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2010 Komen Connecticut Ride for the Cure
10th Anniversary Ride
October 3, 2010Check out this year's ride in Pomfret, Connecticut. There's still time to raise funds and ride.
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SEPTEMBER SHOW HAPPENINGS
Be part of the excitement at the last show of the CQHA season. Thursday night starts the youth scavenger hunt. See Brooke Watson or Mallory Stimson to play. Over the course of the weekend the third event in our Battle of the Barns: the Rubber Duck Olympics. Look for events on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday night is the CQHA Annual Meeting. Be sure to cast your vote to keep CQHA moving forward. On Sunday, join us to remember Maureen Colburn with the Annual Maureen Colburn Showmanship Challenge, and later on Sunday a non-pro Hunter Under Saddle futurity. Paybacks in both classes.
CQHA will be raffling off a quilt made by Powder Brook Farm customer Kathy Ezell. The quilt will be on display in the show office on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $5.
CQHA ANNUAL MEETING AND GENERAL ELECTIONS!!
Come one, Come all and let your voice be heard! The CQHA Annual Meeting and General Election will be held Saturday September 11 after the last class.
The 4 CQHA Officer positions and 3 Board of Director seats are open. Nominations will be made from the floor. Must be a member in good standing to run or vote.
Open spots are:
>President
>Vice President
>Treasurer
>Secretary
>3 BOD positions
Come join the excitement as part of next year's Board! Join a committee! Come hear what the candidates have to say and cast your vote!
Rubber Duck Olympics!!
"Make way for Ducklings" as CQHA members join together for a fun, social event throughout the September show. Get your barn together or link up with friends to be a team. Events include "Chuck a Duck", a Duck Relay, and "Ducks on Parade." Prizes will be awarded in each event and the overall winner will earn Battle of the Barn points.
cost? $5 per team (to cover the cost of ducks and prizes)
pre-planning? Before the big event you will need a team name or theme and items with which to decorate your ducks. We will provide the ducks. You provide the creativity. "Ducks on Parade" will be a presentation of your duck team before the Annual Meeting on Saturday night. Humor and creativity will be rewarded.
why? It promises to be a fun, social, interactive event for everyone. Don't miss out.
Trophy Collection:
Do you have a CQHA Challenge or Perpetual Trophy? Now is the time to turn them in! Please bring your trophy to the September CQHA show and turn it into the show office. Not coming to the show? Please send the trophy with a friend. We need these trophies to make the 2010 awards presentations.
Thank you and Congratulations!
June Show Reining Shoot Out ~
Congratulations to the winners of our Reining Shootout. See photos below.
Look for more special events at the September show - The Maureen Coburn Showmanship Challenge and an Open Hunter Under Saddle Futurity. Paybacks in each class.
Fun Times at the First Show ~
CQHA and Falls Creek Farm hosted the first show of the FCF season. It was great to see friends again after a LONG cold winter. Thanks to Showstring for the great wine and cheese party and to all the barns for the “Battle of the Barns” baskets which were raffled off. Congratulations to Garry McAllister and Good To Be Radical (owned by Katherine Hug), winners of the Green Trail Challenge.
The dates are set for this year's FCF/CQHA shows!
April 23-25
May 21-23
June 18-20
July 15-18
Sept 10-12
Nutrena Awards CQHA With Club Support for 2008
March 2009- Nutrena®, the Official Feed of the AQHA, awarded the CQHA a Club Support check for $3868.40 for 2008! Exclusive Nutrena purchases made by prominent CQHA members around the state contributed to the success of the program this year as in the past several years. Contributors include Whitney Ridge Stables, John Tuene, White Birch Farm, Powder Brook Farm, Echo Ridge, Bill Buckley, Falls Creek Farm, Outback Stables, Diamond A, Grey Ledge Farm, Evans Performance Horses and Lynn Wolf Performance Horses. Thank you to all the farms that participated as well as special thanks to Joe Currier from J&B Farm Supply in Hebron, CT and Natalie Olsen who helped track and submit the purchases of 2008.
For more information on Nutrena please feel free to contact your local consultant at 860.335.2742 or visit the Nutrena website at www.NutrenaWorld.com
About Nutrena:
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