Team GBR Squad for the Sopot Furusiyya FEI 5* Nations Cup Announced
Friday 22 May 2015
Di Lampard, the World Class Showjumping Performance Manager has today announced her squad of five that will be travelling to Sopot, Poland for the CSIO 5* show in Sport which will commence on 4th June before drawing to a close on Sunday 7th June. The Nations Cup is scheduled to take place on Friday 5th June at 14:00 hours local time and the Grand Prix will take place on the Sunday at 13.00pm local time.
The squad selected is as follows:
Joe Clayton, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with Alison and Ken Rodgerson’s 14 year-old bay stallion Ingliston Twister
Yazmin Pinchen, from Ifield, West Sussex with her mother Nancy’s 12 year-old liver chestnut stallion Van de Vivaldi
Laura Renwick, from Maldon Essex with her own and John Renwick’s 9 year-old bay gelding Bintang II
Michael Whitaker, from Whatton, Nottinghamshire with his own and Beatrice Mertens 11 year-old grey mare Elie van de Kolmen
Guy Williams based in France with Di and Pennie Cornish’s 9 year-old bay gelding Basic
They will be accompanied by Chef d’Equipe Tony Newbery
Further information on the show and for results once the show is underway can be found by visiting www.csio.sopot.pl. 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 visit www.britishshowjumping.co.uk and click on ‘What’s on TV’ 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.
