Queensland Working Cow Horse Club Inc

01/01/2025

🎯 MARK YOUR CALENDARS - QWCHC'S MASSIVE 2025 SEASON IS HERE!

🌟 MULTIPLE ACTION-PACKED EVENTS featuring:
- Brand NEW Hot Shot 1-on-1 Penning
- Enhanced Pairs Penning (now with 2-head format!)
- Team Penning
- Ranch Sorting
- Battle of Champions

🗓️ SEASON KICKS OFF:
March 1st/2nd - Starting with our Beginner Clinic & Arena Sorting

⚡️ BUCKLE SERIES DATES:
- Round 1: March 22nd/23rd
- Round 2: June 7th/8th
- Round 3: July 19th/20th
- Finals: October 5th/6th

💥 SPECIAL EVENTS:
- May & September: Ranch Sorting Championships with Charity Wild Card events
- August 16th/17th: Battle of Champions
- Season Final Awards Dinner & Presentation (Oct 6th)

🤠 Whether you're a seasoned competitor or just starting out, we've got something for everyone! From beginners to champions, this is going to be our BIGGEST year yet!

🎊 Wrapping up with our spectacular Awards Dinner on October 6th - you won't want to miss this celebration!

👉 Start planning your 2025 season now - this is going to be EPIC!

Note: Start times subject to change. Stay tuned for nomination details for each event!

01/01/2025

🤠 PAIRS PENNING JUST GOT TWICE AS EXCITING IN 2025!

🔥 QWCHC is kicking it up a notch - introducing our new TWO HEAD format! That's right, we're doubling the challenge and the excitement!

⚡️ THE CHALLENGE:
- 2 Riders
- 2 Head of Cattle
- 60 Heart-Pounding Seconds
- Maximum Score = Both Beasts Penned Clean!

🎯 WHAT'S NEW?
Teams now need to cut and pen TWO head of their assigned colour for maximum points! This isn't just about speed anymore - it's about strategy, teamwork, and precision like never before!

🌟 THE DETAILS:
- Each rider can have up to 2 runs
- Different team combo for each run
- Must be financial members for buckle eligibility
- One substitute rider allowed per season per team

💥 Get ready for the most thrilling pairs penning you've ever seen! More action, more excitement!

👉 WATCH THIS SPACE! Event dates and nomination details!

01/01/2025

🤠 NEW EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: QWCHC's New Event for Buckle Series 2025!

🔥 Move over Campdraft Cut Outs - there's a new showstopper in town! Introducing the HOTSHOT 1-on-1 Buckle Series, where speed, precision, and pure cattle-working talent take centre stage!

⚡️ FOUR CATEGORIES:
- Juniors - Watch our young guns shine!
- Ladies - Show 'em how it's done, cowgirls!
- Mens - Bring your A-game, gentlemen!
- Beginners - Your gateway to competitive cattle work!

🏆 WHAT'S AT STAKE?
End of Year Buckles up for grabs in every category! Four heart-pounding rounds, 60 adrenaline-filled seconds per run, and just YOU, your horse, and one beast to prove you're the best of the best!

🌟 THE ULTIMATE TEST:
No team mates to rely on - this is pure, unfiltered horsemanship at its finest. Cut your beast, pen it clean, and claim your glory in this ground-breaking new event!

🎯 TO QUALIFY FOR THE BUCKLE:
- Compete in minimum 3 rounds
- Same horse/rider combo
- Must be a financial QWCHC member

👉 WATCH THIS SPACE! Buckle Series Flyer for our first round on March 22nd/23rd 2025 dropping soon.

01/01/2025

Welcome to 2025! 🎉

We're excited to announce some important updates regarding QWCHC membership processes for the new year:

New Consolidated Membership Documents
We have streamlined our paperwork by creating a comprehensive membership form that includes:
- Membership Application
- Code of Conduct
- Declaration, Waiver & Liability Form
- NEW: Medical Profile Form (one required for each financial member)

To obtain PDF copies of these forms, please email our secretary at [email protected]

Important Updates Coming Soon:
We will be introducing several changes to our events and rules for 2025. A complete calendar of events, along with updated rules and guidelines, will be posted shortly for all members to review.

Stay tuned for more information, and we look forward to another fantastic year at QWCHC!

For any questions or assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our committee members.

31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all our wonderful members. 🍾🥳
Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all in 2025.

24/12/2024

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas - stay safe, see you all in the New Year 🎅🏻🎉

12/12/2024

The Events calendar for 2025 will be posted over the Christmas period. The committee is currently working on finalizing the details and will share it soon.

12/12/2024

Please note: DATE CHANGE

Our first event for 2025 date will now be on the 1st/2nd March

This has been changed due to an event clash.

Keep watch on this space. Flyer to follow in the coming weeks with more details.

Thank you 😁

30/11/2024

Following our club AGM today. We would like to introduce the committee for 2025.

President - Warren Ellis
Vice President - Michael Thompson
Secretary - Suzanne Thompson
Treasurer - Gail Langfield
Nominations Officer - Narelle Orr
Cattle Coordinator - Warren Ellis
Safety Officer - Kelvin Redmond
Media - Cory Harmer
Sponsorship & Prizes - Kelly Beitzel

Congratulations to all and we hope to see our wonderful members for another fun filled season.

29/11/2024

DON’T FORGET THE AGM TOMORROW AT 10AM KILCOY GROUNDS CANTEEN. COME HAVE A VOICE IN 2025 🙌

07/11/2024

Remember it’s that time of year again - the AGM will be held on the 30th November at 10am Kilcoy Grounds. Please consider a position if you’d like to have a say in our amazing club or fill out a form and email it through to the secretary if you wish to renominate a current committee member to keep their position for 2025.

Happy Friday members - it’s that time of year again - the AGM will be held on the 30th November at 10am Kilcoy Grounds. Please consider a position if you’d like to have a say in our amazing club.

30/10/2024

ATTENTION MEMBERS…please note date change for June 2025 - I have been able to grab the weekend of the 7/8 - the reason I’ve had to change is we clashed with round 3 in Gympie

18/10/2024

Here are our overall winners this year - congratulations to all riders on a really great year of riding and sportsmanship 🙌

18/10/2024

Happy Friday members - it’s that time of year again - the AGM will be held on the 30th November at 10am Kilcoy Grounds. Please consider a position if you’d like to have a say in our amazing club.

10/10/2024

There has been a mobile phone found at the grounds from the weekend - if you have lost a phone over the weekend comment on here please 🙏

08/10/2024

The final awards for the series wer some of the top teams for the year.

Our first award was for our Fastest Team Oenning Run for the series.
We proudly presented this award to:
Renee Taggart, Roz Nibbs & Bonnie Jansen (accepted by Min on behalf of)
What a ripper run ladies well done!

Our second award was for our Fastest Pairs Penning Run of the series.
With one team smashing the time getting an incredible 12.01 second run.
This award went to:
Berrie Deane & Phil Davies
Well done team!

Finally a big award which was sponsored by Amt Driscoll from our Dusty riders team whom qe are incredibly grateful for all her support this year. This award was for the Highest Sciring Ladies Team penning Team.
A huge Congratulations to:
Kate Oliver, Berrie Deane & Anita Thompson
You ladies showed a top effort throughout the year and it paid off coming out with the
Highest score in ladies teams, well done!

08/10/2024

Following our main event awards we had some special awards for a few selected winners.

The first awards were the Judges/Committees Choice Awards. Kindly donated by Michael & Suzanne Thompson.

The riders chosen for this award were:
Ivy Stafleu
Jade Harvey
Ethan Matthews

The next special Awards were the Encouragement Awards. The votes were in and the following lucky members were chosen:
Monica McKerrow
Sarah McPherson
Shannie Rogers

Congratulations to these special recipients. It's been a pleasure to watch you grow as riders and really show continual improvement this year.we can't wait to see what 2025 brings

07/10/2024

Our main event this year was our Open & Junior Team Penning Buckle Series. This year showed some tough competition and it was anyone's game right until the end
Thank you to Northside Mini Mix for sponsoring our Junior Buckles this year and Sureline Fencing for sponsoring the Open buckles in 2024.

JUNIORS:

Runners Up - Lilly Huth, Ash Doyle & Ally Grima

2024 Junior Team Penning Buckle Winners -
Ally Grima, Lou Petith & Mia Kerehoma

OPENS;

3rd Place - Cooper White, Alison Anderson & Shane Malone

Runners Up - Leona Vievers, Gary Sheather & Tony Linnane

2024 Sureline Fencing Team Penning Buckle Winners -
Myrelle Christensen, Merv Loy & Ivylee Bradbury

Super effort from all pur competitors this year and congratulations to our winners