Your Custom Text Here
Nominations are now being invited for 6 positions that will become vacant on the TEERA State Management Committee (SMC) at the 2021 AGM, scheduled for 15 January 2022.
Please consider nominating - TEERA needs a full complement of SMC members in order to ensure rides can continue to run in our state.
Nominations close December 15th
Information about the SMC roles are available from Andrew Miles 0428 265 263 or Mark Dunn 0427 981 517
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
The minutes of the 17 November SMC meeting are now available on the Meetings page of this website. Please note there were several confidential matters discussed at this meeting - any mention of these has been redacted from the minutes.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
The agenda for the17 November SMC meeting is now available on the Meetings page of this website. As always, all members are welcome to attend the meeting.
Please note, there are confidential matters on the agenda and these have been redacted. Any non SMC members attending the meeting will be required to leave the meeting when these are considered.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
TEERA members and others involved in endurance horse riding will be aware that, in order to ensure our sport remains ‘clean’, horses are regularly swabbed for drugs, both legal and illegal, at endurance events.
The swabbing procedure must be supervised by an accredited swab steward of which there are only a very few in Tasmania. There is an urgent need to train more, both in Tasmania and elsewhere in this country.
To that end, Equestrian Australia is seeking expressions of interest from interested parties to undertake the relevant training to become accredited. This involves a two-day course followed by attendance at three events acting as a probationary swab steward.
If you believe you may be able to assist, please contact the TEERA secretary Mark Dunn – secretary@teera.asn.au – by 10 November 2021.
Tassie’s next turn to host a Tom Quilty Gold Cup event is in 2025.
Quiltys are years in the planning and the TEERA SMC is keen to establish a steering committee for the event as soon as possible, preferably by the end of 2021.
The SMC is pleased to have already received a number of expressions of interest however, there remains a need for more people to join the group.
If you or anyone in your endurance network is interested in joining the steering committee, please contact the TEERA secretary, Mark Dunn --> secretary@teera.asn.au
TEERA was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tasmanian endurance legend Claude Filleul last week. TEERA expresses its sincere condolences to Edna and family.
Andrew Miles
TEERA President
-----
Claude was founding member of TEERA. In 1975 a group, which included Claude, Don Fraser, Doug Lockhart, Max Denney and Pat Hodgetts (there may have been others), held a meeting at Deloraine and established a committee. The first ride was held at Sprent in conjunction with the school fair. Claude and Edna also hosted rides at their farm at Ridgley and Claude served on the management committees of both TEERA and AERA.
Claude’s riding career began when he was around 23. Gordan Williams and George Gaffney taught Claude to ride and his first horse, Joe, came from Gordan Williams. He trail rode extensively and was a member of the North West Hunt Club. Claude’s life revolved around horses and later, endurance.
He particularly loved 100 milers, and the challenges posed by rides such as the 100 miler that went up through Lake McKenzie. He achieved his first Quilty buckle in 1988, in Queensland, and played a key part in track marking for the 1993 Sheffield Quilty.
Other highlights in Claude’s riding career include success in two of the three Shahzada’s he attempted and his 1989 successful completion at the Tevis Cup in the United States. Amongst the horses he rode, Moonshine and Worrandi Marissa were a couple of his favourites. All the while, Claude was supported by strapper and cook, Edna.
He will be greatly missed by those who knew him.
The agenda for the 20 October SMC meeting is now available on the Meetings page of this website. As always, all members are welcome to attend the meeting.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
The minutes of the 15 September SMC meeting are now available on the Meetings page of this website.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
TEERA members may recall a survey conducted by the SMC earlier this year in which TEERA members were asked about their preferences for end of year horse / rider awards.
The results have now been considered by the SMC and decisions made. The survey results and a relevant extract from the minutes of a recent SMC meeting are available here.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
A meeting of Tasmanian endurance clubs with the Tasmanian state management committee was held in Longford on 17 July 2021.
The final notes of the meeting have been published on the Meetings page of this website.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
Just a reminder to those coming along that attendance at the ride briefing is MANDATORY for ALL riders in the 5k and 20k rides (per event nomination form) and MANDATORY for NOVICE riders in the 40k and 80k rides (per Rule 26.8).
Any rider noted above who fails to attend the briefing risks elimination pre-ride.
26.8 Attendance at the pre-ride briefing is recommended for all riders and is mandatory for novice riders. Non-attendance at the pre-ride briefing is not an excuse for failure to comply with a specific ride requirement communicated at the pre-ride briefing.
Mark Dunn
Event chief steward
The minutes of the 18 August SMC meeting are now available on the Meetings page of this website.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
The agenda for the 18 August SMC meeting has been posted on the Meetings page of this website.
As always, all members are invited to attend and comments in advance on the agenda are welcomed (to the TEERA secretary). Remote attendance is possible via Zoom - please contact Mark Dunn if you wish to attend remotely.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
At present there are five active endurance chief stewards in Tasmania. Of these, four are still actively competing, none are getting any younger and at least one has indicated a desire to wind back.
TEERA is seeking expressions of interest from the Tasmanian endurance community to add to the chief steward pool.
To be a chief steward you need to be 18 years of age and to be a fully accredited TPR steward. You also need the ability to think on your feet and to be able to deal with the occasional 'pressure' situation that arises at rides.
Most chief stewards will tell you that they enjoy the role almost as much as actually competing in an event. Getting to the end of an event with everyone safe, well and happy brings a sense of satistaction of a job well done. Acting as a chief steward provides an opportunity to give back to the sport that has given you much pleasure over the years.
If you think you might be able to assist, please contact either Mark Dunn or Andrew Miles. Either of these two is also available to discuss in more detail what the role involves.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
Now that 1 July has come and gone, half yearly memberships to TEERA are now available.
Half year adult memberships are $95 (full year $135), junior half year memberships are $35 (full year $45) and 'intermediate half year memberships (can do 20/40k rides only) are $65 (full year $90).
You'll only need to do two rides at most for the rest on 2021 to get value from this.
To sign on, go to the Forms page on this website.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
At a recent ride, two riders in a 40k ride went off course and, for a while, their whereabouts was not known to ride organisers or the chief steward. The riders in question, one of whom was a novice rider, did not attend the ride briefing.
Rule 29 makes it clear that novice riders must attend the ride briefing or 'they may be eliminated by the chief steward before the start of the ride'. Some leniency has been shown to novice riders in the past regarding this Rule however this is unlikely to be the case in future.
A key reason for this (apart from the obvious safety issues) is that, in the event of an injury to a novice rider who had not attended the ride briefing, the relevant ride insurance may not apply.
Please, novice riders (all riders riders who have not progressed to 'endurance' status), make sure you attend the ride briefing.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
An reminder email was sent today to the registered email addresses of all TEERA members seeking their views on end of year and ride completion prize awards. The email contains a link to an online survey.
If you are a TEERA member and didn't receive this email, please contact me and I will send you a copy.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
Due to declining demand, TEERA will no longer be holding a stock of microchips. Members wishing to have their horses microchipped should arrange this through their regular vet.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
An email was sent this morning to the registered email addresses of all TEERA members seeking their views on end of year awards. The email contains a link to an online survey.
If you are a TEERA member and didn't receive this email, please contact me and I will send you a copy.
Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary
Nominations are now closed for the Cradle Coast Endurance Riders “Wattlewood in Pink” BCNA Fundraiser ride.