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Amateur Committee Hi Fellow Team Members The term Amateur means, Amateur, Select Amateur and Novice Amateur. I hope Christmas was a wonderful, stress free day, celebrated with family and friends. If Santa did not fulfil every suggestion on your wish list, then start the list for next year – this allows Santa enough time to…………. AQHA Amateur Division Clinics for Victoria – 2nd Dec 2017. The deadline for this article is before our Vic Clinic, but the response from our Victorian members is inspiring. Thank you Travis and Natasha Humphries for being our Clinicians and finding time to educate our Amateurs at a very busy time of year. Thank you Yasmin Lee-Steere for allowing the Clinic to be run at Jayes Park. The AQHA Amateur Director is Kate Elliott. Kate has begun developing many exciting initiatives for our Amateurs; more information will be forthcoming at a later date. The Survey Monkey communication will be sent to all AQHA Amateur members next year, so the Amateur Division can plan its future escapades. The members wanted free Clinics in each State and this has been accomplished. Here are some statistical facts: Survey results for Clinics Remember, only Amateurs that allowed the AQHA to use their email addresses and were current financial members were contacted via the Survey Monkey communication. Tasmania did not use the Survey Monkey process. The Survey Monkey Information Questionnaire for Australia statistics. The feedback from this survey gave the Amateur Division insight into the direction and needs of the Amateurs. This survey gave every Amateur the opportunity to communicate with the Amateur Division and thus a direct link to the AQHA Board of Directors. Emails sent - 656 Total completed - 246 % Completed - 37.5% Finally, thank you to the Amateur Division Committee for their hard work and dedication. Onwards and upwards!! Cheers Leonie Gorski 2017/2018 Amateur Division President President Leonie Gorski Mobile: 0409 903 133 Email: leonter@bigpond. com Vice President Carol Elliott Mobile: 0419 911 273 Email: laketyrell@gmail. com Secretary Jade Thomas-Spicer Mobile: 0411 322 265 Email: [email protected]   Treasurer Yasmin Lee-Steere Mobile: 0419 992 599 Email:[email protected]   Committee   Jodi Jakubenko  Mobile: 0401 292 843 Email: [email protected]   Carol Ahern  Mobile: 0419 879 105 Email: [email protected]   Rebecca Fatchen Mobile: 0427 378 008 Email: [email protected]   Carla Cox Mobile: 0406 587 342 Email: [email protected] Youth Committee 2017/2018 President: Matthew Freiberg Vice President: Taj Carson Secretary: Amber Denton Victoria Kasey Wyse, Adam Salt Queensland Chevonne Day, Kylie Phillips Western Australia Tayla Pritchett-Divirgilio New South Wales Holly Gutterson, Amelia Galea Alexis Gifford, Tasmania Rachell Robinson January • February • 2018 • The Australian Quarter Horse Magazine • Page 9