South Australian Dressage Association Inc Newsletter February/March 2016

South Australian Dressage Association Inc

Newsletter February/March 2016

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We are well and truly underway to a great year of competitions, our February competition was well attended and proved to be a fun and relaxing day out. Photographs from the day can be found under the Gallery tab on our website. Results can be found in this newsletter.

March had to be cancelled due to the hot weather forecast; and glad we missed riding in the torrential rain too! All entries for March will be carried forward to April 3^rd at Mount Crawford, unless we hear from you. Full refund or credit is available. Please let the Secretary know. New entries will also be accepted for this competition.

This year there will be a new look membership card and a brochure with all the general details about how the club is run. We hope you will find this useful.

There will still be newsletters to keep you up to date with what’s happening and these will be posted on the website. Rather than emailing the newsletter or texting everyone, which is quite time consuming, make sure you keep an eye out on the facebook page where the posting of the newsletter will be announced. We would like to make more use of our facebook page as this is how many clubs now communicate with their members. Make sure you have “liked” our page. Also you can find competition information on the Dressage calendar of www.myaushorse.com.au.

Membership fees – Membership fees are now due for renewal, there is a new membership form on our website with revised fees. Be sure to sign the waiver too. Those members who joined after 1^st September 2015 will have their membership extended to December 2016 and a new card will be issued.

Moving Forward – for those of you who order their copy of Moving Forward through the club, there was a move to change this to an online publication. However, this has been shelved for now.

Volunteers – we will need lots of help at the April competition as some of the committee will be away. Those of you who ticked the April date will be contacted soon. The more volunteers we have, the less everyone has to do. We plan to set up a roster of duties for each event so that members can add in their names on the day if there is a space to be filled and they will be free to help.

Scoring – SADA now owns it’s own laptop and therefore there will be at least two if not three computers on the day for inputting scores. Volunteers are sought to do this – it is not hard and training will be given beforehand if you can let the Secretary know that you are available. April will be four arenas with multiple judges so even if you can help out for an hour or two, it gives someone else a break.

First Aid Officer – this is another area where we need more volunteers. Anyone with a basic first aid certificate can help out by being on stand-by in case there is an incident.

Pencilling - this is an excellent way to learn what the judges are looking for and will hone your skills as a competitor. Obviously you cannot pencil if you are still to ride before a judge, but pencilling after your test is acceptable. Training is available.

Gear Checking – this is an official requirement and not hard to do. Training is available and sheets with the regulations are provided. It is also a fun way to interact with the riders and feel part of the event if you are not riding that day.

Canteen – we are still looking for someone to be responsible for this. It is only run at the GRPC events. We are no longer allowed to “cook” anything so the only food will be cakes/biscuits etc plus Subway sandwiches which are brought into the site. Coffee and tea are “help yourself” and drinks are in the fridge. Helping out for an hour or two would be greatly appreciated. Suggestions for mobile services at Mount Crawford are being sought now as we would like to get them booked ahead for the year.


Next Competitions

3rd April 2016 at Mount Crawford Dressage Club

New entry form available on the websites. Entries close 2 weeks prior to competition

Please note that if you are an Amateur Owner Rider, there is a box to tick on the entry form

Tests for 2016

Prep E and C

* Please note there is no separate classes for Standardbreds as previously mentioned, sorry for any confusion

Prep ‘E’ is the old ‘B’ as ‘B’ is now in a 20 x 40 arena and ‘E’ is the same movements in the usual 20 x 60 arena.

All other levels are 1’s and 3’s
Announcer – we hope to employ the services of a professional announcer for the Mount Crawford competitions where we usually have 3 to 4 arenas running at once. However, if you fancy a go at announcing at GRPC all you need is a clear voice and the ability to use binoculars to check horse numbers!

SADA Results Feb 2016

Arena 1 Judge Carly Boon

Class	Place	Horse	Rider	Score%
PrepCS	1	Starry Night	Tara Hall	67.500
	2	Rondoro Colqhoun	Anne Musolino	65.250
	3	Karamea Jedi	Jesse Atkinson	62.250
	4	Daytripper	Tara Hall	60.500
PrepCP	1	Lisa Morfey	Ironbark Jewel Rule	73.000
	2	Mandy Gevers	Kinsbrook Glamour Girl	60.000
PrepCJ	1	Brooke Sparkes	Fairlight Acres Posh	75.000
	2	Katie Everitt	Little Miss Cupcake	64.500
	3	Bianca Pajevic	Sonny	61.000
Prelim 1.1J	1	La Bellissima	Tiarn Wegener	66.364
	2	Woodstock Avenel Torero	Tori Lehmann	59.545
Prelim 1.1P	1	Braefoot Park Silk Show	Alex Doddridge	54.545
	2	Silverwinds Carousel	Alex Doddridge	53.409
Prelim 1.1S	1	Hikurangi	Abby Young	65.455
	2	Floyd	Jessica Demzcuk	63.864
	3	Trick or Treat	Siobhan Neller	63.409
	4	Attitude F	Brittny Colliver	62.727
	5	Andorran Gallant	Alex Chapman	59.091
	5	Lionel	Jan Boyd	59.091
	7	JT Tigger	Jacqui Selles	58.182
	8	Mystic Park Amadeus	Michelle Kuipers-Lloyd	57.273
	9	Ultimate Vance	Marjoleine Lloyd	56.818
	10	Skip to Paradise	Rebecca Cox	56.591
Nov 2.3J	1	Braefoot Park Armani	Phoebe Seneca	67.931
Nov 2.3S	1	ESB Irish Winner	Alana Dunn	66.552
	2	Tommy Fraar	Chloe Hittman	65.345
	3	Darien Park Sunrise	Aisha Cooper	64.655
	4	Galilahi Gift	Claire Chandler	57.241
	5	T-Sil Park Bellarina	Cheryl Greenslade	55.172
Elem 3.1	1	Remmi	Wendy Martin	55.758

Arena 2 Judge Jo Taylor

Class	Place	Rider	Horse	Score%
PrepEJ	1	Brooke Sparkes	Fairlight Acres Posh	75.000
	2	Bianca Pajevic	Sonny	68.421
	3	Katie Everitt	Little Miss Cupcake	62.632
PrepEP	1	Lisa Morfey	Ironbark Jewel Rule	68.947
	2	Mandy Gevers	Kinsbrook Glamour Girl	66.053
PrepES	1	Anne Musolino	Rondoro Colqhoun	63.947
	2	Jesse Atkinson	Karamea Jedi	60.789
	3	Tara Hall	Starry Night	58.158
	4	Tara Hall	Daytripper	56.316
Prelim 1.3J	1	Tiarn Wegener	La Bellissima	66.087
	2	Tori Lehman	Woodstock Avenel Torero	60.652
Prelim 1.3P	1	Alex Doddridge	Silverwinds Carousel	58.043
	2	Alex Doddridge	Braefoot Park Silk Show	57.609
Prelim 1.3S	1	Abby Young	Hikurangi	68.478
	2	Jessica Demczuk	Floyd	67.391
	3	Brittny Colliver	Attitude F	64.565
	3	Siobhan Neller	Trick or Treat	64.565
	5	Alex Chapman	Andorran Gallant	63.478
	6	Jacquie Selles	JT Tigger	63.043
	7	Jan Boyd	Lionel	62.826
	8	Rebecca Cox	Skip to Paradise	62.391
Nov 2.1J	1	Phoebe Seneca	Braefoot Park Armani	64.630
Nov 2.1S	1	Cheryl Greenslade	T-Sil Park Bellarina	67.222
	2	Alanna Dunn	ESB Irish Winner	65.000
	3	Aisha Cooper	Darien Park Sunrise	64.074
	4	Chloe Hittman	Tommy Fraar	63.148
	4	Alix Bell	Wanggandi Etching	63.148
	6	Claire Chandler	Galilah Gift	58.519
Elem 3.3S	1	Wendy Martin	Remmi	58.625

2016 Committee
President Tara Hall
Vice-President Jess Allan
Secretary Jan Boyd [e-mail] 0408-835-248
Treasurer Jane Berry
Public Officer Deirdre Wood
Committee: Alex Chapman, Jessica Demczuk, Alex Doddridge, Mandy Gevers, Sheryl James, Carol Lehmann, Narrie Macartney, Lynda Smith, Anita Trenwith, Julie Williams


CALENDAR 2016

3 April Be Active/Competitive/Participant/ FEI/PE/Interschool at Mt Crawford

(Results from this event count towards SA State Squad selection and ESA Annual awards)

1 May State Champs, no event

5 June Club Day GRPC

3 July Barrie Stratton clinic Reeves Plains Indoor Arena

7 Aug. Club Day/critique day Reeves Plains Indoor Arena

4 Sept. Club Day GRPC

2 Oct. Competitive/Participant/Closed Unrestricted Mt Crawford

6 Nov Adelaide 3 day event, no event

13 Nov Competitive/Participant/Closed Unrestricted/FEI Mt Crawford

4 Dec Club Championships & AGM GRPC

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