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 Icon is pleased to welcome
Melanie Smith Taylor, April 9 & 10, 2011.
Olympic Team Gold Medalist, Melanie Smith Taylor
is an internationally recognized rider and trainer. She was successful in
amateur/owner classes before entering the grand prix arena. In 1978 she won the
American Grandprix Association’s Overall Rider of the Year. That same year, she
became one of only two riders to win the “Triple Crown of Show Jumping” after
riding to victory in the American Invitation, the International Jumping Derby
and the American Gold Cup. Other accomplishments include winning Team Gold at
the Pan American Games, Individual Bronze at the 1980 Olympics and Champion and
Reserve Champion at the World Cup Finals. In 1982 she was named the United
States Olympic Committee’s Sportswoman of the Year and was inducted into the
Tennessee Hall of Fame. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame inducted her in 1998. In
2007 she served as the Chef d’ Equipe for USEF Young Rider team and was named
the USEF Developmental Coach of the Year. Melanie continues to serve the
industry as a television broadcaster, course designer, judge, trainer and
clinician. She operates Wildwood Farms in Germantown, Tennessee. Icon is very
proud to host her clinic!
Dear Riders,
Thank you for your interest in our clinic series for 2011. Please download
the following information which includes applications and waivers for the
clinic.
DUE TO CONSTRUCTION
ON UNITIA ROAD THAT HAS COMPLETELY CLOSED THAT ROUTE INTO ICON HERE ARE
NEW INSTRUCIONS!!!!!
From
Lenoir City
- take Hwy 321
towards
Maryville. Go
approx. 8
miles and turn
left onto E.
Main (also known
as Hwy 333) at
the blinking
yellow caution
lights.
At the end of E.
Main turn right
onto S. Farnum.
Take the 2nd
left onto W.
College.
At the stop sign
go straight. You
will see the
Friendsville
Post Ofiice on
your right.
The road will
take a sharp
left....at the
end turn right
onto W. Hill.
True to form in
Tennessee, W.
Hill is also
Unitia Rd. Look
for the
"The
Pup Tent"
on the right.
Just before the
Pup Tent turn
right onto
Disco Loop Rd.
Icon is the
FIFTH driveway
on the right.
Look for the
green gates and
flood lights. If
you arrive
before 7:30pm
the gate will
automatically
open for you.
From
Maryville
- Take Hwy 321
towards Lenoir
City. Turn right
onto E. Main
(also known as
Hwy 333) at the
blinking yellow
caution lights.
At the end of E.
Main turn right
onto S. Farnum.
Take the 2nd
left onto W.
College.
At the stop sign
go straight. You
will see the
Friendsville
Post Ofiice on
your right.
The road will
take a sharp
left....at the
end turn right
onto W. Hill.
True to form in
Tennessee, W.
Hill is also
Unitia Rd. Look
for the
"The
Pup Tent"
on the right.
Just before the
Pup Tent turn
right onto
Disco Loop Rd.
Icon is the
FIFTH driveway
on the right.
Look for the
green gates and
flood lights. If
you arrive
before
Icon is the
FIFTH driveway
on the right.
Look for the
green gates and
flood lights. If
you arrive
before 7:30pm
the gate will
automatically
open for you.
From I-75
- take the
Lenoir City
exit. Turn onto
Hwy 321 towards
Maryville.
Follow the same
directions as
"From Lenoir
City" above
From
Knoxville
- take
Pellissippi Pkwy
(I-140) to
Topside Road.
Turn right onto
Topside (also
known as Hwy
333).
Topside
will dead-end,
turn right onto
Louisville Hwy
(again, Hwy 333).
Louisville Hwy
will dead-end,
turn right
again onto Mizer
Station Rd
(still Hwy 333).
Drive
approximately
2.5
miles, turn
right onto N.
Morgan Rd (there
is a school zone
caution light at
the corner of N.
Morgan). At the
end of N.
Morgan, turn
right
onto W. Hill.
At the second
Disco Loop Rd
(look for "The
Pup Tent") turn
right.
Icon is the
FIFTH driveway
on the right.
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