DECEMBER 2017 THE RIDER /45 Equestrian Canada


Announces 2018 Dressage Committee Members


Ottawa, ON, Nov. 24, 2017 – Equestrian Canada (EC) is pleased to announce the mem- bers of the 2018 Dressage Com- mittee. The following individuals


have been appointed following the close of applications in No- vember 2017:


Victoria Winter (Chair) –


Toronto, ON Mary Brooks – Cedar Valley, ON Kimberly Cox – Calgary, AB Susan Fraser – Port Williams, NS Joan Macartney – Manotick, ON Shelia Skene – Victoria, BC Elizabeth (Liz) Steacie – Brockville, ON William (Lee) Tubman – Wellington, FL Birgit Valkenborg – Sainte- Marthe, QC The members of the 2018


EC Dressage Committee were appointed based on their disci- pline-specific expertise and com- petencies, as well as overall strengths in areas such as collab- oration and strategic thinking. The current committee contains a balance in terms of both re- gional representation and experi- ence. Members hail from across Canada and bring perspectives from the standpoint of high per- formance athletes, certified


coaches, EC and FEI officials, competition organizers, owners and sponsors, as well as the grassroots. New to the committee in


2018 is Kimberly Cox of Cal- gary, AB, who is presently Direc- tor at Large for the Alberta Dressage Association (ADA) and sits on the Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) Long-Term Equestrian Development Com- mittee. “I’ve been part of the Cal-


gary-area equestrian community since my family relocated here in 1967,” said Cox. “I’m proud to have achieved my EC Competi- tion Coach Specialist accredita- tion in dressage in 2014 and have upgraded to Basic Dressage Judge as of Jan. 1, 2018. I look forward to serving on the EC Dressage Committee in the new year.”


Skene and Valkenborg were


welcomed back for a second term in 2018. Skene is an EC Senior Dressage and Para-Eques- trian Judge, and has also trained and competed with her own horses at the FEI level. Valken- borg has been involved with EC since the 1980s, and now holds the titles of certified EC High Performance 1 Dressage Coach, Dressage ‘S’ Judge and FEI 3*


Para-Equestrian Dressage Judge. The Dressage Committee


also extends sincere gratitude to outgoing committee member, Jean Duckering of Red Deer, AB. Duckering has been an active EC volunteer for many years, and has been a pillar of the dressage world in Alberta for decades through various roles, including Past President of the Parkland Area Dressage Association (PA/ADA) and the ADA. “I want to thank the new


and returning committee mem- bers for accepting these posi- tions, and for their continued support and commitment to the sport of dressage in Canada,” said Victoria Winter, EC Dres- sage Committee Chair. “I would also like to recognize outgoing member Jean Duckering for her invaluable contributions.”


About the EC Dressage Com- mittee The Dressage Committee is


the committee of Equestrian Canada responsible for leading the strategy on programs and services for dressage develop- ment in Canada. For more infor- mation on programs provided by the Dressage Committee, visit www.equestrian.ca/ sport/dres- sage.


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