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VAULTING NEWS
A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION
AVA
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MAY-JUNE, 1980
AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 1307
SAN JUAN BAUTiSTA, CA 95045
General Secretary
Adrienne Stang
20449 Glen Brae Drive
Saratoga, CA 95070
408-867-0184
Editor
Kitchy Burdette
2643 Old San Jose Road
Soquel, CA 95073
408-462-4686
Tel (408) 623-4446
Medal Testing & Films Secretary
Patricia Reschar
112 Calfhill Court
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408-356-8660
Historian, Insurance & Annual Report
Bettylou Button
12851 Sonoma Highway
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-1777
Technical Advisor
J. Ashton Moore
P. O. Box 1307
San Juan Batitista, CA 95045
408-623-4446
Budget Committee
Mary Parker
P. O. Box 252
Capitola, CA 95010
408-475-7420
Promotion & Publicity
Bettylou Button
12851 Sonoma Highway
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-1777
Constitution & By-Laws
Adrienne Stang
20449 Glen Brae Drive
Saratoga, CA 95070
408-867-0184
Clinics, Courses & Competition
Cheryl Davidson
15644 La Barca Dr.
La Mirada, CA 90638
714-522-7239
Judges & Technical
Naomi Takemoto
1725 Wharf Rd., #5
Capitola, CA 95010
408-688-7554
Vaulting For The Handicapped
Liz Helms
Camps & Clubs
Jean Dempsey
24425 Loma Prieta Ave.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408-353-1850
Fest
Lillet Bossenrneyer
9835 Caminito Cuadro
San Diego, CA 92129
714-484-1710
International
J. Ashton Moore
334 Mission Vineyard Rd.
San Juan Bautisla, CA 95045
408-623-4446
9311 Del Arroyo Dr.
Sun Valley, CA 91352
213-243-7187
AVA FEES
Registered Teams - $35 first year, then $25 per year.
Vdulters - $7.50 per year.
Sustaining Members $16.50 per year.
Subscription to the AVA News - $10 per year.
Medal Exams
$7.50 per vaulter.
Please send Membership Fees to Adrienne Stang, and Medal Test
Fees to Patti Reschar. Patti is also in charge of the AVA Films thai are
for rent. Rule Books and Score Sheets are available from Adrienne
Stang. Contact the General Secretary's office for paperback copies of
Elizabeth Friedlander's book, "Vaulting" at $7 each
AVA Rule Book -$5.50 to AVA members
AVA Rule Book - $7.50 To non-members.
Patches - $2.50 each.
Score Sheets (Team. 3-Phase. Medal. Test) 10C each
AVA Brochure • Free
Medal Test Application - Free.
BE SURE TO SEND INQUIRIES TO THE CORRECT PLACE
(Membership, films, etc.I as there us much delay when
information goes to the wrong place or person!!!
From The
President's
Notebook
April, 1980 will be unforgettable for
many of us. Robert Vavra came to do the
vaulting photograph for two of his new
books and the experience was so interesting that a special artricle has been
devoted to it, which will be found
elsewhere in the issue. Needless to say,
there will be many vaulters awaiting eagerly the publication of ALL THESE GIRLS
IN LOVE WITH HORSES and EQUUS
REINED!
Just returned from judging a dressage
event in Grants Pass, Oregon. I had heard
that Oregon is now full of Californians, but
was unprepared for the special surprise of
finding there James Coffie, formerly
associated with the Pt. Reyes Team and
now a resident of Ashland, Oregon. Manywill remember that Jim's daughter Kachina
was a member of the victorious U.S.
team which went to the first international
competition in Germany in 1977.
Jim has started a group in Ashland called the Rogue Valley Vaulters and this
group performed at the show I was judging
on Saturday evening.
It is the only
registered team in Oregon at the present
time and hopes to come to the National
Fest in Los Angeles this summer.
After a very polished entry, the team
dressed in attractive green outfits was introduced. While their nice Appaloosa
warmed up, each member did one of the
compulsories on the barrel, Jim making
excellent comments and explanations.
The team then went right into a Kur program on the horse with great Paso Doble
music as a background. The content of the
Kur was astonishing, taking into consideration the very short time the group has been
working. It was very professionally done
and the audience loved it, giving the
youngsters a standing ovation at the end.
Our congratulations to Jim and his team.
A new magazine VOLTIG1EREN
AKTUEL devoted solely to vaulting has
now appeared in Germany-some of you
may have already received an introductory
copy. It is supported by impressive advertisements and contains several articles by
Use Lorenz. Contents include upcoming
competitions throughout the country,
results of major competitions, news from
abroad and a feature article by Inge Lohr
entitled "DAS BARREL - MADE IN USA"!
The drawings from our rule book are
shown and the article tells not only about
its construction but about our extensive use
of it as a training tool as well as in our
3-Phase Competition, which is also
described. Another interersting article is an
announcement of a new division "D" to be
added to the recognized competitions. Obviously for beginners, it is still done at the
canter. For anyone wishing to subscribe,
write to: Joachim Beier, Beintweg 7,
Postfach 44 6906 Leimen - 3, West Germany for information and price. The
magazine comes out six times a year and in
Germany costs 20 DM.
We are in receipt of a letter from Pierre
Andre, President of The Association Nationale Pour La Voltige Equestre - the national vaulting association of France, in
which he advises that there will be an international vaulting competition in Paris on
the 6th and 7th of December at the Salon
du Cheval (indoor), "that means about
8,000 spectators," quoting from his letter.
Further quoting, "I am asked whether
several American teams could be invited
and what would be the arrangements to set
up for that. We are expecting the best German, Swiss, Austrian and French groups
as well as individuals, and perhaps some
others from Netherlands and England, and
maybe Hungary. (I already got in touch
with the Szilvasvarad Kholkose and am going to Budapest next week) "
Although not a good time in the year for
us as everyone is in school, it is still a very
exciting prospect and I have sent for fur
ther information on the provision for
horses, housing etc. etc. More later when
we received a reply. Happy Vaulting!
EFS
From The General
Secretary
The AVA has turned into a very busy
organization this year. Because of articles
in several magazines, we have had over
700 requests for information so far this
year. The National Geographic World
Magazine for children brougt over 450 requests and each day the mail brings 4 or 5
more letters. Most of the requests (about
375) were from children, but some from
adults also sounded promising. My thanks
to Sustaining members, Patti Reschar.
Jane Scott, Mary Jane Roskosz and Judy
Bryer for helping to answer these requests
for information. Some of the letters from
the children were really cute. One child
even asked me not to send a horse to her
address. Most of them said that they loved
horses more than anything in the whole
world. Requests came from as far away as
New Zealand, Israel, The Bahamas and
Mexico. Many came from Canada. Anne
Ryan from Camaneri Acres near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada even came by our
house while on vacation to find out more
about our sport. She feels that she will be
able to get something going in Canada and
offered to contact those in her part of
Canada who might be interested in
vaulting. This brings me to asking a favor
of our Sustaining Members who might be
interested in helping us to grow.
I am in the process of organizing the
AVA by areas so that there will be resource
people in the various states - at least in
areas of several states - to follow up on the
requests this office receives. When a letter
is received by me. I send out an informa
tion packet. Many times letters sound very
promising, but the person writing it is very
far removed from any team in the AVA .
What 1 am going to do is send a copy of the
important letters I receive to a resource
person who lives near the person asking
for information. The resourse person will
then contact this person (by letter) and offer help if needed, it is my hope that this
might stimulate the growth of the AVA. if
this extra effort does not promote new
members, we can discontinue the practice
next year, but I feel it is worth a try. I will
be sending letters to some of our Sustaining Members next week asking them to be
resource people. Some have already offered to do this and I want to thank them in
FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY
(continued)
advance for their efforts, if I send you a
letter asking you to be a resource peron,
please answer me as soon as possible. If
you don't get a letter and wish to help,
please contact me. There are more than
enough jobs to go around.
Our membership is progressing at a rate
faster than last year. We presently have 44
Registered Teams, 142 Sustaining
Members and about 550 registered
vaulters. Since many of our members are
new, I thought a few words about registration procedures might be h e l p f u l .
In order for AVA insurance to apply to a
team, all vaulters, coaches and longers
must be members of the AVA. Vaulters
may be any age. Coaches and longers
over 18 must be Sustaining Members; they
must be vaulting members if under 18.
ALL Vaulters must be members of a
Registered Team. No vaulting memberships can be accepted except for those
vaulters who belong to a Registered Team.
Sustaining Members do not have to be
members of a Registered Team in order to
vault in recognized competitions as an individual, or to take medal tests. A Sustaining Member may vault on a Registered
Team without paying an additional vaulter
fee, but they must have a card on file with
the General Secretary, as a vaulter for the
Registered Team. Registration cards for
vaulters are available from the General
Secretary and are filled out only once. To
register a vaulter in the following years,
you only need send the vaulter fee along
with their name to me. It is not necessary
to fill out new cards each year. Please
remember that cards must be typed or filled out NEATLY in blue or black ink.
Please DO NOT let your vauhers fill out the
cards. The AVA files end up looking like a
mess! Memberships received after October
1st of any year are valid nil through the
following year. Registered Teams and
Sustaining Members receive the AVA
News, vaulters do not.
Patti Reschar handles medal tests and
film rentals. Please remember that AVA
films are rented to Members only. Please
return films immediately after you use
them so that others may also enjoy them
on schedule.
Our films are heavily
scheduled and we rely on you to be prompt when we promise them to others,
Meda.1 test forms are available from Patti.
Medal tests must be scheduled 30 days in
advance or there is on additional fee for the
test. Although medal tests are now being
given to the Right for Bronze, Silver arid
Gold medalists, the awards are not yet
available. Please return all unused Trot
Pins, Medals and Ribbons. If a vaulter fails
an exam or doesn't take it for any reason,
fees are forfieted and the award must be
returned to the AVA. Fees may be
transferee.! to another vaulter for the same
test only.
I hope this information helps our new
members. If either of us can be of further
assistance, please feel free to contact us.
We have Executive Committee meetings
periodically. If any of our members have
items to be considered by this committee,
please inform the General Secretary.
Please remember that all AVA publications
must be submitted to this committee for approval, Happy Vaulting!
Adrienne Slang
General Secretary
Horse Center
Vaulters
Watch out Mt. Eden Vaulters! There's a
new team in Roswell, New Mexico called
the Horse Center Vauiters that has enough
spirit to carry them far in competition.
Armed with Li;-: Searle's book on vaulting
and a copy of the new AVA Rulebook,
they had iheir kids jumping all over the
place. Then in March, the owners of the
Horse Center, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson,
asked Brad Wells and me to go to New
Mixico and give a weeklong clinic.
Mrs. Robinson picked us up at the Albuquerque airport but not before we managed to create a major commotion playing
with a blood pressure machine that refused
to register anything except zero over zero.
We immediately discovered the fantastic
hospitality that we were to be treated to as
Mrs. Robinson proceeded to show us
around all the sights of Albuquerque. Santa Fe, and even an authentic Indian
Pueblo. Then after being wined and dined, we drove to Roswell.
The first day we gave a mini-clinic and
vaulted with some of their better vaulters
for a press interview. Over the next several
days we gave six half day clinics during
which it seemed the whole town turned
out. We worked with "kids" from age 5 or
6 to 40 or so. There was a persistant atmosphere of enthusiasm and a real desire
to learn that pervaded all the clinics. It was
terrific.
We started each day with several hours
of extensive stretching and ground work.
Then we went through the compulsories
on the barrel prior to doing them on the
horse at a trot. Two of their three vaulting
horses were available for canter work also,
and some of the kids went on to do canter
compulsorsies and Kur. The video system
which Brad brought along proved to be
very helpful as a teaching aid. We heard
many vaulters remark, "Wow, my legs
really do bend in the flank!"
After practice, we discovered what a
funloving family the Robinsons really are.
There was a joint party for their son, Ries,
and Brad and me who all had birthdays
then. We were treated to riding lessons in
our spare time, including a ride on the only
Peruvian Paso in New Mexico! On top of it
all were the adverse sleeping conditions.
There seemed to be a host of beds full of
cracker crumbs, balloons under mattresses, short-sheeted beds, and water
balloon pillows! There was somethng new
every night to keep you on your toes.
By the next to the last day, we had five
kids ready to take the trot medal exam.
They learned all the protocol of a medal
exam and anxiously went over all the last
minute details such as, "Which way do 1
turn in the scissors again?"
The next day dawned bright and very
windy, especially for Brad whose bed had
been reassembled outside on a secondstory balcony late the night before. The
vaulters arrived in a serious group, ready
for their medal test. Despite winds that
threatened to blow over the horse, all five
vaulters successfully completed their
stands as well as the other five com
pulsories and passed the medal exam!
Later thai evening, two very tired
vaulters boarded a plane in Albuquerque
to return to Los Angeles. They weren't too
tired to wreak havoc with the stewardess
most of the way home however...
by Marie Osmon
The Robert Vavra
CONNECTION
Having come into recent prominence for
his elegant "coffee table" books, EQUUS
-THE CREATION OF A HORSE and his
latest SUCH IS THE REAL NATURE OF
HORSES, both of which have been
translated into seven languages, many
people are not aware that Vaura has produced 15 other prose and photographic
works, many of which have also been
translated into several languages. Liz
Searle and Jeff Moore at Osierlea had the
rare good fortune to be his hosts on two
occasions this past April, while he was
photographing vaulting for two new books.
ALL THESE GIRLS IN LOVE WITH
HORSES and EQUUS REINED.
A tall, handsome man of slender build,
dark complected, he characteristically has
a serious expression as he concentrates on
his work, or enthusiastically discusses it.
He is absolutely tireless when it comes to
his work and has that priceless ability to imbue all those around him with his enthusiasm. He constantly encourages and
praises, so that the subjects are willing to
perform again and again until he is
satisfied.
Surely vaulting has never before, and
probably never will again be photographed
with such a unique style. Vavra creates his
photographs--the special lighting (some of
the vaulting was done at 5:30 A.M. to take
advantage of the misty, dream-like atmosphere) with unusual angles from the
top of a tall step ladder or lying prone on
the ground (some still, special shots of the
vaulter-horse relationship were taken with
the photographer actually standing on the
back of the horse!), some with deliberately
blurred foregrounds or backgrounds to
create special effects. Vavra's homework
at night is planning the next day's shots
-the exact location, time of day, angles and
the composition of his subjects.
Having been rained out toward the end
of the early April session, making it
necessary for him to come back a second
time, Vavra brought with him Dick Broun,
well-known Hollywood photographer, to
shorten the time factor and get him back
on schedule. For the remainder of the
time everything was shot from two different angles. Approximately 3000 shots
were made for a total of about 32 pages in
two books.
ALL THESE GIRLS IN LOVE WITH
HORSES features the outstanding horse
women of the world in many fields- cutting
horses, gymkhana, race jockeys, jumping,
dressage {which he will fjlrn in Germany)
etc. There will be about 30 pages on
vaulting featuring Kendall Edmonds,
member of the Leprechaun Team ;ri Watsonville, Calif., who is current women's international champion and Sidney String,
member of the Sundance Vaulters of
Saratoga, Calif., who is current women's
national champion. They are supported
by the national champion Leprechaun
Team.
The second book, EQUUS REINED, is a
more purely artistic and imaginative book,
as opposed to the everyday contemporary
aspects of the sports covered in the other
book. It will be concerned with man's relationship with the horse since antiquity,
beginning when the horse was used for
food as a sacrificial object. Vavra plans to
go to Africa to photograph a tribe which to
this day sacrifices wild asses. When questioned about the necessity of picturing
anything so gruesome, his reply was: "It is
part of the story-it must be told." He
knows what he wants to create and no
matter what the subject, he retains the
sincere approach of the true artist.
However, with his usual high standards of
good taste in everything, we can expect
that it may be grim but not offensive-maybe he will blur it!
The vaulting sequences for EQUUS
REINED will be brief. The quality of his
photography is understood when one
realized the time, trouble and number of
shots Vavra took for probably a maximum
of two pages. For this book he selected the
leading male vaulters—Brian Post, current
i n t e r n a t i o n a l mens c h a m p i o n , Kim
Gussenhoven, current national mens
champion (and reserve international
champion), both of the Leprechaun Team,
and Danny Baker, gold medallist from the
Timberline Team of Soquel, Calif. They
will depict a fantasy of the Greek period-how the Greek Athletes might have looked
in their vaulting. Costumes were brief,
definitely Greek in character, designed by
Robert Vavra who tried them himself to be
sure they were practical and appropriate
for the purpose.
Several well-known vaulting horses
were used for both books: Leprechaun's
"Pink C h a m p a g n e " , S u n d a n c e ' s
"Whisper", "Bobcat" from Somer's Field
Vaulters and "Hi Bebe" from Fort's Flyers.
The main horse used for the Greek period
was "Babar", Inez Fort's 17-2 hand. 4-year
old gray Percheron gelding. With his
rnane braided Hungarian style with gold
tassels, his tail done up with gold braid,
and a bridle of golld braid, he looked every
inch the ancient war horse! Together with
the young men in their gold-trimmed
trunks, gold arm and head bands, the total
effect was spectacular, as was their
vaulting!
The AVA Technical Advisor, Jeff
Moore, was the longer for the Greek sequences. With the arrival of the second
photographer, Jeff was suddenly in view of
one or the other of the earners in all shots.
Since it would not be very believable to
have an ancient warhorse with young
Greeks performing on him and being longed by a character in a down jacket and
denim slacks, Jeff had to join the shivering
vaulters at 5:30 in the morning, wearing
the same brief costume.
One of the hallmarks of Vavra books is
to have a number of shots made in fields of
gorgeous wildflowers. Unfortunately, it
was too early in this area, and though the
lupine was beginning to appear, we could
never find enough in a flat field suitable for
a vaulting sequence. Vavra decided afield
of mustard would be great, so everyone
was on the lookout for a usable field. Even
though it was most frustrating, it became a
great joke that each time a field was
located, before the owner could be found
and contacted, the field was plowed! This
happened four times. We were sorry that
Vavra never got this field of flowers, but it
was not because we did not valiantly try.
Though everyone was very tired at the
end of the driving pace which characterized Vavra's visit, we were al! sorry to have
the fascinating and unique experience
finally come to an end. He has returned to
his home in Sevilla, Spain. This Christmas
a new book, HORSE OF A DREAM, will
be in the stores. While here, Vavra gave
us a beautiful slide presentation of the book
another collection of magnificent
photographs, this time woven into a f a n tasy. 1981 will see the publication of ALL
THESE GIRLS IN LOVE WITH HORSES
and 1982 is the projected date for the
release of EQUUS REINED. Meantime,
Robert Vavra will be working on still
another hugh project, MICHENER'S
WORLD, which will be a photographic
presentation of all the locales of James
Michener's great books.
We will be
awaiting eagerly the future publications of
this dynamic man, indisputable master of
his field.
Elizabeth F. Searle
FEST REPORT
By Lillet Bossenmeyer, Fest Chairman
I. Accomodations:
A. We are still uncertain on costs for
campers.
B. The prices we do have look like
this:
1. Dorm and food - $15 Daily
2. Food only - $6.70 Daily
C. Tents are allowed, but you must
bring your own. We -might be charged
a small fee to put these up.
D. No food may be prepared in anything except "contained units": Motor
homes, campers etc.
THURSDAY. AGUST 7:
1. Trot Compulsories - Individual
2. Bronze Compulsories - Invividual
3. International Compulsories
Silver/Gold - Individual
4. Individual 3 Phase
Horse - Gold/Silver/Bronze
5. Individual 3-Phase
Ground - Gold/Silver/Bronze
6.Barrel - Gold/Silver/Bronze
Parade of day's competitors and awards
ceremony.
II. Pepperdine
A.
B.
C.
D.
No alcoholic beverages
Smoking only in the dorms
No dancing
Beach
1. V2 mile from campus
2. A signal crossing is used in crossing the freeway.
III. WE STILL NEED HELP!!!
A.
B.
C.
D.
Decorating on Wednesday
Watering arena every nite & noon
Information Booth: 2 hours daily
Judges Forum
1. Arrange for Bronze, Silver and
Gold vaulters to demontrate
2. Make up flash cards 1 - 10
E. Scoring booth - tabulating scores
F. Stable Judges someone that is not
directly affiliated with a team and has
a good knowledge of stable and management. Judging to be done twice
daily.
G. Judges Clerks - WE NEED LOTS
OF JUDGES CLERKS!! (We also
need someone to organize the volunteers with the judges.}
If you have any questions please feel
free to call. My new number is (213)
335-5127 at home, and (213) 963-5991
at work.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 8
7. Bronze Kur Routine
Three Static Exercises (1 min.)
8. International Class - Sec. II
Kur #1 - Individual
9. Bronze Kur Routine - Scissors Variation,
Static Reverse (3 strides),
Flag Variation.
10. International Class - Sec. Ill
Kur #1 - Individual
11. Team 3-Phasc - Horse "C", "B", "A"
12. Team 3-Phase - Ground "C", "B", "A"
13. Team 3-Phase - Barrel "C", "B", "A"
Parade of day's competitors and awards
ceremony.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 9:
14. LL C" Team Compulsories
15. "B" Team Compulsories
16. "A" Team Compulsories
17. Trot Team Kur/Compulsories
(18 min.) (No break between Compulsories & Kur)
Parade of day's competitors and awards
ceremony.
SUNDAY. AUGUST 10:
18. "C" Team Kur
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6:
Judges Forum
Medal Exams
19. "B" Team Kur
20. "A" Team Kur
Parade of all teams and Championship
Awards.
Recognized
Vaulting
Competition
Timberline Vaulters would like to announce a RECOGNIZED VAULTING
COMPETITION Father's Day, June 15,
1980. The judge will be Marcia Sullivan.
Recognized classes will be: A Team, B
Team, C Team, Bronze Compulsories,
Bronze Kur, International Silver Kurs I and
II, International Gold Kurs I and II, Open
Scissors Routine, Open Down & Up
Routine, Open Doubles, and Open
Triples.
Unrecognized classes will be: Trot Team
Compulsories, arid Novice Canter Compulsories.
A special "Parent's" High Point award(s)
will be given on the basis of combined
scores from the Mother's Day Garrod Fest
and our "Father's Fest" to persons and/or
teams who compete in both events.
We are looking forward to seeing
everyone there!
Any team or individual not in California
who wishes to attend should write immediately to:
TIMBERLINE
BoxlOl
Sequel, CA 95073
The Ava Is Happy
To Welcome
Three New Teams
AVALON VAULTING TEAM
Box 707
Avalon, CA 90704
Coach: Bunny Putnam
Colors: Brown
HORSE CENTER VAULTERS
Rt. 1, Box 31D
Roswefl, New Mexico 88201
Coach: Jean Robinson
Colors: Barn Red & White
HEATHERWOOD FARM VAULTING
TEAM
4995 Stage Gulch Rd.
Sonoma, CA 95476
Coach: Margo Hoagland
Colors: Brown & Gold
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Garrod Farms Mother's Day Competition
Garrod Farms of Saratoga hosted their annual Mother's
Manager -Jane Garrod. Grounds - Jane Garrod. Food
Day Competition on Sunday, May 11. The judge was Naomi
responsibility was taken by Vince Garrod, Arden and Bob
Takamoto, with a host of volunteers to help things run
Bendorf, Jean and Hans Ernst, Dick Bryer, Becky Schriver
smoothly. The clerks were Judy Bryer, Betty Markowski,
and Caroiyn Keen.
and Kathy Lemteux. Timers were Ed Scherf and Dave
Nine teams from Central California competed. Tony
Keen. Scoring - Mark and Pat Reschar, Dave Scott, Shirley
Amoroso from California Centaurs came all the way from
Angus and Mary Jane Reskosz. Gatekeeper was Jennifer
Southern California and then hurt her ankle just before the
Taylor. Announcers - Dick Angus and Chris Garrod. Show
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RESULTS
BEGINNING TROT COMPULSORIES
TEAM
Timberlinc Trappers
Timberline Twisters
Central Valley
Pegasus
Sharlene II
Mt. Eden
Sbarlene 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SCORE
6.117
5.31
5.14
4.76
4.63
4.55
3.55
HORSE
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Pcikins
Sparky
Tanawanda
Buttons
Pollyanna
Buttons
COACH
1 . Johnson
L. Johnson
F. Radish
K. Burdette
Collins
M. Schere
Collins
BEGINNING CANTER COMPULSORIES
TIME
2.
3.
4.
5.
5.83
. me
5.056
4.79
4.76
4.49
Central Valley
Mt. Eden
Pegasus
Pt. Reyes
.
CTEAM
1. 5.803 l.a Mancha
2. 5-489 Timberline
3. 5.46
Shoreline
A & B TEAMS
1. 7.842 Mt. Eden'A'
2. 7.304 Timberline Flyers 'A1
3. 7.021 Timberline Bouncers
'B' Team
4. 6.18 Timberlinc Toppers
'A' Team
CLASS A. BRONZE COMP. NO DISMOUNT.
1. 7.72 Jeanette Boxall
Sundance
2. 7.52
Leslie Pedersen
Timberline
3. 6.77
Joey Gurnee
Timberline
4. 6.55
Mike Engman
Sundance
Timberline
5. 6.38 Marie Lemieux
HORSE
Whisper
Geronomo
Pollyanna
Chevat
Legs
COACH
A. Slang
F. Rrtdich
W. Scott
Burdett
M. Chetini
Abby
Moryan
I'eterbelt
MacDonald Buellesbach
N. Stevens N.Stevens
Mrs. Collins Mrs. Collins
Honer
Woody
S. Scherf
J. Garrud
N. Stevens
Woody
N. Steven
L. Johnson
Woody
N. Stevens
N. Stevens
CLASS E SILVER KUR ROUTINE
1. 7.48 David Long
Nancy Steven;;
2. 7.0
3. 6.03 Amy Templet on
Mike St. J o h n
4. 6.0
Scott MacDonald
5. 5.8
Timberline
Tiniberline
Mt. Eden
Shoreline
LaMancha
CLASS B. SILVER K U R . 1 NEW ROUTINE.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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8.78
7.34
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6.20
5.6
David Long
Nancy Stevens
Scott McDonald
Leslie Keen
Dana Tinker
Timberline
Tlmberltne
LaManclui
Mt. Eden
Timberline
CIASS C. GOLD KUR. 1 MINUTK ROUTINE.
1. 8.6
Sydney Slang
Sundance
2. 8.52
Laura Jones
Seaview
3. 6.82
Danny Baker
Timberline
4. 6.56
Eva Bryer
Mt. Eden
5. 6.2
Sue Scherf
Mt. Eden
CLASS D. BRONZE - 3 STATIC EXERCISES
1. 7.72
Jeanette Boxall
Sundance
2. 7.5
Leslie Pederson
Timberline
3. 6.88
Becky Tinker
Sundance
4. 6.7
Sarah Goldberg
Central Valley
5. 6.62
Joey Gurnee
Timberline
CLASS F. GOLD KUR U
1. 8.2
Sydney Statin
2.7.98
Laura Jones
3. 6.9
Danny Bakei
4. 6.88
Kim Shriwr
5. 5.4
Eva Bryt-r
CIASS G. OPEN DOUBLES
1. 8.68
David Long
Erin Pederson
2. 8.6
3. 8.36
4. 8.04
5. 7.88
David Long
Mark Zollo
Sydney Slang
Jeanette Boxall
Danny Baker
Erin Pedersen
Mike Sesul
Leslie Keen
Sundance
Sea view
Timberline
Ml. Eden
Mt. Eden
Timberline
Timberline
LONGER
D. Angus
F. Radich
H. Scherf
A. Dick
CI-ASS H. OPEN TRIPLES
Danny Baker
1. 8.0
Shelly Davis
Holly Johnson
Ken Scow
2. 7.9
Sydney Stang
Jeanette Boxall
Mike Sesul
3. 7.8+ Leslie Keen
Kim Shriver
4. 7.8
5. 7.3
Kim Scow
Sydney Stang
Jeanctle Boxall
Krissy Johnson
Marie Lemieux
Shelly Davis
Timberline
Sundance
Mt. Eden
Sundum-<>
Timberlinc
CLASS I BEST VAULT ON & VAULT OFF
1. 8.8
David Long
Timberline
2. 8.6
Danny Baker
Timberlinf
3. 8.2
Mark Zollo
Timberline
4. 7.92
Laura Jones
Seaview
f>. 7.88
Sydney Slang
Sundance
Sundance
Timberline
Mt. Eden
INDIVIDUAL HIGH POINT WINNERS
Gold
Sydney Stang
Sundance
Silver
David Lang
Timberline
Urorize
Jeanette Boxall
Sundance
Timberline News
Timberline has been very busy this
winter preparing for the 1980 competitive
season! We began the month of March
with the most exciting demonstration we
have done to date. The San Francisco
based nationally syndicated television
show, Evening Magazine, came down to
Soquel and filmed a combination of "A",
"B", and Trot teams. It was very exciting
for us to show vaulting to so large an au
dience.
The day after the filming. Nancy left
rainy, cold California 2000 miles behind
and flew to sunny, warm Hawaii to give a
two week clinic for Maui No Ka Oi, Kunia,
and Aloha vaulters! The rain followed,
however, and because of the sloggy arena,
the Maui team was forced to work inside
on the barrel. But this cloud turned out to
have a silver lining because Nancy was able
to help design the team's kur, and she also
worked on individual kurs for the Fest.
Maui No Ka Oi Vaulters are hoping to send
a team to the Nationals this year. They will
be spending a few weeks at Timberline
beforehand to become acquainted with
their new horse. Night Flight, that Nancy
has been training for them, Nancy finished
her stay on Maui by having an informal
competition on the barrel. It was a fun way
to end the week and test the vaulters' newly accomplished skills.
Nan flew over to Oahu for the second
week where the Kunia and Aloha vaulters
were awaiting her and ran right into the
middle of a flash flood! The Kunis Vaulters
vaulted one day on the horse and one day
in their scuba gear!
Aloha Vaulters,
around the island at Haleiwa, enjoyed better weather but red mud drys slowly, so it
ivns double and individual kurs on the barrel for the also! The vaulters and horses
from Kunia and Aloha teams made the trip
to Donna Singlehurst's, who was kind
enough to allow her arena to be used for
an unrecognized competion between the
two feams with Nancy as judge. Nancy is
grateful to Haku Baldwin for making this
trip possible and thoroughly enjoyed her
stay with all three teams.
Immediately after her return. Nancy
spoke at the Santa Cruz Rotary Club about
vaulting as a growing and exciting sport nationally as well as internationally. She was
very well received by the Rotary Club.
Several businessmen in the area expressed
their Interest in the growth of vaulting in
this community. Future sponsorships for
the international exchange may result from
this meeting.
Timberline has been doing several
demonstrations this winter to show
vaulting to the public. The two "A" teams
and "B" team performed at the Gold Coast
Amature Arabian Two Day Horse Show
April 19 and 20- The exhibition was very
well received and we plan to do more
shows as as result of this one. An added
bonus to this demonstration was that we
were video taped and were able to watch
the performance afterwards. This was SO
beneficial that Nancy has arranged for
video taping to be made available at our
Father's Day Fest for ALL participants!!
We find these demonstrations very helpful
to the vaulters because the pressure of co
mpetion is absent and it is valuable to the
horse because he must work in an unfamiliar environment. This prepares him
for competition in a fun and rewarding
way!
Our club is very busy with f u n d raisers
this year in preparation for the huge expense of traveling to the 1980 Fest and the
Internationals in 1981.
We are selling
pens, gift checks, and bumper stickers to
raise money and have already put away
over $1,000.
We at Timberline hope that other clubs
in AVA have had as fun a winter and hope
to see everyone at the Garrod Farms
Recognized show and at our first recognized competition on Father's Day.
Nancy is now available for clinics. She
speciali/es in team Kur rind individual Kur
development. Interested parties should
contact her at;
TIMBERLINE
Box 101
Soquel. CA 95073
(408) 476-5901 or 688 2400
by Laurie Johnson
Timberline Vaulters
Rose Parade
Opportunities!
What an opportunity! There will be
vaulting not only during the pre-parade
festivities the days before and of the
parade, but actually IN the Rose Parade! If
you would like to be a part of this extravaganza, Brad Wells wants to hear from
you. Entries close July 2 so it is imperative
that you call Brad TODAY if you are interestedHis phone number is (213)
996-3807 and is address is 17171 Roscoe
Blvd #330 Northridge, CA 91325.
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RETREAT, SAN JUAN RAUTISTA, CA
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