January 2021 Young Rider (Youth Team) and Interscholastic Meeting
AREA II YOUNG RIDERS/YOUNG RIDER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
1/7/21 NOTES FROM ZOOM MEETING WITH AREA II YR COORDINATOR CHRIS DONOVAN
Our first meeting of the year. Many changes have been made to the current Young Rider/YRAP programs in an effort to continue with the national and area wide Young Rider/ne Youth Team concepts.
New Interscholastic Team League
Chris went over first the new procedures for getting all youth eventers interested in the new program for Interscholastic Teams. This program is for junior riders 7th-12th grade, at any level in recognized eventing. (The USEA is referring to the program as the “IEL”, Interscholastic Eventing League) It has a dedicated page the Useventing.com website here: https://useventing.com/events-competitions/competitions/interscholastic-eventing-league
This explains the signup procedure, about teams, what is an affiliate team, etc. Please read.