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President's
Letter
April 10, 2007
Dear TVHA Members-
Welcome and/or Welcome Back!
First, as president I’d like to thank you for supporting Tri-Valley
Horseman’s Association, Inc.
TVHA has another exciting year
planned with many shows on our schedule and a few that have changed
dates, so please reference the insert and the club website at
www.trivalleyhorseman.com for details. In addition to that,
we’ve had some new elections to the TVHA board of directors, including
Cyndy Bofelos, Eunice Hartling, and the return of Jan Hinman. I’m
thrilled to have them onboard. Running TVHA is much easier with active
members and a proactive board of directors.
For those of you that do not
know, the board of directors for TVHA are faced with making a lot of
decisions for the club throughout the year.We try to do our best to
serve the membership, but would like as much input from you all as
possible. Feel free to reach out to us and attend our meetings in
Oneonta. The meeting dates are posted on our website and you’re all
welcome.
One discussion that was talked
about at length and the board wished for me to point out in this
letter was that we DID NOT elect to split out a GREEN PERFORMANCE
division. There are two reasons we did not do such. First, the record
keeping it would entail is hard to justify for a club our size.
Second, we are very unsure of the implications it would have at fairs,
“Would a fair allow a seasoned huntseat horse on the flat to enter
into green over fences classes?” For these reasons there was no
addition of green performance.
Remember, we can always use help
with TVHA events, whether it be fund raising or our horse show. No
horse experience is necessary (believe me there are plenty of jobs for
anyone willing to lend a hand). So, please mark
your calendars for July 28-30th for our annual club show at the Walton
Fairgrounds and feel free to contact myself or any board
member with questions. I look forward to seeing you and hearing from
you.
Sincerely,
Heather Frost, TVHA President,
585-315-2397 or 607-962-2922
May 3, 2006
TVHA Friends and Members,
Hi there! Spring has certainly sprung and it’s good thing because I
know I was sick of the cold weather and so were my horses. So, it’s
time to shed the hair and the winter blankets and jump into show
season, and JUMP is just what TVHA is doing as we have our first
pointed show being held this Saturday, May 7th at Woodland
Star QH in Guilford.
Two reminders,
there are changes to our show calendar: 1- Members received an insert
with their calendars that we’ll be pointing 5 GYMKHANA shows with
CNYTPA in Unadilla this year. Please check the website or look at the
insert for details. 2- Afton Fair will be holding DRIVING at their
show.
Now, things are in
full swing for the planning of the TVHA Annual Show at the Walton
Fairgrounds. The show will be JULY 28th, 29th
and 30th. We’ll be offering ALL seats. Our judges will be
JOHN SULLIVAN from MA for DRESSAGE, HUNTSEAT, and DRIVING. KAREN
PUTMAN will be the judge for WESTERN with a trail judge to be named.
We can always use
donations and/or volunteers. We can use money, as well as items for
our silent auction to be held in the fall. Anyone is asked to
volunteer to help out with running the show. We currently need RIBBON
RUNNERS, RING STEWARDS, OFFICE HELP and GATE PEOPLE. We won’t turn
anyone away. Many hands make light work.
The show will also
feature PRISM PRIDE TACK SHOP, TWEEDIE TREATS- with a bigger and
better trailer, and MARK PEDERSON- Equine Photographer. Mark was
recently featured on HORSE POWER for his work at the MEDAL McCLAY
RIDERS.
We also will be
doing another PRINT RAFFLE this year. Tickets will be sold at TVHA
sponsored events and by Board members all year with the drawing being
held at our Annual Banquet in November. The featured limited edition
print is “SEABISCUIT” painted by Maryland artist Michael Geraghty. The
print is featured on his website at
www.ipaintchampions.com. The edition we will be raffling is
DOUBLE-MATTED and FRAMED in OAK. Tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5.
That’s it for now.
Please get your memberships in if you haven’t already. Additional
forms are available on our NEW WEBSITE at
www.trivalleyhorseman.com. Show season is HERE! I hope you all are
doing well and I’ll see you soon.
Sincerely,
Heather Frost
TVHA President
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