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News ** ATTENTION SADDLE CLUBS ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THOSE HOSTING WSCA QUALIFYING SHOWS! Click here for more information. ________________________ An error in the MN State Fair premium book states that no qualifications are required for class 2622, WSCA Ribbon Race. This is incorrect and, indeed, qualifications are required. Some clubs received entry forms with a section to complete for their Ribbon Race qualifications. However, some clubs received a slightly different form with no section to include the Ribbon Race qualifications. If you intend to enter Ribbon Race at the MN State Fair and have an entry form that does not have a section for the appropriate qualification, please include and additional piece of paper with the qualification information on it when you send your entry in to the MN State Fair Office. ___________________________________________ IMPORTANT! The club membership lists must have been submitted directly to WSCA online by the member clubs by May 31st. After that deadline, there is a late membership procedure. Contact the WSCA Executive Secretary to find out more about the late membership procedure. The late membership procedure will allow a club to add members to the club membership so that they will be eligible for the WSCA Championship Show. Adding members through the late membership process WILL NOT allow clubs to have those late members be eligible for that year’s WSCA classes at the MN State Fair. The club membership lists are submitted directly to the State Fair Office shortly after the May 31st deadline. The State Fair Office does not allow any additions to the list that WSCA has on file at that time. Therefore, it is very important that the clubs have ensured the accuracy of their membership lists by May 31st for their members interested in showing at the MN State Fair. ___________________________________________ WSCA Futurity will take place at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2010 at R & J Arena in Verndale, MN. Click here for more information. ___________________________________________ The State Fair Premium booklets, with entry forms, have been sent out by the MN State Fair Office to the WSCA member clubs. PLEASE NOTE: Page 25, second sentence of the Premium Booklet, under ‘Western Saddle Clubs Association Division’, should read: “No exhibitor may compete for more than one club, except in classes 2603, 2614, 2620, 2621 or 2622.” Ribbon Race, class 2622, was accidentally omitted from this sentence. ___________________________________________
The Club Information & Membership List pages upgrade is now complete and clubs may update their own pages. Check the ‘Forms’ page for ‘Club Information and Membership Info & Instructions.’ ___________________________________________ IMPORTANT! The following rule will apply to 2010 WSCA qualifying shows. Please make your saddle clubs aware of this new rule. Qualifying shows must be advertised on the “ON DECK” section of the WSCA web site. All WSCA Saddle Clubs hosting qualifying shows must be published on the “ON DECK” section of the WSCA web site 7 days before the date of the show, otherwise the show is non-qualifying. If a rain date is needed and the show is rescheduled within 7 days, the show does not need to be republished on the “ON DECK” WSCA web site. If the show is rescheduled after the 7 days of the original show date, the show must be republished on the WSCA web site “ON DECK.” If the show is hosted by a non-WSCA Saddle Club and has not been placed on the WSCA “ON DECK,” the judge will determine if the show is an Open Show following WSCA rules. In order for a show to be challenged, a signed letter of complaint must be sent to the Judges Committee prior to the deadline for the MN State Fair &/or WSCA Championship Show. This procedure is in effect for 2010 WSCA Championship Show and 2011 MN State Fair Show. ___________________________________________
WSCA will be printing a new rulebook for 2010-2011-2012. Changes to WSCA rules are to take effect only when a new rulebook is printed. Anyone wishing to submit a petition for a WSCA rule change must submit a petition for a rule change to the Rulebook Committee by May 1, 2009. The petition forms will be posted on the WSCA web site under ‘Forms’ and printed in the Spotlight from January 2009 through April 2009. The petition for a rule change must include 20 signatures from WSCA member saddle club presidents or secretaries. Rulebook Petitions which have been submitted, per WSCA guidelines, will be presented to the WSCA Board of Directors at the August Board Meeting. Then, the Rulebook Petitions will be presented to the General Delegation at the October 2009 General Meeting for a vote. If you have any questions regarding Rulebook Petitions for a WSCA rule change, you may contact Cindy Ladd, Rulebook Committee Chairperson at (952) 467-2727.
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The 2010 Champ Show dates are September 22-27, 2010. The 2010 Champ Show qualification dates are August 25, 2009 through August 23, 2010. For more information on Champ Show, you will find the ‘Champ Show 101’ page under the ‘CHAMP SHOW/STATE FAIR’ link. The ‘Champ Show 101’ page gives lots of valuable information for those attending Champ Show. |
