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ADULT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
The USEA Adult Team
Championships (ATC), which
debuted in 2014, is the capstone
event for the USEA Area Adult
Team Challenges, providing
adults the chance to compete as
a team and represent their Area
of the country in a friendly and fun environment. The USEA is glad to
welcome the ATC back to the AEC.
Many adult eventers are familiar with The Chronicle of the Horse USEA
Adult Team Challenge, which has been offered for over 20 years to foster team
competition and camaraderie across the country.
Historically, Adult Riders had three regional Team Challenges in which to
compete with fellow adults in a team environment, with the locations changing
each year. In 2013, the USEA Adult Rider Coordinators voted to move to
support Adult Team Challenges taking place in all 10 Areas across the country,
with the finale being the ATC at the AEC.
Each Area can send up to eight teams from Beginner Novice through
Preliminary level to the ATC, and each Area has created their own qualifications
or qualifying events to be selected for teams. However, national qualifications
are also in place to make sure that ATC riders are prepared to ride the same
championship level courses as the AEC competitors. ATC teams will earn ribbons
and awards for placing.
Adult Riders know how to have a good time, and there is no doubt they will bring
an increased level of excitement and camaraderie that we love to see at the AEC!
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