Overview of the Tryon Hounds Centennial

The Tryon Hounds Centennial Committee has a year of spectacular events lined up to honor and celebrate 100 years of fox hunting with Tryon Hounds!

The celebration will open with a Sporting & Country Life Art Show Gala on Saturday, November 8 at Tryon Fine Arts Center. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Monday, November 10, 2025. Tickets go on sale September 29.  For more information, click here.

Opening Hunt and Blessing of the Hounds will follow tradition Thursday, November 27. Members may order a special stirrup cup to toast the 100th year by visiting this link. The cup will have a TH Centennial Seal and can be personalized with your name.

Our Holiday Party is scheduled for  December 14. The popular auction will return and a special holiday centennial ornament will also be available for purchase.

Fox hunting has always revered apparel; both for function and for fashion. How much has it changed over the years? Find out at the High Tea Fashion Show Sunday, February 15 at Sunnydale in Tryon. Open to the public so bring a friend to enjoy the history of our sport and today’s country life fashions.

The Tryon Hounds Centennial coffee table book will be released at the Hunt Weekend Kickoff Event to be held on March 4, 2026.

What better way to end a Centennial Celebration than with fellow fox hunters during Tryon Hounds Hunt Weekend concluding with our traditional Hunt Ball? Plans are firming up for a weekend of great hunting and camaraderie beginning March 4. The Centennial Hunt Ball will certainly be a special occasion held Saturday, March 7 at Spiegel Farm in Campobello.

In addition to the stirrup cup, coffee table book and holiday ornament, The Centennial Committee will also have a special lapel pin, St. Hubert medallion, calendar and various items with the Centennial Logo available for sale on the website and at events. Visit our Centennial Online Store to view all we have to offer at this time!

We hope you find the plans exciting and will participate in every event that interests you!

Centennial Dates and Events

News from the Board

At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Certificate Holders, the following slate of officers and directors were elected.

President Jeanne Ahrenholz
Vice President Jon Napper
Treasurer Tom Eizember
Secretary Alison Smith

Karl Alexander
Alex Goins
Piper Close
Susan Haldeman
Gisele O'Grady
Shanna Mauldin

Additionally, we said thank you to Jenny Taylor for her 3 years of service on the Board.

At the Board meeting immediately following the Annual Meeting, the Board unanimously voted to appoint Masters Bonnie Lingerfelt, Nelson Minnick and Jim Ritchie for the 2024-2025 season.

Tryon Hounds Board of Directors' Report on Membership Survey

SUMMARY

The Membership Committee conducted a survey of the Tryon Hounds’ current, past and prospective members in August of last year to gather insights and information on topics the Board identified as strategically important to the organization. The survey initiative was based on the tenet that membership-driven organizations are most successful when their members’ input is valued, and the leadership takes effective action to build on successes and address challenges. The survey established significant data and comment on those subjects and many others.

The Membership Committee prepared its formal report on the survey results to the Board in October. Due to Covid restrictions and scheduling challenges, the Board and the Masters were not able to meet until earlier this spring.  On March 28th, the Board and the Masters met for several hours to review the findings and identify action plans on several key topics including Membership Growth, The Foxhunting Experience, Membership Engagement and Social Events, and Financial Matters.  You may view the full report to the membership here.

The Board thanks the Membership Committee for its hard work to develop and produce the survey. We appreciate the members’ participation to voice their concerns and aspirations about their hunt and we look forward to improving the Tryon Hounds experience for all of our members, staff and volunteers. 

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Tryon Hounds and Foothills Humane Society Announce Partnership to Rehome Retired Foxhounds

Tryon Hounds is proud to announce the formation of a new and unique partnership with Foothills Humane Society to work together on the important mission of rehoming retired hounds. (Please see our new website, www.homewardhounds.org)

Through Tryon Hounds' Homeward Hounds training and socialization program, our retired hounds will be prepared for the transition from pack life to family life.  

As graduates of the Homeward Hounds program, our hounds will be offered for adoption through Foothills Humane Society. Look for them on the FHS website and during the popular Sunday Stroll feature of the FHS Facebook page.  

We are grateful for the opportunity to benefit from the experience and social reach of FHS for the management of the adoption process.  

Together we are working to find wonderful forever homes for these special animals. 

Please read the full joint press release here.