March 2011 Newsletter

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 4841 0400

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

2011 Season

Well the 2011 season is just around the corner with the first carnival scheduled for the 26/27 March. This means that there are only a few practices left, so if you are still feeling a bit rusty it might be a good idea to venture to a practice which is held every Sunday at Bong Bong starting around 10am.

Our Club Captains and Selectors for 2011 are:

Club Captain: Bruce Greenslade

Ladies Captain: Taneale Murray

Selectors: Rod Edwards- (02) 48442 239

Bruce Greenslade- (02) 48789 107

Janis Greenslade- (02) 48789 107

Robert Kilby- (02) 48442 226

Taneale Murray- 0418 851 434

If you wish to nominate by email please use burradoopolox@gmail.com

Remember it is your responsibility to contact one of the selectors to advise if you can play or not. This should be done by the Monday before the weekend at the latest.

** Please note that our first carnival is Lake George held at Bungendore. This also happens to be the weekend of the NSW state election, which means everyone won’t be at home, so you will need to organise your vote, i.e. postal, from Bungendore, etc.

New members

A huge welcome to our new members: the Zanatta Family- Davide, Patrizia, Jessica, Kristen, Luke and Davide Jnr; Mitch Cunningham, Nick Bendesy, Mikayla Jeffcoat, Craig Lidgard and Maggie McGuren. It’s great to see some new faces. We hope you fall in love with the sport and lifestyle as much as we already have.

Moss Vale Show

Moss Vale Show Society has asked us to coordinate a demonstration match to be held in the evening of Saturday 19 March starting at 6.00pm. This is a fantastic way for us to showcase our sport and club to the surrounding community and drum up as much support as possible for the upcoming 2011 Zone Championships. If you would like to participate by either playing, umpiring, setting up the fields or time-keeping/scoring, please let one of the selectors know ASAP. If you are picked in a team, then you are given passes to get into the show for free. If you are not a Bowral local, but would like to still participate in the show, don’t forget you can stay the Saturday night at Bong Bong to attend the practice on Sunday.

Southern Highlands Zone carnival

The 2011 Southern Highlands zone carnival is being held on the 2/3 April and will be a multi-horse carnival. This means that players are allowed to play more than 1 horse for the carnival. For example, you can take 2 horses and play one game on one and the next game on the second horse. However, you cannot change horses during games. This is a great opportunity for those who have young or green horses to get them out and playing, but not put them under the pressure of playing a full carnival. The grades for the weekend will be Open, Mixed, Juniors and Subbies. Entry will be $20.00 per senior player and $10.00 per junior player, with subbies free.

The Saturday night will also see the presentation of the awards from the 2010 season (in lieu of there not being a presentation night held at the end of the season last year).

As this is a whole zone carnival, the jobs and responsibilities of running the carnival are shared between clubs. This year Burradoo will be doing 1 stint in the canteen (day/time yet to be advised) and coordinating the raffle. If anyone has any great ideas for raffle items please let Belinda know. Further each club must provide cakes and slices for the canteen, so please get your baking hats on!

Club Captain’s Corner

Here are some thoughts from our Club Captain, Bruce Greenslade:

GOALS

Have a think about where you are now and where you would like to be (i.e. standard of play, skills, horsemanship etc.). You can wander along, but nothing will speed up your progress quicker than having a good honest look at how you are playing- things that you find easy and things that you struggle with. These are the things that we can communicate about within the club and try to work on and improve these skills. One way is to write down the things you want to get done in the next year and check it out at the end of the season. Don’t be afraid to have an imagination in setting your long term goals, but keep your short term goals reachable. These are the things we need to work on to improve our performance individually and as a club. Your goals can be something as simple as practising with your stick everyday, making it easier for your horse by have him fit, fed, shod and happy. If you are not happy with some aspect of your game please don’t hesitate to ask any of our experienced coaches for advice. If anyone has any suggestions please don’t be afraid to put them forward.

Fundraising

Big thanks to Taneale Murray who has organized Cadbury chocolates to sell as a fundraiser. Make sure you get your box, as this is a great, easy way to contribute to the Club’s coffers. I do know a certain member who has just bought the box to eat herself!

Working Bee

A small group of merry men had a working bee Saturday 26 February to pull down the wooden yards near the showers. These yards are being relocated near the existing yards at the gas works field to allow space for Bong Bong to create a bus parking area. Big thanks to these men for their work in pulling them down. Now for the fun re-erecting!

Bowral Show

Thanks to the 24 people who helped out manning the canteen and cooking the BBQ at Bowral Show, as well as Claire for organising the roster. This is a great, easy fundraiser for us so I would encourage everyone to assist next year.

2011 NSW Zone Championships

Only 5 months until our big carnival!!! A small group of people have started having meetings, however if anyone has any ideas for the carnival, please let Fiona, Alina, Ann, Bill, Claire or Belinda know. Additionally if there are any suggestions on businesses to contact for possible sponsorship, please let Fiona Nixon (nixon@hinet.net.au) know ASAP. We also need to start accumulating a large collection of firewood as no doubt the Southern Highlands weather will be turned on in August, so we would ask if you can please help us with this, please do so. A big thanks to the Selby Family who has offered to provide some already, but it never hurts to have as much as possible. The carnival will be here before we know it and we really need everyone to pitch in as much as possible. We earned a fantastic reputation after hosting the Quad Challenge and we need to ensure this is maintained by running even better zone championships.

Thanks

· Thanks to the Bendesy Family for giving the club “caps” which can be put onto playing helmets in lieu of having to use vests to differentiate teams when Burradoo plays Burradoo.

· Thank you to all who volunteered their time to coach at the recent ASH camp held in Bundanoon

Uniform

We have a new uniform officer in Mim who will be looking very closely this year at how our players are presented. This means shirts tucked in, clean, white jodhpurs/jeans, clean boots, bandages, bell boots and gear.

Please also remember that you are required to have an Australian Standard helmet AS3838. This is important for our new members.

If you need to update your playing uniform for 2011, pieces are available at Bong Bong. Please let Ann know if you require anything. Cost of the uniform is:

Club Shirts $50.00 Saddlecloths $40.00

Set of Numbers $20.00 Water-proof warm up jackets: $85.00

2011 Membership

The $25 discount for renewing members now does not apply, so please be aware if you are a playing member and have not renewed your membership for 2011, there will be an additional $25 applicable. All playing and social members are responsible for renewing their own memberships via the on-line database. The fees must be received by the NSW office and acknowledged before you will be able to participate in practices or carnivals. Furthermore the zone and club fees must also be received by Belinda or directly into the club’s account. Please keep this in mind with our season starting in 3 weeks.

Neville’s recovery

Our long-term stalwart Neville Gilpin is now out of hospital after this recent stint in St Vincent’s in Sydney for treatment of throat cancer. Whilst there is still a while to go, Nev is doing well and is gradually building his strength and getting his colour back and I am sure if he has his way, it won’t be long until we see him on the sideline again. Our thoughts are with you, Nev. The Gilpin Family would like to pass on their thanks for all of the kind words and offers of support throughout this time.

Art Exhibition

Jenny Bell has her latest art exhibition displayed at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, titled “shedding light”. This will run from 1-26 March. Go and check it out and see a different side of one of our players that you may not have known about.

Burradoo Website

Don’t forget to send through any information for Mim 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. Our website is a very useful tool for people to find out all about us. Don’t forget to check it out- www.burradoopolocrosse.com

Masters Competition

For those who are interested, the polocrosse competition at the Masters Games will be held in Adelaide starting the 7th October. If anyone would like to go, please contact Ann for more information.

Bits and Pieces

· Congratulations to Sam Shields and George Stathis on their recent engagement. At this stage they are looking at an autumn wedding in 2012.

· Our best wishes go to Wayne Yeo, Jamie Brooks and Bernadette Brown. Wayne is recovering after breaking his foot riding a motorbike, which has put a very large dampener on Wayne’s big return to the field. Hopefully it won’t delay it too much and we will look forward to seeing you in Burradoo colours again. Jamie is recovering after a stint in hospital following a fall. Bernadette is entering her third chemotherapy treatment.

· Well done to Belinda Tarlinton who was recently awarded the “2010 Administrator of the Year” award at the NSWPA AGM.

· Congratulations to Alina Gilpin who has agreed to take on a 1 day per week position within the PAA to assist our other Club member, Fiona Nixon in the National Executive Officer position, and promotions.

· Tim Barnes, a local horse dentist will be coming to the practice on Sunday 20th March. If anyone is interested in having their horse’s teeth done, please let Taneale know.

· Congratulations to Courtney and Daniel Whipp on the recent healthy arrival of Thomas John.

· Check out the latest edition of the “Highlife” to see an article on our Edwards/Bell family farm, “Bohara”.

· Botany Bay Imports offer a great clipper blade sharpening service, as well as other items to buy. Visit them online at www.botanybayimports.com.au or call on (02) 9700 0800 or just simply post your blades to:  PO Box 260 BOTANY NSW 2019.

· Next Committee Meeting: Wednesday 23 March starting at 7.30pm at Moss Vale Services Club

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