NHDEA Virtual Team Challenge - New in 2020!
Are you a member of NHDEA? Were you excited about all the fun last year but, maybe your horse had a dreaded lay-up or you just missed that one show where all the excitement seemed to happen? Maybe you don’t ride, but love to be a part of the fun from the ground? Do you volunteer more than you compete and wonder if NHDEA has anything for you? Do you want to meet other riders and build camaraderie? Then the Virtual Team Challenge is for you! Just $9 with your NHDEA membership.
For the first time ever, NHDEA will offer a Virtual Team competition for the 2020 Season! This competition is for everyone (and we do mean everyone!) and will run through the New England competition season for Dressage shows and Horse Trials (Eventing). Shows may be recognized by USDF or USEA, or schooling shows.
Teams of riders (Adult Amateur, Professional or Junior/YR) and volunteers (parents, friends, etc.) are randomly* drawn before the first weekend in May. The only pre-requisite to joining a team is to be a current NHDEA Member!
Rider scores will accumulate from the last weekend of April through October 15th, or the current end date of the NHDEA Year-End Awards program (whichever is earlier). All Volunteer Scores (hours) for the same accumulation period, count for points and must be in by October 15th, or the Deadline for submissions for Year End Awards (whichever is earlier).
VIRTUAL TEAM RULES:
Must be a member of NHDEA by the end of the 3rd week in April (4/19/2020) and join the Virtual Team Challenge (VTC) program. Enrollment of the VTC program can be done through NHDEA’s online services or by mailing payment.
All VTC members must either: 1) Compete at one of NHDEA’s schooling Dressage shows, or 2) Volunteer 2 hours at an NHDEA show, activity, or clinic (please see calendar). *Volunteer sign up is recommended to ensure you reserve your qualifying volunteer time.
Schooling and Nationally Recognized shows count towards Team Points!!
Points will accumulate for entering, placing and completing a Dressage show or Event.
Points will accumulate for volunteering at a recognized or schooling Dressage show or Event.
Horse Trials/Events must be 3-phases: Dressage, Cross Country, Show Jumping. *A Dressage score from an Event will not be counted toward a VTC Dressage team score.
Scores at all New England Area* Dressage shows and Events/Horse Trials will count for the same amount of points. You must report your final placing to the score keeper within 2 weeks of the show or event. Example: you placed 2nd at NHDEA Dressage show, you will get 35 points for your team if you report it within 2 weeks.
Those entered in a Championship divisions at a New England based Dressage show or Eventing will receive double points. Remember: this counts for Schooling and Nationally Recognized competitions.
All volunteer hours must be reported to the score keeper or Adult Rider Coordinator by the end of the week following the competition. Volunteer hours can be validated by a selfie or picture doing your work, an organizer’s volunteer ledger, a program page listing volunteers or a short email to the VTC Coordinator (honor system – we trust you).
TEAM COMPOSITION:
Choose to be on the VTC Dressage Team or VTC Eventing Team
Team members, “randomly” selected.
SCORING:
Entering a show or event – 15 points (If you do not receive a reimbursement for your entry: you have to scratch, don’t finish the show, etc.)
Entering and Completing a show or event, not placing 1st-8th – 20 point
Placing at a show or event
Volunteering at a competition (no more than 100 points per competition)
PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded to the top three placing teams at the Year-End Banquet.
Share your trainer’s name and/or barn’s name for the Year End VTC High Point Trainer/Barn award!
To Enter – Sign up with your NHDEA membership, or send separate payment if you already have your annual membership.
All score and volunteer hour reporting should be sent to Katie Murphy at: [email protected] . Please put “VTC” in the subject line.
*New England Area shall include: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
For the first time ever, NHDEA will offer a Virtual Team competition for the 2020 Season! This competition is for everyone (and we do mean everyone!) and will run through the New England competition season for Dressage shows and Horse Trials (Eventing). Shows may be recognized by USDF or USEA, or schooling shows.
Teams of riders (Adult Amateur, Professional or Junior/YR) and volunteers (parents, friends, etc.) are randomly* drawn before the first weekend in May. The only pre-requisite to joining a team is to be a current NHDEA Member!
Rider scores will accumulate from the last weekend of April through October 15th, or the current end date of the NHDEA Year-End Awards program (whichever is earlier). All Volunteer Scores (hours) for the same accumulation period, count for points and must be in by October 15th, or the Deadline for submissions for Year End Awards (whichever is earlier).
VIRTUAL TEAM RULES:
Must be a member of NHDEA by the end of the 3rd week in April (4/19/2020) and join the Virtual Team Challenge (VTC) program. Enrollment of the VTC program can be done through NHDEA’s online services or by mailing payment.
All VTC members must either: 1) Compete at one of NHDEA’s schooling Dressage shows, or 2) Volunteer 2 hours at an NHDEA show, activity, or clinic (please see calendar). *Volunteer sign up is recommended to ensure you reserve your qualifying volunteer time.
Schooling and Nationally Recognized shows count towards Team Points!!
Points will accumulate for entering, placing and completing a Dressage show or Event.
Points will accumulate for volunteering at a recognized or schooling Dressage show or Event.
Horse Trials/Events must be 3-phases: Dressage, Cross Country, Show Jumping. *A Dressage score from an Event will not be counted toward a VTC Dressage team score.
Scores at all New England Area* Dressage shows and Events/Horse Trials will count for the same amount of points. You must report your final placing to the score keeper within 2 weeks of the show or event. Example: you placed 2nd at NHDEA Dressage show, you will get 35 points for your team if you report it within 2 weeks.
Those entered in a Championship divisions at a New England based Dressage show or Eventing will receive double points. Remember: this counts for Schooling and Nationally Recognized competitions.
All volunteer hours must be reported to the score keeper or Adult Rider Coordinator by the end of the week following the competition. Volunteer hours can be validated by a selfie or picture doing your work, an organizer’s volunteer ledger, a program page listing volunteers or a short email to the VTC Coordinator (honor system – we trust you).
TEAM COMPOSITION:
Choose to be on the VTC Dressage Team or VTC Eventing Team
- Want to be on both? Please pay 2 VTC memberships
- Members can be on each VTC Team with different horses.
Team members, “randomly” selected.
- Teams will have the same number of members, size will vary depending on VTC membership.
- You may request to be paired with one teammate, the rest of the team will be randomly selected.
- For instance, Katie and Ami are friends. They request to be on the same team. Katie and Ami’s names are placed together and dropped in the hat. They will be on a team together with other randomly selected people.
- Teams will be introduced via email, invited to participate on a private Facebook page and encouraged to cheer each other on throughout the season.
SCORING:
Entering a show or event – 15 points (If you do not receive a reimbursement for your entry: you have to scratch, don’t finish the show, etc.)
Entering and Completing a show or event, not placing 1st-8th – 20 point
Placing at a show or event
- First place – 40 points
- Second Place – 35 points
- Third Place – 30 points
- Fourth Place – 25 points
- Fifth Place – 20 points
- Sixth Place – 15 points
- Seventh Place – 10 points
- Eighth Place – 5 points
Volunteering at a competition (no more than 100 points per competition)
- Half Day (4 hours) – 30 points
- Full Day – 60 points
PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded to the top three placing teams at the Year-End Banquet.
Share your trainer’s name and/or barn’s name for the Year End VTC High Point Trainer/Barn award!
To Enter – Sign up with your NHDEA membership, or send separate payment if you already have your annual membership.
All score and volunteer hour reporting should be sent to Katie Murphy at: [email protected] . Please put “VTC” in the subject line.
*New England Area shall include: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
