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CLUB REPORTS page 4

Redwing - Region III

Mt. Tabor - Region IX

Oak Hills Fun Fest - Region I

Pacific Coast - Region II

Bee Creek - Region IV

Photos: courtesy respective clubs AVA High Point Annual Meeting

Don’t forget about the AVA Annual Q Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky on Feb- A ruary 27 to March 2, 2003. You can still register (see Vaulting World December, & pages 4-5). Find out how the AVA runs, par- ticipate in committee meetings, voice FUNDRAISING YOUR concerns, network with other vault- ing enthusiasts, visit with friends. What was your most Update: The schedule for Sunday has been changed. The Committee Review successful fundraising meeting (Sheri Benjamin) will be held on Friday at 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. The Execu- AVA High Point effort? tive Board meeting is TBA. The USET will Winners - 2002 The April and June issues of hold an open forum to answer your ques- tions from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. The open Vaulting World will feature YOUR Gold Women USET Vaulting Committee meeting will 1 Pam Geisler, Diamond Bar 8.285 answers to the above question. Share be held from 10:45 am - 12 pm. The Thera- 2 Samantha Smith, Pacific Coast 8.209 with the rest of the vaulting commu- peutic Vaulting Committee will be at 10:45 3 Jill Main, Woodside 8.208 nity your big hit — the one that put am - 12:00 pm, Athlete’s Council, and Re- 4 Megan Benjamin, Mt. Eden 8.164 your club over the top financially. Let gions Meetings will be held from 12 pm 5Julie Keville,Tambourine 8.038 us in on your secrets for successful until 1:30 pm. For info., contact Naomi Gold Men fundraising events. Show us how Takemoto at 831/462-6783, edsantqs@ much work it took to get those bucks! cruzio.com. 1 Maitozo, Devon F.A.C.E. 8.712 Let us suffer with you as you tell If you are not attending, you may still 2 Geisler, Kenneth Diamond Bar 8.503 about your angst and anguish trying participate donating to the auction or by tak- 3 Martonovich, Erik GoldenGate8.460 to maintain your program in a less ing a sponsorship. Send auction donation 4 Dahlgren, Blake F.A.C.E. 8.345 pledges and/or sponsorships to Carol than positive economic climate. Did 5 Matsumoto, Adrian F.A.C.E. 7.722 Beutler, 2780 Goodwin Ave., Redwood you cash in with little fundraisers like Silver Women City, CA 94601 or mail donations directly candy sales, car washes, bake sales to the Four Points Sheraton, 193 Standon 1Florence Rubinger, Tambourine 7.041 or big fundraisers like auctions, raffles Way, Lexington KY 40511. Attention: Hold 2Stephanie Freedman, Mt. Eden 7.022 or ??? — we want to know. for American Vaulting Assn. All donations 3 Emily Gleason, North Wind 6.940 are deductible to the extent allowed by law. 4Brittany Dutra, Mt. Eden 6.887 5 Marissa Hamar, Showtime 6.862 Silver Men Help Wanted? 1Steven Bertling, Pinto Ranch 6.752 2 Sean Keville, Tambourine 6.406 Do you need help with any aspect of your vaulting program — management, equip- Bronze Women ment, training, horse management, safety, even creative inspiration? If so, send your request to Vaulting World, Help Wanted, [email protected]. The 1Alyssa Woodman, Mt Eden 6.266 April and June issues will have a FREE Help Wanted (as space allows) section. 2 Monique Corralez, Coast Line 6.211 Keep your requests to four sentences or less. 3Brittany Fair, Pacific Coast 6.123 4 Hannah Boyd, Mt Eden 6.088 5 Kenna McKenzie, Mt Eden 6.028 Help Offered? Bronze Men Can you help with any aspect of vaulting — administration, vaulter or horse train- 1Eric Garcia, Tambourine 5.806 ing, equipment resources, competition management, enthusiasm maintenance, etc.? 2Joel Gordon, NuBalance 4.985 If so, send your offer of expertise or time or real goods to Vaulting World, Help Trot Women Offered, [email protected]. The April and June issues will have a 1 Sara Jennings, Valley View 5.723 FREE Help Offered (as space allows) section. Please keep your offers to four 2 Fallon Klug, Agape 5.698 sentences or less. 3 Cassidy Palmer, Kings Mtn 5.686 4Janna Jarvis, Pinto Ranch 5.433 5 Kelly Williams, Pinto Ranch 5.411 Promotion is Everyone’s Job article called “Vaulting - Harnessing the Trot Men Did you see the December 2002 issue Power Within” for the December/January 1 Luke Lovell, Valley View 5.494 of Equestrian Connection (Pacific Horse issue of USA Equestrian magazine. That’s 2 Patrick Stevens, Tambourine 5.188 Advertiser)? Page 58 features a reprint of the issue with a young endurance rider do- 3 Cosmo Nims, Morning Star 4.879 Nancy Steven-Brown’s excellent article ing a vaulting riding seat on the cover. Congratulations! about sportsmanship. Nancy wrote a new Congratulations Nancy.

Vaulting World 2 February 2003 Life In the Last Lane Table of Contents AVA High Point Winners 2002 ...... 2 Nancy Stevens-Brown Life in the Last Lane, Nancy Stevens-Brown...... 3 As we launch into 2003 and the upcoming vaulting season, once 2002 Club Reports ...... 4 more the focus is on our member Region I...... 4 vaulting clubs with the annual Club Report Issue. For me the annual re- Region II ...... 6 ports were always fun to write and Region III ...... 11 even more entertaining to read. Region IV...... 12 I founded my club, Timberline, in 1972 and then coached through Region IX...... 15 two and half decades of roller Region X ...... 20 coaster excitement before finally hanging up my whip. I thrilled to Hawaii ...... 21 the trials, tribulations, and elations Foreign ...... 21 that are inherent with being a part of a vaulting club. It is a fact that Region IV Grows Membership Timberline vaulters — for better or worse — shaped me into Noel Martonovich ...... 22 who I am today. (We will talk to Freud, Dr. Laura and Judge Taking Your Horse to the Next Level Judy about that later!) I had the unshakable certainty that my club was exceptional! I believed that I had the best kids, finest Kate Flannigan ...... 23 horses, and most wonderful opportunities. I wanted to think that Nationals Update ...... 24 Timberline exclusively held the key to vaulting success, fun, and pride. Yet, no sooner did I retire from club manager, then I Letter to the Editor became the oft-traveling clinician and promptly discovered that Noel and Yossi Martonovich ...... 24 though my club had owned my heart, many others could ace my Can I Have Your Coach? Kristy Flemming ...... 25 enthusiasm! Some were diamonds in the rough, but all clubs had something inspiring to share. I thought I had experienced AVA Membership Form ...... 26 the last of club spirit until I found myself connected to so many AVA Directory ...... 27 more. Each brought distinctive and special feelings that I once reserved exclusively for the “purple people” of Timberline. Calendar of Vaulting Events ...... 28 It had been easy to base team pride and success on a feeling of separateness, yet discovering that all clubs are more alike than If you have any changes or corrections to your mailing address for different has been a real victory for me. Every club broadens Vaulting World, are having problems receiving your issues, or wish and adds to the strength and character of our organization. My additional copies please contact the AVA National Office at 7060 countless club recollections were of competitive victories, life- Fairfield Business Drive, Fairfield, OH 45014-5480, phone 513/874- long friends, and travel. My newest memories involve surpris- 7732, fax 513/874-3229, email: [email protected] The mailing lists are generated by the National Office and extra cop- ingly simple things: funny stories (I’ll tell you about Cabbage ies of Vaulting World are kept at the National Office. Hat sometime); charming vaulters (too numerous to ever list); Vaulting World is published by the American Vaulting Association. and amazing creativity (most recently the entire Mt. Tabor C Mail all submissions for publication to: Vaulting World, 11845 Sky- team brought us all to tears!) I have a passion for impromptu line Blvd., Los Gatos, CA 95030, or 201 Bear Oaks Court, Martinez, CA 94553-9753. greatness and artistry, and everywhere in America I find talented 2003-2003 Deadlines are: March 7 for publication April 1; April 30 clubs with enthusiastic members capable of continually surpris- for publication June 1, June 30 for publication August 1, August 31 ing and amazing me. The elation of the creation makes these for publication October 1; October 31 for publication December 1, extraordinary lessons as unforgettable as any blue ribbon I ever December 31 for publication February 1, 2004. Vaulting World classified ads are $5 each for three or four lines. Dis- won with my own team. I admit that it took me fifty-five years play ad rates are $12 per column inch, $100 for one third page, $115 to appreciate that we are truly all alike and that everyone enjoys for one half page and $200 for full page. Submit information and the same things. check payable to “AVA” and mail to Vaulting World, 11845 Skyline I thought at last I was free from the vaulting fast lane, but I Blvd., Los Gatos, CA 95033. No part of this publication may be reproduced either in whole or part find now that life in this last lane is more fun than ever before! without written permission. Bulk rate postage paid at Cupertino, CA. So, though I thought I was through with club pride when I re- To subscribe: Affiliate AVA Memberships are $30 (+$15 for first class tired, I enjoy the feeling of being connected to so many different postage) domestic, $55 foreign, payable annually in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank. Copyright by American Vaulting Association 2003. clubs. There is no doubt that the most fun and rewarding club Editor: Marianne Rose 408/867-1789, affiliation ever is the one I now embrace with all of you through- [email protected] out the AVA. Vault on! Proofed by Katie Dalby 703/754-0118, [email protected] Printed by Roberts Press 408/255-3937

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HAPPY HEARTS VAULTERS grew to 35 vaulters by the end of April and hit our Region I 4003 ACTON AVE., ACTON, CA 93510-1919 high point of 52 vaulters in August. Some people may Arizona, Southern California, Southern PHONE: 661/269-8363 ask how we came to have so many vaulters. Well, Nevada, Utah. Regional Supervisor: EMAIL: [email protected] performing in five parades, the Utah State Fair, hav- HORSES: MACARONI (HALFLINGER/ ing two recital performances, doing three newspaper Connie Geisler 909/861-1464 BELGIAN), HEART FULL OF JOY (CLYDES- articles, and hosting our first competition for the Oak [email protected] DALE), BEAUTIFUL BELLE (SHIRE/QH) Hills Vaulters paid off! Most of vaulting is word-of- COACH: SUZY GRISSOM, REGION: I, FIRST mouth, but why not invite the entire community ev- BARRONSGATE VAULTING CLUB REGISTERED: 1998, COLORS: PURPLE/RED ery time you have a performance! 3583 TRIUNFO CANYON ROAD, AGOURA, CA None of the vaulters at Oak Hills had ever been 91301, PHONE: 818/865-0510, COACH: PATTI JONI FITT’S SCHOOL to a competition so Region I Championships was a LITTMAN, REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: OF HORSEMANSHIP great eye-opener for them. We took 15 vaulters, three 2001, COLORS: BLACK/WHITE/GREY/TEAL BOX 1765, CAVE CREEK, AZ 85327-1765 horses, and lots of nervous people! Our wonderful PHONE: 480/488-9680, HORSES: BOBBI, little Arabian, Jellybean came up ill the day before DIAMOND BAR COUNTRY VAULTERS MCGEE “WAFFLE” (BELGIAN), COACH: JONI and did not go well during the first round. The pre- 2132 INDIAN CREEK ROAD, DIAMOND BAR, FITTS, REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 canter vaulters learned about the wonderful generos- CA 91765-3345, PHONE: 909/861-1564 ity of other clubs and horses. Thank you to Tina Dyer EMAIL: [email protected] LOMPOC VAULTERS for lounging Lompoc’s Erin Tura for them. My vault- HORSES: GOLIATH (BELGIAN/QUARTER), 3765 MIGUELITO CANYON ROAD, LOMPOC, ers came home with smiles instead of tears. The walk SNICKERS (BELGIAN); MISS BABS (BEL- CA 93436-9743, PHONE: 805/736-4420 and trot vaulters had great rounds on Sunchaser, and GIAN), SUGAR (WELSH/ARAB), SUGAR EMAIL: [email protected] Charlie followed through with the other pre-canter and (WELSH/ARAB), COACH: CONNIE GEISLER, HORSES: APPLE(QH/PAINT), O.H. ERIN TURA Bronze vaulters. It was great to see all the vaulting REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: 1989 (CONNEMARA/TB), COACH: JEANNIE friends I had made growing up in California on Starlite, COLORS: RED/GOLD/BLACK BEATTIE, REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: Diamond Bar, and The Showtime Vaulters of DG Bar 1976, COLORS: BLACK/GREEN/TEAL Ranch. There is something about vaulting that keeps you coming back for more. M.A.R.E. (MASTERING ABILITIES Sunchaser started to get a bone splint after RIDING EQUINE) regionals and had to be given a very long break. She 18200 JOHNSON RD., BAKERSFIELD, CA had a good four months off to just relax and enjoy the 93312, PHONE: 661/589-1877 summer. This was hard on the team because we didn’t EMAIL: [email protected] have another good trot horse. I started looking around HORSES: PENNY (QH), MRS. BEEZLEE for possibilities and found Pal, a very short Quarter (PERCHERON/MORGAN), CHARLIE (AMERI- Horse type pony, owned by one of our vaulting par- CAN CREAM), COACH: DEBORAH FRENCH ents. Pal is doing great and will be really good for the DURKAN, REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: 2003 competition season. 2001, COLORS: BLUE/RED/WHITE During June we performed in three parades! We secured the barrel on the back of a trailer and the vault- OAK HILLS VAULTERS ing horse walked behind. It was a great way to publi- 830 N 250 W, PROVO, UT 84604, cize this wonderful sport. We collected a few more PHONE: 801/356-1012 vaulters and lots of smiles and handed out over 350 EMAIL: [email protected] flyers about horse vaulting! HORSES: JELLYBEAN (ARABIAN), Not every vaulter can afford to travel to Califor- SUNCHASER (ARABIAN), KADENZA nia to compete or show off their moves, so we had a Kenny Geisler of Diamond Bar on Goliath (OLDENBURG/QH), K-D (STDBRED/QH), LILY fundraising recital for the community and vaulters. Photo: Eric Jewett (CLYDSDALE), PEPPER (SHIRE/PERCHERON), We charged $5 a carload and made quilts to raffle off. F.A.C.E. VAULTING CLUB, INC. PAL (QH), KINGSTON (TB), RILEY (TB) It was a wonderful experience to see the vaulters shine COACH: KRISTY FLEMING, REGION: I 2182 TIERRA ROJADA RD., MOORPARK, and show their parents that they could really stand on FIRST REGISTERED: 1996, CA 93021, PHONE:805/529-4266 the back of a moving horse. The greatest joy in vault- COLORS: BLUE/GOLD/WHITE EMAIL: [email protected] ing is seeing a young face light up before an audience HORSES: Kristy Flemming of parents and friends. They truly shine. We used the MOZART (WB), The Oak Hills money to help transport our horse to Nationals. SHAKESPEARE Vaulters had an awe- (IRISH DRAFT), some year! The small MARSHALL (TB/ team of eight vaulters, PERCHERON), two horses, and no BALANCHINE coach has exploded (OLDENBURG) into 37 vaulters, two COACH: DEVON AVA competitions, MAITOZO eight vaulting horses, REGION: I and myself as the new FIRST REGISTERED: coach. 1994, COLORS: We started 2002 SILVER/BLACK/RED off with eight wonder- Devon Maitozo, ful vaulters and two Coach of FACE great Arabian horses: vaulters, is featured Jellybean and Sun- with Pam Geisler chaser. In March I quit on the cover of the my normal job to try “other” vaulting and expand horse magazine. vaulting in Utah. We Oak Hills’ Sunchaser Drawing by Becky Tidwell

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older Bronze level vaulters were the judges and I made and jumped between competitions and demonstrations. score sheets of our own. We had planned on the com- We were once again able to perform our team Kür - petition lasting about four hours, but seven hours later for judges comments only — at the Region II Cham- we had the awards ceremony. My main goal was to pionships. We did a really good performance and were have every vaulter win a ribbon in every class they able to capture some awesome photos. As Nationals entered. After the day was done I sat down and shed heralded the end of our summer break things were a few tears, both of exhaustion and joy. Now every- going very well. one had a vaulting ribbon to hang on their wall. It was a great day. In September we started our second vaulting lo- cation in Mapleton, Utah. I gave a clinic for a US Pony Club camp and had a lot of interest in this area. So we now have two horses and seven vaulters at this location. Riley and Kingston are both very good can- ter horses and learned quickly about what vaulters do on their backs. Kingston is a good possibility for our C-team Kür and Riley will be wonderful for compulsories. They are both registered Thorough- breds, but Kingston is 17.2 and quite large. We are really looking forward to their future as vaulting horses. These vaulters are learning very quickly and are even going to compete this year. One of my goals in life is to teach vaulting in every city that I live in so every child can experience it. So far so good! It is now the start of a new year and new ideas. In November Anna Tidwell bought us a Percheron/ Shire mare to train for vaulting, and Mary Ann Ford found us a 17.1 Clydesdale name Lily! We had C- team and Trot team tryouts before Christmas. We are Kylynn James, Kristy Flemming, Kortni Superwomen: Marisa Hamar, Sophia Fisher, Wright at a demonstration on Cadenza. so excited for this year’s competition season and hope Ashlyn DeGroot Photo: courtesy Leslie Hamar Photo: courtesy Kristy Flemming to make a lot of new vaulting friends. I have always We gained another vaulting horse about this time. talked highly of the vaulting community and how But soon disaster hit. A dismount landed with a K-D is a Quarter Horse/Standardbred that used to hate friendly everyone is, so if a blue and gold vaulter shrilling scream. What was supposed to be hurt toes vaulting. I grew up with her, riding in the fields of comes walking up to you with a smile, they are prob- turned out to be a shattered foot. No more vaulting for me — very bad timing! With three more demon- Hanford, California. She finally accepted vaulting ably on a quest to know every person in the vaulting strations to go, the team pulled it together with help and has become a good individual canter horse. With world! I think the people are what keeps me coming from Steven Bertling, Jackie Bors, and Brittany the team growing so fast we were becoming desper- back for more. Fagundes. A huge thanks to them and their parents. ate for horses. We also started using Cadenza, a I would be so ungrateful if I didn’t thank our num- warmblood owned by our longeur. They all helped make the demonstrations a success. ber one supporter here in Utah, Mary Ann Ford. With- Our story does not end there. The week I got my Nationals was totally awesome! We took four out her generosity there would be no vaulting. Mary Bronze vaulters and Charlie as our canter horse. Todd cast off Falcon decided that he too wanted a vacation, Ann lets us use her facility and horses at no cost and however he did not take into consideration that there Griffiths placed second overall in the Men’s Bronze even traded two of her mares on a feeding lease to get division and our ladies did outstandingly considering was pain and suffering involved. While Falcon was us Lily, the Clydesdale. We use her trailers and arena that Charlie was giving them some bucks in Kür. See- healing, our new and very slow-learning horse Perry, all the time and always have vaulters running around ing all the large and great vaulting horses made them was forced to pick up the slack. Perry has really grown the barn and getting into things. Thank you, Mary long for the perfect vaulting horse. We learned a lot to trust and enjoy vaulting and he loves his girls. Fal- Ann, for all your help in making these vaulting dreams from watching and took home many new ideas for con is now coming back to vaulting and he is better come true for so many children and especially for me. Kür. Thank you to everyone that made Nationals pos- then ever — just a little fatter. You are truly an inspiration and strength to us all. sible. We can’t wait for this year! Our team has learned so much through these dif- Remember, there is now vaulting in the Spanish ficult times. When I broke my foot we could not un- Upon returning from Nationals we found Cadenza Fork, Salt Lake area of Utah. So if you are ever around derstand why and how it happened. The only thing was extremely lame. She had a small puncture wound or just passing through, we would love to host you for we can speculate is that the accident was due to bad on her foreleg. We retired her from vaulting, but still a day or help in any way we can. We can have a clinic footing. But we know why it happened. Looking back, use her on occasion when other horses need a break. arranged in days if you would like to teach, or if you things that seem to be bad at first, can end up being a After Nationals I thought a lot about all the vault- are on vacation and just want to keep practicing, the blessing. My being unable to vault allowed other team ers at home that didn’t have anything to show for what lights are always on in our indoor arena. Happy vault- members, especially Sophia and Marisa, to take my they had done this year. So I decided to host my own ing everyone!!! spot. It brought out and built up hidden courage. It competition for my 52 vaulters. I made a class sign made them take on a challenge and conquer it. So up sheet, ordered 200 ribbons, and set everything up SHOWTIME VAULTERS OF many of you helped our team and we really appreci- by myself. This is something I will never do again DG BAR RANCH ate it. A huge thank you to everyone for your friend- without the help of many people! I now understand 4597 AVE 272, VISALIA, CA 93277, PHONE: ship and support. God bless you in the new year. why it takes so long and many headaches to get a com- 559/684-8568, EMAIL:SHOWTIMEVAULTERS@ petition right! In classes from barrel compulsories HOTMAIL.COM, HORSES: FALCON (DUTCH SPIRIT VAULTING CLUB and Bronze Kür to a costume event, 49 vaulters par- WB), GUCCI (DUTCH WB), PARADOX (DUTCH 13081 BEAVER ST., SYLMAR, CA 91342-2512 ticipated! I set up the arenas like a normal competi- WB), COACH: LESLIE HAMAR, REGION: I, PHONE: 818/364-1345, EMAIL: tion complete with judging booths and warm-up are- FIRST REGISTER-ED: 1996, COLORS: PURPLE/ [email protected], HORSES: nas. Classes were just $4 per person and you could GOLD/BLACK SUNNY (PAINT), INDI (APPY/DRAFT), wear anything that was vaulting attire. I even wrote Leslie Hamar SUMMER (BELGIAN), COACHES: A. BLUE a schedule with longuers, horses, vaulters, and times. The year 2002 was one of the most exciting, in- SILL, RON SILL, REGION: I, FIRST REGIS- Try having 49 kids in almost every class and re- teresting, and challenging years for Showtime. Our TERED: 1994, COLORS: BLACK/WHITE/TEAL arranged the horses and times to fit everyone! The summer passed quickly as we trained several horses (Continued)

Vaulting World 5 February 2003 2003 AVA Club Reports (Spirit Vaulting Club continued) THE RIDING ACADEMY old thing. Missy and Amy from Agape, Alyssa from New England Valkyries, Kari and Rebecca from Val- Ron Sill 30300 GARBANI RD, MENIFEE, CA 92584 PHONE: 909/301-9272 ley View and our Jeannette worked hard under Rick Alas, we’re not doing any competitive vaulting HORSES: HUTCH (FOXTROTTER), and Virginia’s tutelage. Their two-phase team looked at this time. Due to a number of moves (two since COACHES: SARAH & ROY HILL great, worked hard and came away proud of their ac- spring) and nowhere suitable to longue a horse we REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 complishments. have not recruited any new competitive vaulters. COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/BLACK Once again, thanks to all of you who have helped, Fortunately that doesn’t mean we haven’t been advised, coached, prodded and counseled this little out spreading the word about the wonderful benefits VALLEY VIEW VAULTERS ol’ team from Utah. At least we are not alone from of vaulting for people of all ages and abilities. Apart 11295 ORCAS AVE., LAKE VIEW TERRACE, CA this part of the USA any more - congratulations to from the gratification of working with two wonderful 91342, PHONE: 818/302-0153 Oak Hills for all their hard work this year! We look young autistic girls we are growing our Vaulting for EMAIL: [email protected] forward to seeing all of our vaulting friends in 2003!!! Rider Improvement program. HORSES: GYPSY (PERCHERON), DAN For many years we have used the horse training (PERCHERON),PHANTOM (DWB), BABE techniques refined by Pat Perelli. Recently we formed (BELGIAN), COACH: RICK HAWTHORNE Region II an affiliation with a Parelli endorsed instructor, Pat REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: 1981 Mitchell, who recognizes the benefits of vaulting as COLORS: MAROON/WHITE/BLACK Northern California, Northern Nevada. her students prepare to ride their level one and two Regional Supervisor: Teresa Keville trained horses in harmony and with fluidity. In De- 707/795-2822, [email protected] cember we gave a four-hour clinic during one of Pat’s advanced level two classes to rave reviews. Many of CANYON VIEW VAULTERS her students stood on their horses for “show and tell” 1090 SHADOWBROOK WAY, #23, at the end of the day. Several students overcame con- PARADISE, CA 95969, PHONE: 530/877-3782 siderable fear to stand on a moving horse (with the EMAIL: [email protected] help of a skilled neck base — our daughter Caitlyn). HORSES: PICASSO (PAINT), SHAMU (SHIRE) Plans for the future include more classes and clin- COACH: KRISTIN FRANCO, REGION: II, FIRST ics of this type with the hope that we’ll inspire people to move on to competing. We miss seeing our friends REGISTERED: 2000, COLORS: PURPLE/RED at competitions and hope that we will soon return the Danielle and Megan Grove competitive circle. Our club is down to four members this year and Best wishes for the new year. we are still struggling to find a full time coach. All the girls plan to move up to novice canter this year. THE PINTO RANCH VAULTING TEAM Rebecca Overton from the Paint Horse Jounal 33780 BRIGGS RD., MENIFEE, CA 92584 did an article on Picasso (as a registered Paint) and PH: 909/926-1634, EMAIL: [email protected] vaulting. The resulting article just came out in the HORSES: VANCOUVER (HANNOVERIAN), Valley View Trot Team at Nationals January issue and is very well done with great color HENRIETTA (MORGAN/QH), MISTY (PAINT) Photo: Eric Jewett photos. We've already been getting phone calls from COACH: MARTINA S. DYER, REGION: I, WIND DANCE VAULTERS interested people in the Chico area who have seen the FIRST REGISTERED: 1998 PO BOX 148, TOQUERVILLE, UT 84774 article. I hope it helps our membership. COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/WHITE PHONE: 435/635-3006 EMAIL: [email protected] COAST LINE VAULTERS HORSE: ROSIE (MORGAN), COACH: KEM 158 TOWNE TERR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060 VESTAL, REGION: I, FIRST REGISTERED: PHONE: 831/458-9031, EMAIL: CSTLNVAULT@ 1998, COLORS: TOURQUOISE/TEAL/SILVER AOL.COM, HORSES: DESIGNER SOCKS Kem Vestal (HANNOVARIAN), HUNTER (DUTCH WB), 2002 was a great year for Wind Dance vaulters. JULIET (PERCHERON), COACH: KATARIINA Jeannette our only vaulter at the moment, tried to ALONGI. LINSEY RANDALL, REGION: II, attend as many competitions as possible, but she is a FIRST REGISTERED: 1999, COLORS: ROYAL junior in high school and has begun the search for BLUE/TEAL/WHITE scholarships. Her ultimate goal is to become an Emer- The Art of Working Vaulting Horses gency Room physician. The process is very time con- Katariina Alongi suming and exhausting and has caused Jeannette to One of the main focuses of any vaulting club is make some difficult choices. She had to miss the Val- to keep its horses in the best possible shape for vault- ley View competition — one we have always enjoyed Photo: Eric Jewett ing. At Coast Line we not only have a training plan Vancouver in the past. Jeannie Beattie We did attend Region I and Region II Champion- An 18 hand chestnut with a heart of gold — that’s ships. Both events were fun and successful. Jeannette Vancouver. With a great exhibition of sportsmanship has worked with Kate Levenstein and her family for and generosity he was offered by Martina Dyer for the past few years on Valley View composite teams Devon Maitozo of FACE to win Nationals when and this year was no different. Two-phase events and Devon’s horse was excused. The first time this oc- barrel doubles are always fun. When you are working curred was at the Nationals in Santa Barbara, Califor- with best friends, it is even better. Thanks to Rick, nia in 2000. Vancouver not only carried Devon, but the Levensteins and anyone else who helped with in- the entire Barronsgate team to championships. This year Vancouver also carried Pam Geisler of Diamond put, advice and suggestions. Bar and Steven Bertling of Pinto Ranch. Vancouver Even with all the other things going on this fall, was the only horse to carry three national champions we attended the wonderful National Championship at Livermore! competition in Livermore, California. The camara- Martina Dyer of Pinto Ranch is the talented per- derie between vaulters, teams, coaches and parents son who trained Vinegaroon (Pacific Coast), Marshall was obvious. Jeannette took part in composite teams, (FACE), O.H. Erin Tura (Lompoc) and Vancouver as she has in the past, and the experience was great. It (Pinto Ranch). Hats off to Martina and Vancouver. is always fun to see other perspectives on the same Melissa Airas rides Juliet. Photo: courtesy Coast Line

Vaulting World 6 February 2003 2002 AVA Club Reports for the vaulters, but for the horses as well. Our goal the other jobs. We hope that everyone who attended is to make our horses better vaulting horses by first had fun. making them better dressage horses. Eight of our vaulters attended Nationals for the first time. We were glad it was close to home for their first time. All we learned attending the Regional com- petitions helped us have a fun and successful time. Everyone came home with at least one ribbon. We look forward to another new year of vaulting and learning new skills. Thunder is coming along nicely so we’ll try a little cantering this year too . LONE OAK VAULTERS 8538 BIRUTA AVENUE, ORANGEVALE, CA 95662, PHONE: 916/723-1517 EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: BABY HUEY (PERCHERON), MUSTANG SALLY (MUSTANG), BOXER (MUSTANG), COACHES: VICKI CLEARY, SARA CLEARY, REGION: II, FIRST REGIS- Katariina rides Socks. Photo: courtesy Coast Line TERED: 2003, COLORS: BLACK/GREEN/GOLD We have three horses at Coast Line and each horse Sara Cleary is used in several different ways; one does only We are hoping for our first year to be a success. compulsories, the other team Kür and compulsories, Evergreen vaulters competed on Selby Lane So far we have been to two competitions. Our first, etc. This is taken into account when planning the Nationals in Livermore, was awesome. It all came at Garrod’s May Fest. Photo: Eric Jewett riding schedule. In an average week each horse works together with the generosity of other clubs. Going in vaulting two to three times depending on its work KINGS MOUNTAIN VAULTERS into the competition, we were very new, with only load (team Kür being the hardest). We try to avoid 2780 GOODWIN AVE., REDWOOD CITY, two Bronze Medalists — and horseless! My sister using a horse two consecutive days for vaulting, and CA 94061, PHONE: 650/366-7527, EMAIL: Jennifer and I borrowed Northwind’s Charade for we never vault on any horse three days in a row (ex- [email protected] compulsories, and Mt. Tabor’s King for Kür when cept at competitions like Nationals). HORSES: PIXIE (PERCHERON), THUNDER Lady of Northwind didn’t pass the vet check. We were The days our horses are not vaulting, they get (DRAFT CROSS), COACH: JULIE BEUTLER very fortunate to have them offered to us. Both horses worked under saddle – rain or shine. Working three REGION: II, FIRST REGISTERED: 1999 worked out perfectly, earning me a second place in horses is a full time job for anybody so therefore this COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/TEAL/YELLOW compulsories and first in Kür. Without the kindness operation is definitely a team effort. In fact, we have of these two clubs and their horses, I might have never four different riders work the horses in dressage and Carol Beutler King Mountain Vaulters had a really good year. vaulted at Nationals 2002, and won the women’s an additional two riders who work the horses only at Bronze class. Taking home the National Champion- the walk. Our numbers climbed from six vaulters to 15 vault- ers. Thirteen of our vaulters went to Regionals. It ship was a great way to start off our season. Our coach Katariina coordinates the riding sched- Our second competition, Mt Eden’s Halloween ule, and also gives riding lessons periodically to all was the first time for most of them. Parents and vault- ers learned a lot about teamwork and what it takes to Fest, was made possible with the help of Mt Eden’s the riders to ensure that each horse gets worked logi- Jack and Pegasus, and Moonlight of Woodside Vault- cally with set goals in mind. Just like the vaulters, make the vaulting performance a success: loading the trailer, setting up camp for the day, snacks, braiding ers. My little brother, Dillan, made his vaulting debut each horse has its strong points as well as its weak- there, and took first place in his barrel class! nesses, and through weekly communication each rider hair (human and horse), cleaning stalls, feeding horses, knows which issues are to be addressed that week. polishing vaulting shoes, cutting ribbons, keeping the In addition to talking over the phone and meet- braiding kit organized, practicing on the barrel, all ing at the stables, we keep an exercise diary for each along with the right mix of fun and rest so we could horse, in which the riders make short notes concern- do our best before the judge. ing their ride (or anything else they notice such as small cuts, etc.). When you have many different people handling your horses, this is the best way to stay on top of what is happening. In addition to vaulting and dressage our horses get days off, do some moderate jumping (Socks thinks he is ready for the Olympics!) and occasionally we Beginners at Lone Oak Photo: courtesy Lone Oak trailer the horses out for a trail ride. We also do in- We are extremely appreciative of all the clubs that hand work on the ground and longing without vault- helped us vault and compete this year. Thank you!!! ers. This upcoming year our plan is to take all our Nu Balance Vaulters played a big roll in contributing horses to a couple of dressage competitions! to the start of our club, by teaching us to love the sport. We believe that the work we put into our horses My sister and I have vaulted with Nu Balance for the and the challenges we give them in riding make them past three years. Without their annual demonstrations confident in their “main job” which is vaulting. It at the California State Fair, we would never have been also gives them a longer and healthier life over all. introduced to the sport of vaulting, which is now a significant part of our lives. Michelle and Krystal EVERGREEN VAULTERS Solorzano taught us the vaulting fundamentals (and 9844 PIBROCK LANE, WILTON, CA 95693-9648 The Kings Mountain Trot Team on Pixi then some) and helped us grow in the sport. The kids PH.:916/687-8996, EMAIL:[email protected] Photo: Eric Jewett in Nu Balance were our second family for three won- HORSES: PEARL (PERCHERON), SELBY LANE We had our second annual competition in June. derful years. Our own family, too, has been excep- (BELGIAN), TO THE MAX (TB/PERCHERON), Our vaulting arena was ready just in time. Again, all tionally supportive and has fostered our drive for suc- DANNY BOY(BELGIAN X), COACH: BARBARA the parents did their part. Grandma and Grandpa cess, physically and monetarily. THOMPSON, REGION: II, FIRST REGISTERED: Palmer’s church group and pastor came and manned At this time, our new club has already grown to a 1992, COLORS: JADE/BLACK/GOLD/WHITE the food booth so the other parents could help with all (Continued)

Vaulting World 7 February 2003 2002 AVA Club Reports (Lone Oak continued) audience. We laughed a lot and thoroughly enjoyed or vaulters enter just for judge’s comments). Julie full eight-person the exercises that Nancy gave us. Then in February, Keville offered our horse Bronson to Nu Balance team. Our plan for we attended the Tambourine Barrel Fest. Many of our Vaulters to use for A-team Kür. Their horse had come 2003 is to partici- vaulters saw their scores much improved since hav- up lame and after lots of hard work, they were faced pate in local pa- ing the clinic with Nancy! with the possibility of scratching. Bronson had never rades and school In March we carried a canter team before but all the work that Julie functions, trying to gave a demonstra- and Pam did on him in the spring made the difference introduce our sport tion in Walnut and he came though quite well — for a trot horse! In to the community, Creek at a fund- order for Bronson to carry Nu Balance and not break while attending as raiser to benefit the the horse use limit that day, Tambourine vaulters gen- many competi- handicapped riding erously lent us their wonderful trot horse, Ruby, for tions as possible. program called many of our individual trot Kürs. We learned first- We are working Xenophon. We were hand how vaulting is so much more than just compet- hard to recruit well received and ing. It’s sharing, helping each other and team work. young athletes as could not believe Because Nationals was practically in our own tiny tots and trot- how much applause backyard so to speak, we decided we would do it! ters, too. we got for even Levi Nims waves to the Morning Star entered 13 vaulters and shared their Once again, ‘easy’ moves! Sev- audience at the Xenothon horses with Libby Papp of Bee Creek vaulters from thank you all so eral Tambourine demonstration. Texas. Libby also joined Morning Star in a composite very much for vaulters joined us, Photo: courtesy Morning Star Trot 2-Phase Team. Fortunately our horse, Kelly, re- your contributions including Shari Smith-Mead, a volunteer in the covered in time to carry our trotters at Nationals. This that have made Xenophon program. As we exited each vaulter was was Kelly’s first recognized fest ever and we were Lone Oak Vaulters awarded a well appreciated bag of candy. holding our breath to see if she would perform well a reality. During the spring, Diamond Bar vaulter, Pam and stay sound. We needn’t have worried because Sara Cleary on Mt. Eden’s Jack at Garrod’s Geisler, practiced on our horses to prepare for the 2002 she was great and the trot team Kür actually went way Spring Classic Photo: Eric Jewett World Equestrian Games in Spain. She and our as- better on 15 hand Kelly than on 17.3 hand Bronson! sistant coach Julie Keville put many hours in on Nu Balance again borrowed Bronson for their A-team. MORNING STAR VAULTERS Bronson and Daisy. They practiced with our young Directly following Nationals, Nu Balance vault- 95 SAN MIGUEL WAY, NOVATO, CA 94947 vaulters as well. It was wonderful to have Julie and ers took Bronson and Sparticus to the California State PHONE: 415/897-8486 Pam setting such wonderful examples. fair for two weeks of daily demonstrations. Several EMAIL: [email protected] Our two mares, Daisy and Kelly, both sustained Morning Star vaulters participated with them and had HORSES: BRONSON (BELGIAN), DAISY injuries and were laid up for many months. In the great fun! Sparticus gained lots of experience as well (BELGIAN/QH), KELLY (BELGIAN/HALF- meantime, we purchased a new horse, Sparticus, a in front of crowds. For several performances, Nu Bal- LINGER), SPARTICUS (PERCHERON), COACH: black Percheron who is not too tall and has a perfect ance had a Star Wars theme. Bronson was a storm CAROLYN CONNER, REGION: II, FIRST platform of a back. Bronson and Sparticus carried trooper and Sparticus was Darth Vader. I think the REGISTERED: 1999, COLORS: BLUE/WHITE the lessons while Daisy recuperated from her sprain horses had as much fun as the vaulters! Carolyn Conner and Kelly from her pulled hamstring. It was a learn- Morning Star planned to hold its first fest in Sep- 2002 was a great year for our club! We not only ing experience to train Sparticus who had never be- tember but due to conflicting dates and scheduled con- had lots of fun vaulting but it was our first time ever fore seen vaulting. With lots of praise, patience and struction on a covered arena, we had to cancel. In place participating at Nationals. What started out as a rec- carrots, Sparticus took to vaulting quickly. The vault- of a fest, we spent a weekend at Nu Balance’s facility reational club in 1998 with eight kids, a barrel and ers spent long practices approaching Sparticus at the in Citrus Heights. In appreciation for lending them lots of enthusiasm has turned into a club with 22 mem- trot, one right after the other until he decided we Bronson for Regionals and Nationals, they gave us a bers, eight barrels and four horses! weren’t chasing him and all we wanted to do was trot most exciting and fun clinic! We concentrated on next to him. It was great conditioning for the vaulters moving up to canter from trot. Many of our vaulters as well as the horse! mounted at canter for the first time ever and did lots We competed at the Garrod’s Spring Classic in of team moves with the more experienced and sea- May with Bronson. We found out that vaulting when soned Nu Balance team. The girls all slept in a big wet and cold isn’t easy! It rained and the vaulters tent and got hair weaves by Leticia “Lettie” Solorzano. huddled under horse coolers and blankets even in the The boys all slept in an RV and the moms and coach line up during competition. Carolyn slept in beds! On the second day, we tried Then in early June we had two days of clinics vaulting on two horses at once (tandem), first side by with Matthias Lang, the Men’s World Champion side and then one behind the other. It was fun trying vaulter from France. He worked us on compulsories new and different things! and gave us lots of exercises for improving our height in scissors and flank. He taught us to keep our weight in our arms and shoulders over the handles in order to control the come-down from those compulsories. We also worked on the mill — getting our head and eyes to turn with our leg. He taught some dance moves to the team as well. He was an inspiration to us because he made it look so easy! Later in June we competed at the Marin-Sonoma Fair on the barrel. The Fair is always a fun competi- tion because there are exhibits and rides afterwards. Nancy Stevens-Brown gives Morning Star a We took 18 vaulters to the Region II Champion- barrel clinic at her gym in Soquel. ships in Grass Valley, our biggest attendance to date. Photo: courtesy Morning Star We had a full trot team, a novice trot team and two We started the year with a wonderful barrel clinic tiny tots. As usual, it was a great fest and we had so with Nancy Stevens-Brown. She taught us so much much fun camping and making new friends. We took Mountain Springs vaulters practice in about using our music and space when developing Bronson for competing and Sparticus for gaining ex- tandem at the Nu Balance clinic. Kürs and creating a story to make it interesting to the perience in the ‘California Gold’ classes (horses and/ Photo: courtesy Mountain Springs

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In October we competed at the Mt. Eden Hal- Garrod family manage to make the work of the coaches their Kürs. Our team concluded that Grass Valley was loween Fest. About half our team moved up from trot easier every year. Mt. Eden Club President Sheri Ben- the perfect place for Regionals and they all had a won- to novice canter at this fest. We actually had an all jamin has organized and delegated the club members derful time. We liked the idea of the California Gold boys novice canter team on Bronson, an all girls nov- and jobs to new levels of comfort and joy. classes (for judge’s comments only). ice canter team on Daisy and a novice trot team on Our A-team tried for selection to the World Kelly. Everyone had fun, especially those who en- Games. Although they did not make it, the many fests tered the costume class! and the extremely high level of competition helped In November we had a vaulting fun day at Flying form this relatively new group into a real team. The Cloud’s indoor arena. Several moms tried vaulting and B-team moved up to a new level with improved and had so much fun that we’ve decided that the next time steadier Kürs. Mt. Eden’s head coach and coach of we do a fun day we’ll devote a full hour to the parents the A and B-teams, Emma Drinker traveled to Spain who want to try out vaulting. It’ll be lots of fun for as Chef d’Equipe of the USA Team. Our newest coach, the vaulters to coach their parents. Jandé Kyes has taken kids with less than a year of trot competition and formed them into capable, joyous canter vaulters. I still keep the trot kids going — or they keep me going, I don’t know which! Our steady stable of “old timers” has been augmented by a new Danish warmblood. We all have high hopes for him. We will continue bringing along new vaulters, coaches, and Pacific Coast vaulters at the Menlo Park horses. demonstration Photo: courtesy Pacific Coast NU BALANCE VAULTERS This was my first year to manage Hospitality for 7668 COOK AVENUE, CITRUS HEIGHTS, Regionals. I was hesitant at first. My mother, Sydney, CA 95610-2940, PHONE: 916/725-3001 (a longtime vaulter mom) said to give it a try. So I HORSES: PROMISE ME (TB); CHAUNCY took on the challenge. My helper, cousin Sherie, and Morning Star moms Photo: courtesy Morning Star (DRAFT X), ROMEO (SHIRE), I had the best time meeting new people and making December has been very wet and since the infa- COACH: MICHELLE SOLORZANO, REGION: new friends while getting sodas, water and food to mous covered arena has yet to materialize, we’ve been II, FIRST REGISTERED: 1992, COLORS: PINK the judges and office with no problem. So don’t let vaulting on barrels indoors. COTTON CANDY/PEARL WHITE the job of hospitality pass you by — it is great. Our C-Team for Nationals was a composite from MT. EDEN VAULTING CLUB Falconwood in Georgia, Albuquerque in New Mexico 11845 SKYLINE BLVD., LOS GATOS, CA 95030 and Pacific Coast in California. It was a wonderful PHONE: 408/868-9476 interaction between clubs and we made some special EMAIL: [email protected] new friends in “Awesome August”. HORSES: PEGASUS(QH), DIPLOMAT (CLEVE- In October we did a demonstration at the Menlo LAND BAY), RUSTY (PERCHERON X), Circus Club, a private country club. From tiny tots to AMADEUS (HANNOVERIAN X), JACK Bronze medalists, all our vaulters participated. Thanks (DUTCH WB), ANDERS (WB), ROSIE to our great coaches Sue Smith and Odette Riegman (PERCHERON X), CHIPY (DANISH WB), — they have taught us to become a team and shown COACH: EMMA DRINKER, REGION: II, us what the sport of vaulting is all about. FIRST REGISTERED: 1979, COLORS: BLACK/ MAROON/WHITE/BLUE/GOLD Surcingles • Pads • Bridles Whips • Vaulting Shoes

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PEGASUS VAULTERS in Saratoga and played at the Board Walk in Santa greatly appreciated. Parental support too made the year 2643 OLD SAN JOSE RD., SOQUEL, Cruz. The nice thing about competitions is that we go great. Our vaulters accomplished many personal goals CA 95073-9770, PHONE: 831/251-4479 to such beautiful places and bond with our vaulting such as new friends, new medal levels, and new EMAIL: [email protected] friends and families. heights. We continue to work as a team to accomplish HORSES: TINA (QH), SAVANNAH(QH/ our goals, building on the strengths of individuals to BELGIAN), BILLY (CLYDESDALE), COACH: achieve the greatest success for the group. ROSIE BROWN, REGION: II, FIRST REGIS- We look forward to next year and the fun chal- TERED: 1980, COLORS: BLUE/RED/YELLOW lenges that it will bring with rock climbing, team treks down river, a road trip to Colorado, white water raft- ROUGHING IT DAY CAMP ing, side trips to Montana, and who knows what else. PO BOX 1266, ORINDA, CA 94563 One thing to be sure of is that we will embrace the PHONE: 510/283-3795 situation as it arises and enjoy the moment sharing EMAIL: [email protected] the friendships and special bonds that we as HORSE: PEANUTS (ARAB/WELSH) Tambouriners create and strenghten each day. REGION: II, FIRST REGISTERED: 1994 COLORS: GOLD/BROWN STARLITE VAULTERS 5220 N. GREENWOOD AVE., CLOVIS, CA 93611, PHONE: 559/323-8550 Jessica and Kristina enjoy the Board Walk HORSES: NATASHA (BASKAR CURLEY), prior to Halloween Fest. Photo: courtesy Starlite STARLITE’S PORTIA(BELGIAN) We did a demonstration at Malloch Elementary COACHES: ALETHEA TRASKIN, KRISTINA in Fresno for the school carnival to show off our stuff TARANGO, JESSICA MESPLE to a new, enthusiastic crowd. REGION: II, FIRST REGISTERED: 2000 The team performed in the Clovis Rodeo, Clovis COLORS: FUSCHIA/BLACK/SILVER Christmas, and Sanger Christmas parades. We added Alethea Traskin to our costume wardrobe with new elves hats and Twinkle, twinkle, little vaulter star, handmade red vests. We have ordered new team and How I wonder at your grace by far, individual uniforms for the new year. We held a few Up upon that beautiful horse so high vaulter sleep-overs where they didn’t sleep. These Like a bird ready to fly. are always great for team-building. Vaulting at Starlite has been going well. We have Thank you Starlite parents and sponsors for put- nine registered vaulters ages three to twelve years old ting the sparkle in Starlite. on the team. We took it easy this year, only compet- ing at Region II Championships in Grass Valley dur- SUNDANCE VAULTERS NORTH ing the summer and Mt. Eden’s Halloween Fest in 250 MOUNTAIN HOME ROAD, WOODSIDE, October. CA 94062, PHONE: 650/851-7597 EMAIL: [email protected] Tambourine’s Julie Keville performs her HORSES: COSMO(POLISH WB), DRIKUS Gold Kür. Photo: Eric Jewett (DUTCH WB), VICTOR VII (DUTCH WB), THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN VAULTING LITUS (POLISH WB), DUDLEY(QTH), JONAS C 1756 GARZA, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062 (BELGIAN WB), FAUSTUS (GERMAN WB), PHONE: 831/464-9644 IMPERIAL (DUTCH WB), DENIS (GERMAN EMAIL: [email protected] WB), SCARLETTO SUN (TRAK), KILLARNEY HORSES: TINA (QH), FROSTY (ARAB), (DUTCH WB), EAGLES LAST(QH), TESS, COACH: SUZANNE CARLTON, REGION: II COACHES: KELLEE RASOR, CHERYL FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 TAYLOR, AMY LEWIS, ELAINE MITCHELL, LISA DISANTI, REGION: II, FIRST REGIS- WOODSIDE VAULTERS TERED: 1978, COLORS: BLUE/GOLD/ORANGE 250 LA QUESTA WAY, WOODSIDE, CA 94062 PHONE: 650/851-0250 OR 473-9906 TAMBOURINE VAULTERS EMAIL: [email protected] 1 LIBERTY RD., PETALUMA, CA 94952 HORSES: BEAU DAZZLE (CLEVELAND BAY PHONE: 707/665-9281, EMAIL: TAMBOURINE- TB), LADY LIGHTFOOT (BELGIAN/APPY), [email protected] BEN (AMERICAN CREAM), MOONLIGHT HORSES: RUBY (CLYDESDALE), (DUTCH WB), COACH: ISABELLE BIBBLER MONTE (CLYDESDALE), REGION: II, FIRST REGISTERED: 1991, MAUDE (BELGIAN), MAJOR COLORS: PURPLE/TEAL (BELIGIAN); GUNTHER (DUTCH WB), PIRATE (TB), ROBBY (MORGAN), CAMPER (MORGAN), TANK (BELGIAN), MOOSE (BELGIAN), JEWEL New logo (CLYDESDALE/QH), designed by COACHES: KELLEY HOLLY, Morghan Gill Jessica Mesple on Tom at Regionals — we TERESA KEVILLE, REGION: II, FIRST miss him. Photo: courtesy Starlite REGISTERED: 1983, COLORS: GREEN/BLUE At Grass Valley we camped in the back of our Kelley Holly cars and in a very large, fancy travel trailer. We en- Fantastic!, what a year of fun, accomplishments, joyed a train ride, a local tour, dinners, music, bike growth and change. Our horses made us very proud; rides and just had a great time being together. For the for some this was their first year of participation and Woodside Vaulters on Ben at Nationals Halloween Fest we stayed at the AYH Youth Hostel for others it was old hat, each filled a niche that was Photo: Eric Jewett

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competition for most of our kids and I’m sure the new C-team for Nationals featuring Northwind, Emerald Region III situation will cause some rocky moments. Luckily, City and Battlepoint vaulters. Our Kür horse, Lady, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, our coaches, parents and vaulters have learned the went lame. Thanks to Del Dyer, we were able to use Wyoming. Regional Supervisor: virtue of patience. his horse, King. Our team of beginning canter vault- ers, with one silver medalist, rose to the occasion and Wendy Ware 503/628-0918, performed a stunning Kür. [email protected]. Finally, we ended the year by attending the North- west Combined Championships (our Region III cham- BATTLE POINT VAULTING CLUB pionships and the British Columbia Provincial Cham- 5115 NE NORTH TOLO RD., BAINBRIDGE ISL., pionships) in Chilliwack, B.C. Lady was honored with WA 98110-3464, PHONE: 206/780-8184 a well-deserved Horse of the Year award. EMAIL: [email protected] HORSE: MURDOCK (PERCHERON), REDWING VAULTERS COACHES: JUDY BALOGHY, PENNY 5524 258TH AVE NE, REDMOND, MAYDAK, REGION: III, FIRST REGISTERED: WA 98053-2515, PHONE: 425/836-0693, EMAIL: 2000, COLORS: NAVY/TEAL/BURGANDY [email protected] HORSES: DERVISH (SHIRE/TB), TEDDY EMERALD CITY VAULTERS (BELGIAN), COACHES: CINDY & KATY 5821 KEY PENINSULA HWY N, LAKEBAY, WA Mt. Rainier Vaulters Photo: courtesy Mt. Rainier DUPPONG, REGION: III, 98349-9664, PHONE: 253/884-5212 The other coaches and I feel very privileged to FIRST REGISTERED: 1996, EMAIL: [email protected] be working with such dedicated club members and COLORS: BLACK/RED/YELLOW HORSES: BUDDAH (MORGAN X), COPPER committed parents. I know this next year and those to BILL (AMERICAN BASKAR CURLY), YELLOW come will be very exciting and interesting. STORM (AMERICAN.BASKAR CURLY), THUNDER (PERCHERON/LIPPIZAN), NORTHWIND VAULTERS PEACHES (PERCHERON), LADY MAE (QH/ 16355 SW 319TH PLACE, HILLSBORO, CLYDESDALE), JACKIE (PERCHERON) OR 97123, PHONE: 503/628-0918, EMAIL: MORNING DOVE (AMERICAN BASKAR [email protected] CURLY), COACH: TAMEA C. DENAULT, HORSES: CHARADE (CLYDESDALE/TB), REGION: III, FIRST REGISTERED: 1992, LADY (BELGIAN), COACH: EMILY GLEASON, COLORS: BLACK/TEAL REGION: III, FIRST REGISTERED: 1996 COLORS: NAVY/TURQUOISE LEADING EDGE VAULTING TEAM Wendy Ware W 1810 PARADISE RD., SPOKANE, WA 99204 2002 was a very busy year for us. We trailered to PHONE: 509/789-4630, three selection trials in California and then once again EMAIL:[email protected] for Nationals. Needless to say we know I-5 well and COACH: JULIE STEPHENS, REGION: III, FIRST met wonderful people along the way who housed our REGISTERED: 1992, COLORS: TEAL/GREY horses and vaulters. We were more involved with other clubs in Re- MT. RAINIER VAULTERS gion III this year. The Battlepoint Vaulting Club hosted 9412 258TH AVENUE E, BUCKLEY, WA 98321 a clinic in January, Emerald City hosted a spring fest PHONE: 360/829-4298, and a summer camp. We performed as the Northwest EMAIL: [email protected] Vaulters at the Greater Northwest Equine Expo in HORSES: BONNIE (PERCHERON), SMOKEY Albany, Oregon; representing vaulters of Northwind, (DRAFT X), CORY (SWEDISH WB) Redwing, Battlepoint and Cheam from Canada. Our COACHES: BONNIE KUKI, GINGER DOHMEN, final feat of regional cooperation was our composite Redwing competed at Nationals. Photo: Eric Jewett ELIZABETH RICE, REGION: III, FIRST REGISTERED: 2002, COACHES WOW! COLORS: BLACK/WHITE ARE It’s out of our hands. Ginger Dohmen ALWAYS THEY DID IT!!! This past year has been an interesting and educa- COACHING! tional one for our club. We had been vaulting for about a year as a branch of Emerald City Vaulters. Both Em- Wendy Ware, erald City coaches Tammy Denualt and Jodi Dohmen Northwind Rinard were instrumental in helping us develop our coach and club. As our branch continued to grow, it became ap- Tamea parent that it was time to “bite the bullet” and form Denault, our own club. Completing all the necessary paperwork Emerald City coach watch to establish Mt. Rainier Vaulting Club in time for our their composite Regional competition in October required the com- C-team bined efforts of coaches and parents, as well as a lot perform their of help and guidance from the AVA. All of the vault- Kür at ers performed very well and we were happy to make Nationals on our first appearance as Mt. Rainier Vaulters at such a borrowed successful competition. horse, The other coaches and I are very fortunate to have Mt. Tabor’s such helpful and involved parents, and talented vault- King. ers. I’m happy to announce that we will take a trot team to Nationals in Denver this year and I’m look- Photos: ing forward to it. Most of our individuals will be go- courtesy Northwind ing and are all very excited. It will be a first National

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competed at every Nationals since the club was For the second year we have supported a branch Region IV founded in 1982. Through the years the club has di- club in Cuba, New Mexico coached by Gold Medal- Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New vided and spread seeds for new clubs. Region IV has ist, Anna Schulte. Her group is doing very well. We Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas developed to become known for its creative, far-out, hope to field a new team or branch club in Santa Fe push-the-envelope, fun vaulters. For us, vaulting is with Marcy Grace and Isobel Ripple. Regional Supervisor: Noel Martonovich not only competitive, but entertaining as well. 303/277-0356, [email protected] BEE CREEK VAULTERS 3713 BEE CREEK RD., SPICEWOOD, TX 78669 ACORN VAULTERS PHONE: 512/264-9969 53 GUEST COURT, EDGEWOOD, NM 87015 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 505/286-0540 HORSE: CALYPSO (QH), COACHES: PAULA EMAIL: [email protected] JARAMILLO DE RAHAL, TAMARA PAPP HORSE: FOR PETE’S SAKE, REGION: IV, FIRST REGISTERED: 2002 COACH: SUSAN CASKEY COLORS: RED, WHITE, BLUE REGION: IV, FIRST REGISTERED: 1992 Tamara Papp COLORS: BLACK/SILVER Bee Creek Vaulters celebrated its one-year anni- versary this December. Our first year was a total learn- ing experience. We traveled to New Mexico for our Regionals and to California for Nationals and a Thanksgiving clinic with Morning Star vaulting club. The kids and I have learned so much, we just want to keep coming back for more! There is not much vaulting activity here in Texas but we are working on that. I hope to purchase a trailer so our team can give some local demonstrations. Our Mother and daughter Albuquerque Vaulters, horse, Calypso, a 15 year old Quarter Horse, loves his Lee and Maya Thomas competed at the job of vaulting and cannot get enough of the vaulters’ Region IV Halloween Fest. hugs and kisses. He is great at the walk and canter, Photo: courtesy Albuquerque but we had to give up on his trot. It is too fast and just Last February we hosted a great barrel competi- too bouncy for the girls. His canter is beautiful — tion and clinic with Erik Martonovich and we held nice and slow — so we will stick with that. relaxing medal tests with Kitchy Burdette in the We lost one vaulter to a move, but gained an- Spring. Regionals were held in Albuquerque with clubs from Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Our other one to maintain our three vaulters. Having only one horse right now, I think this is perfect. Acorn vaulters competed at Nationals sensational “Night of the Stars” which uses local tal- Photo: Eric Jewett ent alternating with vaulting made money for the Re- If anyone is ever in the Austin area, please look us up. We’d love to do some vaulting with y’all. ALBUQUERQUE VAULTERS gion and exposed more of the horse community to 117 CAMINO ALTO, CORRALES, vaulting. We performed an excellent demonstration NM 87048-7573, PHONE: 505/898-6185 with the Acorn Vaulters at the New mexico Horse Fair. EMAIL: [email protected] We fielded vaulters at all levels for Nationals. Golden HORSES: BLUEBERRY (PERCHERON), MAX Gate’s horse, Boone, provided a last minute mount (TB/CLYDESDALE), COACHES: MERRY COLE, for our composite C-team with Acorn when our horse, KAREN KITTERMAN, REGION: IV, FIRST Max was unable to participate. REGISTERED: 1983, COLORS: TURQUOISE/ We were again invited to the Santa Fe Dog and BLACK Pony Show. Acorn and Albuquerque Vaulters per- BRANCH GROUP: formed in three vaulting circles at once. Erik PONDEROSA BRANCH Martonivich joined us as he was on his way home PHONE: 505/289-2890, from the World Games in Spain. EMAIL: ANNA@ One of the highlights for our region was the Hal- WALKINGSTICK.ORG, loween Fest at the beautiful Old Towne Farm Stables HORSE: BRAVO in Albuquerque judged by Joyce Gussenhoven. Su- san Oakes organized the region’s junior group to run (DRAFT CROSS), When told to close her eyes to concentrate on COACH: ANNA the competition. During their spare time our vaulters balance, this little Bee Creek vaulter SCHULTE. won prizes in parades and fairs for demonstrating their complied — and so did her patient mount. Merry Cole vaulting skills. Photo: courtesy Bee Creek Hey, the Albuquerque Artist and friend of vaulting Emilie (Rainbow) vaulting club is 20 years Touraine conceived a patriotic vaulting painting and, CAMP HORSEMANSHIP ASSOCIATION old and still going strong! with our help, the beautiful Triple Flag was born. 5318 OLD BULLARD ROAD, TYLER, TX 75703 We were the first team in We have some special parents who provide cross PHONE: 800/399-0138, REGION: IV, the New Mexico/Colorado training and other help. Lee Thomas is a yoga, cre- FIRST REGISTERED: 1998 area, the first to host an ative dance and riding teacher specializing in children. AVA annual meeting out- Francie Rodriguez is a gymnastic instructor. Marcy CAPRIOLE VAULTERS side of California, and the Grace has a riding/ballet background and an eye for 9521 RIO GRANDE BLVD NW, first to host an AVA Na- detail. Ursula Kelly puts together our web site and is ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 tional Championship out- a terrific longeur. AnnaClair Hunter helps ride and PHONE: 505/890-4338 side of California. Even exercise the vaulting horses. Catherine Kitterman has HORSES: GALLOWAY (OLDENBURG), TESSA though the team has been been our club president for four years. Karen (ARABIAN), SIR GEORGE (PERCHERON) at a great distance from Albuquerque’s Karen Kitterman has taken over coaching the trot and begin- COACH: MELANIE OMER, REGION: IV many Nationals, Albu- Kitterman on Max ning canter vaulters. Somehow she juggles school FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 querque vaulters have Photo: courtesy Albuquerque and teaching, longeing and vaulting. Quite a gal! COLORS: BLACK/ROYAL BLUE/SILVER

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CHERABLE VAULTERS her mother said, “the wider the better”. As soon as I with our own horse, Doc. What an amazing experi- 225 COUNTRY ROAD 516, IGNACIO, understood that this therapy might keep a wonderful, ence!! If a little team east of the Rockies can send CO 81137-9728, PHONE: 970/563-6517 active, and creative little girl out of a body cast, I was someone to WEG, all you other isolated little teams EMAIL: [email protected] sold and so was our Belgian, Boone. Thus started our out there should set your sights higher — all the way HORSES: CHER (HALFLINGER), CRAYON entry into the field of therapeutic vaulting and it has to the top. (HALFLINGER), COACHES: BARBARA T. been an incredible experience upon which we hope to ENGEL, KATHERINE DARLING, REGION: IV expand. HIGHLAND MEADOW VAULTERS FIRST REGISTERED: 1995 For another first this year, Yossi and Noel began HC 77 BOX 27, LAGUNA, NM 87026-9701 COLORS: PURPLE/PINK giving clinics on training vaulting horses. We started PHONE: 505/831-2423 in our region and went on to do a well received clinic EMAIL: [email protected] DOUGLAS MOUNTAIN VAULTERS in Virginia. It was great fun. As we all know the most HORSES: SPICE GIRL (PAINT), MATILDA 3915 DOUGLAS MTN DR., GOLDEN, CO 80403 important member of the club is the horse. In order to (DONKEY), CINNAMON STAR (TB X), PEPPER PHONE: 303/277-0299 improve the safety and training of the horses, we all ANN (ARABIAN/SADDLE BRED), TEDDY EMAIL: [email protected] need to provide help to clubs to improve their horses. BEAR (TB X), COACH: LYNDA LAURSEN HORSE: JAX (WB), COACH: TERRI HOFFMAN REGION: IV, FIRST REGISTERED: 2000 REGION: IV, FIRST REGISTERED: 1999 COLORS: PURPLE/BLACK/FOREST GREEN/ COLORS: BLUE/SILVER SILVER EQUE STARZ MILE-HIGH VAULTERS PO BOX 1025, FRANKTOWN, CO 80116 2100 DARTMOUTH AVE., BOULDER, PHONE: 720/851-4925 CO 80305, PHONE: 303/931-7072 EMAIL: [email protected] EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: ETERNAL SAN (QH), RED RIBBON HORSES: LAPUS LAZULI (BELGIAN), (BELGIAN/PERCHERON), LLORELEI (BELGIAN), PEACHES COACH: STAR HUGHES, REGION: IV (PERCHERON), AMIDALA (PERCHERON/ FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 PAINT), XENA (PERCHERON/OLDENBURG) COACH: JODI RINARD, REGION: IV GOLDEN GATE VAULTERS FIRST REGISTERED: 2002 5016 CRAWFORD GULCH RD., GOLDEN, COLORS: GREEN AND GOLD CO 80403-8112, PHONE: 303/277-0356 Jodi Rinard (formerly Dohmen) EMAIL: [email protected] The Mile-High Vaulters is a brand new club in HORSES: DOC(BELGIAN), BOONE (BELGIAN), Boulder, Colorado. I moved to Boulder when I got COMET (BELGIAN), JEZABEL (IBERIAN WB), married. I brought my Percheron mare, Peaches, with COACHES: ERIK MARTONOVICH, MATTHEW me from Seattle and started recruiting. All our vault- MARTONOVICH, ALETHEA SHELTON ers this year are brand new to vaulting. We appreci- REGION: IV, FIRST REGISTERED: 1994 ate the support of all the Region IV clubs in helping COLORS: BLACK/RED us get started. Noel Martonovich In February we gained two pregnant Belgian Expanding our Horizons mares (Lazi and Lori) and then we got future vaulting New vaulters, old vaulters in new routines, new horses Ranger and Red when their colts were born. programs, new demonstration venues, and new clin- ics have been the focus of Little Spring Ranch and Golden Gate Vaulters this year. After taking a look at what we have done in the past, we decided that this was the year for new things. We opened up a tiny tots program, a therapeutic program, new explorations into Golden Gate’s “Super” team at the Region the world of performance, and an outreach program IV Halloween Fest on Boone. Photo: courtesy Golden Gate with clinics for vaulting and for training vaulting horses. We also expanded on our tradition of bringing Our older vaulters got the chance to see vaulting vaulting and performing to a larger audience. Our team performed on Doc accompanied by a full symphony from “the other side” when we put on a fun day with orchestra at the Denver Stock Show. At the Rocky the vaulters running the show. They were the judges, Mountain Horse Expo Pat Parreli acted at our emcee clinicians, scorers, scribes, gatekeepers, announcers, for two days of educational vaulting seminars. Jan longeurs, and music players. It was a new experience Weber manned the AVA sponsored vaulting booth all for all of them and made them appreciate how hard during the Expo. Taking performance vaulting to a all competition volunteers and judges work. We hope new level, Erik, Alethea, and Greta spent three weeks this experience gives the vaulters the confidence to doing a show at the California State Fair along with go on and become our new generation of judges, the famous Kambarov Riders, formerly from the Mos- coaches, longeurs, and volunteers. cow Circus. Taking a group of our vaulters on a road Since all of our vaulters were beginning to get a trip can be exciting and Erik’s trip to Kansas City for little “long in the tooth”, we decided this was the year the American Royal Horse Show was certainly that. to recruit younger ones, so we started a tiny tots divi- After many travails which would qualify them for a sion. Since our horses are all well over 17 hands, we Chevy Chase road trip movie, they arrived and put on Lazi and Ranger Photo: courtesy Mile High weren’t expecting very young vaulters but, low and a great performance accompanied by a live symphony behold, we received calls from parents of a five-year orchestra and their singer. Vaulters from our club went Our first event was a trip to regionals in Albu- old and then a three-year old. Three seemed much too out to give clinics to pony clubs, 4- H clubs, and Erik querque. It was a great experience and all the vault- young to me but the child’s mother insisted that Marit even managed to give a clinic at the University level ers got motivated to improve. Our next stop was a had been riding since she was 18 months and this is with the great U Conn Vaulting Team. demonstration at the Boulder County Horseman’s just what she needed because she has hip dysplasia. With an incredible amount of help from the Association horse show. We gave the audience a When I suggested that our horses are much too wide, community,we went to the World Equestrian Games (Continued)

Vaulting World 13 February 2003 2002 AVA Club Reports (Mile High Vaulters continued) acre, but we have room for our two horses, three dogs, scary and lots of people came over afterwards to say chance to try vaulting after the performance. Every- and an outdoor vaulting arena. It still needs a lot of hello and give me a pat. That same evening, all of us one seemed to love it and several of the adults en- work: lighting, a music stand, and better arena foot- were part of the evening entertainment, called the joyed it so much that we began an adult vaulting class. ing. The ranch owner, Dave Elsner, has been a great Texas Showcase. It was a huge arena with lots of Our adult vaulters like the chance to relax with the help by making our arena level with his tractor and people but I did not like that pickup truck at the far horses, improve flexibility, c oordination and balance, letting our team keep the ranch’s name— Rolling Clo- end of the arena setting things up for the next part of and have a little fun. ver. With his help and that of many others, it is all the show. Somehow they stopped that truck and we coming together. went on with the vaulting. There were so many horses In early December we did our first vaulting dem- at Horse O Rama but none were my size, so I cer- onstration at The Urban Farm, a nonprofit organiza- tainly caught a lot of attention!! tion dedicated to giving city kids a chance to learn, care for, and ride horses. This week we learned they are starting their own vaulting team. Rolling Clover Vaulters and Golden Gate performed well, from wav- ing and blowing kisses to dancing. It was fun and a great learning experience. As owner and longeur of our 17.3 hand Belgian vaulting horse, Rocky, I took him to a small hunter- jumper schooling show this past fall. Imagine a show full of ponies and small hunters and Rocky! He was the talk of the show and earned a fifth place in the hunter cross-rail division, and schooled over the two- foot cross-country course. It was amusing when the announcer yelled, “The draft horse is jumping the cross-country course!” and told riders to clear out. Mile High’s Coach, Jodi , performs a bridge Heads turned to watch as we went lumbering across Meg Fletcher coaches rider Michelle on Peaches. Photo: courtesy Mile High the field and over jumps. McWhorter at the dressage clinic. We also vaulted in a local parade and gave dem- Rocky has also mastered the art of bowing, which Photo: courtesy Welch Rabbits onstrations afterward. The organizers of the event had he showed off when he bowed to the judge at Region Just a couple of months later, the Welsh Rabbits a,”bank robbery” planned. Unfortunately the Sheriff’s IV’s Halloween Fest in New Mexico. He is now start- and I were invited to be a part of the Dallas Dressage horse was delayed by a flat tire. The Sheriff asked if ing to learn to lay down on cue. He seems to enjoy— Club’s big spring show, called Dressage in Bloom. It Peaches would mind helping out. She agreed and so actually love — this activity as it brings him many was so special I even got a bath before we went on, Peaches and the Sheriff amazed the crowd and arrested treats and pats. He also cross trains with dressage with and a farrier trimmed my hooves. I looked lovely, if I the “bank robbers”. the help of my riding instructor and horse trainer, Noel do say so myself. It was in a covered outdoor arena In November our very small club was joined by a Martonovich, from Golden Gate. Noel has helped a so it was similar to what I know, but I have to tell you, US Pony Club group for a four-week introduction to lot with our Rolling Clover team and is a big roll model I made it difficult for the vaulters because I kept mak- vaulting. They enjoyed vaulting so much they decided for our vaulters. ing very small circles as I trotted around. Everyone to vault regularly. All of these vaulters are dedicated Recently we gained four new members with a was mad at me but I still got lots of carrots. and talented horse people and they learned very possible fifth starting soon. We also participated in quickly. Region IV’s first holiday fest on December 29th, with Our last event of the season was a competition one of our newest vaulters. What a way to end the and clinic, New Year Fun Day, designed specifically year! Way to go, Rolling Clover! for beginning vaulters. The more experienced vault- ers in the area got a chance to organize and judge a WELSH RABBITS competition. I hope they learned as much as the Mile- 3721 COUNTRY VISTA DR., BURLESON, High Vaulters beginners. We certainly appreciated TX 76028, PHONE: 817/561-9947 their help and teaching. All of our vaulters had a great EMAIL: [email protected] time and came home with piles of ribbons. Most of HORSES: LADYBUG (TB), NITA, COACHES: them had been vaulting for six to eight weeks and they MEG FLETCHER, CHRIS PRATT, REGION: IV put on wonderful performances. One of the greatest FIRST REGISTERED: 1998, things about vaulting is to see how much new vault- COLORS: BLACK/PURPLE ers can improve. This very talented group did more (Editor’s note: ghostwriten by Chris Pratt) than I would have believed possible. Hi this is Nita, short for Hermanita, and I am a After a successful first year, we are hoping for member of the Welsh Rabbit Vaulting Club. I want our first trip to Nationals here in Denver in 2003. to tell everyone about My First Year as a Vaulting ROLLING CLOVER VAULTERS Horse. 9854 W HAWAII DR., LAKEWOOD, The club brought me from my home of New Mexico last year but I didn’t get into vaulting much CO 80232-6312, PHONE: 303/987-5993 over the summer. Do you have any idea how hot and EMAIL: [email protected] humid the Texas summers are? That first summer I HORSES: RED HUMMER (TB), ROCKY got overheated just by walking around Meg Fletcher’s Ann Allen and Lydia Pratt perform at Horse (BELGIAN/DRAFT), COACHES: ANGELA & property! They gave me the summer off, but after the O Rama. Photo: courtesy Welsh Rabbits VERONICA TURNER, REGION: IV, weather cooled, I started my training as a vaulting They all went away for a few days to something FIRST REGISTERED: 2001, horse. called Regionals. Then when they came back, I found COLORS: GREEN/WHITE/BLACK In the early spring, they brought me to an event out what vaulting camp was all about. They did it last Veronica Turner called Horse O Rama. I heard them say it’s an event year with their old horse, Ladybug, but this was my This year has been a fun and exciting year for that started about 15 years ago as a way to bring people first experience. For one week the vaulters and other Rolling Clover Vaulters. It has also been hard at times interested in horses together and a way to share infor- people I didn’t know came vaulted most of the day. as any beginning, growing team would be. We moved mation. We did a vaulting session (they called it a First it was on those stationary horses called barrels to a small horse property about three miles east from “demo”) during the day in one of the arenas. That but then they put the surcingle on me and made me an where we used to live. It is about two thirds of an was my first performance and it was fun and not too integral part of the camp. I never worked so hard in

Vaulting World 14 February 2003 2002 AVA Club Reports my life!! Of course at the end of each day they gave Balance Vaulters had the opportunity to host two me treats and carrots and I was hosed off which felt Region IX remarkable clinics this year. Nancy Stevens-Brown great! The end of the week we put on a performance Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, joined us for a weekend in the summer to inspire our for friends and family to show what we all learned Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachu- canter vaulters and others from around Region IX. We during vaulting camp. closed our vaulting year with a much welcomed vault- As I said these Texas summers are brutal and I’m setts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New ing horse/longeur training clinic taught by Yossi and very glad the humans think so also. Over the summer Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Penn- Noel Martonovich. the vaulters would come later in the evening and some- sylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, One of our vaulters, Silver Medalist Emily times they didn’t use me at all. That was real nice. Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia. Regional Flannagan, retired from competition and became en- My most recent public performance was in the gaged to Brian Kirkpatrick this year. fall. A dressage instructor had scheduled a three-day Supervisor: Jen Williams 301/317-7964, Balance Vaulters look forward to 2003 with great clinic for her students and wanted to add vaulting as a [email protected] enthusiasm. We hope to reach more youth in the com- part of the clinic, to help her students increase their munity through demonstrations and camps. We are flexibility and to have them be more comfortable bal- BALANCE VAULTERS determined to raise enough money to send vaulters to ancing on their horses. At least that’s what I heard 1867 SPRUCE LANE, MAIDEN, VA 23102 Nationals in Denver. And we want to vault, vault, from the humans anyway. My vaulters did a little PHONE: 804/556-6376 vault! work on me, and then I got to be the first vaulting EMAIL:[email protected], horse that most of those adults had ever been on. There WEBSITE: WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/BALANCE BLUE STAR VAULTERS was a lot of laughter that day! The only bad part was VAULTERS/, HORSES: ORION (CANADIAN 2545 WHITE HORSE ROAD, BERWYN, getting out of the trailer there and then when we re- SPORTHORSE), KURT (BELGIAN), NORMAN PA 19312, PHONE: 610/408-9846 turned home. It would have been so much easier if (PERCHERON/TB), COACHES: EMILY AND HORSES: PRINCE (PERCHERON/TB) they would have let me turn around and walk out but KATIE FLANNAGAN, BONNIE REDDING COACH: NICOLE D’AURIOL for some reason those humans think I should back out REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1996 REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 2003COL- of trailers. There was a long “discussion” when we COLORS: GREEN/WHITE, PURPLE ORS: DARK BLUE/LIGHT BLUE/SILVER returned home and I finally backed out but didn’t like Katie Flannagan Balance Vaulters had an awesome year. Our en- CAMP FARWELL ergy was focused on developing a solid vaulting pro- PO BOX 84, WEST NEWBURY, VT 05085 gram and building membership based on the program’s PHONE: 802/429-2844 quality. Two years ago our club had dwindled to three EMAIL: [email protected] vaulters. We will start the new year with twelve en- HORSES: SUE BEAR (DRAFT X), MOLLIE thusiastic vaulters, an awesome group of parents, and (DRAFT X), COACH: LEANNE WOODWARD a team of willing horses. REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 2002 Our vaulters successfully competed in regional CATOCTIN VAULTING CLUB fests, enjoyed fun fests and earned medals. All of our PO BOX 169, LINCOLN, VA 20160 vaulters did an awesome job of achieving their per- PHONE: 540/338-0059 sonal vaulting goals by the Great Falls/Topaz Fall Fest. EMAIL: [email protected] They prompted their coach to keep her promise to dye HORSE: SOCKS (QH) her hair blue for the evening pizza party. I needed help and encouragement getting out COACH: VIRGINIA GELLER We went out into the community. Vaulters per- of the trailer. Photo: courtesy Welch Rabbits REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1994 formed demonstrations for our summer campers and it at all! COLORS: TEAL/PURPLE/BLACK I’m going to be sad later this year because one of for the Rising Stars 4-H Horse Show. Several vault- ers and parents helped with our summer campers. my vaulters, Ann Allen, is leaving the club. I’ve heard CAVALIER VAULTERS Vaulters visited a local horse farm to help teach res- them say she’s going somewhere called “college” and cued Premarin foals to lead, tie, and stand for groom- 193 DUCK POND DR., GROTON, MA 01450 although I don’t know where Santa Cruz is, I think ing. The local newspapers generously covered our PHONE: 978/448-4193 it’s far away. She said she’s going to join a vaulting sport and club activities and our NBC affiliate fea- EMAIL: [email protected] club there and I sure hope that vaulting horse likes tured vaulters on a local news program about the sport HORSE: DAN (TB), REGION: IX her as much as I do!! of vaulting. FIRST REGISTERED: 1996, COLORS: HUNTER So things are good for me in my new life as a GREEN/NAVY BLUE/WHITE vaulting horse. There are other horses here and plenty of people to visit with me. The vaulters move all DARE TO DREAM HI-FLYERS around me and I don’t mind, but I sure get tired of 16 DANIEL SHAYS HWY, ORANGE, MA 01364 that woman with the vaulting whip that makes me go PHONE: 978/575-0341, EMAIL: around and around. Walk, Trot, Ho, Stand, Trot – I [email protected] sure wish she’d make up her mind!! They do have a HORSES: WF’S FLASHDANCE (APPALOOSA), stallion here named Moose but I don’t get to visit him MOLLY (PERCHERON), COACH: SANDRA much because they don’t turn him out and let him WHITMORE, REGION: IX, FIRST REGIS- loose. It’s too bad because I think he’s really cute!! TERED: 1997, COLORS: RED/WHITE/BLUE WINDSONG VAULTERS DURHAM CREEK VAULTERS P.O. BOX 1574, WIMBERLEY, TX 78676 1820 ELM STREET, BETHLEHEM, PA 18017 PHONE: 512/847-0642 PHONE: 610/867-5040 EMAIL: [email protected] EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: BUBBA (TB X), DAKOTA (APPAL- HORSE: JAKE (PERCHERON/ARABIAN) OOSA, REGION IV, FIRST REGISTERED 2003 COACH: CLOTILDE PETERS, REGION: IX FIRST REGISTERED: 1997 Is your club NOT represented by a story, COLOR: ROYAL BLUE article, picture or drawing? Next year’s Club Reports issue will be the February, FALCONWOOD VAULTERS 2004 Issue. Remember to send in your 1187 FLOYD STREET, COVINGTON, GA 30014 material in December, 2003. PHONE: 770/786-7283 Grooming lessons at camp Photo: courtesy Balance (Continued)

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(Falconwood Vaulters continued) HUNTERS RIDGE in the 2002 United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Musical Freestyle Symposium held in Raleigh, North EMAIL: [email protected], HORSES: ANGUS EQUESTRIAN CENTER Carolina on November 1 through 3, 2002. The sym- (QH), OLANO (DUTCH WB), DENNIS 2507 MILL RD., POWHATAN, VA 23139 posium presenters included Terry Ciotti Gallo, Jennie (BELIGIAN/QH), GARETH (BELGIAN), PHONE: 804/598-2780 Loriston-Clarke, and Debbie McDonald judging se- SCOTTIE (BELGIAN X), COACH: PRISCILLA HORSES: PERSONAL KEEPSAKE (WELSH lected riders from USDF First Level through elite FEI B. FAULKNER, REGION: IX, FIRST REGIS- COB), HUNTERS CHELSEA (WELSH), Grand Prix Freestyle Champions. TERED: 1989, COLORS: BLUE/BLACK/RED SNICKERS (APPALOOSA), CHEYENNE (APPALOOSA), BUCKSHOT (MINI), TINKER- GREAT FALLS VAULTERS BELL (SHETLAND), TRACK (TB), 1015 BROAD BRANCH CT., MCCLEAN, COACH: KATHY PITT, REGION: IX, FIRST VA 22101, PHONE: 703/903-2496, EMAIL: REGISTERED: 2001, COLORS: GREEN/TAN [email protected] HORSES: MURPHY (BELGIAN X), GOLDIE IN HARMONY VAULTERS (BELGIAN), COACH: JENNIFER WILLIAMS PO BOX 156, HOPKINTON, RI 2833 REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1978 PHONE: 401/364-0598 COLORS: DEEP GREEN/MAROON/ROYAL EMAIL: [email protected] BLUE HORSES: CASSIE (BELGIAN), BALOO (TB) Jen Williams COACH: VICKI SHERRADEN, REGION: IX 2002 was a year of team-building for Great Falls FIRST REGISTERED: 1998 Vaulters. Several of our vaulters passed medal ex- COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/WHITE/BLACK ams. We began training new horses. We borrowed from MAPLELAWN FARM VAULTING CLUB and lent horses to our neighboring teams and we par- 10981 ROUTE 38 N, NEWARK VALLEY, ticipated in several clinics and competitions. Our in- NY 13811-1731, PHONE: 607/642-8754 credible team parents took care of and conditioned EMAIL: [email protected] the horses, ran our annual spring and fall competi- HORSES: PADDINGTON (BELGIAN), FOXY tions (in cooperation with other local teams), built LADY (QH), COACH: STEPHANIE SIEMENS barrels, supported the vaulters at demonstrations, and REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1997 did everything else to ensure that we always had a fun COLORS: FOREST GREEN/WHITE/NAVY and safe time at vaulting. Great Falls parents also participated in AVA educational activities by helping MARE WILLOW VAULTERS to host the East Coast Judges Forum (led by Jeff 168 BEAVER DAM RD., PLYMOUTH, MA 02360 Moore) in September. PHONE: 508/224-9559 Our biggest event this year was our October dem- EMAIL: [email protected] onstration at the Washington International Horse HORSES: SAMSON BUCK (QH), DAGOBERT Mt. Tabor vaulters Photo: Christine Appel-Bucierka Show. This was by far the most prominent and glam- (CANADIAN), COACHES: MARTHA Mt Tabor vaulters presented a demonstration of orous demonstration that most of our team members CANTRILL, AMY MCCUNE, REGION: IX FIRST vaulting to the symposium participants. After the dem- had ever done. For all except a couple of our senior REGISTERED: 2002 onstration, vaulters answered many questions regard- vaulters and our stalwart Belgian-cross Murphy, it was ing the training of vaulting horses and vaulters. Many quite a new experience! We practiced diligently for MATRIX VAULTING PROGRAMS participants expressed interest in vaulting as training months to ensure that the big day would go off with- PHONE: 508/830-0448 for young riders to keep their interest strong while out a hitch. We knew that all of our preparation had EMAIL: [email protected] increasing their skills. paid off when we left the arena to the appreciative HORSE: SAMPSON BUCK (QH) The vaulters later participated in “Dancing with roar of the crowd — a fast-moving and flawless demo COACH: AMY MCCUNE, REGION: IX Horses”. This musical equestrian extravaganza fea- completed! COLORS: BLUE AND WHITE tured costumed riders performing the theatrical musi- cal of The Lion King. Kim Beisecker and parents, MID-ATLANTIC VOLTIGEURS Christie Dapper and Sanford Price-O’Brien designed 7 MEADOWVIEW, ANNANDALE, and made the royal blue and silver unitards to enhance NJ 08801-3357, PHONE: 908/735-2570 the vaulter’s depiction of constellations in the sky. EMAIL: [email protected] Other riders wore elaborate African animal costumes. COACH: ALICE OLDFORD Tigger Montague, FEI rider and trainer who has REGION: IX choreographed music for dressage freestyles since FIRST REGISTERED: 1991 1991, directed the evening performance. Tigger had COLORS: BLACK/RED seen Mt Tabor vaulters at a local demonstration more than a year ago. As rehearsals began she felt that vault- MT. TABOR VAULTERS ing would be the best way to portray the constella- 620 DEERCROFT DR., tions. With Tigger’s specifications, the team choreo- BLACKSBURG, VA 24060-8910 graphed the routines to taped music and then went to Many of the Great Falls Vaulters with PHONE: 540/951-4816 North Carolina for the dress rehearsal, presentation, Murphy and Goldie in Washington, D.C. EMAIL: [email protected] and celebrations. The Dyer’s horses, King and Ashlea, Photo: courtesy Great Falls HORSES: KING (PERCHERON), JACK carried the eleven vaulters in the show. The vaulters We always enjoy the camaraderie and fun of vault- (PERCHERON), ASHLEA (PERCHERON), exited to a standing ovation by thousands of specta- ing events and hope to work with other teams to help WARLORD BARS (APPALOOSA), HIGH HAT tors. They also developed friendships with many of make 2003 a terrific year for east coast vaulting. ANDY, COACHES: KIM BEISECKER, DORIS the dressage riders. At the end of the event Tigger DYER, REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1990 noted, “I’ve become your biggest fan.” HIGH VAULTAGE COLORS: PURPLE/JADE GREEN/BLACK Further adding to this exciting travel experience 114 MASON ROAD, VALATIE, NY 12184 Kim V. Beisecker was the team’s attendance at the premier showing of PHONE: 518/392-7682, EMAIL: MOTOOLE@ When do vaulters become stars? When they rep- Star Wars in the IMAX format. Their team warm-up TACONIC.NET, HORSES: WILLIAM, HAN, resent the lion kings of the past during the premiere suits caught the attention of the media covering the COACH: ANJA O’TOOLE, REGION IX, FIRST theatrical musical on horseback of The Lion King. Mt event and team members were interviewed for the REG.: 1999, COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/BLACK Tabor Vaulters enjoyed the privilege of participating evening news.

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NEW ENGLAND VALKYRIES through sheep shearing contests and four-in-hands! SHOOTING STARS VAULTING CLUB PO BOX 404, LITTLETON, MA 01460 Vaulting is growing in the northeast and we have a lot 6903 HARDING HWY, MAYS LANDING, PHONE: 978/952-6787 of fun introducing new audiences to vaulting. NJ 8330, PHONE: 609/476-4266 EMAIL: [email protected] On a bright note, one of my dressage students EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: GENERAL ORESZAK (BELGIAN/QH/ brought her horse for dressage training this month. HORSES: SCOTTY (BELGIAN/QH), KRAMER APPALOOSA), FAXX (BELGIAN/TB), DEVON He seemed like he might be the vaulting type so we (PERCHERON), BEN (BELGIAN), COACHES: (PERCHERON/TB), NORMAN (DUTCH WB), threw the surcingle on and he’s taking to it so quickly DANA VAN VRANKEN, HELENE TERRY, COACH: RACHAEL E. MARKELS WEBBER, that we wonder if perhaps he was a vaulting horse in REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1998, REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1994 a previous life! Hopefully you’ll be hearing more about COLORS: PURPLE/SILVER/BLACK Rachel Markels-Webber him. His name is Molliere but I call him Moses be- Rick VanVranken cause he seems so wise! Our year ended on a sad note. Our horse Faxx Maybe it was a sign of things to come. Maybe it We’re so looking forward to Nationals in Denver was put down on December 16. Faxx was a special, was just a coincidence. On November 17, 2001, people and can’t wait to see you all there! once-in-a-lifetime horse. During his brief career he along the east coast were treated to the biggest and captured the hearts and imagination of everyone he brightest Leonid meteor shower of the century. Ear- PREMIER’S RIDING SCHOOL touched. As our first canter horse, he helped numer- lier that same day, a few of those folks were treated to ous vaulters achieve their goals in competition and 1675 BLUEBIRD DR., SUMTER, SC 29115 a vaulting demonstration by a reorganized and rein- medal tests. He was selected to be the Best Canter PHONE: 803/469-3099 vigorated Shooting Stars Vaulting Club. That demon- and Best Trot Horse at the Great Falls Fest his first EMAIL: [email protected] stration, at the grand opening of the new arena and year vaulting. HORSES: LITTLE BIT (TB), JOHN (BELGIAN) stables of the Atlantic Riding Center for the Handi- Stellar as his career was in vaulting he was an COACH: PAMELA SHEAF, capped (ARCH), was the start of our biggest and equally talented dressage horse. With another black REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 2000 brightest season yet in 2002. draft cross, we created a pas-de-deux, which was per- COLORS: HUNTER GREEN/NAVY BLUE The team went to that demo with just four vault- formed at large recognized dressage shows through- SHEA-ROSE VAULTERS ers, having limited practices at fair-weather-only fa- out New England where we never scored below a cilities, and not knowing if our Belgian-Quarterhorse 2411 WAXHAW-MARVIN RD., WAXHAW, 70%. After placing fifth in the NEDA Sweepstakes, Scottie, who came to us with contracted tendons, NC 28173, PHONE: 704/843-4306 held at a CVI, Faxx went on to dazzle the crowds by would ever be able to canter consistently. The perfor- doing an award-winning vaulting demonstration! Faxx EMAIL: [email protected] mance so impressed the coordinators at ARCH that was featured in the Chronicle of the Horse several HORSES: PETALBROOK ELECTRA they offered us their facilities, and intrigued a few times as a dressage horse and a vaulting horse. We (MORGAN), BASIC DOC (QH), spectators who anxiously joined the team. 2002 be- miss him. MOSES (PERCHERON), gan with seven vaulters, weekly practices at the ARCH We spent a lot of this year without a canter horse. COACH: CAROL LAND, REGION: IX indoor arena, and the regular workouts helped Scottie Although frustrating, it gave us the incentive to have FIRST REGISTERED: 1993 get better. vaulters play elsewhere which they enjoyed tremen- COLORS: RED/BLACK/WHITE Our ARCH connec- dously! Alyssa Bray- tion has been great in shaw spent six weeks in other ways too. They in- the spring doing an in- vited us to join them for ternship with Rick two more demonstra- Hawthorne for which tions. In March, the team she received high performed in the Atlantic school credit! She re- City Convention Center turned to Valley View for Kid’s Fair, a local over the summer and event that attracts nearly was able to compete at 10,000 spectators. A few Nationals. Not to be hundred people saw the outdone, Claire Rosen- two demonstrations feld spent some time amongst the hundreds of with Mt Eden in the spring and then returned to com- American and French vaulters dance in exhibits, blaring sirens, and Miss America’s singing, pete with them at Nationals as well. For both girls, Thiers. Photo: courtesy Shea Rose but thousands of youngsters and their parents patted Scottie, who stood like a trooper through the eight these were life-changing experiences. Carol Land Horse problems continued to plague the canter hour event, while the team talked about vaulting. It The highlight of our year was a trip to Thiers, team this fall so the vaulters joined the University of was a similar experience, though outdoors and only France (see October 2002 issue of Vaulting World, Connecticut team and did some college vaulting! One competing with a fantastic bluegrass band a few hun- page 18); organized by my sister’s team (Vaulting of my proudest moments as a coach came this fall dred feet away, when the team put on a ‘Born to be Visions). We spent a week with our hosts preparing watching Kathryn Bjorklund receive her Bronze Wild’ demo at the Earth Day Celebration hosted at for a French-USA vaulting exhibition that included: Medal after only getting to do all the moves at the the Atlantic County Utilities Authority Eco-park. Fun clowns, acrobatics and accessories. The whole group canter four times! Barrel work apparently does pay performances for enthusiastic crowds, which was even was also involved in a quadrille with dancers on the off — as does sheer determination! greater at our Atlantic County 4H Fair in August, ground and vaulters behind the riders. After the exhi- Another highlight was having German exchange brought us six new vaulters this year. bition, some of us rode the six exhibition horses for student, Fritti Biegler, spend the year with us. She fit Throw in a some successful competitions and two hours through the lovely countryside back to the right in. Her upbeat attitude and enthusiasm for the you’d think our vaulters would be satisfied, but a quick barns — bareback! sport added much to our club. Her coach actually was poll of some of the team members revealed the high- Our group of US vaulters, from five different lights of 2002 were, by far, clinics with world class impressed with the training she got here and she now teams, became much closer as a result of this experi- vaulters Kerith Lemon, Matthias Lang, and Erik vaults on a B-team! Having Fritti was a great experi- ence. It was especially precious for me to be able to Martonovich; vaulting with friends at UConn; and ence for all of us and we continue to keep in touch travel with my family members. having Scottie named Canter Horse of the Fest at the through email and the occasional phone call. The Thiers group was inspiring to both the vault- Great Falls-Topaz Vaulters Fall Fest. Scottie carried We continued to promote vaulting at several dem- ers and our coaches. We look forward to hosting them all the Shooting Stars and UConn canter vaulters, as onstrations, all of which were great fun! Dressed in next summer and giving them a taste of the USA. It well as a couple of trot kids, without fussing a bit. poodle skirts and ponytails we dazzled crowds at fairs was such a wonderful opportunity to see more of the Clinics bolstered the enthusiasm and confidence and fancy equine centers as we warmed up to the music world and have the opportunity to vault on great of every vaulter who participated and our coaches, from Grease! Our young horse bravely trotted around horses. (Continued)

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(Shooting Stars continued) always been amazed and appreciative of our perfor- our practices are held in our home town, Cedar Hill, Dana and Helene, brought that enthusiasm back to the mances. I was featured in the Mid-South Horse Re- Tennessee. The constant traveling for practice doesn’t rest of the team. However, our youngest vaulter is the view in a great article about vaulting with pictures. hold a candle to the miles we will travel to compete. best example and our endorsement of the value of On a local level, we encourage vaulters to bring their So far this year, we are planning on attending five working with top level vaulters. Little Anna was con- family and friends to practice so they can get a chance competitions which will rack up a total of 6,836 miles. sidering moving up to canter after winning trot classes to see vaulting in action. Despite this staggering number, we are all very ex- in the spring, but Mom and Dad were more than a Cross Training cited and can’t wait until our first competition! Of course, special measures and extra time will be incor- little skeptical. Reaching the handles to mount 16.2 In order to keep vaulting fun and interesting for porated into our travel plans to make sure that the hand Scottie at the trot seemed to be enough of a chal- both people and horses, we participate in other activi- horses are comfortable at any cost, after all, they travel lenge, but after a weekend with Kerith, she was mount- ties. Every one of our vaulters also rides horses. The as much as we do! We’re hitting the road and will see ing UConn’s 17 hand Rio at the canter. She went on majority are members of a United States Pony Club. I most of you this year! to win unrated canter classes on both Scottie at the find that USPC teaches many valuable lessons includ- Great Falls/Topaz Fest and Rio at the VIP Fest in the ing good horsemanship, responsibility and teamwork. SMALL WONDER PONY CLUB fall. Follow that up with pointers from Matthias and Having vaulters with previous horse experience is VAULTING TEAM Erik, and Anna is getting pretty fearless. extremely helpful when training a new horse. It is also 421 KINGS HWY., MILFORD, DE 19963 Anna is now flying high. Sharing horses and clin- helpful for them to be familiar with horses and how PHONE: 302/422-4171, ics with UConn Vaulters helped set the stage for our they move when they start vaulting. Some of our vault- EMAIL: [email protected] next goal. Look for a UConn-Shooting Stars compos- ers also participate in dance classes, which help de- HORSES: BUBBA(BELGIAN/CLYDESDALE), ite team as we’ve set our sites on Denver. velop flexibility and balance. It’s a great way for them TWIGGY (PERCHERON), DIESEL (CLYDES- to stay in good shape for vaulting as well. SILVER STAR VAULTERS DALE X), COACH: GLENDA & JACLYN Kaitlin 3235 BENTON RD., CEDAR HILL, TN 37032 ADKINS, REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: Libby 2000, COLORS: RED/BLACK/WHITE PHONE: 615/389-2962 jumps EMAIL: [email protected] her SMALL WORLD VAULTING TEAM HORSES: STAR (QH), GRACE (PERCHERON), horse. WINCHESTER (HAFLINGER), CAPTAIN (QH/ 937 WEST EVANS ROAD, VIOLA, DE 19979 BELGIAN), COACH: MARY MCCORMICK PHONE: 302/284-9898 REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 2002 HORSES: SUNDAE (PAINT), DAKOTA (PAINT) COLORS: TEAL/SILVER/WHITE COACH: JOWANA LAMB, REGION: IX Mary McCormick FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/WHITE/BLACK The Silver Star Vaulters officially became a club in February of 2002. Since then good fortune and hard TOPAZ VAULTERS work have helped this team begin to take shape. Now Photos: courtesy 3912 CHANTILLY ROAD, CHANTILLY, that vaulting is gaining some well-deserved recogni- Silver Star VA 20151, PHONE: 703/378-5987 tion in Tennessee, we have gotten a lot more interest EMAIL: [email protected] in the sport and are increasing AVA membership. HORSES: TOPAZ (GRADE/DRAFT), DUKE (PERCHERON X), BREEZE (TRAK/TB), ANDROMEDA (SHIRE), GINGER (BELGIAN), MY ALIBI (TB/PERCHERON) Popeye COACH: CHRIS APPEL-BUCIERKA at the REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1981 Middle COLORS: BLACK/MAGENTA/PURPLE Tenessee Christine Appel-Bucierka Pony Four years ago Adromeda, better known as Club Drommie, came to the Topaz club as a donation. She Horse was a barely broken eight-year-old who had been Trials kicked in the face as a foal and hit by a car as a filly. Our horses also participate in activities outside We dealt with teeth problems and vehicle spooking of vaulting. We make it a point to go on a relaxing problems. Drommie wore a longing cavason and no trail ride at least once a week to give the horses a break bit could be in her mouth for three years. After exten- from the weekly routine. Captain and Winchester are sive dentistry (see Vaulting World, April 2002 issue, ridden in Pony Club activities, and Star and Grace are page 21) she was deemed ok to wear a bit for the Fall both ridden leisurely and jumped on occasion. We do Fest of 2001. Her competition performance was less a variety of different activities on the horses to keep than satisfactory so she was given six months to shape them fresh and willing to vault and to help keep them up or she would be out of vaulting. Red Revelle, a healthy and happy, and not bored with their careers. horse trainer of 47 years, was hired to teach “Behav- ioral Training” to her longeur and to train her primary Going the Distance rider how to deal with her under saddle. Vaulting takes a lot of dedication, and traveling Red’s techniques are similar to those of Monty Mary McCormick at Equifair in Memphis is all part of it. Silver Star knows this first hand! We Photo: courtesy Silver Star Roberts, Pat Parelli, Kenny Harwood and numerous have vaulters from Kentucky and Tennessee who all others. With the use of a strong rope halter and a 12 Demonstrations have at least an hour drive to make it to practice. Since to 14 foot rope, the trainer gets the horse to do a series I have found that when explaining vaulting to this can put quite a strain on the vaulting parents, we of exercises by using specific signals with the rope or someone who has never heard of it – a picture is worth devised a plan so that they didn’t end up driving their his hands. The exercises are done quickly to keep the 1,000 words, but a real live demonstration says it all! lives away! There is a wonderful equestrian facility horse focused on the trainer. At the September AVA This year we have performed at Equifair in Memphis, that is located in Arrington, Tennessee — a much Judges Forum in Virginia, J. Ashton Moore used these TN, the Robertson County Horse Show, the Robertson shorter commute for the majority of our vaulters. So, techniques to work with different horses. County Parade, local horse shows in New every Monday afternoon Star makes the journey (about To deal with the horse’s fear of vehicles, a sta- Johnsonville, McEwen, and Springfield, Tennessee, 70 miles) to Peachtree Farms in Arrington so that our tionary riding lawnmower with the engine running was and for the Middle TN Pony Club. Our audiences have vaulters get a chance to practice. On the weekends, placed in the arena. Drommie was asked to eat her

Vaulting World 18 February 2003 2002 AVA Club Reports treats off the hood. When the mower was driven not to be the last “chicken on a hen house” or leaping Some of our favorite vaulting memories, are our around her she was asked to face it at all times. Even- through the air into another vaulter’s arms as the com- holiday parties. Each holiday we gather as a team tually she ate treats off larger running vehicles. mand “lover’s leap” was shouted. Throughout the and a family and friends and celebrate in a typically program, we participated in many activities that en- wild vaulter fashion. We celebrated Halloween with couraged participants to take on leadership roles and an exciting scavenger hunt in the dark, ending with delegate jobs. However, during one activity, any by- buried treasure in the riding ring. For Christmas, we stander would have been thoroughly confused as thir- always include our buddies Janyck and Tessie and they teen blind-folded vaulters appeared to wander aim- are included in the festive partying and caroling. We lessly across the grass, attached to a huge tangle of still can’t get them to sing any of the Christmas car- rope, while communicating with each other only in ols, but we are working on that. We look forward to rhyme. another great season, our highlights being host to 33 Our experience at Project Adventure included French vaulters and our gigantic trip across country many activities that built upon skills that are essential to Nationals in Colorado. See you all there! to vaulting. Learning how to communicate quickly, clearly, and creatively was vital to the success of many VIRGINIA VAULTERS activities. In addition, the Ropes Challenge Course 12009 ROBIN DR., CATHARPIN, VA 20143 enabled us to utilize and combine our individual PHONE: 703/754-0722 strengths in order to complete the course as a team. EMAIL: [email protected] The day was one filled with laughter, play, and chal- HORSES: JIGGS (MORGAN), LEGACY (QH) lenge that ultimately strengthened our bond as a team. DAKOTA (QH), COACH: LARA BORSON REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 VAULTERS OF ICE POND COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/GOLD/WHITE 94 HOPE VALLEY RD., AMSTON, CT 06231 Lara Borson PHONE: 860/228-1827 Virginia Vaulters has spent much of the year just EMAIL: [email protected] growing as a team and establishing ourselves. We sent HORSES: MIRABELLA (PERCHERON), vaulters to the Spring barrel competition hosted by Topaz’s Andromeda (‘Drommie’) CARRICK (TB), BUNKY (WELSH/TB) Catoctin, the Great Falls/Topaz Spring & Fall Fests, Photo: Chris Appel-Bucierka COACHES: VICKI SHERRADEN, ELIZABETH the VIP Fests, and the Blacksburg Extravaganza. We At the Great Falls/Topaz Spring and Fall Fests in SHERRADEN, REBECCA CALDWELL performed in demonstrations with the Vaulting Visions 2002 Drommie performed very well. She was REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1993 Team in New Jersey, as well as numerous clinics. Our awarded the “Best Trot Horse” at the Fall Fest. She COLORS: RED/BLACK new uniforms were designed by our team manager continues her training by doing the series of exercises Tom Haynie. We have since decided he missed his free-moving with no halter or rope, just with hand sig- VAULTING VISIONS calling as a fashion designer! nals. All the Topaz green horses will now be trained 239B ASBURY STATION RD., SWEDESBORO, in this way. We are planning a clinic in March or NJ 08085, PHONE: 856/467-4511 April 2003 for others to learn this successful tech- EMAIL: [email protected] nique. HORSES: DUCHESS TESSIE (QH/DRAFT), YANYCK (BELGIAN/TB), CORONADO (QH), UCONN VAULTING TEAM PRINCE (BELGIAN/QH), PEACEFUL NEWS P O BOX 567, HEBRON, CT 06248 (TB/TRAK), COACH: ALISON GIESCHEN PHONE: 860/228-3906 REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: 1993 EMAIL: [email protected] COLORS: BLACK/TEAL/WHITE HORSES: UC BUCKINGHAM(MORGAN), RIO Dan Geischen BRAVO (DRAFT/QH), ABIGAIL (BELGIAN X), Last year was one of the most interesting and SANDSTORM (BELGIAN), COACH: ADELE exciting in our ten year history. We started the sum- DAWLEY, REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: mer with our traditional trip from New Jersey to North 2000, COLORS: ROYAL BLUE/BLACK Carolina for a combined vaulting camp of about 30 Stephanie Harris vaulters with Shea Rose. Soon after, our team packed Virginia Vaulters coach, Lara Borson The UConn Vaulting Team recently set out for a their bags to fly to France for a highly educational Photo: courtesy Virginia Vaulters day of fun, challenge, and team bonding when the team and fun filled 12 days of vaulting with the team from Our team is growing in members and we are members and our coach, Adele Dawley, participated Thiers. During the summer, we performed at lest five blessed to have hardworking and dedicated girls and in the Project Adventure program at Saint Joseph exhibitions a month, our most prestigious being Dres- very supportive parents. The girls have a lot of fun College in West Hartford, Connecticut. Project Ad- sage at Devon. Intertwined with all the other activi- and keep the smiles going even when we had a prac- venture incorporates communication-building activi- ties we had the privilege of working with such distin- tice outside in a steady rain – that’s dedication! Now ties, group problem-solving initiatives, games, trust- guished clinicians as Kerith Lemon and Mattias Lang. that winter has forced us off of our beloved horse building activities, and a challenge ropes course into Glory, we are fortunate to be able to work inside at a a comprehensive team building program. While the gymnastics gym using all the equipment to round out UConn Vaulting Team is mainly composed of college- all of our vaulting skills. The gym’s owner even lets age vaulters, we are a diverse group consisting of us keep a vaulting barrel inside next to the four bal- members ranging in age from six to fifty years old. ance beams. They gymnasts always get a kick out of Bundled up and well prepared for the chilly No- watching us practice. vember temperatures, we started the day off with some Besides working in the gym on Fridays and Sun- ice-breakers and team-work games. The layers quickly days, all of our girls have been taking riding lessons flew off as rubber chickens were thrown across the to help their vaulting. Katie Haynie is becoming quite grass and vaulters went sprinting after them while slid- accomplished and loves jumping. Christine Beauchene ing across the recently melted snow. Even the threat has a quiet way with the horses and you can see them of a head-first slide into the mud could not keep us respond to her. Ashley Jewel, our competitive gym- from running circles around our group and trying to nast, took on an abused Percheron mare that coach pass a chicken through the line of vaulters before the Lara Borson rescued. That horse disliked humans and other team finished. During another activity, vaulters had severely foundered. Now she is sound, happy, could be seen crawling on each other’s backs trying Vaulting Visions club Photo: courtesy Vaulting Visions (Continued)

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(Virginia Vaulters continued) KOLLER, REGION: X, FIRST REGISTERED: sport. Even better, their parents are just as enthusias- and able to be ridden around the paddock without tack 1986, COLORS: BLACK/RED/WHITE tic and very supportive! The parents' help at vaulting by Ashley’s youngest brother. Erica Hoogerland is Jane Egger practices, demonstrations, and competitions is directly taking dressage lessons and has developed a wonder- Last year was packed with education and compe- responsible for the Agape vaulting club's progress. ful seat. Our newest member, Alyssa Feudo, has been tition for the Agape Vaulters. We hosted clinics by Parents, you are appreciated! riding her mother’s horses and taking lessons for a Kenny Geisler and Erik Martonovich and the Mid- few years now. west Vaulting Fest with Eric judging. Agape Vaulters also competed at the Mother's Day Spring Fest in Herdon, Virginia. The vaulters and their families ar- rived early enough to spend some time touring the National Mall in Washington, D.C. An added bonus was a personal tour of the United States Park Police Mounted Unit's stable. Our tour trooper gave us some insight into the riding abilities of some of our Presi- dents. He also gave us one of their badges to bring us luck at the fest. The luck rubbed off on the competi- tors. It was quite exciting for the team and, as always, Great Falls and Topaz put on a great competition!

Christine on Glory Photo: courtesy Virginia Vaulters Our horses are worked to be as well rounded as our vaulters. Glory, our beloved Quarter Horse mare, was a dream come true at our last competition. Strong and steady, she carried our girls to numerous ribbons. Brooke Ruggles and her draft horse, DJ Glory continues to astound us. She can be ridden dres- Photo: courtesy Agape sage, eventing, show jumping, trail riding, swimming, and she is in the process of learning how to drive. In BLACK RIVER FARM & RANCH the last snowstorm in Virginia, coach Lara Borson 5040 SHERIDAN LINE, CROSWELL, MI 48422 convinced Glory to pull her around on a snowboard! PHONE: 810/679-2505 Good horses are what life is all about. Virginia EMAIL: [email protected] Vaulters also has the pleasure of using Kody and — HORSES: CALVIN (SHIRE), HOBBES (SHIRE), two horses who tolerate the many games that we in- DELVERT (PERCHERON), ZEB (BELGIAN) vent . All of the horses thrive under the love (and tons REGION: X, FIRST REGISTERED: 1996 of carrots) that the girls give them. This year we have hopes of Virginia Vaulters BLUE MOON VAULTERS making its first appearance at the National Champi- 10460 ALLEN ROAD, CLARKSTON, MI 48348 onships. Best wishes to everyone; safe and happy PHONE: 248/437-3578 vaulting, and we’ll see you all in Colorado! HORSE: SIR LANCE A LOT (PERCHERON), COACH: KAREN RACH, REGION: X, FIRST WELLINGTON VAULTING ACADEMY REGISTERED: 2003, COLORS: BLUE/SILVER 13522 FOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD.,WELLINGTON, FL 33414, PHONE: 561/792-9418 DIAMOND E VAULTERS Agape Vaulters at the Lincoln Memorial. 10300 COREY DR., THREE RIVERS, MI 49093 EMAIL:[email protected], HORSES: BOBY, Photo: courtesy Agape CINAMMON, GYPSY, COACHES: LUIS/MARIA PHONE: 616/244-5125 Four of our vaulters traveled to Livermore, Cali- EMAIL: [email protected] BERNAL, REGION: IX, FIRST REGISTERED: fornia for Nationals. The trip gave Amy and Missy 1999, COLORS: BLUE/RED/WHITE HORSES: INDY (TB), COYOTE (TB), NINA Deja, our new Silver vaulters, the opportunity to learn (MORGAN), EDGE (QH), COACH: CHRISTINA more about vaulting from Rick Hawthorne and the LUBIENIECKI, REGION: X, FIRST Valley View Vaulters, this being their second visit with REGISTERED: 2000, COLORS: GREEN/GOLD Region X them. Bridget Alsbro and Fallon Klug trained with Connie Geisler and Diamond Bar. What a wonderful Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, HEARTFELT VAULTERS opportunity for these vaulters to train and compete on 6600 FISHER RD., HOWELL, MI 48843 Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, the west coast! PHONE: 517/546-8505 Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Brooke Ruggles, one of our vaulters, acquired a EMAIL: [email protected] black Percheron gelding, DJ (Diamond Jubilee), in HORSE: SCOUT (PINTO) Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional Supervisor: the spring and gave an impromptu vaulting demon- Jueli Klug 616/983-3813, COACH: SUSAN MERKLE, REGION: X, FIRST stration at the Cass County Fair in July! Brooke's REGISTERED: 2002, COLORS: NAVY/WHITE [email protected] mother, Judy, did the lounging honors while Brooke performed the compulsories and a Kür at the trot. Little PEGASUS FARM AGAPE VAULTERS did DJ know he enlisted in a new career when he came 7490 EDISON AVENUE, HARTVILLE, 5329 OLD PIPESTONE ROAD, EAU CLAIRE, home with the Ruggles. OH 44632-9328, PHONE: 330/935-2300 MI 49111, PHONE: 269/461-6171 A pasture mate of DJ's also joined the vaulting EMAIL: [email protected] EMAIL: [email protected] team. Pebbles, a Paint mare, is working out to be a HORSE: MICAH (PERCHERON) HORSES: SAHARA (PERCHERON X), LADY very tolerant canter horse. With many of our trot vault- COACH: TAMMI GAINER, REGION: X GUINEVERE (PERCHERON), PEBBLES ers moving up to canter, we are happy to have her on FIRST REGISTERED: 1996 (PAINT), COACHES: JANE EGGER, KAREN board! Agape Vaulters are enthusiastic about their COLORS: GRAY/ BLACK

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UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY VAULTERS new national organization, VaultCanada, is being youngsters. Five are boys! We had our first medal test 11178 CO RD. 201, FINDLAY, 0H 45840 formed under the auspices of our National Federa- just before Christmas. I have a 25 by 25 meter vault- PHONE: 419/424-4859 tion. Once this process is complete there will be a new ing hall that can be heated and we are practicing all EMAIL: [email protected] national badge, medal testing program, and coaching year. I and my vaulters would love a visit from Ameri- HORSE: EMPIRE (DUTCH WB) certification. These programs should all available early can vaulters traveling in Europe. Contact me at COACH: LORI CRAMER, REGION: X in the new year. [email protected]. FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 COLORS: ORANGE/BLACK Lauri DeLalla 2002 was another year of learning and growth for the University of Findlay Vaulters. In March we traveled ten hours to William Woods University for our first Fest! The long travel was worth it when our vaulters were able to watch other vaulters in person, not just on videos! After the William Woods Fest our horse, Empire only had two days to rest before head- ing down to the Ohio Expo Center for Equine Affair, where he was one of two horses used for the Friend- ship Team Demonstrations. We are continuing to do demonstrations at inter- Nina waves “hello” to all her friends in the collegiate horse shows and other local events. The end USA. Photo: courtesy Nina Wiger of the year has brought the exciting addition of two new horses to help out with the increasing number of vaulters. Tuppance and Tonto are both Paint/QH SOUTH AMERICA crosses As we go into 2003 we are looking forward Photos from to hosting our first fest on March 22nd! Combined BC/Region ESCUELA DE EQUITACION III Championships SAN JORGE WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY PHOTOS: Jim Marland APARTADO AEREO 80713, ENVIGADO - VAULTERS ANTIOQUIA, COLUMBIA It was a year of many exciting firsts for Canadi- 200 W. 12TH ST., FULTON, MO 65251 PHONE: 574-3138786, ans. Two new clubs traveled all the way from Alberta PHONE: 573/592-4298 EMAIL: [email protected] to the west coast of British Columbia in October to EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: SIRENITA, NUBECITA, PENELOPE, compete in their first vaulting competition — the Com- HORSES: IAN (PERCHERON), LANCE (SHIRE QUO VADIS, COACH: ANGELIKA KOPPEL, bined Northwest Vaulting Championships. This fest X), COACH: JEAN KRAUS, REGION: X, FIRST REGION: FOREIGN, FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 was a joint venture of the Equestrian Vaulting Asso- REGISTERED: 1999, COLORS: BLUE/YELLOW Angelika Köppel ciation of British Columbia and the AVA’s Region III. Vaulting in Colombia started over 30 years ago, The combined championships brought together almost with what we call historical vaulting — vaulting done 100 vaulters from the two countries — a real coop- in Germany in the 20’s. My father, Thilo Koppel, Hawaii erative international vaulting event if ever there was introduced this fantastic sport in the 60’s to his three one. The dates have already been set for our 2003 daughters in Colombia. What we did was what Ger- PIIHOLO VAULTERS Combined Championship: September 27 and 28, 2003 many did in the 20’s. 21 MAKANI #2, MAKAWAO, HI 96768 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. We hope to see an I have been a vaulting coach since I was 15 years PHONE: 808/573-4975 even larger contingent from both countries this com- old, with several interruptions: college studies, becom- EMAIL: [email protected] ing year. ing a mother etc. For the past ten years I have been HORSE: BEN (WELSH/MORGAN), COACH: Canada sent its largest number of vaulters ever the official vaulting coach at San Jorge, our family VALERIE K. VAIRETTA, REGION: HI, FIRST into the international arena. At the World Equestrian riding school in the beautifull city of Medellín. Be- REGISTERED: 2001, COLORS: RED/WHITE Games, for the first time Canada has sent more than tween 1994 and 1997 Maria del Carmen García, friend two vaulters to a world championship or WEG. Al- and vaulting coach in Ecuador, and I held several vault- though all the Canadian competitors were from Brit- ing fests and competitions in Quito, Ecuador, ish Columbia, Romany Pinto has since moved to Medellín, Colombia and Wellington, Florida, that we Foreign Saskatchewan to pursue veterinary studies — and called America’s New Stars. (Continued) hopefully to expand the Canadian vaulting frontier at the same time. For more information visit www. CANADA vaultcanada.org. MT. ARROWSMITH VAULTERS BOX 457, COOMBS , BC, VOR IMO, CANADA PHONE: 250/248-6282, EUROPE EMAIL: [email protected] HORSES: GENTLEMEN JIM (PERCHERON), DER VOLTIGIERZIRKEL LASSIE (PINTO), COACH: DONA NAYLOR, REILSHEIMER WEG, D 69251 REGION: FOREIGN, FIRST REGISTERED: 2000, GAIBERG/HEIDELBERG, GERMANY COLORS: BLACK/GOLD PHONE: 110049-6223-970041 EMAIL: [email protected] Vaulting in Canada REGION: FOREIGN, FIRST REGISTERED: 1998 Barb Schmidt There was plenty of good news on the Canadian News from Norway vaulting scene this past season. New and expanding Nina Wiger clubs are enjoying the sport in several provinces. Clubs Happy New Year! I have 30 vaulters, from Bronze have now been identified in British Columbia, Alberta, level to three years old. Many came from the local Colombian vaulters perform triples. Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. A child protective services and many are very talented Photos: courtesy Angelika Köppel

Vaulting World 21 February 2003 Club Reports Region IV Grows Membership

(Escuela de Equitacion San Noel Martonovich runners, music managers, and even helped Jorge continued) Region IV hosted a series of events with the scoring; a former vaulter was our dedicated to reaching the AVA board’s goal EMT. It was a successful event with the In 1997 I held the first clinic in Bogota for twelve future vaulting coaches. Here vaulting rapidly became of 30% increase in membership. Our kick- emphasis on fun and education. The best an interesting and challenging equestrian activity. off event was a Fun Day hosted by The thing was: the Urban Farm wants us back!! With the Club Hípico Bacatá in Bogota city, I orga- Urban Farm — a nonprofit organization They are starting a team and are willing to nized an international clinic featuring Björn Ahsbahs dedicated to bringing the values of farm- host several fun days a year in their won- for vaulting coaches from Ecuador and Colombia in derful indoor arena. Many thanks to them 1998. In 2000, in Quito, Ecuador I met Ulrike Rieder, ing and ranching to urban youth in the Den- German judge and publisher of Der Voltigzerkel and ver metropolitan area. Vicky Smith, then AVA national office manager and We set up an AVA informational booth assisted with a clinic for vaulters and coaches. We for the parents to run. Then we held three plan to hold national competitions this year. short educational clinics: longeing and training the vaulting horse; scoring/judg- ing/how to interpret score sheets; vaulting — advanced vaulters working with small groups of beginning and prospective vault- ers teaching the basics of vaulting and com- petition etiquette (how to run in, how to find the judge, bowing, etc.). Every vaulter in our region with a barrel brought it to the clinic. More than 120 new and prospective vaulters, experienced vaulters, Pony Club kids, 4-H kids, longuers, and coaches came from Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico to our Fun Day. Awards at the end of the Fun Day Photo: Jodi Rinard for their support. We finished the day with an inspiring demonstration by the advanced vaulters. Stuffed animals for the tiny tots and rib- bons for the older vaulters were distributed. Colombian vaulters reach for excellence The participating vaulting clubs were: Mile Photos: courtesy Angelika Köppel High, Miles of Smiles, Golden Gate, Eques- I hope to present one of the best — if not the best trian in Motion, Albuquerque, Capriole, — team of vaulters in Colombia. These youngsters Highland Hills, Rolling Clover, and the are vaulting pioneers and the most developed and old- Urban Farm. Thanks to the parents. You est vaulting team in Colombia. We have started per- forming triples on the back of our huge black, 13 year were all so important in making this en- old Hannoverian, Qüo Vadis. Qüo is our most impor- deavor a success. tant and beloved member of the C-team. Our expansion plan for the region in- We want to keep growing, making new friends cludes judges training. In order to keep the and sharing vaulting experiences. We also would like to show our beautifull country to anyone who would fun days viable, we need a pool of possible like to come and share vaulting knowledge with us. judges. We hope to run a class twice a Please do not listen to closely to all what is said about month to discuss and practice judging, learn our country in the news. We live well and are able to the score sheets, etc. We plan to bring an develop this fantastic sport. Barrel competitions were a great beginning for new vaulters. Photo: Jodi Rinard AVA judge to these sessions as the oppor- GUAYAQUIL VAULTING CLUB After a pot luck lunch, which gave the tunity arises. Hopefully the participants will URBANIZACION PARQUES DE LOS CEIBOS, new parents a chance to meet and talk to enter the AVA judges program and help our MANZANA 1 VILLA #4, GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR, PHONE: 593-4-851744, all the clinicians and members of other sport grow. EMAIL: [email protected] clubs in the region, we held a competition. We plan to provide, with the help of HORSE: TIO MILK (ARGENTIAN WB), Same-day registration allowed several of Rick and Virginia Hawthorne, clinics to the COACH: GABRIELA LARREA, REGION: the new vaulters to compete. Advanced therapeutic riding centers in our area and FOREIGN, FIRST REGISTERED: 2001 vaulters from Golden Gate and Albuquer- include them in our Fun Days. Clubs in HIPICO LA GOLONDRINA que Vaulters ran the show. Erik our Region will collaborate with local US APARTADO POSTAL 150, OAXACA, OA 68000 Martonovich judged in the horse arena and Pony Club and 4-H organizations to bring MEXICO 11, PHONE: 52-951-27570 Alethea Shelton judged in the barrel arena. vaulting into their programs. We will con- EMAIL: [email protected] We ran both arenas simultaneously. Expe- HORSE: SPRING RUSH (TB), COACH: SISIKA tinue to do demonstrations and perfor- ANNON DE NAVA, REGION: FOREIGN, rienced vaulters were the scribes, mances and provide clinics for training FIRST REGISTERED: 1999 gatekeepers, announcers, timers, longuers, vaulting horses.

Vaulting World 22 February 2003 Taking Your Horse to the Next Level A Practical Seminar with Yossi the cadence (rhythm) of their horses. horses to extend along straight sides and and Noel Martonovich Seminar participants and members of collect going into small circles. Longeurs the Balance Vaulters team joined the worked to reinforce obedience and supple- Katie Flannigan Martonoviches for a relaxing dinner at the Coaches, longeurs, and vaulters from ness, while maintaining calm as they home of Keith and Katie Flannigan. Dis- Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware braved warmed up their horses. Again vaulters cussions begun earlier in the day were con- frigid temperatures in mid-December to were introduced according to the individual tinued around the wood burning stove. take their vaulting horses to the next level horse’s level of training. Guests watched vaulting and dressage com- with Yossi and Noel Martonovich. Balance Noel and Yossi Martonovich are train- petitions videos from the World Equestrian Vaulters from Maidens, Virginia hosted the ers and longeurs for Golden Gate Vaulters Games in Jerez, Spain. longeur/trainer’s seminar to help clubs fur- in Golden, Colorado. Each possesses an ther develop their member’s training and individual style that complements the other longeing skills. to make them an effective and fun clini- Saturday began with each longeur in- cian team. A lifetime of searching for the troducing his horse and stating his goals for best way, hard work, and experience have the seminar. Problem areas were discussed given them a wealth of knowledge on train- and addressed through private and group ing vaulting horses that makes them a great instruction. It was concluded that most of resource to the vaulting community. Their us hope to develop a calm, supple, and obe- classical approach to training helps new dient horse who works to enhance the per- trainers and longeurs feel like the fog has formance of the vaulter. lifted and the path to better training stands clear before them. A quiet moment Photo: courtesy Noel Martonovich A training video of day one of the semi- On Sunday, individual instruction in nar is available from Balance Vaulters. longeing began with work on extension and Contact Katie Flannigan, Balance Vaulters, collection along the wall. Communication at 804-556-6376 or email katieflannagan@ was stressed while longeurs asked their attbi.com for video information.

Formerly VALENTINES Yossi demonstrates with Goldie Photo: courtesy Noel Martonovich Well-trained vaulting horses accept the vaulter’s approach and maintain balance and gait with different vaulters. Through CUSTOM correct and regular training and condition- ing, teams can have good vaulting horses. TEAM Individual instruction began with work in-hand and longeing. Trainers focused pri- SPORTSWEAR marily on communication techniques to develop obedience and maintain calmness in their horses. The principles of longeing were applied with and without vaulters. For a New, Free After a great lunch of potato soup from 2003 Catalog the Balance Vaulters’ snack bar, everyone gathered back into the indoor ring for a and Color Swatches group riding lesson. Instruction focused on classical dressage principles, horse supple- CALL (503) 892-3037 • FAX (503) 892-3058 ness, improvement of the rider’s seat, and Email: [email protected] the use of aids. The figure eight was used 1107 SW Stephenson Ct., Portland, OR 97219 to help riders develop control and enhance

Vaulting World 23 February 2003 Nationals Update Letter to the Editor Tentative Schedule: While perusing the recent issue of the Vaulting World, we came across a small article labeled “FEI Vaulting Com- * Fest information/entries posted online/mailed approx. May 30, 2003 (published in June Vaulting World) • Entry Deadline July 7, 2003 • Order mittee Report”. Yossi and I found ourselves interested. We of Go posted/mailed July 23, 2003 • Unrecognized and AVA competi- thought the FEI committee would probably have some good tions on Aug. 7, 2003 • AVA and USAE competition on Aug.8-10, 2003. ideas about how to make the sport safer and more audience Stabling friendly for teams. Instead, what we read was that the com- mittee has decided that they need to “improve the perfor- The best place for stabling before Nationals is the Jefferson County Fair- grounds. Contact Debra Adams, [email protected] for arrange- mance of team horses”. They then stated that, “The commit- ments. Get in touch with her as soon as possible as space is limited. The tee unanimously agreed that it was clear that an improve- beautiful facility is right at the base of the mountains and there are hotels ment in the quality of the canter of many team horses was nearby. The hotel next to the fairgrounds is the Courtyard Mariott Denver required. Making the horse score more severe and changing phone 1 800-228-9290. RV camping is available at the fairgrounds. There the judge’s mentality towards being more severe were sug- are several arenas there so you would be able to practice. You can move gested ways to implement this goal.” your horses into the National Western Complex in Denver any time after In Alois Podhajsky’s, The Complete Training of Horse Tuesday, August 4, 8 am. and Rider, Chapter 2 — The Definitions of the ClassicalArt Housing of Riding, “The object of the classical art of riding is to train Best Western, Central Denver, 200 West 48th Avenue, Denver, CO 80216 a horse not only to be brilliant in the movements and exer- * Phone 800/964-4001 or 303/296-4000 * Rate $65 per room for 1-4 cises of the high school, but also to be quiet, supple, and persons * Mention “American Vaulting” for rate * Closest hotel to the obedient, and by his smooth movements to make riding a Nationals site * Complimentary breakfast buffet * Restaurant * Swim- true pleasure.” Alois Podhajsky was the head of the Span- ming pool & hot tub. ish School of Riding for 20 years, the bastion of classical Therapeutic Vaulting Demonstration dressage. Why are we then in the vaulting world looking to There will be a demonstration by the Horses of Hope on Thursday during make vaulting into a more and more dangerous sport pitting the lunch break. For more information contact Horses of Hope Riding the horse against the vaulter instead of rewarding the horse Center, Inc., 6968 SE 20th, Baxter Springs, KS 66713, contact: and the vaulters for working in true harmony and balance. [email protected] or visit: www.horsesofhope.org. Shouldn’t the judges be rewarding the horses whose train- Scoring ing so epitomizes the true aim of dressage? Is this art or is it a demolition derby? Are we looking to the new age dressage With the help of Paul Caskey, we are aiming for on-line registration (for those who can access the net). To cover all clubs, a response email will riders, trainers, and breeders who are looking for bigger and be sent out prior to posting/mailing and those who do not respond will bigger movements out of their horses instead of a horse who receive mailed hard copies of the entry/information. can produce a well balanced beautiful three beat canter with- out the giant stride that these new age gurus are looking for. Vendors What does this gait have to do with vaulting? Cost for vendors available soon. We have lots of space — all indoors! The Olympics is seriously considering dropping Program Advertising eventing from the Olympics because it is getting more and Program will be 8-1/2” x 11”. Rates are $25 for a business card sized ad, more dangerous, do you think that a team vaulting on a horse $100 for 1/3 page, $115 for 1/2 page, $200 for full page. For color or that has a more suspended canter is safer and more beautiful other special requests, contact Marianne Rose. or just more dangerous? Sponsors The sport of gymnastics has recently rebuilt their vault • Bronze Level ($1000): Half page ad in program, class sponsorship of apparatus because they were having more and more inju- choice as available, announcements during the day, VIP seating for two, ries. They made it bigger and safer for the gymnasts. Why tickets for two to Night of Stars. • Silver Level ($2500): Half page in are we trying to make vaulting more dangerous? Vaulting World, full page ad in program, two class sponsorships of choice Our rule book states that the horse should have a three as available, announcements during the day, banner for arena, VIP seat- beat canter with suspension phase, good cadence, good car- ing for four, tickets for four to Night of Stars. • Gold level ($5000): Full riage, good submission. These all seem to be reasonable re- page ad in Vaulting World, full page ad in program, two class sponsor- ships of choice as available, announcements during the day, banner for quirements but where does it say that the longer the period arena VIP seating for six, tickets for six to Night of Stars. • Class Spon- of suspension, the better. I don’t know when the last time sorships (between $50 and $200) will be listed in the April 2003 issue of you went to see a dressage show but if you think those rid- Vaulting World) • Custom sponsorships and other packages available, ers are on horses that would be considered a pleasurable contact Marianne Rose 408/867-1789 [email protected]. ride, try taking one of them out on a trail ride. Officials/Managers: We, as a sport, need to be leaders instead of followers. AVA V.P. Compet.: Marianne Rose Hospitality Mgr: Brenda Simmons If we want to improve the sport, provide ourselves with USAE Fest Manager: Carol Beutler Arena Decor: The Urban Farm growth, and become appealing to an audience, we need to Fest Managers: Yossi/Noel Martonovich Scoring Manager: Carol Beutler look in other directions. Following the current fashion of Fest Treasurer: Judy Baloghy Day Managers: ? the modern competitive dressage is perhaps not the model Stable Manager. Bill Sherraden Office Manager: ? the vaulting world needs to be following. There are other Footing Manager: Mike Czyzewski Workers Coordinator: ? classical models of training and horsemanship that perhaps Music Manager: Paul Caskey Sponsors/Advertising: ? lend themselves better to the safety, fluidity, and harmony Awards Manager: Kathy Jamison Vendors/Sales Manager: ? If you are interested in helping out by managing some aspect of we desire. Nationals, please contact Marianne Rose at ph/fax 408/867-1789 Noel & Yossi Martonovich or marianne_rose@ worldnet.att.net.

Vaulting World 24 February 2003 Can I Have Your Coach?

Kristy Flemming I had six or seven vaulters, a beautiful when I was young. Once they are gone you I started vaulting when I was nine years facility, and great horses. I became the realize what you have lost. old on Starlite Vaulters with coach Alethea youngest registered AVA coach in America. I am now 23 years old and still trying Traskin. I vaulted for five years on a mule That is when my vaulting career turned to improve my vaulting. My goal is to have named Penny and learned a lot from Alethea around. I found out how hard it is to my Gold medal within a year. I can’t wait and the other vaulters on the team. At 14 I progress without a real coach for myself. to have that one on one learning experience took a five-hour train and bus ride every Yes, you can teach younger vaulters to help with a coach. I have always felt like I have other week to practice with Diamond Bar’s you point your toes and sit up straight, but the desire and potential to become a world- B-team and individuals on Goliath and there is a big difference between that and class vaulter, but haven’t had the chance. Beautiful Belle. 1995 was my best Nation- top level competition. I have not had a I am extremely glad that I started the als, finishing fourth in Bronze out of 105 coach since 1995, but have never left the Showtime Vaulters and that they are doing vaulters and I passed my Silver medal vaulting world. My surcingle goes with me so well today. Leslie and Marisa Hamar exam. Then at 15 I started my own team: used to be my little shadows and have since The Showtime Vaulters of DG Bar Ranch. wherever I move. My videotapes of Na- tionals and competitions became my only passed me up. I have found happiness in teacher while at college. I would watch coaching and seeing those young faces light them every day and take notes on such up with self-confidence and determination. things as John Alongi’s incredible Kür, Coaching is a joy I hope everyone can ex- Kerith Lemon’s perfect compulsories, and perience. Now with Oak Hills Vaulters, I Danny Sommerville’s ground jump into a could never give up my coaching job. My shoulder stand on the neck. I watched vaulters are wonderful. I just hope that I Isabelle Bibbler’s 1993 Nationals Kür over can improve with them. and over. I must say “Thank you” to all Next time you don’t want to go to prac- my teachers. Those videos taught me a lot. tice and listen to your coach tell you to do The hardest thing is remembering the compulsories again, remember that those times when I was young and was sick there are people out there who would love of listening to my coach tell me to do an- to take your place. Say “thank you” to them other click; then realizing that I’d give any- sometimes and remember how much they thing to have any coach now — just to tell do for you. They are truly amazing people. me to point my toes and hold the handles a And “thank you” to all those wonder- different way. Coaches do so much for their ful people and coaches out there who have Coach Kristy and vaulter. vaulters without anyone else noticing. I taught me so much through example. Photo: courtesy Kristy Flemming think I took them for granted too much Happy Vaulting!!

The American Vaulting Association presents an exciting interactive horsemanship program for vaulters & coaches Designed to stimulate, educate, enhance our relationship with our most important teammate: the horse. EARN A CERTIFICATE AND PATCH! For your opportunity to participate in this motivational program, please request an application and guidebook from: Marge Oakes, 732 Camino Del Bosque NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114, Email: [email protected]

Vaulting World 25 February 2003 AVA Membership

AVA membership forms were mailed bership form, please check with your coach your club send in your membership along to all clubs in December. If you have not or club manager before filling in this form. with all fees and any other memberships received/mailed in your 2003 AVA mem- If you are a member of a club, please have which have been submitted to your club. AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION 2003 Vaulter, Sustaining/Contributing/Benefactor/Life/Alumni Membership Form ****PLEASE CHECK ALL INFORMATION LISTED BELOW VERY CAREFULLY**** The AVA data base has been revised and we need everyone to submit current and accurate information!

INSTRUCTIONS: • One form per member • Complete Required* sections and include other information as available • Keep a copy of the membership form and cancelled check • Give your coach or your club manager your complete form(s) and one check made payable to your club. If you are not sending your membership through a club, please see below. Information correct Please make changes shown Do NOT publish contact information MEMBERSHIP: Vaulter Family (Sustaining) Family (Vaulter) Alumni $40 $125 $0 $25 Sustaining Contributing Benefactor Life $40 $100 $300 $750 First Name*: ______Last Name*:______Date of Birth: ______(Required* for Vaulters) Street Address*:______City*: ______State*: ______Zip*: ______Email: ______Home Ph*:______Wk. Ph:______Fax:______AVA Registered Club of which you are a member*: ______(“Independent” if not a member of AVA club. All Vaulter members 18 years old and younger MUST be members of an AVA Registered club).

Sex Male/Female US Citizen Yes/No AVA#:______AVA Rating USAE #:______Required* for Vaulters Required* for Vaulters AVA Medal History: ______(Include date highest medal earned) First Year AVA Registered: ______Check all that apply Vaulter Coach Longeur Parent Vaulting Horse Owner Special Needs

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Vaulting World 26 February 2003 Corrections/Changes The Compulsories

Marianne Rose Topaz Vaulting Club REMINDER - AVA NATIONAL OFFICE We have found that the cop- New email: [email protected]. New Manager: Janet Brown Alert: New Address: ies of The Compulsories - Training for Northwind Vaulters 7060 Fairfield Business Drive, Coaches with the REVISION DATE at the New email: [email protected]. Fairfield, OH 45014-5480 bottom of the title page of 1-3/08/01 has New AVA Directory/Rulebook New phone: 513/874-7732 one or more missing pictures on pages ii, New fax: 513/874-3229 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 21, 25, 30, 31, 36, Will be published in March. New email: 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 56, 57, [email protected] New Competitions 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 71, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86. Anyone with one of these cop- If you know of any competitions which Got Clinics? have not been listed in the calendar on the ies should contact Emma Drinker (ph/fax back of Vaulting World, send the informa- If you are holding a clinic or would like to 408/8678-9476 or emmadrinker@hotmail. tion to Marianne Rose at marianne_rose@ put out the word about needing a clinic, com) or Marianne Rose (ph/fax 408/867- worldnet.att.net. All competition informa- please send your information to 1789 or [email protected]) tion will be posted as soon as possible at [email protected]. Informa- to receive a new and complete copy at no http://home.att.net/~avafest -->2003 Calen- tion about clinics will be published in Vault- additional charge. We hope to have the cor- dar. There are resources for competition ing World and posted at http://home.att.net/ rected, new version available at 2003 AVA managers at that site also. ~avafest -->Clinics. Annual Meeting. AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY NATIONAL OFFICE: Phone 513/874-7732 • Fax 513/874-3229 • 7060 Fairfield Business Drive, Fairfield, OH 45014-5480 Office Hours: 10am - 3pm M-F Eastern Standard Time • Email: [email protected] VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT: Nancy Stevens-Brown - ph/fax 831/476-5901, [email protected] EXEC. V.P.: Kelley Holly - 707/665-9281, fax 707/665-9232, [email protected] TREASURER: Judy Baloghy - 206/780-8184, [email protected] V.P. COMPETITIONS: Marianne Rose - ph/fax 408/867-1789, [email protected] V.P. DEVELOPMENT: Sheri Benjamin - 408/741-5272, [email protected] V.P. EDUCATION: Stephanie Siemens - 607/642-8754, fax 607/642-8685, [email protected] V.P. MEMBERSHIP: Teresa Keville - 707/795-2822, fax 707/795-8019, [email protected] GENERAL SECRETARY: Jen Williams - 301/317-7964, [email protected] VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ALUMNI: Patti Reschar - 408/356-8660, fax 408/356-3435, [email protected] ATHLETES COUNCIL: Kim Deaver - 541/758-2152, [email protected] • AWARDS: Jeannie Beattie - 805/736-4420 CLINICS: Stephanie Siemens - 607/642-8754 • COACHES: JenW illiams - 301/317-7964 CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS: Joy Coburn - ph/fax 818/888-8621 • EXHIBITIONS: Kelley Holly - 707/665-9281 FEST 2003: Yossi Martonovich 303/277-0357, [email protected] FRIENDSHIP TEAM: Priscilla G. Faulkner - 770/786-7283, [email protected] • GRANTS: Jan Garrod - 408/741-1191, [email protected] GRIEVANCE: Judy Toothacher - 661/724-2206 & Jane Garrod - 408/867-9145 SAFETY: Kim Deaver 541/758-2152 • TECHNICAL: Adrienne Stang - 408/867-0184, [email protected] VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION: Shari Ballenger - 831/462-2734, [email protected] STAFF NATIONAL OFFICE MANAGER: Janet Brown - 513/874-7732, fax 513/874-3229, [email protected] VAULTING WORLD EDITOR: Marianne Rose ph/fax 408/867-1789, [email protected] VOLUNTEER STAFF HISTORIAN: Nancy Stevens-Brown - 831/476-5901 • LIAISON CHA: Stephanie Siemens - 607/642-8754, fax 607-642-8685 LIAISON Chronicle of the Horse: Chris Appel-Bucierka - 703/378-5987, fax 703/802-6886 LIAISON 4-H: Amy McCune - 508/746-7085, [email protected] • MEDAL TEST SCTY: Sue Detol 503/357-9651, [email protected] TECHNICAL ADVISOR: J. Ashton Moore - (6 am - 8:30 am) 408/623-4446, fax 408/623-0607, [email protected] WEB SITE MANAGER: Eric Jewett - 408/741-5759, [email protected] VOLUNTEER SPECIAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THERAPEUTIC VAULTING: Rick Hawthorne - 818/302-0153, fax 818/302-0154, [email protected] UNITED STATES of AMERICA EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION Victoria Nahorniak - 859/258-2472x2027, [email protected], website: www.equestrian.org • USAE VAULTING COMMITTEE: Adrienne Stang - 408/867-0184

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DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE - MARCH 7, 2003 CALENDARCALENDAR OFOF VAULTINGVAULTING EVENTSEVENTS July 5 CVI** Lack, Poland. Contact Victoria Nahorniak 2003 859/258-2472, [email protected] February 8 Tambourine Barrel Fest, Petaluma, CA. Contact Kelley Holly 707/665-9281, tambourine-farm@ July 24-27 Region II Championships, Grass Valley, CA. worldnet/att.net Contact Marianne Rose 408/867-1789, [email protected] February 22 Winter Warm-up Barrel Fest, Storrs, CT. Contact A.Dawley 860/228-3906, [email protected] Aug. 7-10 CH EU-V Saumur, France. Contact Victoria Nahorniak 859/258-2472, Feb 27-Mar 1 AVA Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY. Contact [email protected] N.Takemoto 831/462-6783,[email protected] August 7-10 USAE/AVA National Championships, Denver, March 8 Catoctin’s Barrel Fest, Leesburg, VA. Contact CO. Contact Marianne Rose 408/867-1789, K.Dalby, 703/754-0118, [email protected] [email protected] March 22 University of Findlay Fest, Findlay, OH. Contact September 19-21 Great Falls/Topaz Fall Fest, AVA Recognized, L.DeLalla 419/306-0297, [email protected] Herndon, VA. Contact Jen Williams 301/317- March 29-30 Horrell Hill Longeing Clinic, Hopkins, SC. 7964, [email protected] Contact Claudia Garner 888/567-8898, website: October 26 Mt. Eden’s Halloween Fest, Saratoga, CA www.horrellhilldressage.com Contact Marianne Rose 408/867-1789, April 12-13 VIP Spring Fest, . Contact Carol Land 704/843- [email protected] 4306, [email protected] April 15 Shea Rose Southern Sunshine Fest, Waxhaw, NC. Contact Carol Land 704/843-4306, What do [email protected] horses want? April 25 CVI** Nitra, Slovakia. Contact Victoria Nahorniak 859/258-2472, [email protected] Mt. Eden’s May 9-11 Great Falls/Topaz Spring Fest, AVA Recognized, Herndon, VA. Contact Jen Williams 301/317- Rusty is 7964, [email protected] pretty clear May 10 CVI** Fenstat, Czech Rep.. Contact V. Nahorniak about that... 859/258-2472, [email protected] May 17 Garrod’s Spring Classic (USAE/AVA Recog- “FEED ME!” nized), Saratoga, CA. Contact M. Rose 408/867- 1789, [email protected] May 18 Garrod’s May Fest (AVA Recognized), Saratoga, CA. Contact M. Rose 408/867-1789, [email protected] May 30-June1 CVI** Stadl-Paura, Austria. Contact V. Nahorniak 859/258-2472, [email protected] June 1 Woodside Fest, Menlo Park, CA. Contact Julie Divita 650/216-6072, [email protected] June 6 CVI** Sala, Slovakia. Contact Victoria Nahorniak 859/258-2472, [email protected] June 28-29 CVI* Saratoga, Saratoga, CA. Contact M.Rose 408/867-1789, [email protected], Photo: Kim Lanfri www.cvisaratoga.org For more information on USA competitions: http://home.att.net/~avafest

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