Millarville Saddle Sores - We’re Off To The Races!!

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By Nicole Oliver, Club Reporter

On December 18th the Millarville Saddle Sores loped off to the Reindeer Races hosted by the Millarville Mutts and Mustangs. Thank You to the Millarville Mutts and Mustangs and our enthusiastic volunteers. We started off our wonderful, but chilly day, at the Millarville race track with a great big bonfire. Our day also included six activities including a Tug-o-War; Ball Toss and Pole Bending. Thank you to the seniors for helping out. After that we had a wonderful lunch. At 1:00 we started the races and what fun it was to watch, they even made Dennis Halstead join and race on a sled.
On January 8th and 9th we had our district public speaking, curling and radio workshops where we learned how to write speeches, do a radio report and some got to try curling for their first time. Even though the weather was horrendous we still managed to get enough players for 4 teams of 3. All 4 teams were very close in the rankings.
Coming up we are looking forward to our winter workshop project. We would like to extend a big huge Thank You to Rowe Water Systems who have kindly donated the materials for us to make salt block holders for our horses. We will also be holding our public speaking competition on January 29th. February we have a horsemanship clinic as well as the 4H winter bonanza camps in Water Valley. With our regular rides in there we will be very busy in the next few month.
Stay warm everyone and have a great year in 2011!!!