Winter 2014

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Inside Western Show Results English Show Results Winter Events Fundraising Holiday Season

JANUARY

Sat. 31 Western IHSA Show Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

FEBRUARY

Sat. 14 Hunt Seat IHSA Show Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Sun. 15 Hunt Seat IHSA Show Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Sat. 21 Hunt Seat IHSA Show Black Dog Farms

Sun. 22 Hunt Seat IHSA Show Black Dog Farms

Sat. 28 Western IHSA Show Henry Country Saddle Club

MARCH

Fri. 6 ] Western IHSA Western Regionals Henry Country Saddle Club

Sat. 7 Hunt Seat IHSA Hunt Seat Regionals Black Dog Farms

Sun. 29 Hunt Seat IHSA Hunt Seat Zones TBA

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Western Shows

The Western team is elated and proud to have had such a successful first semester, and we look forward to an even better upcoming season! Everyone has made tremendous personal improvements, and we are excited to see what Western Regionals has in store for us! Our current standing is 4th in Zone 7, Region 1! On October 25th we had a horse show at Saint Marys of the Woods. We won reserve high point team that day! There was also a show on November 1st at Indiana University. Congratulations to Molly McGhee for becoming a regional qualifier in the advanced division!

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English Shows

On November 15th and 16th the English Show team went to Saint Mary's Of The Woods for a show! We were high point team both days and also had a high point rider, Kelsey Concklin! The next weekend, November 22nd and 23rd, we went to Black Dog Farms. The team was high point team on Saturday! Additional congratulations to Emily Blok for being high point rider on Saturday! Another show at Saint Mary's Of The Woods was December 6th and 7th. We were high point team on both Saturday and Sunday! We also went doubles for High Point Rider with Kelsey Concklin and Rachel Burke! The Illini are the number one team in the region with 202 points. Thank you to all of the parents and friends who have been so supportive this semester!

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Winter Events

Pony Club Demo

Social Events

The club had the opportunity to go to Commonwealth for a Pony Club demonstration this semester. They even had the chance to ride and try some of the games. Thank you to Catherine Foreman for teaching us!

This semester the Equestrian club had many fun social events. Some of these events included a Bar Crawl and movie night where we watched Secretariat. Our social chairs Jenny Williams and Elle Wilson did a great job of creating really fun events for everyone in the club to get to know each other and relax from the stress of classes!

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Our Fundraising Chairs Hailey Anderson and Kelsey Concklin did an amazing job this semester! We had our first ever late night grilled cheese fundraiser. Our officers took turns making and selling grilled cheese on Green Street one night earlier this semester. It was a huge success and we sold tons of grilled cheese sandwiches!

Fundraising

Another fundraiser we had was selling Krispy Kreme donuts on the quad. Once again, officers all took turns selling the donuts and hot chocolate. This fundraiser was also very successful for us. Look out next semester for our fundraiser at Joes on Tuesday, January 20th!

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Donations

Happy Holidays to all of the friends, family, and alumni of Illini Equestrians. We are so grateful for the support you continue to

give us!

As all of you know, equine activities are not cheap! As a club we work hard to fundraise and make it as affordable as possible for

everyone to be able to participate. Without funding we would not be able to support the efforts of our show teams and provide great activities for all members of our club. If you would like to make a

donation via Paypal to the Illini Equestrians please visit our website.

http://publish.illinois.edu/illiniequestrians/