CONTACT US: President: Darrel Milton – 0418 184 004 Secretary: Lisa Garrow— 0409 788 169 Treasurer: Sheryl Hicks – 0421 692129

Postal: PO BOX 480 Thuringowa Central Qld 4817 Address: Progress Road, Rupertswood

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President’s Report

Rupertswood & District

Horse Club inc.

Newsletter

August 2011

Issue 3

Family Membership $70

Single (over 18yrs)

Single (under 18 yrs)

$40

$40

Club night member

nomination fee

$5

Club night

non-member

nomination fee

$20

No membership, no points

for end of year Presentation

Please remember to bring

your card with you!

MEMBERSHIP

PRICES FOR 2011

RULE CHANGES FOR

THE 2011 SEASON

No stallions allowed

All riders are to wear hel-

mets

No singlet’s, must have long

sleeved shirt and long

pants.

These changes have been made

to make the club safer for all

Rupertswood

and District

Horse Club inc.

We’re on the web:

Www.rupertswoodhs.webs.com

Hello all,

As you can see from photos The Diva’s way Hair and Spa, Mothers Day funday was a damp day but great success and enjoyed by all, the young and not so young. We had the club’s biggest role up of led in’s and under 10’s that I have ever seen. So the long term future of the Rupertswood Club looks good. There was also a large number of out of town rider’s enjoying the grounds and hot showers and power. Thanks to Townsville events and McDonalds for the sponsorship of marquee’s we managed to stay dry and out of the sun. It was a credit to our dedicated club members to have the grounds cleaned up in time after Yasi. Many of the club’s members helped return the grounds to a useable, state before working on the own Properties. A big thankyou to Don Miller from Far Northern Pools for suppling trucks and machinery and staff for the clean up, also Scott Jones Excavator Hire for suppling diesel and helping. The smiling faces of the riders on the day made it all worthwhile. The day started off with a big cooked country style breakfast, the large number of committee and members working in the canteen and in the arena made the day run smooth. “Thanks to all of you”. The day was enjoyed by both riders and the spectators alike, once again the Chairs and ta-

bles supplied by Cabinetcraft where well utilized.

Membership - Our committee is always looking to improve or club, this comes direct from feed back from our members, we have made changes to our membership. In 2011 we now offer a single Junior membership, at a cost of $40. All junior members must still be accompanied by a parent or garden at the grounds at all times. Those members wishing to stay joined as a family may continue to enjoy those benefits. If you are a jun-ior member and have joined as a family and you wish to change to a junior single mem-

bership, the club will on request re-in burse the difference.

Coming up is our second skill improvement based training day. After the success of the Nakeia Stirling Clinic we have seen major improvements in the students young and old. We are happy to announce that Geoff and Vicki Toomby have donated their time to the club to run a introduction to barrel racing day on Saturday the 6th of August for Novice riders and green horses. To meet our current insurance agreement, this is only

open to club members. All new members are welcome to join.

There are only a couple of club nights before our 2day Event. The Rupertswood Early Learning Father’s day fun Night on Saturday night 3rd of September 2011 and the TEM (Townsville Earth Moving) Barrel race Spectacular on Fathers day the 4th of September once again McDonalds and Townsville events have come to our aid and supplied Mar-quees, for our riders and spectators. I look forward to catching up with you all over the Fathers day weekend and enjoying another big country style breakfast on Sunday morn-

ing and BBQ lunch, so don’t leave dad at home.

Cheers, Darrel Milton FAR NORTHERN POOLS A major Sponsor for 2011

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Mother’s day Wrap up!

Best Presented horse and rider 18+ 1st Elisha Mordecai, 2nd Lisa Garrow and 3rd Julie Lunn

Best Presented Junior horse and rider 1st Phoebe Louis, 2nd Stevie-Lee

O’Connor, and 3rd Brody Milton (Pic right)

Under 10yr: 1st Jazmyn Woodfield, 2nd Eadie Baxter, 3rd Kasey Swift

10yr to under 13yr: 1st Chantelle Keppell, 2nd Jemma Everett, 3rd Ash-

leigh Sutherland

13yr to under 15yr: 1st Tessa Hagen, 2nd Stevie-lee O’connor, 3rd Chey-

anne Poole

15yr to under 18yr: 1st Charmaine Elliss, 2nd Emily Lino

18yr to under 25yr: 1st Jenna Lino, 2nd Beckie Escriva, 3rd Elisha Mordecai

25yr to under 40yr: 1st Lisa Garrow, 2nd Inneka Lippitt, 3rd Melissa Creuco

Masters: 1st Greg Daniel, 2nd equal tie Bryan Windley and Kylie Baxter, 3rd equal tie Budd and Quona Young!

Barrel Race Feature under 18yrs: 1st and 3rd place Stevie Lee O’Connor, 2nd place Charmaine Elliss

Barrel Race Feature over 18 yrs: 1st Quona Young, 2nd Inneka Lippitt, 3rd Lisa Garrow

Scuda-Ho Feature under 13yrs: 1st Chantelle Keppell, 2nd Jemma Everett, 3rd Ashleigh Sutherland

Scuda-Ho Feature under 18yrs: 1st Charmaine Elliss, 2nd Stevie-Lee O’Connor, 3rd Emily Lino

Scuda-Ho Feature over 18yrs: 1st Quona Young, 2nd Lisa Garrow, 3rd Inneka Lippitt

Overall highest point scorer of the day was Jazmyn Woodfield who took home a great bronze perpetual trophy!

Well done to everyone who competed and a special congratulations to all the little kids who had a great day :) (Pic below of Jazmyn Woodfield with her perpetual Trophy, Club President Darrel Milton and Diva’s way Hair & Spa own-

ers Yasmin & Nathan Timms.)

We need helpers to help set up the events the night be-fore horse sports is on, if we get a few people it won’t take very long at all! There are usually 6 events to set up. We also need time keepers too, please bring a friend or family

member to help out! You will get a free burger and drink :)

Don’t forget club meetings are held on the 2nd Wednes-

day of each month!

Starting at 6:30pm.

All members are welcome to come along.

SCOTT JONES

EXCAVATOR

HIRE

CABINET CRAFT

It was a cold and early start to Saturday but it was great to see everyone who attended the clinic. Saturday started off with the kids being split up into one group and the oldies were in another. We were able to work on some individual issues/problems we were having with our horses and Nakeia also set us some tasks to accomplish. I know we all took home some good lessons learnt and we now have a few new things to teach our horses. We all learnt that riding your horse is more about your legs than your hands where most of your control comes from your legs and I bet eve-ryone had a set of sore legs by the end of the weekend! I know I enjoyed the 2 days and I am sure everyone got a lot of helpful knowledge and information from Nakeia. Thanks to Nakeia for sparing two days out of his busy schedule to come and give some expert help and guidance. We’d like to run another horsemanship clinic and hopefully we’ll get a

few more kids coming along to learn some basic necessary skills to become great horsemen and women :)

Nakeia Stirling Clinic Wrap up!

RAFFLE INFORMATION

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Geoff and Vickey Toombey had kindly donated a halter and lead set plus a bridle and reins complete with bit for the club to raffle off to raise some money for the club. This set was drawn at

Mother’s Day Fun Day and was won by Fiona Coppo.

Diva’s Way Hair and Spa also had some top prizes in their raffle for 1st 2nd and 3rd prize. A big thank you to Yasmin and

Nathan for sponsoring Mother’s Day which was a great success!

NEW Fathers Day RAFFLE: Up for grabs is a signed and framed Cowboy’s Jersey. So buy a ticket and be in the running to win. The raffle will be drawn on the 3rd September at our Fun

Night.

Please also don’t forger about our practice nights that we have running on

Wednesday nights.

These nights are for members only and they are on each Wednesday from

5:00pm—8:00pm with lights.

Club members will be able to come down and use the arena under lights for $2.

The arena lights will be turned off at 8:00pm sharp.

If you come down and don’t have a helmet or long sleeve shirt or you are not a member, you will not be allowed to ride!!! Come down and take advantage of

the lights as now we are in winter it’s dark by 6:00pm!

Wednesday Practice Nights

VICKI TOOMBY INTRODUCTION BARREL RACING CLINIC—6th August

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The club is going to start making their own ice to use in the eskies on club nights. If anyone has any spare ice cream con-tainers if would be much appreciated if you could bring them

down to the club!

Club Shirts!

We have great club shirts for purchase!

They are beige in colour and are good

quality RB Sellars Work Shirts. If you

would like to purchase one please see

one of the committee members on club

nights. They are fully embroidered with

sponsors names above both pockets

and on the sleeves/back!

$30 kids

$40 adults

RUPERTSWOOD

GENERAL STORE

This clinic will be best suited for novice riders and green horses. You will learn how to set your horse up for the barrel

pattern and how to get shape and bend in their body. Plus a few good basic horsemanship skills too! The cost is $20 per

club member or maximum of $30 per family. Please make sure you wear appropriate clothing consisting of a long sleeve

shirt and jeans with boots. You will also need your helmet! BBQ lunch will be provided for riders and drinks will be

available for purchase. Please bring your own morning/afternoon tea or snacks. An adult guardian must be present for all

riders under the age of 18 years. For any more information please contact Darrel on 0418 184 004.

Rupertswood and District Horse Club’s Major Sponsors for the year:

Rupertswood Early Leaning

Eye Care NQ

Dr Maria Moon

JEFF IRVINE TRUCK

BOBCAT

& MINI EXCAVATOR HIRE

Is your horse irritated? Acting out of charac-

ter? Playing up under saddle? Off gait even? Then he/she maybe sore without you even knowing it! If this is the case, you need an

Equine Remedial Therapist…… Please call

Joelene Pitt on 0448 573 934

Stock Horse x Mare, 10 YO, Chestnut with big blaze, Approx 14.2/3hh. Recently has been sitting in paddock. Can leave for 3 months – jump on and nothing fases her. Previously used as a general riding mare (Pony Club – all areas, Mustering, Trail Rid-ing, Sporting – Can be ridden with a bunch of other horses, under lights etc. Would suit confident youth as she is a responsive mare. Lovely quiet mare that is easy to handle. $2500 phone 0427 286 913 SOLD!!!

SADDLES FOR SALE Phone: 0429 946 620 @ Bluewater Brand new Status all purpose saddle with cover, unsure of size but bought for 10yo child who has lost interest, was slightly too big for child too. $200 also a 16” Custom Made ELITE Western Pleasure saddle, al-most brand new as ridden in once since purchase $500.

If you have a business you’d like to promote to our readers we’ll feature it here! Just send us an email and we’ll add it to our next newsletter.

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Classifieds

AUGUST

6th August: Vicki Toomby Barrel

Racing Clinic at Rupertswood Grounds

6th August : Bartlett Park Club Night

13th August Rupertswood Sat

Club Night: Led ins and under 10’s

5pm start, all other age groups 7pm start

14th August Bartlett Park Horse

Sports Jackpot series

19-21st August: Sutherland Park

(Pentland) Campdraft

20th August: Black River Rodeo,

ABCRA and CRCA Affiliated

20th-21st August: Greg Cook Level 1

Horsemanship Clinic

26th-28th August: Hughenden Campdraft

28th August Woodstock: Nomina-

tions from 9am; 10am Led-ins, U10 Novice

& U10 Competitive; followed by all other

age groups.

CLUB SPONSORS

UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA

SEPTEMBER

3rd and 4th September Ru-

pertswood Father’s Day Fun Day

and Barrel Race Weekend.

10th September Woodstock: Nomi-

nations from 4pm; 5pm Led-ins, U10 Nov-

ice & U10 Competitive; 7pm all other age

groups.

10th September: Ingham Rodeo

17th –18th September: Woodstock

Horse Sports Stick Spectacular week-end

17th September: Home Hill Camp-draft

17th September: Bartlett Park Club

Day

24th September Rupertswood Sat

Club Night: Led ins and under 10’s 5pm start, all other age groups 7pm

start

24th September: Bartlett Park Club

day

OCTOBER

1st October: Bartlett Park Rodeo

8th October Woodstock: Nomina-tions from 4pm; 5pm Led-ins, U10 Nov-

ice & U10 Competitive; 7pm all other age groups.

8th October: North Qld Zone Rodeo Finals

15th October Rupertswood

Sat Club Night: Led ins and under

10's 5pm start, all other age groups 7pm start.

15th October: Bartlett Park Club Day

22nd October: Bartlett Park Club Day

29th October Rupertswood Sat

Club Night: Led ins and under 10's 5pm start, all other age groups 7pm

start.