Annual General Meeting February 14th, 2023
The 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 14th February
Mittagong RSL-Springs Room commencing at 6pm
All members are welcome to join us.
Dates for 2023
Our dates for next year are as follows:
29th January
1-2nd April
21st May
11th June @ SIEC
17th September
Bowral Dressage - Annual General Meeting - Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The 2022 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th May
Mittagong RSL-Springs Room
Zoom link
https://uws.zoom.us/j/86562323175?pwd=Q1I3NXF1Rm0zVUpnOEZnaHVQWllMdz09
Meeting ID: 865 6232 3175
Password: 365498
January Competition 2022
Our January 30 competition was a fantastic start to 2022. This was the first competition the club has run since March 2021 due to the ongoing disruptions of COVID 19 and bad weather events. With almost 300 entries on the day ranging from Prep to Grand Prix, as well as the Young Horse classes, it was very well supported. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces on the day, with riders just happy to be out doing what they love.
The pre competition training days that the club are now running on the Saturday prior to competition are proving to be very popular and riders are beginning to make use of the newly renovated stables and powered camping sites. Here’s to an exciting year of competition!!
2021 Championships Cancelled
Bowral Dressage Championships - CANCELLED
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September
Due to the continuing health risk posed by COVID and the restrictions that are currently in place, the committee is left with no other option but to cancel our Championships, September 18-19. Keep training everyone and stay safe!!!
E-Centreline feature on our Regional Championships
It was great to see Bowral Dressage’s Saddleworld Regional Championships featured in the recent issue of DNSW’s newly formatted E-Centreline. We are excited to announce that once again the club has received the support of both EA and ENSW to host another 2 day regional dressage festival this September. No doubt whatsoever that this year’s event will be bigger & better!
Training Day - Saturday 1st February - CANCELLED
February Training Day - Hot Weather Cancellation
Unfortunately the weather forecast for Bowral this Saturday is 40 degrees and coupled with the humidity we have a wet bulb temperature (WBGT) that is sitting in the unsafe category according to EA guidelines. Rider and equine safety is paramount as we all continue to struggle with the harsh Australian summer. Refunds will be issued through Nominate over the coming days.
Stay cool everyone.
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS CHAMPIONSHIPS DECEMBER 15TH
Our Members Championships complete with Christmas fancy dress are always the perfect way to finish our dressage calendar year. For some BDC members it is the highlight of the competition schedule. It was fantastic to see some of the fabulous horse/rider Xmas themed outfits; from the grinch, to the nutcracker, to the ghost of Xmas past. Congratulations must go to young rider Bridget Schereck and Fiona Adams for winning the best fancy dress on the day. Members also had some fun with a Prix Caprilli test as well as a sensational cowboy/Indian themed Pas de Deux by Jane Robinson and Claudia Fisk.
Jane Robinson & Claudia Fisk riding the Pas de Deux
Bridget Schereck aka ‘The Grinch’
Katrin Beedie aka ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’
Donna Levin as a Xmas elf!
Scarlett Kiklovich as one of Santa’s helpers.
Saddleworld Bowral Regional Dressage Championships
There is nothing like springtime in the Southern Highlands. The sun was shining, the air still crisp and Bowral Dressage Club was proud to be a part of Dressage NSW’s Regional Dressage Festival, hosting the Saddleworld Bowral Regional Championships on September 28th and 29th. This was the first time in over a decade that the championship had run over two days and it was largely due to the support of Equestrian NSW, Dressage NSW and major sponsor Saddleworld Bowral.
Close to one hundred riders descended on Bong Bong Racecourse, competing in 276 tests. Classes were offered from Preparatory to Grand Prix with junior/young rider, amateur owner rider, pony and open categories all well represented. Riders came from as far afield as Tamworth, Forbes and the Central Coast. We were honoured to have a fantastic line up of judges including FEI 5* dressage judge Mary Seefried, who travelled down from Brisbane to be part of the event.
Competitions like these cannot run without the generosity and support of our sponsors both from the local and wider equestrian community. Bowral Dressage Club would like to acknowledge their support in making the event such a success, not to mention our many volunteers and the hard working committee. Looking forward to seeing you all again in 2020!!!
Sue Hearn riding Jude in the Moss Vale Motors Grand Prix. Photo credit: Rodney’s Photography
Danni Wallis riding Jenni Stock’s Don’t Forget Me in the Prix St Georges. Photo credit: Rodney’s Photography
Sara Price riding pony stallion Cheval de luxe in the Moss Vale Motors Grand Prix. Photo credit: Rodney’s Photography
Emily Gubbins, Brianna Pecanac and Samantha Fechney with judge Carolyn Lieutenant presenting their awards in the Bluefields Warmblood Stud, Novice Young Rider. Photo credit: Rodney’s Photography.
