Zone One Arabian Horse Club Since 1974
Fall Newsletter 2011 Mission Statement: To Promote the Arabian horse as a versatile breed for all disciplines by having clinics, schooling shows, horse shows and trail rides for members.
President’s Message of Fall 2011 The time has come all too quickly that we look back over the events of our club for 2011. We had 4 point shows this year with one being a double judged show. Weather conditions in May can always be unpredictable so we cancelled our first show and to save on travelling we had a doubled judged show at the end of June. All of our judges were adults who are actively involved in the current Arabian Horse industry. In fact they all have Arabian Horses and show at various levels and various disciplines. Many of our current members have also attended 3 fairs in our area to exhibit and promote the Arabian Horse. Shedden Fair,Western Fair, and Thorndale Fair all had Arabian Horse classes. Of course, Western Fair was a really great show this year. Our number of horses was down a little from last year but the entries were up. Everyone went home with good prize money and great door prizes. We were able to give back to exhibitors because we had some great sponsors!! Many of our young exhibitors had fun trying to get the liberty horses to perform in the liberty class at the end of the show. Although Western Fair Arabian Horse Show wasn’t a point show for our Zone One members this year,most of the exhibitors were Zone One members. Now as we prepare for the year end awards, we think about what the directors may have in mind for awards. Our club is in good financial position again this year so first of all our ticket prices for the brunch are the same as last year. Please carefully read the page in this newsletter to get all the details. We also have included the list of all the high point winners so that you know who was successful in attaining high point for which class. We all know that some classes had a lot of entries while some only had a few or even less. There were several classes in our list that had no entries at all this year. We will have to look at that situation for next year. If you have any thoughts please send them in the right direction. I have looked over previous years newsletters and discovered that each year our rules for high point awards roughly stay the same but presentation of these awards change. It usually depended on which directors were doing the awards. We must remember that high points go to horse and rider/handler combinations. I also noticed that quite often there were overall high point awards given out. That was usually not the decision of the board of directors but by the individuals who were in charge. I know that this year we had a board of directors meeting on October 2nd and we discussed and voted to put into place awards for each class where we had winners. We also voted to give winners gift certificates to various tack shops if individual members were multiple winners. I’ll probably explain in a little more detail just prior to the presentation of these awards on November 27th. Please order and pay for your brunch tickets by the date indicated and don’t order tickets and say you’ll pay at the door. We will have to charge you for them whether you come or not because we have to pay Pine Knot Golf and Country Club the number we say we need. Obviously, many of you will be bringing guests. These are usually friends,family members like grandparents but you could also invite new Arabian Horse owners in your neighbourhood. There are former members who might wish to come again but need a little bit of a push to come. Just tell them the food alone is worth it!! Everyone is reminded to bring door prizes and silent auction items. Thank you to all who were very helpful at the various shows this year. Let’s not forget that our club is ready to become more involved in promoting the Arabian Horse. We have been approached to conduct some clinics for next year. Some Arabian Horse owners in other parts of Ontario are looking to our club to take on a greater leadership role. Can we perhaps make some changes to make some of that happen in the near future ? I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on Sunday,November 27th at The Pine Knot Gold and Country Club
High Point Awards for 2011 1. Open Mare - no entries 2. Open Geldings - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS JERUSI 2nd - Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 3. Sr Showmanship - Lauri Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 2nd - Selina Schuit - BEN KHASKA 4. Jr Showmanship 14-17 - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS JERUSI 2nd Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 5. Jr Showmanship 13 & under - tie *Martina Lievre - KHALED IBN HASSAN 2nd Emma Cowan - NABOB tie *Kate Bigras - CSARDAS RAPTOR 6. Leadline - Clayton Bigras - KHALED IBN HASSAN 7. Walk, Jog/Trot 13 & under - Dakota Maissan - CSARDAS RAPTOR 2nd Jordan Ferrow - KHALED IBN HASSAN 8. Open Walk ,Jog/Trot - Jordan Ferrow - KHALED IBN HASSAN 2nd Jacob Ferrow - KYAN 9. Novice Exhibitor - only shown at one or two shows 10. Sr English Pl - Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 2nd Lorraine Blanchard - EL B KASSEL BEY 11. Jr English Pl 14-17 - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS JERUSI 2nd Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 12. Jr English Pl 13 & under - Emma Cowan - KYAN 2nd Martina Lievre - KHALED IBN HASSAN 13. Arabian English Pl - Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 2nd Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 14. Show Hack - Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 2nd Katherine Bird - CSARDAS WILLOW WYNDEAVOUR 15. Sr English Equitation - Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 16. Jr English Equitation 14-17 - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS JERUSI 2nd - Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 17. Jr English Equitation 13 & under -tie *Emma Cowan - NABOB 2nd - Katherine Bird - CSARDAS WILLOW WYNDEAVOUR tie *Kate Bigras - CSARDAS RAPTOR 18. Jack Benny Pleasure - Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 2nd - Lorraine Blanchard - EL B KASSEL BEY 19. Command - Martina Lievre - KHALED IBN HASSAN 2nd - tie *Selina Schuit - BEN KHASKA tie *Nick White - CSARDAS WILLOW WYNDEAVOUR 20.Junior Horse - no entries 21. Jackpot - not a high point class 22. Versatility - Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 2nd - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS RAPTOR 23. Costume - Kate Bigras - CSARDAS RAPTOR 2nd - tie *Martina Lievre - KHALED IBN HASSAN tie *Rosalin Dubois - NABOB 24. Open Trail - Selina Schuit - BEN KHASKA 25. Native Costume -tie *Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 2nd - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS JERUSI tie *Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 26. Western Pleasure - Vanessa Bueckert - BRANDALE ZOYA 2nd tie *Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS RAPTOR tie *Rachel Straus - CSARDAS MALARKEY 27 .Arabian Western Pleasure - tie *Vanessa Bueckert - BRANDALE ZOYA 2nd - Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL tie *Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS RAPTOR 28. Western Equitation - Michaela Lievre - CSARDAS RAPTOR 2nd Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 29. Horsemanship - Laurie Tomlinson - WALKABOUT EREKODA NIHAL 2nd Selina Schuit - BEN KHASKA 30.Reining - one show only
High Point Banquet Zone One Arabian Horse Club Awards Brunch Sunday,November 27 2011 at Pine Knot Golf and Country Club 5411 Hamilton Road Dorchester, Ontario ******************************************************************** You are invited once again to come as early as 11:00 am to socialize with others and have a look at all the great silent auction items. You are requested to donate silent auction items to help cover costs of the hall and awards presented to exhibitors. Don’t forget to bring along some door prizes so that the spirit of this tradition can be again continued. ^^ Brunch at 12:15 “ You can obtain some of these items from your local businesses that you patronize every day “. Please remember that we like to give a “thank you” to the sponsors or donors so we will need a business card or something like that . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tickets are to pre-ordered and paid for please. Adults - 12 years and up - - - $ 18.00 Children - 11 and under - - - $ 12.00 Same as last year but our cost is greater this year so hopefully silent auction will help. ============================================== Tickets are to be ordered from Sue Straus by Monday, November 21/ 2011 Mail your order form below & cheque to: Sue Straus P.O. Box 32 Tavistock,Ontario N0B 2R0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Clip along line and mail Number of adult tickets = __________ @ $ 18.00 Number of children tickets = _______ @ $12.00 Your name - ___________________________ You will be given a draw ticket at the door for each person in your group for a door prize.
2011 Board of Directors: President: Adriaan Brand 519-234-6238 Treasurer: Sue Straus 519-655-2690 Directors: Jen Ferrow 519-469-8565 Ester Lievre 519-539-3059 Pat Prince 519-268-7180 Stacie Hanson 519-471-4756/226-234-8880 Carol Stuart 519-238-8064 Junior Directors: Michaela Lievre 519-539-3059 Rachel Straus 519-655-2698
We need: classifieds, photos and member stories. If interested in submitting, please contact Stacie Hanson at 519-471-4756 or stacihanson@hotmail.com Do you have a picture you’d like to see in the newsletter? I’m looking for pictures from this or prior show seasons, pictures of your youngsters or oldtimers, stallions, foals, etc. Pictures are used for promotion of the breed and let fellow members know who is showing and what horses the other members have. Forward pictures to stacihanson@hotmail.com and include a subject line saying “Zone One Pictures”
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Zone One History Part 1 (provided by Dianne Lawrence) The Story of Zone One Arabian Horse Club
During the 1950’s the Arabian Breed was becoming increasingly popular in Ontario. In 1955, a group of 10 individual enthusiasts of this magnificent animal got together in the Toronto area and formed the Arabian Horse Association of Eastern Canada which consisted of a large geographical area broken up into zones. Membership in AHAEC grew and the Board of Directors included representation from each zone. By 1974 membership in AHAEC exceeded the 300 mark and a group of members local to the zone one area discussed forming their own Arabian club. Bill and Marjorie Nowlan, originally from Nova Scotia, residing in the London area were very active in the local Arabian community. Marjorie gave lessons. BilMarLee Stables and the Nowlans owned and exhibited stallions Barclay Azraff and Duke of Briarwood. Their daughter, Sherry successfully showed her gelding, Stone Arc Yissan one of the rare Arabians possessing the ‘Bloody Shoulder’ mark. John and Maxine Kelly of Southwold were also very involved with Arabian horses. They owned and operated the Bungalo Resturant in Lambeth. In 1974 Bill Nowlan approached John Kelly and discussed holding a dance at the restaurant to raise funds in order to form a local Arabian horse club. John agreed and this was the first of several dances called, “The Desert Smash” held at the Kelly’s restaurant. After the initial fund raiser, an organizational meeting of local Arabian owners was held at the restaurant and the Zone One Club was formed. Bill Nowlan was the first President, with Directors, Jim Revell, Bob Hewitt, Eileen Hume, Helen McNorgan and Marj Nowlan. The meetings continued to be held at the Bungalo restaurant for two or three years. Bill Srigley was the second Zone President. AHAEC, the head organization was responsible for all Arabian activities in their realm and zone representatives reported to the AHAEC Board of Directors. When this group formed its own Zone One Club, with its own executive, they wanted financial independence from AHAEC. However, the parent organization still wanted to control the zones. The local group resisted turning over money raised locally. AHAEC finally relinquished financial control of the zones and the local Club became known as: Zone One Arabian Horse Club so named by Mary Dancey Clarke.. Some members and Directors of Zone One decided to hold a recognized Class ‘A’ show in London and founded the Great Lakes Arabian Horse Show, Inc. The first show was held at the Western Fair Grounds in 1978. Although this was separate from Zone One, most of the organizers and volunteers were members of the Zone. Other local Class ‘A’ Arabians shows with Zone One members involved in the organization were:
The Lupus Arabian Horse Show, The Forest City Arabian Classic, The Dorchester Fair Arabian Horse Show, The Aylmer Fair Arabian Horse Show, the Exeter Fair Arabian Horse Show, The Woodstock Fair Arabian Horse Show, The Tillsonburg Fair Arabian Horse Show to name a few. Social gatherings were common in the early days and dances frequent. The first Zone One Christmas Parties were held at the hall in Harrietsville. Later, the Annual Banquet and Dance was held at the Catherine Street Hall in Dorchester and then the Dorchester Optimist Hall. Members of the Club were responsible for preparing the main food items and everyone who attended brought a contribution for a Pot Luck style meal. Lots of work, but everyone enjoyed it immensely. There was always enough food left over from the meal to provide a midnight lunch after the dance and before members headed home. In the early days, Zone One offered a bar at functions, manned by Club members. This provided a source of income and produced a financial profit. Later, when insurance concerns became a factor, and Club banquets were held at the Optimist Hall and Legion, the bar was operated by their respective clubs. When the Annual Banquet moved to the Dorchester Legion meals were catered by the ladies of the Legion. In the past few years, the Club has held an Annual Brunch at the Pine Knott Golf and County Club. The Zone held Schooling Shows at the Dorchester Fairgounds in the 1970’s. Syl and Bev Pittana were the driving force behind organizing the first shows. Bob Hewitt was the announcer. The initial focus was to school rider and horse in preparation for the recognized circuit and IAHA rules were followed. Proper tack and attire was a requirement. Zone One also held the occasional Fun Show. These provided a chance for exhibitors to participate in some very funny classes and enjoy lots of laughs. Everyone had a great time and the shows were sometimes followed by a social get-together or barbeque. Zone One Arabian Horse Club held clinics to educate members on various disciplines. Annual trail rides were held at Mary Johnson’s located in Ravenswood, Ipperwash as well as other rides including the Hay Swamp. In January of 1984 Zone One hosted the A.H.A.E.C. Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet held at the Downtown Holiday Inn in London. Over the years, the rules at Zone One Club Shows were relaxed and owners and exhibitors of other breeds were invited to participate. The focus was still primarily on the Arabian horse. Proper equipment, attire and tack were encouraged but not mandatory. However, safety was first and foremost. The shows provided a relaxed low key atmosphere to enable riders and horses to gain experience before moving on to the more structured Class ‘A’ circuit. For others not interested in the recognized circuit, it was a chance to enjoy a day of participating in a horse show at the club level. IAHA and CEF rules were rather loosely followed. The cost per class and total expense for a day of showing was minimal. The membership and Board of Directors of Zone One decided they would offer year-end trophies for the Club Shows. Club Rules and Regulations were brought in. The focus of the Shows shifted
from preparing for the recognized circuit to working toward a Zone One year-end trophy. This became the motivation for exhibiting. The move from Schooling Shows to Club Shows may be responsible for the decline in the quality of expertise of our exhibitors. Clinics to educate our members were held infrequently in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Zone One enjoys a successful past and present. The future looks bright. Zone One Arabian Horse Club will continue to promote our Breed! Following are the names of some owners and enthusiasts from the area who were active in the early years of Zone One Arabian Horse Club and helped spread word of the Beauty, Versatility and Enjoyment of the Arabian Breed. They are in no particular order Helen McNorgan, Bill, Marjorie, Sherry, Bill Jr. and Heather Nowlan; Bill, Carmen and Lori Srigley; Bill and Annie Fowler, Dalton and Norma Finkbeiner, Bill, Sunny and Marysa Snider, Lloyd, Dianne and Shayna Lawrence, Vern Jackson; Jack, Donna, Craig and Steven Brandow; Maria Hoffer, Bob, Fran and Nadine Hewitt; John and Maxine Kelly, Connie, Bill and Cindy Wiersma; Billy and Donna Harris, Bob Wright, Marney Carter, Adriaan Brand, Shirley Bosley, Eileen Hume, Gord and Leta Abel, Wayne and Margaret Yeoman, Jerry and Sheila Pyne, Bill and Ethel Dodds, Dr. Seth Thompson, Bob Paton, Denise and Trevor Riley, Grace Wilson, Syl and Bev Pitana, Kim Watts, Karen and Brent Hudson, Wayne and Bonnie Longfield, Mary and Moose Clarke, Tex and Laura Kellestine, Bill, Mary and Kim Johnston, Shirley and Bill Watters, Ed and Pat Girvan, Glen and Penny Bearss, Merv Todd, Ray and Jean Phillips, Floyd and Grace Frederick, Jackie Oulton, Chip Harris, James H. Revell, Ray and Carol Dries, Doug and Midge Swayze, the Reids from Thamesville, Larry and Diane Miller, Tom Williamson and trainer Barry Monahan, Lynn Wallace Prepared by Dianne Lawrence 2008 ----
Zone One Arabian Horse Club 2012 Membership Application Form Kindly complete this form with the correct membership fee and mail to: Zone One Arabian Horse Club c/o Sue Straus P.O. Box 32 Tavistock , Ontario N0B 2R0 2012 membership fee is $ 20.00 for an individual as well as for a family. Individual membership - ….......................................................... or Family membership - …............................................................... Please list all the names who will be participating in Zone One activities. Kindly give birth date of all juniors __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Residential mailing address: ….................................................................... ….................................................................... ….................................................................... ….................................................................... Email address: …............................................................................ Contact phone number …............................................................................ Kindly indicate here if you wish newsletters to be mailed to you by Canada Post or by email. By mail - ....... By email - …... This year we would like to put the names of members in newsletters. Kindly indicate your permission to do so here. Yes or No Signature __________________________ Any suggestions - …...........................................................................................................
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