Did you know...?
Your horse's vaccination history will be checked back to when he had his last course of primary injections - NOT just his annuals. If he's missed one by even one day since then, you'll have to start again.
Following consultation with members and other clubs, we have decided to pay half of all team entry fees from now on. Those entered in the Horse Trials will be refunded half the entry fee.
You may not be aware, but when entering team events, team managers have to submit a preliminary fee to Stoneleigh (Riding Clubs headquarters) stating how many teams/individuals they are planning to enter. This deadline is nearly a month prior to the competition. Once this is done, we are bound to pay the show organisers for those entry fees whether or not we eventually run that number of teams.
Therefore we are asking team members to think carefully about the level at which you wish to compete, and the date in question, BEFORE confirming your interest to team managers. We all have last minute lameness /illness/lorry disasters, but Hawley will take a dim view of team members who drop out at the last minute simply due to lack of planning, leaving the Club to pay for their entry. This also lets down remaining team members and deprives others of the chance to compete. If you make a habit of this, we are sorry but you will not be asked to compete for Hawley again.
Dressage
Rachel Pickles for Team Managers see Contact page or
Jumping (all disciplines) email hawleyridingclub@hotmail.co.uk
Donna Joyce
Charlie Perks
Emma Thomson
Teams
Rough costs of each team competition are on the downloadable fixture list. Amounts shown are after deducting the half Hawley pays. Costs cannot be fully accurate as we often get the schedules late in the day.
Area Horse Trials Qualifier - 11th May at Tweseldown
Novice: 2ft6-9
Intermediate: 3ft-3ft3
Teams of 4 and individuals, winning teams to qualify for the championships at Offchurch Bury, Warks. The club will sponsor anyone who qualifies for the championships. Cost for the Qualifier is £45 each.
Either download the above fixture list and send it in, call the team managers direct or email the club. BE AWARE - the eligibility is strict and the schedule linked to above does NOT explain what the criteria are so ASK or follow the link in the page header for details.
Did you know...?
If you qualify at an Area Qualifier, British Riding Clubs can fine or ban you from future competitions if you fail to turn up to compete at the Championships!
Competitions in Brief
Keep an eye on these pages as there are numerous team competitions including the below main ones:
Festival of the Hunter
This includes hunter trials/showing classes and the final in on 31st May-1st June at Aston-le-Walls this year. There are no showing qualifiers, you enter the Championship directly. Please contact team managers for details of classes but they include Show Hunter, Working Hunter etc.
Festival of the Hunter
This includes hunter trials/showing classes and the final in on 31st May-1st June at Aston-le-Walls this year. There are no showing qualifiers, you enter the Championship directly. Please contact team managers for details of classes but they include Show Hunter, Working Hunter etc.
Dressage
The Area Qualifiers are usually in June and the highest placed teams and individuals qualify for the Riding Club Championships. These are held at Lincoln Showground on the first weekend in September. There are Novice teams (who ride prelim tests) and Open (a range from prelim - elementary). Run alongside this qualifier is the London & Southeast championship which is Prelim in the qualifier and Novice in the final (held in October). There is also a "Rural Riders" competition which involves six riders in the dressage arena at once! As well as Dressage to Music and a new Winter Qualifier on 15th December 2007 - we have to enter this one now so get in touch if you're interested!
Eventing
There are Novice, Intermediate and Open competitions which are run under one-day-event rules. Sarah Page won the Intermediate qualifier this year and came 3rd at the Championships, which are at Offchurch Bury in Warwickshire in August. This is run on a two-day format for Novice and Intermediate and three-day for Open.
Novice height is 90cm (2ft6-2ft9)
Intermediate height is 1m (2ft9-3ft)
Open height is 1.10m (3ft7) - there may be one or two showjumps at 1.15m
Be aware the Championships are usually bigger than the qualifier.
Show-jumping
This follows the same format as the dressage, with qualifiers in July and the Championships at Lincoln in September.
Novice height is 90cm (2ft6-2ft9)
Intermediate height is 1m (3ft-3ft3)
Open height is 1.15m (3ft6-3ft9)
There is also a Teams-of-Three competition held at Hickstead in July. One team member competes at each height - Novice, Intermediate, Open (which is 1.10m). There is also an Indoor Showjumping competition for Novice teams on 17th February 2008 - to qualify for a final at Hartpury on 5/6th April.
This year we also sent a team to the Blenheim Horse Trials Showjumping on 6th September.
There is ALSO a Novice Indoor Showjumping on 18th February 2008.
The important stuff - Money and vaccinations!
Members are only asked to pay the Organisers' fees for team events - the Club will pay for the Riding Club fees (we have to pay BRC at Stoneleigh for every team we enter). However, for anyone who qualifies for the Championships, we will pay your entry fee and assist you in whatever way needed, including finding you sponsorship for transportation/stabling costs.
In return, we do ask that members make a commitment to attend the Championships if they qualify, as it can be disappointing for the other members of the team. More to the point, British Riding Clubs can take action against any member failing to attend the Championships by banning them from competing in the future!
Finally, it is your own responsibility to ensure that your horse is vaccinated in line with FEI/Riding Club rules AND that both horse/rider are eligible for the relevant competition. Vaccination rules are not easy and are available on the Useful Information section of this site.
The key facts about vaccination are:
* Must not be vaccinated within 7 days before competition
* Two boosters to be given before initial competition (if starting new course)
* Must not miss annual booster by even a day though can be given earlier
* Name on passport must correspond to horse entered (your vet can adjust this if required)
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