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Tom Quilty
Manilla NSW
25th - 27th June 2010

Congratulations to the Murrumba Team coming 10th overall in the teams entry with a
3 out of 4 completion.

Greg Garred & Shannonwood Sub - Completion
Jaime Garred & Shannonwood Ezar - Completion
Karen Trundle & Rodborough Eclipse - Completion
Graysen Gundling riding Melcot Bella - VOL 3rd Leg

Well done to all of you & your horses & not to forget your wonderful
strappers and chefs.

A special mention also for Steve Barlow (MERC Member) who also attended lending his
expertise as a Chief Steward. Hope you didn't freeze too much sleeping in your car.

Completition Statistics

Division	No. Riders	Total Completions	% Completions	Vet Outs	Withdrawn
Heavyweight	58	31	53.45%	24	3
Middleweight	136	77	56.62%	49	10
Lightweight	76	39	51.32%	35	2
Junior	22	13	59.09%	9	...
Totals	292	160	54.79%	117	15

TOM QUILTY 2010

Goodluck to our Team of MERC riders and strappers heading to the Tom Quilty (Manilla)

We wish you all the best for a safe trip and a safe and memorable ride.

We look forward to hearing about your adventures on your return.

Club Polo Shirts

Our order for club shirts is underway, for members that ordered club shirts please remember to
bring your money to the next meeting if you haven't already paid.

If you prefer to pay by direct deposit please contact Nicole or Karen for account details.

Next Meeting

Saturday 10th July 2010
7:30pm
360 Bellmere Road, Bellmere

New members welcome

Commiserations go out to our long serving member Anne Barlow who had a fall from her horse
Lolly while out training.

Anne fractured her collar bone and unfortunately will have to sit out this year's Tom Quilty,
we wish Anne a speedy recovery & hope to see her back in the saddle soon.

Spring Mountain
13th June

80km
Chris Nichols - 2nd Heavy Weight riding Bashan Memphis
Debbie Edwards - Completed
Cheryl Gaedtke - Completed her 2nd 80km (barefoot !!)

40km
Phyllis Thomson riding Faith
Mark Harris riding Latif Jemima

Congratulations to our members and their horses.

Also a special mention for Phyl who completed her very first
training ride and enjoyed every moment, well done!

Spring Mountain Ride through the eyes of a first time visitor.

Spring Mountain was a bit of a milestone for my friends and I. It was
our first time on our own, without the help of experienced endurance
riders, but they were only a phone call away. I camped with Debbie (the
mystery MERC member) and another friend Kim. Deb was riding Chaswyk
Ramazotti and Kim was riding Bashan Phoenix.   We also brought along
Chaswyck The Maverick for one of the Splendacrest riders. After a lot
of set backs caused by a hoof abscess, I finally got to do an 80k ride
on my boy, Bashan Memphis. This was his first outing for nearly 12
months, so he did get a little bit excited in pre-ride vetting, and
actually had a lower heart rate at the end of the ride than at
pre-ride. We got there in the end. We won't mention the
Rottweiler/scattering horses incident, we didn't fall off, that's all
that really matters!

A lot of people told us that Spring Mountain is a challenging track.
They were right.   We were also told stories about how strapping buckets
froze overnight and were still frozen at the end of the first leg. They
were almost right, it was minus 1 when we rode out in the morning, not
quite cold enough to freeze the buckets, but I don't think it was too
far off.

It was a reasonably difficult track. Its not one where you can go like
a bat out of hell, but you are constantly having to change your pace to
ride to the track conditions. Fortunately for us, our 40k training loop
at Amamoor Creek is more difficult, so we had a slight advantage.   We
set out with the aim of getting around the track in between 6 and 6 1/2
hours. We ended up doing it in 6 hours 10 minutes. Much to my
surprise, the CS came wandering through the camp calling my name. For a
moment I had a sinking feeling, had I missed a marker and been
disqualified? No. Much to my surprise, I was being advised to saddle
up my horse and be at the vetting area in 15 minutes for a Best
Conditioned workout. 6 hours 10 minutes was enough for me to place
second in Heavy Weight, Kim placed 4th in Middle Weight, and Deb
unfortunately got stuck behind a group of 6 other riders at the finish
line, and placed 11th.

We were all quite surprised at our achievement. Our goal was to
complete, nothing else. Placing was a bonus. It was also a great day
for Scott and Graham Ellison of Bashan Arabians, with 3 horses they bred
completing (2 placing) and their two Chaswyck horses completing. As it
was Big Country's 25th anniversary every rider successfully completing
was awarded a rug, and the top 5 in each division were awarded a saddle
cloth. A big thank you to BCER, it was a great weekend, we all had a ball.

Chris

Our next club meeting is on the 5th of June

7:30pm at Greg & Jan's place

Hope to see you all there!.

New members welcome please contact us for address.

Eidsvold Endurance Ride
22-23rd May
80km successful completions

Congratulations to our members:

Cath Herve, Anne Barlow, Cathy Bruce 3rd Middleweight &
Greg Garred 2nd Heavyweight

Raffle Winner
Murrumba Magic 2009

Celeste Manwaring won the Portrait Prize painted by
local artist and club member Nicole Cameron.

"Hey Nicole, I just wanted to say thank you cause the painting
is more than I expected and you really captured my girl THANK YOU"
Celeste

To visit other works by Nicole
www.nicolecameron.com.au

Say No to Voluntary Vaccinations (click)

If there was ever a time that every horse, pony person should come together for the welfare of our equine here

in Australia - this is it!

Please forward on this web address

_{www.SayNotoVoluntaryEIVaccination.com}

to everyone you know, no matter what discipline or part of the equine industry ...

VOTE NO before 19th April!!!!

Faraway Easter Carnival (Imbil)

Left to Right: Graysen & Bella, Karen & Zac, Anne & Lolly, Graysen & Jem

Marathon Completions

Anne Barlow &
Sa_Har Magnolia

Karen Trundle &
Zac (From Rodborough Arabians)

Graysen Gundling &
Melcot Bella

80km Completions

Mark Harris &
Latif Jemima

Chris Nichols &
Tarwarri Sharhim

Congratulations to the above riders & horses.
It was Chris's first attempt at an 80km & Anne's 9th Marathon.

Condolences to those that did not make it; Cath, Greg, Jamie,Karen & Dan.
Cath Herve came so close to finishing the
Marathon with only 30kms to go., it was an amazing effort.

Karen Trundel and Zac

Left to Right: Karen & Zac, Karen & Zac & Lolly finishing 320kms, Lolly on final run out

Brymaroo 21st March

Congratulations to Cathe Herve, Frank Scadding, Jamie Garred,
Greg Garred & Karen Hamelink for 100% completion

Well done :-)

Copmanhurst 13th & 14th March

No. 127 Cathie Bruce and Lanamere Indianna 80km
- Written by Cathie Bruce

We had a really good time at Copmanhurst it wasn't without hiccups but turned out to
be a successful weekend all round. We enjoyed the hospitality and met some very
interesting characters, we were made to feel really welcome. Overall it was a lovely ride
base with plenty of ammenities and beautiful scenery.

It rained but not enough to cause any issues. Some of the track was soft and wet but the
majority was sandy and loamy underfoot. A third of the ride was roadside however the
remainder of the tracks were on undulating cattle properties. My favourite part of the ride
was the single file windy goat track that took us up over a mountain with views to the ride
base, at that point we knew we were close to home. I loved the amazing bush rock formations
that you wound around.

The club provided plenty of water for the horses, hay and carrots at a few checkpoints,
with even lollies, water and oranges provided for riders.

Overall it was a very enjoyable weekend we vetted through with flying colours which makes a
long trip definately worthwhile, considering we lost a step off our gooseneck not even out of
the front gate, struggling to get in and out of the tick gate and then having to be diverted due
to a horrific accident on the highway.

I would definately recommend attending Copmanhurst rides in the future, I will definately
be returning.

Next Meeting Scheduled

24th April

Please see calandar for details

Our Club Meeting has been brought forward from the 27th March to the:

27th February

Venue: Presidents address
7:30pm
Please click here to contact us to find out directions

We welcome new members

Murrumba Endurance Riding Club Seminar and Intro Ride Feb 10

Our Education + 20km Intro Ride was a success.

Thank you for all that attended and those of you that volunteered.

Seminar & Ride Review - Written by Anne Barlow

Murrumba Endurance Seminar and Intro Ride Feb 10

Congratulations to these talented ladies;

Graysen Gundling riding Melcot Bella, 1st Lightweight Best Conditioned.

&

Cathy Bruce riding Lanamare Indianna, 3rd Middleweight

on their successful 80km ride at
Fernvale 7th Feb 10.

Indianna achieving her Open Status!

Conditions couldn't have been WETTER!!!

Well done!!

P.S Have you checked out page 18 of the Endurance News this month???
The article on Selecting a Horse.
Cathy and her mare Lanamare Indianna were photographed by Sue Crockett at Kalbar 09.

Congrats to Margaret and Frank Scadding
on the arrival of a bay arabian colt (Kholonial Dreamtime Eve x MT Eerwah Silveradoo).

* Education Seminar + 20km Intro Ride* see flyer
Saturday 13th February

Seminar Talk: Vetting advice, Horse Nutrition, Training, Selection of Horse,
Gear & Strapping Techniques, Hendra Virus Management
TPR School

Pre-nominations appreciated:
Contact Ride Secretary: Cathy Herve (07) 3285 5473
murrumba@aera.asn.au

New QERA Membership Forms are now on the QERA site