It was the second time States were required to bring their own horses. But the first time WA has traveled. It is great to ride your own horse at these events but I think Pony Club should be more flexible in how riders compete It sounds good in theory bringing your own horse. Australia is a huge country. In 2017 Queensland would be 5 days traveling one way and if you travel that far you should be rewarded for your efforts by good grounds, good camping and a well-run event. Murray Bridge was none of these. The Games Team did the journey on the least time possible and that was 10 days and around $6000.00, so you do need mad parents. 90% of the Games horses traveled well, luckily the one that didn’t come good just in time. It would be good if Pony Club Australia would organise a Sub Committee to run Nationals Games with representation from each state. As the games riders are there for the whole time it might be good to maybe do some Novelties as well. A roster could be made for holding Junior and Senior comps in the alternating years. I feel it is good to keep these events going as it keeps games going, encourages more participation and gets riders to interact between States, which I think PC is all about? the royal show Most of the crew was in South Australia, luckily Dan Foster with the help of Truci Hall, Ben Grenall and Juanita Brewer were able to run a pairs Competition, which sounded like it was a great success. There were many positive reports received back from this event. WA has been given the Junior Nationals Competition in 2016 which we are hoping to run at the Perth Royal Show in a similar format to that run in 2014. 18
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