31ST MARCH & 1ST APRIL 2012

at

‘Wyeera’

(Bong Bong Picnic Race Club grounds)

Kangaloon Rd, Bowral NSW

PRESIDENT

Mr Bob Meyers                                                                                         

13 Hopetoun Close                                                                               

VAUCLUSE NSW 2030

PH 0410 321 849

Email: rmeyers@sidley.com

SECRETARY

Ms Miriam Oszurko

c/ PO Box 487

MITTAGONG NSW 2575

PH 0418 428 347

Email: miriamoszurko@bigpond.com

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

It has been nearly 3 months since those who were still playing, competed at the zone championships! It’s hard to believe how quickly that time has come and gone. Congratulations and a HUGE thank you to everyone for all of their hard-work in ensuring the zone championships ran smoothly. It would be too hard to thank everyone individually however those who helped should give themselves a massive pat on the back. The running of the event was threatened by rain a week out, however the sun shone brightly and warmly for the Saturday and Sunday, albeit with a little rain on the Saturday night which unfortunately did dampen our celebrations a little. Except for a few items which we will learn from for next time, the feedback was that the carnival was very well run and we should all be very proud of ourselves.

For those who are still polocrosse keen, the green horse practices have commenced on Sunday’s at Bong Bong at 10am. Don’t worry the 2012 season will be here before we know it! It is expected that the 2012 carnival dates will be listed on the NSW Polocrosse website (www.nswpolocrosse.com.au) soon so keep an eye out for them. It has been confirmed that Narrabri will be running the 2012 Club Championships after their wash-out this year. Also on the website is information regarding a large range of international tours running next year, so check them out!

2011 AGM

Thank you to all the members who attended the AGM and took on positions for the 2012 season. Those are:

Patrons: Neville Parmenter and Neville Gilpin

President: Bob Meyers

Vice Presidents: Bill Heuston and Robert Kilby

Secretary: minute secretary- Ann Anderson, correspondence secretary- Miriam Oszurko

Treasurer: Belinda Tarlinton

Publicity officer: Fiona Nixon

Committee: Louise Campbell , Rod Edwards , Neville Gilpin, Bruce and Janis Greenslade, Simon Grimson, Nadine Jeffcoat, Claire Kilby and Taneale Murray.

Public officer: Bob Meyers

SHPSA delegates: Rod Edwards and Ann Anderson

SHPSA deputy delegates: Claire Kilby and Neville Gilpin

Bong Bong Affiliates delegates: Louise Campbell and Neville Gilpin

Bong Bong Affiliates deputy delegate: Alina Gilpin

Ladies Auxiliary president: Claire Kilby

Newsletter editor: Belinda Tarlinton

Website coordinator: Miriam Oszurko

Club Archivist: Annette O’Donnell

New Member officers: Bruce Greenslade, Damian Baxter and Bob Meyers

Horse Welfare: Rod Edwards, Neville Gilpin and Allan Gilpin

Coaching Director: Bruce Greenslade

Junior Development: Bruce Greenslade and Damian Baxter

Ground Management Committee: Gordon Cole, Bob Meyers, Paul Brackenreg, Neville Gilpin and Bruce Greenslade

Grading Officer: Janis Greenslade

Presentation

For our end of year function we will be holding a 2 stage day on Saturday 26 November. Stage 1 will a swim and bbq lunch at Meryla, meeting at the second bridge on Meryla road at 10.30am. Gold coin donation lunch, BYO drinks. Please RSVP to Damian Baxter on 0416 108 914 or djbaxter1@hotmail.com.

Part 2: The presentation will be held the Saturday evening at the “Wyeera Pavillion” at Bong Bong starting at 6.30pm for 7.30pm dinner. Cost is $20/adult and $15/child (u/12) for a two-course catered meal. BYO drinks. Please RSVP by 23 November to Mim on 0418 428 347 or miriamoszurko@bigpond.com or Belinda on 4849 4361 or dbtarlinton@westnet.com.au . Members are welcome to stay the night at Bong Bong.

Sunday there will be a coaching day at Bong Bong for those who are interested. If there is something in particular you would like to be coached about, for example specific positions, line-ups, horsemanship, etc, please let Bruce know so we can start working out a plan for the day. Bruce has been showing members horsemanship skills at some of the recent green horse practices which have been very beneficial. The practice will start at the usual time of 10am and breakfast and lunch will be provided (gold coin).

Fundraising

We have again been asked to assist the Bowral Show society in 2012 by running their canteen. The show will be on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 January. Please start thinking about your availability and let Claire Kilby know if you can assist over one or both of the days. This is a very easy way for us to make money, so please be involved!

If anyone has any other good ideas for easy fundraising, please let Belinda know.

SHPSA AGM

Congratulations to the Burradoo members on their elections for various positions at the recent Southern Highlands zone AGM. They are:

Robert Kilby- president

Annette O’Donnell- patron

Brian Luton- patron

Steve Stuart- patron

Ann Anderson- deputy NSW delegate

Rod Edwards- junior selector and horse welfare officer

Belinda Tarlinton- senior selector

Uniform

Please check all of your gear to ensure it is yours. If not, please return it to the person you borrowed it from.  It is recommended to write your name on all of your uniform so if lost, it can be returned.

If you require new rosettes, please see Taneale Murray who has a box of them which were kindly made by Em & Veronica Dickson.

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, 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

2012 Season

Whilst the fees haven’t been sent out yet, it is expected that the playing fees will again increase for the 2012 season, so please be prepared for it.

Further there will be no electrical tape allowed to be used in tails so please remember this new ruling.

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 , 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

Horse for sale

“Johns Tawny Dee” registered ASH #130278 “Lynken Traveller” x “Johns Dolly”, 15 years old, 16hh gelding who has been used for droving, campdrafting and is a seasoned polocrosse horse. “Tawny” is a gentleman who is great to float, ride, shoe and rug. $5000.00 For more information or photos please contact Daniel Tarlinton on 02 4849 4361 or dbtarlinton@westnet.com.au

Wanted

Claire Fitzgerald is looking for a horse for her husband and a horse for her children to play polocrosse on. If you have a suitable horse for sale, please contact Claire on 0400 310 202 .

Bits and Pieces

• Good luck and best wishes to Claire Kilby and Alan McCormack on their upcoming nuptials!
• Good luck to Ella Edwards and Maddy Cormie who are currently sitting for their HSC. Further, happy belated birthday to both girls as they turned 18 during the year.
• Speaking of Ella, belated congratulations for being named the Southern Highlands News June sportsperson of the month!
• Condolences to Barbara Leighton on the recent passing of her father.
• Our best wishes to Taneale Murray’s grandfather who was ill earlier in the year.
• Whilst unfortunately none of our members were lucky enough to be picked in a NSW team, the 2012 Nationals in Warwick will be a fantastic event, so don’t forget to get in early with booking your accommodation. See the website www.warwickpolox.com.au for more information. The Nationals will run from 23-29^th April 2012.
• Anthony Willis took a lot of photos from the carnivals this year. Mim has copies of all of the Burradoo games, so please contact her if you would like to have a look or buy some.
• For sale- second-hand pair of good quality leather-soled ladies long boots in very good order. You will need to have very thin legs though. If you would like to try them, please see Ann Anderson.
• 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 26 January 2012 starting at 7.30pm at Moss Vale Services Club

C Grade Open

L-R Bruce Greenslade, Bob Meyers, Damian Baxter, Tim Bendesy, Gordon Cole, Rod Edwards

D Grade Women

L-R Mikayla Jeffcoat, Mim Oszurko, Jessica Zanatta, Lauren Meyers, Jill Meyers

D Grade Open

L-R Ben Hann, Bruce Greenslade, Bill Heuston, Craig Lidgard, Riley Edwards

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_2900.htm.

Ian Roth
Chief Veterinary Officer NSW
© State of New South Wales through NSW Department Primary Industries 2011.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (7 July
2011). However, because of advances in knowledge, users are reminded of the need to ensure that information upon which they rely
is up to date and to check currency of the information with the appropriate officer of NSW Department Primary Industries or the
user’s independent adviser.

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
The Southern Highlands season has come and gone already, with it only seeming like yesterday that I was writing how the first carnival was just around the corner. Congratulations to everyone for your efforts so far this year. It was great to see some of our younger players step up into open competition and for our teams to make finals. Congratulations to all of those who have won individual awards at various carnivals. For those still wanting more polocrosse there are still plenty of carnivals out of our zone you can travel to.

2011 NSW Zone Championships
The Zone Championships have all season seemed to be an eternity away however I am here to tell you that there are only 7 weeks to go!! This means a lot of hard work between now and then. A big thank you to those who have been meeting, contributing ideas and working hard on the behind the scenes stuff so far, but I don’t need to remind you that Burradoo as a Club is hosting this carnival not particular individuals, which means we need EACH AND EVERY member to contribute in some way. Separate to this newsletter is a jobs list. You will notice that there are still a lot of spaces and names missing, so please review it and let Belinda know ASAP which job you would like to nominate for, otherwise you might find yourself mysteriously volunteered for something! Some things to think of now:
We will need a lot of workers for the canteen, bar and BBQ so please think of times that will or won’t suit you as we will soon do up a roster. Please let Belinda know.
We still need a lot of sponsorship, so if you have any suggestions on businesses to contact for possible sponsorship, please let Fiona Nixon (nixon@hinet.net.au) know ASAP.
It has been suggested that individuals/families can assist by providing sponsorship in a monetary sense or donating prizes for the winners or runner’s up of a grade. If you would like to do this, please contact Fiona or Ann.
Don’t forget we need LOTS of firewood.
We will need outdoor gas heaters if anybody has one they could kindly lend.
We will need horses for the umpire pool. If you would like to lend yours, please just ensure they are quiet for anyone to ride and are shod.
We have to provide up to 8 horses for the U.K touring junior team. If you are prepared to loan your horse, please contact Bruce Greenslade (02 48789 107). It is anticipated that the team will not be very strong, so A-grade quality horses are not essential, just sensible, honest horses.
Burradoo members will need their yellow Burradoo “shield” membership cards to get through the gate (remembering we will have external people manning the gate who may not know who you are). If you don’t have yours, please contact Belinda ASAP to have this sorted out.

If anyone has any ideas for the carnival, please let Fiona, Alina, Ann, Bill, Claire or Belinda know.

New members
Burradoo would like to welcome our latest new members Luke Geddes and Simon Grimson. Welcome to the family! It’s also great to see Wayne Yeo back in the Burradoo colours after some time on the sideline. I am sure it will feel like he hasn’t had any time off at all.

NSW Representation
Congratulations to Ella Edwards who was called into the NSW Intermediate team to compete against the New Zealand touring side at Canberra carnival. Ella was outstanding in her performance and stamped her spot in all of the games. Well done Ella!

Outstanding zone and club fees
There are still quite a number of Club and Zone fees outstanding. If you know you haven’t paid these, please contact Belinda ASAP to organise payment. For intermediates/seniors the amount is $40, for juniors/subbies the amount is $7.

Fundraising
Thanks to everyone for selling (or perhaps eating themselves!) the Cadbury chocolates. This has really helped the Club’s funds, by making $800 profit. A big thank you for Taneale Murray for organising this.

Uniform
Please check all of your gear to ensure it is yours. If not, please return it to the person you borrowed it from. It is recommended to write your name on all of your uniform so if lost, it can be returned.
If you require new rosettes, please see Taneale Murray who has a box of them which were kindly made by Em & Veronica Dickson.
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, 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

Wisdom from Dr John Kohnke BVSc RDA
Something we should all think about: “All tendon boots and wraps must be removed as soon as a horse returns to the wash bay and not left on the limb, as they can retain heat which may damage tendon core fibrils and lead to matrix and tendon failure in the future”.

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

Bits and Pieces
Congratulations to Luke and Lillian Greenslade on their recent marriage in Alice Springs. Those who attended enjoyed a lovely trip.
Congratulations also to Anthony Yeo and Bindi Gove on their recent respective weddings.
Welcome to Charlie John Tarlinton who was born 11th March 2011.
Bill Heuston has been attempting to fence with his head recently, which we wouldn’t suggest he do anymore of! Best wishes to Bill on a speedy recovery.
It’s been great to see Neville and Carol Gilpin at some of the Southern Highlands carnivals.
The 2012 Australian National Championships will be held in Warwick QLD from 23-29th April. Vying for positions in NSW teams are Ella Edwards, Rod Edwards, Bruce Greenslade and Belinda Tarlinton. Book your accommodation now as there is sure to be first class polocrosse played!
Good luck to Ella Edwards and Maddy Cormie who will be sitting for their HSC later on this year.
For sale- second-hand pair of good quality leather-soled ladies long boots in very good order. You will need to have very thin legs though. If you would like to try them, please see Ann Anderson.
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 6 July starting at 7.30pm at Goulburn Workers Club, Auburn Street, Goulburn. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE TO NORMAL MEETINGS!

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

L-R Rod Edwards, Gordon Cole, Jenny Bell, Claire Kilby, Tom Gilvarry (Maddie Cormie)

L-R Taneale Murray, Jenny Bell, Claire Kilby, Belinda Tarlinton, Ella Edwards, Samantha Shields

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!

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 APRIL 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

- Nominations/Availability/Selections

* It is the responsibility of every player to contact one of the selectors to inform them of their availability for each and every carnival, by COB Monday prior to a carnival. Generally the selections will take place Monday night. For the information of our new playing members, there is no requirement to play at any/every carnival.

 The selector’s details are:

    * Allan Gilpin- men’s captain. 02 48622 344 (Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon nights only). At other times 0409 713 933 or allan_alina@hotmail.com

    * Sam Shields- ladies captain. 02 48681 593 or 0421 840 903

    * Bruce Greenslade- 02 48789 107 or 0401 562 615 (Janis) or yallarabj@gmail.com

    * Robert Kilby- 02 48442 226 or 0411 106 863 (Loris)

    * Taneale Murray- 0418 851 434

Burradoo carnival

Our club carnival is less than 2 weeks away and there is a lot to do before then. Please see the list below of carnival responsibilities and who is looking after the item. If your name is not there, this doesn’t mean you don’t have a job, it just means you need to volunteer your services.

Tournament director- Louise Campbell

Prizes/trophies/sponsorship- Fiona Nixon

Directional signs- Bill Heuston

Catering- Annette O’Donnell and Alina Gilpin

Barbecue supervisors- Robert Kilby and Bruce Greenslade

Umpires’ horses- Bruce Greenslade, Neville Gilpin & Brian Martin

Toilets (cleaning of)- Edwards family

Line marking of fields- Vic Dickson

Carnival publicity- Fiona Nixon

Rosters for canteen, bar & bbq- Claire Kilby and Belinda Tarlinton

Entertainment- Claire Kilby & Belinda Tarlinton

Raffle- Janis Greenslade

Coordinators of matches & scores- Alina Gilpin & Janis Greenslade

Coordination of rubbish clean-up Sunday afternoon- Paul Brackenreg

A roster for the canteen, bar and bbq will be made up using all Burradoo playing and social members. Please be on time for your stint. If you have a particular time you wish to do/not do, please email Claire (Claire.Kilby@anz.com) or Belinda (dbtarlinton@westnet.com.au).

If you have spare umpire horses, please ensure to bring them along.

Time to start baking- we need lots of cakes and slices for the canteen please!

There will be a working bee on the Friday before the carnival. Please try and be there whenever you can. It will start around 10am.

Australian National Championships, Ballarat

Congratulations to Bruce Greenslade and Belinda Tarlinton, both of whom had very successful campaigns at Ballarat.

Bruce’s team were runner’s up in the Mixed Masters competition, going down to QLD 20 to 17. Bruce and “Grace” were awarded Best # 3 in the Mixed Masters.

Belinda’s team won their Senior Mixed final against QLD in extra time, 23 to 22. Belinda and “Surprise Package” were awarded Champion Horse of the Senior Mixed.

There was some fantastic polocrosse played over the week, with some thrills and spills… none bigger than our Club Secretary Ann Anderson unwittingly playing “show jump” with a runaway horse, and coming off second best, being knocked out cold for a small while. Thankfully Ann only spent 4 hours in hospital, no doubt after they got sick of listening to “I’m fine, I have arnica in the truck, I am missing games!”

NSW should be congratulated with being in all 10 finals and winning 6 of them

New Zealand trip

Congratulations to Sam Shields on her NSW representation on a tour of New Zealand. Unfortunately, Sam’s team didn’t have any wins, but the memories and experience more than made up for it.

Uniform/ Merchandise

For anyone who needs to get their uniform ready for the 2010 season, or wants some Quad merchandise, please contact Ann for any of the following: * Club Shirts: $40.00 * Set of numbers: $20.00

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

Burradoo Website

We are in need for someone to take over the management of the Burradoo website. The address for it is www.burradoopolocrosse.com. This is an easy job and just requires someone to update it regularly with articles, results, photos, etc. If you are interested, please contact Alina Gilpin for details. 02 48622 344 or allan_alina@hotmail.com

Bits and Pieces

Our condoloscences to the family of Dr JohnWalsh who passed away recently. Dr Walsh has been a patron of the Club for a very long time.

Best wishes to Peter Vicars who has been unwell recently.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the Moss Vale Show demonstration. It was said to be a great spectacle, especially our junior and sub junior members who put on a fantastic demonstration!

Congratulations to Berry Pony Club members who came 2nd in B grade at the Pony Club Polocrosse Championships in Bungendore

Eurocoast carnival- Congratulations to the 1st section juniors for being runners up in the A grade junior comp, the 2nd section for being winners in B grade and the 1st senior mixed team for winning the B grade mixed. Also big congratulations to Ella Edwards for winning B grade best horse and rider combination. Fantastic effort by all!

Fiona Nixon has taken on Jane Cartwright’s PAA role whilst Jane recovers from illness. Good luck Fiona and our best wishes to Jane.

Botany Bay Imports, who sharpen clipper blades, have moved. Their new contact details are:

Phone (02) 9700 0800 | Fax (02) 9700 1171 | Web www.botanybayimports.com.au 

Address 24 Underwood Ave BOTANY NSW 2019 | Mail PO Box 260, BOTANY, NSW 1455

Carnival date list- the SH zone carnival down for 10 & 11 April has been postponed. 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.

Next Committee Meeting is Wednesday 7 April 2010 at the Moss Vale Services Club at 7.30pm. Hope to see you ALL there!