OCTOBER 2019 | Vol. 26 No. 10 The Schooling Show season is winding down, and it’s time to submit your forms for the IDCTA Annual Year-End Awards! Pictured: IDCTA member Samantha Schemmel on Rainny at the Team Hall IDCTA Schooling Show on August 25. Photo by Jenna Dickson. See page 7 for complete results and photos. IDCTA October 2019 | Page 1 IDCTA Save the OCTOBER 2019 | VOL. 26 NO. 10 IDCTA Annual Awards Banquet January 11, 2020 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Mary Jo Downen [email protected] Save the Date, and be sure to get your awards Members are encouraged to submit comments, articles, news, photos. forms submitted before October 31, 2019! Deadline: 10th of preceding month. 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This organization’s members are automatically USDF Group Members INFORMATION HOTLINE Molly Fine 716-573-5390 October 2019 | Page 2 IDCTA President’s PERSPECTIVE By Molly Fine On October 12-13 from 7 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Tempel Lipizzans, IDCTA will be co-sponsoring a train- ing, educating, and mentoring clinic with Lendon Gray. It will be targeted at young riders but anyone can audit. Auditors under age 25 are free. Auditors over 25 will be charged $25/day for online pre- purchases, and $30/day at the door (IDCTA members $25/day). Please see the flyer on page 4 for more information. This is the first of many clinics that we hope we will be sponsoring in the future via the IDCTA Clinic Af- filiation program. In this program, barns willing to let us sponsor clinicians they are bringing into the area will receive $100 towards their expenses, and riders who are IDCTA members will receive up to $100 to help them cover the costs of participating in the clinic. Encourage your barn to take advantage of this great program where everyone wins. For an overview of the IDCTA Clinic Affiliation program, please see page 5 in this issue. It is time to start gathering your competition scores for the IDCTA Annual Year-End Awards. They need to be submitted October 31st to be considered for 2019 awards. The rules and forms for all awards categories are in this issue of the Scribe. Awards are given for Eventing, Dressage and Schooling Show competitors. The banquet is on January 11th and we hope to see you there. It is great to be there to help celebrate the winners’ accomplishments, and even if you are not receiving an award, there is a wonderful silent auction and raffle, as well as an amazing dinner. It’s always a great evening, so be sure to put January 11, 2020 on your calendar! Volunteers are what make IDCTA run. There are no paid positions in the club. With that in mind, if you are interested in helping with the banquet, please contact Sara Stone at 224-234-4613 or at [email protected]. If you are interested in becoming a board member, please contact Molly Fine at 716-573-5390 or at [email protected]. To become a board member, you must be an IDCTA member in good standing the year before becoming a board member. Once the nomination is complete, your name will be placed on the election ballot. The election shall be by electronic ballot. Board members must be aware of the demands of the position and agree to accept and fulfill fiduciary and other duties incumbent upon the positions. Specifically, they are to attend scheduled board and member meetings, participate in one or more commit- tees, and be available to help as volunteers as time permits. Happy Riding! BOARD MEMBERS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS President: Molly Fine, 716-573-5390 Linda Bland, 224-622-9416 [email protected] [email protected] VP Dressage: Fatima Kranz, 847-774-5856 [email protected] Brittany Burson, 630-809-2146 VP Eventing: Alison Volpentesta, 847-395-9291 [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer: Michael Coghlan, 847-707-4351 Cecelia Conway, 608 449-9552 [email protected] [email protected] Secretary: Cindy Lambert, 847-394-2090 Shelly Day, 414-403-8491 [email protected] [email protected] COMMITTEES Nikki Jewell, 847-867-5113 Cecelia Conway - Schooling Show Series [email protected] [email protected], 608-449-9552 Katie Miskovic – Grant Program Emma Kane, 847-890-5549 [email protected], 708-203-2659 [email protected] Alison Volpentesta – Eventing Committee Heather McCarthy, 815-276-3471 [email protected], 847-395-9291 [email protected] Fatima Kranz - Dressage Committee [email protected], 847-774-5856 Katie Miskovic, 708-203-2659 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Sarah Stone, 224-234-4613 Lil Kane | 847-452-4207 [email protected] For questions and/or changes: [email protected] IDCTA October 2019 | Page 3 Training, Educating, and Mentoring Clinic with Lendon Gray At The Tempel Lipizzans Spon- sored October 12—13 from 7:00am to 5:00pm by AUDITORS WELCOME IDCTA Bio: Lendon Gray is a USDF hall of famer and an Olympic competitor. Additionally, she is the founder and director of the Dressage 4 Kids program. The goal of the program is to find, to help to educate, and to develop talented youth to become the international riders and trainers of the future. Details: The Tempel Lipizzans will be hosting the Training, Education, and Mentoring (TEAM) with Lendon Gray and sponsored by Dressage4Kids, Inc. We will be featuring three different presentations during the clinic: • Morning Movement for Riders presented by Jennifer Malott Kotylo. She is a Bronze and Silver USDF medalist, licensed “L” dressage judge with distinction and a sought-after clinician specializing in Body Awareness for Riders. She is also a certified Pilates, Equilates and Balimo instructor. • Equine Assisted Therapies for Children - The Use of hippotherapy for helping children and about the horse that are best suited for the job presented by Stephanie Kubarth – Director of Midwest Therapeutic Riding • Work in hand: Stepping stones to high school movements presented by Nadalyn Firenz and Bill Clements. Nadalyn is a USDF Bronze medalist and currently working as an Assistant Trainer with the Tempel Lipizzans. Bill Clements is an FEI Rider and Trainer who has recently returned to the Tempel Lipizzans. Bill specializes in the work in hand and airs-above-the-ground. Tickets How to Register Auditors under 25: No fee Visit our website or contact our office Auditors over 25: $25/day online pre-purchase Phone: 847-244-5330 $30/day at the door (IDCTA members $25/day) Email: [email protected] Tempel Farms ~ 17000 Wadsworth Rd ~ Old Mill Creek, IL ~ 60083 www.tempelfarms.com October 2019 | Page 4 IDCTA IDCTA Clinic Affiliation Program In order to provide education opportunities for our members, we are establishing a program to affiliate with those barns who are giving clinics. We would like to be able work with a few barns like yours on two clinics per year. IDCTA requests that the hosting barn will: • Reserve two ride spots specifically for IDCTA members (if not filled three weeks before the clinic start date, these two slots can be filled with any rider). • Provide an auditor discount of $5-$10/day to IDCTA members. • Display the IDCTA banner during the clinic. • Provide advertising materials for the IDCTA Scribe and Social Media. IDCTA will: • Provide Insurance for the event through the IDCTA policy and furnish the barn with release forms for rider and auditor to sign. • Subsidize the barn with $100 to offset a small portion of the clinic cost. • Provide a rider subsidy of $400 per clinic for riders who are IDCTA members - If there are up to four IDCTA member riders, each rider would receive $100; if more than four, each rider would receive a portion of the $400 (i.e., if a clinic had six riders who were IDCTA members, each would receive $66). Each rider would be limited to two subsidies per year. • Provide an IDCTA member to man the auditor check-in table during the clinic. • Advertise the clinic on IDCTA’s Facebook page and on USDF Region 2’s Facebook page (using the communication form). In order for your barn to participate in this clinic affiliation program, your barn must be an IDCTA Business Member.