USDF Congratulates 2022 GMO Award Winners
Lexington, KY (October 31, 2022)
- The United States Dressage Federation™ (USDF) is pleased to congratulate all
the winners of the 2022 Group Member Organization (GMO) Awards, which will be
presented as part of the Board of Governors General Assembly during the 2022
Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention, in Lexington, KY. These awards are given
annually, to recognize outstanding achievement within USDF's GMO community.
Recognition is given in the following categories: GMO amateur photograph,
website user experience, newsletter first person experience and general
interest articles, and creative GMO-sponsored program. USDF also recognizes
outstanding volunteers at the regional level, as well as awarding one lucky
winner is selected from the nominees for a Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grant,
to help offset the cost of one deserving Group Member to attend the annual
convention.
This year's winners are:
GMO
Photography Awards: |
|
Best Amateur
Photograph: |
|
GMOs with
less than 75 members: |
First
Place: NEW
Dressage Association, Forward, Summer 2022, Photographer: Cecelia
Conway |
GMOs with 75
to 174 members: |
First
Place: Arkansas
Dressage Society, Arkansas Dressage Society Newsletter, October 2021,
Photographer: Jennifer Landers |
GMOs with 175
to 499 members: |
First
Place: Northern
Ohio Dressage Association, NODA News, 2021, Issue 11, Photographer:
Lauren Wade |
GMOs with 500
or more members: |
First
Place: New
England Dressage Association, A Tip of the Hat, August 2022,
Photographer: Paul Cormier |
GMO
Newsletter Awards: |
|
First Person
Experience Article: |
|
GMOs with
less than 75 members: |
First
Place: Columbia
Dressage & Combined Training Association, Direct Rein, December
2021/January 2022: Thus endeth the warmblood experiment... by
Elizabeth Hussey |
GMOs with 75
to 174 members: |
First
Place: St. Louis Area
Dressage Society, Hoofprints, April 2022: To Listen by Toni
Kanne |
GMOs with 175
to 499 members: |
First
Place: Northern Ohio
Dressage Association, NODA News, 2022, Issue 8: Dressage
Professional Initiative by Jacqueline Boonekamp |
GMOs with 500
or more members: |
First
Place: New England
Dressage Association, A Tip of the Hat, May 2022: My Florida
Immersive Training Program by Iris Berdrow |
General
Interest/Informational Article: |
|
GMOs with
less than 75 members: |
First
Place: NEW
Dressage Association, Forward, Spring 2022: Appreciate the Journey
by Jacqueline Golosinski |
GMOs with 75
to 174 members: |
First
Place: Southern
Eventing & Dressage Association, Off Course Online – The 'Bleep',
August 2022: Not the Clinic Experience I Expected by Nicole Miller |
GMOs with 175
to 499 members: |
First
Place: Northern Ohio
Dressage Association, NODA News, 2021, Issue 11: Great
American/USDF Region 2 Dressage Finals: NODA Recap by Taya Workum Byers |
GMOs with 500
or more members: |
First
Place: Georgia
Dressage & Combined Training Association, Collected Remarks,
July/August 2022: Competing and Volunteering? Why, yes, you can! by
Penny Morse |
GMO
Website Awards: |
|
Best User
Experience: |
|
GMOs with
less than 75 members: |
First
Place: NEW
Dressage Association (http://www.newdressage.org) |
GMOs with 75
to 174 members: |
First
Place: Southern
Eventing & Dressage Association (http://www.sedariders.org/)
|
GMOs with 175
to 499 members: |
First
Place: Central
States Dressage & Eventing Association (http://www.csdea.org/)
|
GMOs with 500
or more members: |
First
Place: New
England Dressage Association (http://www.neda.org) |
Creative
GMO-Sponsored Program Award: |
|
First
Place: |
Equestrians' Institute
– EI's Horse Camp for Adults |
Honorable
Mention: |
Northern Ohio
Dressage Association – Dressage Professional's Initiative |
Regional
GMO Volunteers of the Year: |
|
Region 1: |
Christine
Dickenson (North Wales, PA – Lehigh Valley Dressage Association) |
Region 2: |
Christina
Gemmel-Gnidovec (Pataskala, OH – Ohio Dressage Society) |
Region 3: |
Mark
Fornwalt (Newnan, GA – The Good Horseman Foundation and Georgia Dressage
& Combined Training Association) |
Region 4: |
Sheri
Pederson (Bloomington, MN – Central States Dressage & Eventing
Association) |
Region 5: |
Kathleen
Martin (Albuquerque, NM – Santa Fe Dressage Association) |
Region 6: |
Charlene
Cohen (Anchorage, AK – Alaska Dressage Association) |
Region 7: |
Jona
Williams (Kailua, HI – Aloha State Dressage Society) |
Region 8: |
Shannon
Ryan-Dinmore (Spencer, NY – Cayuga Dressage & Combined Training) |
Region 9: |
Kimberly
Beard (Stillwater, OK – Central Plains Dressage Society) |
Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grant: |
Virginia
(Ginny) Sorenson – Draper, UT (Utah Dressage Society) |
For more information on GMOs in
your area or GMO award programs, please visit the USDF website at www.usdf.org
or contact the USDF Group Member Organizations Committee liaison at gmoliaison@usdf.org.
Founded in 1973, the United States Dressage Federation is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to education, recognition of achievement, and promotion of dressage. For more information about USDF membership or programs, visit www.usdf.org, email usdressage@usdf.org, or call (859) 971-2277.