Victorian Carriage Driving Championships 6-8 March 2010

The Benalla Club was well represented at the Victorian Carriage Driving Championships held at Longwood. Bev Bresanello, Alison Graves, Jill Cawsey and Jill Jennings all competed. Congratulations to Alison on winning the Dressage in her class. Results can be seen on the ACDS website of which we have a link from this blog. Club members also helped out with the stewarding. Not many of us can remember such a wet carriage driving event. The local area of Longwood had at least 6 inches of rain over the 3 days of competition. Luckily most of the rain fell during the evenings, however this was no consolation for those trying to stay dry while camping.
One scary happening during the weekend was, Bev Bresanello while driving Blossom in the marathon, narrowly avoided being collected by a bolting Fresian Cross which had left its driver in an obstacle. Luckily the Fresian Cross only suffered a minor cut on its leg after being near scared to death by loose parts of its carriage clipping it on the back of the legs while it was running away and eventually crashing into a number of fences before stopping.

Benalla Dressage Day Saturday 20 March 2010

Again the Benalla and District Horse Driving Club is organising a dressage day as part of the series for competitors to qualify for the Victorian State Dressage Championship to be held on the 18th April at the Bendigo Show Grounds.
Our competition will be held at the Benalla Pony Club Grounds which is next door to the Benalla Racecourse on the Benalla - Shepparton Road. The event will be judged by Alison Graves and Virginia Jones.
Competitors will also be able to have a bit of fun on the cones course supervised by Jack Wind with Jim Adams keeping times.
The club is providing food. Free tea and coffee will also be available.

Jack