North Queensland Equestrian Center Bluewater | Equestrian centre
North Queensland Equestrian Center Bluewater
Phone: 0422593677
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25.01.2022 We have had a bit of a shuffle around with dates so we could use the reining arena at the Bluewater Equestrian Center. sorry for the inconvenience .
25.01.2022 i need help for the Extreme Cowboy this week end 17th & 18th on both days with the canteen both days scoring and scribing on Sunday
25.01.2022 This is the area at the equestrian centre we have been working on it for about 2 mths over 100 hrs of dragging , Ian has been sitting in the car 8 hrs a day 2 t...o 3 days a week to get the surface perfect, he has put in a massive effort ,so thankful to Ian it was only his expertise that allowed this be built, so excited its ready to ride in, love our reining arena See more
25.01.2022 Working on dressage arena no 1 this is going to be the permanent COwboy Dressage Challenge Court
24.01.2022 The committee has decided due to COVID 19 we have dropped our memberships price. NQRPHC memberships is now $40 this takes you through to jan 1st 2021
24.01.2022 We will begin building the reining arena next week. Im sure some many of you are wondering why after all the time money and effort over the past 5 yrs rebuild...ing the equestrian centre why the committee made the decision to move to a new home grounds. We know its going to cost the club more money time and effort to build. the club has now committed to building a second equestrian centre.these are the reasons why 1. WE WILL HAVE A REINING AREA AGAIN !!!!!!! We are the North Queensland Reining and Performance Horse Club. 2. Will have toilets the club will finally able to use the toilets in they were built in 2016. THE CLUB HAS SPENT OVER $10,000 ON TOILET HIRE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. 2. Council held our club responsible for maintaining the grounds since 2015. our committee and volunteers dont have to work so hard maintaining a public grounds it took an average of 174man hours per year as well as wear and tear on everyones gear. When we moved our equipment off the council grounds, it became councils responsibility to maintain it again. WE WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR. WE WONT HAVE TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC GROUNDS ANYMORE We will still be using the grounds to hold events in Townsville. 3. The club has a lease on the new home grounds many positives about this, the main one being that whatever the club builds the club owns it continues to be their property. Whatever was built on the council grounds became to councils property. THE CLUB WONT LOSE ASSETS TO COUNCIL. 4. We wont have to pay the council to use arenas and stables that we rebuilt. Our club was charged $80 a day when we had shows clinics or 2-day events with camping. All other clubs and users got the grounds for free. WE WONT HAVE TO PAY TO USE A FACILITIES WE BUILT 5. There is no reining surface any more at the equestrian centre, in fact, there is no safe surface that we can use for most of our sports. Reining arena is now very uneven and full of debris so cannot be used at all. Councils new rules are that every club can choose the standard of the arena, another club dragged the arena and left it full of debris and very uneven. There is a vast difference to what our club considers safe and usable and what other clubs have considered safe and usable. I use the guidelines of Equestrian Australia and the FEI that is the level surface free of debris. And our insurance requires us to do a risk assessment before every event. WE ARE A REINING CLUB WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE REINING SURFACE !!!!!! 6. Because of councils new rules for the reining arena that made the arena unviable to use, even if we fixed it (would cost a lot and take a lot of time ) the same thing could happen every time another club used it and dragged it. THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WE MOVED THERE WAS NO WAY TO KEEP OUR RIDERS SAFE. 7. Club members will still have access and be able to use the new home grounds anytime they like. Club members can still use the public arena at bluewater thats the arena our club will be using as well as other venues in the Townsville to hold our events. HIRING VENUES IS WAY CHEAPER THAN MAINTAINING EQUESTRIAN CENTER OUR CLUB WILL BE SAVING THOUNDNS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. 8. we will be able to put the beautiful tables and benches the club made in 2016 WE HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL THEM.
23.01.2022 So excited the arena fencing is arriving today. The arena should be finished in about 3 weeks. I finally go around to doing a complete scope of works and costi...ngs. My apologies I was hoping to have this done a lot earlier, I have been so busy with my studies at university since September. I will update everyone with progress photos so everyone can follow the progress of the build.
22.01.2022 Got the drag and a water truck in the arena this morning going to be a great day
21.01.2022 We need more committee members as some of our committees will be tied up all year building our new home grounds. We need more people on our committee to help ru...n the club and our events. Get involved there are many small working roles or you can just be a committee member and help out at events Committee members are eligible for our volunteers incentive. Get your forms in by 20th send to [email protected]
21.01.2022 We know a lot of clubs have cancelled there events, Our committee has talked about what our club is going to do about the new restrictions in place. Going on g...overnment and world health organisation guidelines, numbers 500 in an open-air and the 1.5mts distance. We feel that if our members want we can still hold our events at this stage, this may change if new regulations come in force. There will be a few changes to make sure everyone is kept safe on the day and we can still do training days to get ready for our competitions. 1. Please dont come if you feel unwell 2. no nominations on the day all forms to be filled out and emailed to club. 3.please pay via bank deposit or efpos on the day no cash 4. please bring a chair 5 . please bring food and drinks
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18.01.2022 We normally ignore all the rumours and gossip but in this instance we have decided to respond Arena 1 at the equestrian centre is unsafe and we are unable to us...e it, it dose not comply with even the minimum standards of safety using the EA guideline . No Debris and even terrain , It is full of debris that can be easily seen and It is extremely uneven going from 130mm to just under 20mm in around 1mtr radius that makes it extremally dangerous to horses and riders and we cannot use it for our sports . It dose not pass the risk assessment required by our insurance company so we cannot use it at all in its present state. The arena was not the only thing that did not pass our risk assessment at the equestrian centre. So this is why we are using out side venues to be able to keep the club running to do some of our planned competitions, as well as using the grass arena at the equestrian centre for our training days and will continue to do so until the land management plan is finalised and the arena and other issues are fixed. Jennifer Elliot has demanded at the last council meeting that the mountain trail be moved so that her club can use that area for camping the mountain trail will have to move to Mingela because of this. The club will be using Mingela for some of there events as well as using the equestrian centre and other venues in Townsville, Reid river this was a necessary move to keep the club functioning and continue to put on the events that everyone enjoys . If you have any concerns or questions regarding this please email the club [email protected]
16.01.2022 SIGN ON IS 29TH FEBRUARY 100 Black River Rd Black River We will be holding events in Townsville and Mingela... North Queensland Reining and Performance Horse Club inc is happy to announce we are now taking get started vouchers, this is an amazing way to help bring down the costs of memberships and participation, these vouchers are for $150 For more information on Get in the Game, and the Get Started Vouchers program refer to the departments website at www.npsr.qld.gov.au/getinthegame.
16.01.2022 We need a secretary. Our secretary had to resign due to family issues. We really need this position or the show mangers position filled otherwise we will have to amend our 2021 calendar of events
15.01.2022 wow what a great day yesterday NQRPHC first cattle event ,Ranch Sorting a massive thank you to Mick McHugh this was his idea and he put all the hard work in g...etting every thing sorted for the event , organizing cattle arena ,cattle , building the yards for the event, a lot goes into running a cattle event , thank you every that came out and supported our event and for making it such a fun day thank you every one that shared you advice and helped me out yesterday , a huge thanks to clay and shannon butter worth for jumping in and taking over over and running the canteen at lunch time, it was an amazing day and im super excited to give it a go myself, we will a defiantly be having another one this year See more
12.01.2022 well, its starting to happen the restrictions are lifting on 12th June sporting clubs are allowed to start back up. Our first event for the year will be a training day in Townsville were still waiting of confirmation of our booking this event has been postponed to 20th june
11.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=301750427881754&id=117094799680652 Whoot Whoot our super clinic clinicians are: Tania Powell-Gibson Peter Gould Yves Cousinard Scott Hergest
11.01.2022 here is a link to 2021 membership forms Memberships go from 1st January -31 December Membership benefits Members get first preference to clinics Members recei...ve a discount on all clinics Members get discounted training days Members don't pay camping fees https://form.jotform.com/210267677340860 See more
10.01.2022 What an amazing weekend of racing the first North Queensland Champions race and the final in our buckle series . Congratulations to all the winnner and thank yo...u to ever one that raced this year ,wow the level of horsemanship is amazing . Its been fun to watch you grow with this new sport thought the series . I love the support you show each other during the race . Its great to see your support for each other ring side . Once again one of our members showed extraordinary sportsmanship . Earning them our cowgirl up award Tilly Gilbert Wow you have definitely got the heart and spirit of a cowgirl. Tilly gave her buckle to another competitor as she believed that she only won it because the other person didnt compete at our first event , she believed that the other person deserved it more so she gave her the buckle . All I can day is wow we are so lucky to have so many amazing people part of our club . A huge thank you to Rae Nielsen and Yvonne Gallagher for doing the scribing and timing , Colleen Lydia Kenman and Sara Wilfinger and kasey and jemma and everyone else that helped on the weekend .setting up and packing up or running to r set gear on the course ,you guys are amazing , A huge thank you to everyone wit your help these day wouldnt be possiable, tour volunteers dont for get to come pick your tickets up , remember we have an incentive program for our volunteers and kasey and jemma and everyone else that helped on the weekend .setting up and packing up or running to r set gear on the course ,you guys are amazing , A huge thank you to everyone wit your help these day wouldnt be possible, See more
10.01.2022 we have one spot avaliable ,
09.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=298956761494454&id=117094799680652 Whoot Whoot our super clinic clinicians are: Tania Powell-Gibson Peter Gould Yves Cousinard Scott Hergest.
08.01.2022 well its been 3 yrs today since we started repairing the arena surface in 2015, when we first started to do the surface at the arena at this stage we were brea...king it up, we had poisoned mowed that was 3 yrs ago, Ian made a drag to cut in and break up the surface, Ian used to just do it all day every weekend about 20 hrs each time, it took a few months of this before we could use it, hundreds of hours went into repairing the surface of the arena, we now use an arena pro on the surface to keep it in tip-top shape, See more
08.01.2022 Its been an amazing year this is our third year our club North Queensland Reining and Performance Horse club , and all I can say is WOW We started off doing a c...ouple of sports, Western, Cowboy Dressage and Reining and we have just grown exponentially, We have had amazingly dedicated and innovative committee members that give their time and effort to making this club amazing, Wow what an amazing year we have had for we launched 3 new sports for Townsville this year, Ranch Shows, Ranch Sorting and Mountain trail, We had events nearly every weekend from March till November most of our events were held in Townsville We had 3 events in Charters Towers, 1 event in Finch Hatton and were heading to Cairns for extreme cowboy as well, were committed promoting Extreme Cowboy Racing here in North Queensland Our club now dose 8 sports, Western, Ranch Shows, Ranch Sorting, Reining, Cowboy Dressage, Extreme Cowboy Racing, Extreme Trail, and Mountain Trail. We had 2 buckle series this year, one in extreme cowboy racing then we had the gotta be in it series with overall high point buckles for Ranch, Western and Reining, So all up we had 7 shows our classic and pinto championships combined show, 2 ranch shows, 2 western shows ,2 reining shows, so with reining in every show we got to do western reining, ranch reining and reining at our classic too, We had lots and lots of reining in fact 7 different reining competitions, with reining from walk jog youth right through to the open classes, we had AQHA reining, HSAA, reining , Ranch reining (love the ranch reining they allow simple changes ), and NRHA reining as well , official as well as unofficial events We had lots of Extreme Cowboy races and Extreme Cowboy Trail this year 3 official races that are internationally sanctioned. Our buckle series and that included the Queensland champion ship race, We also had exca events in Charters Towers and Finch Hatton and were heading up to Cairns in the next couple of weeks We had 1 Cowboy Dressage show /gathering We had 6 amazing clinics this year starting off with the Reining super clinic, with Ben Ryan , Warren Backhouse , Scott Burnett and Scott Hergest , We had 2 Reining clinics with Jack Daniels, a Liberty clinic with Tanja Kraus and 2 Extreme Cowboy clinics with Naomi Lee We had heaps of come and try days in our different sports 2 in Cowboy Dressage, 1 in Mountain Trail and 6 in Extreme Cowboy We had 15 training days in all our sports 3 in Cowboy Dressage ,3 Western, 3 Reining, 3 Ranch, and 1 with the mechanical cow and a couple of combined days Our volunteers without them we wouldnt be able to do this, how amazing are they ,they continue to jump in and help at our events ,doing lots of different jobs , ring stewards, gate stewards , scribes , time keeps, in the canteen helping us with scoring and setting up and packing up , they come and give their time to our club to make all these events happen ,Thank you for helping to make our club amazing To all the competitors well none of this would happen without you, its been a pleasure to watch you all compete this year, with lots of support and encouragement for each on the side lines, thats what sportsmanship is all about, its been great to see the support for each other, I was able to give our prestigious cowgirl up award not once but twice this year this award is given to those that show a true cowgirl spirt, to inspire, empower others Last but not least The building and maintenance never stops at the grounds, a massive thank you to everyone that came and helped, its always hard yakka, its never easy but we always manage to have a laugh no matter how hot it is or how tired we are , you guys are the life and soul of the Equestrian Centre , its with your effort and hard work talking all the big jobs that we have such an amazing grounds to hold our events , We did a lot of building in the last 12mths showers toilets the mountain trail course, our first dressage arena, Im so happy to have a permanent challenge court at the equestrian centre, See you all next year for a bigger and better year . See more
08.01.2022 the program for 19th may divisions can be found in the files section of our club page . The gamblers choice jackpot is new and exciting. The judge will allocat...e a time every obstacle will have a secret amount of points these points will be added at the end and the person highest point wins, So the you do as many obstacle as you can, in any order , you can do an obstacle more than once and get as many done in the time allocated , The gamble is that you dont know what points each obstacle has so anyone could win See more
07.01.2022 Fixing dressage arena no 1 it was damaged by vandals about 2.5 years ago .
06.01.2022 Whoot whoot dressage arena 1 is fixed no more big hole ,still a little bit to do till its finished This is going to be the equestrian centres permanent Cowboy Dressage Challange court ,
06.01.2022 We have started our very first show
06.01.2022 The showers are finished. They look bloody awsome . I just love them just perfect for our western club.
05.01.2022 Cowboy Dressage Fun Day Saturday 4th July
04.01.2022 Hi during this self-isolating period we would like to offer our members some options the first one is online line competitions, The second one is the club has a... heap of training DVD. we are going to hire these out so our members can still have access to them so they can still learn new training techniques.so that they are still available to members. The third is an online coaching Can everyone let me know if you are interested in online competitions, coaching or if you want to be able to hire the clubs training videos .please let us know by commenting below?
04.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=301294054594058&id=117094799680652 Whoot Whoot our super clinic clinicians are: Tania Powell-Gibson Peter Gould Yves Cousinard Scott Hergest
03.01.2022 love the way our new committee thinks EOI
02.01.2022 we will have to cancel the mountain trail this weekend as council have not confirmed our booking for this event.we will have to cancel the mountain trail this weekend as council have not confirmed our booking for this event.
01.01.2022 well, it's starting to happen the restrictions are lifting on 12th June sporting clubs are allowed to start back up. Our first event for the year will be a training day in Townsville were still waiting of confirmation of our booking this event has been postponed to 20th june
01.01.2022 2020 is going to be amazing exciting were adding anew sport We have had ranch n western shows This year ranch n ?2020 is going to be amazing exciting were adding anew sport We have had ranch n western shows This year ranch n ?
01.01.2022 Well me and Ian will be out at Joyce mayne today doing a sausage sizzle . come on down say hello . and help our club North Queensland Reining and Performance Horse Club raise funds to repair the old equestrian center and bring this center back to life .
