2007 Mother of the Year

2007 Father of the Year

Membership Renewals

Have you renewed your OHJA membership? December 1 marked the beginning of a new year for accumulation of points for the 2008 year end awards. It is important to activate your membership and register your horses before attending your first show of the year to ensure that your points will count toward the 2008 awards.

Your prompt renewal will also guarantee that you receive Flying Changes, which will be included as part of a membership package for those who join or renew by March 31, 2008. Contact Melanie Pennington if you have questions regarding your membership.

2007 OHJA Awards Banquet

We wish to give a huge thank you to Cornerstone Equestrian for hosting the 2007 OHJA Banquet. Additionally, thank you to Linda Worley and Darcie VanderZanden for coordinating the activities and auction, to Jeff Denise as the announcer for the night and to Heidi Snider for organizing and transporting the Zone 9 awards to the event. Your teamwork was exceptional!

The awards presentation, which included both division awards and certificate of merit recognition, was a wonderful celebration of our members' accomplishments for the 2007 show season.

In addition to the show season awards, several other honors and trophies were presented:

• Kubicek Perpetual Trophy: Kendall Bourgeois
• Michael McMullen Perpetual Trophy: Madison Cameron
• Winning Hands Perpetual Trophy: O'Connor, owned by Max Thompson
• Senior Sportsman of the Year Award: Julia Kubicek
• Junior Sportsman of the Year Award: Taylor Garber
• Monthly Education Question Winner: Katherine Loosley (winner two years in a row!)
• JEF Scholarship Award: Julia Butdorf, Kara Fergusson, Amy Mitchem and Kristi Waldal
• Best Barn Basket: OZ

If anyone has not yet received his/her ribbon or award, please contact board member Trish Helmer. A complete list of division winners and certificate of merit recipients is available here. Our congratulations to all participants!