The North Coast Western Riders Club

ncwrc09@live.com.au         

President: Barbara Schleppi 0266473344quarter.horses@bigpond.com

Secretary Karen Hewson   0266544514 ah    kmhewson@bigpond.com

We are a friendly bunch of Western horse & riding enthusiasts who get together every month for a show, training days and from time to time, clinics.

We at the NCWRC would like to welcome all competitors and spectators to our monthly shows, offering a range of classes from Halter, English, Western, Trail, Reining, Sporting, Rookie events and much more.

Here you will find all the information you need regarding Show Dates, Programs, Entry Forms, Sale Barn & all the latest news regarding the NCWRC. Please contact us with any queries you may have.

Our club holds its monthly shows at Hawthorne Equestrian Park South Grafton N.S.W. The North Coast Western Riders Club Inc is an equestrian non-profit organisation run by volunteers.The annual highlight of our show calendar is the June-Long-Weekend incorporating Special Feature shows. This long weekend usually attracts a lot of competitors from as far south of NSW as Dubbo to as far north of QLD as Maryborough. We are always seeking (& hugely grateful of) sponsors to support us.

The grounds offer a range of excellent facilities including- Camping with shadey powered sites; Hot showers & toilets; Stables including stallion stables, yards, wash bays; Sand arena; Warming up areas.  

 Members!

AGM 1st August  at the South Grafton Ex-Servicemen's Club, Wharf Street

Start will be at 10:45 AM. FREE Morning Tea provided.

Following the AGM will be a lunch break, then a General Meeting with the new committee at approx. 1:00 PM.

Nominations must be received by 30 July 2010. If no nominations are received for committee positions, nominations will be accepted from the floor on the day of the AGM.

Agenda items for the AGM must be received by the Secretary in writing by 26.07.2010.

 Any questions, please contact Barbara Schleppi

June Futurity Show

Prime News Report

 

Money, Prizes, Trophies,

Ribbons, Prestige

won!!

Some photos from Around The Lens Photography

 Ellen was with us all weekend taking beautiful photographs of our horses. Please support her by purchasing some pictures of your  horse. Go to her web site to see more & to find out how to order.

Saturday                      Sunday                        Monday

Important Information!

The following link will allow you to have

your say on EI vaccination 

http://www.eques.com.au/no_EI/

Next Event:

8th August Show

 Sorry 

July Rookie Day Results

Rookie Halter Quarter Horse

1. Cons Okie (Chris Nall)

2. Spins Shake N Flow (Maryanne Newton)

Champion: Cons Oakie, Reserve Champion: Spins Shake N Flow

Rookie Halter Stock Horse

1. Kayem On Stage (Kristina Sanne)

2. Boab (Julie Hill)

Champion: Kayem On Stage, Reserve Champion: Boab

Rookie Supreme Exhibit

Cons Okie (QH), owned and exhibited by Chris Nall

Rookie Showmanship                                                       Rookie Hunter Under Saddle

1. Kristina Sanne                                                              1. Chris Nall

2. Julie Hill                                                                        2. Julie Hill

1. Julie Hill                                                                       1. Maryanne Newton

2. Maryanne Newton                                                        2. Chris Nall

1. Chris Nall (62 1/2)                                                         1. Chris Nall (69 1/2)

2. Julie Hill (61)                                                                =2. Maryanne Newton (69)

                                                                                          =2. Julie Hill (69)

Runner Up: Julie Hill (19 pts)

If you visit any of the businesses

featured on our web site, please tell

them where you found them!

THE EQUINE TOUCH

Membership starts 1 August of each year.

Membership Information

The 2010/2011 membership fee is $50 for a single. $45 Youth & $75 for a family. Fees due 1st August 2010.

If you wish to become a member you can download and fill out both the Membership Application Form and the NCWRC waiver. Go to the Forms page.

NCWRC Inc, c/- The Treasurer, 9 McPhee Street, Swan Creek 2462.

Our Treasurer is Ali Duckworth.

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Thanks to Coles at Moonee Beach

for donating a $50 voucher for

Canteen supplies
Pictures in the Photo Gallery

as at 11 July 2010

♥ June Show Results are on the Show Results Page

♥ June Newsletter on the Newsletters page

♥ June photos  in the Photo Gallery

♥ NEW Classifieds on the Sale Barn page

♥ NEW stallion in the Stallion Stable

♥ Pet Rescue this page

♥ June Feature Show page

 0 riding places left!!

When: 14th and 15th  August
Who: 12 participants
Duration: Over 2 days
Cost for participant: $200 for weekend including get together Saturday night.

Groups of 6 for 2 half days with dinner Saturday night.

Camping extra

Fence Sitters:

$20 per day, NCWRC members FREE

Please email or phone Barbara Schleppi quarter.horses@bigpond.com (02) 6647 3344. 

July 31st at the Armidale Exhibition Centre

 John has been training cutting horses for many years and can offer a wealth of experienced. The clinic will be excellent value for anyone interested in cutting, campdrafting, team penning or other cattle events and will cover all aspects of working cattle, from getting your horse started, to positional work, fence work etc.

Numbers will be limited to around 15 - 20 riders, so book in early. The cost for the clinic will be $75 per person (cost covers arena hire and cattle costs).  Fence sitters are also welcome.

On the Sunday, August 1st, we will then hold a Team Penning Day, with practice runs in the morning followed by competition runs in the afternoon.

Contact Peter Simpson: ntwhc@northnet.com.au

 7th & 8th August 2010

Woods family indoor arena, Boambee

2 day clinic with ground work on day 1

& ridden work day 2.

Conducted in groups of 10- 14

$200 for the 2 days

Fence-sit for $60 for the weekend.

 Sorry for the short notice but Scott needs to know numbers by this week.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn from one of the great masters of natural horsemanship!

Phone Scott Amos on 0417442487

 Ian Bruce has spent the last 40 years breaking & riding in excess of 6000 horses, & for the last 8 years has specialised in communication between man & horse. Being a true horseman, Ian knows that long lasting results are only achieved by working with the horse rather than forcing him to do what we want.

 Ian will teach you how to achieve motivation & basic ground control of your horse in a way he understands, giving horse & rider a better understanding & respect for each other.

 “We should concern ourselves more with what a horse thinks, feels & needs & not so much with what he is doing”.

“We should concern ourselves less with what we think, feel & need & more with what we are doing”.

6th to 8th August 2010 Hill Top Farm 

Spaces are limited for this clinic so if you could get back to me with your interest soon that would be appreciated.

• Equine biomechanics analyses the horse's movement, balance & footfall.
• Rider biomechanics improves the horse rider's balance, seat, posture & movement and it affect on the horse.
• Colleen received an unheard of 100% in the Judge's Dressage Examination
  

• United States Equestrian Federation

• Equestrian Federation of Australia 2008 Melbourne 3DE. (Beijing Olympic Selection Trials).
• Sole presenter on the Biomechanics of the Eventer (to Olympic Level)
•  Official State Coach's Clinics for Riding for Disabled for both NSW and WA.

•  Canadian Dressage (CADORA) Key Note Speaker at the Canadian Dressage's Annual General Meeting & Official Grand Prix Judge's Examination. Vancouver Island.

•  Saddleworld Winergy Dressage Festival (EFA Vic). Sole presenter Biomechanics Dressage.

•  Sporthorse WA Expo (World Cup Qualifier) (EFA WA)

•  Diana Ferrari (the largest, prestigious dressage events of its time in Australia) (EFA Vic)

Read more at Colleen’s Website www.colleenkelly.net

or click HERE for the flyer

To register your interest, or find out further information for the Colleen Kelly Clinic Friday 6th to Sunday 8th of August 2010.
Hill Top Farm
Morrows Rd
Nana Glen
contact Bec Rollans   0266538994
rollans@inbox.com

Do you have an event you would like

to publicise here?

Email us at ncwrc09@live.com.au with the details &contacts & we'll do the rest!

We always need ring stewards & gate stewards for our shows & Rookie days. If anyone would like to come to our shows & help out (or have a friend that needs something to do) - & learn straight from the judge - you will be fed & watered for the day & get some petrol money!

Just give Barbara a call on 66473344

we'd love to see you...

Key facts

•Hendra virus can cause fatal respiratory and neurological diseases.

•Hendra virus can be transmitted to people from horses.

•Hendra virus can cause severe disease and death in horses.

•There is no treatment or vaccine available for either people or horses.

•Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural hosts of Hendra virus.

Hendra virus (HeV) is a rare, emerging zoonotic virus (a virus transmitted to humans from animals), that can cause respiratory and neurological disease and death in people. It can also cause severe disease and death in horses, resulting in considerable economic losses for horse breeders.

Although Hendra virus has caused only a few outbreaks, its potential for further spread and ability to cause disease and death in people have made it a public health concern. The concern has heightened in the most recent outbreaks, as the horses’ symptoms have shifted to become largely neurological instead of respiratory. This suggests the possibility of genetic diversity in the strain, and potentially a more infective virus.

Outbreaks

Hendra virus was first recognized in 1994 during an outbreak of acute respiratory disease among 21 horses in Australia. Two people were infected, and one died. Since then, there have been another ten outbreaks, all in Australia, and three involving human cases.

Transmission

Hendra virus is transmitted to people through close contact with infected horses or their body fluids.

To date, no human-to-human transmission of Hendra virus has been documented.

Signs and symptoms

Human infections with Hendra virus range from mild influenza-like illness to fatal respiratory or neurological disease. Infected people initially develop fever, headaches, myalgia (muscle pain), sore throat and a dry cough. They could also have enlarged lymph nodes, lethargy and vertigo.

The incubation period (interval from infection to onset of symptoms) ranges from five to 14 days. To date, there have been six confirmed human cases including three deaths.

One of the people who died developed pneumonitis, respiratory failure, renal failure, and arterial thrombosis. The patient died of cardiac arrest.

Another person demonstrated an unusual, progressive fatal neurological illness. He initially had a mild type of inflammation of the brain (meningoencephalitis) with a sore throat, headache, drowsiness, vomiting and neck stiffness. After treatment with antibiotics, he made a full recovery, but 13 months later he developed signs of encephalitis that progressed to coma and death.

The three infected people who made a full recovery have had no residual problems or relapse.

Diagnosis

Hendra virus infection can be diagnosed by a number of different laboratory tests:

•serum neutralization;

•enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA);

•polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay;

•immunofluorescence assay; and

•virus isolation by cell culture.

Treatment

There are currently no drugs or vaccines available to treat Hendra virus infection. Intensive supportive care with treatment of symptoms is the main approach to managing the infection in people.

Natural host of Hendra virus

Fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae – particularly the species belonging to the Pteropus category – are the natural hosts for Hendra virus. There is no apparent disease in fruit bats.

It is assumed that the geographic distribution of Henipaviruses overlap with that of Pteropus genus. This hypothesis was reinforced with the evidence of Henipavirus infection in Pteropus bats from Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Timor-Leste.

Recently, African fruit bats of the genus Eidolon, family Pteropodidae, were found positive for antibodies against Nipah and Hendra viruses indicating that these viruses might be present within the geographic distribution of Pteropodidae bats in Africa.

Samples taken from people or horses with suspected Hendra virus infection should be handled by trained staff working in suitably equipped laboratories.

Infection in Horses

Horses are the only species of domestic animal that can be naturally infected with Hendra virus. Infections in horses range from asymptomatic infection to fatal respiratory and neurological syndromes. For fatal cases, the course of illness takes an average of two days.

Symptoms of Hendra virus infection in horses are not dramatically different from other respiratory and neurological illnesses of horses.

Hendra should be suspected if there is also the proximity of bats, or the presence of human cases of acute respiratory distress

syndrome or encephalitis. Generally Hendra virus outbreaks in horses occur one to two weeks before illness in humans; detected outbreaks in horses could trigger prevention measures to deter associated outbreaks in humans.

The incubation period (interval from infection to onset of symptoms) in horses varies between five and 16 days. The case fatality rate in horses is about 75%.

Spill-over of Hendra virus from fruit bats to horses is rare. The transmission route is likely through contamination of pasture or feed by infected birthing fluids or fetal tissues from bats.

Prevention

There is no vaccine against Hendra virus. Routine cleaning and disinfection of horse stables is expected to be effective in preventing infection.

If an outbreak is suspected, the horse premises should be quarantined immediately. Culling of infected animals – with close supervision of the burial or incineration of carcasses – may be necessary to reduce the risk of transmission to people. Restricting or banning the movement of horses from infected stables to other areas can reduce the spread of the disease. As Hendra virus outbreaks in horses have preceded human cases, establishing an animal health surveillance system to detect new cases is essential in providing early warning for veterinary and human public health authorities.

Reducing the risk of infection in people

In the absence of a vaccine, the only way to reduce infection in people is by raising awareness of the risk factors and educating people about the measures they can take to reduce exposure to the virus.

Public health educational messages should focus on the following.

•Reducing the risk of horse-to-human transmission. Protective equipment such as gloves, gowns, masks and protective eye wear should be worn while handling sick animals or their tissues, and during post-postmortems.

•Reducing the risk of bat-to-horse transmission. Horse feed and water troughs should be relocated to areas away from where bats feed or roost.

Controlling infection in health-care settings

Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Hendra virus infection, or handling specimens from them, should implement standard infection control precautions.

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