Hawkesbury Dressage Club Inc.

16/01/2025

😍 What do you love most about the Festival? 😍

With so much on offer, it's hard to pick!

We'll be releasing the daily schedule soon, but in the meantime let us know your favourite part of our nine day dressage extravaganza! 🎉

15/01/2025

Check out this great cause organised by generous HDC supporter, Voler Equestrian. Get behind Nikki and snag some goodies while you're at it!

Update on Paddles Up for Nikki!

As a reminder, this fundraiser is dedicated to supporting our amazing Nikki, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The funds raised will go directly toward helping Nikki with her treatment and recovery, providing support during this challenging time.

We are absolutely overwhelmed by your generosity! Thanks to the incredible support of our community, we’ve received donations totalling over $20,000 in value!

The auction officially goes live at 5 PM on the 10th of January 2025, kicking off with the first few items. If your business's donation isn't featured in this initial round, don’t worry! We want to ensure every generous contribution gets the recognition it deserves. To do so, we’ll be running multiple auctions over the coming weeks, with 6 to 9 items listed every fortnight.

Now, to all the amazing bidders: it’s time to raise those paddles! Let’s make Round 1 a success. If you are a winner of an item/s, please pay close attention to the instructions that are emailed to you. All of the information you require to arrange collection/ postage will be sent via that email.

To those wanting to directly donate to the cause, keep your eyes peeled on our page, instructions to come!

Huge thanks to the following businesses for their incredible donations to this round of the auction.
Parbery Dressage
Belle Equestrian
FitScience EQ
HARA Equine
Horses At Home

Click the link below to set up your account and start bidding!

https://airauctioneer.com/paddles-up-for-nikki-2

Thank you for your support! ❤️

15/01/2025

📣LAST CHANCE TO SAVE 📣

Want to support one of the best events in the NSW dressage calendar? Our exclusive earlybird offer ENDS TONIGHT!

Save up to $200 on your sponsorship of one of our championship classes (more if you're a returning sponsor 😉)

View packages and apply here: https://tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

Depending on your sponsorship package, you'll enjoy:
🤩 1-8 Championships titled with your business name
🤩1-8 Championship kersey woollen trophy rugs, embroidered with your business name
🤩 3-9 days of trading included
🤩 Generous advertising space in our digital program
🤩 Numerous posts on our page

Regardless of your sponsorship package, all sponsors will also enjoy:
📣Promotion from January-December 2025
📣Advertising on the HDC Website
📣Advertising in the HDC newsletter
📣Logo placement on Nominate, the draw and Festival Program (if provided in time)
📣Banner and flyer placement at the Festival (provided by sponsor)
📣Exclusive permission to advertise in the HDC Facebook group
📣Access to rider’s emails who opt in to your email marketing in their entry
📣Sharing of business promotional posts to HDC Facebook stories

Don't delay, sign on NOW to enjoy up to $200 off your sponsorship!
www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

12/01/2025

Want to be a part of one of the biggest events on the dressage calendar?

Become a Championship Division sponsor at the Hawkesbury Dressage Festival!

We have an Earlybird Special Offer closing in just three days for those who sign on before January 15th, AND a special offer for our returning sponsors!

To learn more and apply, visit www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

Depending on your sponsorship package, you'll enjoy:
🤩 1-8 Championships in your business name
🤩1-8 Championship woollen trophy rugs, embroidered with your business name
🤩 3-9 days of trading included
🤩 Generous advertising space in our digital program
🤩 Numerous posts on our page

Regardless of your sponsorship package, all sponsors will also enjoy:
📣Promotion from January-December 2025
📣Advertising on the HDC Website
📣Advertising in the HDC newsletter
📣Logo placement on Nominate, the draw and Festival Program (if provided in time)
📣Banner and flyer placement at the Festival (provided by sponsor)
📣Exclusive permission to advertise in the HDC Facebook group
📣Access to rider’s emails who opt in to your email marketing in their entry
📣Sharing of business promotional posts to HDC Facebook stories

Don't delay, sign on before January 15th to enjoy up to 10% off your sponsorship!
www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

08/01/2025

Just one week left to sponsor and SAVE! Sign on before Jan 15th to access our Earlybird Special.

If you want to maximise your sponsorship as part of a huge nine day event, the HDC Festival is for you 🤩

To view the packages and apply:
https://tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

Depending on your sponsorship package, you'll enjoy:
🤩 1-8 Championships titled with your business name
🤩1-8 Championship kersey woollen trophy rugs, embroidered with your business name
🤩 3-9 days of trading included
🤩 Generous advertising space in our digital program
🤩 Numerous posts on our page

Regardless of your sponsorship package, all sponsors will also enjoy:
📣Promotion from January-December 2025
📣Advertising on the HDC Website
📣Advertising in the HDC newsletter
📣Logo placement on Nominate, the draw and Festival Program (if provided in time)
📣Banner and flyer placement at the Festival (provided by sponsor)
📣Exclusive permission to advertise in the HDC Facebook group
📣Access to rider’s emails who opt in to your email marketing in their entry
📣Sharing of business promotional posts to HDC Facebook stories

Don't delay, sign on before January 15th to enjoy up to 10% off your sponsorship!
www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

07/01/2025

Did you hear? The Hawkesbury Dressage Festival is BACK for the fourth year in a row!

One of the most exciting events on the calendar, the Festival is the perfect chance for a week long equine extravaganza to live and breathe dressage!

What we're bringing back in this jam-packed week:
💙 Championship classes for all divisions from preparatory to big tour
💚 Non-championship weekend competition
💙 Non-championship midweek competition
💚 Training day
💙 Freestyle Friday
💚 Pas De Deux
💙 Social events
💚 Open, AOR, JR/YR and Pony divisions
💙 CPEDI

PLUS…
💚 1 day of Choose Your Own Test!

AND...
💙 Grand Prix Special!

So start putting in those leave forms, planning those calendars and writing those freestyle floor plans- we can’t wait to see you there!

Let us know in the comments what part of the Festival you are most excited for!

19/12/2024

Want to be a part of one of the biggest events on the dressage calendar?

📣Sponsorship opportunities for our Championships and Freestyles are now OPEN! 📣

We have an earlybird special offer for those who sign on before January 15th, and a special offer for our returning sponsors!

To learn more and apply, visit www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

Depending on your sponsorship package, you'll enjoy:
🤩 1-8 Championships in your business name
🤩1-8 Championship woollen trophy rugs, embroidered with your business name
🤩 3-9 days of trading included
🤩 Generous advertising space in our digital program
🤩 Numerous posts on our page

Regardless of your sponsorship package, all sponsors will also enjoy:
📣Promotion from January-December 2025
📣Advertising on the HDC Website
📣Advertising in the HDC newsletter
📣Logo placement on Nominate, the draw and Festival Program (if provided in time)
📣Banner and flyer placement at the Festival (provided by sponsor)
📣Exclusive permission to advertise in the HDC Facebook group
📣Access to rider’s emails who opt in to your email marketing in their entry
📣Sharing of business promotional posts to HDC Facebook stories

Don't delay, sign on before January 15th to enjoy up to 10% off your sponsorship!
www.tinyurl.com/HDC2025-Sponsorship

04/12/2024

Well that’s a surprise! Enjoy your retirement John & Gayle. Thank you for all your years of hard work and reliability. What will we do without you! ❤️

John and Gayle Falconer made Sugarloaf Dressage Club Inc their final arena dressage set! Having worked with so many of the events held at SIEC over the last 20+ years, they have significantly contributed to the equestrian community, working with Hawkesbury Dressage Club Inc. . Dressage NSW Inc CDI - International Dressage Event - Sydney 3DE Camden Equitation Inc. Dressage & Working Equitation & Equestrian NSW. Wishing them a happy and healthy retirement!

04/12/2024

📣Have you claimed your Early Bird Sponsor discount yet? 📣

Our Special Early Bird Sponsorship offer is ending on the 15th of January 2025, so if you want to be part of this great event, make sure you get in quick!

Apply here > https://forms.gle/GR4GfZTW7zuan4ZF8

There are extra discounts for returning sponsors, so hands up who wants to get in on this action?🙋

02/12/2024

📣 Sponsorship opportunities now open for HDC Festival 2025! 📣

Our Special Early Bird Sponsorship offer is ending on the 15th of January 2025, so if you want to be part of this great event, make sure you get in quick!

Apply here > https://forms.gle/GR4GfZTW7zuan4ZF8

Tag a friend with an equestrian business in the comments to make sure they don't miss out! 🙋

29/10/2024

🥳Shout out to our amazing members! 🥳

We're looking for stories of amazing achievements by members of the Hawesbury Dressage Club to promote in the newsletter. So if you or someone close to you has done something excellent recently, let us know! Did you place at Nationals or States? Won your first Prelim test? Get a PB score? Or did you notice a fellow HDC-er helping out a pal or going the extra mile? We want to know about it!

Either reply to this post or send us a DM with your stories and we'll include you in the November Newsletter. 🏆

Send a message to learn more

13/10/2024

Thank you to everyone who attended the Hawkesbury Dressage Club AGM and Awards night on Friday! It was lovely to see everyone and celebrate the successes of the year.

A huge thank you to Camelot Horse Rugs for sponsoring our Horse of the Year awards!

🏆 Congratulations to all winners! 🏆

02/10/2024

Grab a friend and run something EPIC for HDC members! Tag a friend who should join the committee with you. If you don't have a friend to tag then this is the perfect chance to make some horse friends!

Our committee meets virtually with a couple of face to face get togethers through the year so you ❌ DON’T ❌ have to be a local.

Think you could make a difference on the Member Services team? Join here 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

Our committee is organised into teams so you can join based on your topic/s of interest and learn the ropes from people who have been there before! It’s the best way to make new friends in the equestrian community.

Our 👥 Member’s Services: 👥 team currently has three members.
We would LOVE some extra hands in this group to level up the services on offer to our HDC Community.
Training Days, Clinics, Horse of the Year, Education, Merchandise, Membership support, feedback, and other fun events such as Scavenger Hunts! It could also include expanded team events around our State/National Championships.

We have other teams, you can learn more via our EOI form.
💻 Publicity & Sponsorship 💻
🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴
🍜 Hospitality & Catering 🍜

We also have our executive committee, which includes our secretary, treasurer, vice president and president and handle roles such as liaising with SIEC.

ALL roles at an AGM become vacant, so now is the time to put up your hand! We have NO minimum service requirement so you can dip your toes and see if this is for you!

We have a large and experienced committee, and many hands make light work for everyone! Just like we reward our event day volunteers, we have a few rewards for our committee to make your volunteering experience easy.

Complete the form here: 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

27/09/2024

Are host/ess with the most/ess?! Then this team is for you 😎

Our committee meets virtually with a couple of face to face get togethers through the year so you ❌ DON’T ❌ have to be a local.

Think you could make a difference on the Member Services team? Join here 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

Our committee is organised into teams so you can join based on your topic/s of interest and learn the ropes from people who have been there before! It’s the best way to make new friends in the equestrian community.

Our 🍜 Hospitality & Catering 🍜 team currently has two members, but three would help make everyone's experience even better! Can you be our third?
This group includes roles like our event secretary, judge & volunteer coordinator roles, freestyles, pas de deux, EA measuring, first aid bookings, liaising with our chief steward and stable manager.

We have other teams, you can learn more via our EOI form.
👥 Member’s Services: 👥
💻 Publicity & Sponsorship 💻
🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴

We also have our executive committee, which includes our secretary, treasurer, vice president and president and handle roles such as liaising with SIEC.

ALL roles at an AGM become vacant, so now is the time to put up your hand! We have NO minimum service requirement so you can dip your toes and see if this is for you!

Just like we reward our event day volunteers, we have a few rewards for our committee to make your volunteering experience easy.

Complete the form here: 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

25/09/2024

Do you want to support some of our epic Festival events? Or maybe you'd dream of HDC running some more members competitions throughout the year? This is the team for you!

Our committee meets virtually with a couple of face to face get togethers through the year so you ❌ DON’T ❌ have to be a local.

Think you could make a difference on the Member Services team? Join here 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

Our committee is organised into teams so you can join based on your topic/s of interest and learn the ropes from people who have been there before! It’s the best way to make new friends in the equestrian community.

Our 🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴 team currently has four members, five would help make these even better! Can you be our fifth?
This group includes roles like our event secretary, judge & volunteer coordinator roles, freestyles, pas de deux, EA measuring, first aid bookings, liaising with our chief steward and stable manager.

We have other teams, you can learn more via our EOI form.
👥 Member’s Services: 👥
💻 Publicity & Sponsorship 💻
🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴
🍜 Hospitality & Catering 🍜

We also have our executive committee, which includes our secretary, treasurer, vice president and president and handle roles such as liaising with SIEC.

ALL roles at an AGM become vacant, so now is the time to put up your hand! We have NO minimum service requirement so you can dip your toes and see if this is for you!

Just like we reward our event day volunteers, we have a few rewards for our committee to make your volunteering experience easy.

Complete the form here: 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

23/09/2024

Can you or (and!) a friend join this team? Tag a friend who'd ace this role!

Our committee meets virtually with a couple of face to face get togethers through the year so you ❌ DON’T ❌ have to be a local.

Think you could make a difference on the Member Services team? Join here 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

We have a large and experienced committee, and many hands make light work for everyone!

Our committee is organised into teams so you can join based on your topic/s of interest and learn the ropes from people who have been there before! It’s the best way to make new friends in the equestrian community.

Our 💻 Publicity & Sponsorship 💻 team currently has five members, but we find six is better so these roles can be equally spread! Can you be our sixth?
There are lots of ways to help in this group - social media, Newsletter, our Digital Program, any press releases, securing and maintaining relationships with our sponsors, tradestands, rider’s bags, product donations, managing prizes and organising photographers. This team uses a wide variety of skill sets, whether you're a computer whizz or have lots of connections in the equestrian community you could encourage to sponsor HDC.

We have other teams, you can learn more via our EOI form.
👥 Member’s Services: 👥
🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴
🍜 Hospitality & Catering 🍜

We also have our executive committee, which includes our secretary, treasurer, vice president and president and handle roles such as liaising with SIEC.

ALL roles at an AGM become vacant, so now is the time to put up your hand! We have NO minimum service requirement so you can dip your toes and see if this is for you!

Just like we reward our event day volunteers, we have a few rewards for our committee to make your volunteering experience easy.

Complete the form here: 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

19/09/2024

We would really appreciate if you have a read of the below information and consider if you or (AND!) a friend might be ready to make your stamp on the dressage world by being a member of our committee.

Our committee meets virtually with a couple of face to face get togethers through the year so you ❌ DON’T ❌ have to be a local.

Think you could make a difference on the Member Services team? Join here 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈

We have a large and experienced committee, and many hands make light work for everyone!

Our committee is organised into teams so you can join based on your topic/s of interest and learn the ropes from people who have been there before! It’s the best way to make new friends in the equestrian community.

Our 👥 Member’s Services: 👥 team currently has three members.
We would LOVE some extra hands in this group to level up the services on offer to our HDC Community.
Training Days, Clinics, Horse of the Year, Education, Merchandise, Membership support, feedback, and other fun events such as Scavenger Hunts! It could also include expanded team events around our State/National Championships.

We have other teams, you can learn more via our EOI form.
💻 Publicity & Sponsorship 💻
🐴 Competition Logistics 🐴
🍜 Hospitality & Catering 🍜

We also have our executive committee, which includes our secretary, treasurer, vice president and president and handle roles such as liaising with SIEC.

ALL roles at an AGM become vacant, so now is the time to put up your hand! We have NO minimum service requirement so you can dip your toes and see if this is for you!

Just like we reward our event day volunteers, we have a few rewards for our committee to make your volunteering experience easy.

Complete the form here: 👉 www.tinyurl.com/HDC2024-AwardsAGM 👈