YOUNG TALENT ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT
Monday 01 December 2014
The British Equestrian Federation have today announced the athletes who have been selected onto the 2014-2016 UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Development Programme.
With selection across each of the three Olympic sports – dressage, eventing and showjumping and the Paralympic sport of para-equestrian dressage, this year has seen one of the largest intakes since the Programme’s inception, as 49 young athletes come on board ahead of the 2015 season. The Programme looks to provide coaching and support to athletes – through human and equine sports science, nutrition and sports psychology – as part of an established training pathway.
Gordon Burton, Head of Performance for the BEF commented; “This year’s applicants raised the bar yet again and we saw some exceptional talent coming forward during our selection trials. It is great to see such a depth and breadth of ability coming up through the ranks and bodes well for the future of equestrian sport in the UK."
SHOWJUMPING
Millie Allen from Cleveland
Pippa Allen from Cleveland
Joe Clayton from West Yorkshire
Holly Gillott from Leicestershire
Jessica Mendoza from Wiltshire
Dan Neilson from Essex
Emma O’Dwyer from Gloucestershire
Spencer Roe from Lincolnshire
Jake Saywell from Nottinghamshire
Louise Saywell from Nottinghamshire
Beth Vernon from Nottinghamshire
Emily Ward from Cheshire
George Whitaker from West Yorkshire
William Whitaker from West Yorkshire
Chloe Winchester from Suffolk
The Programme underpins the World Class Performance Programme and has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, through Exchequer and National Lottery funds via UK Sport since 1998.
