April 4-7 Combined National Disciplines Meetings, Strategy Meeting & General Meeting, Melbourne

May 13-19 National Volunteer Week

June 14 National Award Nominations Open

July 29 – August 4 RDA Australia Awareness Week

October 18-20 Volunteer Awards Dinner, General Meeting, AGM, Strategy Planning Meeting, Adelaide

November 13-15 National Championships, Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre, Victoria

The National Championships were held this year for the first time since 2008 at Werribee Equestrian Centre. There were 28 riders all together from Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and even New South Wales!

Sponsors of the event were Australian Sports Commission, Jurox Ltd, Wintec Saddles and HorseWyse Magazine. Click here to see full results

A secure online coaches’ portal was developed for the RDAA national website with a generous grant from The Myer Foundation and The Sidney Myer Fund Capacity Building Grant ‘Celebrating our Partners Project’.

Please click on http://www.rda.org.au/videodemo.aspx to view a short demo which explains how coaches can access and use the new coaches’ portal.

NB: This video has a voiceover so please make sure you have sound enabled

For further information on this initiative click here

Who are the Silver Brumbies?

The RDA Silver Brumbies are two very special grey nomads Joan & Bob Lemmon, who are currently travelling around Australia

• Volunteering their time, skills and expertise to local RDA Centres
• Helping to raise awareness & funds for the work of RDA
• Carrying out general maintenance and administrative tasks
• Supporting RDA coaches and volunteers

Visit the new Silver Brumbies website at www.silverbrumbies.com.au to find out more about their journey and how you can play a part in helping RDA.

The Silver Brumbies website was developed with a generous grant from The Sidney Myer Fund.