PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16th December 2011
New
Sponsored Rider Team Announced
While
Australian Eventing has had it’s fair share of heroes over the last few
decades, there is a growing number of young, talented, up and coming riders
chomping at the bit to take their place on the Australia Team.
Southern Stars Saddlery
recently opened applications for their new sponsored rider program. The selection panel looked for dedication,
passion, a sense of humour and fun, as well as assessing their current
achievements in competition.
From this selection
process, Southern Stars Saddlery is proud to announce the new intake to the
Southern Stars Rider Team for 2012 in Australia:
Adam Benson, VIC Lucy
Kolomanski, VIC
Charlie Brister, NSW Louis
McWhirter, WA
Christine Bates, NSW Fiona
Russell, SA
Luke Ellis, WA Sharmayne
Spencer, NSW
Rebekah Foster, SA Ellen
Trigger, VIC
Natalie Hibbert, WA Marcia
Williamson, NSW
Courtney Hopkins, QLD Makayla
Wood, WA
With more riders to be
confirmed over the next few weeks.
Souther Stars Saddlery is
also proud to be continuing their support of current Australian Team Riders:
Sophie Warren, WA Catherine
Davies, VIC
Gillian Knight, NSW Ebony
Toole, VIC
Danae O’Keefe, QLD Belinda
Isbister, WA
Shaun Lonergan, WA Bec
Zamel, SA
“The riders that were
selected all had that little bit of spark and a great attitude to their riding
and life in general showing in their applications,” says Kelvin Fredericks,
Director of Southern Stars Saddlery. “We
want riders who are enthusiastic, passionate about their riding and clear about
their aims and goals.”
“We are very pleased to be
able to further grow the sponsorship program this year and offer support to
more riders across Australia, as well as internationally.”
Keep an eye out on the
competition scene over the following year for these talented riders! Internationally, Southern Stars Saddlery also
sponsors Clayton and Lucinda Fredericks, Matt Ryan, as well as Dom and Jimmie
Schramm, Maggie Kitts and Christan Trainor for the USA, and Ben Hobday for the
UK.
For more details contact Anita Marchesani on 0459 491 709 or marketing@southernstarssaddlery.com
or visit www.southernstarssaddlery.com
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PRESS
RELEASE
31 May
2011
Local Business Supports Riders4Helmets International
Helmet Awareness Day
Southern Stars Saddlery is proud to announce that they will be
supporting the Riders4Helmets International Helmet Awareness Day, on 11th
June 2011.
“As a business, we firmly believe in promoting rider
safety and offering the very best safety products available,” says Director
Kelvin Fredericks. “Champion Helmets are
not only top standard, they are also very popular with riders for the
comfortable and stylish designs.”
The Champion range of helmets are EN1384 standard and
importantly also carry the Kitemark. This demonstrates to consumers that they are continually batch tested to
ensure each helmet produced for sale surpasses those standards. Unfortunately, a large number of helmets
currently on the market in Australia carrying the EN standard are not batch
tested, and this means that some batches may not meet the required
standard. Horse Safety Australia has endorsed
Champion Helmets as their EN helmet of choice because of being awarded the BSI Kitemark.
On June 11th, 2011 riders that are
considering replacing their helmets will be able to receive a 20% discount off
the entire Champion Helmet range when shopping online at www.southernstarssaddlery.com
or if they visit the Southern Stars Saddlery tradestand at Melbourne 3DE.
Riders4Helmets is a US based online lobby group
promoting the use of Helmets. It was
started in 2010 as a reaction to the serious fall of US Dressage rider Courtney
King Dye who was riding at home without a helmet at the time of her fall. She was in a coma for over a month and is
still undergoing rehabilitation.
Team Fredericks Riders, Australians Clayton and
Lucinda Fredericks train and compete in Champion Helmets, as do many of the top
eventers and riders around the globe.
Southern Stars Saddlery is a business that highly
values rider safety is very proud to be involved in this event which works to
promote rider safety to all riders in all disciplines.
For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.riders4helmets.com/ or email
marketing@southernstarssaddlery.com
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Media
Contact:
Anita Marchesani 0459 491 709 or email marketing@southernstarssaddlery.com
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available on request.
25 January 2011
To all
instructors, parents and members:
PRESS RELEASE: NEW SAFETY INNOVATION
AVAILABLE FOR CHILD RIDERS
In 2010 it
became common to see top riders and amateurs alike competing and training in
Point Two Air Jackets. The Point Two air
jacket has quickly become the choice of the top riders in the world, including
WEG gold medal winner William Fox Pitt and Australian Olympic medallists Stuart
Tinney and Clayton Fredericks to name just a handful, the Point Two jacket has
proven again and again that it can offer far greater protection to riders in
the event of a fall than a normal body protector worn alone.
Once the rider
is mounted, they simply clip the jacket lanyard to the specially designed
saddle attachment. In the event of a fall, the lanyard is pulled from the
jacket which deploying the firing mechanism which inflates the jacket in 0.1 of
second. Once inflated, the jacket
provides a protective air bag around the rider’s torso, protecting the ribs,
coccyx, spine, collar bone and neck, as well as internal organs.
British Team
rider, Oli Townend survived a dramatic rotational fall at Rolex Kentucky in
2010, which he categorically states is due to his Point Two Air Jacket and
Champion Helmet.
Adult riders in
Australia are starting to see the benefits of this technology, with the jackets
becoming more popular both in competition and day to day riding. They are light, comfortable and practical to
wear, so riders are appealing for general purpose use at home.
But what about improving protection
for our children who ride?
Late last year,
Point Two and their Australia distributor, Southern Stars Saddlery, launched
the new Children’s sizes in response to huge public demand. Children’s Jackets need to be correctly
fitted by qualified agent and hence cannot be purchased online.
The jacket has
been rigorously tested in the UK by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL),
with exceptional results.
“The Children’s
Point Two almost eliminates the risk of life-threatening chest injury from a
horse fall resulting in severe chest impact… and a rider wearing a Point Two
could sustain four-times more severe an impact than a rider with no chest
protection.”
The Point Two
can be worn alone out of competition or at Pony Club rallies or training days,
and in EA Competitions must also be worn with an approved body protector.
If your Pony
Club, Riding School or Riding Association is interested in a demonstration and
a group fitting for riders of the Point Two Air Jackets, please call the
Australian Distributor, Southern Stars Saddlery on 0459 491 709 and where
possible we can arrange a visit and demonstration by your local agent.
For further
information on the Point Two and technology and benefits behind them, please
email marketing@southernstarssaddlery.com or visit the website, click here.
Southern Stars
Saddlery is an Australian business that highly values rider safety.