Awards Nominations Due August 1st!

Mail nominations by August 1st to:
Attn. Special Awards Committee
C/O Joyce Stride
16144 NW Dixie MT Rd.
North Plains, OR 97133

Questions regarding the ODS Special Awards may be directed to Joyce Stride, Special Awards Coordinator, 503-647-0168.  Please note that Joyce does not have e-mail.

2008 Special Awards include:

1.  Mary Ann Judkins Memorial Instructor Award
This award for an outstanding instructor is given each year in memory of Mary Ann Judkins. It will awarded at the ODS Awards Dinner/ODS Championship Show in September. Mary Ann was a competitor, instructor, and ODS judge who succumbed to cancer at an early age. To nominate someone please refer to the criteria below, and if the instructor meets these standards, send in a letter of recommendation to the ODS Office by August 1st. The following criteria will be considered. This person should; be a current ODS member as of 2/1/08, be supportive of the students and efforts regardless of goals, have broad variety of experience in training students at different levels, be continuing their own education in dressage, be involved locally and/or statewide in the horse community, attend and support students in their competitions, give expert advise on suitable horses for the student, have prominence in the area of instruction, retain students over a period of years, and show leadership in the dressage community.

Mary Ann Judkins Memorial Instructor Award Past Recipients

2.  Teresa Dunlap Trophy - Special Recognition Award
This award, originally a perpetual traveling trophy donated by Oregon State University and Crescent Valley Equestrian Center, was first presented in 1988 in memory of Teresa Dunlap. It is awarded at the ODS Award Dinner/ODS Championship Show to the person who has done the most to further dressage in Oregon in both the last year and in previous years. A committee made up of previous winners will make a choice based on brief nominating letters received from any ODS member or group. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this person’s contributions and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st. Recipient may only receive this award once in a lifetime. Teresa was a longtime boarder CVEC, a strong promoter and supporter of dressage who, unfortunately, succumbed to cancer at an early age.

Teresa Dunlap Trophy Past Recipients:

3.  Support Person Extraordinaire Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize those who work hard behind the scenes helping our competitors ride and show. To be considered they must not receive any pay for their work. Do you know someone who fits the above criteria? If so, nominate them by writing a letter describing why this person deserves an award and mail it to the ODS Office by August 1st . This award is sponsored by Karla Baur, M.S.W. EMDR Equestrian Performance Enhancement Consultant. The awards committee will review the nominations. The winner will be announced at the ODS Awards Dinner/ODS Championship Show.

ODS Support Person Extraordinaire Award Past Recipients:
1995 Karla Baur
1996 Don Weidner
1997 Stan Young
2003 Pete Jorgensen
2004 Sylvia Kantas 2005 Kaye Phaneuf
2006 Sarah Diebert
2007 Lynn Bury

4.  Volunteer of the Year
The purpose of this award is to recognize a special volunteer who has done outstanding service for ODS as a volunteer. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this person’s contributions and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st. The winner of this award will automatically be submitted to USDF as a nomination for USDF Region 6 Group Member Organization (GMO) Volunteer of the Year award.

ODS Volunteer of the Year Past Recipients:

5.  Sportsmanship Award

This award was created in 2005 in honor of Lynn Lunde, former NFL football player and lifelong sportsman and is sponsored by Quailhurst.  The purpose is to recognize an individual who, under adverse circumstances or situations, displays a positive and supportive outlook toward fellow competitors and show management. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this why this person deserves an award and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st.

ODS Sportsmanship Award Past Recipients:
2005 Bernadine Diers
2006 Nancy Connolly
2007 Jeremy Steinberg

6.  Chapter Newsletter Award

The Oregon Dressage Society would like to recognize outstanding efforts to write, produce and publish newsletters.

Any ODS chapter in good standing with ODS may submit its own newsletter for the contest. A newsletter published as part of a magazine is not eligible for nomination. All newsletters nominated must have been published and circulated during the current year.

Nominations are due by August 1. It is the responsibility of the Chapter to select one entry for competition, and to provide 3 original copies. Entries are to be mailed to the Oregon Dressage Society office.

The newsletter will be judged on:

• Service to readers
• Quality of content
• Quality and attractiveness of the layout
• Clarity of writing and editing

Awards will be presented at the Annual ODS Year End Banquet. Winner of this award will automatically be submitted as a nomination to the USDF Newsletter of the year award.

ODS Chapter Newsletter of the Year Past Recipients:

*The Winner of this award will automatically be submitted to the USDF to represent ODS for the USDF Newsletter award

7.  Connie J. Keith Memorial Trust Award:

Either a lifetime guaranteed quartz movement clock and plaque, that shall not cost more than $175.00

Application: to apply, competitors must submit a copy of their USEF amateur card or signed declaration of amateur status, a copy of their ODS membership card, and a copy of the front of their qualifying tests to the ODS office. Recipients will be chosen from those qualifying by a drawing.

Requirements of Eligibility: Adult Amateur owner-rider, 35 years of age or older at the beginning of the ODS awards year, with a minimum of two ODS Championship Show qualifying scores at Training Level, First Level, or Second Level, from a minimum of two separate judges at USEF/USDF/ODS recognized shows during the competition year on any number of his/her own horse(s). Competitor need not show at the Championship Show.

Eligibility Limitations: Any recipient who previously received this award at any of the designated levels shall not be eligible to again receive the award at that same level. That person shall be eligible to receive the award at a higher level in subsequent competition years. Recipients shall not be eligible if any of the qualifying scores were received while exhibiting a non-owned horse, including but not limited to any leased or borrowed horse.

ODS Connie J. Keith Trust Award Past Recipients: