Walliston Riding and Pony Club

Don has his Level 1 NCAS (general) and is a Specialist K Examiner for PCWA. He joined Walliston at age 12, in 1961, and rode for 6 years competing in games, jumping and even fox hunting (he says they never found any foxes, but always had great rides). Don had worked for and bought 'Bobbie', an ex-racehorse, who he learned a lot from.

Don went on to join the WA police and later found himself in the mounted section where he was stationed for 20 years and had become a senior trainer. They engaged in active patrol duties, country shows, tent pegging, vaulting, tandem riding and driving, riot training / civil disorder duties, bush searches, and did training courses for at risk youths from the Department of Community Services. All of this created a keen interest in Dressage which Don still enjoys as it creates greater understanding between horse and rider. With his mounted police background, Don introduced Tent Pegging to Pony Club WA and the first State Tent Pegging Championship was held in 2017.