Team GBR Squad for the Rotterdam Furusiyya FEI 5* Nations Cup Announced
Monday 08 June 2015
Di Lampard, the World Class Showjumping Performance Manager has announced her squad of five that will be travelling to Rotterdam, The Netherlands for the fifth leg of this year’s Europe Division One CSIO 5* Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup competitions. This Nations Cup will be the second of the series in which Great Britain will be competing for qualifying points.
The CSIO5* competition at Rotterdam will commence on Thursday 18th June with the Nations Cup scheduled to take place on Friday 19th June at 16.00 hours local time. The Grand Prix will then take place on the final day of competition, Sunday 21st June, at 14.30 hours local time.
The squad selected is as follows:
Joe Clee, who is based in Belgium, with the 11 year-old bay stallion Utamaro d’Ecaussines which is owned by Ludwig Criel
Ben Maher MBE from Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire with the 10 year-old British Bred chestnut mare Diva II owned by Tatiana Korsakova
Jessica Mendoza, a World Class Development Programme rider from Chippenham, Wiltshire with the 14 year-old British bred brown mare Spirit T owned by Sarah Mendoza
Michael Whitaker from Nottinghamshire and the 10 year-old grey stallion Cassionato owned by Beverley Widdowson
Guy Williams based in Seine Maritime, France with his own and Charlotte Baines’ 15 year-old chestnut gelding Titus II
Further information on the show and for results once the show is underway can be found by visiting www.chio.nl. Full information in respect of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup series can be found by visiting www.fei.org.
FEI TV will be showing live footage from the event. To access this please visit www.feitv.org. The programme will also be shown at a later date on Horse & Country TV. Please click here for broadcast times.
The British Showjumping Teams are supported by the UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme.
The World Class Development Programme underpins World Class Performance and, together with the Equine Pathway, they comprise the Equestrian World Class Programme, incorporating the three Olympic sports of dressage, eventing, showjumping and the Paralympic sport of para-equestrian dressage. The Programme has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, through Exchequer and National Lottery funds, via UK Sport since 1998.