Weekend was a great success

Thank you to everyone who came to out event on the weekend.  It seems that almost everyone had a great time, which is what it’s all about.
The results can be found on nominate and by clicking here.

Our two loyal sponsors Horseland Canberra and Funky Brew again supported the event, and were joined by our newest sponsor Barton Estate who kindly provided wine for all the winners of the senior classes!  We look forward to continuing support from them all and maybe we will see a wine themed jump out there at our next event?
Our event would not be possible without the following people and the endless hours of work that went in to preparation.

Ben Smith recently won the Equestrian NSW Eventing Volunteer of the year! It was extremely well deserved as he has spent months preparing our unique course, although he didn’t make it rain there were some new changes and additional jumps & combinations throughout the grades which rode nicely. Aly Doak organised everything dressage (stressage?) including the judges and pencillers, setting up and the dreaded pack up – thank you to our judges, pencillers and marshallers (Helen & Lyn), and especially to our handy crew of arena builders and de constructers; Lisa, Kalara, Scott, Rachel, Jackie and Felicity! Lauren & Jane McIntosh organised everything show jumping (how good is our new gear looking?! Thanks Karl from OTT) including the marshallers Kiah, Bec, Hayley & Ali – great job for both days by sending everyone in the right direction, dealing with “but I have multiple rides” and everything else! A special mention to our pole pickers, show jumping judges and course designers/builders. Sarah Hearn did a fantastic job organizing all of our cross country jump judges, starters and finishers – thank you to everyone who volunteered their time on cross country day, it wouldn’t run without you! Anne & Chris McRoberts did a stellar job as cross country marshallers, its so great to have them back! To our cross country control and TD’s – Rachel, Peter J, Ian, Peter H, Merry & Corrine; love your work! The Cartwright family put on 5* service for catering in the marquee and ensured that no one left the event hungry! Kelsey & Jackie Szczepanik organised the goodie bag/day packs so our volunteers remained full & hydrated. The Purcell Family have recently come on board and did a fantastic job – Taj & Shannon were sheet collecting, being a taxi for fallen riders to get their ambulance check and general running around; whilst Lisa was filling in wherever needed, running lunches to cross country volunteers and always offering to be put to work which made our lives much easier! Alex, Hayley, Kiah, Wayne and Derek worked endless hours preparing the grounds, number & flagging all obstacles. Jim and Joe as well as Gemma helped with the dreaded pack up the day after the event. John (Café Fitz) was BBQ extraordinaire and ice bag collector. Last but not least, thank you to our sponsors Imperial Floats, Funky Brew, Horseland Canberra & Barton Estate wines – without your generous sponsorship, our event would not be possible! Tori won her class while helping out, and Katy also took home a ribbon won while juggling the roles of hey can you help with this please? We hope you are looking forward to the eventer trial in July!
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