Posted By: ShelleyH
Posted On: November 20 2008, 1:39 PM (Updated 12/17/2008 1:50 pm)
Title: 2009 Midsouth Quiz Rally

Greetings, Quizzards!

Attached are all the documents you’ll need to submit entries for 2009 MidSouth Quiz Rally.  Please remember the following:

  • Quiz will be at LP Field (home of the Tennessee Titans) on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
  • Opening Date for entries is January 2, 2009.  Entries must be postmarked on or after Opening Date.
  • Closing Date for entries is January 30, 2009.  Entries must be received by Closing Date.

The 2009 Quiz for Dummyz will be available on MidSouth PC’s Web site in early December.  The 2009 USPC Quiz Newsletter is not yet available so I don’t know if there will be wholesale changes from the 2008 Quiz for Dummyz.  At the moment, I believe any changes will be related to holding Quiz at LP Field rather than a hotel convention center plus the division eligibility and Reader/Scribe request changes described in the attached documents.

Deborah Lovett

1 - Quiz Entry Memo [download]
2 - 2009 Tentative Schedule [download]
3 - Quiz at LP Field [download]
4 - Maps of LP Field [download]
5 - 2009 Volunteer Opportunities [download]
6 - 2009 Filling out the Paperwork[download]
7 - 2009 Quiz Entry Form-NOTInteractive[download]
7 - 2009 Quiz Entry Form - Interactive[download Excel file]
           

Posted By: ShelleyH
Posted On: November 16 2008, 9:55 PM
Title: 2008 Midsouth Region Annual Meeting Highlights

On November 8, the MidSouth Region held its Annual Regional Council Meeting. Please click below to download the highlights of the meeting and election of the 2009 Midsouth officers.

2008 Annual Meeting Highlights [download]
USPC Leaders Camp Info [download]
2009 Midsouth Regional Calendar [download]

Each event on the Master Calendar can be found on our website calendar.
           


Posted By: ShelleyH
Posted On: July 14 2008, 11:26 AM
Title: Thank You, Volunteers!

On behalf of all MidSouth Pony Club members, I offer a sincere Thank You to our Parent Volunteers for their support at MegaRally this year.  Their donation of time and energy toward making our Rally competitions a fair, fun, and a positive learning experience for our members is priceless.

Special Recognition is given to the following people/Clubs who gave that ‘extra ounce of effort’ at our MegaRally and Open Horse Trials:
Huntsville - Sec/Org for D1 Rally and SJ course building/ring crew/score running;
Keeneland - Sec/Org for TET Rally, MegaRally Stabling, and Horse Trial
organizing (all huge jobs...done well!);
Long Run - Sec/Org for Dressage Rally;
Miami Valley - course building/ring crew/score runners for D2/D3 Rally; and,
Stones River - BN course building/ring crew/score running and later sent a crew
to help w/N, T, P course building for the Open Horse Trials (!)

As in previous years, Walnut Creek handled all Hospitality duties for Tet, MegaRally, and the Horse Trial and this year also took on Operations Crew assignments( a great help).  Four Rivers did a 1st place job with Awards/Ribbons/Trophies again.  To Grace Hobbie and Shelley Holt …a trophy for their scoring time/effort.  Many Thanks also to Grace for designing all the entry packets for MegaRally and the zillion details that involves!  Thank You to Rebecca Billard, who did a professional job of Stadium and XC announcing at D2/D3 Rally - way cool.

To all the parents and upper level pony clubbers (including C-Advisors) who volunteered their Horse Management skills. THANK YOU for your incredible enthusiasm and patience, despite the heat and long hours down in the barns. Great ‘hands-on’ teaching there!

Kathy Woods from Stillwater was the Volunteer Organizer for Show Jumping Rally.  Cindi Lacy from Wilderness Trace did all the Volunteer recruiting/job assignments for D2/D3 Rally and Tammy Speakman (our MidSouth RIC) took on the task of Volunteer recruiting/stadium job assignments for the Open Horse Trial.  Peggi Bindner (and the Covered Bridge crew) handled the volunteers and equipment set-up/take down of all dressage rings for Dressage, D2/D3 Rally and C-Rally/Open HT again this year.  All four of you gals ( and your volunteer helpers) did a super job. Kudos!

A BIG Thank You also to our Rally Secretaries who spent so much time organizing entries, chasing down paperwork, answering emails, making changes (often at the last minute!) and interfacing with volunteers and/or coordinators:
Sally Lockhart (Tet); Fred Roberts (SJ); Allison Deaton (Dressage); Pat Bellknap (D1); Susan Snow (D2/D3 Rally); Myke Ramsey (C-Rally); and Jan Whitehouse (Open Horse Trials w/320+ competitors! Awesome job, Jan!)    You folks are wonderful!

Last, but certainly not least, a big Thank You to Shelley Ryan, our overall MegaRally Organizer.  Shelley does her job quietly all year long… contracting all the judges, arranging facilities, porta-potties, EMT’s, Vets, XC judges for the Horse Trials, designing/building XC courses, organizing two trailers of MidSouth equipment such as radios, dressage ring components, office supplies, tables/chairs, etc. etc.…..you name it.  Shelley knows who, what, where, when and why.  MidSouth cannot thank you enough, Shelley, for your professionalism, attention to detail, politeness, and generous heart.

It has been said that children learn more by the actions of their parents than from their words. By your acts of volunteerism, you have made a wonderful demonstration of selfless giving to your children.

Sincerely,
Nancy Smith, MidSouth Regional Supervisor


Posted By: ShelleyH
Posted On: June 21 2008, 10:02 PM
Title: Jump for Kids

New Hope Blount County Children’s Advocacy Center and McCord Farms cordially invites all horse enthusiasts and the general public to join us for an evening of fun and excitement on Saturday, August 30th, 2008 at 4:00pm for the First Annual Jump for Kids.

Click here to download flyer
Click here to registration form

Posted By: ShelleyH
Posted On: Apr 30 2008, 03:23 PM
Title: Calendar Page Tutorial

Here is a "how-to" video on using our new calendar page. This video requires Windows Media Player. Click here to download and watch.