Endurance stalwart named Canada’s top volunteer
Canadian endurance riding enthusiast Ruth Carlson has been named Equine Canada’s 2012 Volunteer of the Year.
Carlson of Kimberley, BC, has been involved alongside the sport of Endurance since 1977 equally an organizer, competition together with groom at both the national together with international level. In addition, to winning a the world entitle medal, she is too an FEI estimate – exemplifying all the positive aspects of equestrian sport. She has logged to a greater extent than than 6000 contest miles, alongside 66 starts and, incredibly, 66 completions. She too rode inwards North American together with World Championships from 1986 to 1989 together with was a fellow member of the silvery medal Endurance Team at WEG inwards 1988.
In 1989, Carlson became an FEI endurance judge, together with was inwards need at all levels of contest including North American, Pan American, World Championship together with World Equestrian Games.
Ruth has too served equally an FEI course of instruction manager together with fellow member of the FEI Endurance Technical Committee. In 2007, she became the acting chair of the commission together with was named the official chair inwards 2008 – a reach she held until 2012. She proudly represented Canada together with the residue of the the world – committed to the welfare of the Equus caballus together with the increment of the sport through education, agreement together with the implementation of positive change. During her fourth dimension alongside the FEI, the dependent champaign of endurance grew apace together with has larn the bureau’s minute largest sport.
Since the inception of Endurance Canada equally commission of Equine Canada’s Sport Council, Carlson has played a major utilization together with made numerous contributions to her sport at habitation from the grass roots to the international score equally well.
The Equine Canada Volunteer of the Year is presented to an private who has dedicated themselves to the ideals of EC, worked for the improvement of the scheme together with who has had a notable acquit on on the sport.
“I get got never regard of myself equally a volunteer – it is simply what I did,” Carlson said.
“Having said this however, at that topographic point is cypher to a greater extent than encouraging or gratifying than an aspect of recognition from one’s peers.
“I intend most people produce non starting fourth dimension out thinking of themselves equally existence a volunteer, but to a greater extent than of an advocate for something close which they are passionate, together with my years of working inwards together with for endurance get got definitely been a labour of love,” she added.
“Love for the sport together with for the horses who part it alongside us. It is encouraging to know that perhaps I get got helped to brand a positive departure inwards the path that Endurance has taken, both at habitation together with throughout the world.
“I experience that I part this honour alongside all my colleagues across Canada together with closed to the globe who get got worked shoulder to shoulder alongside me to larn where nosotros are today, together with I count on their continuing commitment inwards the future. In particular, I part this honour alongside my hubby together with my menage unit of measurement who get got been unfailing through this journey.”
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