Author: Kate

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Course maps for the XC

Here are the maps with correct times and distances for you to study and get excited about! Don’t forget – if you are a local, your assistance on Saturday is needed! Flagging will start at 10am. And if you have a family member who can assist with jump judging their help would be much appreciated.

95 XC course map
60 XC course map
1* XC course map


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Upcoming Hunter Trial

Not long to go until our Hunter Trial!

Volunteers are VIPs – and we can’t run this competition without them.

If you are handy with a whipper snipper we have many many jumps that need tidying up – a working bee this Saturday so please come if you can.

We will be flagging the XC course and setting up the SJ on Saturdy (12th) so we welcome your assistance with that.

If you can help on the 13th with either the SJ or XC jump judge – please send an email to Kate on canberraode@gmail.com

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Tips for this weekend.

It’s been a while since we’ve all been eventing – so here are some tips to help the weekend run smoothly:

  • Equestrian Park is located at 208 Cotter Road, Google Maps knows where it is. So please don’t go to the National Equestrian Centre! Click here for the map.
  • Your horse must have its number visible in all three phases. It can be on your saddle blanket, or a bridle number.
  • Don’t forget to print two copies of your back number.
  • If you fall off (bummer) please remember you will need to be seen by our medical team before you can ride again/leave the venue.
  • If you are eliminated in the SJ, come and talk to the TD and you may get permission to ride XC.
  • No whips in the dressage arena.
  • No callers for dressage.
  • Volunteering is fun and helps keep committees going so that they will run another event for you.
  • EvA80 and 1* riders, unless you are competing on Sunday, you MUST leave the venue as soon as you can.
  • Keep checking this website for more information!
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October event

Thank you everyone for your responses to our survey!
As you may be aware NCHTA runs three competitions a year. The March event and the Eventer Trial (scheduled for the 13 December) cater for EvA60 to 2* and our September (or October) event caters for EvA80 to 4*
From the responses to the survey it is abundantly clear that we simply can not fit the EvA60 class into this event, and for this we are truely sorry and wish we could make it work, but sadly with limited space for dressage arenas, and restrictions on the number of participants it is impossible.
Our event is run in the ACT and as such we need to comply with the regulations put in place by ACT Health.
Entries will be open soon, and will be limited to a total number of 125 horses per ODE. We are running two ODE’s on consequecutive days to maximise the number of participants able to compete over the weekend.
This means we will need XC judges for both days, so please, if you are a local rider your help is needed!
Please be patient as we all negiotate running an event in these very novel times!
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39 days to go and what will the event look like?

The days are counting down to the event date.

What the event will look like is not clear at this stage, but we hope to be able to run some sort of activity that involves riding your horse over our XC course!

So we will continue to plan to hold an event, and will need volunteers to be able to be out on course, making sure things run smoothly as possible.  For anyone who is interested and available that weekend, please contact Kate and your offer will forwarded to the relevant coordinator.

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2020

We have several events planned for 2020

January – Sam Lyle eventing clinic – enter online: NCHTA members have first right of entry – hence the password!

March – CCN event – running from EvA60 up to 2* Enter online now

June – Eventer Trial – Pairs XC with fancy dress, and SJ and XC rounds from 60cm up to 1*

September – CCI event EvA80 up to 4*

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Working bees

Like many committees – NCHTA relies heavily on the generous contribution of the efforts of volunteers to help bring an event about.

There are the same familiar faces out there working hard in the lead up to our events, and those that maybe wish they had more time to be able to do more.  Juggling everything is not easy (trust me – I know all about that!).   Helping out at an event is a great way to connect with those involved with the sport – as well as lightening the load on those few who probably shouldn’t do as much as they do!

This weekend we will be at Equestrian Park preparing for the event – with jobs such as flagging (a much easier job now that we have plastic flags that don’t need to be hammered into the ground), laning and whipper-snipping around the jumps.  Some mowing will also need to be done on the ride on mowers.

We welcome everyone who wishes to join us – and especially those attending ACTSJC are welcome to pop out while waiting for their turn to join in!