PAHA Districts
PAHA is divided into 6 districts within the state. Check out the activities in a district near you!
For District Horse Shows, check out Events & Shows
NW
NW DISTRICT Christmas Party
Saturday December 12, 2009
RSVP: Cindy Kniess 724-865-2312 ckniessarabians@aol.com or Cheri 724-789-7580
NC
Carriage Driving Show Planned for Fall
Information can be obtained from Ruthann Gavitt at (570)924-3574 or montanvale@epix.net.
NC District Fall Meeting
Novemeber 15, 2009 at the Restless Oaks Restaurant in McElhattan, PA
Meeting topics include Elections for District Director and a District Delegate for 2010, winter sleigh rally, the spring Wild-N-Wooly youth clinic and open show.
Sport Horse Nationals
We are proud to report that a number of our district members showed at the 1009 Sport Horse Nationals and won NuMEROUS Top Tens, Reserves and Championships! Great job!!
SC
Summer Camp is Lots of Fun and Learning at Crescendo Training Centre
Summer camp is once again a very fond memory for the kids that participated in the Horsemasters Summer Camps at Crescendo Training Centre, LLC in July and August. Children from as far away as Michigan, West Virginia and Maryland participated in the summer camps.
The Horsemasters curriculum helps the campers to be very knowledgeable horsepersons, while the riding and showmanship lessons and competition assist with the actual riding and handling of horses. The campers also enjoy daily crafts, treasure hunts and games.
July's camp boasted quite a few promotions in the Horsemasters Program, as well at the winners of the "best of" awards. Brook Brown of Brenigsville was the Most Improved Equestrian. Brenna Brown of
August camp winners were: Bailey Young of Elkins, WV was the Most Improved Equestrian, Ariel Phelps of Ludington, MI was the Best leg wrapper and Chandler Colyer of Marietta, PA was the Best Stall Cleaner. Winners of the Camp Horse Show, Class 1-Showmanship-Samantha Garvey of Lancaster, PA, Class 2-Showmanship, Bailey Young of Elkins, WV, Class 3--Hunt Seat Equitation--Shawna Hillman of Ludington, MI.
Camp counselors were Judy Rutt of Denver, PA and Jillian Schaffer of Sinking Spring, PA. Campers were treated to learning about horse shoeing and trimming with Mike Vannoy Farrier Services of Brogue, PA, horse dentistry with Scott Koelher Equine Dentistry of Glen Rock, PA, Horse Photography with Carien Schippers of Equine Photography of NY, Sports Massage Therapy with Happy Mare Therapist, Cindy McVey of
The children went home with a craft from each day, a completed Horsemasters book, awards and a great memory for their scrapbook. Many have already committed to come back next year for more fun, games and learning!
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The 7th Annual Open Fun Show sponsored by PAHA--SC District
Sets a New Record!
The Seventh Annual Open Fun Show sponsored by the Pennsylvania Arabian Horse Association—South Central District held at the Friendly Horseman's Club in
The main ring judge was Denise Fuller of
The show committee did a great job with Lynn and Don Crump handling the entries. Linda Manwiller processed the
Judy Rutt, our SC Youth Director, was invaluable in ordering awards. Marty Kleiner provided the sound system and audio. Annie Duncan Photography, Inc. was the official show photographer.
Crescendo Training Centre, LLC, provided jumps. Joe Aquila and Chrystal Wood assisted in the hunter ring.
Sponsors and advertisers supporting this year’s event were: Jim and Elva Weaver, Crescendo Training Centre, LLC, Vannoy Farrier Service, Harvest View Stables, Colonial Acres, Cedar Valley Stables, McCracken's Feed Mill, Inc., The Barnes and Beck Financial Consulting Group of Wachovia Securities, Chesapeake Enterprises, Andrea Hoffer, Keath, Dorothy and Kyleann Hinkle, Region 15 of the Arabian Horse Association, Sandra and Leon Hickey, Marty Kleiner, Ken and Kathy Knier, Joe's Auto and Jim Mays
The
High Point 17 & under—Grand Champion—Levi Smartchic+/, ridden by Lucy Rutt, Reserve Champion-- This Boy Can Hot Rod ridden by Emily Candelmo.
High Point Gymkhana division—Co-Grand Champions—Jet Ace's Rose, ridden by Sarah Snyder and One Desire, ridden by Rachel Harze.
The second show in this year’s series will be held at the Friendly Horseman's Club in
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Youth Nationals - A dream come true!
The SC District Youth members worked extrememly hard this year training their horses, polishing their skills and raising funds to travel to the 2009 Youth Nationals. The PAHA youth raised $9,600 which covered the cost of trailering the horses to the show. The group represented PAHA & our distrcit well, coming home with 3 Top Ten's in Arabian Hunter Seat Equitation NTJ 14-17, Half-Arbain Reining JTR and Freestyle Reining JTR.
District meeting: April 17th at the Franklin House in Schafferstown, PA
Holiday Party: December 5, 2009 at The Timbers, Mt. Gretna, PA. Fun social event and year end high point/outreach program awards.
SE
SE District PAHA Judged Pleasure/Poker Ride and Wiener Roast
SE District held their annual Judged Pleasure Ride again this year on
The day started out quite iffy due to another ride being held at the same site; only this was no ordinary ride…..it was a “Quail Hunt - Bird Dog Trials” with riders galloping across opens fields, shooting (blanks) guns, whooping and yelling to beat the band and dogs flying everywhere. Our organization was unaware that this was booked on the same day as our ride! We had to do some recalculating in order to protect riders and horses that had never been in these types of situations, so we had to cut out some of the ‘already marked’ trails and detour them going out and coming in! Well, it worked and the “quail hunters’ were gracious enough to hold their riders for one hour until we could get our district out the start!
The weather was so undecided, but still 18 of our_ 23 registered riders came to brave the elements. We had no rain at all, even though the day started out cloudy and unsure, but by the end of the ride all turned out wonderful with a bit of sun peeking through, no one going off, getting lost, or getting hurt. There were 5 obstacles to encounter with judges at each of the obstacles. Each judge gave a playing card at each obstacle and judged the horse through each obstacle, as well. At the end of the ride, the riders were given two more cards for a best 5 out of 7 cards to determine the winner(s). The jackpot for 1st place was $120.00! - awarded to Kristy McGill, and 2nd place of $60.00 - awarded to Shelly Rahe. Both had hands of 4-of-a-kind! Congratulations to both of these women for their lucky draws.
Our many, many thanks go out to our Volunteers, for without them we could not put on this ride:
Leslie Freeman – Judge
David Conner – Judge
Natasha Blymeir – Judge
Joelle Muscolino – Judge
Ed Evans – Road Crosser
Mark and Cody Williams – Fire Coordinators
Jan Williams – Judge, Trail Coordinator
Sam Williams - Helper
Virginia Kelsall – Administration and Entries
Our congratulations go to the winners of the Judged Pleasure ride and are as follows:
Purebred Mares:
1. Hanana Andrea Cole
2. Misteen Kristy McGill
Purebred Geldings:
1. Country Destiny David Brenelle
2. Sevra Taz Randy McGill
3. WA Profits Fire Kim Firestone
4. MHS
5. Kings Ransom EE Adrieanne Morella
6. AM Kings Ransom Megan Kelsall
Others
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2. Picture Perfect Marie Morrison
3. Sunny Betsy Pilgrim
4. Sonny Cynthia Turecki
5. Eli Dory Graham Vannais
6. Sonny Shelly Rahe
Grand Champion – Country Destiny; David Brenelle
Reserve Champion – Sevra Taz; Randy McGill
Note: (Champion and Reserve are selected only from the Arabian Division)
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Unionville Parade
Date: October 2009
Parade riders / walkers welcome!
Contact: Joy Evans 610-255-5464 for more infomation.
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SE District Meeting
Date: October 2009
Location: New Bolton, PA
Resolutions & Elections. Members and guests welcome!
Contact: Joy Evans 610-255-5464 woodlynfarm@aol.com or Tracy Norcini 610-857-5966 TraceyBaillady@aol.com for more infomation.
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Judged Peasure Ride / Poker Ride
Date: Novemeber 1, 2009
Location: TBA
Contact: Joy Evans 610-255-5464 woodlynfarm@aol.com or Tracy Norcini 610-857-5966 TraceyBaillady@aol.com for more infomation.
