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A GREAT TIME AT THE PERFECT PATTERN CLINIC!
We extend a special thank you to everyone! What a great day! The clinic offered riders of all abilities an opportunity to develop their riding skills. It was also a great opportunity for people to audit the clinic and take the information home with them to work on their own horses. The clinic included a dozen riders and over 50 auditors.
BREYER HORSE SHOW HELD AT ANNUAL TACK SALE
It’s always great fun when we gather together for the annual tack sale. This year was no exception. In addition to the tack sale this year we added a few new opportunities for fun. We are so excited about the response we had to the Breyer Open Horse Show. It was a wonderful learning experience for everyone involved. We look forward to next year and anticipate continued growth in this fun and growing experience with Breyer Horses. If you don’t have a collection of Breyer horses, now is your chance to start collecting so you can join the fun at next year’s Breyer Open Horse Show. We extend a special thank you to our judge, Silke Brockmoeller, who drove from Detroit in a snow storm to judge our event. As an official Breyer horse judge she not only judged the event but she spent extra time sharing with participants how the Breyer horses are judged and how to show them. Be sure to thank Maggie Scholtuz when you see her for being the show manager at our 1st Breyer Open Horse Show. Pony painting was another new area of fun we added this year. Participants could paint their own pony and if so desire bring them next year to the Breyer Open Horse Show.
Thank you, to all the vendors who participated this year. We couldn’t do this without you. The 2013 vendor forms were handed out at the tack sale and they will also be posted on line soon. To secure the same location as you had this year please send your 2013 forms in as soon as possible.
2012 SHOW SCHEDULE WILL BE A BUSY ONE!
It looks like we will have a lot of shows on our circuit this year. At our February meeting the board approved 4 shows and we are aware of several more organizations that will be requesting our approval for their shows. Please check back regularly for addition information. Listed below are the dates and locations of all the shows currently approved including our own shows. All the show bills will be posted soon.
May 12 & 13 – Northern District Fair Open Horse Show, Northern District Fairgrounds, Cadillac
June 9 & 10 – NMAWHC Anna Bays Memorial Show, Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, Traverse City
June 16 & 17 – Michigan Great Lakes Quarter Horse Open Show, Northern District Fairgrounds, Cadillac
June 23 & 24 – Wolverine Morgan Horse Association, Northern District Fairgrounds, Cadillac
June 30 & July 1 – N. MI Arabian Ass. Summer Open Show, Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, Traverse City
July 7 & 8 – NMAWHC Anna Bays Memorial Show, Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, Traverse City
July 21 & 22 – Wolverine Morgan Horse Association, Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, Traverse City
August 11 – Northern District Fair Open Horse Show, Northern District Fairgrounds, Cadillac
FUZZY FEEDBACK SHOW FOR 2012
The Fuzzy Feedback Show will be on May 19th starting at 9:00 am rain or shine at the Rocking Horse Arena in Kalkaska! A flyer has been posted with all the details. Check it out under show schedule, 2012 NMAWHC approved events. The judge for this event is Trevor Walton. A 2012 Coggins test is required for this event.
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE EXTENDED
With this being our first year for the Educational Scholarship we are extending the deadline for the application to July 1. We apologize that the application has not been available on line but it will be posted shortly under Membership Information. If you have any questions regarding the scholarship please contact, Terri Shoemaker at terris231@gmail.com
~ A LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR ~
NMAWHC BOARD CONGRATULATES MEMBERS!
Congratulations to all the winners at the 2011 NMAWHC Banquet! Great friends, great food and great memories of this past show season were among the highlights of the afternoon. Approximately 130 people attended the annual event. We extend a special thank you to everyone that bid on the items at the auction. The auction items, the table auction, the raffle tickets and the photo donations totaled to $2,005.54! Below is a list of some of those that helped with the banquet and/or awards. I know that I have missed a few people. If you know someone that helped and I haven’t listed them please let me know by email at terris231@gmail.com so I can add them to the list. Thank you!
Jennifer Smith – Coordinating the banquet, coordinating & purchasing all the awards, set-up, clean-up
Outback Steak House & Christine Tate – table service, food and desserts
The Golden Cowboy – center pieces & awards
Elaine Bossingham – Leadline trophies, grand champion buckles, additional tables, set-up, announcing
Rebecca Hagerty – Pee Wee trophies and buckles, securing the location for the banquet, set-up, miscellaneous supplies, coffee, clean-up
Hope Ann Smeltzer – auction items, taking pictures, making the Most Improved Rider Slideshow, delivering the awards, set-up, clean-up
Mike Zerbe – set-up, clean up, announcing
Terri Shoemaker – set-up, pop, clean-up
Maggie Scholtuz – set-up
Betsy Howell – set-up
Sandra Stevens – set-up
Honor Ridge Photography – pictures for awards, pictures of the banquet
Patrick Smith – center pieces
Amanda, Amber and Hannah Harner – set-up, clean-up
Sandy Zerbe – line dance Instruction
Alyssa Reardon – Set-up
Ron Bancroft – auctioneer, lamps for the auction
Lake Ann Grocery – pop
YEAREND AWARD WINNERS!
Rookie Of The Year – Jessica Tate
Most Improved Rider - Paige Rosema
Groom Of The Year – Gerianne Street
Member Of The Year – Jennifer Smith
Show Of The Year – Barn Fundraiser
Sportsmanship Awards
Peewee – Paige Rosema
W/T 13 & Under – Hadley Booth
W/T 14-19 – Nick Musser
W/T 20 & Over – Rebecca Hagerty
13 & Under – Zoe Wahr
14-18 – Katie Deisler
19-34 – Jennifer Smith
35 & Over – Sandy Zerbe.
Buckle Winners
PeeWee ~ Grand – Paige Rosema Reserve – Grace Wahr
W/T 13 & Under ~ Grand – Katie Athanson Reserve – Hatti Penrod
13 & Under Grand ~ Zoe Wahr Reserve – Kylee Carroll
W/T – 14-19 ~ Grand – Alyssa Bigelow Reserve – McKenzie Watson
14-18 ~ Grand – Alyssa Reardon Reserve – Megan Kessel
19-34 ~ Grand – Chelsea Deisler Reserve – Jessica Tate
W/T 20 & Over ~ Grand – Rebecca Hagerty Reserve – Jennifer Smith
35 & Over ~ Grand – Lisa Johnson Reserve – Heidi Truman
ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2012
The ballots have been counted and the results are in! We are so pleased with the response we had to this year’s election. It is wonderful to see so many people getting involved! Some of the items you voted on will remain a secret until the banquet but below is a list of the results we can share at this time.
Vice President – Terri Shoemaker
Treasurer – Florence Ludka
Point Secretary – Michelle Henderson
Board Members – Gerianne Street, Hope Ann Smeltzer, Betsy Howell, Maggie Scholtus, Sandra Stevenson
By-law Changes – All six revisions and/or additions were approved.
We extend a big thank you to everyone that was willing to run this year. We also thank everyone that has served in the past but can no longer continue. It has been a pleasure to work with you and hope that you will join us once again in the future.
OUR ASSOCIATION LOOSES A LIFE-TIME MEMBER
Many of you remember Junior Parks. He was a life time member of our association.
Lynn Dean Parks Jr., 75, of Traverse City, passed away unexpectedly at his home Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.
He was born March 6, 1936, in Alma, to Lynn and Alice (Helman) Parks. Lynn moved to the Traverse City area in 1968, where he owned and operated the Spring Valley Ranch for more than 18 years. His love of horses carried through in everything he did from his hobbies to his occupation. He devoted his life to the 4-H organization. He was a leader and a judge, and spent time training, buying, selling and breeding horses throughout his life.
We extend our condolences to his family.
NEW WALK/TROT DIVISION ADDED IN 2011
New this year is our Walk/Trot Division. We are very excited about the opportunities this will bring. We will no longer have a Novice division. We will instead have a Wak trot 13 and Uner, Walk/Trot 13-19, and Walk/Trot 20 and Over. These will be buckle divisions, and horse and rider will accumulate year end points. Everyone is eligible to ride in the walk/trot as long as the same horse/rider combo that enters the Walk/trot does not go into an age division or open class. For example, A rider could ride a horse in walk/trot and then ride a DIFFERENT horse in their age group. Horses cannot jump from one to the other. We are hoping this new addition will help those who have graduated from the Novice division but needed a walk/trot class to ride new/young horses in.
