Blackstone Valley Mounted Archers

03/02/2026

Congrats to all the BVMA riders that participated in the 1* competitions we held this year. We had three members that made the year end top 10 for the trot division Desiree Sharples , Megan Dawe and Taylor Faith !

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11/17/2025

Here is a link to donate to a local family who is in great need after losing their barn one of their horses in a fire last Wednesday. The remaining horses were rescued but are facing vet bills and a long road to recovery after receiving burns from the fire.

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10/11/2025

Another 1 star competition in the books for BVMA! Great job everyone!

Apologies to the 2 riders whom we missed canter runs for due to photographer's parental obligations- Noah and Hunter, I promise we'll get you next time!

08/16/2025

Had a great turnout for mounted practice today!

06/05/2025

BVMA hosted its very first 1* Ranking Competition on Sunday. It was a beautiful day with some great rides and fantastic horsemanship.

Congrats everyone!!

Results are in and can be found at
https://ihaa.eu/ /1286

Arena 30 Walk
1st - Megan and Gus
2nd - Sara and Waco

Arena 30 Trot
1st - Taylor and Roanie
2nd - Des and Moon
3rd - Hunter and Abby

Arena 30 Canter
1st - Pat and Roanie
2nd - Noah and Moon
3rd - Amelia and Abby

Feel free to share any pics and videos of the day in the comments.

07/27/2024

One week until our Elizabeth Tinnan mounted archery clinic. If you'd like to audit, here is the form.

Price: $50/day Light Breakfast will be served.

07/11/2024

Here's the scores for the May/June IHAA Trot Postal. Everyone did great, with Amelia getting the highest score for the experienced junior/young rider category.

RESULTS for the MAY-JUNE POSTAL MATCH
MINI MAMLUK - TROT

With this being the trot postal, our main focus is on the beginner and iHBA entries.

Congratulations to Gabriel Kefi (Archers Cavaliers de Jouy, France) on Barrette who was the top scoring beginner in the trot postal match in the Children, Junior & Youth (beginner) category.
Congrats also to Valentina Penna (Marere asd, Italy) on Morosita MARERE who was highest in the adult (beginner) category and to Ros Jones (Cotteswold Mounted Archers, United Kingdom) on Monkey who got the top score in the iHBA category.

A shout out to Rebecca Hills (EJM Horseback Archery, United Kingdom) on Ruby Hills competing in the adult experienced category who got the highest score in the match and to Amelia Dawe (Blackstone Valley Mounted Archers, United States) on Moon
who got the highest score in the Junior and Young Rider experienced category.

Thanks to all 22 entries in this match from the US, the UK, France, Italy and Luxembourg

You can find the full results by category here: https://ihaa.eu/ /834
If you would like to download a certificate to record your participation, you can find them here: https://ihaa.eu/ /834

07/10/2024

Congrats to all our members that participated in the May/June IHAA Walk Postal. A special shout out to Amelia for coming in first in the junior/young rider experienced category and Des for having the highest score of the BVMA riders!!

RESULTS for the MAY-JUNE POSTAL MATCH
MINI MAMLUK - WALK

With this being the Walk postal, our main focus is on the beginner and iHBA entries.
Congratulations to Simone Zonzini (Le Colline di Rivoli HBA, Italy) on Tempesta who was the top scoring beginner in the walk postal match in the adult - beginner category.
Congrats also to Hannah Müller (Pferd und Bogen , Germany) on Hieronymus who was highest in the Children, Junior & Youth (beginner) category and to Ros Jones (Cotteswold Mounted Archers, United Kingdom) on Monkey who got the top score in the iHBA category.
A shout out to Alex Austin (Forest Horseback Archers, United Kingdom) on Etico competing in the adult experienced category who got the second highest score in the match and to Amelia Dawe (Blackstone Valley Mounted Archers, United States) on Moon who got the highest score in the Junior and Young Rider experienced category.

Thanks to all 53 entries in this match from the US, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, France, Finland, Italy, Australia and Mexico

You can find the full results by category here: https://ihaa.eu/ /835
If you would like to download a certificate to record your participation, you can find them here: https://ihaa.eu/ /835

06/17/2024

Way to go Pat Gahan and Noah Geslao!

The Tennessee Valley Archery LLC 2024 Versatility Open is a wrap! It was a scorcher! The heat index was up to 102 degrees F on Sunday! Everyone handled it well. We had lots of water, Shade, and a linament cooling station for the horses. We ran the T110, the Raid 2,3,4 and the hunt was epic,with 21 targets over 1400+ meters. Special thank you to all of our volunteers! Here are the final results

Expert Category:
1st - Elizabeth Gonzalez Tinnan
2nd - Bethany Flick
3rd - Heather Lomax

Advanced Category:
1st - Wyatt Jennings
2nd - Carmen Frentress
3rd - Morgan Charpiat

Intermediate Category:
1st - Pat Gahan
2nd - Elizabeth Carter
3rd - Noah Geslao

Novice Category:
1st - Sarah O'Meara
2nd - Natalie de Gyarfas-Owen
3rd - Victoria Hawkins

Junior Category:
1st - Gia Giambruno
2nd - Arwen Adams
3rd - Lilly Parker

Well done everyone!
Congratulations to all, You were all freaking amazing 💜💜💜

Vicky

06/13/2024

Good luck to our members Pat Gahan and Noah Geslao who are down in Tennessee this weekend competing with Ira and Moon!! We're so excited for them!

06/08/2024

Results are in for the April/May Trot Arena Postal and we had some great rides, but a special shout out to Amelia for getting the highest score overall!

RESULTS for the APRIL-MAY ARENA POSTAL MATCH

COMANCHE COURSE - TROT

With this being the trot postal, our main focus is on the beginner and iHBA entries.

Congratulations to Ines Blatt (D'Arc Angels, Luxembourg) on Taco Taco who was the top scoring beginner in the walk postal match in the adult- beginner category
Congrats also to Lara Roulling (D'Arc Angels, Luxembourg) on Basnia des Iscles who was highest in the children & junior & young rider - beginner category
A shoutout to Amelia Dawe (Blackstone Valley Mounted Archers, United States) on Moon who won the match overall, competing in the junior and young rider - experienced category.

Thanks to all 12 entries in this match from the US, the UK and Luxembourg

You can find the full results by category here: https://ihaa.eu/ /801
If you would like to download a certificate to record your participation, you can find them here: https://ihaa.eu/ /801