Adult Riders
Adult Rider Clinics
Winter Clinic
Area 3 Adult Riders offer a January clinic at Rocking Horse Stables, Altoona, FL. Dressage with Andrew Harbison, January 21-23 and Jumping with Peter Atkins January 23-23. Do one, both or mix and match. Click here for Dressage with Andrew, or Jumping with Peter details and registration.
Southern Pines Adult Camp
March 7-13, 2010 - Fee: $1,600 includes hotel room, all meals, board, seminars and two riding lessons per day. Dressage lessons are private and jumping is in pairs. Professional instructors include: Will Faudree, Nanci Lindroth, Charley Plumb, Gina Fiore, Mark Weissbecker, Becka Vick, Libby Moody and others who specialize in Dressage, X-C and Show Jumping. X-C schools will be at Tamarack Farm and Winter Book Farm. Come & get ready for Southern Pines Horse Trials March 14-15, 2010. Call 910-245-7330 or email lcm@pinehurst.net for brochure.
Volunteer Award
This year the adult rider program introduced a new award, Adult Rider Volunteer of the Year. This award will be presented to the adult rider member who contributed to the program above and beyond. Each year's recipient will be responsible for determining the next year's recipient. Anyone can nominate a candidate by contacting either the adult rider coordinator or the present year's award winner.
As with the year end awards, this award will be given out at the Area III Championships each year. With Mary Andrews being this year's award winner, please contact Mary for ideas for next year's recipient. Mary's contact info is pharos@bellsouth.net.
Any ideas for the Adult Rider program please contact Robin Bass at Robinb@us.ibm.com
ICP
The Cindy Burge Memorial Instructors' Certification Program (ICP) Grant provides funds to assist those who wish to pursue ICP education. Within Area 3, the Adult Rider program sponsors a yearly scholarship of up to $500 for ICP assessment. The Area 3 Adult Riders ICP Scholarship Application form provides additional information. Deadline for scholarship application is September 30, each year. Questions can be addressed to Robin Bass.
Coordinator's Corner
05/21/09
So last weekend was our Area III Championships at Chatt Hills. The rain made for a slippery mess but the turnout was fabulous.
The area awards were presented, as usual, during the competitors party. Lots of fun was had by all despite the nasty weather.
We, the Area III Adult Rider community presented an award this year for the first time. Our new Adult Rider Volunteer of the Year award went to Mary Andrews for her tireless work not only on the show awards but also for the USEA convention work that she and her husband performed before during and after the convention. She went above and beyond to organize the entire silent auction to benefit AR and YR programs. The auction was a huge success and Mary really did a bang up job.
Now that Mary received this award it is her turn to work with other adult rider members and organize next year's award. Sorry Mary, you cannot get out of the work!
Please give Mary a big round of virtual applause for all that she has done for our area. I know the awards program and the silent auction would not have been the same without her. Not to mention every clinic that she attends, she helps tremendously in the organization.
Thanks everyone who helped me keep this year's award a secret from Mary. I will work with Mary and get a formal award process defined to help for future presentations&emdash;keep an eye out on the web site for more details.
Win A Halter
Tack Today has once again offered a halter to any adult rider with a score of 25 or less at the end of an USEA recognized event. The rider must be an amateur and belong to the Area Adult Rider program. See the Tack Today flyer for details.
Polo Shirts
Adult Rider polo shirts are on sale for $20. Contact Robin to place your order.
Adult Team Challenge
The 2009 Chronicle of the Horse/USEA Adult Team Challenge to Offer Beginner Novice Divisions
The Chronicle of the Horse/USEA Adult Team Challenge will be adding a Beginner Novice division to their line-up which already includes Novice, Training, and Preliminary. This popular team event is open to all adult riders, and winners receive ribbons, team coolers, and photos provided by The Chronicle of the Horse.
The Eastern ATC will be held at the Virginia Horse Trials in November (Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia), the Central ATC will be at the KY Classique in September (Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky) and the Western ATC will be at Inavale Horse Trials in June (Inavale Farm in Philomath, Oregon). For more information on each event, check the Omnibus listings.
The Chronicle of the Horse publisher, Rob Banner, is looking forward to welcoming new eventers to compete at these fun events. "Now, more than ever, it is imperative to engage everyone who is keen to compete. It is especially important to recognize those who are just starting out. They are our future. The Chronicle of the Horse recognized us all when we first tasted victory. I want The Chronicle to be there for these riders when they enjoy ATC victory!" he said.
Come join the fun this year – it's a great way to get your eventing buddies together for some friendly competition or get to know some other Adult Riders in your area!
Contact Robin if you are interested in forming or competing with an Area 3 team for the ATC.
Previous ATC Reports
Training 3-Day Event
Dear Fellow Area III Adult Riders,
The Area III Adult Riders are sponsoring awards for the Training Three Day Event at Rocking Horse Stables in November 2009! We are organizing fabulous prizes including coolers and gift buckets.
If you would like to sponsor an award or contribute award items, please contact Robin Bass at robinb@us.ibm.com.
If you would like to VOLUNTEER, please email rockinghorseht@aol.com.
For the latest on the Training Three-Day Event, go to the
website: www.trainingthreeday.com. There you can find
basic info on the T3DE, plus lists of what to bring, how to
volunteer, and why doing a T3DE is so wonderfully worthwhile.
If you choose to volunteer you will be helping "make our events keep ticking."
Plus, since the T3DE goes early on XC day, you will be able to
volunteer in the morning before riding later in the day. Of course,
if you can help with the rest of the event that would be a great boon
too.
If you have any ideas about promoting the T3DE, and would like to
help with this ongoing effort, please contact one of us.
Sincerely,
Anastasia (Stacy) Curwood, acurwood@mac.com
Holly Breaux, hbreauxdvm@yahoo.com
