East Members Council
Members Council Positions
NOMINATIONS
EAST
RIDER
Georgia Leader-White (115057) -
Proposer: Amy Turner (114486) Seconder: Susan Leader (115056)
Resume: I compete successfully at 1.30m and I am currently gaining ranking points. I compete locally and at premier shows including Scotland. I have trained with an international showjumper and groomed for a rider at the World Class training programme and also abroad. I competed successfully as a Junior, winning finals at Scope and Pony of the Year Show and still have links with Junior showjumping via my sister. My strengths include my ability to work and a bubbly personality. I am an excellent listener and would be able to communication views effectively. I already know many of the riders in the Area and everyone would find me approachable and someone who would represent them fairly. In summary, my experience and enthusiasm for the sport makes me an ideal British Showjumping representative. Having experienced both junior and senior events I have a broad prospective making me an ideal representative for riders in the Eastern Region.
Heather Stennett (49689) -
Proposer: Ann Skeet (10741) Seconder: Helen Stewart (62060)
Resume: I have been a member of British showjumping for over twenty years enjoying my jumping in Juniors through to Young Riders and now as a Senior. I have been lucky enough to jump at various levels both at home and abroad and feel I have a reasonable idea of what riders and horses require to both enjoy and progress in the sport. I have also been an active committee member since I was seventeen and have been involved in training, running shows and gaining sponsorship. Through both this and the jumping I have met a large number of people, and I would hope they would feel happy to approach, and discuss all things in jumping with me so I can put their voices forward.
OFFICIAL
Ian Clark (57132) -
Proposer: Julia Biddle (58673) Seconder: Elizabeth Hearle (113573)
Resume: Advanced course designer (the one with the pink shirt) and Judge. Have served on local Pony Club Committee ending up D.C. Competed in the Mid 70’s to Mid 90’s. Have been through the pony Parent stage and now enjoying course designing around the UK getting to know how showjumping changes throughout the Region. Still designing Pony Club and Riding Club competitions threating everyone equal. The above hopefully shows I have a passion about our sport and would like to have the opportunity to represent the East Region as an official.
Rosemary Ockendon-Day (53627) -
Proposer: Sue Smith (104390) Seconder: David Everett (38744)
Resume: I have been a Judge for the past 11 years and been involved with British Showjumping at very many levels from competing, owning international horses, national sponsorship and show organisation. I have judged all levels of the sport from Club Shows through to International Trials and feel very fortunate to have been mentored by some of our highest level judges. I would like to encourage our sport to encompass a more professional outlook and assist in the education of new Judges.
Diane Ross (35299) -
Proposed by Kerry Simson (109317) Seconded by David Neaves ( 63976)
Resume: I have been a member of British Showjumping for most of my life, initially as a junior competing up to JA level, then a Junior Associate and for the past 30 years a senior jumping member. I also became a full Judge in 2003 and served on the Cambridgeshire Committee from 2006 – 2009. With this broad knowledge together with the fact that I work in a completely unrelated industry means that I can speak with some conviction for the Amateur/weekend competitor. I am pleased to see that British Showjumping is looking to move forward and realised that it needs to reach out to the broader horse community in an attempt to dispel the elitist, dated stuffy image. I would relish the opportunity to be a part of this redevelopment and redesign of an organisation that I have enjoyed being a member of for most of my life.
SHOW ORGANISER
Simon Bates (101124) - Unopposed
Proposer: Joan Lewis (10220) Seconder: David Neaves (63976)
Resume: I am keen to see British Showjumping develop as an inclusive organisation with transparency to the way decisions are made. Quality should be rewarded and all levels of member (and potential member) catered for.
MEMBER
Tracey Forrest (74020) -
Proposer: Colin Keeling (89135) Seconder; Philip Spivey (60863)
Resume: I am passionate about showjumping in Great Britain. I competed at lower affiliated levels, own/owned home produced horses from British Novice to Top Level Nations Cup, breed and support financially Addington British Young Horse Championships. I spend a lot of time at both our grassroot’s and international shows, so have ideas how riders, owners, organisers, officials and breeders can work and communicate together to mutual benefit at all levels. I believe I can bring something unique to the Members Council. I do not earn my living from the sport; it is a passion and has been for 30 years. I would bring genuine, current, external business expertise; my business background is as main board executive director of £200m turnover professional services firm, with 25 years client advisory experience. Recently retired at 50 I have the ideas, passion, time and energy to give something back to the sport I love.
Charley Nathan (48032) -
Proposer: Lisa Hunter (69910) Seconder: Amber Stafford (106596)
Resume: I have been a member of British Showjumping for 40 years. I have competed, was the biggest pony owner, organised shows, keeping Towerlands open for an extra two year and am an Associate Judge. I am very pro-active and wanting to move our sport forward and am dedicated to bringing sponsorship in to try and bring our sport up to the level it deserves. I get on very well with the senior and junior membership and have learnt to listen to their needs and act on their behalf. We are also in the process of building a new arena in the region which will be open and ready to run affiliated shows (once approved) in the new year.
Iain Plaster (18068) -
Proposer: John Taylor (95723) Seconder; Julia Biddle (58173)
Resume: I am 51 years olf and have been a member since the age of 10. I competed as a junior and then as a senior. I am now an owner and train my son who competed at top level as a junior and is now competing as a senior. By way of background I own a successful retail and manufacturing business which has been running since 1984. I am also a member of Essex Committee.