone Carnival

The SH zone carnival has been changed to 26/27 June at Hall grounds. Burradoo has the jobs of helping clean and maintain the showers and toilets in conjunction with Braidwood club.

Uniform/ Merchandise

For anyone who needs uniform, please contact Ann for any of the following:

* Club Shirts: $50.00 * Set of numbers: $20.00

* Saddlecloth: $40.00 * Water-proof warm up jackets: $85.00

Don’t forget there is still Quad merchandise available.

Burradoo Website

Big thanks to Miriam Oszurko who has taken on looking after the upkeep of our website. Mim is interested in any tip bits, info and photos to put on the site. If you have anything that she could use please send it through to her at miriamoszurko@bigpond.com or 0418 428 347 or 02 48895 774.

2011 NSW Zone Championships

We have been awarded the running of the 2011 NSW Zone Championships which will be run in August 2011. This will require a big effort from everyone, so please get your thinking caps on how we can make this carnival just as successful as the International Quad Challenge. We developed a fantastic reputation after running the Quads, so let’s maintain it! Things to start considering- sponsorship!! A carnival can’t be a successful without good backing from companies through either donated items, prizes or funds, so if you know of somewhere we should initiate contact with, please contact Fiona, Alina or Ann

End of Year get-together planning

We have started thinking about what we can do to celebrate the end of the season. At this stage, there are 2 ideas we would like to get your thoughts on:

1) A trail ride around the Breadalbane area, with the night spent at a woolshed playing “games” and trivia

2) Afternoon/evening at a local hall, playing tennis in the afternoon, trivia and “games” in the evening.

If you can please let Claire Kilby (Claire.Kilby@anz.com) know your thoughts on either option so we can ensure the best get-together for the club.

Bits and Pieces

· Speedy recovery wishes to Tim Bendesy who unfortunately managed to break his collarbone in 2 places playing football at school. We also hope that Taylor Hooton, who had knee surgery, also has a speedy recovery.

· Congratulations to Lou Kilby who has finally finished University (with a collective sigh from her family members I hear!). Well done Lou!

· Well done to Emily and Veronica Dickson who represented Burradoo at the Club Champs in Bingara.

· Condoloscences to the families of Dr John Walsh and Cecil Krebs. Dr Walsh was a Patron of the Club and a most generous benefactor. Cecil was a playing member in the 1960’s-1970’s.

· WANTED- 14-15hh very quiet horse wanted for 9 yr old child for Pony Club, farm work, etc. Knowledgeable family already involved with horses. Please contact Wendy, 0418 325 355

· There is some alcohol and water left over from our carnival. If anyone is interested in purchasing, please speak to Belinda.

· Did anyone who participated at Moss Vale show, have to pay to get in? If so, please speak to Belinda

· Don’t forget to check out the NSW website to keep up to date all things NSW Polocrosse. The site is www.nswpolocrosse.com.au . This site also lists the updated carnival date list.

· Lost- the Club’s calico bag that was used at the Jemmy Moss for the meat tray raffles. Also lost- a towel (used as a saddlecloth) was left down near the field at the first practice of the year. If you know the whereabouts of either, please let Belinda know.

· Next Committee Meeting is Thursday 24 June 2010 at the GOULBURN WORKERS’ Club (236-238 Auburn St, Goulburn) at 7.30pm. Please note the change in location for this meeting. Hope to see you ALL there!