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2009 GA POAC Awards Banquet


Georgia Club had a great year of showing and the club celebrated with year end awards at the Smith's house on February 6th, 2010. Members brought yummy dishes to share and everyone received awards. This year we had several new awards instead of belt buckles. This was because the recipients of the awards didn't want belt buckles because they had received them in the past!

8 & U highpoint- Heather Eidson & Heza Awesome Blacky

9-12 Highpoint - Briana Kindig & My Mister Magic

9-12 Reserve- Lainey Wheetman & Zees A Classy Dame

13-18 Highpoint- Andrea Smith & As Sweet As Sugar

13-18 Reserve- Becky Yarbrough & Kid-O-Carr

Mare Halter- One Hot Mocha shown by Alyssa Astin

Gelding Halter- Secret Weapon shown by Andrea Smith

Attendance Awards :     Justin Nichols          Cole Prince


POAC Magazine News from Georgia
 The Georgia club had a great year! We just celebrated our year-end awards at the Smith's house and every club member brought yummy dishes to eat! This year Heather Eidson was the 8&U overall, Briana Kindig was 9-12 highpoint and Lainey Wheetman was reserve. The 13-18 highpoint was Andrea Smith and Becky Yarbrough with Reserve. I really thought Justin Nichols was going to win it...If only he rode huntseat...which he says he'll never do!!!  He did receive a very nice chap garment bag for attendance. One Hot Mocha won Mare halter and the Yearling Triad highpoint shown by Alyssa Astin. Secret Weapon won Gelding halter. Ross Walker won an attendance award. He will be graduating soon and headed to college. Gaming highpoints are: Heather Eidson won 8&U, Briana Kindig won 9-12, and Andrea Smith was 13-18. This year is the first year that no one got belt buckles for their highpoint!!  Strange, huh? Maybe it is because they already have one from last year! Everyone received awards that they could use on their horse or at shows, like blankets, running boots, show clothes, and such.

               We also have a new member, Cole Prince who joined later in the year when she bought her POA, KS's Ghosty Amber Rose. She received a English leather girth for attendance, at the last couple of shows she was borrowing girths,  all of her girths fit her huge quarter horses! Ha ha! With Cole being a quarter horse fan,  I was surprised she would get a POA, but it was "love at first sight" when she saw Amber Rose.
                Have you ever heard of Polocrosse? It is a mix between Polo and Lacrosse, except the ball is soft. Duffie Yarbrough has been practicing this ,with her Arabian on a local team, but she recently tried Kid-O-Carr in it, and she says that "Kido" loves it, he is very aggressive and follows that ball around! She has her first 2010 tournament in Florida soon and is psyched about it.
                By the time ya'll read this, we will probably  have had our first show of the year at Rockin S Ranch- a covered arena! We are looking forward to trying out this new facility. It is between Atlanta and Augusta and has been used for rodeo and barrel racing. I hope we get some rodeo people there,  we need some real competition for our POAs! We also look forward to our April 24th show at Sunset Ranch and our big "Double Promo" this August 21st & 22nd at Gainesville. This will be a big show and the facility is gorgeous. Many people complimented us on how smoothly we ran the 2009 SE Regional Show, so I encourage you to come to this show and enjoy our southern hospitality!

              Our website www.gapoac.org has our shows, news, directors, and ponies for sale, so please check it out! You'll see a picture of all the girls blowing kisses to Justin at our awards banquet... and he is blushing a little