I have been an active ATHRA member for many years, I live in Armidale, NSW and am a member of the New England Trail Riders Club. I have a wealth of experience in management roles along with qualifications in Commerce, Commercial Law, risk management and as a Certified Practicing Accountant. I have been involved in…
I first started riding horses for work when I was employed by the then Soil Conservation Authority in the late 1970’s to supervise summer cattle grazing in the Bogong, Snowy Bennison & Dargo High Plains. Whilst I didn’t continue riding after those 5 years (even though my daughter and wife both rode) I never lost…
I am based on the Gold Coast where I operate a small bookkeeping practice. I bought my first horse, a pacer mare, within the same three months I obtained my driver’s licence and first car. Goals! Learn to ride! Over the last 40 years, I have been a keen Eventer and Showjumper and more recently…
I have been afflicted by the horse-riding bug since aged 9. No-one else in my family, back then or now has experienced this condition, but it never stopped me continuing as my favourite way to spend time. I first started trail riding with Tweed club 13 years ago and soon became Treasurer. Since then, I have belonged…
Having spent 35 years in the building construction section of Australia Post as a Project Manager, I retired in 2005 and pursued my interests in horse riding and basketball. My interest in basketball began when my daughter was selected to play in representative competition at Kilsyth Basketball and I was invited on to the board…
I have been an avid horse lover since early childhood. We lived across the road from a small farm belonging to a farrier and his family, I would go over and help in the hope I would be able to ride their young children’s ponies when they had got bored, (they were only about 3…
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