The Southern Campdrafting Association covers most of Victoria and Southern New South Wales as well as part of South Australia, and local campdraft committees affiliate with the SCA and run campdrafts and schools under the NCCA & SCA’s rules whilst benefiting from insurance organised by the SCA.
All our clubs raise much needed funds for their local communities.
The SCA has seen a healthy increase in memberships and currently has over 1,900 full and over 440 draft permit members, with an average growth rate of 5% each year.
Campdrafting is a uniquely Australian Horse Sport and a real Australian pastime in which all the family can participate and enjoy, and we are now seeing three generations of families competing.
A typical Campdraft program today consists of a variety of events ranging from Junior (8 & under 13 years), Juvenile (13 & under 17 years), Encouragement (17 yrs & above for those members who have not won a L, M, N,O or placed three times in these event), Ladies, Maiden, Novice and the elite of our sport the Open Draft.
The National peak body for Campdrafting is the National Campdraft Council of Australia, which the SCA is affiliated with.
History
1973 – 2025
The Southern Campdrafting Association from a small beginning some 52 years ago, when a group of campdrafters and supporters got together and held a meeting in early March 1973 at Tumut. With their main aim to promote and foster campdrafting in the Southern area and to provide Insurance cover to its riders.
The Southern Campdrafting Association has never lost sight of its main aim which is to provide Personal Accident Insurance for all its members at a very affordable cost of $165 all-inclusive and also provides Insurance for all SCA Clubs in this unique Australian Horse Sport of Campdrafting, where all generations of the family can participate and enjoy. Never forgetting that our members and clubs are the SCA.
Strong and stable leadership under Past President’s, such as Mr Lex Webb, Mr. Warren Clarke, Mr. Sonny Roots, Mr. Keith Whitsed, Mr. Ron Connley, Mr. Tom Ventry, Mr. Dennis Heywood, Mr Stephen Baxter, Mr Mark Barton, Mr Jamie Dowling and to the current President Mr Luke Jackson combined with a large number of Director’s and committee men and women who have dedicated so many years to this Association, too many to be able to give them true justice in this small column, along with the secretaries such as Mrs. Yvonne Faulder (14yrs), D. Ferguson, N & F Ward, A Gimbert, R. Rafters, Mrs. Linda Pigram, Tony and Marilyn Bowden (23yrs) and Kelly Ferguson who is the current secretary, has seen our membership grow strongly from 48 members and 1 day member in 1973 to over 1800 full members and over 440 draft permit holders in the 2024-25 season with an average growth rate of 5%.
The number of clubs has fluctuated over the 52 years with eight clubs in 1973 to fifty five clubs this current season. The Directors set a business plan, which is reviewed each year to give direction and purpose in achieving the goals set which ensures the SCA’s future is strong and continuing to grow. The Association covers a large area from Port Augusta in South Australia to Broken Hill in the Northwest NSW down to West Wyalong in the Central West and onto the NSW Coast and Southern NSW as well as most of Victoria.
Sponsorship has always been a huge part of the SCA with the many sponsors at the grass roots of the sport getting behind their local drafts to raise much needed funds for their local communities and charities. This has become a major focus for the Association each year with a variety of major companies sponsoring the SCA as well as many individual Event sponsors for our Annual Presentation.
The Southern Campdrafting Association also see a Women In Campdraft Clinic and Men In Campdraft Clinic as well as the very popular SCA Annual Youth clinics, which are continuing to attract 80 to 100 Juniors & Juveniles and their parents.