Gatton Quarter Horse & Performance Association

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October 2008 Newsletter

In This Issue:

Updated Website
Welcome to our New Committee
Editor’s Message
Welcome to our Members
Coming Events
Letters to the Editor
Photos from Training Day
WANTED
Hunter In Hand Show rules
Dr. John Kohnke article
OCTOBER 08 Show Programs

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Welcome to our New Committee

EDITOR’S MESSAGE

Hello everyone,
  Welcome to another edition of the Gatton monthly newsletter. Hope you all come along to the next show on 25th & 26th October at Gatton showgrounds. Please pre nominate for this show.
Remember this newsletter is your guide to all coming events, show & tell, classifieds and important news for this club. So keep it handy on your fridge as a reminder. I have included an article in this issue with kind permission from Dr. John Kohnke. Also have a read of the Letters to the Editor.
Keep on riding.
Your Editor   Bernardette Hall

Congratulations to Patricia & David Wright.
Here is the new addition to the Wright family
Lily Marie Wright
Born 4th September 2008 
8 pound,  50.5 cm

Thank you to Meredith & Robert Rehn & Pattie Keller for
donating the service fee to SSQ IMA SEEKER TOO.

I heard on the grape vine of a member who got bitten by a snake recently but didn’t know it until a few days later. Gee some people just don’t know when to slow down.
Better be safe than sorry next time. And stay away from those wriggly varmints…….

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Just a quick note to say a big Thank you and Congratulations to the committee of the GQHPA for their 2 recent events.  The Beginner Show on August 31 was very well run with an amazing array of prizes in each event.
The Training Day on Sept 28 was a fantastic idea.  It was a great opportunity to get any new horses used to being ridden with other horses in the indoor arena.  For the more experienced horses it was the chance to polish up on a few things ...... not always possible within the time constraints of a real show.  To the horses it was the same as attending a show.... they didn't know there were no ribbons involved, but it gave us all a chance to get them used to that same sort of atmosphere at our own pace.  Having the trail & jumping equipment set up was really great too.  Everyone had plenty of opportunity to do all the trail elements and jumps without feeling hurried at all.
Aside from all this, what I really enjoyed about the Training Day was the social side.  We had plenty of time to chat to each other and also to help each other.  There was even quite a bit of "horse-swapping" going on, proving us horse-loving 'oldies' are still just big kids at heart !!
So Thank You so much to everyone for putting on a great day.  My horse Rocky has requested that we have another one ASAP.
Trudy Townson    
Placid Hills

INCENTIVES TO JOIN GATTON CLUB
FREE CLASSIFIEDS FOR MEMBERS
FREE ENTRY TO END OF YEAR HIGH POINT AWARDS
FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
DISCOUNTS FOR CLINICS & SHOWS
A RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR SAY AT MEETINGS
WITHOUT MEMBERS YOU HAVE NO CLUB & NO SHOWS TO COMPETE AT

A PHOTO FROM THE TRAINING DAY
AT GATTON INDOOR ARENA.
28TH SEPTEMBER 2008
WHO IS THAT ON HORSEBACK IN THE
SEXY SHORTS BETWEEN
ANDREA & BERNARDETTE?

CAN YOU GUESS? …….

COMING EVENTS
For GQH&PA
Held at Gatton Indoor Arena in 2008

UPDATED NOTICES TO ALL COMPETITORS WHO COME TO GATTON EVENTS:

• New Events being featured at the October Shows
  Hunter in Hand class and Select Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation and Select Amateur Horsemanship.
  Also having Yearling lungeline and Yearling Led Trail all these events now attract AQHA points.
  Hunter in Hand pattern can be printed from HSAA website.

• When downloading your entry forms from our website you will notice there is a new form that you are required to fill in and present to the Show Secretary on the day of the show.
  It's called the "Horse Event/Activity Participation Tracing and Declaration", This form replaces Waybills in Queensland and is compulsory for all competitors.  Please ensure that you download this form and bring it (completed) to every show that you attend.  Thank you

• Please don’t put your horse in a stable before seeing Show Manager Graham Voss. You could be taking someone else’s booked stable.

• $5 per horse is to be paid for use of arena the day before a show

2008 Events for Other Clubs

NEXT DATES FOR MEREDITH RHENS LADIES DAY 19th OCTOBER 2008
Starts at 9AM to 4PM   THE DAY COVERS TRAINING METHODS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Showing problems and questions covered BASIC MASSAGE TECHNIQUIES FOR THE EQUINE
(Meredith is a certified Practitioner) Morning tea & lovely hot lunch with drinks. Only 6 riders (to allow more time on each individual ) $100 for the day. Bookings essential Contact Meredith Rhen 0754665887 

LAIDLEY WALLOON QUARTER HORSE & PERF.
President: Robyn Hall 5465 6932 or 0439207661 Secretary: Julie-Ann Curry 5465 8491

12TH October Beginner Show with great prizes Rosewood Showgrounds. 8AM start. Entries taken on day.

BURPENGARY WESTERN PERFORMANCE CLUB
President: Kevin Peatey 3204 1325                                 Secretary: Robyn Dwight 5494 5043
2nd November 2008       “A” QH & “A” Appaloosa
TRAINING DAYS 2008 2nd and 4th Saturdays Monthly Held at Burpengary Indoor Arena
BOOKINGS: Isobel Collins 54987999 tandicollins@bigpond.com

REGIONAL APPALOOSA OPEN PERFORMANCE CLUB
Western Training & Horsemanship clinic With Ed Minehan For Beginner to Advanced Horses & Riders
At Palmerston Indoor Area – Walloon Sunday 16th November  8am start
All Breeds Welcome. Non Members welcome. Fence Sitter places available. Food & Drinks available
Bookings Essential - Please phone Vicki Prattt 8am to 8pm on 07 5424 2007

WELCOME TO OUR MEMBERS SO FAR FOR 2008 to 2009 SEASON

TRAINING DAY

at Gatton Indoor Arena was held on Sunday 28th September.
What a fantastic day we all had. We even saw Robert Lowden on horseback, shorts and all.
There was a bit of horse swapping going on . CAN YOU SEE WHICH RIDERS SWAPPED HORSES?

HUNTER IN HAND RULES FROM HSAA RULE BOOK

Thank you to Dr. John Kohnke for kindly giving me permission to use his articles.