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Meet Me in Saint Louis
Area IV Annual Meeting
John Staples Clinic
Brad Hall Clinic: Geneva Equestrian
Brad Hall Clinics: Wisconsin Equestrian
ICP Workshops
FRVPC Mini Event & CT
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Meet Me in Saint Louis
 It's not every day that you get to discuss the future of your sport but Area IV eventers will get the opportunity at their Annual Meeting being held in St. Louis on February 20th. Following reports from the interest groups (Young Riders, Adult Riders & Organizers), there will be an open discussion on what developments and plans need to be in place to keep - and grow - the sport. There will also be an opportunity to network over coffee & refreshments provided by Queeny Park Equestrian Events.

The future will not be the only topic. A fascinating insight into exactly how we ride crosscountry will be given by John Staples with the latest results of his Speed Study. Using a combination of GPS watches and radar guns, he has shown that we're both slower and faster than we think. The Speed Study will be a lead-in to a Safety Forum where we will all learn something new.

The evening will continue with an Awards banquet featuring a Wok on the Wild Side Asian-themed dinner. The venue for all this will be the Moonrise Hotel in the University City Loop area of St. Louis.
See you there!

John Clarke, Area IV Chairman
Area IV Annual Meeting: February 20th
Area IV LogoThe USEA Area IV Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet will be held February 20th at the Moonrise Hotel in the University City Loop of Saint Louis, Missouri.

For Hotel Reservations:
Contact Stephen Trares directly at (314) 685- 3407
The rooms are $117 and they are under US Event Association.
The rooms will be held until 2/8/10.

Banquet Reservation Deadline is 2/13/09.

More Information & Registration Form

Area IV Annual Meeting Schedule

John Staples Clinic: February 21/22

John StaplesStone Ridge Eventing in Miller, MO is pleased to host a clinic with John Staples on Sunday, February 21st and Monday, February 22nd

John Staples is a United States Eventing Association Level III Certified Instructor and a Graduate B Pony Clubber. He has competed through the highest levels of eventing and served as an alternate for the 1988 Olympic team and was longlisted in both 1992 and 1996 as well. John spearheaded the GPS Cross-Country Speed Study and serves on the USEF Safety Committee.

John teaches students of all experience levels. His students primarily compete in eventing, but the principles he teaches will benefit hunters, jumpers and dressage riders as well.  John focuses on developing a secure position, a balanced horse and rider, and maintaining a good rhythm. 

Visit www.stoneridgeeventing.com for details.

Brad Hall Clinic at Geneva Equestrian
Brad Hall will be instructing at Geneva Equestrian in Geneva Lakes, WI March 20-21st.

 Competition season is approaching fast and it is time to dig out of the
snow and get going!!  For more information and forms go to http://www.genevaequestrian.com


Brad Hall Clinics at Wisconsin Equestrian Center
Brad Hall Clinics February 27-28th and March 27-28th at Wisconsin Equestrian Center, Green Bay, WI.  Brad is a USEA Level II Instructor. Private or semi-private flat lessons; private or small group show jumping lessons.

For information and registration, contact Karen Sathoff at kscaryatid@new.rr.com

Instructor Certification Workshops Offered in Area IV
ICP Logo New Spring Farm, as part of a grassroots effort to improve safety and quality of coaching in the sport of eventing, has hosted Instructors' Certification Program (ICP) workshops and assessments over the last two years and will continue in 2010.

Experience has shown us how really valuable these workshops are, how incredibly skilled the teachers are, and how much instructor candidates seem to enjoy and profit from them. At $400 for each three-day workshop, limited to eight candidates, they appear to be quite a bargain. Many people have audited parts or all of our workshops and also seem very satisfied. The ICP program itself, once fully seen, is quite obviously excellent. Those who have designed it and conduct the various processes meet regularly and continue to refine and improve it. We assure those considering being candidates that it is fair, complete, open, well-designed, friendly, and free of teaching style bias. While our angle is safety improvement for the sport, we also have come to realize how valuable the transference of horsemanship and basic teaching skills is that comes with it.

Teaching of Dressage Workshop April 13-15 with Robin Walker

Teaching of Jumping Workshop June 15-17 with Phyllis Dawson

More Information


FRVPC Mini Event & CT
Fox River Valley Pony Club will hold a Mini Event and Combined Test May 15th-16th, 2010

Course Levels Offered: Novice, Beginner Novice, Training C/T, Pre-Novice, Starter Novice C/T
Contact Information: www.evententries.com or
minievent2010@gmail.com
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 Information for inclusion in the Area IV Newsletter must be submitted to submitnews@usea4.org. The articles must be in news-ready format and attached to the email message in either pdf (preferred) or Word.  Items submitted as text within the email message will not be accepted. Showbills/Entry Forms submitted without news-ready formatted text will not be included in the newsletter.
 
Submission Deadlines are the 15th and the 1st of every month.
 
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Newsletters will be published 1-2x per month dependent upon the volume of news received. 
Cynthia Wiseman
USEA Area IV