Volunteer-Events Updated! Sign Up Here! The Sport of Long Distance Trail Riding depends on many volunteers, all Ride Managers can use you! What a great opportunity to get involved in a sport where you can breathe fresh air, learn the aspects of distance riding and earn volunteer awards all at the same time!
Volunteer-Events Updated! Sign Up Here! The Sport of Long Distance Trail Riding depends on many volunteers, all Ride Managers can use you! What a great opportunity to get involved in a sport where you can breathe fresh air, learn the aspects of distance riding and earn volunteer awards all at the same time! You do NOT have to be a member of SEDRA or have any experience to volunteer. If you need training ( to be a P&R tech for example) SEDRA will be holding free mini-clinics at a number of rides throughout the year. If you are hoping to compete some day, volunteering is absolutely the best way to learn what you need to know. If you'd like to volunteer for a ride, just click next to the Ride Managers Name, below and send them an email! YOU can help a Ride Manager with any one of the following... Anywhere Needed… Watch, Listen and Learn! VETERINARY RECORDER, great opportunity to observe the Vet! Veterinary recorders (aka secretaries) record the information at the various vet checks including the pre-ride check-in. The recorder's duty is to write down on the proper form all information dictated by the vet during any examination of a horse, including the time the check was done (this has nothing to do with any timing into or out of the vet check). The time is needed only if there is a question later as to when the check was performed. This job offers a great opportunity to someone who wants to learn about the mechanics and metabolics of endurance horses. PULSE TAKERS, experience required! It is important to have people experienced in taking pulse and respiration readings to staff this team, as they will ensure the horse has met the specified criteria before recording the P&R readings on the rider card. The horse's hold time is based upon the time it reached the criteria dictated for the ride. P&R are taken before passing the horse on to the veterinarian for further examination. Well trained P/R teams can remove a significant burden from the vets and enhance the efficiency of the check. Two P/R teams per vet are recommended, but the job can be done with only one, depending on the number of entries. One person may serve as a recorder for the other, or one may take the pulse while the other is watching the respiration. If experienced people are not readily available, the ride manager can arrange a clinic for training purposes. Help with Food, no double dipping! Help with Water (for horses, of course!) Help mark or unmarking the trails, this is a necessity! TIMERS & TIMERS’ ASSISTANTS – The responsibility of timers is to keep track of arrival and departure of the riders. Experienced timers are very important even if other volunteers are new to the sport, as they are critical to ensuring the vet checks run smoothly and equitably. There should be at least two timers at each station, the incoming side and the outgoing side of the vet check. It is very helpful to have one timer fielding horses' numbers and the other recording them - on rider cards and on a timer sheet. Timers are needed at the finish line (again, two are a minimum, to make accurate recordings and to pass judgment in case of a close race or tie) and all vet checks with timed holds. At gate type vet checks, it is valuable to have timers recording the arrival time of the horse on the rider card. The P/R teams then record the recovery time and the P/R readings on the rider card, and the vet can tell how long it took the horse to recover to ride criteria. It is critical for all timers' watches to be synchronized before the start of the ride and rechecked periodically for synchronization. Do not expect one person to serve as both timer and vet recorder, as it cannot be done properly. Timers record both arrival and departure of the horses and give riders the OK to leave a timed hold. It is their responsibility to verify that no rider leaves prematurely; they are the clock-watchers. It is not the responsibility of timers to call riders to leave. They need assistants to record numbers and call riders when their time is up and it's OK for them to leave. The finish line timer records the finish time of each rider using the horse/rider number on a master sheet at the finish line. SPOTTERS are useful wherever an existing shortcut could be illegally used by riders to gain an advantage of time and reduced mileage. Be sure spotters know their instructions and the trail explicitly and they do not leave until ALL riders have passed by. They should record numbers as the horse/rider teams pass. Ham radio operators are useful for this job, as they can also relay information back to camp or on to the next vet check. This is especially helpful in keeping track of all riders. If a rider was lost or sick/injured, or if there was an sick/injured horse, ride management would have the information and could act upon it. TRAFFIC GUARDS – There will be some places where riders will need to cross paved roads at inopportune locations. These volunteers will ensure they are able to do it safely. GENERAL “GO-FER” – TWO TO FOUR NEEDED The ride manager cannot be everywhere at once, and will need several general helpers to answer basic questions and be available to “go fer” whatever it is that might be needed. Obviously, a drivers’ license and vehicle is important for all go-fers except one, who can confine his/her assistance to inside camp. DRIVER(S) for equine ambulance, Driver(s) for Water Wagons (where applicable) Drivers for P&R teams, Scorers. The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
-Ivan Scheier 2010 - 2011 Season South Eastern Distance Riders Association 2010-11 Tentative Ride Calendar OUR RIDING SEASON RUNS FROM JUNE TO MAY, the annual rides mentioned below with “???” have sanctioned in previous years. We are waiting on dates for the upcoming ride season! Any questions please contact/email the RM listed Jun 18-19 -GERA Elevator - Fundraiser 25/50, Dawsonville Forest, Dawson, GA Georgia Endurance Riders Assoc. RM Sandy Thomson,
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678-300-4500 Fax 770-889-6916 SANCTIONED SANDHILLS MOONLIGHT ENDURANCE 25/50 Chesterfield SC Near Sugarloaf Mountain RM: John D. Fountain, 803-437-2950,
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DISTANCE DRIVING CLINIC-RIDERS WELCOME Withlacoochee State Forest, ReNab Ranch, Lecanto, FL. RM Jodie Moore 352-621-3231,
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Sep 30 Oct 1-2 ALABAMA YELLOWHAMMER PIONEER ENDURANCE RIDE 3 days 30/55 miles at Talladega National Forest, Talladega, AL. RM Tamra Schoech 770-554-1599 or
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Oct 8-9 DOE LAKE 25 CTR Ocala National Forest, Doe Lake, Altoona, FL. RM Sam or Butch Duval
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(352)669-6166 SANCTIONED Oct 14-16 AERC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 55-100 miles Sand Hills State Forest, H Cooper Black Field Trial Area Patrick, SC RM Patsy Gowen 803-329-0077
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SANCTIONED Oct 30 BLACKWATER BOOGIE ENDURANCE RIDE, 25/50 miles, Blackwater River State Forest, FL.RM Diane Hawthorne 850-374-1403
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Oct 23. SPOOKTACULAR CTR AND DRIVE 25 miles at Withlacoochee State Forest, ReNab Ranch, Lecanto, FL. RM
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or 352-621-0215 SAND HILLS STAMPEDE 35/55/75 Sand Hills State Forest, H Cooper Black Field Trial Area Patrick, SC RM Patsy Gowen 803-329-0077
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Nov 6-7 BOGGY CREEK COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE AND DRIVE 27 Seminole State Forest, Eustis, FL. Boggy Creek Gang Benefit, RM Nora Mask 407-656-1120
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. Nov 12-13 RIVER RUN ENDURANCE RIDE, 25/50 miles at Hahira, GA . RM Pam Linahan 229-794-2179, 229-561-3067 or
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KENTUCKY DIEHARDS II, 25/50 at Shaker Village, 3501 Lexingon Rd, Harrodsburg KY 40330. RM Jim Rogan 859-238-7673 (
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) fax:606-236-8123 Dec 4 RIVER RISE ROMP ENDURANCE 25/50, O’Leno State Park High Springs FL Ed Bisch, 352-463-0668
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PO Box 840, Bell, FL 32619 Dec. 18, GOETHE ENDURANCE CHALLENGE, 25/50/75/100 miles at Goethe State Forest, Black Prong Trails, Morriston, FL. RM Connie Caudill @ 812-967-5973 or
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or Helen Koehler 352-486-7040 or
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SANCTIONED Jan 15-16 GATOR RUN I, II 2 days of 25/50 Goethe State Forest, Tidewater Camp, Dunnellon, FL. Connie Caudill, Indiana 812-967-5973, or after Dec. 1, FL 352-486-6739, 502-609-5973
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Jan 28-29 DUPUIS PINEY PIG 30/50/75/100 FEI, Indiantown, FL RM: Megan Savory-Davis, 772-288-4901
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Feb 5-6 WITHLACOOCHEE COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE AND DRIVE, 30 miles at Withlacoochee State Forest, ReNab Ranch, Lecanto, FL. RM Jodie Moore 352-621-3231,
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Feb 11-12 CAMP OSBORNE BOY SCOUT POW WOW 25/50/2-100 Pioneer, Sylvester, GA RM KIm Williams 850-859-2461
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Feb 19 FAR OUT FOREST ENDURANCE, 30/50/100 miles at Ocala National Forest, Altoona, FL RM Ed Oathout, 352-669-6502 or
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. Mar 20-21 CHARLOTTES WEBB 30 CTR Punta Gorda, FL RM Jo Harder
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