2007 Prince
Philip Cup
Results Are In!!
The 2007 Prince Philip Cup
results are now in that same section of the USPC Games website. Click this
hot link for a short-cut to that section:
Prince Philip Cup
2007
Results
New
International Games Schedule
Announced
Sue Smith, Chair of the International Exchanges Committee of
USPC, announced the upcoming venues for the International Games Exchange at
this year's Annual Meeting of the USPC in Portland, Oregon. USPC is involved
in six different international exchanges. Three of these occur on a regular
rotation and schedule, and include Games, Inter-Pacific Exchange (Eventing
and Show Jumping)
and Tetrathlon. The others occur on a more sporadic basis, and are
invitational; they include Foxhunting, Quiz and Polocrosse.
The next four International Games Exchange venues have
been chosen by the four participating countries involved. The
Exchange, which has gone on for almost four decades, is now embarking
upon a
new era in which it will only occur every-other-year (as is presently
done by the Interpacific Exchange and Tetrathlon). 2007 marks the
last of the annual Exchanges; the next one will be in 2009.
Canada is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the
founding of the Canadian Pony Club in 2009, and will host the Exchange that year
as a part of her celebrations. After Canada, Australia will
host in 2011, Great Britain in 2013 and the United States in 2015.
The 2007 Exchange will be hosted by the United States,
and the competition portion of the Exchange will occur on the evening
of July 27, 2007. This follows the conclusion of the USPC
Championships earlier the same day. Games competitors in the
Championships will be allowed to offer their ponies to be used in the
Exchange competition, and will serve as grooms. A souvenir of their
pony's participation will be given to each pony which is chosen.
Because of the change to a two-year cycle, the next
tryouts for the International Team in the United States will occur in
the fall of 2008. To be eligible to try out for the team, candidates
must be recommended by their RS and DC, be a C-2 at the time of their
application, and be between 13 and 15 years of age as of January 1,
2009. Five team members, as well as a first alternate and a second
alternate will be chosen at the time of the tryouts. This website will
contain any additional news regarding applications for the tryouts for
the team.
The International Exchanges Committee is a part of
Activities, and falls under the oversight of the Vice President of
Activities for USPC. Also in 2007, a new International Exchanges
Handbook has been formalized. This Handbook contains the basic
guidelines for proper organization and administration of an Exchange.
How Hard Was That Fall?
--Website link provides answer
Lorien Stables of Alachua County, Florida (in North Central
Florida) has used basic Physics to provide a method for
calculating the force of a fall from a horse. Galadriel Billington,
owner of the Lorien Stables (named after the Lord of the
Rings forest) used constant acceleration principles to provide an
answer for the question of "How hard did I fall?"
Clink link to reference this site:
http://www.lorienstable.com/articles/misc/buck/
