East Tennessee Walking Horse Association  

High Point Awards Banquet

If you missed the ETWHA awards banquet, the weekend of January 7th, you missed a great time. The new location, The River Stone Resort & Spa, was a beautiful facility that was by far one of the nicest locations for this event to date.  The banquet was a great success with 170 in attendance.  Robbie Britton with Electric Avenue  kept everyone entertained and had adults and children playing games for door prizes.

Awards were given out after dinner, then the music and more fun continued.The dance lasted till midnight and could have gone on longer. The newest award this year was Assistant Trainer of the Year. It was given by the Trainer's Association and was awarded to Dustin McInturff. The Special Award Winners were Juvenile 11 & Under of the Year - Caitlin Winburn, Juvenile 12 -17 of the Year - Danielle Ricker, Amateur of the Year- Shari Winburn, Pleasure Horse of the Year - Ritzy Chick, Performance Horse of the Year - The Confederate Grey, Pleasure Horse Trainer of the Year - Jackie Barron and Performance Horse Trainer of the Year - Thomas Collins.

The complete list of winners are listed on another page on this website. Take a look and congratulate the winners you may know.  

 MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The ETWHA  general membership meeting was held Saturday,  January 14, 2012, at the Great Smokey Mountain Expo Center. The NEW 2012 board of directors were elected and a NEW High Point class was added. Making the total number of High Point Classes - 49. The new class is juvenile country pleasure.  Below are the 2012 ETWHA Board of Directors & Members

President - Mike Holbrook

Vice President - Mark Ricker

Secretary -  Vickie Ricker

Newsletter/web page editor - Tami Triplett

Board Members:

Dwight Brooks, Tony Bull, Kayte Daffron, Ben Hopkins, Vickie Hughes, Shea Sproles & Ralph Winburn

East TN Ladies Auxiliary Meeting

  The Ladies Auxiliary held their annual meeting prior to the ETWHA General Membership meeting this past Saturday at the Great Smokey Mountain Expo Center.  Elections were held and the new board members and directors are as follows:

President - Julia Livingston

Vice President - Shari Winburn

Secretary - Teresa Strickler

Treasurer - Deborah Thomas

Board Members:

Becky Bull, Kellee Collins, Charlene Cox, Bland Haun, Jodie Hopkins, & Sandy Lakins

Membership, sponsorship and scholarship forms are on the forms page.  

Times are difficult for most however, if we come together as an association and a patron for the love of the Tennessee Walking Horse, we can keep the shows flourishing into the future.