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Finalists for the Bill Jorgensen Memorial Education Fund Contest are on the News page. AHJA would once again like to announce the Bill Jorgensen Memorial Education Fund contest will take place this spring. This year 2 winners will be chosen to receive a space in this year's AHJA clinic with Rob Gage. The clinic will be held October 6th and 7th at Rancho Decano in Scottsdale, Az. To enter the contest, download the test for the Bill Jorgensen Memorial Education Fund contest from Downloads. The test is open book; the goal is for people to learn more about horsemanship and our sport. Once the test is completed send it to AHJA at 15560 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. B4-205, Scottsdale, Az. 85260. Deadline for the test to be RECEIVED is March 1st. Once the tests are graded,the top 2 Junior and the top 2 Amateur contestants will be notified and invited to compete in the practical portion of the contest to be held March 25th at the Scottsdale Spring Classic Horse Show at Westworld. A panel of the show's judges will choose 2 winners, 1 junior and 1 amateur, to be awarded a space in the clinic. Please direct any questions to AHJA President Wendy Dean Johnson at Ranchodecano@aol.com. The AHJA Board has passed an extraordinary rule change which will take effect immediately. This is to accommodate the large number of jumpers now showing in various meter divisions. Rule 7.2 is amended to now read OPEN JUMPERS LOW, .95 meters and under, OPEN JUMPERS INTERMEDIATE, 1.00 meters to 1.20 meters, OPEN JUMPERS HIGH (Based On Money Won), 1.25 meters and up. Open Jumpers High will replace the current Open/Modified Open Jumpers. Please see the updated version of the 2011-2012 Rule Book, available under Downloads, for further clarification of the new rule. A North American Team Championship has been announced by the Sacramento International Horse Show committee. It is a new program for riders competing at the 1.20 meter level of jumpers. The committee has invited AHJA to put together a team to represent Arizona. Participants must be current members of AHJA in good standing to compete as part of the team. AHJA would like to invite any AHJA member trainer to put together and head up a team to re[resent AHJA at this competition. Time is of the essence to get this project under way, so please contact AHJA President Wendy Dean Johnson as soon as possible for more information on starting the process if you are interested in spearheading the AHJA team.
Wendy Dean Johnson
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