Welcome to PCAWA

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS

The Board of PCAWA is calling a General Meeting 31st May, 7pm

upstairs at the State Equestrian Centre.

Click HERE for the Agenda

2013 "Go For 2 & 5"

State Showjumping Championships

May 25th & 26th, SEC Brigadoon.

HELPER DRAWS (Revised) - CLICK HERE

STABLE PLAN - CLICK HERE

TEAM DRAWS - CLICK HERE

INDIVIDUAL DRAWS (Revised)- CLICK HERE

TIMETABLE - CLICK HERE

2012 PCAWA ANNUAL REPORT

CLICK HERE

2013 "Go For 2 & 5"

State Eventing Championships

Entry Pack Available - Click HERE for PDF

Entry Pack - Click HERE for Word Doc.

Entries Close Wednesday May 22nd

Great idea for Club's..........as well as home and office!!

Please find below a detailed statement from EBM that will answer everything you need to know about PCAWA Insurance.

EBM-PCAWA 2013 Insurance Policy Summary

IMPORTANT - UPDATED HENDRA VIRUS FACTSHEET
Please find attached for your information an updated Hendra virus factsheet produced by the Department of Agriculture and Food.
The website link for the factsheet is at http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/aap/ol/h/hendra_virus.pdf or can be found by searching on ‘Hendra’ at www.agric.wa.gov.au. Would you please post the link on your club websites and notice boards and let your members know that the new factsheet is available.

THE ULTIMATE VOLUNTEER REWARD

2013 PCA SYLLABUS OF INSTRUCTION
The PCA Board has now released the updated Syllabus of Instruction for immediate implementation in Clubs throughout the country. It is vital that every Club and coach makes themselves aware of the updates to the Syllabus of Instruction. Please note that the purple 2006 edition is now out of date. To order your copy of the Syllabus PLEASE CLICK HERE

2013 OPEN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE

ADULT SUPPORTER TOP UP

PCAWA is pleased to be able to offer a “Top Up” extension to our Members that are listed as Adult Supporters on a 2013 PCAWA Affiliated Clubs Annual or Supplementary Strength Return.

For more information on our Adult Supporter Top Up CLICK HERE

To Apply For Adult Supporter Top Up CLICK HERE

CALLING ALL EA AND PCA COACHES AND OFFICIALS

Would you like to be involved in the new junior equine participation program Ready Set Trot? Equestrian Australia and Pony Club Australia are looking for volunteers to assist in accrediting potential delivery centres. If you are an EA or PCA coach or official then PLEASE CLICK HERE

Local Sporting Champions

LOCAL SPORTING CHAMPIONS GRANTS

Are you, or do you know, a dedicated young athlete, coach or official participating in a state, national or international sporting championships?
Are you aged 12-18 years old travelling further than 125km to your event for a state, national or international championships?
If yes, then you or your team could be eligible for an Australian Government Local Sporting Champions grant to help meet costs such as uniforms, travel, accommodation and equipment.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

MEMBER PROTECTION OFFICER 2013

Expressions of Interest are now being called for vacancies as Member Protection Officer 2013. Interested parties, once ratified at the AGM, will be required to undertake MPO training at the Dept of Sport and Recreation which will be arranged and paid for by PCAWA. To register your interest or to obtain more information into this valued role, please email office@pcawa.com by February 1 2013.

SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR PCAWA VENUES
Following the announcement of the 2013/14 round of the Department of Sport and Recreation's Community Sport and Recreation Facilities Fund, the City of Gosnells has been awarded $625, 000 for the upgrade of the Orange Grove Equestrian Centre and the Shire of Murray has been awarded $350,000 for the upgrade to the Coolup Regional Equestrian Centre!!

IMPORTANT GEAR CHECKING UPDATES
Effective January 1st 2013, please take the time to read the following to ensure that you remain fully compliant throughout the forthcoming season.

Please print out and add to your Gear Checking Manual. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

2013 OPEN ANNUAL INSURANCE

This insurance cover is only available for people who are 18 years and older as of the 1^st January 2013.

The ‘Open Annual Insurance Fee’ is a once off payment that will provide you with insurance cover at Open Pony Club Events for the calendar year in which you join.

There are two options;

OPTION 1 COMPREHENSIVE - $100

This cover provides 24/7 Personal Accident cover whether at home or at competition providing you are engaged in a non-income earning activity. This cover also provides 24/7 Public Liability cover whether at home or competition. This cover provides injured parties with a range of benefits including, loss of wages, broken bone benefit and ambulance cover.

OPTION 2 PUBLIC LIABILITY - $40

This cover provides Public Liability cover at officially sanctioned PCAWA events and training days ONLY. This option is not 24/7 and does not provide any Personal Accident cover.

Once you have completed this application form online your will receive a payment receipt. This is proof of your insurance cover until such time as the Insurance Card is processed and forwarded to you by the PCAWA Office. Please ensure that you carry this receipt or card with you at all times when at a PCAWA as you may be asked to produce this by an Official.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN TO A SECURE ONLINE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SITE.

PCAWA is pleased to be able to offer a “Top Up” extension to our Members that are listed as Adult Supporters on a 2013 PCAWA Affiliated Clubs Annual or Supplementary Strength Return.

To Apply For Adult Supporter Top Up CLICK HERE

If you’re between 15 and 30 years old and volunteer in community, sport and recreation, you could win one of 10 VIP behind-the-scenes experiences at a major sporting event as part of the Ultimate Volunteer Reward. Click on the image above for further details.

PINJARRA HORSE AND PONY CLUB

Stephen Jones, the jumping instructor and life member of Pinjarra Horse and Pony Club has been awarded the Shire of Murray Volunteer Award for recognition of service to the community: 10 years. Stephen Jones is also a life member of Eastern Hills Pony Club.

Photo - President of Pinjarra horse and pony club Melissa Arnold awarding Stephen Jones (L) & Jim Currie (R) with life membership.

2013 PCA SYLLABUS OF INSTRUCTION
The PCA Board has now released the updated Syllabus of Instruction for immediate implementation in Clubs throughout the country. It is vital that every Club and coach makes themselves aware of the updates to the Syllabus of Instruction. Please note that the purple 2006 edition is now out of date. To order your copy of the Syllabus PLEASE CLICK HERE

STATE NCAS PRELIM & LEVEL 1 SCHOOL

Is being held on 30 June 2013 at Horsemen’s Pony Club,
Whiteman Park Equestrian Centre off Gnangara Road.

Please CLICK HERE to download application form - entries close June 16 2013

PCAWA HEALTHWAY'S FUNDED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2012/13 PROGRAM ARE NOW OPEN! PCAWA are fortunate enough to receive Healthway funding for an annual program of Instructional Clinics. This initiative allows Clubs and Zones the opportunity to apply for financial assistance to host a variety of Coaching Clinics

JANUARY - JUNE 2013 ROUND NOW CLOSED!!

COACHING NEWS

The PCAWA State Coaching Panel is pleased to launch the
new PCAWA Funded Coaching Program.

What is the PCAWA Funded Coaching Program?

PCAWA receive Healthway funding for an annual program of Instructional Clinics.

This new initative allows Clubs & Zones the opportunity to apply for
financial assistance to host a variety of Coaching Clinics.

These Coaching Clinics will be funded, in part, by the State Coaching Panel.

The amount allocated to a Club or Zone is set by the State Coaching Panel
and subject to funding available at the time of application.

How do Clubs & Zones apply?

To apply for this subsidy, Part A of the attached form must be completed and submitted
to the PCAWA State Coaching Panel.

Once approval is granted by the State Coaching Panel, Clubs and/or Zones
will be notified of the approved amount.

Once the Coaching Clinic has been conducted, Clubs and/or Zones must completed
the post clinic report, Part B, and forward to PCAWA. Once received
Clubs & Zones will be reimbursed the amount approved.

Don’t miss out. Get your applications in early!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION

ARE YOU COACHING AT YOUR LOCAL PONY CLUB IN 2012?

APPLY FOR A WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK NOW...........

C Certificates

The State Coaching Panel is seeking to help more coaches gain their C Certificate examiners' ticket. These Certificates are
carried out at Club level and so Zone and State level we are not aware of when these exams happen.

What we are aware of is that we have too few examiners for what is required to do.
To this end the requirements for being a C Examiner have been reviewed and now
would-be examiners need only:

Ø produce 1 group of C candidates as opposed 3 groups

Ø draft a typical C exam paper and understudy a C examiner

Ø carry out a C examination under the mentorship of a C examiner

To make this happen we need Clubs to advise us (PCAWA) of when you will be holding
a C examination. If you have had trouble in the past in finding a C examiner then we
are trying in the longer term to solve that problem but we need your information,
so we can match C examinations with would-be examiners.
Please let us know so we can focus our effort.

The
PONY CLUB EVENT
OF THE YEAR

...yes it was!

"Thank you to all those involved in making Saturday such an outstanding success. It was a wonderful
way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Pony Club in WA.

I know how much thought, time and effort goes into making occasions such as these a success and you
obviously left no stone unturned to ensure that it was a great celebration. The day was a marvelous mix of
young and old and it was particularly heartening to have the young people there.

Congratulations, also, on the beautiful production of ‘Reflections and Recollections’. Reading it brought
back many memories.

I would also like to thank the Executive for my nomination for the ‘S’ Certificate. It was a surprise and an
honour to receive this recognition.

Thank you all, once again. It was a great day!"

Regards

Val Mayger

PCAWA AGM

At the Annual General Meeting on 11th March, farewells were made to two highly
valued and respected members of the Executive, who have devoted their time and expertise for many years to the Pony Club organisation:

Michele Wilkie & Deborah Spencer

L to R: Rose Pinter - President; Judy Rose - Senior Vice-President;
Neville Westlund - PCAWA Legend; Vicki Griffin - Treasurer;
Michele Wilkie - Past Vice President; Simon Ozanne - Junior Vice President;
Debrorah Spencer - Past Director of Coaching.

Pony Club at the Royal Show

What a great week we had!

The glitz and glamour of the dressage, the colour and magic of the Musical Ride and the
thrills (and spills!) of novelties and PPMG.

Thank you to all of our participating riders – you were fantastic ambassadors for PCAWA
and your clubs receiving much praise from all involved at the Royal Show
for your presentation and conduct.

Thank you to all of the parents for the time, effort and distances travelled to support your
children riding at the show. Thank you to the Active Riding and Dressage sub committees
for all of your help through the week.

Thank you to Red and Ashley for staying to take photos each night.

Lastly thank you to all RAS staff for their help and support.

Thank you RedFoto

For more photos please visit www.redfoto.com.au

South Midlands celebrated the PCAWA 50th Anniversary at our July Rally. After normal lessons
in the morning most of our members from Lead Line through to K changed into Fancy Dress.
The theme was 1960’s. Costumes ranged from Carnaby Street to Hippies and many ponies
and horses were also in Fancy Dress.

Following the Fancy Dress riders were divided into teams and sent off to hunt for
Golden Horseshoes that had been hidden around the grounds. Ninety shoes were
hidden and 87 came back, proving that our members are pretty good
gold prospectors.

Our members filled out a profile on their Pony Club activities and added a photo. These, along
with photos of coaches and a club newsletter will be placed in a time capsule and buried.
In ten years time we will dig up the time capsule and hold a 60 year celebration!

Sally Davis – Coach Coordinator.

Click Here to download pdf version

Kellerberrin Riding & Pony Club

Photos of our last rally day at Kellerberrin Riding & Pony club which incorporated a
celebration of PCAWA 50th Anniversary. We asked James Scott and Doreen Dowding who
are not only life members but continue to be on call for assistance to day to cut the cake.
We hope that you liked this cake, we thought it was awesome.

The riders all plaitted up and did a quadrille and entertained past and present members
who then tucked into an amazing afternoon tea supplied by current members.
It was a lovely day and we thought you might like to see how we celebrated.

Debbie Alberti
Kellerberrin Riding & Pony Club

Gosnells Pony Club had its EOY Trophy Presentation, Sunday 13th Nov 2011
A great time was had by all!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Another weekend was spent promoting PCAWA to the wider community at the
2011 World Sports Expo.

Thank you to clubs who sent in photos and a big thank you
to the following members who kindly gave their time to help on the PCAWA stand;

Rose Pinter ~ PCAWA Executive

Michelle Wilkie ~ PCAWA Executive

Michelle Hollingwirth ~ Wallangara

Terena Atkinson ~ Swan Valley

Marika Barrett-Lennard ~ Beverley

Brittany Kember ~ Darlington

Tamara Parry ~ Darlington

Ann Gillman ~ Darlington

Anita Wilkins ~ Darlington

GRANTS & FUNDING NEWS

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FUNDING
This Scheme funds initiatives that target low participation groups, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) and indigenous populations. Grant applications must be for projects that target either “participation” or people development” outcomes. How will your project increase the physical activity levels of under resourced populations who currently have low participation rates? Or, how will your project improve the skills of the volunteers or staff of your organisation or community group that is targeting low participation groups?
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE

STATE-WIDE REGIONAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Through the Royalties for Regions program, $3.6 million has been allocated to the establishment of a State-wide Regional Talent Development Network. The aim of this network is to provide athletes from regional WA greater opportunities to pursue sporting excellence locally. The Department of Sport and Recreation will work closely with stakeholders in regions across WA, including the South West Academy of Sport and the Mid West Sports Federation, to develop the best approach.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

2013/14 SPORT AND RECREATION FACILITY GRANTS
Applications are now open for the 2013/14 annual and forward planning round of the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CRSFF). Applications are now welcomed from not-for-profit sport, recreation and community groups seeking capital works grants to develop sport and recreation facilities.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE

LOCAL SPORTING CHAMPIONS GRANT
Are you, or do you know, a dedicated young athlete, coach or official participating in a state or national sporting championships? Are you aged 12-18 years old travelling further than 250km return for a state or national championships? If yes, then you or your team could be eligible for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help meet costs such as uniforms, travel, accommodation and equipment.Grants of $500 per individual and $3,000 per team are available for young people participating in a nominated National Sporting Organisation-endorsed state or national sporting championships or a School Sport Australia national championship.This program is an Australian Government initiative managed by the Australian Sports Commission and supports 8,000 young people each year.Applications are open, so apply now! Applications must be submitted prior to the commencement of the nominated championships. For further information, including application forms and eligibility criteria.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE

Are you eligible for a Kidsport subsidised PCAWA 2012 Membership Grant??
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION