About Region III of the AVA

AVA Region III is a non-profit, 501(C)3 Corporation founded for the purpose of supporting vaulting in Region 3 of the American Vaulting Association, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

Our Goals

To expand the opportunities for vaulters in our region by:

• Sponsoring competitions in the region.
• Providing seed money to clubs for competitions or seminars.
• Sponsoring vaulting clinics and seminars.
• Developing educational material on vaulting.
• Providing scholarships for vaulters in Region III to seminars and the National AVA Competition.
• Assisting in forming new vaulting clubs by loaning equipment and locating suitable vaulting horses.
• Maintaining equipment to be loaned to new clubs during their start up period.
  

To promote the sport of equestrian vaulting to competitive, noncompetitive, and handicapped vaulters by:

• Sponsoring a yearly conference that will include clinicians focused on both handicapped and regular vaulting.
  

To support the AVA member clubs in our region by:

• Maintaining a web site that provides links to information on vaulting, contact information for vaulting clubs in our region, and contact information for the national association.
• Holding a yearly coaches seminar to focus on coaching techniques, how classes are judged, and horse training tips.
• Assisting coaches in our region to become certified by sponsoring a coaching seminar yearly.

To act as an interface between the AVA vaulting clubs in our region and the national association, the American Vaulting Association.

Bylaws

Click here to download the Region III of the AVA Bylaws as a .pdf file