Welcome - Waikato Endurance Club is the largest Endurance Club in New Zealand. We welcome members and others interested in Endurance to look through this website & hope to provide you with information about whats on & where, results, information, articles, info about Sponsors, photos of Club members and others at Endurance Rides etc. Any suggestions or contributions to make this website interesting and informative will be welcome.
Website Contact: Endurance.Waikato@xtra.co.nz.
Updated: 28 June 2008
Info on training & trekking venues Calendar~contacts page
Check out some truly amazing horses & riders / handlers on Video - see the links below this info list.
'Melaka Grand Invitational Endurance Ride'
Also an article about a lost horse in Malaysia~!! 'Club News' page
Photos from 1st day of the
NZ National Endurance Champs, Kurow
on 'Photos~Links' page
HOY RESULTS on Results Page
HOY ENDURANCE PHOTOS
'Photos~info page' plus an Article written by Jenny Chandler
New Results: Taumarunui
& Pukeatua - Plus -
New Km Awards info
NEW Update on 'Historic Info' Page - photos & info about the NZ National Endurance Champs in 1978~!!
**RESULTS FOR N.I. CHAMPS**
('Results' page)North Island Champs page
3 x 160k photos - sponsors lists
Results to be posted soon as poss
Results from Taneatua Ride
(on 'Results' page)
** Article on Whakatane Ride written by Daryl Owen (Photos Info page)
New Info on Vetting abbreviations
& The Rules when withdrawing
'Calendar & Forms' page
KING COUNTRY SADDLER & SUPPLIES
Just a note to remind members of the support the club gets from KC Saddlery in Taumarunui, 10% of any purchase from Waikato members goes to the club.
Just a note to remind members of the support the club gets from KC Saddlery in Taumarunui, 10% of any purchase from Waikato members goes to the club.
They do mail order and are happy to send things to rides via Jo so as to avoid postage for people.
Manuate St, Taumarunui. Phone – 07 8957401 Email – westco@kol.co.nz
Helpful Info for new Competitors on 'Photos~Info' Page
FUN RIDERS - CLICK THIS LINK
See information on an amazing 10,000 km Horse & Rider Journey. What an Endurance Ride~!! click on link below:
Bryan Whitehead - an inspiration to all Endurance Riders - longtime member & past President of Wairarapa Endurance Club - Open this link to read an article about Bryan: "A Matter of Endurance"
(use mouse arrow to find the "resizing" icon bottom right of the file to enlarge image so its easy to read)
Getting ready to ride at 'Melaka Grand Invitational Endurance Ride' - Stu & Lin Cottle, Keryn Brown, Mike & Gayle Truscott with Peter Tan, owner of Presco Endurance Team See 'Club News' page for more photos & reports
Kilometres for Catwalk - Wairarapa endurance riders are putting their kilometres towards a good cause – raising money for research into spinal injury. A number of riders taking part in endurance and CTR rides in the 2008-09 season are collecting sponsorship from family, friends, businesses and the community, with the proceeds going to the Catwalk Trust, in support of spinal injury research.
The riders are collecting sponsorship for every kilometre they successfully complete in competition – for example, if a sponsor agreed to pay 1c for every kilometre, and the rider completed 500km during the season, that sponsor would pay $5 at the end of the season.
Catwalk Trust is dedicated to raising funds to support research into spinal cord injury and its treatment. The trust was founded by leading Wairarapa equestrian Catriona Williams, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a riding accident in 2002, and this cause is one which has had a direct impact on many in the equestrian community. For more information on the trust go to www.catwalk.org.nz.
The Wairarapa Club would also be interested in hearing from any riders from other clubs who might be interested in becoming sponsored riders themselves.
If you would be interested in becoming a sponsored rider next season, or sponsoring a rider, please contact Helen Bain on h.bain@forestandbird.org.nz
or 0274 185 026. Thanks
Please see 'CATWALK' INFO BELOW LEFT
Go to the 'Historic Info' page to see a Newspaper article from 1999 about our ESNZ Secretary Caroline Barber & her Mum Sallie.
Remember our Club AGM is being held on Saturday 5th July at the Karapiro Hall SH1 to start at 4pm ~ Pot Luck dinner at 6pm. There is a talk planned from an NRM nutritionalist. Gather before 4pm for gossip etc, AGM planned for 4pm but this is subject to the preference of our guest speaker
Below is a link to a series of videos "Introduction to Endurance Riding" - This link was provided by Jo Lankow - Many thanks Jo, I'm sure it will be helpful to many riders new to endurance:
Here are two links to two amazing videos:
First video is an extremely agile horse ridden in the bull fighting arena - I'm sure none of us particularly like the "sport" of bullfighting but you have to admire the agility of this talented athletic horse:
Second Video is 'Lorenzo the Flying Frenchman' what an incredible horse trainer - truly amazing~!!
