November/December 2015 | Page 11

Laidley-Walloon Camp Quarter Horse Danielle Vandenberg, Laidley-Walloon Quarter Horse & Performance Association 2015 September school holidays started with a bang. Thirty one keen Youth riders of various ages, abilities and backgrounds flocked to Gatton for three days of fun, learning through clinics and demos, showing and making new friends, at the Laidley Walloon Quarter Horse and Performance Association’s Camp Quarter Horse. Myself and co, co-ordinator, Julie-Ann Curry, were super excited to kick off our second Camp Quarter Horse. Q-Kids coaches, Dallas Rumbelow and Lyndsey Ebdon, along with Camp Quarter Horse coaches Peter Biggs from Just Equus, Leanne Kelly, Sharon Gillard, Laine Gillard, Anita Demmers and Tim Chelsom were kept extremely busy for two days, coaching these amazing kids their own talented skills, so they could put it all into practice at the show on the third day for judge, Anett Kerslake. The kids were exposed to the western show world through hands on clinics. They were split into rotational groups and participated in Horsemanship with Peter Biggs from Just Equus, Halter, Showmanship and Hunter in Hand with Leanne Kelly, Hunter under Saddle and Hunt Seat Equitation with Anita Demmers, Western Pleasure and Western Horsemanship with Laine Gillard, Trail with Sharon Gillard and Reining with Tim Chelsom. They even got to