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September Newsletter

Alina — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:12:04 +0000

BURADOO POLOCROSSE CLUB

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

SEPTEMBER 2009

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

And so the “off” season begins…

I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of the “off” season, although it generally just means the seasoned horses look like wild ponies you wouldn’t pay $100 for, while they grow out manes and slowly try to grow back clipped bodies, and the young ones come in for the next step in their education. I think being involved with horses and polocrosse is a long cycle that just never ends! And before we know it (and to scare you all a little!) the 2010 season will be just around the corner…

Upcoming Events

AGM: The AGM has been booked in for Friday 25^th September at the Moss Vale Services Club. Dinner for those who are interested will be at 6.00pm in the main bistro and the meeting will commence at 7.30pm. This is your opportunity to take on a position within the executive and committee of the Club so that it runs the way you want it to. There will be a number of positions that will become vacant for the 2010 season so check out the AGM notice to see what you would like to be involved in. Please note that the meeting is a “dry” meeting meaning that you are welcome to bring a drink/s in with you when the meeting starts, but you will be unable to get another until the meeting finishes. Please respect this.
Presentation/Fun Day: Sunday 15^th November has been booked for the presentation/fun day. This year for something a little different we have booked Sylvan Glen in Penrose. Here we will be able to play tennis and golf for those who are keen for some social exercise. The day will start at 10pm (for those who want to play golf), followed by lunch and the presentation and conclude at 3pm. Further details will follow soon.
Trophies: For those who were awarded trophies for the 2008 season, please clean your trophies and return to Ann ASAP as they will need to be engraved with the 2009 winners prior to the presentation day. Ann can be contacted on 02 48410 400 to discuss delivery of these trophies.

NSW Zone Championships at Young

Congratulations to the following Southern Highlands teams (and those Burradoo players in these teams) for reaching finals at the NSW Zone Championships:

SH2 sub-juniors- winners B grade sub-jnrs,

SH1 sub-jnrs- runner’s up A grade sub-jnrs,

SH Junior mixed- runners up Champ Jnr Mixed,

SH Masters Mixed- winners Champ Masters Mixed,

SH Snr Mixed- winners A grade Snr mixed,

SH2 women’s- winners A grade women’s,

SHU24 women’s- runners up A grade women’s and

SH1 women’s- runners up Champ women’s.

Congratulations to Bruce Greenslade who won Best #3 in the Championship Masters Mixed.

New Zealand Club Exchange

A very exciting possibility has come our way… Alina Gilpin has been corresponding with a gentleman from a New Zealand polocrosse club about the chances of Burradoo members and this NZ club being involved in club exchanges for a few carnivals (or those who are seriously keen) a whole season. At this stage it would look we may host a few members for a few carnivals during our 2010 season, and then some Burradoo members would be able to go to NZ for their season which would be late 2010. To host them, we would need places for them to stay, horses they could play (which means Burradoo members lending horses) and providing them with transport. More details as they come to hand…but if you any questions or ideas, please contact Alina or Belinda in the meantime.

2010 Australian Polocrosse Nationals

Congratulations to Bruce Greenslade on being selected in the NSW Masters Mixed team to play at Ballarat in the Nationals!! For those who want to go and support Bruce and watch some inspirational polocrosse, you can visit the Ballarat Nationals website, www.polox2010.com for further details on the carnival, accommodation, etc.

Pony Club Coaching

We are looking at hosting a pony club coaching day at Bong Bong on Sunday 25^th October. If you are a coach and willing to help, please contact Allan Gilpin.

Uniform/ Merchandise

Perhaps looking for a Christmas present idea? Then how about some Quad Challenge merchandise?

Or perhaps you want to stock up on uniform before the beginning of the year the costs are as follows:

Club Shirts: $40.00
Set of numbers: $20.00
Saddlecloth: $40.00
Water-proof warm up jackets: $85.00

There is also a prototype jacket of red and yellow, similar to the old style for sale for $70. It is a large size- 110 cms.

Please contact Ann if you need anything.

Farewell

Audrey and Steve Stuart are saying farewell to their Mt Gibraltar home and hello coast! Audrey and Steve have decided to make the move down to Manyana on the South Coast. Audrey and Steve are both life members of the Club and have done a tremendous amount of work, not only for the Club, but the Zone and State over the years and there are many a-times we would have been lost without them. So on behalf of the Club, we wish you all the best of luck with the sea change and new house and look forward to hopefully seeing you at our carnival each year.

Bits and Pieces

Our condolescenes to Sam Shields and Taneale Murray on the passing of their respective grandmothers, Bruce Greenslade on the passing of his father and Annette O’Donnell on the passing of her older brother. Our thoughts are with you all.
Congratulations to Louise Campbell’s sister Rebecca and her husband Steve on the safe arrival of their baby boy.
Welcome Robert Kilby to Committee
The “green” horse practices will commence soon- keep an eye out.
We have requested for the 6 & 7 March 2010 for our carnival
Our best wishes to Jane Cartwright who commences 9 weeks of chemotherapy next week.

July 2009 Club Newsletter

Alina — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:18:16 +0000

BURADOO POLOCROSSE CLUB

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

JULY 2009

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

THE SEASON HAS NEARLY COME AND GONE

Where has the year gone? What seemed to be a long season has seemed to flash past. The Quad Challenge, whilst an exceptional amount of work, went off without any major disasters and we have earnt ourselves an excellent reputation of being capable of running a carnival of this magnitude.

Quad Challenge

I think for some of the members, we wondered if we would even make it to the Quad Challenge, but make it we did, and the event was a success! There are too many individuals who deserve to be named for all of their hard work, but for fear of potentially missing names, I am just going to say, THANK YOU TO ONE AND ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORT PUT INTO THE ORGANISING AND RUNNING OF THE QUAD CHALLENGE. There were so many facets of running this carnival that we had not experienced before, so I think we also learnt a lot as we went along. We should also note that 4 Southern Highland zone clubs put up their hands to assist us- so thank you to Braidwood, Lake George, Moss Vale and Yass Clubs. Unfortunately the weather was not kind to us on the Sunday, however the crowds still came and witnessed some amazing polocrosse matches. The first final was contested between South Africa and the United Kingdom, with South Africa running out winners 18 to 17. The next games were the club A Open and A Mixed finals. The last match was the final between Australia and New Zealand. Australia’s performance reflected what a well practised and highly skilled team they were, beating New Zealand 27 to 8.

If you would like to see photos, please visit the site of our official photographer, Ben Simpson (www.ogadesign.com.au) as he took some fantastic game and crowd shots.

Congratulations to Allan and Alina Gilpin as their horse, “Elmwood Oregon” won Champion Men’s ASH and Overall Champion ASH. Whilst speaking of horses, without the generosity of horse owners for lending their horses, the carnival would not have been able to go ahead. I hope those who did lend horses, enjoyed the experience of watching your horse play at that level.

It was fantastic to see so many old Burradoo members attend the carnival to catch up with each other. We hope to keep the reunions happening every few of years so we can keep in contact with these members.

2009 Season

We have had a number of successes over the 2009 season, with teams participating in finals and members winning individual awards. We have been represented by 4-5 senior teams most carnivals and a fantastic turnout of juniors and subbies who have provided many exciting games for the spectators on the sideline! Congratulations to our juniors and subbies for such great results this season. You should all be very proud!

Congratulations to the following members who have been selected to represent Southern Highlands at the NSW Zone Championships in Young on the 1 & 2 August:

Ann Anderson- Masters Mixed Team

Bruce Greenslade- Masters Mixed Team

Belinda Tarlinton- 1^st Women’s Team

Sam Shields- U24 Women’s Team

Kyal Martin- 2^nd Men’s Team

Brian Martin- Senior Mixed Team

Lillian Rodwell- Senior Mixed Team

Ella Edwards- Junior Open Team

Maddy Cormie- Junior Open Team

Adam Rodwell- Junior Mixed Team

James Brackenreg- 1^st Sub-jnr Team

Isaac Martin- 1^st Sub-jnr Team

Ben Rodwell- 2^nd Sub-jnr Team

Riley Edwards- 2^nd Sub-jnr Team

Ben Baxter- 2^nd Sub-jnr Team

It’s fantastic to see so many Burradoo members representing!

Congratulations also to Kylie Goatham, Sam Shields, Bruce Greenslade, Rod Edwards and Belinda Tarlinton who are all on the NSW squads for selection at the 2010 Australian National Championships to be held in Ballarat. The teams will be announced at the completion of the NSW Zone Championships at Young. Good luck!

Shower Block

The shower block has been completed and used at the Quad Challenge and the SH zone carnival. There have been many compliments received about them. A big thank you to Paul Adams, Paul Brackenreg, Adam Dickson, Andrew Dickson, Andrew Blenkinsopp, Tony Christian, Brian Martin, Gary Lidgard, Neville Gilpin and Bill Heuston for all your hard work in completing this project. Don’t think anyone will be able to complain about Burradoo showers ever again!

Pony Club Coaching

Bruce, Janis and Vanessa Greenslade, Damian and Ben Baxter, and Ann Anderson made the trip to Worrigee to coach at the Berry Pony Club on the 25^th July. A big thank you to them. I hear the day went well.
We are looking at hosting a pony club coaching day at Bong Bong on Sunday 25^th October. If you are a coach and willing to help, please contact Allan Gilpin.
Bruce also travelled to Forest Hills Pony Club a few months ago to coach their members. Thanks Bruce.

Uniform

For those who are looking for Club Uniform, the costs are as follows:

Club Shirts: $40.00
Set of numbers: $20.00
Saddlecloth: $40.00
Water-proof warm up jackets: $85.00

There is also a prototype jacket of red and yellow, similar to the old style for sale for $70. It is a large size- 110 cms.

There is also a small amount of Quad Merchandise left if you would like to purchase it.

Please contact Ann if you need anything.

Some items from the State

- Anyone who brings a dog or swaps horses during the course of a carnival will be banned for 2 weeks. Please refer to rule 3A and 3B in the rule book for the explanations.

- Any player, who has a young horse to play as well as a “going” horse, must be nominated into the spare player’s pool.

- Reminder that split reins must not be used- playing or umpiring. The reins should also not be longer than 1.6 metres.

- Nominations close 3 August for anyone interested in being the Manager or Coach of the 2011 Australian team for the World Cup in England.

- Jo Langford, WA Secretary was awarded PAA Administrator of the Year.

- Gill Mathie has been announced the PAA President.

Bits and Pieces

CONGRATULATIONS to Natasha and Andrew Blenkinsopp on the safe arrival of Jake Michael Blenkinsopp on the 15^th March.
Our condole scenes to Brian Martin and his family on the loss of Brian’s father.
Congratulations to Louise Kilby who has recently returned from representing Australia in the U23 Coxless Four rowing which was held in the Czech Republic in July. Lou’s team came 3^rd. Fantastic effort! Lou had to move to Melbourne earlier this year to train with her team; hence we haven’t seen her on the polocrosse field this year. However Lou is looking forward to being back on the field in 2010.
Get well to Glen Dorahy who had a nasty spill at Hall carnival.
Our best wishes to Bernadette Brown who is currently battling health issues, but reportedly has been given a clear report recently.
Condolences to the friends and family of Claudia York who passed away recently.
Riley Edwards broke his arm earlier in the season but has recovered well.
Andrew Blenkinsopp underwent surgery in June, but has recovered well.
Bon Voyage to Taneale Murray who is travelling to Germany in September!
Our thoughts to the family of David Absolon, who recently passed away. David was a strong player and regular supporter of our carnivals over the past few years.
Keep an eye out for the end of year presentation and AGM dates which will be out later.
Damien Baxter has joined the farrier world, so if you are looking for a farrier, contact Damien on 0415 157 649. Also, congratulations to Damien and Vanessa on their engagement, and also for winning the prize of a weekend away at the Crowne Plaza in Sydney for their dedication as horse-carers at the Quad challenge.
Back in February Bruce Greenslade and Rod Edwards travelled to Ballarat to participate in the Masters Games where they had a successful carnival.
Margie Englebach was disappointed that she and Lisa missed our carnival. However in any of the older members are passing near Minmi, Margie would love to see you! Please contact Ann for Margie’s contact details.
Bill Heuston is hoping to hold a Golf Fun Day later on in the year. Keep an eye out for details soon!

Upcoming Meetings

* The next committee meeting will be held on the 12^th August 2009 at the Moss Vale Services Club starting at 7pm.

The Australian Stock Horse Society

Alina — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:20:34 +0000

About the Society

The Society was established in 1971 in Scone (New South Wales) which promotes itself as ‘the Horse Capital of Australia’. Today the Society is the largest of more than 70 individual horse breed associations in Australia. We enjoy a loyal and growing membership of more than 9,500 individuals and have in excess of 170,000 registered horses.

The Society has 66 Branches throughout Australia. Our Branches conduct competitions and activities for Members in their area and assist in promoting the breed within the horse industry. The successful performance of the Australian Stock Horse has not only been recognised throughout Australia, but exports to United Kingdom, United States of America, Africa, New Zealand and Asia have given them worldwide recognition. The Society conducts a National Championships on an annual basis to emphasise, highlight and record the success of the breed in the competition area.

The Society aims to preserve and promote the bloodlines of the Australian Stock Horse, recognised for its versatility and superior performance amongst work and leisure breeds. Our Board of Directors endeavours to ensure that the history and identity of the Australian Stock Horse remains clearly identified and for the Australian Stock Horse to continue for many years to come.

For more information on online stud book, horses for sale, International trading and membership please visit us at www.ashs.com.au

Bong Bong Picnic Race Club

Alina — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:09:19 +0000

The Bong Bong Picnic Race Club was formed in 1886. The first Bong Bong Cup was held in the grounds of Throsby Park and was won by Don Antonio.

For many years now the meeting has been conducted at “Wyeera”, an aboriginal word meaning “turning of the soil”.

In years past the meeting was held on Caulfield Cup Saturday and often attracted a greater attendance than the corresponding Sydney metropolitan meeting. It is interesting to note that the winner of the 1920 Bong Bong Cup, Purser, four years later went on to win the Caulfield Cup

By the 1980s Bong Bong was the largest picnic race meeting in the world. At a time when race crowds were declining Bong Bong’s were increasing reaching almost 35,000 in 1985. However poor behaviour on the part of some of this huge crowd resulted in the meetings being closed. In 1992 the races were revived but under strict crowd control by limiting attendance to members and their guests only.

Some firsts for the Club have been:

· first in Australia to be televised in both black and white and in colour,
· first in Australia to conduct races restricted to lady riders,
· first to have a female Secretary,
· first to offer stallion services as a prize, and…
· first Club in NSW to reintroduce hurdle and steeple races after WWII.

A proud possession of the Club is the actual 1898 Bong Bong Cup which was won by Mr Thomas Rutledge’s Record. The Cup is on display in the Club’s Bowral office. Record also finished second in the 1899 Cup as well as winning the Tirranna Cup at the Tirranna Picnic Races (near Goulburn).

Wyeera has developed into a fine facility over the years. Long gone are the days of 2 x 2 posts in lieu of proper running rails, ashes from a local brick works to fill some of the swampy parts and strand starting barriers. Gone too is the notorious “drop” just past the winning post where unsuspecting jockeys sometimes became airborne. These days the course is a professional looking track but one which still holds its picnic race atmosphere and charm with the famous hill in the centre of the course the source of many tales about what can happen out of sight of the stewards.

Bong Bong Picnic Race day falls on the second Wednesday in November.

Over the last 10 years “Wyeera” has been estabkished as a quality equestrian facility and is the home also to:

The Bowral Show Society

Burradoo Polocrosse Club

Bowral Dressage Club

Pryde’s Easifeeds

Alina — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:44:11 +0000

Pryde’s Pty Ltd was the first company in the Southern Hemisphere to manufacture a range of extruded pressure-cooked cereal grain based feeds for horses.

Pryde’s are strategically located at Gunnedah, a country town in the heart of the grain producing area of New South Wales, Australia, providing access to a wide variety of high quality grains and other ingredients to manufacture their horse feeds.

Peter Pryde, who founded Pryde’s in 1986, realised the benefits of extruded feeds when studying and training as a food technologist. He was convinced that cooking the starch and protein in grains would allow a much more efficient digestion process in the small intestine of the horse, overcoming many of the digestive and behavioural problems associated with feeding grain to horses.

Today Pryde’s operate under the Stockfeed Manufacturers Council guidelines and have adopted the FeedSafe™ Quality Assurance Program, which guarantees a clean fresh product every time it is manufactured.

Customer service remains the highest of priorities combined with the supply of quality nutrition products. Pryde’s manufacture, pack and dispatch products to order which helps ensure each batch of feed is freshly made when leaving the facility.

Pryde’s have an active product development program with a number of innovative new feeds in the pipeline that will meet the nutritional needs of a wide range of horses.

Pryde’s also utilise the feed analysis program Equi-Balance™, to assist horse owners and breeders in formulating balanced and complete feeds for all types of horses.

PRYDE’S IS A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY THAT HAS A COMMITMENT TO PRODUCING THE BEST QUALITY FEEDS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES.

For more information and product list visit Prydes at www.prydes.com.au

Provider Sponsors

Alina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:31:14 +0000

Provider Sponsors

Action Hire – Braemar 4872 1111

Alan Tilden Master Farrier

Ben Simpson – Photographer

Beresford & Carter Veterinary Surgeons

Bindons Saddlery – Yass

Bowral Co-op

Brian Luton -Announcer

Chevailer College

Dux Hot Water

Edinburgh Horse Rugs

Elmwood Australian Stock Stud

Equissage

Geoff Maher Veterinary Surgeon

Graeme O’Donnell – Announcer

Highland Tip Trips – Vince & Sally Bennello

Highlander Provender Mill – Rod & Lyn Johnson

Hiscock Saddlery – Queanbeyan

Hon John Sharp

Horselands – Moss Vale

Illawarra Production Services

Jeff Brooks – Announcer

Jenny Jones

Jim Callinan – announcer

John Kohnke – Nutritional Specialist

Joy Mining and Manufacturing

Kangaroo Valley Woodcraft

L J Hooker Moss Vale

Leading Edge Group

Margie Englebach & Lisa Coster

McDonalds – Sutton Forest

Mittagong & Southern Highlands Chambers

Neville Parmenter Bush Band

Rachel Young Logo Design

Sally Loan – annnouncer

Simon Joice – Containers

Southern Highland News

Steve Simpson Landscape

Sturt woodcraft

Sutton Forest Primary School

The Animal Company – Robertson

The Australian Stockman’s Saddlery

Tom Porter – Moss Vale Hotel

Tony McEllhiny – Challenge Southern Highlands

Vic Dickson

Major Sponsors

Alina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:15:37 +0000

Proudly Supported By

THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK HORSE SOCIETY

Bong Bong Picnic Race Club

Bowral Sand & Soil

Logan Livestock Insurance

Prydes Easifeeds

Tertini Wines

Tourism Southern Highlands

New Zealand

Alina — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:12:11 +0000

LADIES

Sue Gower

Casey Mullany (Captain)

Tracey Swan

Nicky Schrafft

MENS

Russell Tye (Vice Captain)

Dean Gower

Shane Hill

Wayne Hundley

Coach – Errol Gloyn

Manager – Anne Mickell

United Kingdom

Alina — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:08:47 +0000

LADIES

Charlotte Pykett

Sophie Lodder

Sarah Simkin

Debbie Harris

MEN

Guy Robertson

Greg Sergent

Martin Brookes

Jason Webb

Reserves

Lucy Shell, Daniel Duhig

South Africa

Alina — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:03:37 +0000

LADIES

Celicia Jacobs

Dawnay Jacobs

Lee-Ann van Wyk

Cursti Windt

MEN

Steven Kane

Gavin Cocker

Freddie Kriel

Jan-Albert Steenkamp