Author: Kate

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!
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #NCHTA #eventinginthecapital

 

We are delighted to be able to share with you the draw and notes for the event on the weekend.
Click here for the most recently updated draw.
If you’ve booked a yard with NCHTA, I will be working on that next.
If anyone needs to scratch, please contact Kate on canberraode@gmail.com

 

Here is a mud map of where things are located over the weekend.
The draw will be sent out later today, along with some notes regarding the event.
But in the mean time, here is the timetable to help you plan your weekend.  We are so looking forward to having you all here, we really hope you have a terrific time.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

We have been working hard to get everything ready for this weekend!  The course has been flagged and is looking great.

Ben Smith has made some variations to the course, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone enjoying themselves.
The draw is almost complete and should be ready for publishing tomorrow evening.

See you soon!

 

A reminder to help make this work as well as possible for everyone please don’t build yards along the road.  There isn’t enough room if yards aren’t behind the cyclone fenceline.   This is for safety reasons  also.

 

 

The course is looking great.  The show jumping warm up areas have been moved. The problems are with the parking so please be careful.   The camping area is suitable for 4wd only.  Currently the sun is shining and there’s a breeze.

At this stage it’s all systems go.

Dear riders,
The ground jury is meeting on course at 1.30pm.  We will talk about our options at that point, but at the present time, it is all going ahead.  Rest assured that we realise you need to travel and this uncertainty makes it all difficult. We will send an email, and update our Facebook page with further updates.
Thank you,

Kate

OTT Canberra International Horse Trials media UPDATE, we have WIN TV visiting the park at 11.30 Friday it would be super if a small crowd could gather to cheer and have a few banners and posters welcoming /congratulating Shane for the event.  For more information contact Fiona Gruen by email fmgruen@tpg.com.au  Fiona is hoping for a medal moment too with Shane on the Saturday, time to be advised..

We would like to reassure you all that at the present time, it’s all systems go.  The committee and TDs have several plans in place to deal with the xc course given the rain we’re experiencing.  We are NOT CANCELLING at this stage, and we don’t envisage that we will need to unless we get an incredible deluge.  The dressage arenas hold up very well in the wet.  The XC course is on a hill and drains well.  The showjumping rings cope well too, the warm up can get churned up (as expected) so we will have another area to warm up in and only a limited number of riders will be allowed in at time.
If the situation changes I will email everyone.
Thanks,

Kate

The draw and riders notes are now available to view and download  Please take the time to read the notes as it helps the weekend run smoothly.

Please contact me on canberraode@gmail.com (which is preferred) or phone 0403200341 (remembering that it is school holidays and I have three kids who are probably driving me around the bend by the weekend, so I’d rather you not to have to hear me yelling at them to be quiet while I try to hear what you have to say)