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Equine Canada Announces Coaching Awards


Ottawa, ON—At the 2012 Equine Canada Awards Gala held Febru- ary 3 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Equine Canada honoured certi- fied coaches with the first annual coaching awards. The first category was the Equine Canada/National Coaching Certification Program Coach Awards. These awards were for the coach or instructor that exemplifies the National Coaching Certifica- tion Program through coaching/teaching skills, concern for safety and equine welfare, business practice and support of the national rider and coaching programs. Over 50 nominations came in from all over the country from youth, adult amateurs, peers, employers and barn staff telling Equine Canada why each coach was doing a great job and deserved to be awarded.


Coach Award recipients


Coach 1 Para-Equestrian — Lynn Marshall, Milton, ON Coach 2 & 3 Para-Equestrian — Andrea Taylor, Surrey, BC Coach 3 /High Performance Dressage — Ute Busse, Breslau, ON Coach 3 / High Performance Event - Yves Landry, Napierville, QC Coach 3 / High Performance Jump — Josee Turcotte, Mirabel, QC Coach 3 / High Performance Western — Pat Carter, St. George, ON High Performance Candidate — Ruth Allum, Ashton, ON Instructor / Coach Therapeutic — Pat Bullock, Burlington, ON Instructor of Beginners — Kris Bhattacharya, Ste Anne, MB Saddleseat Coach/Instructor — Archie Hurst, Sherwood Park, AB Newfoundland — Marylew Murray, Antigonish County, NS Yukon — Celine Skerget, Watson Lake, YT Level 1 English Ontario — Regina Schmitter, Burlington, ON Level 1 English Québec — Claudia Iannuccilli, Wentworth, QC Level 1 English West — Selena Pellizzari, Nanaimo, BC Level 1 Western Ontario — Chanda Burke, Thorndale, ON Level 1 Western West — Carola Friesen, Lethbridge, AB Level 2 English Dressage — Deborah Fox, Ladysmith, BC Level 2 English Eventing — Pascale Tremblay-Wagner, St. Jean Baptiste, QC


Level 2 English Jump — Jill Barker, Windsor, NS


The Equine Canada Coaching Excellence Awards were also presented for the first time this year at the Gala. The Excellence Awards recognize those who have made significant contributions to the development of Equine Canada coaching or rider programs. Equine Canada programs like these are usually developed over sev- eral years and with the involvement of several dozen committee members and program leaders from across the country. Contribu- tion is largely on a volunteer basis and volunteers are usually prac- ticing coaches with already charged schedules and other commit- ments. With so many coaches involved in the creation of each new program or program revision, it would be easy for programs to get hung up in discussion loops, or progress interrupted by the under- standable need for contributors to attend to their training and com- petitive season.


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“The milestones achieved in 2011 would not have been possi- ble without the will and commitment of project leaders to make it happen,” said Heather Sansom, Equine Canada Manager of Coach- ing. “Coaching Excellence recipients contributed hours of their per- sonal time, going above and beyond to support their peers and invest in programs that impact coaches and athletes across the country.” The Coaching Department would like to extend special thanks to the Ontario Equestrian Federation for their leadership in facilitat- ing program pilots in several disciplines in 2011. Also, special recognition goes to the following people for their outstanding com- mitment to the coaching and athlete development programs in 2011.


Coaching Excellence Award recipients


The annual coaching awards nomination forms will available on the Coaching section of the Equine Canada website at http://bit.ly/ydLviD near the end of 2012. Be sure to nominate coaches that need to be recognized for their hard work and dedica- tion.


About Equine Canada


For more information about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecanada.ca.


breeding program, KingRidge horses have successfully com- peted in hunter, equitation, jumper and eventing in North America up to national level with great results. 2011 marked a leap to international success for KingRidge bred horses, with Foxwood High (formerly High Society 3E) representing Canada as a member of the silver medal winning Canadian Eventing Team at the Pan American Games. Just south of the boarder, Good Night 3E was named as an alternate for the United States Eventing Team Pan American Games Team. Choosing to register all their offspring in Canada with the Canadian Sport Horse Association, all KingRidge homebreds carry the 3E suffix to represent Epstein Equestri- an Enterprises Inc. Boasting pedigrees with a who’s who list of international breeding stallions such as Nimmerdor, Cor de la Bryere, Voltaire, Furioso II and Jalisco B, just to name a few, KingRidge foals are professionally trained and enter the show ring to prove themselves. The success of their young horse program is supported by the number of 3E horses that are found in the final standing of the young horse classes across


Canada.


These young horses are now entering the ranks of grand prix. Under the experi- enced guidance of Canadian Olympian Hugh Graham, two 3E horses, Distant Star 3E and Fifth Estate 3E, have been also been declared for the 2012 Canadian Olympic Show Jumping Team for Lon- don.


As a result of these incredible accomplishments KingRidge Stables has been named inaugural recipient of the Equine Canada Breeder of the Year award.


The Breeder of the Year Award was created to recog- nize a Canadian breeder for a lifetime contribution to a horse breed, who by his or her efforts has improved the qual- ity of Canadian bred horses and/or enhanced the reputa- tion of Canadian bred horses. At the 2012 Equine Canada Annual Awards Gala, on Friday, 3, 2012, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, KingRidge Stables was hon- oured with the 2011 Equine Canada Canadian Breeder of the Year award.


About Equine Canada For more informa-


tion about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecana- da.ca.


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