High School * You must be in good standing, under 20 years of age, and be considered a full-time student with passing grades in 4 subjects or, if carrying less than 4 subjects, must have passed all classes. * Any student attending a private, home-school, year-round school, or correspondence school must show proof of full-time status (passing four classes) and the grade report must be a professional, computer generated document with the signatures of the teacher(s) for each subject. Any of these types of schools must be a state accredited school/program. If there are any questions, you must get pre-approved ONE (1) MONTH PRIOR TO DEADLINES through the THSRA State Office by calling 936-248-4325. * All students, even the ones in public school, will be required to turn in a report card or transcript with their membership application, at mid-term, and at the State finals. Any questionable documents of public, private, home, year-round, or correspondence school received at deadline times will result in ineligibility of points for a minimum of two (2) rodeos, until the problem is worked out. Any documents that are falsified will result in immediate disqualification from this association. Junior High * Students in the Junior High Division must be in good standing; not ruled undesir¬able for misconduct at school. * Students must be under 16 at the first of the National High School Rodeo year (Aug. 1), and are or have been enrolled in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade the year just pre¬ceding the Junior High Finals Rodeo the contestant is entering as long as they (minimum requirements) have made passing grades in 4 subjects or if carrying less than 4 subjects stu¬dent must have passing grades in all sub¬jects, even if they have finished the 8th grade in the middle of the year or have attended school on half-days, they will be eligible to compete in the Junior High Finals Rodeo if he/she has not partici¬pated for more than 3 years. * Any student attending a private, home-school, year-round school, or correspondence school, must show proof of full-time status (passing four classes) and the grade report must be a professional, computer generated document with the signatures of the teacher(s) for each subject. If there are any questions, you must get pre-approved ONE (1) MONTH PRIOR TO DEADLINES through the THSRA State Office by calling 936-248-4325. * All students, even the ones in public school, will be required to turn in a report card or transcript with their membership application, at mid-term, and at the State finals. Any questionable documents of public, private, home, year-round, or correspondence school received at deadline times will result in ineligibility of points for a minimum of two (2) rodeos, until the problem is worked out. Any documents that are falsified will result in immediate disqualification from this association. General Information * All rodeos begin at 10:00 am. * NHSRA dress code is required. * Each member has a folder that will be at every rodeo. The crate with all folders will be placed on the picnic table near the secretary’s office. Be sure to check your folder at every rodeo – this is where we will leave important information for you! All required correspondence as well as entry forms and fees can be left here for the secretary as well. Membership Forms and Dues * Membership forms must be signed and filled out completely. Both parents must sign the front and back of the membership form and it must be notarized. (A notary will be available at the rodeo.) Without the appropriate signatures, your membership form will not be accepted and you will not be allowed to compete. * If at all possible, please mail your membership form and dues in prior to the first rodeo you enter. If you copy a membership form for someone, it can only be on one piece of paper – front and back. * You must include a copy of your birth certificate and last year’s (fully completed) transcript or report card. * If you are a new out of state transfer contestant, you are required to complete an out of state transfer form. BOTH States’ National Directors must approve it. Please call if you want to transfer and we can help you get this taken care of. Entries * Entry forms and payment may be left in your folder for any or all future rodeos. Payment must be made by the postmark deadline (two weeks prior to the rodeo) or accompany the form. Unless you pay your fees on time, you will have to pay the $25 late fee. * With the exception of our first rodeo, all entry fees received will be deposited to the Region IV bank account the week following the rodeo. All memberships and fess for rodeo #1 will be deposited prior to the first rodeo. All other fees will be deposited after the rodeo they are received at. This means that rodeo entries paid in advance will be deposited when they are paid. * Rodeo entries can be mailed to Debby Roberts, Region Secretary, PO Box 158 Wills Point, TX 75169. The call in number is 972-742-6405. * Mail-in entries must be postmarked by the Monday two weeks prior to the rodeo to avoid the late fee. * ALL call-in entries result in a late charge of $25.00. You may call in for the rodeo on Monday prior to the rodeo. Entries will close for the rodeo on Tuesday morning. You must be pre-entered to compete at the rodeo. No walk-up entries will be accepted. * ALL medical turnouts must be called in to the secretary, or the secretary must be notified at least 2 hours prior to the performance. If you fail to do so, your money will not be refunded. * ALL veterinary turnouts must be called into the secretary prior to the performance. In an instance that a horse is hurt on the way to the rodeo or at the rodeo, you must find the event director in which the horse will be competing to check the horse before a veterinary turn out will be granted. If you fail to do so, your money will not be refunded. Deadline Enforcement *Due to a new state rule associated with severe financial penalties, all deadlines will be strictly enforced! Any member not meeting a deadline for ad sales, report cards, ticket sales, etc. will not compete. Region IV Ad Program Sales * EVERYONE MUST SELL AT LEAST ONE $50.00 AD FOR THE REGION IV FINALS PROGRAM. * Every member that sells more the required $50.00 ad will receive 25% commission of the amount sold over the required $50.00. This means if you sell one $250 Banner ad, you will receive a check for $50.00! * The deadline for the first $50.00 is due on or before October 9 at rodeo #3. Your ad must be paid for before you compete at this rodeo. State Ad Program Sales * EVERY MEMBER MUST SELL AT LEAST ONE AD FOR THE STATE FINALS PROGRAM to ensure that every contestant will be eligible to receive an award at the State Finals. * Each member must sell a minimum of $50.00 in advertising or sponsorship. * If a member sells an ad or sponsorship that is more than $50.00, both the member and the region will receive a commission on the amount over the first $50.00. The contestant will get 30% and the region will get 20%. * The THSRA and TJHRA member selling the most total ads and sponsorships will receive the following awards: 1st place – Trophy saddle 2nd place - hand crafted silver/rawhide breast collar and head stall, unless the member sells over $5,000 in ads. If your ads total over $5,000, you will also receive a gift certificate for a trophy saddle. 3rd place - choice of hand crafted silver/rawhide breast collar or head stall 4th place, High School - choice of hand crafted silver/rawhide breast collar or head stall 5th place, High School – a deluxe travel bag with hand-tooled leather logo “THSRA” * The deadline for ALL MEMBERS to sell the initial $50.00 ad for the State Finals Program is November 13th at rodeo #5. Dodge Ticket Sales * EVERY MEMBER is required to sell a minimum of 15 raffle tickets. * Tickets will be $5.00 each. * Tickets may only be sold by THSRA/TJHRA members or persons authorized by the THSRA/TJHRA. * For every 5 tickets that a THSRA member sells, they will receive 1 free ticket. * The top seller of Region IV will receive a cash prize. At least 50 tickets must be sold to qualify. * The raffle may not be prompted through paid advertising. * The raffle drawing will be held at the THSRA State Finals in June. * The raffle winner will be responsible for all the vehicle tax, title, license and transfer costs and all other taxes including income tax. * The first 15 tickets MUST be turned in by November 13th, Rodeo #5. Bloomer Trailer Raffle Ticket Sales * EVERY MEMBER is required to sell ONE raffle ticket for a Bloomer 2-horse Trailer. * Tickets will be $50.00 each. * Tickets may only be sold by THSRA/TJHRA members or persons authorized by the THSRA/TJHRA. * The raffle may not be prompted through paid advertising. * The ticket MUST be turned in by October 9th, Rodeo #3. Cuttings Cuttings will be held at Rodeo #4 on Oct 16th, Rodeo #8 on Feb. 19th and April 7th, which is the Saturday morning of the Finals. Each contestant will cut two times at each rodeo and they will be double judged. Therefore, points will be accumulated for 4 rodeos at each cutting rodeo, giving each cutter the required 12 rodeos by the end of the season. You will need to complete 4 separate entry forms when entering cutting rodeos but may continue to write one check. If you have questions, feel free to call. Rough Stock * All rough stock events will be held at Rodeos #1, #3, #5, #7, #9 and the Saturday performance only at the finals. You will need to complete 2 separate entry forms when entering the rough stock, but may continue to write one check. All rough stock will be at the beginning and after pole bending* of the above listed rodeos. The order of events will be: Bareback, Bulls and Saddle Bronc. *This assumes there are an adequate number of pole benders in order to give the rough stock riders an adequate break between go rounds. Payout * Beginning this season, Region IV will only have one secretary. Due to this reduction in personnel, our commitment is that checks will be mailed no later than the Wednesday following the rodeo. If you prefer, you can have the secretary hold your check(s) in your folder to pick up at the next rodeo. If time allows, checks may be available as early as the end of the rodeo. Awards * ALL contestants must enter 6 out of 10 regular season rodeos to be eligible for year-end prizes. * Actual awards and number of places receiving awards will be determined by the board at a later date and be based upon the number of entries in each event. Gate Fee * There will be a $10.00 gate fee on each entry. If you have two children you will pay $10.00 on the first entry and $5.00 on the second entry. If you have three or more children you will pay $10.00 on the first entry, $5.00 on the second entry and $0 on the other entries. Bonus Fund * $4.00 of each contestant’s entry fee for each event will go toward the Finals Bonus Fund to be paid out as added money at the Region Finals in April. The amount of the fund for each event will be kept separately and does not accumulate with other events. Only contestants competing in that event will contribute to the bonus fund for that event. I know this is a lot of information. If you have any questions, please give me a call. We are looking forward to a great 2011 – 2012 season! |
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