Alpine

adult riding club

FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLET TER

NEXT MEETING:
Thursday 5th
MARCH 2015
7-30pm Star Hotel, Bright
All members and interested people
welcome - come along for a drink or
meal and the meeting.

Membership for 14-15 / Cards & Grading

King Valley ARC dressage comp

Its not too late to join - you need to pay your fees to
use the arenas; go to: http://alpineadultridingclub.
weebly.com. Please make sure your membership
card is stamped & up-to-date. Contact HRCAV www.
hrcav.com.au

Well done to Annette, Joy and Leisha who competed

at oxley in the 2 day KV club dressage jackpot Both
joy and annette had good rides and enjoyed the
weekend camping there. Congratulations to Leisha
who won Saturdays level 1 jack pot championship in
a strong field. Well done - great to see bernie out and
about again!

louisecocker@hotmail.com

* Reminder that our rally are mostly run on the 4th

Sunday of the month; sometimes we change so please
keep an eye on our face book page or the web site. All
input is welcome.

CLUB CALENDAR:

Proposed change to our constitution

Please forward any agenda items to

Joy or Lou:
joy.paola@bigpond.com

Paul Owen Horse Vet Dentist will be

in the area in the near future - contact
Renee Paola: rpaola@bigpond.net.
au or for more info go to http://www.
horsevetdentist.com.au/

FEBRUARY 21st 2015

John Bird clinic Pioneer Park

MARCH 28-30th 2015

3 Day trip into Bennies / Rose River
Area.

June 28 2015*
Le Trec comp

REGIONAL EVENTS:
Heaps of events happening now over
summer months; HRCAV things can
be found at www.hrcav.com.au - let
us know if you have other organised
events coming up:
8 MARCH COMBINED TRAINING
(Official) - Yackandandah

29 MARCH - HICKSTEAD (Unofficial) Wangaratta AHRC

It has been proposed that Alpine ARC change our

constitution to lower the membership joining age
from 18yo to 16 yo. Any change to our constitution
requires a vote - so a letter will be going out to
members shortly, please watch out for this letter as
your vote is important.

Our first Official Le Trec

AARC first official Le Trec comp to be held - Sunday
28th June 2015. Test your one to one partnership
with your horse over obstacles and challenges.
Includes a Nav ride with a twist and a control of gait
competition. No pressure and lots of fun - more info
to come. Its a new form of horse competition which
is hot property in Europe, developed over the last 20
plus years and is gaining popularity Australia. They
are a combination of Orienteering or rather riding at
a given pace over a distance between several check
points, Time Trials (slow canter then fast walk over
about 750m) and an Obstacle Course of about 16
items.

John Bird Clinic 21st Feb

Alpine will once again host well known event rider
John Bird on Feb 21st. Lou has done a great job
organising this clinic - come down to watch and have
a cuppa - time are posted on Face book site.

Harrowing roster
Thank you to Lou for organising the harrowing roster
for 2015 - a condition of membership to AARC is
commitment to partake in harrowing throughout
the year to maintain the arena surfaces - if you
cant make your allotted time - please let joy now or
Harrowing Roster
arrange a swap with someone else.

February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Lou
Joy & Bec
Alex & Coral
Ginn & Cailin
Sabine & Jennie
Wal & Ali
Deb & Leisha
Libby & Leonie
Rod & Tina
Kerry M & Marilyn
AnneGe & Kerrie

March Trail Ride camp 28th 30th March to

Bennies - rose river
If your interested in heading out for the march trail
ride and camp - let joy know - 57 551060; she will
give you more info - keep a look out on Face Book
page also.

Andrew Sims Clinic - expression of interest

Andrew Sims is a well know regional horseman
- expressions of interest are being sought for 1-2
day horsemanship clinic to be held at Pioneer Park.
Register your interest with Joy. For more info go to:
http://andrewsimmshorsemanship.com/

Holding comps is one way our club raises funds although we understand not everyone is interested in competing;
so we would love to hear from you if you have any other suggestions - social events, demonstrations, educational or
any other horse related activities you would like to share or bring to the table - please let us know!

Alpine Adult Riding Club

alpineadultridingclub.weebly.com

President Joy - 5755 1060

Please share your news with us on face book or email alpineadultridingclub@hotmail.com