Why not give endurance riding a go with NSWERA?
Endurance riding is a great opportunity to spend time with your horse in some of the nicest places to ride in Australia. If you like camping with friends and being outdoors, endurance could become your favourite equestrian activity. Endurance is a social sport where you can ride with your friends with lots of opportunities to make new friends. Endurance is a family sport, catering for all ages from young kids to grandparents.
Many different types of horses participate in endurance. Arabian horses are common but you will also see Standardbreds, Anglo Arabs, Quarabs, Thoroughbreds, Stock Horses, various pony breeds, Morgans, Appaloosas, Walers, Saddlebreds, Buckskins, Palominos and Paints.
Endurance riding in Australia began in 1966 when RM Williams, after hearing reports of the 100 mile Tevis Cup in the USA decided to challenge Australian riders to demonstrate if they had the skill and horsemanship of our early pioneers to "ride 100 miles in a day". RM asked his mate Tom Quilty, a great horsesman and cattleman in the Kimberley of WA to support his venture and Tom donated $1000 to pay for the gold Tom Quilty cup and endurance was born in NSW.
Today, endurance rides are run by volunteers on most weekends throughout the year with a break in the summer. Riders can choose from 20 km social rides, training rides that are usually 40 km and endurance rides that can be from 80 km to 160 km in one day! Also on offer are marathon rides like the ultimate test; Shahzada 400 km over five days, held at St. Albans, near Sydney.
Would you like to learn more about endurance riding?
We have a collection of articles and stories to share.
If you would like to see what is involved, read our Starting Out guide.
Interested in joining our association? Download the membership application form. You do not need to become a member to ride - day membership is available for people new to the sport who would like to give it a go.
One feature of endurance is that you are not required to wear a uniform (an approved helmet is compulsory) but we do have a Rule Book to ensure the safety and welfare of all participants, especially the horses.
News and Special Events
updated 15/1/12
2012 Annual General Meeting
The Richmond Club, Richmond. 4th February 2012.
Timetable.
12.00pm Doors will open for Registrations for voting & Renewal of Memberships
1.00- 5pm, AGM
7.3o-11.30pm Dinner and 2011 Presentation.
If you have special dietary needs, please indicate this on the booking form.
Bookings for dinner are essential and need to be in by 25th January and are to be paid in advance.
Each senior financial member who attends is entitled to five (5) proxy votes on behalf of other Senior financial
members, Proxy Forms must be received by the Secretariat at least 24 hours before the start of the meeting.
Nominations for election to the Committee will be accepted by the Secretary up to seven (7) days before the date
of the AGM (rule l7.l (b)).
If insufficient nominations have been received, nominations will be received from the floor at the Annual General
Meeting (rule 17.2).
An election of the new committee will be conducted. Anyone wishing to nominate must complete a nomination
form and include your name, membership number, a brief description of your involvement with endurance riding
and reasons for seeking election to the committee.
Accommodation
- Colonial Motel Best Western, Richmond. 4578 1166.
- Hawkesbury Race Club Motel, Clarendon. 4560 4300.
-The Sebel Resort & Spa Hawkesbury Valley, Windsor. 4577 4222.
-Golden Chain Windsor Terrace Inn, Windsor. 4577 5999.
-Wanderest Travellers Park - part of the Richmond Club, Richmond, 45781144.
Latest News on Hendra Virus
The NSWERA SMC, in conjuction with the NSW DPI have set up a risk reduction procedure for endurance rides being held in NSW for the safety of riders, horses and helpers. The Risk Reduction Procedure is a summary of practical measures complied from various sources and our experiences in developing and applying biosecurity measures at our recent rides. These measures are designed to futher reduce the already very remote possibility of horses or people being infected by Hendra at one of our events.
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As part of the procedure competitors are ADVISED to check and record the temperature of their horses for 3 days pior to the ride and present the temperature log apon arrival to the event.
For more information on Hendra, The NSWDPI website link-
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/horses/health/general/hendra-virus
and also;
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for ride organisers;
http://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/files/2011/04/Horse-Venue-Biosecurity-Workbook.pdf
Biosecurity Queensland has also released a guideline for holding equine events;
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Equine Veterinarians Australia have also released the following fact sheets for horse owners;
Feedback
The State Management Committee (SMC) wishes to ensure the committee remains grounded with the membership and that the needs and views of members continue to be factored into management decisions. We are, therefore, trialing a member feedback system.
The feedback system will be open for member comment on any topic at any time and will be used by the SMC, from time to time, to seek input on specific topics.
Click on this link to go to the feedback page.
Current Topic-
ERA logo
The NSWERA SMC are investigating the possibility of a new Logo as suggested from the AERA. check out the proposed logos and let us know what you think. All designs are interchangeable so mix and match what you believe would suit NSW and let us know on the Feedback page.
Equitana Sydney
The NSWERA SMC held a very sucessful demonstration and stall at the recent Equitana conference.
Sue Todd, Peter Grelck, Bronwyn Monaghan , Dave & Wendy Porter, Faith Robinson, Marita Rifai, Ava Pellizzari, Marg Boland, Gay Bonham, April Bonham , Tom & Lou McCormick, John Howe, Helen Rich, Greg Moore, Ian Dreghorn, Eileen McIlwain, Colin Pitstock, Charlie Gauci, Dave and Wendy Porter, Gail Fisher, Eileen McIlwain, Kym and Kim Hagon, Hayden Fisher, Diamond R Boston, Jo Arblaster and Justine Blunt all gave up thier time to man the stall and promote endurance riding in NSW. The State Mangement commitee sincerly thanks them for thier efforts.
A massive thank you must go to Marlee Wah who organised the stall and manned it all weekend. Well done Marlee!
Latest AERA rules 2011
2011 additions, applicable from 1st January, 2011.
Governance Manual
The Governance Manual presented and endorsed ‘in principle’ at the 2009 AGM has had its individual documents systematically reviewed, refined, and adopted by SMC resolution through 2010. It is now a live manual and there will be a period of adaption as SMC members try on these new Position Descriptions and adjust for fit. This manual is only intended for a positive purpose, to provide support and clarity of purpose and role for individuals who volunteer to serve our sport as members of the SMC.
February 2010 - Compiled and initial release by Tom Perkins.
July 2010 - Progress update by Tom Perkins.
The overview of the Governance Manual can be accessed from here or from the forms page.
Want to try endurance riding?
Neroli Cooper's poster promoting endurance riding is now available from the Forms page in the section for ride organisers. You don't have to be a ride organiser to use this colourful poster, anyone can spread the word about our great equestrian sport. There are two versions - a low resolution pdf (566 KB) for those who may have trouble downloading large files and the high resolution pdf version, 4.4 MB.
Find a colour printer and you are set.
Ride Survey
Don't forget to provide feedback to ride organisers via the ride survey page. If you would like to congratulate them on their successful ride or have some constructive suggestions for improving the ride, take a moment to send them a message.
Unfortunately, ride organisers cannot control the weather.
Most of the files available from this website are Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents. You can get the latest version from the Adobe website.
Website designed by Carol Layton 2010