How to Start a Team
To start a team, you must have a faculty advisor and a $150.00 check made out to the IHSA, written on a club or school account. You will submit a team membership application form, which names your advisor and coach, and their addresses and phone numbers, to the Regional President before the first show in which your team will compete. Also due before the first show are the following:
ü Both parts of the Individual membership application for each student - Part 1 - The riders history must be submitted for new members prior to the first horse show. Part 2 - The annual online membership registration, which is done every academic year. Returning riders do not have to do the rider history part again.
(Visit www.ihsainc.com to find the link to accomplish the team and individual registrations. The team must be registered first, which opens an electronic file for students’ completed registration to be entered. If your team registration is not done, the individual registrations will not be accepted by the computer.)
üIndividual membership dues -- $30. or $40 per rider made payable to the IHSA submitted to the Regional President as one check for all the memberships
ü IHSA team eligibility certificate with a line entry for each student must be submitted to the Regional President every term . The national IHSA database will produce this form for you using the info registered in individual memberships.
ü IHSA liability release form for each student is required by some individual regions -- ask your president college.
*All forms must be signed by coach/advisor. Eligibility Certificate must be submitted to the college registrar to be checked, signed, and sealed, certifying that each student is indeed a full-time undergraduate and is in good standing at the college every term,
Contact your Regional President to get help with navigating the IHSAinc.com database and registration.
When the team application is properly submitted, the contact person will be added to the regional mailing list, and you will receive show entry packets and regional coaches mailings. It is your responsibility to respond to show entry deadlines.
I would be pleased to help you start a team at your college. After reading the materials provided, please contact your Regional President; or if you don’t know where you belong, contact me for help.