Reports
Committee Reports
Zone Committee meetings are held every two months. Relevant reports will be posted here. For more information contact Zone Secretary Darlis Reen, 9653 1460
State Equitation - Zone 23 Equitation Stars Shine
Zone 23 riders travelled to Worrigee to compete in the PCA State Championships
for Equitation
on 15&16 May. All riders were smartly presented and rode well over
the three rounds aiming to avoid penalties and complete
the required " tasks."
Jessica Tripp and her fabulous mare Honey Bee from Avondale
Pony Club ;rode consistently accurate rounds to win the
under 13 years Championship.
Zone 23 was declared Champion
Zone with four top scoring riders named:
Jessica Tripp and Honey Bee
Stephanie MacKillop and Handy High Ambitions
Jessica Henderson and Lighten Up
Natalie Schultz and Crackers.
Congratulations to all Managers for their assistance
and to the Pony Club riders and their
horses; Well Done.
Royal Easter Show
Report from Catriona Sviderskas
Zone
23 Junior Team of Four Riders – Sydney Royal Easter Show 2010. More
photos
Six riders represented Zone 23 in the under 13 years pony club events at this year’s Royal Easter Show.
In the Pony Club Team of Four Riders under 13 years the girls placed a well deserved second against strong competition.
The riders in this team were: Rachael Raheb (Arcadia PC), Caitlin Brown, Laura Shanahan and Phoebe Sviderskas (all from Dural PC). They executed their best ever workout and also gained the highest marks for appearance and gear in the competition. Everyone was absolutely delighted with the result - as the smiles in some of the accompanying photos show.
They were a very young team who are all very competent riders who have worked very hard at improving their riding skills over the past few months - Rachael is only 9 years old, Caitlin and Laura are 10 years old and Phoebe is 12. They were a delight to train and always listened attentively to directions and advice. They remained great friends, even when the inevitable difficulties of working in a team situation arose, and they all encouraged each other and tried to help each other out in training if things weren’t going to plan.
Thank you to our reserves, Courtney Williams from Dural PC and Phoebe Wilkinson (Avondale PC) for coming to practices and being ready to step in on the day if needed.
Thank you also to Sharryn Raheb, our team manager, for getting everyone together for practices and chasing up paperwork and also to our Zone 23 ZCI, Helen Wilkinson for getting the entries together and communicating with the RAS on our behalf.
It was wonderful to have so many Dural PC and Zone 23 members come out and support us on the day. It was a great thrill for the girls to hear the huge cheer from the stands when they had completed their workout.
Pony Club Showjump Challenge
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Area One Team:
Samantha Tripp riding Currowan Shahri
Katrina Turner riding Clarsymsher
Lauren Nicholls riding Bedrock Barney
Elizabeth Koob riding Caesar's Palace
Including Zone 23, Avondale Pony Club rider, Samantha Tripp won First
Place
at the Royal Easter show Pony Club Show Jump challenge.
Congratulations everyone, the weather was delightful
the venue looked amazing and the jumps looked like
an International course.
It was wonderful to see young riders competing at such
a
demanding level, at the Royal Easter Show. All rose to
the occasion and represented
their Pony Club and Zone to the best of their ability.
A great result and great display of sportsmanship. Well
done Zone 23.
Helen Wilkinson ZCI Zone 23
State Show Riding
The seven riders who travelled to Bingara for the Pony Club of N.S.W Pony Club State Show Riding Championships represented the Zone admirably. The standard of competition was professional, and the class sizes were large, the riders did a great job to be finalists,( after a series of sometimes as many as four heats,) and be placed in their class.
Zone 23 produced a Champion rider, Rachel Raheb (Arcadia)
riding Glynyarra Park Classic, well done Rachel and Crayons.
The rest of the team also rode well for good results: Congratulations
to;
Under 9 Rachel Raheb age Champion riding Glynyarra Park Classic
Under 11 Caitlyn Brown riding Ashadatan Park Sebastian
Under 13 Georgie Grove riding Barney
Under 13 Phoebe Wilkinson riding Farleigh Havana
Under 13 Rachel Temm riding Buttons
Under 15 Rachel Adam riding Craigston Reveller
Under 17 Victoria Temm riding Grooveman