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Whittlesea Horse & Pony Club Inc

Locality: Whittlesea, Victoria

Address: Showgrounds Road 3757 Whittlesea, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 NEWS FLASH Whittlesea Horse & Pony Club committee have decided to postpone this even until later in the year. Please keep an eye out for the new date.

23.01.2022 STAGE 4 COVID RESTRICTIONS WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU AND YOUR EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES KEY MESSAGE Everyone is being encouraged not to ride where possible, in order to... reduce the pressure on emergency services in case of an accident. EXERCISING & CARING FOR YOUR HORSE You are unable to leave your home to ride your horse for recreation or personal exercise. You may ride your horse if you are home on your own property See DHHS advice: https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/sport-and-exercise-metropolitan The RSPCA have advised you have a legal obligation to ensure animals in your care are provided with proper and sufficient food, water, shelter and veterinary treatment when necessary, while minimising travel. People who have horses or animals to care for are permitted to travel to exercise and/or care for those animals if required, on animal welfare grounds. If you cannot safely exercise your horse on the property it is kept you should consider other alternatives such as turning your horse out. A person who is travelling to exercise and/or care for an animal may travel with one other person from the same household. Please refer to RSPCA Guidelines https://kb.rspca.org.au//can-i-leave-my-home-to-care-for-/ on advice for caring for your horse during the pandemic. Whilst caring for your animal, you must ensure that all necessary health measures are followed such as: Wash hands before and after and or use hand sanitiser. Only do the minimum that you need to do to care for the animal. Use your own grooming kit, tack and equipment. Agistment Centres must set up a roster and limit the number of persons on the property at anyone time. Members should still refer to the agistment centre owner for specific restrictions and requirements implemented at the facility. You are only allowed to exercise your horse with one other person or household members. Training should be done at home only. COACHING From 11:59 PM on Wednesday 5 August, coaches and trainers must work from home and use online and video conferencing facilities to deliver their coaching and training. The exception to this rule is if the coach/trainer is providing services to a rider(s) already within their household. VETS & EQUINE SERVICES Vets and other equine services (eg. farriers) are considered essential services and are permitted on the grounds only while there is a general animal welfare issue, whilst meeting their obligations as a COVID Safe Business and adhering to social distancing and hygiene requirements.

22.01.2022 AN IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING RESTRICTIONS FOR METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE. Equestrian Victoria, Pony Club Victoria and the HRCAV are committed to ensuring the hea...lth and safety of our members and community. Today we have been working with the Victorian Department for Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Sport and Recreation Victoria (SRV) and take this opportunity to update the equestrian community regarding the impact of the new restrictions on equestrian activity, and in particular, those members within metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire. Please visit our website to review the latest advice: https://bit.ly/restrictions_9July2020

18.01.2022 Our MASSIVE Mid Year Sale is coming soon! Just THREE days to go! Starting in-store on Thursday 25th of June.... Get set for huge discounts across all categories!

18.01.2022 STAGE 3 COVID RESTRICTIONS WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU AND YOUR EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES KEY MESSAGES FOR EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITES: > keep it low risk > keep it local > rema...in within your current abilities, and > don’t start new activities or a new discipline at this time. EXERCISING & CARING FOR YOUR HORSE Travel to care for your horse/s, is allowed. This includes exercising. However, all necessary health and safety measures will need to be followed. If you are unable to exercise your horse safely on the property where the horse is kept, you may ride off "off property" but keep the riding as local and as risk free as possible. You may float your horse to a safe, local, outdoor facility. Members who agist should still refer to the Agistment Centre/facility owner for specific restrictions and requirements implemented at the facility. AGISTMENT CENTRES Agistment Centres must set up a roster and limit the number of persons on the property at any one time. Equipment should not be shared or touched by other people. INDOOR FACILITIES CLOSED Indoor sport and recreation facilities are CLOSED. GROUP ACTIVITIES Group activities with anyone outside your household are not allowed. Activities are to be limited to one other person or household members. ADVICE FOR PONY CLUB COACHES Coaches may continue to coach outdoors and those receiving instruction can only do so with one other person or household member, and only under the following conditions: > Coaching may take place at private and/or agistment facilities. > If you are unwell or have Covid Symptoms you must stay home or get tested. > You can go horse-riding off-property with members of your household or one other person, plus an instructor if required. You should not travel further than you need to, and you should horse ride at the closest available location to your home. > Coaches may not travel into a Stage4 area to coach. > There should be NO organized CLUB activity. > You must be able to keep 1.5mdistance between yourself and others > Strict hygiene practices must be practiced > Any shared essential equipment such as gates, jump wings, dressage arena sets should be sanitised before and after use. > Sharing of equipment such as helmets gloves and whips is not permitted. FLOATING YOUR HORSE NON ESSENTIAL TRAVEL The floating of horses outside of your home for training/coaching is considered non-essential travel. VETS & EQUINE SERVICES Vets and other equine services (e.g.farriers) are considered essential services and are permitted on the grounds of animal welfare, whilst adhering to social distancing and hygiene requirements.

17.01.2022 Information from PCAV COVID-19 UPDATE - WHAT STAGE 3 AND 4 MEAN TO CLUBS AND GROUPS What Stage4 means for Groups and Clubs...Continue reading

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15.01.2022 We will continue to update as they update. Stay safe everyone & follow the rules so we can get back to Equestrian life.

12.01.2022 Dublin Clothing Australia is celebrating their 40th Anniversary! To celebrate, we're running a SALE - Shop 30% off Dublin Winter Clothing* 7th - 13th of May.... Jackets, tops & more - come and visit us in store to see the range, or make an order over the phone!

10.01.2022 Some ISO school holiday fun!!!!

08.01.2022 Newest advice from EV. We will keep posting all relevant advice as it comes in Stay safe everyone.

08.01.2022 CAN I GO HORSE RIDING IN METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE? To help clarify this question the following advice has been prepared in consultation with DHHS, Sport and Rec V...ictoria, and following RSPCA advice to provide guidance for our members. We ask members to remember that we are in the middle of a global pandemic. Victoria is at the centre of this pandemic in Australia. How we all behave over the next few weeks determines how successful we emerge on the other side and how quickly we can get closer to living life as we know. We ask that all members not look for loopholes in the restrictions, and apply common sense and care for yourselves, your horses and the wider community. 1| Can I travel to care for my horse? If you live in Melbourne, you can leave home to care for your animals, including horses, if it is necessary to do so and you are not able to make alternative arrangements. This includes travelling more than 5km from home or leaving Melbourne for this purpose. However, at this stage we are asking everyone to stay as close to home as possible and be mindful that you may be required to provide evidence for your reason to travel as police are conducting spot checks. If you need to leave home to tend to your horse(s), the restrictions travel with you and so you need to follow the same rules as if you were at home. 2| Does caring for my horse include exercising? Caring for your horse includes exercising it, however, there is a difference between exercising your horse for recreation and exercising it on animal welfare grounds. You are permitted to exercise (and this includes riding) your horse for its welfare. Horse riding as an outdoor recreational activityis NOT a permitted reason to leave home. You should provide care for your horse in as limited time as possible, observe curfews, all government social distancing and hygiene requirements must be adhered to. Face masks must also be worn when you are outside of your home. 3| What is the difference between exercising for recreation and exercising for welfare? 3.1 Welfare The allowance to exercise your horse on animal welfare grounds is for boxed horses, horses in small yards or small paddocks that may incur health issues if they are not exercised. If you are unsure consult your vet for formal advice. You could consider longeing your horse, hand walking or if you must ride, then you should do so quickly. It is not a lengthy ride; it is not a lesson and it is not for exercise for you. If your horse already has room to run, then it is NOT needing exercise on animal welfare grounds. You should exercise the horse on the property where the horse is kept. Where this is not possible due to safety or animal welfare concerns, you may exercise the horse locally off property, however, horses should not be floated to third party locations under Stage 4 Restrictions. Where you agist at a private facility you should abide by their rules as they have obligations under Stage 4 Restrictions to ensure the health and safety of all persons on their property. 3.2 Recreational Riding The general term 'recreational' is an activity done primarily for YOUR enjoyment and exercise, as opposed to keeping your horse healthy and cared for. Horse riding as an outdoor recreational activity is NOT a permitted reason to leave home. If you live on the property where your horse is kept, you are not restricted from riding on your own property.

08.01.2022 PC maybe on hold while we all do our bit to slow the spread of this nasty virus. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have some Easter fun . Club members were asked to guess the amount of eggs in the basket,the closest gets the loot, Congrats Mandy Petricola And we had a Easter fancy dress. Thanks to those that entered their photos & our winner was Ellie (Rebecca). Happy Easter to all & stay safe.

05.01.2022 This time last year was the last day of our Pony Club camp & what an amazing few days we all had. Wish we could have done it again this year but let’s keep all doing the right thing & get back to some sort of normality & fingers crossed for camp next year.

04.01.2022 Fantastic weather for our Freshman’s jumping & gear market. Thank you to all that attend.