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In any event, this guides council’s supportCAMPASPE Shire Council’s 2019-2024 eventstrategy has recognised the need to grow ourevents calendar, especially during quiet periods,to generate a higher economic benefit to theshire.
Council adopted the strategy at its meeting lastweek, which will set the priority areas for growthin events across the shire for the next five years.
Mayor Adrian Weston said the originalstrategy was developed in 2012 and council hadidentified a need to review it to make sure it
continued to drive both social and economicbenefits from events across the region.
‘‘The landscape for events has changedsignificantly over the past seven years, however,the principals relating to event support continueto be relevant,’’ Cr Weston said.
‘‘The strategy guides council’s support forevents and outlines how this can be achieved.’’
The review included a desktop analysis,SWOT assessment and consultation with eventorganisers and key stakeholders.
Events across Campaspe Shire range fromsmall community events of about 100 people tomajor events of more than 40,000 attendees,including national and international visitors aswell as locals.
The vision of the strategy is to continue tosupport Campaspe’s diverse range of events,creating a vibrant events calendar contributes toeconomic growth and social cohesion, whiledeveloping capacity to attract new events.
The strategy considers council’s role in events,
its involvement in supporting event organisers tomeet their compliance/legislative requirements,the funding of events, encouraging event growthand diversification and the attraction of newevents.
‘‘A review of the event funding frameworkand matrix was key to ensuring that council cancater for all types of events and supportfunding,’’ Cr Weston said.
A copy of the strategy is available on council’swebsite.
Remuda Horse Show a mane event for Elmore‘There were a lot of great entries, a lot of great horses and overalljust great people’
HORSE lovers trotted down to theElmore Equestrian Park recently forthe beloved Remuda Horse Show.
More than 100 horses competed towin titles in 11 versatility classesincluding cattle and general ridingevents from May 9-12.
‘‘It all went really well and not eventhe rain could stop them,’’ event co-organiser Bronte Monaghan said.
The classes are designed to showthe training skills of the riders withhorses being treated respectfully;building a desire to work and work ina partnership.
The roping events are highly skilledclasses used on ranches and properties
to care for stock where gentle stockhandling is needed.
The riding pattern classes show thequick footedness and ease of thehorses carrying out different manoeu-vres.
International judge Jed Lawrencewas flown from the US for the event.
‘‘Events like these are just thefoundation of our countries,’’ MrLawrence said.
‘‘Horses have been with us since thebeginning of time and we relied on
them, so it’s just very important tokeep the heritage alive for the youngergenerations.’’
Mr Lawrence said the standard ofcompetitors was phenomenal.
‘‘There were a lot of great entries, alot of great horses and overall justgreat people,’’ he said.
‘‘The winners were just solid everytime. Nobody really went ahead andtry to over-ride their horses and theyunderstood their horses and theirclass.’’
Winners of this year’s show includeMelody Wupper for the youth ranch-man versatility category, LaraMearchern for her great performancein the amateur vaquero versatilitysection, Roy Marchinton for vaqueroversatility, Danny Kopa for openranchman versatility, Dawn Woodleyfor the amateur ranchman versatilityand Bruno Robinson took home thebig prize for grand champion of thevaquero novice amateur versatility.
The sport is the fastest growing
western-style event, providing famil-ies with the opportunity to show fromfree youth classes through to thethrilling reined cow horse event for themasters of horsemanship.
Its history goes back to the Spanishvaqueros working on ranches andthose same skills are used on cattleproperties in Australia.
The show has attracted attentionfrom across the country withspectators coming from South Austra-lia, NSW and across Victoria.
‘‘Elmore is such a great community.It’s very neat with a lot of family-owned businesses and the people werejust so down to Earth and it’s just agreat little town,’’ Mr Lawrence said.
■ Connie Jessup on her horse Get Lucky.■ Roy Marchinton onCuttelenas Little Rooster.
■ Jessica Soulsby on AttardsRomance.
■ Dawn Woodley on Colliban Black Texan. ■ Lara McEachern on Tapt Again.
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