BDC AGM with wine tasting and fashion parade

Wednesday, August 27 will see the Club Annual General Meeting being held "upstairs" at Centennial Winery at 6.30pm. Accompanying the meeting, Centennial is hosting a wine tasting of its current products, along with yummy nibbles. At 7.30 we'll be treated to a Fashion Parade courtesy of Equissentials. See the INVITATION.

A Committee nomination form is now available. Please give it some consideration. Our current Committee has been serving the Club for quite a while now and new blood is always good for any organisation.

Draw posted for August 24 comp

The Draw has been posted for our August 24 competition and we wish all entrants a pleasant and successful day. While everyone should have received this by email or mail, you'll also find a copy by clicking on the link in the left hand column. The competitiors include all those who transferred from our June competition which was postponed for bad weather reasons.

July 20 Practice Day a good fund raiser for Larissa Chadwick

The Practice Day held on July 20 was a great success despite the windy conditions. Mark and Mim coached around 20 riders through a variety of tests and everyone was finished by 1pm. A barbeque and socialising in the shed followed. The general feedback was that these practice days will continue, as the opportunity to use the arenas without the stress of competition is very useful.

BDC will be sending a cheque for $650 to Larissa Chadwick from the money we raised on the day and from donations from members. Thank you, everyone, for your generosity.

BDC Young Riders tops at Championships

A BDC team consisting of David McKinnon, Robbie Soster and Ellie Rocca has taken out the prestigious Regional Team trophy at the NSW YR Championships held at SIEC on July 11-13. Entry to this event required riders to provide copies of at least three tests ridden at the level in which they wished to compete. Those with the highest scores made it into the draw, thus ensuring a very high standard of competition. Due to EI, qualifying performances for both David and Ellie had been hard to come by, so BDC had not been expecting to field a team. (A team constitutes three riders - Novice, Elementary and Medium). In what can only be described as an amazing fluke, David, who was way down on the Novice reserve lists, got a ride in the 2.3 and the 2.4, while Ellie, a reserve in the Medium, also got to strut her stuff.

The results? David and Woodside Lumiere were sixth overall in the Novice out of 29 riders, scoring 65.2% in the 2.3 and 67.2% in the 2.4. Robbie and Robali Razzamatazz won both Elementaries, the 3.3 with 69.33% and the 3.4 with 72.71%. This made them Elementary Champion. They also won the freestyle with 76.25%. In the Medium 4.3 Elli scored 54.55% and in the 4.4 she was eighth with 58.9%, ending up thirteenth overall.

Also well worth mentioning are the performances by David and 11 year old Tess Harwood in the Preliminary. David was fourth overall, gaining sixth place in the 1.3 and fourth in the 1.4. Tess and Myrimbah Ari Ben Cannan were fifth in the 1.3 and tenth in the 1.4, putting them in eighth place.

Nick Wasiliev rode HF Fraya (at only their fourth outing as a combination) and was thrilled he didn't come last in what was a very high standard competition.

Study on anxiety in competitive equestrians

The Committee has received an email from a fourth year psychology student at Charles Sturt University requesting input for her thesis. The topic is: The relationship between trait anxiety, prior injury or accident, riding experience and a state of competitive anxiety for equestrian athletes." Anyone interested in helping should contact Rachel Hogg on 0427 064 810 or horsegal_rach_@hotmail.com.

From the President

The AGM will be held on August 27 and as your President, I'd like to encourage as many members as possible to attend. More importantly, please give some thought to nominating for a role on the Committee. It's very rewarding and if you feel uncertain about the obligations, there's plenty of advice and support if you need it.

July was certainly a busy and successful month for some BDC riders.

Firstly, I'd like to congratulate ALL the BDC Young Riders who went to SIEC July 11-13 and say: "Well done from all of us in your home Club. We're thrilled to have the Regional Team Trophy and keep up the good work."

Hopefully next year (with no EI to worry about) we'll be able to have our teams and their qualifications prepared early, enabling some serious team training efforts on our home grounds.

Also very exciting was the July 20 Practice Day. Feedback was so positive I think we'll have to schedule these days as a mainstay of the BDC calendar. With all the wet weather this winter, many people have been unable to use their own arenas/paddocks.

September 5-7 will see a number of BDC members taking their horses to the State Championships at Clarendon. We wish them all the best of luck with their training over the next few weeks and will keep you posted on the results.

There are a couple of social/fundraising nights proposed for later in the year.  The first will be a Barrel Tasting to be held at Centennial Vineyards.  The second is a cabaret night, possibly September/October, with Geraldine Turner.  Both these functions will offer a chance to have a bit of fun, meet other members and hopefully raise some funds.

Also something to look forward to.....February 22, 2009 will see our first comp for next year AND the official opening of our grounds. There will be a lunch for sponsors and dignitaries, as well as demonstrations from some of our top riders. So put this date in your diary.

Cheers and happy riding     

Mim

Members Championships October 5

Our Members Championships will be held on October 5. Riders under 25 are reminded this event will see the Sally Evans Memorial Trophy being contested, so you've really got something to work towards. Please note competitors, callers are not allowed at the BDC Championships.

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