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Contact: Marnie Somers, President
c/o Box 1122,
Carberry, MB R0K 0H0
Telephone: (204) 834-2479
Fax: (20) 834-3999
marnie@horsescoops.com

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CQHA Extends Deadline to Youth to Apply for
Team Canada for 2012 AQHA Youth World Cup 

 

(Carberry, MB - October 24, 2011) ---  To follow up our CQHA media release dated September 22, 2011, the CQHA has decided to extend the deadline for youth members to apply for a position on the 2012 Team Canada, from October 31 to November 30, 2011 (postmark). Note: Team Coach/Team Manager applications remain due by October 31, 2011.

The next AQHA Youth World Cup is scheduled to be held from July 21 to July 29, 2012 in Kreuth, Germany. The CQHA is actively seeking qualified youth from all across Canada, who are Canadian citizens, Canadian residents, members-in-good-standing of the American Quarter Horse Youth Association (AQHYA), Canadian Quarter Horse Association (CQHA), and the provincial/regional Quarter Horse Association where they reside.

 

Youth who compete exclusively in Reining or Cutting competitions and who meet the above membership criteria, are also eligible to apply for Team Canada if they are members-in-good-standing of their provincial/regional reining or cutting associations.

To view previous Youth World Cup media releases, and/or to obtain the 2012 team selection criteria and application package, please visit the CQHA web site or contact the CQHA president (contact information at top of this page).

Remember, if you are a current AQHA or AQHYA member-in-good-standing, you are eligible to be a CQHA member for NO extra membership fee in 2011. However, you must identify yourself to CQHA. You may do so by logging on to the CQHA web site and submit your membership information on-line, or by contacting the CQHA President (contact information at the top of this page) to request the membership form be sent to you by Canada Post or by fax.

                        
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The mandate of the CQHA, a national affiliate of the AQHA, is to address issues of concern to Canadian owners of American Quarter Horses; to be a communications vehicle for and with Canadian owners of American Quarter Horses; and to promote and market, both globally and within Canada, Canadian-bred
and/or Canadian-owned American Quarter Horses.    

The Canadian Quarter Horse Association is an Affiliate of the AQHA. Annual membership is FREE to current AQHA members. For more information, or to enroll as a member on-line, visit the CQHA website  


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