Dressage Canada has announced an exciting new program designed to encourage participation and provide a fun, non-competitive, stress free environment to experience Dressage and to support the development of Canadian athletes and certified coaches across Canada.
Give it a Go Days are defined as non-competitive education development clinics for riders and certified coaches of all ages and skill levels. Participants register for the clinic directly with their club and ride a Dressage Canada test of their choice with a judge providing feedback on how to improve their performance in the ring. Riders will then have an opportunity to work with their personal coach to improve their performance based on the feedback received from the judge and another opportunity to ride the same test again to measure improvement. No prizes, placing or scores will be ranked during Give it a Go Days.
The Atlantic Provinces, Manitoba and the Yukon, will be the first areas to run the pilot program from June – November 1st 2013. During this inaugural phase Dressage Canada and the PTSO’s will test the interest in the program, the process and will work to streamline the reporting requirements. It will be run under the direction of the DC Development Committee. Once the pilot is successfully implemented in these regions the opportunity will be extended to the remainder of the PTSO’s.
For a complete description and information regarding this pilot project, including funding and support, as well as the criteria and reporting requirements/application and associated forms click here.
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