News Archive
April 30, 2009
British Show Jumping is delighted to announce the appointment of Iain Graham as Head of Sport and Performance.
During the past six years Iain has held the position of Scotland and Northern Regional Director for British Eventing and will continue to support BE until the beginning...
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April 27, 2009
Competitors are to be given an additional opportunity to qualify for the Amateur Final at the 2010 British Open Show Jumping Championships via the BSJA National Amateur 1.20m series.
At the 2009 National Amateur Championships, the highest placed eligible horse/rider combination will now receive automatic entry...
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April 27, 2009
The four riders who will represent Great Britain and sport the new ‘Team Champion’ branding at the first Nations Cup of the 2009 season have been selected.
Guy Williams, Guy Goosen, Gemma Plumley and Gemma Paternoster, accompanied by Chef d’Equipe and Performance Manager Derek Ricketts, will...
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April 26, 2009
Two mums have pooled their resource, energy and drive to put together a new series that will assist riders competing on 128/138cm ponies by giving them a giving them a ‘Stepping Stone’ series of competitions.
“We all got together and thought there’s no point saying we...
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April 24, 2009
Volunteers are being sought to help at the Alltech FEI European Dressage and Show Jumping Championships at Windsor from the 25th - 30th August 2009.
Various roles need to be filled and people willing to help in any capacity are sought. The volunteers will potentially start...
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April 21, 2009
Leading protective headwear brand, Champion, in association with the BSJA, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the British Nations Cup Show Jumping Team for 2009 and through to 2012.
With a reputation built upon safety, Champion has a tremendous British heritage and the brand has...
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April 20, 2009
15 MAY 1944 - 13 APRIL 2009
Philip Billington, sadly died on 13 April following a sudden heart attack while driving his car in Jersey, aged 64 years.
Philip started his business career in banking – Westminster Bank Plc – both in the UK and...
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April 20, 2009
Patricia Fraser from Crewe in Cheshire has been voted BSJA Owner of the Month for March.
The new award, aimed at giving recognition to the owners of some of Britain’s top show jumping horses, runs alongside the already established Show Jumper of the Month Award.
Patricia is...
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April 20, 2009
There was no way course designer Anthony d’Ambrosio could stop the top riders of the 31st Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final from performing clear rounds. Both horses and riders were simply too brilliant to be fooled or overpowered by d’Ambrosio’s demands. Meredith Michaels Beerbaum making...
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April 18, 2009
After four days of international competition, Robert Whitaker achieved what no other has managed and took the British Open Championship title for a third time. Robert rode the talented Lacroix 9 in all four legs of the competition which was an unusual tactic in the...
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April 18, 2009
The Stage for the British Open Final is Set!
The penultimate day of the British Open Show Jumping Championships has been an eventful one. Three riders are tying for first place in the Championship competition overnight which will make for a dramatic...
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April 18, 2009
In the most important show jumping class of the day riders faced the second round of the British Open Show Jumping Championship. Only four riders went through to the jump-off and victory went to Roelof Bril from the Netherlands, riding Calover. Roelof took a risk...
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April 18, 2009
For the second consecutive day Meredith Michaels Beerbaum claimed the rights to her third Rolex FEI World Cup™. The former American competing for Germany, winner of the first competition on Thursday, showed great superiority also winning the second class on Friday. Yet her advance on...
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April 17, 2009
The British Open first leg provided a very exciting start to the four day British Open Show Jumping Championship competition. 2008 reigning Champion Robert Whitaker, with the horse he successfully secured the title with last year, Lacroix 9, proved he was not going to let...
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April 17, 2009
Defending title holder Meredith Michaels Beerbaum struck the first blow last night in the first competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ final in Las Vegas. Winning the opening battle, the 39 year old rider from Thedinghausen, Germany, proved that she was the smartest analyst of...
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April 16, 2009
British Show Jumping acknowledged the achievements of its stars at a glittering Awards Ball held at the Hilton Metropole, NEC, Birmingham last night, Wednesday 15th April 2009. In excess of 600 guests attended the glittering occasion, which was supported by the BSJA Business Partnership, as a...
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April 15, 2009
The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping and Dressage Finals will be broadcast LIVE and playback on www.feitv.org, FEI’s official video website, according to the following timetable (all times are GMT):
Friday, 17 April 2009 - Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final I
2h00 –...
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April 15, 2009
Five Regional Foundation Squads aiming to produce a pool of up and coming talented riders are being launched across England.
The squads, which have been set up through funding from Sport England and are being co-ordinated by the British Equestrian Federation (BEF), will include the four...
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April 14, 2009
A total of sixty horses were flown in from all over the world to compete at the Rolex FEI World Cup Finals to be held in Las Vegas, USA this week. Thirty-five European based Jumping and Dressage horses, including Britain’s Ben Maher and Michael Whitaker, left...
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April 09, 2009
The National Team Show Jumping Championship is to be held at the easibed BSJA/Scope Festival of Show Jumping at Stafford County Showground from 30th August to 5th September 2009.
Qualifiers for the Championship will be held in May, June, July and the first weekend in August...
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April 09, 2009
A 6 Year Old Championship is to be held at the Horse of the Year Show 2009.
A maximum of 24 horses will qualify for Horse of the Year Show – 18 from the National
6 Year Old Championship Final 2009 to be held at the...
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April 08, 2009
The Premier Centres Association is pleased to announce its forth coming series:
‘PCA 33GrandSlam’
The Championship comprises nine rounds, one to be held at each of the nine member centres of the PCA. Each round will offer a minimum £3,000 prize fund and Horse & Rider Combinations finishing in the top...
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April 07, 2009
Fifteen year old Carian Scudamore, from Dyfed, Wales took the Leading Lady Rider title and second place in the Junior 1.40m Grand Prix in Barbizon at the weekend.
Carian aboard Mrs Hancock’s nine year old bay mare, Angel III finished in second place in the Junior Grand...
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April 06, 2009
Scott Brash from Peebles in Scotland continued his good form in Portugal, winning the 20,000€ Hilton Vilamoura Grand Prix.
Scott riding Stanley Brash’s ten year-old black gelding Intertoy Z, jumped the fastest double clear of the seven man jump off to take victory from Britain’s leading...
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April 02, 2009
Guy Williams from Stelling Minnis near Canterbury, Kent has been voted BSJA Show Jumper of the Month for March 2009. Guy riding his own thirteen year old bay gelding Torinto van de Middelstede, won the final and most valuable Grand Prix of the 2009 Spanish Sunshine...
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April 02, 2009
Twenty three of the brightest young names in show jumping will compete in the BEF World Class Development Programme Championship, at the British Open Show Jumping Championships held at Birmingham’s NEC on 16th -19th April 2009.
After five qualifying competitions, the top twenty-one ridersbased on...
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April 02, 2009
Forty-six riders from twenty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the 2009 Rolex FEI World CupTM Jumping Final to be held in Las Vegas (USA) from 15 to 19 April.
South American League – Southern Part
Vitor Alves-Teixeira (BRA) / Yuri Itapua, Yuri Climber
Japan...
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April 02, 2009
The following championships and finals were allocated by the FEI Bureau during its meeting held on 31 March and 1 April in Switzerland.
2009
JUMPING
Children’s Final, Singapore (SIN), 6 – 13 December
2010
JUMPING
World Breeding Championships, Lanaken (BEL), 23 – 26 September (this championship...
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April 02, 2009
The Global Champions Tour (GCT) showcases the world's top riders competing in exotic locations at the highest level of the sport for record prize money.
Founded by President and Olympic Gold medallist Jan Tops in 2006 the GCT could not have been realised without the support...
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