2011 Ellis County Equine
Association Presents
Awards
There were many happy
faces and shiny cowboy
boots on October 15, as
competitors in the Ellis
County Equine
Association gathered for
their year-end banquet
at Lakeview Camp and
Conference Center in
Waxahachie to receive a
menagerie of custom made
awards in honor of their
hard work to win
championships throughout
the 2011 ECEA horse show
season.
“We’ve had a great show
season with increasing
numbers in class size,
membership level and
youth participation,”
announced ECEA President
Jimmy Ballew at the
beginning of the
ceremony. “Thanks so
much to all of the hard
work from all of our
officers and volunteers
and especially our
sponsors.”
Buckles were awarded to
the individuals racking
up the most points over
five shows in halter,
English, Western,
reining, yearling
performance, and walk
and whoa categories.
Other awards included
trophy custom leather
bridles, mini-buckle
necklaces, embroidered
bridle bags, embroidered
saddle covers, trophies
and plaques.
In addition to horse
show awards, ECEA
honored several special
members or families for
their dedication and
helpfulness to the club.
The Van Huss Family
consisting of Roy,
Vicky, Dakotah and
Makenna of Waxahachie
won the Billie Wesson
Most Active New Member
Award. The Allan Donnan
of Wills Point won the
Randy McMullan Spirit
Award for his dedication
to ECEA throughout the
year and volunteering as
an on-site paramedic
during the horse shows.
Alyssa Ballew of
Midlothian won the Nancy
Jessup Sportsmanship
Buckle. This is a very
special award honoring a
youth who showed a great
attitude in and out of
the show ring throughout
the year and is voted on
only by the youth
membership.
A full list of 2011 ECEA
Buckle Series Horse Show
winners, and more
information about ECEA
and its activities is
available on the club’s
website at www.elliscountyequine.org.
Dakotah Van Huss of
Waxahachie, left, won
the Champion Walk/Trot
Division Buckle.
Presented by buckle
sponsor Jennifer
Alexander of
Midlothian's Goldmyne
Ranch.
ECEA youth vice
president Liz Terry,
right, presents Alyssa
Ballew of Midlothian
with the Nancy Jessup
Sportsmanship Award
buckle.
ECEA Vice
President Becky Hansen,
left, presents
Elizabeth Terry of
Waxahachie with the
Champion Junior Halter
Gelding buckle. The
horse and exhibitor team
also earned awards as
Reserve Champion Green
Horse and Top 5 Western
and Top 5 English riders
in the 14 to 18 age
division.
Representing buckle
sponsor International
Power Midlothian, Jimmy
Ballew, right, presents
Brooke McElwee of Flower
Mound with the
Championship buckle for
high point western rider
in the 12 to 18 age
division.
Vice President Becky
Hansen presents Emily
Hammock of Waxahachie
with a Top 5 Western
Rider award in the 11 &
under age division.
Sadie Hinz of Italy,
right, receives a buckle
for Champion Walk &
Whoa.
Audry Hammock of
Waxahachie won a trophy
for Top 5 Walk and Whoa.
ECEA Secretary Sandy
Neal, right, presents
Alan Donnan with the
Randy McMullan Spirit
Award.
2010 Ellis County
Equine Association
Awards Banquet
There were many happy
faces and shiny cowboy
boots on October 2, as
competitors in the Ellis
County Equine
Association gathered for
their year-end banquet
at Lakeview Camp and
Conference Center in
Waxahachie to receive a
menagerie of custom made
awards in honor of their
hard work to win
championships throughout
the 2010 ECEA horse show
season.
“We’ve had a great show
season despite the down
economy!” announced ECEA
President Julie Hinz at
the beginning of the
ceremony. “Thanks so
much to all of the hard
work from all of our
officers and volunteers
and especially our
sponsors.”
Buckles were awarded to
the individuals racking
up the most points over
five shows in halter,
English, Western,
reining, yearling
performance, and walk
and whoa categories.
Other awards included
trophy leather saddle
pads, trophy halters,
hay bags, spur straps,
Painted Ponies, and
embroidered horse
sheets.
In addition to horse
show awards, ECEA
honored several special
members or families for
their dedication and
helpfulness to the club.
The Hammock Family
consisting of Jerry,
Mitsy, Emily and Audry
of Waxahachie won the
Billie Wesson Most
Active New Member Award.
The families of Jennifer
and Glenn Alexander of
Midlothian and Mary and
Chesley Hinds of
Waxhachie both won the
Randy McMullan Spirit
Award for their
dedication to ECEA
throughout the year. The
Mighty Special Award,
sponsored by the Flying
Dollar Ranch in honor of
one of their lesson
horses, was awarded to
Elizabeth Terry of
Waxahachie for doing
many “special” things
for many people of ECEA
throughout the year.
ECEA board members
Brenda and Jake
Escamilla (far right)
present the Hammock
Family (Jerry, Mitsy,
Emily and Audrey) of
Waxahachie as the Billie
Wesson Most Active New
Member Award for 2010.
Beth and Jimmy Ballew
present Jennifer
Alexander, right, and
Glenn Alexander (not
present) of Midlothian
with the Randy McMullan
Spirit Award.
Board members Jimmy and
Beth Ballew (inside)
present Mary and Chesley
Hinds of Waxahachie with
the Rancy McMullan
Spirit Award for ECEA.
ECEA President Julie
Hinz, left, presents
Emily Hammock of
Waxahachie as the
recipient of the Nancy
Jessup Youth
Sportsmanship Award
buckle.
ECEA Vice President
Becky Hansen presented
Alyssa Ballew of
Midlothian prizes for
Reserve Champion 12 &
Under Western, and
Champion 12 & Under
English buckle.
Jimmy Ballew represented
buckle sponsor
International Power
Midlothian to present
Chesley Hinds of
Waxahachie the Champion.
Gracen Avent, right, of
Waxahachie won the ECEA
series buckle for
Champion Western Rider
11 & Under.
ECEA sponsor Flying
Dollar Ranch
representative Andy Hinz
presents his daughter
Sadie Hinz of Italy with
the Champion Walk And
Whoa award.
ECEA Treasurer Sandy
Neal, left, ECEA
Presdient Julie Hinz,
center, present
Elizabeth Terry of
Waxahachie the inaugural
Mighty Special Award for
ECEA. The award is named
in honor of one of Hinz'
lesson horses at the
Flying Dollar Ranch.
Courtney Griffith of
Midlothian, right, won
prizes for Reserve
Champion Aged Mare at
Halter, Reserve Champion
12 to 18 English,
Reserve Champion 12 to
18 Western.
Mary Roberts of
Waxahachie, right, won
awards for Reserve
Champion Solid Color at
Halter, and Top 5
Western Adult, and Top 5
Green Horse.
2009 Ellis County
Equine Association
Banquet Pictures
Kasey Jo Hinton, left,
is the High Point
Western Champion 11 &
under.
Brooke McElwee, right,
is the High Point
Western & English
Champion 12 thru 18.
Anita Whitley, left, is
the High Point Western &
English adult Champion.
ECEA All Around
Champions are, from
left, Kasey Jo Hinton,
Anita Whitley, Becky
Hansen & Brooke McElwee.
Alyssa Ballew, right,
won the Champion Aged
Gelding at Halter
buckle.
Jennifer Alexander,
right, was the Champion
Color at Halter winner
and the Reserve Champion
in Jr. Mares.
Farrah Lynn Chalue,
left, was the Reserve
Champion Solid Color at
Halter and won awards
for the top 5 in 11 &
under in Western and
English divisions.
Jennifer Damours, left,
won the Reserve Champion
Green Horse buckle.
Past President Becky
Hansen, left, presents
Sandy Neal with the
Charlie Huff Hall of
Fame award.
Sadie Hinz, right, was
the Leadline Champion.
ECEA sponsor Sandy Neal,
left, presents Marlee
McElwee the Champion
English 11 & under
buckle.
Jennifer Alexander,
left, is presented the
Billie Wesson Most
Active New Member award
by ECEA board member
Sandy Neal.
Sponsor Donna Weisberg,
left, presents Rebecca
Stimson the Champion
Reining buckle.
Courtney Griffith,
right, was the Reserve
High Point English and
Western 12 - 18 Champion
Sherry Taylor, right,
was the Reserve High
Point English and
Western adult Champion.
Julie Hinz, left, was
the Yearling Performance
Reserve Champion.
President Julie Hinz
presents the Jimmy
Ballew family with the
Randy McMullan Spirit
award.
ECEYA President Maddie
Hinds presents Gracen
Avent with the Nancy
Jessup Youth
Sportmanship buckle.
Hunter Hinz, right, was
the Walk & Whoa
Champion.
Kenneth Whitley, right,
was the Yearling Halter
Champion & Solid Color
at Halter Champion.
Maddie Hinds, left, was
the Yearling Performance
Champion.
2008
Ellis County Equine
Association Honors Its
Winners
Buckles were shining and
the smell of new saddles
was in the air recently
as Ellis County Equine
Association (ECEA)
awarded its year-end
winners at the club’s
annual awards banquet at
the Flying Dollar Ranch
in
Italy.
After a BBQ dinner, the
presentations kicked off
with Tracey and
John Friedmann of
Waxahachie winning the
Randy McMullan Spirit
Award. Julie Hinz of
Italy and Becky Hansen
of Crandall were then
awarded the Charlie Huff
Hall of Fame Award,
which is given to long
time ECEA members
dedicated to the club.
And the Nancy Jessup
Youth Sportsmanship
Award, which is voted on
by the youth members,
was awarded to Rebecca
Stimpson of Dallas.
ECEA awarded saddles to
the top all-around
competitors in four age
groups. The riders had
to show their horses in
halter, western and
English events in at
least three of five
shows to earn enough
points to clinch the
saddle. Shows were held
at the Navarro County
Exposition Center in
Corsicana April through
August.
Marley McElwee of Flower
Mound captured the 9 &
under all-around
championship with her
Paint horse Hot
Shot Of Crown. Danie
Mabry of Winnsboro and
her Paint gelding A
Dandy Fleet won the
10-12 championship.
Brittany Banks of
Covington and her
Palomino Detailed In
Gold nabbed the 13 -18
division. Vicky Taylor
and her
Quarter Horse mare
Hand Maid By Cool took
home the adult saddle
for the
second consecutive year.
Buckles were presented
to the winners of high
point English and
western divisions in the
four age groups as well
as yearling performance,
many halter divisions,
and reigning. All
children who
participated in four
ECEA activities
throughout the year
received participation
trophies and lead
line riders who
qualified in three shows
won Painted Pony
collectable statues.
In addition to hosting
the saddle series, ECEA
hosts free equestrian
clinics, trail rides,
and general membership
meetings throughout the
year. Anyone interested
in joining the club, may
attend a general
membership meeting,
which are held the third
Thursday of every month
at the
Waxahachie Chamber of
Commerce at 7:30
p.m. Or, look on the web
at
www.elliscountyequine.org,
or call Julie Hinz at
972-483-7774 for
more information. The
2009
horse show dates
are scheduled for April
4, May 2, June 6 and
July 11.
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2007
Ellis County Equine Association Honors Its Winners
Ellis County Equine Association (ECEA) awarded four
saddles, a host of buckles, trophy bracelets, trophies
and other awards to winning local equestrians at the
club's annual year-end awards banquet on October 14 at
Lakeview Camp and Conference Center in Waxahachie.
Club president Sandy Neal of Italy, kicked off the
evening by presenting special awards. The Billie Wesson
Most Active New Member Award was presented to John and
Tracey Friedmann of Maypearl. The Randy McMullan Spirit
Award was given to Becky Hansen of Crandall. The Charlie
Huff Hall of Fame Award, which is given to long time
ECEA members, was presented to Missy DeVall of Red Oak.
And the Nancy Jessup Youth Sportsmanship Award, which is
voted on by the youth members, was awarded to Sarah
Jarvis of Gilmer.
Prior to awarding the horse show prizes, Neal thanked
the club members for a successful season.
"We had a wonderfull, successful show season in 2007.
The judges were all carded with a major breed
associations and did a great job judging the shows. Our
facilities at the Navarro County Exposition Center were
always ready and well cared for. And most importantly,
you, our participants, were competitive and ready to
volunteer your time to help keep this club organized and
the shows running smoothly. ECEA's board of directors
greatly appreciate the effort of the individual club
members," said Neal.
In the horse show division, saddles were awarded to the
top all-around competitors in four age groups. The
riders had to show their horses in halter, western and
English events in at least three of five shows to earn
enough points to clinch the saddle. Shows were held at
the Navarro County Exposition Center in Corsicana April
through August.
Hannah Chaney of Quitman captured the 9 & under horse
show championship with her horse Docs Divis Leo. Danie
Mabry of Winnsboro and her Paint gelding Titans Painted
Sonny won the 10-12 championship. Joshua Jarvis of
Gilmer and his palomino mare Vested Gold Entry nabbed
the 13 -18 division championship for the second
consecutive year. Vicky Taylor and her Quarter Horse
mare Hand Maid By Cool took home the adult saddle.
Awards were also given in individual halter division,
top five high point western, top five high point
English, green horse, yearling performance, reining,
walk and whoa and leadline.
The night concluded with the announcement of the elected
2008 ECEA officers. The newly elected officers are:
president Hansen, vice president Julie Hinz of Italy,
secretary Friedmann, treasurer Brenda Escamilla of
Forreston The board of directors are Lois Smith of
Wilmer, Devall , Lou Bell of Midlothian, Donna Weisberg
of Palmer, and Alliece Summers of Waxahachie. Outgoing
president Neal will also remain on the board.
In addition to hosting the saddle series, ECEA hosts
free equestrian clinics, trail rides, parade rides and
general membership meetings throughout the year. Anyone
interested in joining the club, may attend a general
membership meeting, which are held the third Thursday of
every month at the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce at
7:30 p.m. Or, look on the web at
www.elliscountyequine.org, or call Julie Hinz at
972-483-7774 for more information. 2008 horse show dates
will be April 5, May 3, June 7, July 12, and August 2.
Ellis County Equine Association’s 2007 Show Season All Around
Saddle winners were, from left, Hannah Chaney of
Quitman, Texas, Dannie Mabrey of Winnsboro, Texas, and
Vicki Taylor of LaRue, Texas. Not pictured is 14-18 age
group winner Joshua Jarvis of Gilmer, Texas.
Missy DeVall, left, of Red Oak won the Charlie Huff Hall of Fame
Award for her many years of service and dedication to
the Ellis County Equine Association. DeVall also won the
year-end award for the high point “green horse.” Becky
Hansen of Crandall, right, won the Randy McMullan Spirit
Award for her dedication to ECEA. Hansen also won a
buckle in the 2-Year-Old and Under Geldings at Halter
division. Hansen was elected president of ECEA for the
2008 show season.
ECEA officer and buckle sponsor Julie Hinz, right, of the Flying
Dollar Ranch in Italy, Texas, presents the Champion
Stallion at Halter buckle to Jennifer Corea of the
Whistle Stop Ranch in Palmer, Texas.
Julie Hinz of Italy, center, won both champion and reserve champion
honors in ECEA’s yearling performance division with
fillies GQ Conclusive Teanna and Sheza Secret Dream. The
fillies are owned by Butch Lindburg, left, and LouAnn
Stecher, right, of Red Oak. Hinz and Stecher also won
a reserve championship in mares two and under at halter
with GQ Conclusive Teanna.
Sadie Hinz, age 4, of Italy won a participation award and a
Leadline Champion award for riding in four horse shows.
Buckle sponsor Wally
Corbran presents Chesley hinds with her reserve 10 to 13
English bracelet.
Vice President Becky Hansen presents Matt Mabrey with
his Reserve Champion Green Horse award.
Board member Alleice Summers presents Jennifer Damours
with her Top 5 English award. Damours also won the
reserve champion aged gelding at halter.
Buckle Sponsor Jennifer Corea awards Vivian Kines with
the champion 2 and under mare award.
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