VERA News
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The VERA Management Committee meeting held its first meeting this week at which the task of allocating portfolios was undertaken. Portfolios were allocated as follows:
Linda Tanian – President, AERA Management Committee Member, Governance
Paul Nugent – Vice President, Calendar Coordinator/Insurance
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The VERA SMC would like to advise that the Moyston ride will be run on 12-14 June. Sioux Reid and the Moyston Fire Brigade will be putting on another of their cracking rides at the Moyston Recreation Reserve. Ride distances will be a 40km ride on Saturday and an 80 and 160km on the Sunday.
This will be a great ride to get your 2023 Quilty qualification ride out of the way on very achievable and horse friendly tracks. Thanks to the Moyston team for putting their hands up. This will be a very popular ride.
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The VERA SMC have been able to source Bandana Buffs with the VERA logo imprinted. This product has a dual purpose - it works as a face covering for COVID-19 and also, when we get back to rides, they can be used for those freezing mornings when you ride out. The buffs are light weight, stylish and breathable. The cost will be kept low at $15.00 each plus $6 postage. This is a great opportunity to support VERA with its latest initiative. Attached is an order form. Please complete the order form, make the payment and send the form to the Merchandise Officer, Mezcal Manners. Also attached is a mock-up of the buff.
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The VERA SMC would like to advise that the Tallangatta Valley ride has now been cancelled for 2020. They will be back in 2021 and we look forward to joining them again up in the lovely valley for a great ride. Thanks Naomi and all the crew up there for looking at ways in which to run the ride under very restrictive conditions.
The SMC has also been talking with David and Trish Reeves to see if they could run a ride at Dergholm. Despite a promising start to arrangements it seems that Parks Victoria won't come to the party and allow them access to the tracks required for the ride. For the dates available to Trish and David it was also getting into fire season and access to the forestry tracks was going to be difficult.
The SMC is still trying to source a location in which to run an event but conditions in Gippsland have been pretty wet and available venues are still waterlogged at the moment.
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The VERA SMC is disappointed to announce that the Dergholm ride has been postponed. David Reeves has advised that the COVID-19 situation is such that the risk associated with running the event is not acceptable.
In addition, Trish is not residing in SA as she works there and the new border restrictions means that she must reside in SA to be able to attend her place of employment. This will make it difficult to get the event prepared.
The possibility of running the event will be re-visited once more information is available on the lifting of the Stage 3 restrictions.
The SMC thanks David and Trish for their ongoing willingness to adjust their ride plans according to the ever changing environment we are existing in.
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