Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association
Endurance, Competitive Trail, Ride n Tie, Limited Distance and Set Speed events throughout Ontario
Hi all! While you are sitting inside staying warm and cozy, just a reminder that the OCTRA Membership Secretary is too! I am ready to receive membership renewals for 2020 so why not do it today!!!
Use this handy link online form.
If you are a lifetime member or have prepaid, just enter ‘NA’ in the dollar amount. Hope to hear from you all soon.
Plans are underway to hold the 2019 OCTRA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday February 22 once again at the Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre. The election of two officers and one director is on the agenda. All nominations must be received by the Nominations and Elections Committee by December 24 (60 days prior to to the AGM). The Nominations and Elections Committee will publish personal profiles of all nominees by January 23 (30 days prior to the AGM).
Nominations will be accepted, as per the rotation outlined in bylaw 3.5.2, for:
Members may login to update many details about themselves such as address, insurance coverage, phone numbers, etc.. Several changes to this capability have just been implemented including non-OCTRA membership numbers and Equine infectious anemia date (EIA date) for horses. Also, Family Memberships are now included more thoroughly in the “do it yourself” approach to data management at OCTRA.
Read more about these changes
Changes to the enrollment process for the Distance Rewards Program have been approved by the Board of Directors to increase clarity and member participation. The changes affect renewing members, new members, currently competing horses, all new horses, and horses changing owners. In brief, beginning in 2019, OCTRA Membership automatically includes the Distance Rewards Program for riders. In addition, for a horse to compete for any year end award, the horse must be registered with OCTRA.
A year in review issue The Pulse – May 2018 – The Yearbook has just been released. Thanks go to Judy Durst (Editor), Rose Danko (Pulse Committee), and Kristen Howard (Production and Design) for this 79 page compendium. It is chock full of pictures, statistics, results, award winners, articles, and more. This is a very impressive release. You can find it here..