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Eventer Trial rescheduled to 30th June

After the recent threat of Strangles within the area, NCHTA are pleased to announce that we are holding the Eventer Trials on the 30th June.

Enter online at: http://www.nominate.com.au/equest/event.asp?event=2843&eventlist=1

All those who entered the previous ET and received the refund will be entitled to a discount of 15%.  An email will be going out shortly with the password so that this discount can be applied.

We look forward to seeing you all soon.

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NCHTA Volunteers Hard at Work

Belated thanks to everyone who put in time painting, flagging and  wipper-snippering at our working bee on the 4th and 5th of May!  We would not be able to run great events without you.

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Eventer Trial Rescheduled for Sunday 30th June

The Eventer Trial that we unfortunately had to cancel has been rescheduled for Sunday 30 June.  The program will be as before, with entries through Nominate (although not quite yet).

As previously indicated, there will be a special discount offered to those who had entered for the original event and not scratched before the strangles scare emerged. 
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Eventer Trial Cancelled

Dear Competitor,

The large number of you who have indicated that you would not bring horses to the Eventer Trial if it were to go ahead means that it would not be viable for us to proceed, besides not really offering sufficient competition to make it worthwhile.Also, it has been gently suggested to us by vets (on whose goodwill we rely for support at horse trials events) that they would prefer us not to provide a reason for people to be moving horses in the district until they are sure they have the strangles outbreak fully contained.

As previously indicated, we will see whether a convenient later date can be found, probably in July, at which both the venue and sufficient numbers of volunteers may be available.

We are asking Nominate to refund 80 per cent of all entry moneys. The balance is being retained to cover costs incurred and as some recompense to the club for the significant amount of time put into preparing the cross country course. Also, we had a commitment to make a donation to Pegasus Riding for the Disabled from the entry money, which we want to honour to some extent as they need assistance badly. If we do run the event at a later date, it may be possible to offer an extra discount on entry fees to people who entered this time.

We are sorry to disappoint those who really wanted to attend the event, but there really wasn’t any option but to cancel under the circumstances.

Regards,

The NCHTA Committee

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Eventer Trial Competitors PLEASE READ & RESPOND!

There has been an outbreak of strangles on the border of the ACT.  There are a few confirmed or suspected cases on two properties (both distant from the event venue) which have been placed under quarantine and where appropriate biosecurity measures are being undertaken.  It is impossible to say for at least another week whether the outbreak has been successfully contained, since the incubation period is around 14 days. Obviously, we would expect that any horse from the affected area that could conceivably have been exposed and that shows any symptoms would not be brought to the event.   However, we can’t entirely rule out the possibility that there may be some infection risk to horses attending the event.

If the Eventer Trial goes ahead, it will be the responsibility of horse owners to keep their horses apart from others if they wish to minimise infection risk.  Since almost everyone will only be at the venue for the day, there will not need to be extensive use of the fixed yards and it should be reasonably possible to keep horses apart.

If a significant number of competitors advise that they do not wish to come to the event under these circumstances, we will cancel and refund entry fees minus an administrative charge to cover costs we have incurred.  In that case, it is possible that we may be able to reschedule the event for a weekend in July, but we will take entries from scratch in that case rather than carry them over from this event.

If most people advise that they still want to compete this Sunday, we will go ahead with the Eventer Trial –  In that case, we MAY be able to make partial reimbursement of entry fees to those who choose not to come.

PLEASE ADVISE BY EMAIL (canberraht@gmail.com), WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS, WHETHER YOU WOULD COMPETE AT THE EVENTER TRIAL ON SUNDAY IF IT WERE TO GO AHEAD.

Final decision will be made on Friday,  and an email notification sent out  / web site update.