U.P. Riders News - January, 2009- Sterling Silver Jewelry Fundraiser Success!
- Jeopardy Game Meeting
- U.P. Riders Horse Bowl teams - Ready to compete!
- Timers for the Teams
- 2009 UP Riders Calendars Are Here!
- Designer's Note (Changed)
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U.P. Riders Reporter
Cammy S. - E-mail
Webmaster:
Gentian W.
By Cammy S., U.P. Riders Reporter
On November 13, 2008, at the Landmark Inn in Marquette, the UP Riders 4-H Club hosted their annual Sterling Silver Jewelry fundraiser. A display of Sterling Silver Jewelry was laid out on a table and hors d'oeuvres were served. |
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We had a good time while customers came in and out throughout the evening. The club raised $2020.18 for club supplies and upcoming events! We would like to thank parents, customers, members and sponsors for making the Sterling Silver Jewelry Fundraiser event a success! |
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The jeopardy categories were Parts of the Horse, Miscellaneous, Meetings, Awards, Showing, 4-H, Events, and Horses. Some of the questions were about awards our club earned this year, things we did, and general horse knowledge.
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| The Friesians won the game with 17,340 points! The Bucking Broncos had 4,830 points. (They were ahead, but things change quickly with double-score questions at the end.) |
 Some of the Friesian team members |
 The Bucking Broncos working on a question |
It was a great game and very fun. I think we even learned some great 4-H and horse facts.
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U.P. Riders Horse Bowl Teams
- Ready to Compete!
By Gentian W., President
The U.P. Riders Junior Horse Bowl teams!
Cassidy C., Clara C., Emme K., Celeste G., Michaela L., Nick G., Emily B., RiLee W.
Last year, our U.P. Riders competitors were the first group in three years from Marquette county to attend the regional Horse Bowl competition held at Crystal Falls High School. We had one junior team of five players, and two senior individuals that competed after studying information for only three weeks! Playing against teams that had been studying for about six months, our team placed fourth out of five and our individuals held their own as well. This year, I am pleased to introduce two awesome junior teams and a senior team that are really ready to hit the buzzers this year. The teams have met four times since December and are meeting once a week during January and February to prepare for the competition. The groups have assigned a horse "category" per week and have been studying very hard. The studying seems to be paying off. At our last meet, they seem to have mastered the sections and showed amazing reflexes on the buzzer. Parents read the questions, and we got to try out our very own buzzer and timer system (article below.) Watch out teams at Horse Bowl, we're ready for you! |
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 The U.P. Riders Senior Horse Bowl team! Mollyann H., Gentian W., Heather B., Katy M. |
Note about being a Senior: After studying the Junior questions for only three weeks last year, I can't imagine how the Senior individuals survived with that short amount of study time. The Senior Horse Bowl questions are much more extensive than the Junior's, with thick resource books and tons of material to learn and memorize. I couldn't imagine having these questions on my first Horse Bowl competition, but all three of my teammates have done exactly that. If you are a junior, and are interested in Horse Bowl, it is a lot easier to learn the process as a Junior and then move up. I am having a lot of fun learning all the information and studying with my group, and I can't wait for us to try our hand at this year's regional Horse Bowl competition. This time, we are ready to take on those teams. I think we have the potential of doing really well, and we're having fun with it all! |
Timers for the Teams!
By Gentian W., President
Last year our U.P. Riders Horse Bowl team was not able to get the set of buzzers that was available so we could practice our "speedy responses," but this year there is a new solution. RiLee W. and her dad have been working like mad scientists with electrical gadgets of all sorts and have created a home-made, but totally professional buzzer system. It has four hand held buttons, just like the ones used at the Horse Bowl competitions. It includes all the required timers and even chimes when the time is expired. RiLee had a lot of fun helping her dad make it, and said she "likes working with wires." The teams tried out this new buzzer at the last meeting, and it worked just as planned. Having a buzzer system to practice on is a big advantage so that our teams can develop a quick hand on the button and learn to answer questions within the timers and scoring limits. I think that after working with the buzzers, our team will be super ready to show all that they know at the end of February. |
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2009 U.P. Riders 4-H Club Calendar!
Click Here for a PDF file (850K) of the pages in the calendar! |
Make sure to grab our 2009 U.P. Riders calendar with over 50 pictures of members at events and activities we've done over this past year. You can actually take a look at all of the pictures from the link on the left- there's a good chance you're in some! There are pictures of: Marquette County Fair, Exploration Days, Chili Supper, 4-H Camp, Midwest Horse Fair, Horse Bowl, and more.
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Get a calendar for yourself, or someone else you know that would like checking out all the activities our club has done over the past year! |
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Designer's Note :Hi, this is Gentian W. If you have anything you would like to share with the club on this website, please send me an E-mail. This site will be at it's best if there are as many club members sharing their views and experiences as possible. If you have any comments or something to share, please send me an E-mail. I really enjoy working on this site, and I'll be happy to accommodate any of your needs to make this site more convenient.
