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Point Two Air Jackets to Donate to Area IV
Area IV Championships & Dunnabeck Horse Trials
Camie Stockhausen XC at Heritage Park
Geneva Equestrian Mini-Event Accepting Entries
Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant for Instructors
Maui Jim Eventing Derby Low Score Adult Rider
Jon Holling Clinic
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Point Two Air Jackets to Donate to Area IV
PointTwo USA Point Two USA announces a new promotion for the Point Two Air Jacket to help you support
your USEA area!

The Point Two Air Jacket is a revolution in body armor which reduces the chance of injury to vital organs,neck and spine. The jacket provides the world's fastest activation inflating in 0.1 of a second, beforeimpact with the ground.

In the month of August Point Two will contribute $50 for every jacket sold under the promotion code for
your corresponding USEA area.

Area IV Promotion Code: Aug2010p204

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Area IV Championships & Dunnabeck Horse Trials
Dunnabeck Horse TrialsDunnabeck Horse Trials is hosting the Area IV Championships September 18-19 in beautiful Southern Illinois.

How do I Qualify to ride in the Championship Division?
Horse and Rider combination must place 1st - 4th in any one event in any Area at the level at which they will compete at the Championships.

Qualifying Period: 11/2/2009 - 9/9/2010

Event Registration Dates
Open: Aug 03
Close: Aug 31

Divisions
USEF/USEA Recognized: P,P-Ch
USEF Endorsed/USEA Recognized: N,N-Ch,T,T-Ch,BN,BN-Ch

For more information, including directions and accommodations, check the website.
http://www.dunnabeckhorsetrials.org/
Have Some Learning Fun with Camie Stockhausen at Heritage Park
AR Award at Longview Have some learning fun with Camie Stockhausen of Field Day at the Heritage Park XC Schooling and One Day Event
August 21 and 22, 2010.

Field Day is heading to Olathe, KS on August 21 and 22 for a weekend of eventing fun. If you've everwanted to take baby steps into the world of eventing, with a professional there to help make easy sense of it, this is your opportunity. There will also be groups for established eventers looking to improve theirriding and results, and have fun doing it.

Itinerary:
Saturday XC schooling at Heritage Park, groups of 5 or less.
Sunday: Schooling Horse Trial at the same park, with your coach to help you.

Visit http://www.macta.info for information about Heritage Park.
Geneva Equestrian Mini-Event & CT: Closing Date Extended to August 18th
Geneva Equestrian in Lake Geneva, WI is offering a Mini-Event and Combined Test on August 21st. A Used Tack Sale will also run throughout the day.

Entries for the Mini-Event and Combined Test will be accepted through August 18th. Volunteers are also needed.

Visit http://genevaequestrian.com/ for more information.
Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant for Area IV Instructors
Area IV Adult Riders

The Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant is offered each year by each USEA Area's Adult Rider Program to one of its Area's instructors who meet the grant's qualification standards and is selected as a recipient.  These qualification standards include merit as an instructor, service to the sport, potential to provide future benefit to the sport, and demonstration of compatibility with the educational goals of ICP and intention to be assessed for ICP certification.

Area 4 will be awarding one $250 grant this year to be used toward the Assessment Fee.  If you are planning on taking the ICP Assessment this year, held at Carriage Station Farm, Lexington, KY on October 26-29, please read the Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant page on the USEA website: http://useventing.com/education.php?section=adultriders&id=743

Submit your application to the Area 4 Adult Rider Coordinator, Kathy Kerns, at adultriders@usea4.org

Include how you plan on giving back to the Adult Rider program with your responses to the categories listed on the web page.

If more than one candidate applies for the grant, the Area 4 Council will judge the entries.  Entries are due by September 26, 2010.

Reminder: If you're planning on taking the Assessment, your application has to be in to the USEA 60 days before the date of the Assessment.

Maui Jim Eventing Derby Adult Rider Low Score Award
Maui Jim Logo The winning Adult Rider ride at the August Maui Jim Eventing Derby was Shannon Geitz on Taylor in Novice B division who placed second on her dressage score of 35.7.
Jonathon Holling Clinic: September 18/19
Versailles Equestrian

Jonathon Holling  will be coming back in the area for a 2 day clinic at Versailles Equestrian on September 18th and 19th.

Many enjoyed riding with Jon this spring and at the Area IV Young Rider camp.

Here is another opportunity to get coaching and instruction from Jon...

Discount for Young Rider members.

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Submission Policy for Inclusion in Area IV Newsletter
 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.
 
Articles will run once unless re-submitted. Articles will be available on the Area IV website and will be included on the Archives page for additional viewing.
 
Newsletters will be published 1-2x per month dependent upon the volume of news received. 
Cynthia Wiseman
USEA Area IV