THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1990
SPORTS
The Equestrian Club:
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they live to ride
To participate in some sports and clubs, you merely have to like what
you're doing, but to be a member of the Carolina Equestrian Club, you
really have to love it.
"We pay approximately $ 1400 a year for boots, lessons, and special
outfits," said Erica Rouzer, a member of the equestrian club. "But we
love it. It's just wonderful."
Equitation is a beautiful and graceful sport the sport of horse
riding and the club at Carolina is available to satisfy the needs of all
those horse lovers. .it -i
"The club gives members who would never have had a chance to ride
before to have that opportunity," said President Lorri Casner. "It's a
good, wholesome sport. You learn how to be around horses, how to
groom them and how to lead them. You can take riding lessons or just
a trail ride or you can even compete."
Carolina currently competes in Region IV of the Intercollegiate
Horscshow Association and participates in six to eight horseshows a
year. Their next one is today at Southern Seminary College in Buena
Vista, Va. ,
"We compete against schools that have riding programs, and we re
just a club sport," said Chris Honcycutt, also a team member.
Such strong programs include Virginia Intermont, Southern Semi
nary and Hollins College, Rouzer said. "Those riders are Equestrian
Studies Majors, and they will eventually go into teaching riders and
managing faciltics."
Still, Carolina places well in the horseshows. In the show at Hollins,
Va., on Nov. 1, the club finished sixth out of ten schools. "We beat
Wake Forest and Duke." Casner said.
The best UNC finishers at the Hollins show included Stephanie
Spiegel, who finished second in beginner walktrotcanter, and
Honcycutt, who placed third in intermediate over fences.
At the shows, riders gain points by winning ribbons. There arc ten
divisions ranging in complexity from beginner to advanced. The riders
are judged on their equitation how they ride and how they look.
"If a horse jumps wrong, it's your fault," Rouzer said. "You get
demerits for bad jumps or bad posture."
And when a mistake is made, even though the rider is charged for it,
the horse may be at fault.
"We don't take our own horses to shows," Rouzer said. "When we get
to the show, we draw a horse's name out of a hat and then are expected
to jump fences with that strange horse."
Casner said, "It's called catch riding."
To prepare for the events, the club practices twice a week at Camp
Kanata in Durham under the instniction of Edie Ridgcway, a profes
sional privately employed by the club.
"The school doesn't provide us with horses," Rouzer said, "but Camp
Kanata has really helped us out. They helped to get us new horses."
Rouzer added that the Equestrian Club has provided her with a
terrific opportunity. "It's a great way for girls like me to ride through
college. I love the club we've got a fantastic coach, and we're
winning.
lining. .
A shr did nor even know about the club until
Club Sports Day last year. "I had been out of serious competition for 1 2
years," she said, "and 1 decided this was what I wanted to do. 1 wanted
to compete and show again.
"Riding's not just a sport, it's therapy. It's stress relief. I can take a
trail ride, and the problems of the world go away."
"1 love it," said Honcycutt, who has been riding tor 16 years. "The
girls are close together we're really tight."
Casner summed it up best: "We live to ride," she said.
Field Hockey Club Goes 1-2-2
The UNC Field Hockey Club won a game, lost two and tied two in
a pair of weekend tournaments.
UNC defeated rival N.C. State 3-0 behind goals by Valerie Green,
Anne Gentling and Ellen Winstead in the Salem Smoker Field Hockey
play day Oct. 28 at Salem College in Winston-Salem. The club also tied
Durham 1-1 and lost to the Tobacco Road club 3-1. "Cassi Johnston
played outstanding defense," said President Sarah Rcardon.
UNC traveled once again to Winston-Salem the following weekend
for the Deep South Field Hockey Tournament. There, they lost 3-1 to
Charlotte's Carolina Club in a tough match, but bounced back to tie
Davidson 2-2. Scoring goals for Carolina were Winstead in the first
game and Gentling and Karen Dietrich in the second game.
"Wc had an outstanding performance by our goalie, Todd Gibson,"
Reardonsaid. Rodney Cline
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