TRETORN JUNIORS & YOUNG RIDERS SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday 19 June 2009

The Tretorn Junior and Young Rider Teams who will represent Great Britain in the 2009 European Show Jumping Championships to be held in Hoofddorp, Netherlands from the 1^st – 5^th July 2009 have been selected.

 JUNIORS

Sixteen year old Alison Barton, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Junior International Squad, from Bradford, West Yorkshire will partner Mr Simon Paul’s fourteen year old bay gelding Saffier van de Brandkreek.

Seventeen year old Jessie Drea, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Junior International Squad, from Horsham, West Sussex riding Mr Shane Breen’s nine year old chestnut gelding Milord d’Elle.

Fourteen year old Graham Gillespie, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Junior International Squad from Alexandria, Dunbartonshire will ride his mother Beth’s eight year old bay stallion USA Today.

Sixteen year old Carian Scudamore, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Junior International Squad, from Cardigan, Dyfed will ride Mrs Hancock’s nine year old bay mare Angel III.

Sixteen year old George Whitaker, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Junior International Squad, based with Michael Whitaker in Whatton, Nottinghamshire will ride his Uncle Michael’s eleven year old chestnut gelding Carnaval Path

YOUNG RIDERS

Nineteen year old Joe Clayton, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Young Rider International Squad also based with Michael Whitaker in Whatton, Nottinghamshire will ride his own ten year old bay gelding Saveur.

Twenty year old Jemma Kirk, a member of the 2009 Tretorn Young Rider International Squad from Bo’ness, West Lothian will ride her father Roberts’s thirteen year old bay gelding Wexford.

Twenty one year old Tim Page a member of the 2009 Tretorn Young Rider International Squad from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, will partner Mr Sturman’s eleven year old chestnut gelding Quentin Tarantino.

Eighteen year old Matthew Sampson a member of the 2009 Tretorn Young Rider Squad from Sheffield, South Yorkshire will ride Mr Duncan Inglis’ eleven year old bay gelding Chianti Classico. 

Nineteen year old William Whitaker a member of the 2009 Tretorn Young Rider International Squad also based with Michael Whitaker in Whatton, Nottinghamshire will ride his Uncle Michaels Clark 12.

Joe Clayton, Jessie Drea, Tim Page, Matthew Sampson and William Whitaker are members of the World Class Development Squad which is lottery funded through UK Sport and provides support across a wide range of support services as well as direct funding support.

The British Junior and Young Rider International Squads are kindly sponsored by Tretorn. Tretorn was founded in 1891 by Johan Dunkar in Helsingborg, Sweden. In 1904 Tretorn was manufacturing around one million rubber boots a year.  The manufacturing of rubber boots and tennis balls continued until 1991 in Helsingborg, when they moved the production overseas to Poland and other countries. Tretorn is today one of the leading manufacturers of rubber boots in Scandinavia as well the third biggest producer in Europe of tennis balls. The Tretorn riding boot was launched during 2007. Tretorn is today owned by PUMA AG.
For more information on Tretorn please visit : www.charlesowen.com

The Squads are further supported by John Whitaker International with British Team branded riding hats, the British Show Jumping Association and the World Class Development programme which is Lottery funded through UK Sport.

The Junior and Young Rider Teams are generously supported by Next Plc and Toggi who have very kindly supplied the team clothing.