Our 6th Annual Year End Awards Banquet was held Saturday, November 12th at The
Pike Restaurant and Lounge in Gettysburg, PA. Everyone enjoyed a fun evening of great food and drinks! Congrats to all our
winners this year and a very big thank you to our 2011 sponsors for their support! Our silent auction and raffles were a HUGE
success raising over $800!! We appreciate those who donated towards the silent auction, and thank you to Tammy and Liz Kwiatkowski
for donating the muck buckets filled with various horse items, Melissa Clabaugh for donating the winter sled gift basket filled
with yummy treats, Dawn and Sarah Gillispie for donating the girls’ equestrian bed comforter set (it was so cute!),
and Jackie and Danny Paugh of JD Farms for donating five (5) custom made miniature horse jumps. (My apologies to Jackie and
Danny for forgetting to list their raffle donation of the jumps in the Banquet Program-I’m so sorry guys! Please forgive
me! I always manage to forget someone each year…) Our raffle winners were:
Joy Fender:
2 mini jumps
Grandma Beers: 1 mini jump
Tammy Kwiatkowski: 1 mini
jump
Kelly Drechsler: gift basket
Wendy Dixon: muck bucket with goodies
and girls’ comforter
Kelsie Hawkins: muck bucket with goodies
Our
2011 Perpetual Award winners:
Adult Hi-Pt: Lorraine Eisenhuth with Little Gems Colored Sensation
Youth Hi-Pt: Sara Swann with Goldilocks
Green Horse Hi-Pt: Chelsea Warner with Wind of
Fortune (Buster)
Youth Sportsmanship Award Recipient: Sara Swann
2011
WOF Award winners:
-Goldilocks (owned by Kristine Swann)
Superior Level: driving/driving obstacle, Silver Level: hunter/jumper, Bronze Level: showmanship
-Wind
of Fortune (owned by Kelly Drechsler) Bronze Level: driving/driving obstacle
-Little Gems Colored Sensation (owned by Lorraine Eisenhuth): Bronze Level:
hunter/jumper and driving/driving obstacle
I don’t want to forget to mention what an awesome
job Ann Sanders did designing and printing our banquet programs-thanks Ann! Last but not least, thank you to Kelly Drechsler
for all the time and effort she put into selecting, ordering and organizing this year’s awards. The photo collages were
beautiful.
