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Congratulations to all the participating teams for the 2009 President's Cup. During our ribbon Ceremony in the Dansko Fair Hill International Arena we had the pleasure of Mr. Wayne Quarles (President, CCI** and USPC Activity Director) pinning the riders with their ribbons along with Mr. Barry Cone (USPC Games Chairman) - Thank you for presenting the riders their ribbons. CONGRATULATIONS First Place Eastern Pennsylvania Region-RISKY BUSINESS Emma Bartnick Krista Godshall Jonathan Naji Blake Finkenbeiner Adrianna Mayo First Place won: Perris' Leather Halters and leather shanks Polo's from Bluhorse Fair Hill Mug
Second Place Capital Region-VAULT Kemper Jenkins Claudia Jenkins Addie Thornley Colleen Kenten Josh Klugman Second Place won: Jodhpurs donated from RHC Equestrian
Third Place South/Carolina Region-JOLLY RANCHERS Brigitte Aickelin Laurie Broome Julia Gates Sarah Hood Cady Solomon Third Place won: Outback Trading Company all weather jackets
Fourth Place Western New York/ Virginia Region-FIRED UP Amy Bryson Ashley Stappenbeck Brenna Donegan Teresa Croce Andrew Fox Fourth Place won: Tipperary Equestrian Helmet Knee High Socks-The Surrey Saddlery
First Place Horse Management South/Carolina Region-JOLLY RANCHERS Brigitte Aickelin Laurie Broome Julia Gates Sarah Hood Cady Solomon Horse Management winners recieved: Charles Owen Backpack from The Surrey Saddlery Polo's from Bluhorse
Jackie and Frank Horn, as well as Mary Donegan- we express our many thanks for your dedication to our riders as our TD and Judges. We are deeply grateful for your devotion to our riders at Presidents' Cup 2009. A special thanks to Nancy Crowley who wore two hats by guiding our riders thru the trails to and from the Fair Hill International grounds as well as our A line starter. Thank you Nancy for an excellent job calling the order of finish and getting the games moving along in the lovely weather we all experienced. Patty Naji kept all players in line make sure the score were recorded correctly. Thanks Emma Klugman, we send our gratitude to you holding our Flag during opening ceremony, handing out and collected all the start equipment. Lane and Line Judges: Thank you for providing the insurance that the players all played fairly. Barry and Rachel Cone for providing the Equipment, Entertainment and Support- Thank you and Again Thank you. RING CREW: You all know who you are. Simply amazing with what we had to deal with. Bellatrix pulls out slim victory to win Presidents Cup 2008 Bellatrix from the New York Upper CT Region won a slim victory over the Luck of the Irish from Eastern Pennsylvania Region in the 6th annual President's Cup. The Presidents Cup Mounted Games Competition was initiated in 2003 by former USPC President Jim Ligon who remains the primary sponsor for the event, and is current USPC Games Committee Chair. Presidents Cup has become an established event at the annual Festival in the Country at Fair Hill, Maryland. The competition included three sessions of games over two days, October 18-19 2008. Teams invited to Presidents Cup are chosen from the top finishers at the USPC Championships. Attending this year were Bad Company, from the Capital Region, Bellatrix, from the New York Upper CT Region, Luck of the Irish, from the Eastern Pennsylvania Region and Pink Elephants from the Capital Region. Results for Presidents Cup 2008 1st Place Bellatrix 2nd Place Luck of the Irish 3rd Place Bad Company 4th Place Pink Elephants
Members of the Teams
Capital Region Bad Company *Laura Barbour Evan Becker Isabelle Brace Shellie Cone Aron Cone Sarah Morgan
New York Upper CT. Bellatrix Marissa Close *Kelsey Crowley Megan Griffin Sophie Ruff
EPA Region Luck of the Irish Heather Klingerman Jonathan Naji Joseph Naji *Alicia Royer Tyler Royer
Capital Region Pink Elephants *Kenneth Freeman Catherine Hanagan Lela Hanagan Sara Tilley
Officials for the 2008 Presidents Cup were:
Janie MacFawn, Chief Overall Judge Rachel Atlee, Assistant Judge Frank Horn, TD Kathy Taylor, Scorer Jo Emblin, Linda A Judge Jim Read, Line A Starter Colleen Corrigan, Line C Judge Andrea Cone, Organizer Barry Cone, Announcer Mary Waldman, CHMJ Jim Ligon, USPC Games Chair Special thanks: Fair Hill International, for hosting the President's Cup. Top Gun dominates the field to win Presidents Cup 2006 The Top Gun Team from Maryland Region extended their winning record from the 2006 Championships East to take first place in the 4th annual Presidents Cup. The Presidents Cup Mounted Games Competition was initiated in 2003 by former USPC President Jim Ligon who remains the primary sponsor for the event. USPC President, Margo Leithead, and Jim Ligon were on hand again this year to witness the competition and to award ribbons and prizes. Presidents Cup has become an established event at the annual Festival in the Country at Fair Hill, Maryland. The competition included three sessions of games over two days, October 20-21 2006, with 36 different games played. Teams invited to Presidents Cup are chosen from the top finishers at the USPC Championships. Attending this year were Top Gun from Maryland Region, Channel 4 News from Heartland/North Central Prairie Regions, Glamour Girls from New York/Upper Connecticut Regions, and Skittles from Great Lakes/Mid South Regions. This year's competitors also included the USPC International Games Exchange Team fresh from their three week experience in Great Britain. Results for Presidents Cup 2006 1st Place Top Gun 2nd Place Channel 4 News 3rd Place Glamour Girls 4th Place 2006 International Team 5th Place Skittles Officials for the 2006 Presidents Cup were: Jackie Horn, Chief overall Judge Lois Bohdal, Judge and Scorer Nancy Lindamood, Judge Jim Read, Line A Judge/Starter Stacey Calhoun, Line C Judge Edward Welniak, Ring Crew Chief Frank Bohdal, In-Gate Steward Lyndle Schenck, Organizer, Secretary, Equipment, Announcer Frank Horn, USPC Games Chair Special thanks: Jim Ligon, Presidents
Cup Founder and Primary Sponsor Nancy Lindamood, past USPC Games Chair,
International Team Prizes Fair Hill International, for hosting the Presidents Cup. TEAMS:
Top Gun
Regan Whitehair,
C2, riding Maize
Channel 4 News Jenifer Porter,
C2, riding Sam I Am
Glamour Girls
Kelsey Crowley,
C2, riding Pumpkin Pie
Skittles
Margie Niblack,
C2, riding Niki
USPC 2006 International Exchange Team
Alyson Raynor,
C3, riding Two Bits, Heartland Region Kryptonite Edges out Road Trip in Exciting President's Cup 2005 In a thrilling finish, the Kryptonite Team from the Capital Region won the 2005 President's Cup. The President's Cup Competition and Demonstration was initiated in 2003 by former USPC President Jim Ligon, and he was present at the awards presentation and announced the demonstration. USPC President Margo Leithead officially started the competition by dropping the flag to begin the first game, and she awarded the ribbons and prizes at the conclusion on the last day. The President's Cup was held as a part of the Fair Hill Event in Fair Hill, Maryland on October 15 and 16, 2005. The four teams who came to this invitational demonstration and competition were the Road Trip Team from the Maryland Region, the Kryptonite Team from the Capital Region, the Bond Team from Eastern Pennsylvania Region, and Malibu's Most Wanted Team from the New Jersey Region.
In addition to the placings and prizes noted above, the judging committee also awarded a prize to the team that was judged to have the most consistent Horse Management Performance. The winner of this prize (EFOL feed buckets) was the Bond Team. Officials for this year's President's Cup were:
Lois Bohdal, Technical Delegate
and Scorer The four teams invited to this invitational Competition and Demonstration were: ROAD TRIP (Maryland Region)
KRYPTONITE (Capital Region)
Amanda Van Tassel, B, riding Leather and Lace BOND (Eastern Pennsylvania Region)
Alex Menghetti, C1, riding Romeo MALIBU'S MOST WANTED (New Jersey Region)
Heather Cullinane, C2, riding Bacall PICTURES FROM THE COMPETITION
Getting Ready The DuPont Arena
Hi-Lo Race Pony Express
Waiting for a handoff Starting at Line A
A Pause in the Action Pony Express Mug Race
Hanging the Last Letter Checking the Ring is still on
Two-Flag Race OFFICIALS
Capt. Frank Horn, USN (Ret.)
Richard Gargagliano, announcer, interviewing Jackie Horn, Line A Judge
Jim Read, Chief Line A Judge and Starter,
Margo Leithead, President of USPC, awarding the 2005 President's Cup to the Winning Kryptonite Team from the Capital Region
Amanda Van Tassel, B, Captain of the Kryptonite Team,
2004 Presidents Cup
Neither torrential rain nor hail could keep the 2nd Annual USPC President's Cup from taking place at Fair Hill International, Fair Hill, Maryland on Saturday October 16, 2004. The President's Cup competition is the post season event for senior games teams which placed in the top four at USPC Championships this past summer in Lexington, Kentucky. The President's Cup was donated to Pony Club by Mr. Jim Ligon, who is a past President of USPC, Inc., former USPC Games Chair, and a steadfast supporter of mounted games. This year the four senior qualifying teams from USPC Championships 2004 were all from the east, Capital Region- Red Bull (Jake Cone, Marian Herbick, Rachel Fortier, Elizabeth Shaffer, Amanda Van Tassel), Eastern Pennsylvania Region- Bond (Shelly Heckles, Danielle Huntsman, Alex Menghetti, Julianne Scanon, Laurel Hellhake), Maryland/Capital Regions-Bahama Mamas, (Samantha Welniak, Ann Scarborough, Sammy Stalter, Jessica Schenck, Shelli Cone), and Maryland Region-Wild Things, (Julia Hickok, Brett Calhoun, Stephanie Hickok, Alyssa Peterson, Katie Sunderland). The volunteer games crew diligently placed all of the equipment out the night before on the main "lake" arena. However, by Saturday morning the main arena had drained beautifully and the teams were anxious to begin. The teams made their grand entrance into the main arena before an enthusiastic crowd. By the end of the first session, all of the teams were closely placed with a 14 point spread separating the first and fourth place teams. The Wild Things were out in front with 49 points, Bahama Mamas close behind with 42 points, Red Bull only 6 behind the Mamas with 36 points and Bond right on the Bulls heels with 35 points. During the final session of twelve games, Bahama Mamas challenged the leader, Wild Things, but was not able to draw ahead. Red Bull and Bond were battling it out for 3rd place. After the final two races were run, Wild things had won the President's Cup with 94 pts, followed by Bahama Mamas(82), Red Bull (78) and Bond(68). On Sunday, the teams were presented their awards by Olympic Gold Medalist and former international games rider, David O'Connor. The teams then took an energetic victory lap around the stadium much to the pleasure of parents and fans! Thank-you to the President's Cup Officials, announcer-Anita Vassallo, Chief judge and judge- Rachel Atlee and Nancy Lindamood, TD- Janey Lawrence, Scorer- Sharon Brown, Starter- Jim Reed, Equipment Crew Chief- Mr. Ed, Equipment provider- Lyndle Schenck, HM- Diane Hickok, Lane and Line judges- Jackie Horn, Christine Reilly, Cindy Harrington, Donna McCready, and Perkieman pony clubbers. Thank-you to Fair Hill International Organizing Committee, Fran Loftus, Bodgie Read, and David O'Connor. Thank-you to our Sponsors, The Saddlery of Great Falls Virginia, donated embroidered saddle pads, International Riding Helmets, donated riding helmets, Bit of Britain donated leather/cotton lunge ropes and Clifton Saddlery of Virginia donated decorated brushes and Fair Hill International donated the ribbons and silver picture frames. Thanks to all the volunteers who made this possible and for the enthusiastic welcome from Fair Hill International! Letter addressed to USPC from
Fair Hill International and I thank you for organizing and the parents and members of the teams for participating in the President's Cup at Fair Hill this year. The presence of this prestigious Championship, its excitement, sportsmanship and ACTION really fit in and added to the Championship atmosphere of the entire event. As a spokesperson for Fair Hill International, I hope this event will continue to consider Fair Hill as its site. We all hope to see you in October 2005! Happy Gamesmanship!
2004 Presidents Cup Winner- Wild Things
2nd Place- Bahama Mamas
3rd Place- Red Bull
4th Place- Bond
Hot Ice Wins
Inaugural The beautiful facilities of Fair Hill, located in Elkton, Maryland, provided the backdrop for the Inaugural President's Cup Mounted Games Competition over the weekend of October 24-26, 2003. This marks the 15th year of the Fair Hill International, a CCI*** that also sponsored the prestigious PanAm 2003 Games. This event is one of the qualifying events for the United States Equestrian Team in preparation for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The four teams invited to participate in the President's Cup Championship earned the right to participate at this year's United States Pony Club Eastern National Championships, which were held in Lexington, Virginia at the Virginia Horse Park in August of 2003. The top four finishing Senior Games Teams were invited to this first-ever President's Cup Challenge. A former Mounted Games player, a long-time Games enthusiast, former USPC Games Committee Chairman, who has also served as Coach, Cheerleader and Defender of Mounted Games (and also incidentally twice-past President of USPC), Mr. Jim Ligon proposed the President's Cup Challenge this past year to both USPC as well as the organizers of Fair Hill. The Challenge was modeled after the Prince Philip Cup, which features the top finishing Junior Teams from each year's Pony Club Championships, and is held at the Rolex Competition each year in April. Mr. Ligon donated the perpetual trophy which was be awarded at this Championship. Overall Organizer for this first-ever event was Nancy Lindamood, and Chief Judge was Cindy Harrington. Competing in this event meant a long-haul trailering effort by some teams, especially the Roadrunners, who came all the way from the Great Lakes Region, and the Hot Ice Team, coming from the Heartland and North Central Prairie Regions. Closer to Fair Hill were the American Beauties, hailing from Eastern Pennsylvania, and the Fast 'n Furious Team, the local favorites from Maryland and current reigning National Champions from this summer's Pony Club Championships. After arriving at the site, the teams stabling was provided in a nearby park only a few miles from Fair Hill itself. Although there was no formal Horse Management judging (as is normally the case at Pony Club rallies and Championships), separate awards were also given out for the Best Turn-out, as well as the Best-Turned-out Stables. The head-to-head competition began on Saturday morning, Oct 25th, with a set of eight games, and continued that same afternoon with eight more games. It concluded on Sunday morning, Oct 26th, with a final set of six games. Scoring was done according to the USPC Games Handbook, with five points being awarded for a first place finish four for 2nd, etc. Disqualifications and Eliminations, as determined by the overall judges, were given no points. Competing in the event were the following teams and their coaches (players are listed with their Pony Club ratings and their pony's name): Hot Ice
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The President's Cup Games Competition 2003 Fair Hill Event,
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| Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | |||||||||
| Pole Bending | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Sword Race | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | DQ | 0 | ||||||||
| 3-Mug | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Hula Hoop | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | DQ | 0 | ||||||||
| Stepping Stones | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ball & Cone | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Sock | DQ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Postman's Chase | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| SUBTOTAL | 2T | 25 | 1 | 35 | 2T | 25 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||
| Rope Race | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Pony Express | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ring Race | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Litter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Balloon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Potato | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hi-Lo | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 Flag | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| SUBTOTAL | 3 | 49 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 44 | ||||||||
| Sack | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | DQ | 0 | ||||||||
| Ball & Bucket | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Windsor Castle | E | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Golf Ball & Spoon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Egg & Racket | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2-Flag | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| FINAL TOTALS | 4th | 61 | 1st | 95 | 2nd | 79 | 3rd | 63 | ||||||||
Final Results
Hot Ice: 95 points (1st Place and winners of the President's
Cup)
Roadrunners: 79 points (2nd Place)
Fast n Furious: 63 points (3rd Place)
American Beauties: 61 points (4th Place)
Best Turn-out: American Beauties
Best Turned-out Stables: Roadrunners
On Sunday afternoon following the completion of the competition, the four teams reassembled in their formal attire at the main arena at Fair Hill. Competitors for the Pony Club President's Cup Competition escorted the Pan Am Teams into the main arena for their final Show Jumping competition of the event. Team Argentina was led by representatives of the American Beauties and the Fast n Furious teams. Team Bermuda was led by other members of the American Beauties team. The Brazilian Team was led by the Fast n Furious Team. Team Canada was escorted by the Hot Ice Team. The Mexican Team was presented to the crowd also by the American Beauties Team, and finally Team USA was led in by the Roadrunners Games team.
The presentation of the PanAm teams to the assembled crowds at Fair Hill was done against the backdrop of the bowl of the main arena and the large Patrons tent overlooking it. The show jumping standards were set in place, and a 2004 Lexus SUV was gracing the corner of the arena (Lexus was a major sponsor of this year's Fair Hill Event). Several thousand spectators were present, the side bleachers were filled to capacity. The hill sides of the arena held the many hundreds who could not be seated on the bleachers. As trumpet fanfares announced their arrivals, each team, preceded by their own Pony Club contingent holding their nation's flag, paraded into the arena. After all of the International competitors were presented, they retired to the adjacent warmup arena to prepare for their final competition, and the Pony Club competitors were then announced to the assembled onlookers and were awarded their final awards.
The "Best Turn-out" Award was given to the American Beauties team, and the "Best Turned-out Stable" Award was then given to the Roadrunners team. Finally, the team placings were announced, and the first-ever presentation of the President's Cup occurred, to the delight and loud applause of the crowd. Originally, the presentations were to have been made by David O'Conner, a Pony Club graduate and former Mounted Games player and present Games enthusiast. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Conner was to have made these presentations himself, but was injured while riding the cross country portion of one of his entries, suffering a broken ankle and wrist. While the awards ceremony was going on, David was in surgery having his ankle repaired.
With David O'Connor injured, his own Mounted Games mentor from the time when he was a Pony Club member (and avid Games enthusiast) was tapped to complete the presentation of the President's Cup: Mr. Jim Ligon. Jim was David's Games coach, and David often spoke warmly about the foundation that Mounted Games gave him in his journey to become one of the world's elite eventers. In that Jim Ligon was also the impetus behind the birth of the President's Cup Competition at Fair Hill, it seemed only natural that he should be in the arena in David's place making the presentations to the winning team.
After the ribbons for 1st through 4th place were given, and the awards for Best Turn-out (the American Beauties) and Best-Turned-out Stables (the Roadrunners) were announced, the four teams did a victory gallop around the main arena at Fair Hill, with the victorious Hot Ice team holding the new President's Cup Trophy aloft to the delight and boisterous applause of the capacity crowd.
Thanks are extended to all of the volunteers and parents; this event was a great success and we all look forward to improving it next year at Fair Hill.
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