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.

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Area II Young Riders new 2021 competition year documents

Please see the write up of the Jan. 7 meeting HERE

Interscholastic Eventing League team information (junior riders 7th-12th grade)

LINKS:

https://useventing.com/events-competitions/competitions/interscholastic-eventing-league

https://useventing.com/events-competitions/interscholastic-eventing-league/interscholastic-team-challenges

Young Rider / Youth Eventing Team information:

OUR AREA II SELECTION criteria: 2021 – YTC area2 Selection Criteria download url tba

US Equestrian Announces Launch of USEF Eventing Youth Team Challenge

https://useventing.com/news-media/news/us-equestrian-announces-launch-of-usef-eventing-youth-team-challenge-series-as-evolution-of-north-american-youth-championships

USEF Eventing Youth Team Challenge news release

https://www.usef.org/compete/disciplines/eventing/eventing-youth-team-challenge?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Press%20Release%20-%20US%20Equestrian%20Announces%20Launch%20of%20USEF%20Eventing%20Youth%20Team%20Challenge%20Series%20as%20Evolution%20of%20North%20American%20Youth%20Championships%20(1)&utm_content=

The above page has all the links to the various USEF forms and documents at the BOTTOM of the news release.

2021 Selection Procedures for Eventing Youth Challenge (be aware section G is WRONG, Jan. 29 is the date, not Jan. 10) https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/ZiwSVTbxBx4/2021-selection-procedures-for-eventing

Attachment B Code of Conduct (2021) https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/TcHrjhn_p6o/attachment-b--code-of-conduct

Eventing Youth Team Challenge FAQ’s https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/4JDYm_rs2Zk/eventing-youth-team-challenge-faqs

FEI Horse Passport 101: https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/XyWhXYB4O8s/passport-101

New Young Rider Team Challenge Set

While there is no longer a North American Young Rider three day event championship, in its place the governing bodies have developed a new Youth Team Challenge, with finals to be held at existing horse trials on both the east and west coasts. The news about this was posted at both the USEF and USEA this fall.