Don’t forget to get your memberships in. Memberships are due every year at the beginning. So get it in early…Forms can be found on the website.

Clinics

MHC was thinking of maybe hosting some clinics. BUT we need your feedback. It would be awesome if we could get some feedback on what type of clinic you would be interested in. Fill out our survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FK3FGKK

Show & Sponsorship

Our sponsor committee and show committee have been busy working on their programs. Most of the judges are booked! Show programs will be out in March.  Countryside Stables already has theirs in – Thanks Dorothea!
And sponsorships are already rolling in.

Volunteers

Now volunteers are every organizations biggest challenge – hey who wants to work for free? Not me…. So we are looking for people who could be interested in volunteering this season. NOW remember you don’t have to be horsey to volunteer. We have a ton of positions in gate/out gate, ring clerk, announcer etc.. Training will be provided.  This year we have a new system for the volunteers instead of the silly books… you drop your ballet with your hours signed by the Show Manager into a box! OH and it gets you a FREE (yes FREE) lunch. You can do your daughter’s, your cousin’s or your mom’s hours (I think you get my drift). If you are interested please reply to this email

Photos

Now there was a nice lady who took some photos for me at the Year End award but I can’t for the life of me remember who it was! If you’ve got some photos from the year ends, the christmas parade or from last season I’d love to have them! I know there are some pretty good photographers out there:)

Cheers,
Alicia Harper
VP Mission Horse Club

Show dates

We are very excited for this show season… and we already have our dates. Most shows will be Heritage Qualifiers. Make sure you get your log books. Class lists, show dates are all figured out now. We just need to book some judges. This year the Trophy Show will be a year end qualifier.

We have added Hunter days! Last year our Hunter days were so successful that we added some more! There are a total of 4 Hunter shows (3 then the Saturday Trophy show) this season and we have added some Hunter Year ends.

2012 MHC Show Schedule

·      March 25th – Wild & Wooly
·      April 15th – Games
·      April 22nd – EW
·      May 6th – Hunter
·      May 20th – Games
·      June 3rd – EW
·      June 10th – Games
·      June 17th – Hunter
·      July 15th – EW
·      July 29th – Gerry Griner
·      August 25th – Trophy Show
·      Sept 16th – Games
·      Sept 30th Hunter
·      Oct 14th – Wild & Wooly

All shows except Wild & Wooly and Gerry Griner will count for year end awards.
Rosalie and Margo

Rosalie, our long time past treasurer (I need to butter her up so she’ll still volunteer and Margo (she’s my new favourite horse but Rosalie won’t let me steal her) competed this season and placed second in their Preliminary Division. Please see the photos here on the website.

Did you and your horse do something cool you want to share with members? Send me your photos and information and I’ll include it in the next newsletter.

Sponsorship

Leslie  and Tara are working very hard at getting the sponsorship program together. First thing in the new year they will be looking for sponsorships so, if you know anyone who would like to sponsor or who’s business could benefit, please let us know. You can contact them directly or just reply to this email and I’ll forward it on.

Volunteers

As a non profit club completely staffed with volunteers we are always looking for help (Begging might be a better word here..) This year in particular we will need some volunteers at the shows. Cooks, In and Out Gate, Ring Steward, etc.. For all our shows. Now remember you don’t have to be horsey to help! Be sure to email me(alicia@hyleetraining.com) or reply to this email to let me know we can use you this season or to inquire about volunteer opportunities.

Ideas from the Community

As most of the executive is pretty new to club, we are looking for some ideas of how the club could add value to their members. I would love to here your feedback on what you would like to see the club do in the next year? Some ideas I have heard are dressage shows, clinics etc.. Send me your ideas.

Year End Awards!

We had the year end award night this past month. Lots of people came out to support their club. I believe we had a approx. 40 people at Dakota Joe’s. Everyone loved their prizes. We also had a door prizes that we drew for and Dan St. Amand seems to me won most of them, including the very manly pink polos! Now, I haven’t received any photos from the Year End Awards so if you have some please send them to me! I have posted the winners on the website here. Helen’s note about the year end would be to make sure to attend THREE shows to qualify and complete your VOLUNTEER HOURS or else all your hard work goes to nothing!

And lastly, our next meeting

Is Jan 5th, 7pm @ The Mission Chamber of Commerce upstairs board room– Everyone is welcome!

Cheers,
Alicia Harper
Program Director
604.773.0297
Www.hyleetraining.com

Hello everyone,
Our season has come to a close with a little bit of a rough beginning, the weather this spring was less than nice. We had a change in the Executive part way through the season, but we all survived! Thank you to all who helped out at the club at shows work-bees etc. We had a work-bee last Sunday and managed to re-fence the side of the arena along the bleachers! It poured rain but spirits and determination were high and with the help of a great group of volunteers we got the job done!

Helen Howell, 2011 MHC President

AGM Tomorrow Night @ 7:30pm

Tomorrow night’s the night we all vote for our executive! This year many are stepping down so it’s time for us to step up. We are definitely going to need some additional volunteers this year. The following Executive positions are available: President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer. We also need some volunteers for some of our committees including Show, Membership & Sponsorship ( I know I’m missing something…but for the life of me can’t remember). Now remember that you don’t need to be horsey to help… and trust me there is job for everyone…The AGM tomorrow is at the Visitor’s Centre on Lougheed Highway. The meeting room is upstairs. Afterwards we have the rules meeting (ughhh… nobody likes rules do they?)

Year End Banquet Nov 17th

That’s right and we are giving away year end prizes. And trust me… they are good (too bad I didn’t show this year). On top of year ends, we will have door prizes, silent auction (bring something to donate) and of course GREAT FOOD & GREAT PEOPLE. The banquet this year is at Dakota Joe’s on First. And Helen says the food is fabulous.. If you could RSVP to Helen Howell @ martyeyes@hotmail.com and just let her know you are coming and with how many friends. This way the restaurant has an idea of how much room we need.

And lastly, a big thank you to our sponsors Fraser Valley Building Supplies & Abby Tack for the awesome deals on prizes so we were able to get bigger, better prizes

Last week’s work bee

Was a huge success despite the rain. The great crew of people (I don’t want to name names in case I forget someone) that came out was able to get the place cleaned up and the whole one side of fence up. Now we just need some (hint, hint fence fundraiser..) plaques to put on them. Pictures of the new fence will be posted on the website soon, which has also been updated

Facebook

Now don’t forget to join the Mission Horse Club Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/MissionHorseClub/) Ronalee & Tanya do a great job of posting all of the hot-off-the –press information there. Currently we have 123 members and we would like to see grow!

Sponsorship

This year we’ve got it a bit more together on the Sponsorship end. If you’ve got a business it’s a great way to get exposure. I know I’ll be in line for a sponsorship. Forms can be found on the website (http://missionhorseclub.com/sponsorship/sponsorship-program/). You can also read all about the sponsorship program we’ve got going this year there as well. The cool thing about sponsorship at MHC is that you can have a sign on the ring and it’s viewable by people year round! Leslie (hockeynhorses@live.com) is in charge of sponsorships and you can email her to let her know you’d be interested. She would be delighted to hear from you!

Thank you to our Sponsors!

It’s been a long year and we’ve had a blast this season but we couldn’t do it without the constant support of our community sponsors.. So a big THANK YOU to all. This year’s sponsors included: Abby Saddle Shop, Iron Lotus Yoga, Bosley’s Pet Food & Supplies, John son Meier Insurance, Soapbox Studios, Pete’s Pizza Place, Rosegate Dairy Farms, Glenda’s Christmas Cottage, Action Roofing, Betty McMahon, Prospera Credit Union, Valley Pulp, Buker Farms, Cummings Trailer Sales, Snug Rugz & Accurate Pressure Washing (boy, that’s a mouthful!) Now if I’ve forgotten anyone I’m new

And of course, the more people show up, the faster it goes. Please bring any rakes, shovels, hoes, hammers, gloves ect that you have. Don’t steal any from the neighbors tho We would love to see some new people out to help and we promise not to torture you too bad.

We will be installing the first new fence sections from our Fencing Fundraiser so if you have been wanting to purchace your section please let us know ASAP so we can buy enough boards and posts to get it installed this month for you! How cool is this? You can have a section of fence with a plaque in your name or in your horses name or in remembrance of family, friends or you favorite pony or advertise your business…on the MHC fence forever (or at least until it needs to be replaced again but seeing as this fence is over 30 years old, you will be famous for a long time!)

You can email any of the Executive to let them know you’d like yours added!

I’ve got a very important reminder.

The next meeting is MHC’s AGM on November 3rd. We will be holding our Elections and then our Rules meeting which is, your ONLY opportunity for the year to change or add anything in the MHC rule book and to help the club out by volunteering for a position on the executive.

There are a ton of positions to be filled to make sure our club runs smoothly next year and with the majority of the executive stepping down this year, we will be in need of fresh faces.

The following are the positions available:

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Newsletter Rep
• Website Rep
• Year End Awards Committee
• Membership
• Show Committee
• Sponsor Committee

Now we’ve changed the format of the board this year to get people working together and not separate! We will now use the format of committees for the Show Committee, Sponsor Committee and the Year End Awards Committee  because we thought these tasks are going to require more than once person! So if you’ve got a few hours to donate each month we would love for you to sit on one of our committees. If you love the Mission Horse Club and you would like to see it continue then we need your help.. AND you DO NOT need to have alot of horse experience.

The meeting will be held at the Mission Travel Information Center on Lougheed Hwy a@ 7:30pm on November 3, 2011. See you all there.

The footing was tested out for the first time at the games show and everyone seemed happy with the imporvements and the difference was quite noticable.

So if you haven’t been up riding at the club, be sure to come on out to the next show to test our footing out for yourself. I am sure you too will be impressed with the imrpovements.