Molly’s Wednesday News and Notes from Horse Quencher

 
As I read John’s news and notes from Tuesday morning, I found myself wondering back to the idea of Fantasy Football. Fantasy Football is such a great creation. I mean, you get to have a perfectly valid excuse to waste your time. Don’t get me wrong, I rarely need an excuse. But, each year, I contemplate creating my own team. However, I would be limited by my lack of knowledge of players names. And, considering most guys are too afraid to have a girl join them, I would probably have to find my own fellow females to join up. I will say though, anything football is always considered a perfect use of time in my eyes. As I sat Monday night watching the game, I found myself yelling and screaming with the four other Cowboys fans in the bar. It was pure, organized chaos. So why not create a fantasy team for eventing? Surely eventers will love organized yelling and screaming. Perhaps this could be a contest for 2012? I’ll start working on John now. 

-Now, the opportunity that everyone has been waiting for! YOUR chance to work at the USEF. Become the Assistant to Director of Eventing:
Under the direction of the Managing Director of Eventing, this position support the department’s mission to win medals in international competition through successful implementation and administration of the High Performance Plan, including: coordinating logistics for riders/teams; partnering with various organizations, departments, committees, and the Eventing communities; ensuring effective communication among stakeholders; administering related programs, and assisting the Managing Director with selection and other related activities. In addition, this position will assist the Executive Director of Sport Programs with special projects. 
If you feel like you are capable of performing these tasks, plus have a bachelor’s degree, feel free to apply! [Go on, become an official USEF employee] 
– Extra cross country tickets for London 2012! So far 55,000 cross country tickets have been released and it is said that more will be released as the games get closer. However, there are concerns for travelers on cross country day. It’s suggested that travelers will experience 2+ hours of wait time at train stations. However, there will hopefully be a reduction of non-Olympic travelers. [tickets] 
– Lauren Shannon: training, missing fences, and fun hunter trials. [blog it] 
– Tighter whip rules have been put into effect by British RSPCA and World Horse Welfare. There will be more restrictions on the use of the whip in racing and there will be serious actions taken on those who do not obey these rules. They have cut the amount in which a whip can be used per race. Now, you can use the whip 7 times in a flat race and 8 times in a jump race. This is nearly have the allowed use before. [Whip changes] 
– Pure Vida Eventing has been busy. Check out the recent happenings. Complete with video! [Pure Vida Eventing] 
– This years USEA Convention will be taking place in Nashville, TN. The convention is a really great time for expanding your education, catching up on the latest news, and of course, socializing to the extreme. Check your calendars and make your plans! Nashville is bound to be a good time. [USEA Convention Schedule] 
– I will give $10 to whoever can explain to me what the hash key means on Twitter. And why am I seeing people post things on Facebook or where ever that use it? I’m so behind the times. 
– Meet Molly- the mare with a prosthetic leg. This one is well worth the read, folks. [Molly’s story] 
Get your Holland on:

That’s all for this time, folks. I hope you enjoy your hump day and may you pass over this hump with ease. Go eventing. 

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