THE fifth annual Tubbul Campdraft was a huge success yet again with over 200 riders and 250 horses competing in the 10 event program last weekend at Bribbaree Showground.
Committee president John Gerrard said that some of the best riders in the state attended with over 740 entries over the two days.
Nigel Kable from Rydal, riding stallion ‘Ivory’, won both of his Open Campdraft rides with a total score of 180 out of 200 on Saturday and 176 out of 200 on Sunday.
“The Kable family are the best Campdraft family in the Central West, if not the State,” Mr Gerrard said.
“Nigel won the Warwick Gold Cup, the Melbourne Cup of Campdrafting the weekend before and it was fantastic to see him ride in our events on the weekend.”
Carol Kable, Nigel’s wife, won the saddle trophy for the Ladies Campdraft with 270 from her three rides, also riding ‘Ivory’, and Jack Kable, their son won the Junior Campdraft and Cutout with 83 out of 100 on his horse Mary Poppins.
Several local riders also took part including John Gerrard and son Daniel, Brian and Claudia Spackman, John Ewin, Andrew Smith, Rebecca and Trevor Pearce and Bernadette McCrae.
John Ewin won the Local Encouragement Award with Andrew Smith coming in both second and third riding different horses, Barbie and Joey.
Daniel Gerrard also had two great rides, coming in sixth in the Juvenile section on both days with a score of 77 just two points out of the placings.
“It was all in all a fantastic weekend thanks to all the hard work from our dedicated committee,” Mr Gerrard said.
“The Tubbul Campdraft Arena is excellent and stood up well to the 800 plus runs as did the horses with no injuries or trouble throughout the weekend.
“Thank you especially to all the people who donated their cattle for the event,” Mr Gerrard added.
Windridge Pig Farm, Blantyre Farm, HD Parker and Sons, Gundara, Ken and Sue Smith, David and Cathy Shannon, Micheal and Gail Shannon, Manton Pastoral Company, Milong West (William Day), the Penfold Family from Quandialla and South Green Bank (Jamie Watson) all donated livestock for the weekend.
“Without these people, we could never hold the event, and the fact that so many helped out allowed us to have ten events and the high number of entries.”
The Bribbaree Pony Club put on a big dinner on the Saturday night for entrants, while the committee organised a fundraising auction with generous donations from all the business houses in town, raising over $3,500 for the event.
“The pony club put on one of the best meals of any Campdraft in the state and the success of the auction means that we will be able to pass on some of the generous funds to another charity in the area,” Mr Gerrard said.
All in all, it couldn’t have been a more successful weekend and we’re looking forward to even bigger and better things for next year’s events.
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