Welcome to the Oregon Region's
June 2021 Newsletter!
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Hello Oregon Region!
This past weekend was our Annual (and only) fundraiser, the Inavale One-Days. As most of you know, the Oregon Region Pony Club provides (and I organize/coordinate) ALL of the volunteers to run all three phases of the event for both days. We also set up the arenas before and clean them up after the event. This requires a LOT of volunteers and many hours of dedication. I have to admit, this year was the most difficult year I have had in the 5 or so years I have been coordinating the volunteers for the region. Even on Saturday morning, as the event was about to begin, I did not have enough volunteers to fill all of the jobs that needed to be done. Luckily, some of you stepped up at the last minute. It was a bit of a scramble at first, but we made it happen! I want to thank each and every one of my fabulous volunteers, some of whom volunteered all day, some all day both days, and a few who endured me moving them from job to job never complaining and happily doing whatever I needed at the moment. I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU ALL! It ended up being a great weekend and I think everyone was happy to be back at it. It was so fun to see all of my Pony Club friends again (and hug them! yay for vaccines!) and it was wonderful to meet some of our newer members and parents too. Thank you again to those of you who helped out and for those of you who didn't, you really missed out on a great time, so please make a mental note to pitch in next year.
Check the "Region Finances" section of the newsletter for a survey to cast your vote as to how the Region should spend the money we earned!
~ Tracy Stout, VRS
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2021 Calendar
Date Event Location
June 26 Model Horse Rally Portland Area
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July 10 / 11 Eventing Clinic Inavale
July 17 /18 Upper Level Clinic Inavale
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August 21 / 22 Upper Level Test TBD
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September 25 / 26 MEGA Certification Inavale Farm
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October 10 All Levels Regional Lesson Devonwood
October 22-24 Show Jump Rally Clark County Fair Grounds
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November 6 Fall Meeting TBD
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Does Your Club Want to Host a Summer Camp?
The cost would be $200 a day which includes the cost of 1 porta potty and around 15 horses for a weekend. Bigger groups would be fine but would need to rent another porta potty. Naomi will have cross county jumps and stalls prepared but the camp organizers will have to be responsible for stadium jumps and dressage arena etc.
If your club is interested in hosting a summer camp at Meadows Vineyard, please contact Naomi Meadows at naomimeadows@hotmail.com
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Pony Club Community
~ Jodelle Marx, VRS of Community ~
If you have any interest in working to make Pony Club, the equestrian community, and the world a more inclusive, equitable, and diverse place, then our VRS of Community, Jodelle Marx, wants to talk with you! She can be reached at jod.marx@gmail.com.
Have any fun ideas for building community throughout the Oregon Region? It doesn't have to involve horses! Send your ideas to Jodelle!
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Instructional Opportunities
~Jordan Schulz, RIC ~
~ Sharon Cooper, Upper Level Prep ~
Eventing Clinic at Inavale Farm!
Please join us for a full weekend of Eventing at the beautiful Inavale Farm in Philomath, OR. The instructors are both Oregon Region Pony Club alumni - Rebekah Muravez and Sophia Hunt-Statzer. All riding levels are welcome! Each rider will have 4 lessons; a combination of dressage (1) stadium (1) and XC (2) . There will be 2 lessons per day, with a Horse Management session on Saturday evening. On site camping is encouraged! Stalls will be provided by Inavale, with straw bedding, although you may bring your own shavings if you prefer. Unfortunately, no food can be offered - please bring your own food and beverages for the entire weekend. Fee is $225 per rider, which includes your stall. No refunds after closing date without a vet or doctor's note, and there will be a $25 handling fee for all refunds. Closing date July 1, 2020. Questions to oregonregionboard@gmail.com
Sign-Up Here:
Upper Level Clinic with Terri Rocovich
July 16th - 18th
Inavale Farm
Sign-Ups coming out soon!
Contact Jordan at oregonregionric@gmail.com with questions
Upper Level Mounted Prep
with National Examiner Ann Hill
July 9th - 11th
Cornerstone Equestrian Center
This prep is open to C1 and above members. This is a great opportunity to get in front of a national examiner! Please register by Sunday June 20th. Limited spots available. Cost is $250. Contact Jordan Beckingham at jordanbeckingham@comcast.net with questions.
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ODS Youth Education Series
June 27th
Marianna Stables in West Linn, OR
The Youth Education Series of clinics will be open to any Junior rider whether they belong to ODS, 4-H, Pony Club, OSET or just riding in lessons on their own. There will be at least four clinics this year in the different regions of ODS. In the future these clinics will be moved around Oregon to try to hit all areas.
These clinics will be taught by ODS Instructors who are at the FEI level, each of these clinics will follow the same format so that the program is similar in all of the clinics. Instructors will come from a different region of ODS to avoid any professional conflicts.
In order to keep these clinics affordable for all youth, the instructors will be volunteering their time and the arenas will also be donated. There will be a nominal fee of $25 per rider to offset the other expenses.
The application is on the Oregon Dressage Website.
https://oregondressage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Revised-OREGON-DRESSAGE-SOCIETY-YOUTH-EDUCATION-SERIES-CLINIC-APPLICATION.pdf
Any questions : email or call Eileen 360-798-0558,
There is also an opportunity for dressage riders to compete in the first ever International Virtual Dressage Exchange! Please check out the rules and regulations here, https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/73621-United-States-Pony-Clubs if you are interested.
If you are passionate about the beginning of a rider's education, the Instruction Sub-Committee wants you!! Please reach out to our RIC Jordan Schulz at oregonregionric@gmail.com.
Stay Up-To-Date with all Upper Level opportunities and find links for registration on the Upper Level Clinics Page on the ORUSPC website https://oregon.ponyclub.org/pages/828.aspx
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Region Finances
~ Michele Stevens, Treasurer ~
Your regional board would like to know how our members and parents would like to see the Region fundraising dollars used for the benefit of our Region. The money raised varies each year, but any amount belongs to the whole region, and it is appropriate that you all have a voice in deciding when and how the money is spent! Your response is encouraged - we could not fundraise without you, and we'd like to hear what activities/purchases, etc. are important to you!
Please fill out the fundraising survey at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedOrQwG83aiU-zFBq5Z3V-MUx835z5FB7w-64Ls94yzg8r4w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
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We are now able to use Zelle Transfers to pay/receive funds in clubs and the Region. These transfers are bank to bank, with no "middleman" or apps required. The transfers work with an email or a cell phone number, and best of all, there are no fees!
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OR Region Youth Board
Mikayla Stout (Co-President)
Ailis Ferry (Co-President)
Tess Hegarty (Activities Coordinator)
Tayte Nelson (Secretary, Social Media Organizer)
Lauren Tittel (Treasurer)
Happy May everyone! It was so nice to see a lot of you at the Inavale One-Days this weekend, and now we are gearing up for our next competition! The Oregon Region Youth Board is excited to announce that Model Horse Rally 2021 is in the works, so be on the lookout for emails about a June 26th event at Michelle Steven’s farm in West Linn, Oregon. Model Horse Rally is a great way for younger members to learn about how rallies work and practice some skills in a one day event without needing a horse. We are looking to have a fun day filled with Pony Club activities and socialization! We will be sending out more information on registration and participation soon.
In other news, Co-President Ailis Ferry has teamed up with Jodelle Marx to start a region-wide virtual yoga series! Keep an eye out for more information as we will be starting classes heading into the summer as a fun way to combine physical fitness with skills we use as equestrians!
As you may have heard we are currently working on a clothing drive for our closet project, and are compiling donations. We’re looking for gently used riding attire and tack. Please email us at youthboard.or@gmail.com if you’d like to set up a collection time to donate items, or if you have any questions! We hope to get the PC closet fully in action before the summer - but we need your responses to know what clothing items you and your club are looking for! Please search your email for a form and complete it so that we can start collecting clothing donations.
It is our goal to have at least one member of each club represented on the Youth Board by the beginning of the Summer. DCs and CAs, please discuss having representatives of your club on the YB at your next meeting!
If you or members of your club/center are interested in learning more about the YB, please reach out to us at our email (youthboard.or@gmail.com) or look at our website (Oregon Region Youth Board). Our next monthly meeting will be Wednesday 6/8, and we invite club reps or interested members to join us at 8:30 pm on zoom! Email me if you would like to join.
Follow us on Instagram at orpc_youthboard for updates on pony club activities!
Thank you for supporting the ORYB. Stay healthy and enjoy June!
Contact us! youthboard.or@gmail.com
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CLUB NEWS
Highland Riders PC: This month HRPC enjoyed a fun lesson on bandaging with Tayte Nelson from Oregon Trail PC (Thanks Tayte!!) as well as some practice in cross country. We also had a great workshop with Eagala Equine Therapy to help our club build skills in communication and teamwork. The girls had to work together as a team to guide a horse through an obstacle course without touching the horse. It was a challenge! Later this month we are looking forward to a certification prep with Anna Young in preparation for a certification day at the end of the month.
We are always looking for guest instructors. If any upper level members need practice in teaching, send them our way!
Oregon Trail PC: With summer approaching, and the prospect of certifications in the air, Oregon Trail enjoyed a fantastic demonstration of the correct "Pony Club" way to lunge. Tayte did an excellent job of teaching our club the proper equipment to use, the correct way to fit and use the bridle and attached lunge line, the difference between pivot and parallel lunging, body position and use of lunge whip.
The rather "round" pony was stubborn enough for Tayte to have to really use her lunging skills, but obedient enough to comply with some gentle encouragement :)
Oregon Trail welcomes new member Barb! We look forward to getting to know Barb and her many horses and foals at her barn in West Linn :)
Rose City PC: Rose City Pony Club loves Inavale! All but two Rose City Pony Club members participated in the Inavale One Days fundraiser in a few different ways. Kyra and Aili Varner were Ring Steward, and score runner, respectively, while their mom Amber volunteered as Dressage scribe. Our DC Nancy Spitzer also volunteered as a Dressage scribe. Ava Hacke and her grandmother Wendy volunteered all day both days as score runner and both Stadium jumping and Dressage warm up steward. They even brought a friend who also volunteered the whole time and that friend is now probably going to join Pony Club! Our very own Tracy Stout worked tirelessly in the weeks leading up to the event and was on-site Friday through Sunday evening coordinating and organizing all of the volunteers for the weekend (as well as helping at the registration tent). Thank you Tracy, Kyra, Aili, Amber, Nancy, Ava, Wendy and friend! And finally, Mikayla Stout was busy riding beautifully in the event both days, placing 3rd one day and 1st the other day in the Beginner Novice division. Congratulations, Mikayla! Mikayla is also busy with the Regional Youth Board planning the Model Horse Rally later this month, June 26th. (see her submission under Youth Board below).
This month we also congratulate our senior members, Abby Frank and Mikayla Stout as they graduate from Southridge High School and Catlin Gabel School, respectively. Congratulations Abby and Mikayla! We wish you all the best in your adventures next year!
Abby and Mikayla back then....
Abby and Mikayla now!
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Your Regional Board
Regional Supervisor ~ Jocelyn Ehlers
Jocelyn joined the Regional Board in 2020, first as the RIC, and now as the RS. Jocelyn has been involved with Pony Club for 21 years. She is a C3 EV / HA working towards her B EV. She currently rides Fleurie, a ten year old Welsh / Appendix cross mare with Fox Hills Pony Club. The United States Pony Club and the Oregon Region has been and continues to be a huge influence in Jocelyn's personal equestrian education and has helped shape her as a person. Jocelyn believes that the Pony Club system provides superb equestrian educational opportunities for all involved. She believes that any Pony Clubber can reach the C3 level on their designated track(s). Jocelyn will work to provide opportunities for all!
Vice RS ~ Tracy Stout
Tracy has been involved with and helping Oregon Region Pony Club for eight years. She has been a Vice RS for four years. Tracy doesn’t ride horses but her daughter, Mikayla is a very active upper level member with Rose City PC who has earned her HB/C2 EV, so Tracy has been at every single show and clinic, including four USPC Championships and two National Symposiums, that Mikayla has participated in since 2013. Tracy is also a part of the Oregon Region Quiz committee who helps put on our fantastic Quiz rallies every year. Tracy plans to continue in her current position through 2021, but will need a replacement for 2022. If anyone is interested in this position in the future, please let us know.
Vice RS - Community ~ Jodelle Marx
Jodelle Marx serves the Oregon Region as the Vice Regional Supervisor of Community. Her role is to build community across clubs while helping the region become more diverse and inclusive. Jodelle is an HB/C-2 Traditional, working toward her C-3. She grew up in Columbia Winds Pony Club, but transferred to Patton Valley Pony Club when she moved to college. She is currently finishing her senior year at Pacific University, where she will graduate with a BA in Creative Writing. If you are interested in becoming involved in community development, please contact jod.marx@gmail.com.
Horse Management Organizer ~ Adria Fix
Adria has been involved with horses for 30 years, teaching for 13 years, running a program for 11 years and most recently having a Pony Club Riding Center for the past 5 years. She started with Eventing in middle school and continued through High School. During College she rode on her college's IHSA team making it to Zone's in her senior year. After college, she bought her very first horse herself (Bren) and continued in eventing and eventually landing a teaching and managing job at a barn. She started a Pony Club Riding Center as a way to bring the Horsemanship and Management side of horses to her students who did not own horses. It has turned into one of the best decisions for her program. She is looking forward to helping all Centers and Clubs bring the best HM possible to their members.
Treasurer ~ Michele Stevens
Michele has served on the Regional Board since 2018. She is also currently the DC of Oregon Trail Pony Club. Her daughter, Emma, started in Pony Club at the end of 2005 with Oregon Trail, and did certifications every year, achieving her A Rating when she was 17. Since then, Emma has continued to help out Pony Clubs in the US and the UK, by teaching and as an examiner. Michele joined as an official Pony Club member, shortly after Emma went to university, and has evented to the Beginner Novice level, and achieved her D2 eventing certification.
Regional Instructional Coordinator ~ Jordan Schulz
Jordan is a B level member of Patton Valley Pony Club. Jordan has been a member of Pony Club for about 15 years now, and has traveled to Cle Elum and Kentucky for championships, once in eventing and once in show jumping. Throughout her equestrian career she has worked for Grand Prix rider and trainer Terri Rocovich, as well as 4 star riders Ryan Wood and Courtney Cooper. Jordan is currently working towards her HA and A level certifications and is an assistant trainer at Inavale Farms in Corvallis. Jordan looks forward to "seeing" everyone this year and can't wait for the accomplishments 2021 will bring!
Secretary ~ Anna Hohl
Anna joined the Regional Board in 2020 and has been involved with Pony Club since 2018. She is also the DC of Highland Riders Pony Club. Her daughter, Madeline, is a D3 EV with Highland Riders. Anna has fond memories of growing up riding horses, but now lives vicariously through her two horse-crazy daughters.
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