Katrina Deane - The Ultimate Organizer

Here is one person that you should know. I heard Katrina was one of the people who worked on bringing the Champs to MidCal. 

Here is what she says about herself.(She's not very chatty though. So, if you know Katrina let everybody know about her in the comments.)

Why do you like pony club?
    I like to see families getting outdoors and enjoying horses together.

What do you not like about pony club?
    What is there not to like?

What is your favorite thing to do in a pony club meeting?
    Organize something!

What do you have special planned for the championships?
    Dinner for everyone on Saturday night, followed by the Opening Ceremony, and prizes for everyone..

What are your hobbies outside of horses?
    I like road trips, camping and hiking.

Do you have pets?
    I have a wonderful black lab named Logan, and a cat named Harley.

What is a funny story about you.
    Like Ronda I have also been hit by a bird (but the bird survived). I had just had my hair highlighted at the hairdressers, my husband said the bird must have thought that the back of my head looked like some small striped creature that it was trying to swoop down on and fly off with!  I also lose my sunglasses a lot, but sometimes I just lose one lens and carry on wearing them without noticing, much to the hilarity of my two daughters.

Today's News

All the parents and organizers are working hard to put the Champs together. The Dressage Organizer, Carol Anderson, is having fun shopping for neck ribbons and horse cookies.
Last night I discovered a box of Champs pins at my house.
I overheard something about ice cream or popsicles at the Dressage office.
The organizers are also looking for HM volunteers.
I'll keep you updated on what is going on .

Meet the HM organizer

 The HM organizer for Championships is Nicole Fisher.

She is really nice and lounged my pony when she was acting up at the Dressage rally. She also went on the International Tet Exchange a few years ago.

Here is what she says about herself.

      My name is Nichole Fisher
      I am the Tetrathlon Championships Organizer, Mid Cal Horse Management Organizer, and Santa Cruz County PC Jt-DC

     What I like about Pony Club is that it teaches independence, teamwork, leadership, and other life skills to be applied to horse care and "real-life"

     My favorite thing to do in Pony Club is to play with/mentor/teach the kids  

     My hobbies outside of Pony Club are travelling, going to the beach, pretending I'm a little kid, frolicking in the forrest

     My pets are 4 horses: Silver- my retired Paint eventer/broodmare, Tricky- TB off the track "project" horse, Dublin - 4 yo out of Silver, Paint x ISH, Kona - 3 yo out of Silver, Paint x Rhinelander

      A funny story about me: Hmmm.... I think there are too many to narrow it down to one.  Crazy people are drawn to me and will chat with me for hours, I've been accused of being an "alone dancer", I love dressing up for any occasion (not in dresses, I'm talking costume type dress up), I startle really easily...

     HM in Championships is hopefully going to be a really fun experience.  All of the discipline organizers are on the same page about making the whole experience fun and rewarding.  Even though this is going to be fun the HM expectations are a little higher and Champs than at regular regional rallies.  So hopefully everyone is working on getting rid of that dandruff NOW!

Get to know the MidCal RS

For my first spotlight we are going to meet Ronda the RS of MidCal. Drum roll please!

The parents in my club call her the fearless leader! I think that she is very funny and cool.

With out any more delay, meet Ronda and read her interesting story!

     My name is Ronda Davenport

• I am the Regional Supervisor of the middle California Region – home to 24 Pony Clubs and 4 Pony Club Riding Centers!
• My favorite thing to do in Pony Club is goof off with my MidCal members — water fights are great fun!
• My hobbies outside of Pony Club are eating chocolate and hiking, traveling and reading, baking sweets, camping and having fun.
• The people in my family are my husband Tom, daughters Kate and Emily
• My pets are new puppy Annie and cats Henry and George
• One funny and very tragic story of me (I have many) happened when I was five or six and was traveling in the backseat of the family station wagon.  I am one of seven kids, so we were piled in the back.  The windows were down as it was a hot summer day.  My Mom was driving along a country road.  Apparently a pheasant was flying perpendicular to the car.  The pheasant flew in the car window,  conked me in the head and died in my lap.  It was total chaos with feathers everywhere and me screaming — imagine getting hit in the head by a pheasant?!  My mom though had no idea what had happened so she swerved off to the side of the road to assess the situation.  With seven kids, there is always a situation.  It took us a moment to sort out that the pheasant had intersected the window at the exact perfect moment and hit me in the head.  Strange.  But strange things happen to me. 

 Didn't I say she is funny...

 

Welcome to Western Championships!

Hi this is Nila, your reporter for the Western Champs!

The 2010 USPC Western Champs are hosted by the MidCal Region.
They take place in Woodside Horse Park.
We have six fun disciplines, Quiz, Dressage, Eventing, Games, Tettrathalon, and Show Jumping. All of these happen in a period of ten days. This is the schedule.

You can find out about the funny, sad, and crazy events going on in the Champs by visiting my blog. Check in every day to learn about the competitors, organizers, and the Horsepark itself.

Have fun reading!