AERC International News - May

["Steph Teeter" <step@fsr.com>]

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From: 	rk-ld.stewart@usa.net [mailto:rk-ld.stewart@usa.net]
Sent:	Friday, April 23, 1999 7:19 AM
To:	Stephanie Teeter
Subject:	Int.News Group/May EN Column

MAY '99 AERC INTERNATIONAL NEWS


APRIL 22, 1999 LATE BREAKING NEWS.............

-FEI Passports have been waived by the FEI for Canadian and US horses
competing at the Pan Ams August 7,1999.  The AHSA originally made the
request and it has been granted. This means a tidy $500.00 +- savings for
Pan Am competitors this year.

-The 2000 World Endurance Championships will be held in Compiengne, France
in late August, 2000.  The exact date and the date of the preride will be
announced soon.  The site gained formal approval during the FEI General
Assembly meeting held in Qatar recently. Compiengne is located about an
hour's drive northeast of Paris.

Pamela Burton, Psaintjohn@aol.com
925-229-9960
International Column
Date Written:  April 1, 1999
Word Count 778

Off to Dubai, again!

Cell phones, SUVs and helicopters formed the backdrop once again for some of
the World’s top endurance riders at the "Worlds Most Preferred 130 km
Endurance Race" in Dubai March 24th.  Many swapped horses for this event.
Host of the race, Crown prince and ruler of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed (bin
Rashid Al Maktoum) galloped headlong under the  finish wire on High Winds
Jedi.  His time, 7 hours and 14 minutes.  He was 15th.
  You will remember that Jedi and owner, Valerie Kanavy, had placed 1st in
the World’s Endurance Championships (WEC) in Dubai in December.  Danielle
Kanavy brought in 11-year old Brown R Timothy to finish 21st in the pack (8
hrs, 26 min). Two-time Champion Pieraz (Cash) and Valarie Kanavy ran a
steady race finishing  11th  in 7 hrs, 9 min.   Valarie said “I started out
slow, too slow in retrospect,  and could never make up the difference."
Christine Janzen, representing Canada on Tais, finished 10th in just over 7
hours. Northeast's’ Steve Rojek and WR Peregrin (Hawk) were looking good as
they finished 6th in 6 hrs, 39 min, while Australians Shannon Parker and
Jennifer Gilbertson finished 4th and 5th just 5 minutes ahead of Steve.
  Sons can sometimes upstage their fathers.   With the hot desert winds
pushing him and generations of desert riders galloping in his head,
17-year-old Sheik Rashid  rode his best race yet to finish 1st on
10-year-old Maradon in 6 hours and 18 minutes.   Awards for this 80-mile
race, entitled World’s Most Preferred Endurance Ride boasted a purse of
$300,000 and brought riders from 10 countries.  Word is that this will be an
annual event.

Fun companions, foreign travel, fierce competition!  Rumors abound
concerning who will host the World’s Endurance Championship  (WEC) in 2000.
The site will be officially announced mid-April.  Check this column next
month…and get your passport  ready.

 If you are not now a member of AERC International ( just $10.00), please
contact the AERC office for your membership packet which includes the
article “Going for the Gold” by Tony Benedetti which explains how to compete
in International, a copy of Procedures, and your Logo decal.  Remember… you
don’t have to compete to be a member.  They also serve who crew and just
plain support.

 	Hot, hot, hot….  International Members (IMs) with email access can now
receive News Group International updates.  Email Lori Stewart at
rk-ld.stewart@usa.net with your  email address, AERC #, region and
International zone.

 Support AERC International in the latest fashion, and Ride with Pride!

POLAR FLEECE VEST- so soft and warm for those early mornings.  Navy or
forest green with Int. logo embroidered - Only $39.00.
POLO SHIRT…that clean shirt for after the ride…White herringbone knit with
international flags on the collar & Int. logo embroidered-$35.00.
BASEBALL CAP- sun visor or hair hider …Cream crown with navy bill and Int.
logo embroidered -  $15.00.
Note:  Prices do not include tax, shipping and handling.
TO Order: Contact the AERC Office.

AERC’s International representation depends on your membership support!!
Each Zone is having fund-raisers to help send riders to the Pan American
Championships.

Patti Pizzo emails that the East Zone is having a $5.00 raffle …winners will
get free ride entries, donated by various rides. The drawing will be held at
the Old Dominion ride. For more information contact Patti Pizzo at
PATTISAM@aol.com or by phone, 215-343-4928.

	The Pacific North is having a raffle, and selling T-shirts and a cookbook,
among other things. Contact Wendy Rude at WRude@aol.com  or Ellen Betker at
lebetker@outlawnet.com

 Zone nominees please be reminded that you must be a member of AERC
International in order to compete at the ’99 PAC .

Are you going?
Pan American Championships…August 7, 1999
Each zone may vote individually on the FEI ruling allowing them to send up
to 12 horse/rider teams to the PAC, instead of the usual 6.  Several zones
report that they have voted, and will be sending up to the 12 teams.  This
expanded representation will allow the costs of the competition to be spread
among a larger group. The Long list of horse/rider teams has been pu
blished. If you would like to drive or crew, or help in any way, please
contact your zone representative.

News from Canada is that the South Americans will be bringing horses, not
leasing local ones, as they are shipping horses to the adjacent Pan Am
Games. Endurance is scheduled on an “off” day from the Games. Expanded
International competition awareness is also bringing teams from Germany and
Great Britain to these summer games. More as it comes in on this  great
race…..
Some vendor space is still available at the PAC trade show which runs from
August 4th - August 8th Sponsors are always welcome.  For more information
on race or space,  contact Myna Cryderman at 204-534-2390, fax 204-534-2257
or email: mcryderman@techplus.com

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