Australian Campdraft Association Inc.
Document Name: Activities Covered by ACA Affiliation
Version
1.00 19 May 2025 Management Committee Inception of the document
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of this document is to outline the activities that are covered by ACA’s insurance policy for affiliated committees. Activities that are not listed on this document are not covered by ACA’s insurance policy or require special permission from the Executive to be covered. It is important to remember that while ACA insures these activities, all participants must be members of ACA for any claim to be valid.
Campdrafts
• All campdraft events, provided they comply with “General Information, Competition Rules and Guidelines” and are present on a committee’s program approved by the ACA Office, are covered by ACA’s insurance policy.
• Saddled Cut Out events, including but not limited to Stallion Cut Outs, Feature Cut Outs, and any stand alone cut out events.
Gymkhanas
• ACA’S Insurance policy covers gymkhanas run in accordance with EXT040 Gymkhanas Hosted by ACA Affiliated Committees.
• All participants must be ACA members.
• All participants must be under the age of 17, with the exception of pre-existing perpetual trophies. These events must be approved by the ACA Operations Manager. Permissions from the Operations manager must be issued through official correspondence.
• For the full scope of requirements please refer to Ref. COR018 Gymkhanas Hosted by ACA Affiliated Committees
Challenges
• Challenges must be held in conjunction with at least one affiliated campdraft and comply with ACA’s Judge requirements.
• A Challenge is defined as a round of wet work and a round of dry work, with or without a final.
o Wet work is as defined in Section 11 of the Australian Stockman’s Challenges Association rule book 2024.
o Dry work is as defined in Section 10 of the Australians Stockman’s Challenges Association rule book 2024.
Junior and Mini Horsemanship/Training/Cattleworking
• Per rule B.5.I General Information, Competition Rules and Guidelines Junior campdrafts are to be judged the same as Juvenile campdrafts, but with one beast in the yard and leniency shown at the judge’s discretion OR
• An alternative to running a Junior campdraft is to run a Junior training/horsemanship/cattleworking event. These events are covered by ACA’s insurance policy.
Cattle Working Contest – Contest 1 & 2
• Cattle Working Contests as defined in “General Information, Competition Rules and Guidelines” section 9.6 A and B are covered by ACA’s insurance policy.
Clinics and Camps
• A committee’s affiliation with ACA covers three events in a financial year. This can be a campdraft, clinic or camp, or any combination of the three. All events must be approved by the ACA Office before taking place. For more information, refer to EXT019 Judges Seminar Structure & Expression of Interest and EXT023 Youth Camp and Starter Clinic Structure and Expression of Interest.
Club Days
• A committee’s affiliation with ACA covers club days, working bees and fundraising events
Further questions about what is covered with committee affiliation can be found in at www.campdraft.com.au under the Committee Resources tab in Policies And Information document ACA Insurance FAQs ordirectqueriestotheOperationsManagerreferto CON006 ACA Management Committee Members by Zone, under Contact Us on the website or Campdraft One Lead 07 4622 3110