CLUB NEWS
PRAIRIE CARRIAGE DRIVING CLUB HIGHLIGHTS
| BY TERRY PARTINGTON
In the latter part of the summer the Club started with a Drive held at the acreage home of the Club vice president Pamela Heinrichs, south of Vanscoy, where she and her family had prepared some trails away from their farm, then on returning to the yard there was an obstacle course of round bales. This was followed by a group photo opportunity, before unhooking the outfits and holding a meeting to deal with some Club business. The potluck and social that followed was enjoyed by about eighteen riders, drivers, family and friends. The next event was the first of a series of three, on consecutive weekends, when, on Sept. 20th, Bill Humeny hosted our annual Cancer Trek Fundraiser. About thirty-eight people attended, based around eight drivers, eight riders and the grooms, volunteers and spectators. The cross-country trail that Bill had prepared consisted of about seven kilometers, before returning to the yard, where a Barrel pattern had been set up outside and a Cones course in the Indoor Arena. Following the unhitching, we enjoyed a Barbeque where Bill had supplied the burgers and the rest was a potluck feast. Since so many in the Club have been closely affected by this disease, and with particular assistance of Pearl Brown, it was gratifying to see the final tally was just short of $4000, going to the Saskatoon Cancer Centre. The second in the series, held on Sept. 27th, was an event hosted by Debi Wigelsworth and Wickenheiser family, later dubbed the Wickenworths, at the Crickle Creek Miniature Golf course on Valley Road, south west of Saskatoon. This Event took a different twist, in that the length of trail was somewhat shorter, but included four Cones obstacles the first time around, then general knowledge questions at each of the stations the second time around. For this event we had seven hitches and about a dozen volunteers and spectators. On completion of the course and unhooking the rigs, everyone loaded up and moved to the Wigelsworth residence for a barbeque and Potluck where they had another competition, the display and judging of the various hats people had been encouraged to bring.
moved to Oct 18th, and set at the home of Melva King with the co-host to be Stan Garchinski. A contingent of five drivers with passengers and a rider, were accompanied on the trail through the neighbourhood, including Greenbryre residential community, by two vehicles with the paparazzi and the manure bucket patrol. This was followed by the usual social and general meeting to organize the rest of our year.
For More Information contact: Howard Floyd, National Director hwaf69@hotmail.com 306-736-8011 Tammy McLeod SHSRASecretary t.s.farm@sasktel.net
The third in the series was initially set for Oct 4th, then
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