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TVDCTA is the Tennessee Valley Dressage And Combined Training Association
July
TVDCTA Meeting Notice
The
next meeting of TVDCTA will be on Thursday, July 24 at 7pm at Bob
and Sonja Hinds house at 129 Roxberry Drive in Harvest, AL. This is
a potluck dinner meeting, so please bring some food!
Directions
to the Hind's house (From Huntsville): Take University Drive (US 72W) west past
north Madison to the County Line Road/Old Railroad Bed Road intersection, just
past Windmill Beverages. Turn right at the red light onto Old Railroad Bed Road,
proceeding north. Continue north past the four-way stop intersection (Capshaw
Road) for approximately one mile, passing Endeavor Elementary School, and turn
right on Bob G. Hughes Blvd. Take the first left (Robin Song Lane) and then the
next right (Roxberry Drive) and proceed to house number 129.
For additional information please contact Virginia Moon at 256-859-0659 or ginnymoon@aol.com.
September
TVDCTA
Dressage Show Set
The first TVDCTA fall show will be held on September 20th at Red Horse Ridge in Brownsboro. Jeanne McDonald "S" will be the judge.
Jeanne
McDonald is a USEF "S" judge and FEI "C" judge. She is also
the owner and operator of Turning Point Farm a boarding, training, and breeding
located near Devon, PA. McDonald, a USDF bronze, silver, and gold medallist, is
also an active competitor, having competed in dressage for over 24 years and
trained all three of her horses to Grand Prix.
The closing date for the show is September 15th. Ride times will be posted on September 17th. The flyer and entry form are in the July newsletter and are also on the web.
Please contact Show Secretary Debi Gilbert at up_n_over@bellsouth.net or 256-828-6722 for more information.
TVDCTA
Website Upgrade
We completed a major upgrade to our website in July. Our host provider, HiWAAY Internet Services, has transferred our website to the Plesk server. This change allows us to have expanded storage capacity and also will allow more advanced techniques to be used on our web, including the MySQL database. Previously, these features were only available through the more expensive "premium" hosting accounts. HiWAAY has now changed their hosting policies to offer these improvements to us at no extra cost.
These changes should be transparent to our users. Please report any problems to TVDCTA web admin, Bob Duncan.
TVDCTA Dressage Schooling Show
The second TVDCTA show of the year was held on Saturday, May 17th at Red Horse Ridge in Brownsboro.
The
scores were quite good at this show, with several scores of 70% or higher.
Debbie Hill on Guilliame scored a 74.72% in her First Level Test 2
class, winning both the lower and upper division High Score awards.
In four rides, her lowest score of the day was 71.785%.
Heide
Rose,
riding Brionne, won two classes in the AA division and earned High Score for AA
Training through Intro with a score of 71.5% in her Intro Test B class.
Megan
Zappe
competed in her first Prix St. Georges competition and scored a very good 67% on
Miles. Adela Reynolds had
the best Intro-Training score among juniors, winning her Intro Test A class with
a score of 63.5%. Cindy
Latham and Jubi again won High Score for the First Level and up classes with
a 69.3%.
Full results are now posted here and also some photos..
High scores are given below.
|
Division |
Rider |
Horse
|
Score |
|
Jr./YR
Dressage - Intro -Training |
Adela Reynolds |
Cookie |
63.500 |
|
AA
Dressage - Intro -Training |
Heidi Rose |
Brionne |
71.500 |
|
Open
Dressage - Intro -Training |
Debbie Hill |
Gabriella |
71.785 |
|
Jr./YR
Dressage - First Level and Up |
Megan Zappe |
Miles |
67.000 |
|
AA
Dressage - First Level and Up |
Cindy Latham |
Jubi |
69.300 |
|
Open
Dressage - First Level and Up |
Debbie Hill |
Guilliame |
74.720 |
TVDCTA Dressage and CT Schooling Show A Success
The first TVDCTA show of the year was held on Saturday, April 12th at Cotton Meadows Farm (Debi Crowley's farm) in Elkmont, AL, with Nina Warren, "L" as the judge.
We
were blessed with great weather and the show ran smoothly, thanks to club
volunteers and Show Secretary Debi Gilbert.
This was our first show at Cotton Meadows Farm and a big thanks goes out
to Debi Crowley for helping to make it all possible.
Junior riders had some very good dressage and CT scores. Michelle Miles riding Gismo had a 68.90% in her Training Level 2 class, the best overall dressage score of the day. She also had a 64% in Training Level 3, where she edged Aubrey Torrez on Pippen, who had the same score. In Combined Training, Michelle Florida scored a 37.5 in winning her Tadpole class.
Results are now posted here and photos have been added, courtesy of Debi Crowley.
For more information, please contact Show Secretary Debi Gilbert at 256-828-6722 or up_n_over@bellsouth.net.
TVDCTA Awards Banquet
The annual TVDCTA Awards Banquet was held on March 1st at Surin in Huntsville. The banquet honored riders for the 2007 competitive season with ribbons and decorative ceramic awards.
Grace Ella Friar, Michelle Miles, and Megan Zappe won the Junior division awards for Intro A & B Level, Training Level, and Second Level, respectively. In the Adult Amateur division, the winners were Sonja Rich (Intro A & B Level), Karen Cunefare (Training Level), Nancy Smith (Second Level), Karen Boates (Third Level), and Paulette Harrell (Amoeba and Tadpole CT).
Open
division winners were Debi
Crowley
Please click here for a link to the list of all award winners and some more photos.
TVDCTA Riders Busy in Florida
Several TVDCTA members have been in Florida competing. Debbie Hill, Suzy Jennings, and Caroline Humphries competed at the Wellington Classic Spring Challenge last weekend with good results. There is a nice story on their efforts at the Dressage Daily website. Go to dressagedaily.com/2008/dd_200802/dd_20080219.html for the story.
March 2008 Clinic & FEI Course for Young Horse Judges Sponsored by NADTC
A clinic and symposium will be held in March by the North American Dressage Trainers' Club (NADTC) at Treasure Coast Farm, Palm City, Florida. From March 12-14 there will be a clinic featuring Christoph Hess (GER).
This
will be followed by a two-day open symposium, March 15-16, featuring FEI Course
Directors and FEI "O" Judges Linda Zang (US) and Stephen
Clarke (GBR). The symposium will double as an FEI Course for Young
Horse Judges. This is the first time a judges course is open to the public
for auditing! Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more and for
JR/YR.
They are currently accepting applications for the clinic and for demo riders for
the symposium.
See
www.nadtc.com for more information and
forms. You may also contact Jennifer Dillon at
508-641-3121 or nadtc_secretary@verizon.net.
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