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Articles: Press Release


Dressage Athletes and Committee Members Meet to Shape Future of US Dressage Program



Contact:
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
4047 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
Tel: (859) 258-2472
Fax (859) 231-6662
Web site: www.usef.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By Joanie Morris

Lexington, KY - Fourteen High Performance Dressage athletes traveled from across the US and from as far away as Germany to join the 19 members of the USEF High Performance Dressage Eligible Athletes Committee and the USEF High Performance Dressage Committee to attend a forum held November 11, 2008 in Chicago, IL. The objective of the forum was to discuss the USEF's High Performance Strategic Plan for the period leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The forum was designed so that High Performance Dressage Athletes could provide their input directly to the members of the USEF High Performance Dressage committees. These committees will ultimately determine the USEF strategy in pursuit of medals at both the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) and the 2012 Olympic Games.

With the help of Howard Pike, who served as facilitator for the forum, participants were able to work through a full agenda of discussion points relative to strengthening the position of the US Dressage Team for both the WEG and the Olympic Games.

Two important topics dominated a large portion of the discussion. The first was focused around the best strategy to fill the role of National Dressage Coach and Chef d'Equipe that will be vacated by Klaus Balkenhol at the end of 2008. The second was how funds should best be allocated and invested each year to support High Performance training sessions in the US and to also maximize training and competition opportunities in Europe.

The input provided by the athletes who attended the forum enabled members of the High Performance Dressage Eligible Athlete Committee to meet immediately following the forum and formulate their recommendations to the High Performance Dressage Committee, which met the following day.

As a result of these highly productive meetings, committee members voted to initiate the following plan:

* A Search Committee will be formed by USEF CEO, John Long, to find a new National Dressage Coach and Chef d'Equipe. The committee will be populated by members recommended by the High Performance Dressage Committee along with direct appointments by Long. In addition to representatives from the High Performance Dressage Committees, the Search Committee will include USEF board members from Show Jumping and Eventing, plus George Morris and Captain Mark Phillips, who currently serve as National Coach and Chef d'Equipe for their respective Olympic disciplines.

* The High Performance Dressage Committee created a draft job description for the National Dressage Coach and Chef d'Equipe position which will be presented to the Search Committee. The Search Committee will fine tune and finalize the job description which will be posted on the USEF website along with an invitation for qualified individuals to apply.

* Applications will be reviewed by the Search Committee to determine whether eligibility requirements have been met and then a recommendation will be made to the High Performance Dressage Committee about the individual most suited for the position. The decision about who ultimately receives an offer for the position lies with the High Performance Dressage Committee.

A future press release will be issued by USEF when the job description and application are available for downloading.

ENDS

For more information please contact Gil Merrick, Managing Director - Dressage Sport Programs at gmerrick@usef.org 859-225-6913.

The vision of the United States Equestrian Federation(r) is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America by promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grassroots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its human and equine athletes.


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