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Last update:
14/08/2011 09:35PM
Welcome to the website for the Northern Tablelands
Western Horse Club Inc., an organisation formed in
2006 to
foster and promote activities for enthusiasts of the western breeds of horses, such as the
Quarter Horse, Paint Horse and Appaloosa, as well as enthusiasts of the
exciting and fast growing sport of Team Penning!
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Reminder: Our AGM is
on Tuesday 23rd of August
(added
Aug 14th)
To be held at 7.30 pm in
the YMCA Building at the Armidale Showground. Nominations for
committee positions may be lodged with the Secretary by Tuesday 16th
August (form available for download on our 'For Members' page.
2011 What's New!
(added
June 18th)
Hello All... after a busy
start to the year with the staging of our local Ag. Shows and our
Challenge series, we are pleased to now be able to announce the
winners for all divisions.
We once again had good
numbers in most divisions, however keeping that in mind it was
necessary for horses and riders to be nominated to participate in the
Challenge series, so not everyone who participated at these shows was
eligible for the awards. Competition was still extremely close
however, with us having to do a count-back to determine the winners
and/or runners-up for several of the awards!
Congratulations to the
following horses and owners on their achievements...
HALTER division.
Winner: 'Concent To Gold N Dreams' (Karen King)
Runner-up: 'Another Royal' (Jill Wagner)
JUNIOR HORSE
Winner: 'Spec of Pepper' (Rebecca Wagner)*
Runner-up: 'Another Royal' (Jill Wagner)
SENIOR HORSE
Winner: 'Royal Heart Throb' (Jill Wagner)
Runner-up: 'Tanamera Kid' (Jenny Blair)
ALL AGED HORSE
Winner: 'Tanamera Kid' (Jenny Blair)*
Runner-up: 'Royal Heart Throb' (Jill Wagner)
YOUTH
Winner: Megan Drew
AMATEUR
Winner: Jenny Blair
Runner-up: Jill Wagner
BEGINNER IMPROVER
Winner: Karen Purcell
Runner-up: Natalie Meredith
Those marked with an *
were decided on a count-back.
Once again,
congratulations to all our division winners and runners-up, and also
to everyone who competed at all of these show! Well done!
We have also now updated
some of the details for coming events (listed below), so please jot
these dates down on your calendar...
2011 What's On!
(added
May 19th)
Hello all. Our apologies
for not updating our page for a while!
We've had a busy start to
the year with our local Agricultural Shows and a couple of others
thrown in for good measure, including two shows at the Exhibition
Centre - one of which was an AQHA 'A' Show! All shows were quite well
attended and congratulations to all those who participated and took
home the awards!
Once again we ran a
Challenge Buckle Series over these shows and now that we have the
results in from all of them we will be able to tally up the points and
announce the winners... so stay tuned!
Congratulations also to
those members who competed successfully at the various State and
National Shows held in the first part of the year!
In coming months we will
be staging some very exciting events, which include the following...
July 2 & 3 - a
Saturday Clinic for members with Ann-Maree Mianowany instructing. Cost
for participants is $35 (plus $11 arena hire). We require a minimum of
5 riders to cover costs, so please book in early to ensure we can
stage this clinic, which will be of value to all members, regardless
of their level.
Please CLICK
HERE to Book Online for the the Training Day.
On Sunday (3rd), we will
be helping the
Uralla Pony Club by giving them and Beginner Western Day as a part of
their Mini-Camp to be held at the
Exhibition Centre. If any members are able to give a helping hand on
that day it would be greatly appreciated.
July / August (dates
to be confirmed) - there will be some working bees held to try and
get our cattle handing facilities completed at the Exhibition Centre
to help make it easier for us to stage events and clinics etc.
Details will be advised once known.
September 17 & 18
- The 2nd Annual Armidale Stockmans Challenge! Two-handed
cutting, Working Cowhorse, Indoor Campdraft, Team Penning and Western
Versatility!
We are currently just
finalising sponsorship etc, sp once this has been done we will have a
program and nomination forms available online HERE.
November 30 &
December 1 - We have the honour of hosting one of the worlds
finest please horse trainers and instructors in Mark Shaffer
from the United States who will be here for a two day Western
Horsemanship clinic! Mark has trained and shown numerous World
Champions across several breeds and has been running clinics in
Australia for several years now and a number of our members have been
going to his clinics. Riding spots at the clinic are limited to
just 12 riders. The cost is $400 for the two days
for riders and $50 a day for fence sitters, with lunch and
refreshments included! There are currently ONLY 4 PLACES LEFT,
so please book in early!
December 10th &
11th - Coloured Horse
Spectacular, to be held at the Armidale Exhibition Centre. This will
have a full program of all our usual performance events on the
Saturday, plus Quarter Horse
Halter classes, as well as a big program of events (both led and
ridden) for all the coloured breeds on the Sunday, including Palomino's, Buckskins
& Dilutes, Paints, Pinto's, Appaloosa's, Sportaloosa's and
Miniatures. We have already been offered support from several breed
groups, so we are hopeful this will be a successful event and one that
will become an annual event!
A full program will
be available soon!
For archived News Items
please CLICK HERE
For further details regarding events
and activities, or to download forms or newsletters, please click on
the tabs at the top of this page.
Thank you for taking the time to check out our
club.
We look forward to seeing you at our events in the near future!
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