MAY 2012 THE RIDER /13
OBRA 2012 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
The Fastest Fifteen Seconds of Your Life
CHECK OUT THE OBRA WEBSITE AT
www.obra.ca
President: David Clingen - (416) 996-0031,
davidc@eventuredesign.com Vice President: Christine Thorne - (519) 820-0347,
indian_elegance_@hotmail.com Secretary/Treasurer: Carol Crane - (519) 475-4577 or (226) 228-4577,
cdcrane@xplornet.com
Membership Secretary: Ashleigh O’Connell -
ashleigh@icls.ca North Director: Laurie Fisher and Missy Wilson -
melissawilson630@hotmail.com West Director: Lisa Scarlett - (519) 289-1937,
lisa_scarlett@hotmail.com Central Director: Karen Armstrong - (705) 669-7311,
armstrong_kare@hotmail.com East Director: Pam Zurosky -
sohdypop@msn.com Youth Director: Chelise and Wynter Fotheringham - (705) 669-7311,
obrayouth@yahoo.ca Futurity Director: Tom Gee -
tommy.sarah@
hotmail.com Newsletter Liason: Kari Garrett -
indie_6926@hotmail.com OQHRA Industry Development Program Liason: (519) 289-1937,
lisa_scarlett@hotmail.com Webmaster & Rookie Director: Amy Fotheringham -
billamyf@tcc.on.ca Points Director: Heather Komowski e-mail address
harejc12@gmail.com VIP Director: Brian Barg -
commander1@gmail.com Marketing: Rachel Clingen -
rachel@rachelaclingen.com
OBRA NEWS MARCH 2012 OBRA News
The OBRA kicked off the season with an astounding 177 entries at the OBRA Barrel Blast April 27-29th held at the REACH Centre in Clinton. It was a weekend of high calibre barrel racing, with Josiah Clingen and Sure Dash laying down the weekend’s fastest time, a sizzling 14.884!
3D Champion was Arron Alexander on BB Lastcall For Cash.
ty year!
The 4D champion was Rachael Lesmeister on JBS Jay Low.
Dan O’Connell of MillPack Industrial Maintenance generously sponsored the Friday night Open 4D class and the Youth Division was kindly sponsored by NUCO. Scott Gray’s ongoing support of the OBRA youth riders is greatly appreciated.
Please be sure to check out the OBRA webpage
www.OBRA.ca for a full list of division points. The Just for Kicks class organized by Chelsie and
Wynter Fotheringham featured Bareback Barrels, highly entertaining and not for the faint of heart.
OBRA VIP members enjoyed a Big Barrel Breakfast on Saturday morning and a Continental Breakfast on Sun- day. We have over 30 new VIP members and we truly appreciate their support of OBRA.
Wilson’s Tack and Saddle Repair provided beautiful halters for our 2D youth and 2Dpole champions. The Silverado Sweepstakes, sponsored by Jim Wilson Chevrolet had 130 entries. Our 1D champion was Caleb Clingen on That’s Bull.
ager. Adam Harrison, Bill Fotheringham , Carl Heffernan and team for keeping the ground in top notch shape. Brian Barg for announcing and Carol Crane for running the office. Wayne Longfield , worked the gate for the entire weekend and Storeybrook photography provided pictures for the weekend. Christine Thorne ran the Silent Auction with the proceeds going to Walk It Off Spinal Cord Recov- ery Centre.
The NPBA 3D poles had over 65 participants-; this was a record breaking number of entries for OBRA poles! Leslie Richards and Zip were the Sunday 1D champions with a time of 20.051.
Last but not least, a special thank you to all the volun- teers who set barrels over the weekend, assisted with the set up and take down of the pen and stalls, and helped with the office and VIP breakfast without you the show would not be the great success it was.
OBRA Events 2D champion was Warren Craig on Heza Dashin
new faces. Ponies R Us sponsored the Saturday Rookie class, Gavin Workman and Gin Kitty took home the 1D championship on Saturday.
The Rookie Division had a great turnout, with lots of
Jason White and Sheza Keep Her won the overall Futu- rity average, with Jessie Jackson and Haut Chocolat a close second! The OBRA Futurity Division had over 23 entries, it was amazing to see so many of our young riders bringing along young horses, and it is going to be an exciting Futuri-
May 18-20 - Rockin Rodeo Harrow, ON May 26-27 - VIA Trailers Open House Mount Brydges, ON June 9 - Nadalin Electric Barrel Race, Milton Fairgrounds, Milton ON June 10 - OBRA Members Show Milton Fairgrounds, Milton ON June 16-17 - Healey Falls Barrel Race, Roseneath, ON July 14-15 - Bonfield Barrel Race Bonfield, ON July 22 - Zurich Fair Zurich, ON July 28-29 - Burmac Barrel Race Milton OR Erin, ON August 4-5 - Northern Lights Barrel Race New Liskeard, ON August 18-19 - Reid Drainage Race, Fergus OR Erin, ON Sept 2-3 - Paris Fair Extreme Paris, ON Paris Fair Sept. 8 - Petrolia Fair Petrolia, ON Sept. 21 - Milton Fair Milton, ON Sept. 22-23 - Forest Fair Forest, ON Sept. 29-30 - Roseneath Fair Roseneath, ON Oct. 6 - Dorchester Fair Dorchester, ON Oct. 7 - Erin Fair, Erin, ON Oct. 8 - Brigden Fair Brigden, ON Oct. 12-14 - OBRA Grand Slam Finals REACH, Clinton, ON
A big thank you to Amy Fotheringham our show man-
Other weekend sponsors included David and Rachel Clingen , A&T Automotive Service Centre and Huron Trac- tor in Exeter who provided the tractors.
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