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Letter from the editor – Sue Thurlow

Maryborough Active Riders Club Inc P O Box 563

Maryborough Qld 4650

Maryborough Active Riders Club Inc.

Newsletter September 2019

Monthly meetings are usually on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th September 2019 at the Federal Hotel (6.30pm for 7.00pm start).

2019 M.A.R.C. Committee Members:

Petrea Bates President Ph: 4122 1162 Email: premiumbates@gmail.com Show Assistant Mob: 0407 694 794

Roslyn Barker Vice President Mob: 0422 427 630 Email: roslyn.barker@gmail.com Dressage Assistant

Pam Thurlow Secretary Mob: 0427 122 965 Email: cullow5451@telstra.com

Luzette Leighton Treasurer Mob: 0428 722 179 Email: luzette1@bigpond.net.au

Monique Bonus Show Coordinator Mob: 0402 126 585 Email: monza21@hotmail.com Facebook Admin

Lynne Larkin Dressage Co-ordinator Mob: 0447 249 912 Email: larkin26@bigpond.com Web Page Manager

Sally Whalan Risk Management Mob: 0418 512 551 Email: johnwhalan2@bigpond.com Show Assistant

Anna Szyszka Points Scorer Mob: 0403 275 886 Email: hayljim@optusnet.com.au

Sue Thurlow Newsletter Editor Mob: 0407 371 681 Email: suethurlow6@gmail.com

Naomi Dunning Show Assistant Mob: 0409 471 613 Email: ndunning5@skymesh.com.au

Vicki Camilleri Show Assistant Mob: 0408 215 998 Email: info@highplainstud.com

Dan Andrews Dressage Assistant Mob: 0421 913 987 Email: danandrews258@hotmail.com

Karl Malmros Dressage Assistant Mob: 0439 325 104 Email: karlmalmros@bigpond.com

Keira McLeod Dressage Assistant Mob: 0487 985 225 Email: keira.mcleod95@hotmail.com

Leah Van Tonder Dressage Assistant Mob: 0419 971 970 Email: leahcantle@bigpond.com

Marilyn Costigan Patron Mob: 0438 246 243 Email: marilyn.costigan@hotmail.com Dressage Assistant

Virginia Wyatt Patron Ph: 4122 2362 Mob: 0490 175 313 Email: (n/a)

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Letter from the editor – Sue Thurlow

Congratulations to all the organisers, sponsors, volunteers, judges and participants of the

Fraser Coast 2* Dressage Championships (10th-11th August). It seems it was very successful and building on last year’s experience. Members of the organising committee recently met with MSEP (Showground) staff to review the event, and we are very pleased that a solution to enable earlier access to the grounds has been worked out. Many Thanks to MSEP staff for understanding the problem and working out a solution – and also for all the wonderful work they do in preparing the venue and arenas for the event!

This newsletter includes coverage of - Fraser Coast ** Dressage Championships

- Judging clinic with Mary Seefried on 31st August AND - September is a busy month with 4 days of MARC events

Keira McLeod Clinic 14th-15th September Shane Goodrum Showing Clinic 28th September T-shirt Spring Show 29th September

I hope that many members will participate in those events and make use of the opportunity to continue improving your horses training, or to get a head start preparing for next year’s major competitions. Read on, and good luck to all members for the next month!

Sue Thurlow

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Fraser Coast 2*Dressage Championships 10th-11th August Congratulations to the organisers and sponsors of this 2 star championship. Competitors travelled from as far as Townsville (!) and the Gold Coast, with record entries requiring 5 arenas. Unfortunately several of the higher level riders had to scratch because of illness and other circumstances, but still there were 72 riders and 82 horses and 255 tests ridden. Many EQ squad competitors attended and others too of high quality, which is wonderful for our local aspiring riders to be able to see such inspirational horses and riding. To be recognised as a 2* event certain criteria need to be met, requiring enormous amounts of organisation, which began immediately after the 2018 event. We were fortunate to have Karen Herald again as the EQ Technical Delegate, who ensured everything met the required standard, and who must have walked more than 100 km, checking on each of the 5 arenas, stables, gear checks, scorers, judges, secretary office, etc. 12-14 judges were needed daily. The event cost approximately $15,000 so we are very grateful to the supportive sponsors, and hope MARC members return the support to the businesses providing sponsorship.

Thank you bouquets were presented to some of the judges on Sunday morning

L to R: Maria Schwennesen, Jenny Rykoff, Christine Hall, Hazel Innes, Sue Bright, Julie Watson, Sue Scaysbrook, Elizabeth Gatti and Marilyn Costigan.

Amber Hamilton and CWMKaren Deri Express warm-up Gary Lung with GB Winchester win the Grand Prix and Big Tour Championship

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Claire Wallace with Lincoln Lord Astor won the Big Tour (Grand Prix) Freestyle.

Sponsor Melissa Boully from Gympie Saddleworld presented the embroidered winning rug Claire travelled with two horses from Rockhampton for the event

Gympie Saddleworld had a large and busy trade stall

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Claire Wallace & Lincoln Lord Astor Daisy Fielding & Fairbanks Davinci from the Gold Coast

Ellyn Parker with Rosalee won the Club Elementary and Medium Championships

Leesa Collishaw and Meijkes Conquest Sam Howard with Goblin ST

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Luzette Leighton and Dolce Brownie won the Virginia Wyatt with the QRIC Trophy for horses QRIC Trophy for horses ‘Off The Track’ for ‘Off The Track’ for more than 3 years. This was won by 3 years or less. Karl Malmros and Shandien Virginia’s daughter Amanda Dawson with Halo Shine were runners up.

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Judges Seminar with Mary Seefried - 31st August This Seminar was an initiative of, and funded by Equestrian Queensland (EQ) and Dressage Queensland (DQ). We were extremely fortunate that they offered to have it at Maryborough, and even more fortunate to have Mary Seefried to present it. Mary has been an internationally accredited 5* judge (highest possible level) since 1998 and she is also an internationally accredited Young Horse Judge. Among her too numerous accomplishments are judging at the Sydney Olympics 2000, Asian Games 2003 and 2006, World Equestrian Games 2006 (Aachen , Germany), and World Cup Finals 2000 and 2004. She has been on the Judges Supervisory Panel (JSP) at the Rio Olympics 2016, Pan American Championships 2019 and the recent European Championships 2019. I am sure there are many achievements that I have omitted. Oh and she is going to be the Technical Delegate for Dressage at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, that’s right, the person in charge to make sure everything is done properly at the Olympics! However the best part is that Mary is still very grounded and understands the needs of regional ‘grass roots’ folk like us in Maryborough.

Mary presenting theory to the group indoors

Thirty-six people attended from as far away as Gladstone and Nanango. Unfortunately we did have to cap the attendance, but are hopeful of similar clinics in future, especially as there was such a positive response from our region. Fifteen people expressed interest in becoming a G (Preliminary) level judge, and four attendees were already qualified F and E level judges doing a refresher.

Then we moved outside onto the hill and in the shade, to watch the demonstration horses

THANK YOU to the six demonstration riders, Madison Dunning, Casey Duffey, Luzette Leighton, Karl Malmros, Ellyn Parker and Lynne Larkin! It is the demonstrations that make the theory real, and so they are an essential part of the clinic. It can be very daunting to ride in front of so many eagle eyes, but they all did well, and we hope they also benefitted from the hints that Mary gave them.

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Mary leading discussion about observations and scores as the riders demonstrate

Afterwards Mary said “I enjoyed giving the seminar very much – it is always satisfying when you have an enthusiastic audience”, and the attendees appeared to enjoy it very much too.

This illustration was not used in the clinic, but I think it is a good representation of ‘The Training Scale’ and the developmental stages of dressage training.

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Inspirational or Astounding or both? At 5* Dressage events, (for example the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships) there are seven judges positioned around the arena, all the scoring is done electronically, and the scores from each judge for each movement appears on large ringside screens almost immediately. But before publicly shown, scores go to the Judges Supervisory Panel (JSP) Ipads, where they can be “corrected” if there is a very big discrepancy in scores (e.g. if 6 of the 7 judges scored a Flying Change as 4, but 1 judge scored it an 8, obviously that judge ‘blinked’ as the horse made a mistake in its Flying Change, and the JSP can correct the 8 down to a 4 before the scores go public). Mary was on the JSP at the recent European Championships and she was so impressed with the marks given to Isabell Werth in the final movements of the Grand Prix Speciale that she took a photo of her IPad! Look at those 10’s!

This shows the Judges’ scores for last eight movements of the test and the collective mark.

Movement 29 G Pirouette to the right C Track to the Right CM Collected canter

30 MR Collected trot

31 RF Extended Trot FA Collected Trot

32 A Down centre line DX Passage

33 X Piaffe 12 to 15 steps

34 Transitions passage – piaffe – passage 35 XG Passage 36 G Halt – immobility – salute

Collective Mark Rider’s position and seat; correctness and effect of the aids The total score for Isabell and Bella Rose in the Grand Prix Speciale was 86.520% Inspirational or Astounding or both? -> Both!

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NOTE: The Bank details (above) are incorrect. Correct is BSB: 064-421 Account: 00906677

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Spring T-Shirt Hack Day

Sunday 29th September 2019

Covered Arena Maryborough Showgrounds & Equestrian Park

Show Horse & Hunter Program Prizes AND Sashes FOR SUPREMES

Entries through www.nominate.com.au close Wednesday 25th September 2019 Late entries will be taken on the day with $10 late fee

Participants must be members of MARC Inc. Limited Memberships are available No memberships will be taken on the day. All memberships including limited members to

be done through Nominate www.nominate.com.au

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MARC is not responsible for the fees at the Maryborough Showgrounds and Equestrian Park

Direct Deposits to MARC Bank Accounts.

Please only use the MARC General Account 06 4421 00906677

When making direct payments, please make it clear who the payment is from & what the payment is for.

“NEW” MARC Shirts

Cool, sun protective and wash up beautifully!

Available in Size 6 to Size 22

Long Sleeve =$45

Short Sleeve = $40

Contact Pam Thurlow 0427 122 965 or cullow5451@telstra.com to order your shirt

Pick Up and Delivery by arrangement Prompt Reliable Service - Same Day Service by arrangement

Phone Petrea Bates 07 4122 1162 or 0407 694 794

Always leave a message and I will return your call asap

Clean rugs appreciated or $5.00 each to wash

2019 MARC EVENTS CALENDAR

The following dates and venues have been booked, but there may be more additional events. Changes are highlighted in blue Additions in yellow

September Saturday 14th Keira McLeod Coaching Clinic Eastern arena September Sunday 15th Keira McLeod Coaching Clinic Eastern arena

September Saturday 28th Show Coaching Clinic Covered arena September Sunday 29th Spring T-Shirt Show Covered arena

November Saturday 2nd Dressage Training Competition Covered arena

November Saturday 24th Fun Day Covered arena

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Raffles winners at the Fraser Coast **Dressage Championships Fairbanks Rusty service - donated by Russell, Helga, Shane & Mattea Davidson

Won by Helen Ward Painting with 2nd and 3rd prize packages – donated by Remax Hervey Bay

Painting won by Danielle McMahon 2nd prize won by Amanda Dawson 3rd prize won by Tasmin Andersen

Thank you to these sponsors and to all who purchased tickets!

MARC is not responsible for the fees at the Maryborough Showgrounds and Equestrian Park (MSEP). These are set by the Fraser Coast Regional Council. To book and/ pay for stables/yards, cleaning bonds, facility fees and camping. www.nominate.com.au/stables/msep.asp Payment by credit/debit card.

Fees until 30 June 2019: • Camping Fees: $20.40 per site per night (maximum 2 nights unless staying for an event at MSEP) • Equestrian Facility Fees: $7.80 per horse per day when riding anywhere on the grounds

OR $100.00 “Season Pass” per person for 12 months from the date of payment, and $50.00 per person for any additional family members. • Stable/Yard Fees: $7.80 per stable/yard from 6am to 6am or part thereof $23.00 per stable/yard cleaning bond payable in advance (refunded if stable is left clean) $11.30 per stable/yard cleaning fee payable in advance (optional – no cleaning bond required)

Stables/yards are locked and 48 hours notice is required when making a booking. To check availability of grounds

go to www.maryboroughpark.com.au or contact the Venue Office 4122 3584 or 0427 773 760.