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stouffvilk suntribune saturday april 28 2007 1 1 international honour for dressage steward rooke to lead canadian riders at pan am games by jim thomas gwynne rooke has reached the pinnacle of equestrian suc cess the whitchurchstouffville resident recently attained a two fold honour when awarded inter national equestrian federation dressage steward status and elec tion to the paraequestrian cana da board of directors to be considered for ief stew ard status an applicant must be a current equine canada senior dressage steward with a mini mum eight years of experience rooke has been an equine canada official since 1983 she became an equine canada senior dressage steward in 1985 since then shes officiated at national and provincial dressage competitions across ontario as well as hunterjumper driving and breeds competitions in addition to serving as a dres sage steward rooke was chairper son of the canadian equestrian dressage team from 1987 to 1992 seoul olympics she was the chef dequipe for the bronze medalwinning dres sage entry at the 1988 summer olympics in seoul south korea as well as gold medal teams at the 1987 and 1991 pan american games in july rooke will accompany four canadian equestrians to the pan american games in rio de janerio brazil a longstanding volunteer rooke has been involved in organizing competitions for many years shes currently chair person of dressage canadas sen ior high performance committee over the years gwynne has served the dressage community in many capacities brenda minor head of the officials committee said she has and will continue to represent canada well rookes election to the parae questrian canada board of direc tors brings the membership up to a required six born in toronto rooke received her secondary school education at branksome hall in rosedale she later acquired a registered nurses degree from toronto general hospital in 1970 she and her late hus band purchased a 26acre prop erty in whitchurchstouffville where they built a new home my mother loved horses rooke says this interest was passed on to me dined with king trips with the canadian equestrian team have taken her all over the world including com petitions in cuba korea and spain at the world equestrian games in 1990 she dined with the king of sweden i consider myself fortunate to have worked with so many excel lent athletes she says ive reached the pinnacle as high as i want to go gwynne rooke whitchurch-stouf- iville resident granted international status by world equestrian federation del zotto named to ohl rookie squad steven stamkos and michael del zotto proved their value in being taken as the first two picks in last years ontario hockey league draft was well war ranted the york region residents were recognized for their efforts this past season by being named thursday to the ohls allrookie teams del zotto a 16yearold whitchurch stouffville resi dent who was the second overall pick by the oshawa generals was chosen to the firstteam rookie team 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