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Alberta Dressage News For Sep 06/10
| Bonny Bonnello Fundraiser and Betty Wells Clinic |
| Article posted by carolinele on Aug 30/10 |
| Please join us at a fundraiser and Betty Wells clinic at Kenhold Farms on September 4-5th, in support of Bonny Bonnello – a Canadian Team member for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. There will be a used tack sale on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm and a Wine and Cheese on Saturday afternoon. For more information or to donate items, contact Lynley at (403) 616-1656 or visit www.bonnybonnellogoestoweg.com
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| 2010 Parkland Dressage Festival Prizelist |
| Article posted by jenniimeson on Aug 4/10 |
 The 2010 Prizelist for the Alberta Provincial Championships and the Western Regional Championships is now available.
Please select below or under the 'Shows' page.
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Article Links (Click on article title to open)
Prizelist
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| 2010 Parkland Dressage Festival |
| Article posted by jenniimeson on Jul 26/10 |
Please check out the Sponsorship package for the 2010 Parkland Dressage Festival - Alberta Provincial Championships and Western Regional Championships. Contact sherib@xplornet.com for more information.
Prizelist will be available soon. |
Article Links (Click on article title to open)
Sponsorship Package
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| CC/ADA Summer Show Schedules |
| Article posted by carolinele on Jun 7/10 |
| Below are the Schedules for the CC/ADA Summer Show in Claresholm on June 12/13 |
Article Links (Click on article title to open)
Rider ScheduleClass Schedule
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| Bonny Bonnello Update - Another Qualifying Score and a Calgary Fundraiser |
| Article posted by shelagh on May 23/10 |
Bonny Bonnello has earned another qualifying score in her journey to represent Canada at the WEG. Bonny rode Pikardi today in the Grand Prix at the CDI in Wiesbaden with a score of 66.383. This is the third qualifying score and Bonny needs four scores above 65% in the Grand Prix to meet the qualification criteria. Then the top four riders that have met criteria will be selected for the Canadian WEG Team.You can watch Bonny ride the GP Special in Wiesbaden tonight at 4:38 AM!! Check out http://www.clipmyhorse.de.
There is a Calgary Casino Fundraiser on Friday, May 28th at the Symon's Valley Ranch to help Bonny. To purchase tickets contact Lisa Moseiwich at (403) 616-4482 dressagecga@hotmail.com. For further details see the events area of the Alberta Dressage Association website. |
| CASINO MANAGER REQUIRED!! |
| Article posted by carolinele on May 6/10 |
| The Alberta Dressage Association is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the casino that is held in Calgary approximately every 18 months. This casino is a primary source of funding for each of the dressage associations under the umbrella of the ADA. The ADA is responsible to provide the volunteer workers (bankers, cashiers, chip runners) at the casino for two days. The Casino Manager recruits the volunteers from each dressage association and schedules the volunteers into 4 shifts (2 each day). There is a small amount of administrative work to do, for example, completing any paperwork from Alberta Gaming and filling out the license application. It is also important to keep a good contact list of volunteers, their e-mail addresses, phone numbers, positions and times that they were available. Most of the work to organize the casino takes place a couple of months prior to the casino dates. If you are interested in this very important volunteer position with the ADA please contact Jean Duckering at 403-343-0173 or by email @ vjduckering@shaw.ca |
| Bonny Bonnello Earns a 70.292% in Kentucky at the site of the World Equestrian Games. |
| Article posted by shelagh on Apr 26/10 |
| The 2010 Kentucky Cup CDI 3* is a competition that Bonny Bonnello will never forget. Today Bonny and Pikardi earned their second personal best of the competition. This time with a score of 70.292% in the Grand Prix Special and a second place finish. Bonny is now the third Canadian rider to score over 70% at the Grand Prix this season leading up to the World Equestrian Games. Three of the five FEI judges had Bonny in first place. Congratulations to Bonny – we are all so proud of you and Pikardi. |
| Gillian Sutherland Dressage Clinic |
| Article posted by carolinele on Apr 26/10 |
May 15-16, 2010 at Extreme Stables
10 riding spots available each day $150.00/ride
Stabling will be available $20.00/night
Auditors welcome $10.00/day
A deposit of $150.00 will be required to hold your spot.
Contact Angie at golley7@telus.net or 403-783-3004 for more info.
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| Bonny Bonnello Earns a Personal Best in Kentucky Today |
| Article posted by on Apr 20/10 |
 Bonny Bonnello and the Canadian Warmblood gelding, Pikardi, earned a score of 68.638% at the Kentucky Cup CDI 3* today. This was a personal best for Bonny and Pikardi. This is the pair’s second score over 66% leaving them in serious contention for a spot on the Canadian European Tour. The purpose of the European Tour is to gain exposure and recognition by international judges and to increase the exposure to international competitive experiences for targeted horse/rider combinations in preparation for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. There will be a maximum of six Canadian riders selected, and each must have achieved two scores over 66% in the 2010 show season.
In a recent interview with Robert Dover, the Canadian Dressage Technical Advisor, he indicated that even before he saw Bonny ride last December in Calgary, Alberta, he knew that she was a great rider. Most of the training prior to her trip to Florida this winter was on her own with this horse. Now that she is training in Florida, a lot has happened in a very short time and the road has not been easy for Bonny. It is just now that she is coming into a place where the harmony in the test and the talent of the rider and the horse will come out. No matter what happens with Bonny, Robert believes that she is one of the flagship riders that we want in Canada. She is not only a rider and trainer with immense talent but in order to produce a stronger National training program, she is one of our Olympians that we need to be involved.
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| ADA elects new 2010 Executive at AGM |
| Article posted by Jan on Apr 9/10 |
President: Jean Duckering vjduckering@shaw.ca
Vice-President: Carina Mill Forsstrom foroca@telusplanet.net
Secretary: Rita Behan ritabchase@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Suzanne Hanley-Hawkings shawkings@albertahighspeed.net
Director-at-Large: Shanna MacNeill s.macneill@shaw.ca
Director-at-Large: Helen Parker helen@telusplanet.net
The Presidents of each of the six Area Groups complete the Board of Directors. |
| ADA ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNITION AWARDS for 2009 |
| Article posted by jan on Mar 17/10 |
A.D.A. is proud to announce the Alberta riders who have qualified for the ADA Achievement Recognition Awards for the 2009 season.
Riders at Training and First Level had to earn 4 scores of 63% or more from at least 3 different judges; at all the higher levels they earned 4 scores of 60% or better from at least 3 different judges.
Watch for their Awards presentations in Calgary and Edmonton this Spring! Meanwhile, give them the dressage salute when you see them...
Intermediaire I
Norma Jean Clayton (Diego) O
Third Level
Hayley van der Kloot (Mystere) AA
Second Level
Sheila Duchek (First Light) AA
Angie Golley (Warello) O
Allegra Hohm (Rowan) AA
Caroline Locke (Takai) AA
Shanna MacNeill (Lorenzo) O
First Level
D.J. Lattery (Hooked on Onyx) AA
Caroline Locke (Takai) AA
Elexis Ortlieb (Harrison) J/YR
Training Level
Kaylie Bruner (Award Me Time) J/YR
Norma Jean Clayton (Don Royale MF) O
Patricia Hambling (Symbiola) O
Paula Meehan (Texs Breeze) AA
Debra Seifert (Alexander) AA
REMEMBER to ride for these nice scores this year and register your results before November 2010! |
| Lets Ride Again!!! |
| Article posted by anngibson on Mar 1/10 |
 July 15th -18th 2010
CDI 3* and the Edmonton Gold Rush Dressage Show
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| Philippe Karl Course |
| Article posted by carolinele on Feb 18/10 |
Philippe Karl, classical rider, trainer and author of ’The Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage’, is one of the most highly respected guardians of lightness in the modern equestrian world. For 13 years an elite Ecuyer of the prestigious French classical school Le Cadre Noir de Saumur, he has dedicated his life to working with horses. Philippe has been considered by many to be the ‘best rider in the world’.
ForTheHorse Centre, close to Chase, BC, Canada is pleased to be chosen by Mr. Karl as the location for his 3 year teacher training course. For more information, www.ForTheHorse.com.
Philippe Karl has announced that he will be taking applications for his “School of Lightness” Teachers’ Course in North America which is due to commence in spring 2011. Application deadline for these few rider spots is August 31, 2010.
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| Sharon Merkel-Beattie WEG Fundraiser - Video Links |
| Article posted by shelagh on Jan 26/10 |
Thanks to everyone that joined us at the Edmonton Whitemud Equine Center for a very successful fundraiser for Sharon. Sharon has declared for WEG and will soon be on her way to California for the Winter CDI show seaon. We wish Sharon all the best. For those of you that could not join us, you can see the videos of her demonstration with Esa and Kenton Miller with his pony Choklit. We all wanted to take Choklit home!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgFzXeU0UIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDKMrjgW8Dw
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| EAADA Education Subsidy Program - New for 2010 |
| Article posted by donna.tribe on Jan 16/10 |
| The EAADA is please to be able to offer an Education Subsidy Program for 2010. We have overhauled the program so be sure to read the guidelines contained within the new form in the EAADA forms section of this website. |
Article Links (Click on article title to open)
EAADA 2010 Education Subsidy Form
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| Paddock Pal Market Research Survey |
| Article posted by carolinele on Oct 2/09 |
I am currently working with the National Resource Council and they have asked me to get the attached market research survey into as many horse loving hands as possible. Our fourth year engineering students at the University of Alberta will be building my prototype and I should have a working prototype of Paddock Pal for field testing this fall.
Please take a look and fill out the survey.
Thank you.
Pamela Welstead |
Article Links (Click on article title to open)
Paddock Pal Survey
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| Online NAJYRC Fundraising Campaign |
| Article posted by jenniimeson on Jun 16/09 |
 The Dressage Canada Youth High Performance Committeeţ has an online magazine fundraising store.You can help support the NAJYRC team by visiting this website:
http://magfundraising.ca/GroupPage.aspx
Congratulations to PA/ADA member Lindsay Seidel-Wassenaar who has qualified for the NAYRC.
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| New FEI tests effective January 1, 2009 |
| Article posted by jan on Dec 14/08 |
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR DRESSAGE EXHIBITORS, OFFICIALS & MANAGERS!!!
New FEI Tests Effective January 1, 2009
The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) has notified all National Federations that NEW dressage tests have been issued for the following levels, effective January 1, 2009:
Prix St. Georges
Intermediaire I
Intermediaire I Freestyle
Intermediaire II
Grand Prix
Grand Prix Special
Grand Prix Freestyle
All Junior Tests (including Preliminary, Team, Individual, & Freestyle Tests)
All Young Rider Tests (including Preliminary, Team, Individual, & Freestyle Tests)
Young Rider Grand Prix Test
These new test versions must be used by all EC-Licensed Dressage Competitions beginning January 1, 2009, and for all 2009 EC Sanctioned competitions, and NAJYRC qualifying and championships. Of particular note to Young Riders, the Prix St. Georges Test will now be used as the Team Test (not the Individual Test), and a new Individual Test has been issued and must be used.
FEI tests are available for free download from the FEI website.
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| 2008 ADA website FAQ |
| Article posted by Sheila on Sep 8/08 |
Jan Simmonds, president of ADA, has recently compiled answers to the questions most frequently asked by members.
Would you like to know where you can learn about dressage? Or are you confused by why the ADA has different area groups? The answers are now compiled in one place. The document can be accessed through RESOURCES or by clicking HERE.
Please make sure to first look for your answer there before contacting an ADA member with a question. In the future this resource will be improved with a guide to navigating and using the website. We hope you will find these resources helpful as we continue to grow. |
| What's in Your Library? |
| Article posted by jan on Jul 19/08 |
| Looking for a book to help you improve your dressage work? Check out the list posted in Resources! |
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