Kentish Equine Endurance Riders - KEER

07/05/2025

2025 Kentish Voice write-up

Roger Nichols superb photography covering the front page!

22/04/2025

Endurance is more than just horse riding, and more than just a sport, it’s a community!

This community was very present at our annual Kentish ride this year, with many people volunteering and stepping in to assist our small committee to ensure a smooth & enjoyable event.
At our event, of particular notice, a few riders didn’t have the successful rides planned, rather than show their disappointment they stepped in and helped create a positive & smooth event for others.

Our 2025 event made a small profit (noting this would have been a loss if a third Veterinarian was organised). As a committee we have decided we will Pay it Forward, and have donated our 2025 ride profit towards Janine’s Recovery fund.

Get well Janine! We hope the contributions not only ease some of the financial pressures throughout your recovery, but also attest to our community genuinely wanting to support Halla & yourself through this hard time, we are your extended family.

Our friend Janine Parr had a serious accident at our latest endurance ride here in Tassie and wa… Carolyn Foley-jones needs your support for Janine's Recovery

01/04/2025

Looks like that’s a wrap for the 2025 event!!
Well done Jean Treloar & helpers, all the track work, marking, set up and now it looks all packed up!!

The KEER committee is very low on people. If you enjoy this ride on the calendar, please consider joining our committee. We only have 2-3 meetings for the year, the key areas where assistance is required is preparing the track leading up to the event, being able to help on the day and packing up afterwards. We’d love to have some more people in the Sheffield or surrounding areas join our team!
Please reach out to Jean, Lydia or Karan Amanda and we can add you to our group ☺️

31/03/2025

Last but not least

Congratulations to joint winners of the lowest heart rate in the 80km

31/03/2025

Massive congratulations to those riders who stepped up and had their first completion at a longer distance:

Freya Hill, Kristy Rolls, Georgia Barnat & Shaelyn Short completed their first 20km ride distance- -stepping up from 15km rides earlier this year.

Sharky Roberts completed her first 40km ride.

Kristy Brownrigg, Rose Samuels & Lily Groves all completed their first 80km ride!

Well done - super efforts all round!

📸Roger Nichols

31/03/2025

Shout out to all the volunteers who helped on the day!!

Without our wonderful volunteers our event couldn’t happen:

To name a few:

Cheif Steward- Pat Lamprey
Ride Secretary- Pam Shadbolt
TPRs- Darrel Weaver, Jane Parission, Nicole Ford, Kaye Mitchell
Pencilling- Kiana Ford
Vet Gate- Leslie Jolly
In/out Gate- Sally Brown
Course water- David McCoy
Rescue Float- Kerryn McKlenen

Plus many others who helped Jean with track clearing & marking, and de-marking.
Helped set up & pack up equipment.
Chipped in between strapping horses or stepped up to help after not getting the planned results.
Pony club ladies keeping us fed & NWTARC manning checkpoints.

Extra Shout out to Deb Grull stepping up and keeping the vet ring flowing

Thankyou to those named as well as those who smaller contributions- it all helped make the day run smoothly - thankyou!!

31/03/2025

How awesome was this outcome!!

Congratulations to Bella Sheean!

This was Bella’s first ride up the front- winning 🥇 junior & Best Conditions on her mare Arabella.

Thanks Mountain Dew Ice for sponsoring this beautiful rug.
📸Roger Nichols

31/03/2025

Well done to Team Neilley winning 3 of the 4 best conditioned rugs.

Woodsong Princess Barbie ridden by Kirsty Neilley was equal 1st middleweight and won BC

Woodsong Indiana Rode ridden by Shane Neilley was 1st Heavyweight & won BC

Kalody Park White Feather ridden by Susan Woodward was 1st Lightweight & won BC

Thanks to Sheffield Mechanical and Tyre, Horses N More and hub for sponsoring these prizes!!

31/03/2025

Completing the 80km ride in 4hours and 57 mins were the winning riders 🏆🏆

Equal 1st across the line were
Kirsty Neilley riding Woodsong Princess Barbie
& Jillinda Aitchison rinding Tonki Dee Boo Henrietta

Well done ladies & your awesome equines 🥳

📸Roger Nichols

31/03/2025

Congratulations to
Tracy Nutting
Alexa Parker
Helen Bowkett
Bella Pickering

Winners of the beautiful lead ropes donated by the Geddes at latrobe saddlery.

The motto of our sport is ‘To Complete is to Win’

These 4 riders worked the hardest to achieve their completions being the last riders home in their divisions.
📸Roger Nichols