News Archive
August 31, 2010
Emma Slater from High Wycombe, Bucks riding Mick Fortune’s, homebred, 6 year old brown mare Cosmic Savannah, by Renkum Valentino, took the KBIS Senior British Novice Championship by storm on Monday night at the Cushionbed British Showjumping Scope Festival jumping a fast clear in 27.60...
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August 27, 2010
The Blue Chip Winter Showjumping Championships are to remain at Hartpury College following the signing of a new long term agreement between the College and Show Direct Ltd.
The International Equine Arena Complex at Hartpury, which was officially opened in 2007 by Lord Sebastian Coe, provides...
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August 27, 2010
Somerset based luxury Jewellery Company Hiho has raised nearly £5000 for Equestrian Team GBR in under 4 months through sales of its specially designed ‘Team GBR’ range. The range, expected to grow, currently offers a luxurious silver bracelet for the ladies, retailing at £40 and...
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August 27, 2010
Rob Hoekstra has named the combinations that will represent Great Britain in the Gijon CISO 5* Nations Cup which will take place on Friday 3rd September.
Northampton based Tim Stockdale will partner Colin Garrett’s 9 year old bay gelding Fresh Direct Kalico Bay. This partnership...
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August 20, 2010
Lisa Hales owner of the World Class Stallions Arko III and Russel II, is pleased to announce that William Whitaker is joining the team at Shaw Farm Stud. William will be employed at Shaw Farm Stud working alongside Lisa Hales producing her up and coming young...
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August 20, 2010
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Golden Bear as its master toy licensee as part of the exciting London 2012 merchandise programme. The London 2012 mascot range will include soft and plastic toy and gift products and are...
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August 20, 2010
The European Jumping Team have today won Gold at the first Youth Olympic Games Equestrian Competition in Singapore after an exhilarating jump-off which saw Australasia take Silver and Africa the Bronze.
The European team, which consisted of Nicola Philippaerts (Belgium), Carian Scudamore (Great Britain), Valentina...
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August 20, 2010
Wednesday saw the eighth and penultimate leg of the British Showjumping Business Partnership International Stairway series which took place at Pembrokeshire County Show.
Course Designer Peter Gillespie built a testing 1.55m course, which produced only 4 clears in the first round meaning the fastest 4 faulter...
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August 18, 2010
The 2010 Coaches Conference will take a different approach to that of before, we are organising three across the country to accommodate all coaches in the UK, to hopefully reduce traveling for the majority.
The conferences will take a workshop format to incorporate...
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August 18, 2010
The Scottish Home Pony International (HPI) took place last week up in Ayrshire at the Rowallan Activity Centre. Ponies from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland travelled to Lord Rowallan’s Show Centre to compete against each other for the 128cm, 138cm and the 148cm HPI titles.
The...
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August 18, 2010
The following British Showjumping members have recently been awarded Honorary Life Memberships for their outstanding services to the sport:
Diane Amies
Diana was secretary of a successful riding club which decided to hold affiliated BSJA shows in the early 1970’s, the courses being built by Alan Oliver. There...
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August 18, 2010
The Youth Olympic Games equestrian events got off to a flying start at the beautiful Singapore Equestrian venue today, with Australasia, Africa and Europe sharing the lead after the first round of the Teams Jumping competition.
Clear rounds came from Australasia’s Thomas McDermott (AUS) and Jake...
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August 18, 2010
For those wanting to follow Great Britain's young rider Carian Scudamore at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, please keep an eye on the British Showjumping facebook group where we are posting daily blogs.
Yesterday's blog can be found by visiting the following...
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August 16, 2010
The British Team’s emphatic victory in the Hickstead Nations Cup has been voted ‘Performance of the Month’ for July.
The Team consisting of Peter Charles with Murka's Pom D'Ami (Owner: Olga White & Team Murka Ltd), William Funnell and Billy Congo (Owner: Billy Stud), Tina Fletcher with Hallo...
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August 16, 2010
For those hoping to see the sport modernise, the results of the election held today (16th August 2010) at the AGM, Stoneleigh Park Warwickshire will be a disappointment.
The British Showjumping’s Board of twenty two members had unanimously agreed earlier in the year...
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August 16, 2010
Phil de Glanville, ex Bath and England rugby player, has today been announced as the compere for the BEF Coaching Convention 2010 on Tuesday 19th October at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
Phil began playing rugby whilst at Durham University before playing at Oxford and then for...
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August 13, 2010
The Horse and Hound Foxhunter second round at Ingliston Equestrian Centre, Scotland saw two more combinations qualify for the Horse of the Year Show which is to be held at the NEC, Birmingham from 6th to 10th October 2010. Also on offer were five qualifying...
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August 13, 2010
The Tri-zone Newcomers Second Round held at Brendon Stud, Pyecombe saw 10 of the 72 starters making it though to the final jump off to fight it out for the two Horse of the Year Show qualifying places.
Having just missed out on qualifying at West...
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August 13, 2010
At the 2010 Pony European Championships which were held at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, East Yorkshire, The Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS) awarded trophies to the highest placed Stallion, Mare and British Bred ponies. All trophies were presented by Sarah Steggall, SPSS Director and...
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August 11, 2010
The ever popular Tri-Zone Newcomers second rounds continued at Wales & West with 90 starters chasing two qualifying places for the 2010 Horse of the Year Show to be held from 6th to the 10th October at the NEC, Birmingham.
Miles Pearson from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire riding...
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August 10, 2010
The Blue Chip Pony Newcomers second round held at Wales & West Home Pony International
proved a runaway win and Horse of the Year Show qualification for 15 year old Anna East from Bridgwater, Somerset riding her mother Sally’s Nookie Bear a 14.2hh, 9 year old chestnut...
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August 10, 2010
Joe Clayton swept the board taking both Horse and Hound Foxhunter qualifying places at Wales and West on the 2nd August. Joe who is based with his uncle Michael Whitaker at Whatton, Nottinghamshire took both qualifying places when finishing first and second. First place went...
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August 10, 2010
British Showjumping have announced their selection for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010.
The selected squad comprises (in alphabetical order):
· Scott Brash riding Mr Stanley Brash’s Intertoy Z
· Tina Fletcher riding Lady Pauline Harris’s Hallo Sailor
· David McPherson riding his own Chamberlain Z
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August 10, 2010
Darren Smith from Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees riding Leslie Moorhouse’s Hamilton H a 16.2hh, 6 year old bay gelding jumped three superb clear rounds, the final one in 36.08 seconds, to win the Equissage Senior Discovery at Sykehouse Show and qualify for the Cusionbed British Showjumping Scope Festival...
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August 06, 2010
The final competition of the FEI Meydan Nations Cup 2010 series saw the grandstands at 137th Dublin Horse Show absolutely packed to the gunnels. With spectators standing in the alleyways, the atmosphere was electric and the only thing that seemed to be missing was the sun...
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August 05, 2010
This coming Sunday Sky Sports will be showing action from the Burgham Classic Grand Prix, which took place at the Burgham Horse Festival in Northumberland.
The Broadcast times are as follows:
Sunday 8th August
15:00 – Sky Sports 4 Digital
18:00 – Sky Sports 4 Digital
Monday 9th...
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August 05, 2010
The four riders that will represent Great Britain in the final leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup have been chosen and will be:
Peter Charles riding Murka’s Pom d’Ami (owned by Olga White & Team Murka Limited)
Tina Fletcher riding Hello Sailor (owned by Lady...
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August 05, 2010
British Showjumping’s next UKCC course is due to commence at the beginning of September, at Harrogate Equestrian Centre, Yorkshire.
The course consists of four workshop days, working on both theory and practical coaching, dates are as follows;
6th and 7th September 2010
4th and 5th October 2010
Attendance is...
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August 03, 2010
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the British Showjumping Association on the 16th August will potentially see the beginning of the biggest change in the history of British Showjumping.
Modernising the sport will involve many changes not least a radical decrease in the size of the...
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August 03, 2010
From 125 starters in the first round of the Tri-Zone Senior Newcomers second round at Arena UK 12 combinations made it through to the final jump off and two combinations qualified for the Championship at the 2010 Horse of the Year Show to be held from 6th...
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August 02, 2010
The final leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup series will take place this Friday at the Dublin Horse Show. After Great Britain’s victory at Hickstead, British Showjumping have now done enough to secure their place for next year however hopes are still high...
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August 02, 2010
British rider Amy Inglis on Mandy Hall’s Nils D’hurl Vent lowered just one pole in the first round and produced an excellent clear round on the final day to finish in fourth individually,with just four faults, at the 2010 FEI European Pony Championships at Bishop...
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August 01, 2010
Hickstead saw one of the most hotly contested fights for the coveted solid gold trophy in the Longines King George V Gold Cup this afternoon at the All England Jumping Course. A prestigious and historic competition that saw the trophy buried in the grounds of Hickstead...
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