Home season opener wrap up

Greetings Sidekicks! Our 2009-2010 season is underway and the team is off to a great start! Our western team is currently second in the region behind Redlands Community College by a very small margin point-wise. We have several of our open riders in good standing to possibly be high point rider for the region. As the high point rider for the region, the rider gets an automatic ride to nationals to compete for the AQHA cup in two phases; reining and horsemanship, where the scores of each class are combined to determine the 2010 AQHA High Point Rider. We already have TWO riders qualified to compete at western regionals: Christa Forsberg in Advanced Western Horsemanship and Karissa Milu in Novice Western Horsemanship. We will have many more qualify for regionals as the year progresses. Western regionals will be held at North Central Texas College in Gainsville on March 7, 2010. Remember that you can always keep up with the latest news by visiting http://www.gobuffsgo.com/. The team and individual results from last month’s show are posted at this time. And for a smile, check out the latest video on the WT home page bragging about our beloved Equestrian team: http://www.wtamu.edu/ In Sidekicks concession news, our first weekend was a little rough with equipment malfunctions but luckily Ayne and the Boswells saved the day and got everything going well. We were incredibly fortunate to have drinks donated in such abundance that we will have plenty for the shows we host November 21st and 22nd. For those dates, we will again need volunteers for time to work the stand as well as baked goods and runners for foods as needed. Please email me if you are able to assist in anyway. Details for the 2010 West Texas Timed Event Championships are forth coming. This is a four way fundraiser that benefits WT Equestrian, WT Stock Horse Team and WT Rodeo. Last year was the inauguration of this event, and we were all thrilled with the out come so we are ready to get this event rolling soon. Thank you all for your support of our team As always, you can email me if you have any questions, concerns, comments, suggestions or the like. Best of luck to our hunter team! Go Buffs!