VRPC Summer Events and Due Dates

Pony Club season is busy almost 100% now it seems and I am trying not to let anything slip through the cracks!

So, I thought a message to you would help me list what I need to remember.

Today is July 8th.

July 10 -- Thursday: National test applications for October tests need to be in my hands -- both traditional and dressage C3 and B -- our tests are October 25 and 26.

Club Nominating Committees: elected at a valid meeting of Sponsors at least 3 months before the club's fall Annual meeting. I request that you notify me of both dates. So far, I know of these:

DVPC Committee elected, meeting is October 28; MOCPC Committee elected, meeting is October 6th.

July 12: D3 rally, HB test

July 13: Championships prep at Frying Pan Park

July and August: 3 members going International!! C Brown for Games in Australia; J and R Dove to Tetrathlon Exchange in England and Ireland.

August: Select the VRPC 2009 National Youth Congress delegate. The list of VRPC members eligible is below -- C3 and up (maybe C2? HB?), 18 -21 on Jan.1, 2009. Please look at this and make appropriate contacts with any of your members that you would nominate. The USPC forms on the website are for 2008 but the 2009 information is likely to be similar.

November 16th: VRPC Annual meeting in Warrenton

Rallies:

Show Jumping rally -- Done! And done well! 14 teams had two days of fine riding and horse care and barn management. We will send 6 riders to SJ Championships: C McKitrick, C Bernat, C McKitrick, E Kelly, M Kelly, J Farah; SMs are A Bellinger and L Marfurt.

Team winners: These were awarded in two divisions:

Division I:

1. Rocky Run

2. LHPC Gold

3. LHPC Green

4. DRPC Blue

5. North Mountain

6. MOC/River Bend

Division II:

1. DVPC/HQ Place Farm/DRPC

2. LHPC Red

3. Deep Run Hunt Red

4. Deep Run Hunt Blue

5. DRPC White

6. Deep Run Hunt/River Bend

7. DRPC Gold

Horse Management:

These were awarded in two divisions also, but here is the list by HM score:

1. DRHPC Blue: 1 point

2. LHPC GOLD: 2.0

3. LHPC RED: 2.0

4. DRH/RB: 2.33

5. LHPC BLUE: 5.0 (had 9 Exceed Standards on turnout inspections)

6. NMPC: 5.0 (HAD 3 Exced Standards on turnout inspections)

7. DRPC GOLD: 8.67

8. MOC/RIVER BEND: 10.0

9. RRPC GREEN: 11.0 (had 3 turnout points)

10. DRHPC RED: 11.0 (had 4 turnout points)

11. DRPC WHITE: 11.33

12. DRPC BLUE: 12.67

13. LHPC GREEN: 15.0

14. DVPC/HQ Place/DRPC: 26.0

The Dancing Weather award for Equitation was awarded to B Camp-Crowder.

The Aspen award was presented to M Fox and her two horses Whisper and Gus.

D2 Rally June 28th: TEN teams!

Also done! What a remarkable learning experience and what fun to have our younger set out riding all 3 phases at the Long Branch Estate in Boyce.

This was probably the newest rally ever -- 100%, well maybe 99%, NEW. The Organizers of the past had passed the torch to Anne Craig and Iona Pillion, most of the D2s were new to rally and working in Pony Club teams, the Chief HM Judge (Christy Wise) was new to Virginia Region Rallies, and most parents were new to rally. Thus, this rally, and D2 rallies in general, provided some of the maximum learning opportunities in Pony Club for all. For those with little experience riding in the open this was quite an adventure. The slightly rolling terrain was just right for D2s. The ponies and horses were clean and happy and calm.

Thank you and Congratulations to all for the successes of the day.

The team awards are below.

North Mountain Beasties (Tie for 1st in Horse Management)

Capt B Murray

C Sorensen

M Sorensen

SM A Fink

Casanova Warrenton Happy Hoofers (5th overall; 2nd in Horse Management)

Capt. L Fanta

R Groux

O Borta

E Patterson

SM S Patterson

LHPC Team 2 Hip Hop Horses (6th overall; 3rd in Horse Management)

Capt. L Woods

V Carpenter

S O’Brien

P Major

SM A Major

MOC TEAM 2 (2nd overall; 7th in Horse Management)

Capt. P White

A Holz

S Holz

BRH Frisky Foals (1st overall; tie for 2nd in Horse Management)

Capt. S Irwin

S William

E Fitzgerald

E Ferrell

SM L Gewirz

Misty Brae, River Bend, Difficult Run Scramble (tie for 1st in Horse Management)

K Pitcher

E McNair

K Dodson

C Howard

SM/Capt S Pitcher

LHPC Team 1; Glamorous Geldings (3rd overall, tie for 1st in Horse Management)

Capt. M Widdifield

H Voell

J Adler

T Morrison

SM H Feconda

MOC DVPC (5th in Horse Management)

Capt. S Mosle

K Mosle

E Hill

A Therriault

MOC Team 3 (4th overall; 6th in Horse Management)

Capt. A White

P Holz

M Wallach

Headquarters Place Farm Riding Center PC Team (4th in Horse Management)

Keep up the good work!

National Youth Congress possible candidates as of today. There are C2s who may become C3s and thus eligible later this summer. I am not yet sure if HBs are eligible. See this site: http://www.ponyclub.org/nycaa.htm

B ODH Dove J

B DR Harp M

B LH Nichols M

B LH Horne V

B LH Spurlock K

B MOC Livermore R

C3 NM Larsen A

C3 DR Cutler T

C3 DR Behm M

C3 LH Ling F

C3 BR Riggleman A

C3 DRH Carne C

C3 BR McCagg I

HB BR Lockwood T

HB DRH Traywick E

HB LH Sweitzer S

HB LH Sweitzer S

HB NM Hansard S

HB DR Houston K

Carol Noggle

RS, Virginia Region Pony Clubs