Results Team Penning Youth 1st - Dylan Lutz, Aiden Sargent, Jack Marquet 2nd – Samantha Mills, Abbi Paul, Maddison Sargent 3rd – Samantha Mills, Abbi Paul, Maddison Sargent 4th – Dylan Lutz, Aiden Sargent, Jack Marquet 5th – Cheraz Barker, Emily Pryor, Ethan Pryor Maiden 1st – Nadine Taylor, Roslyn Jones, Michael Maytom 2nd – Steve Bellington, Amanda Loydell, Shell Price 3rd – Nerrolie Pryor, April McVerry, Caroline Roberts 4th – Ellise Pryor, Amiee Pryor, Gemma Leverton 5th – Gary Ford, Donna Halls, Sharna Broad Open 1st – Leesa Barker, Donna McMahon, Ritchie Pryor 2nd – Liz Vella, Kate Fox, Al Petersen 3rd – Paul Flett, Donna Morrell, Robin Boehme 4th – Gary Maytom, Michael Maytom, Jody Maytom 5th – Leesa Barker, Donna McMahon, Ritchie Pryor Best Presented Youth Team: Ellen Marquet, Jacqueline Richards, Lachie Ford Gary Hyde’s Encouragement Award : Georgia Whieldan, Ivy Whieldan, Olivia Edwards Gary Maytom’s Encouragement Award: Sue Jakes, Lindy McCul-lum, Angela Miller Sue Grant’s Horsemanship Award: (Boy) Ethan Pryor (Girl) Emily Pryor

Arena Sorting Youth 1st – Maddison Sargent, Abbi Paul, Samantha Mills 2nd – Dylan Lutz, Aiden Sargent, Jack Marquet 3rd – Harrison Jones, Alesha Leayr, Jessica Lutz 4th – Cheraz Barker, Emily Pryor, Emily Jakes 5th – Harrison Jones, Alesha Leayr, Jessica Lutz Maiden 1st – Steve Bellington, Amanda Loydell, Shell Price 2nd – Vanessa Koch, Tiffanie Littlejohn, Nerrolie Pryor 3rd – Gary Ford, Donna Halls, Sharna Broad 4th – Vanessa Koch, Tiffanie Littlejohn, Nerrolie Pryor 5th – Dave Langley, Angela Miller, Sue Jakes Open

1st – Chris Ford, Jeremy Broad, Garrett Allen 2nd – Sam Young, Peter Cavanagh, Col Bowd 3rd – Leanne Lennard, Bruce Sternbeck, Paul Hugginson 4th – Dean Bannister, Danielle Blanch, Ian Blanch 5th – Jamie Bannister, Tom Cavanagh, Katrina Cavanagh Most Graceful Dismount: Jenny Rule Cut Out Winner: Vanessa Koch

October Newsletter 2015

Join us @ our Gresford Christmas Event on 14 November

October at Dungog—Twilight Runs After deciding to do 60 runs of twilight Team Penning on the Friday afternoon at Dungog due to a forecast that the weather was going to be stinking hot we kicked off around 6.15pm. It was trial and error but things went off without a hitch. Saturday morning came and the kids had their turn and the rest of the Team Penning runs were finished off. We had plenty of time before our twi-light Arena Sorting was to start so members eagerly put their names down for a cut out. Congratulations to Vanessa Koch who was our cut out winner. All hands on deck to get the arena changed for arena sorting and then the rains started. We waited a couple of hours and once the ground was checked and assessed as being safe we started on our twilight Arena Sorting. There was plenty of drizzle and a touch of rain on Saturday night but Sunday morning brought fog and an absolutely beautiful day. Once again the kids had their turn at Arena Sorting and the adults did the last of their runs. An early finish allowed there to be plenty of time for pack up followed by the usual presentation. How wonderful it was to get home with still plenty of day light left.

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October Newsletter 2015

Member Spotlight Member’s Name: Liz Vella

Horse’s Information

Buckshot 15.1hh Quarter X Paint – 6 years old

Johnny 14.3hh Quarter X Thoroughbred – 20 years old

Background:

Liz currently lives in Branxton on a farm with her husband Fred

who is known as the phantom husband cause no one ever sees

him but a few know he exists. They have several head of cattle

and horses. She is one of our regular judges and holds the position

of Vice President for VTP.

Liz’s mum always said she wasn’t born she was pulled out of a

horse’s foot. Liz lived with her family which included 3 non horsey

sisters in Hambelton Hill which is on the other side of Singleton

until the age of 5. They then moved to Branxton where her dad

became a coal miner and her mum was an aged care nurse. Hors-

es have been Liz’s life since a very young age and she even broke

in her first horse when she was in sixth class. Show jumping,

sporting, team penning and rodeos for 15 years are just some of

the things she has turned her hand to but admits that team pen-

ning is the most sociable. There was nothing she loved more than

sitting around and listening to the ‘old timers’ talking and working

with horses and believes most of her skills came from these im-

pressionable times.

Liz recalls a nearby neighbour when she was a kid that she

thought was absolutely wonderful because he always had a new

horse for her to ride. Regardless how feral they were when she

got on them by the time she had finished with them they were

wonderfully trained. Little did she know that he was a horse deal-

er and would buy them cheap and sell them and make a pretty

penny after she had put all the hard work in.

At one point in time her husband used to have racehorses but was

never a rider. It was at this time that Liz was breaking and retrain-

ing race horses off the track. Her and her husband even owned

the horse that won the Melbourne Cup in 1987 “Kensei”.

AGM Thank you to everyone that attended our AGM which was held at

Maitland Park Bowling Club on 16 October.

All positions were declared vacant and the following people were

nominated and voted into positions:

President

Paul Hugginson

Vice Presidents

Liz Vella, Chris Marquet

Secretary

Jill Pepperall

Treasurer

Cassie Ford

Facebook+Website+Newsletter Coordinator

Corina Smith

Nominations

Kathryn Marquet, Deearne Boughton, Tracey Banister

Sponsorship

Tennielle Tapp

Head Cattlemen

Leesa Barker

Cattlemen

Dean Banister, Sam Young, Karen Williams, Chris Ford, Garrett

Allen, Gary Hyde

Memberships

Narelle Kreymborg

Placings Coordinators

Jill Pepperall, Deb Dewar, Kathryn Marquet, Tracey Banister, Cori-

na Smith

Committee Persons

Al Petersen, Kate Fox, Marty Broadfoot, Kim Ford, Gary Ford, Di

Ryan, Steven Pepperall, Ian Blanch

Thank you to everyone that accepted positions and we look for-

ward to another great year in 2016.

Buckshot

Photo courtesy of Jo-Anne Hooper—All Pegasus Photography

Johnny

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Dungog October 30/November 1 - 2015

Saturday 14 November

Once again we will be holding our Christmas Party and Competition

weekend at Gresford Show Ground. For those who have nominated

to ride on Saturday in the mixed team Arena Sorting you may show

up on Friday night for the usual camp over. If not and you have only

RSVP’d for the Christmas Party, festivities will kick off around 5.00pm

on Saturday. There will be loads of entertainment for the kids, a meal

supplied by Michelle and Sandra’s Mobile Coffee and Catering fol-

lowed by an auction and live band. We have sent a letter to Santa re-

questing his presence and since he’s never let us down before I’m

sure no one will de disappointed.

Fun for the kids: Plenty of games throughout the day for the

kids with heaps of prizes.

Best Presented Prize: There will be a prize for the horse and

rider with the best presented Christmas themed costume.