Youth Team Tournament

APHA brings fun and camaraderie to the APHA World Championship Show with a unique team tournament: an annual, three-part competitive series that tests teamwork skills, equine knowledge and competitive drive. No horse is required, and it’s open to ALL Youth age 10–18!

Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Teams competing on the team skis in the YTT Relay Race.

A team competing in the wheelbarrow race at YTT.

Two kids competing in the three legged race at YTT.

Eligibility

All Youth are invited to enter. Enter as an individual or as an entire team (which can be composed of friends, Youth from a certain area or regional club members).
Teams without a full six-member roster will be filled by individual participants as needed/available to complete a six-member team.
Youth can only participate on one team. Individual entries will be assigned to a team by APHA.
Associations or APHA-affiliated clubs are invited to sponsor team(s).
APHA/AjPHA membership is not required. Participants must be between the ages of 10 and 18 as of January 1 of the current year.
Each team must include two individuals age 16 or older to be eligible for participation in the finals.

Entry Fees

Received by May 31: $25/person or $150/team
Received June 1-15: $35/person or $210/team

Entries will be limited to the first 50 teams

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The Event

The Youth Team Tournament consists of three components and a grand finale finals competition. Events include: 1) Scavenger Hunt, 2) Relay Race and 3) TikTok Video Challenge.

The Scavenger Hunt

Contestants will be integrated into a mixed team that will search for scavenger hunt clues around the Will Rogers Memorial Center grounds.
A list of location hints will be provided. Each group will document their location discovery with a picture of all six members at that location.
Contestants will answer a question at each location.
This is a timed activity and will be scored based on the number of locations and questions successfully identified in the fastest time. Scoring is first based on the number of correct answers, followed by the time in which it was achieved.
Teams will be placed, with points awarded based on the overall point system. Points earned by mixed-team members will be applied to their original team.

The Relay Race

Teams will compete in the Relay Race, a timed event that incorporates team-building challenges.
Teams will be placed on the fastest course-completion time, with points awarded based on the overall point system.

The Tik Tok Challenge

Each team will randomly draw the name of a person affiliated with the APHA World Show (trainer, staff, vendor, sponsor, exhibitor, etc.) and receive contact information for that person, who will be available and on the grounds.
The team will conduct a video interview with their assigned individual and will compose a video 1-2 minutes in length.
Videos will be judged on creativity, inclusivity of all team members, and promotion/awareness of APHA and that individual’s role.
All videos will be placed, with points awarded based on the overall point system.

Tabulation and the Grand Finale Finals

Points will be awarded in all components of the competition based on the following:

1st place: 12 pts
2nd place: 9 pts
3rd place: 8 pts
4th place: 7 pts
5th place: 6 pts
6th place: 5 pts
7th place: 4 pts
8th place: 3 pts
9th place: 2 pts
10th place: 1 pt

The Grand Finale Finals

All teams will be brought into the arena and introduced at the beginning of the Grand Finale Finals.
The top six teams, based on accumulated points, will compete in a surprise finale event.
The finale will be conducted as a clean-slate finals. Awards will be presented to the top six teams at the finals award ceremony.
Each team is required to include at least two individuals age 16 or older to be eligible for participation in the finals.