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NAYRER - 2010

GOOD LUCK TO OUR YOUNG RIDERS!

Lee Hutten                               Jessica Hendriks

Lee Hutten (Ontario) and Jessica Hendriks (Ontario) will represent Canada at the North American Young Riders Endurance Ride, to be held on July 29th in Kentucky, in conjunction with the NAJYRC.  This is a 75 mile FEI CEI 2* event.  As you will read below, both these young ladies have had significant experience and success in this discipline, and will continue to do us proud.

www.nayrer.org

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NORTH AMERICAN YOUNG RIDERS ENDURANCE RIDE July 29, 2010

 

The North American Young Riders Endurance Ride is scheduled for July   29, 2010.  It is a FEI 2* 75 Mile ride for Young Riders.  The event   will take place at Shaker Village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and is held   in conjunction with the North American Junior Young Riders Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park - home of the 2010 World   Equestrian Games.

The NAYRER website has been updated and is available at:  
www.nayrer.org

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WATCH FOR OUR CANADIAN YOUNG RIDERS

AT THE NAYRER!

July 14, 2010  (endurance.net)

  Held in conjunction with the North American Junior/Young Riders Championships, the North American Young Riders Endurance Ride (NAYRER) will be help in Shaker Village - Harrodsburg, Kentucky, on July 29th.

  The NAJYRC is the premier equestrian competition in North America for junior and young riders, age 14-21. Young equestrians come from the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Islands to vie for team and individual FEI medals in the three Olympic equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage, eventing and the World Equestrian Games discipline of reining. The competition is run under rules of the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale), the international governing body for equestrian sport, and is the only FEI championship held annually on this continent.

Entries for the NAYRER Endurance ride are due July 17, 2010.

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Congratulations to Robyn Wadey and Gypsy from Edson, Alberta - the 2009 AERC NATIONAL Junior Mileage Champions!!!

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The 2010 Young Rider European Endurance Championships

 

It has been announced that the Young Rider European Championships in 2010 will be held at Kreuth, Germany, on the 2nd to the 8th August.

 

Ian Williams

Director,

Non-Olympic Sports, FEI

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YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES UPDATE

2 March 2010

NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW

  The first ever Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 and equestrian is one of the 26 sports on the programme.

  With less than six months to go, the FEI has posted a short video update from Glen Haven Park in Australia, where 38 horses are being trained ready for the Youth Olympic Games.

  To watch the video, please visit www.fei.org and click the “Journey to Singapore” link on the website’s homepage.

  Additional information on the Glen Haven Park team is available here.

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Youth membership fees (for 2010) to remain at $0.

Find 2010 membership forms

here Membership

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A report from our Youth Chair, Kate Coady,  currently at school at Olds College in Alberta:

“This week we had the grand opening of the Canadian Equine Center for Innovation here at Olds College.  I got to be a part of the ceremony as an equine student which was really neat!

They're still building new additions, but right now the barn looks absolutely amazing.  And the riding arena is easily the best one I've ridden in!”  

Olds College opens national equine centre, dedicates Shirley McClellan Riding Arena

Read More 

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YOUTH AWARDS

 

'Young at Heart'

The Criteria for the Young at Heart Award:

The award will be presented to the Endurance Canada member who has shown the following characteristics over the current year:

 

• A dedication to helping and supporting youth become more involved in the sport of endurance riding.

• Assisting youth who are currently in the sport through sponsoring, financial support, give freely of their time and experience

• Proven him/herself to be a positive role model and mentor for youth.  This includes educating youth not only about the sport, but also about other life lessons.
   

Youth Appreciation Award

The criteria for these certificates of appreciation:

 

• Willing to sponsor juniors at rides.

• Mentor and educate youth at rides

• Supportive of young riders in terms of trailering/lending horses, crewing at youth events etc.

For more info visit AWARDS Page

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USEF Announces Date and Location for the Junior and Young Rider Championships 2010

 

Release: November 12 2009

Author: By Joanie Morris

Lexington, KY Pending final FEI approval, the USEF is announcing the following date and location for the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC). The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has received preliminary approval and is awaiting final allocation from the FEI Bureau.

Pending this approval, the NAJYRC will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park July 28-August 1, 2010. This is a unique opportunity to use a venue which has been completely redesigned. Less than two months later, the world will begin to arrive in Lexington, KY, for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

As competitors begin to plan their 2010 competition seasons the USEF is providing this information so juniors, young riders and their chef can plan accordingly. In 2009, the Kentucky Horse Park welcomed a record number of juniors and young riders for these championships in the three Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping and the Western discipline of reining.

Vaulting will again hold an exhibition during the championships and endurance will run a CEIY** concurrently in Louisville, KY.

For more information, please contact Joanie Morris at jmorris@usef.org.

 

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A young rider on a sorrel pony admiring the view from the Westbank Rocker RIde 2009. Justin Gutsell and his pony called Ford. Ford is a Welsh/POA pony. They are both 12 yrs old. They are from Penticton, B.C. Justin was the Junior High Point rider last year with ERABC. Last year was their first year competing in limited distance riding.

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Young Endurance Rider from BC participates in Dressage Championships in Nova Scotia

   The Canadian Pony Club held their National Dressage Championships at Truro, Nova Scotia this past August. Five girls from the British Columbia Interior North were chosen to represent their region.  This region encompasses the area from Osoyoos north to Terrace. Danica Sandercock and

Teri Lynn Moorby were chosen from the Kelowna and District Pony Club - both girls live in Joe Rich. 

 The out of town people were housed at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro.  

They rode borrowed horses from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton. 

  On Friday they test rode their “new “ borrowed ponies/horses. On Saturday they rode their dressage tests according to their levels: Teri Lynn rode ‘starter’, and Danica rode 1st level.  These tests had to be memorized by

the rider.Teri Lynn placed 4th in two dressage tests, 3rd in the written test on dressage theory and 6th overall in her division.
  Saturday evening saw all the riders write a dressage theory test. On Sunday, they rode a mystery dressage test from another country. This test was called by a volunteer

from the area.  On Sunday, after the events and awards ceremony we travelled by bus into Halifax to enjoy two days being a tourist, before returning to British Columbia.

 Congratulations, Teri Lynn!  What a great experience!

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FEI REACHES OUT TO YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD

FEI President HRH Princess Haya surrounded by young riders at the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships. © Kit Houghton

    The FEI is proud to launch its first ever Year of Youth - a yearlong celebration of youth equestrianism – which will run from August 2009 to August 2010 when the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore. For the first time young people will come together overcoming geographical barriers by using a unique online platform delivered by the FEI.

FEI News Release

www.feiyearofyouth.org

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NAYRER 2009

Ariel Macleod (BC), Kate Coady (BC) and Lee Hutten (ONT)

SILVER MEDAL for Canadian Team

The award presentations took place in the Kentucky Horse Park on July 26th, along with the other disciplines

North American Young Riders Endurance Ride 2009

The International Team - Canada and Mexico - win Silver at the North American Young Rider Endurance Ride, with all 5 riders completing the 75 mile FEI CEI 2* event! 

 - a huge team effort – a huge success story. 

Congratulations to all of you – and thank you!”  

(Daphne Richard, Chair of Endurance Canada)

Kudos    Photos

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Have you seen this movie?

The Story line is based on an Endurance race, filmed in Nova Scotia.  At a Glance     Trailer Site

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: NO Endurance Canada Youth Membership Fees in 2009!  If you are 21 or under, there will be no fees in 2009, but please fill our ‘Affiliation Form’; we need to register you.   Join and get involved!

Youth & ENDURANCE CANADA!

It is with excitement and enthusiasm that we invite all ‘younger’ riders in Canada to participate in our National Youth Sub-committee.  Kate Coady (a Young Rider formerly from Nova Scotia, now residing in B.C.) is spear-heading this initiative, which will provide a much-needed forum and support system for the Youth in our sport.  The Sub-committee will be comprised of Juniors and Young Riders from across the country; if YOU are interested, or you know a young endurance rider who might be, please contact your provincial representative (see Committees/Board Of Directors or e-mail Kate directly).

Kate has set up a group account on Facebook to facilitate communication among our young riders: FaceBook Link  

Kate welcomes your e-mails: E-Mail Link

Thank you, Kate!

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YOUTH SUB-COMMITTEE

 We are still looking for representatives from each province to help reach as many youth as we can across the country.  Our current reps are:

 British Columbia – Ariel MacLeod and Kate Coady (Chair- Youth Sub-committee)

Ontario – Jessica Hendriks and Lee Hutten

Quebec – Devan Dowbiggin

 Here is a little introduction from some of the Reps: 

 Hello, 

My name is Jessica Hendriks; I live just north of Barrie, Ontario.  I have been riding for 9 years but have been competing in endurance riding for 7 years.  My hopes for this committee are to better prepare young riders for endurance rides, especially FEI level rides.  When I competed in my first FEI competition it was stressful and not very enjoyable, so the hopes for this committee is to make FEI competitions less stressful and more enjoyable for the young riders.  The committee is also trying to put together more resources for the young riders to use as most of the other resources and articles all seem to be adult-based.  We are also trying to bring forward the idea of more senior riders to allow young riders to have the opportunity to pit crew for them.  This would be the perfect way for young riders to learn more and hopefully allow them to become better endurance riders themselves.

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 My name is Lee Hutten.  I am 17 years old.  I live in Chesterville, Ontario (south of Ottawa).  I have been riding for almost 10 years now, and have been riding CTR and Endurance for about 4 years now.  I am planning on going to Indiana in July with my horse I Bee Jazzin' and going through the FEI Star System to qualify for WEG.  With the Youth sub-committee, I hope that all youth riders support each other and share experiences.  We can help each understand more about the sport and learn from one another.  I also hope that the formation of this committee will help get more juniors and young riders interested.

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  My whole life I’ve dreamed of becoming a horse back rider as most children do.  But until the age of around eight I never had the chance. When I finally started at EquesTran Stables, it didn’t take long to fall in love with the sport. I learned the basic care of horses and how to compete in hunter jumper. After Christmas of 2008, I started to ride with a friend of the family, Lynda Townsend who was the first to introduce me to endurance riding (Lynda represents Quebec on the Board of Endurance Canada). Since then I’ve had a whole new perspective on how to handle horses and have been learning the rules of Endurance.

Devan Dowbiggin

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JUNIOR/YOUNG RIDER COMPETITORS:

 Young Riders can compete in YR Events from the beginning of the year in which they will turn 16 until the end of the year in which they will turn 21.

 Juniors can compete in Junior Events from the beginning of the year in which they will turn 14 until the end of the year in which they will turn 18.

 There is an overlap there, and riders in this age group can choose which category they to compete in.  However, for Championship Events, they can only compete in one or the other in any given year.

 Seniors can compete in Senior events, including Championship Events in the year when they will turn 18.

  In Endurance, any person from the beginning of the year in which they turn 14 can compete in Senior Events as long as they have met all the qualification requirements and are authorized by their National Federation. 

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Endurance Canada National Youth Committee

Our mission: To Promote the sport of Endurance riding to young riders and to Provide them with education and support.

Promotion: Get young people interested in Endurance and maintain their interest.

Education:  Have resources available for young riders and easily accessible.

Support:  Provide a place for young riders to voice their opinions.  Help juniors find sponsors for races.  Provide information on international youth competitions and help create teams to compete.

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HEY!!!! Check this out:

We are planning to work closely with the AERC Junior Committee to promote the sport for youth in both the U.S. and in Canada.  One goal that the AERC Junior Committee is working towards is establishing a Young Rider division within the AERC.  This is something that we are very excited about and we will be working closely with them.

The chair of the AERC Junior Committee is Kelly Kimbler and her daughter Kristen Kimbler is involved with the planning for the NAYRER this July as, well as being the Endurance Representative to the USEF Youth Council.  You can contact them at: kckk@aol.com

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