From: Anna Greenway
[Anna.Greenway@bef.co.uk]
Sent: 11 October 2007
16:46
Subject: British Equestrian Federation Newsletter - August &
September 2007
Newsletter - August & September
2007
Welcome to the newsletter of the British Equestrian
Federation
Leading British
Equestrianism
Nominations for the prestigious
Kuster BEF Groom Award are now open for 2007. Download the nomination form and
nominate your super groom today ...MORE
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BEF Progresses Club, Coach
and Participation Development
Following a successful funding
application to Sport England we are pleased to welcome on board Maggie Still
as Head of Regional Development...MORE
Now in its third year The Baileys
Horse Feeds/British Breeding Futurity has gone from strength to strength. The
2007 series concluded on 30 August at The Grange in Devon with over 100 horses entered for
evaluation as potential British bred sport horses of the future. …MORE
The BEF Board has undertaken a
rigorous assessment of taking the lead to complete and launch NED Online. On
15th August the Board agreed that BEF should accept the leadership
role....MORE
The BEF’s British Breeding is
facilitating the Lead Body process for the sport horse and pony sector, the
new organisation for this sector will be called the Lead Body for Performance
Sport Horses and Ponies (PSHP) ….MORE
Hong Kong
Tourism Board and BEF
make plans together
The Hong Kong Tourism Board and the BEF are making plans to
work together in the run up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2008. The
main Games will take place in Beijing but all of the Equestrian Events will be
held in Hong Kong..... MORE
Team GBR News
The British Equestrian Team competes in Dressage, Eventing, Para-Equestrian
Dressage, Show Jumping, Driving, Endurance, Reining and
Vaulting. They compete in major championships at Europeans,
Worlds and, for some disciplines, the Olympic or Paralympic Games. The 2007 season is now complete and plans are
underway for 2008 - we will bring you full news of their
progress.
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Equestrian
Team GBR won 32 medals in 2007 of which
nearly half were gold. Great
Britain has also qualified a full quota
of Equestrian Teams for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2008…MORE
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Equestrian Team GBR Launches
The countdown to the 2008
Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games
gained momentum in September, with the official launch of Equestrian Team
GBR at
Lee Valley Riding School in
London….
MORE
To coincide with the official launch
of Equestrian Team GBR the British Equestrian
Federation has launched a new website - www.equestrianteamgbr.com .…MORE
Great Britain took 3 horses and riders to the Good Luck Beijing
10th Anniversary Cup CCI2* (the ‘Test Event’) in Hong Kong in
preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. The aim of the exercise was
information gathering and testing logistics and procedures prior to travelling
the full teams out to Hong Kong. ....MORE
The 2008 Team
GBR fixture list is now online.
Download it here.
World Class News
The
World Class Equine Pathway has been developed during 2007 in conjunction with
British Dressage, British Eventing and British Show Jumping. It aims to
support the identification and development of elite young horses which show
the potential to medal for Great Britain at future Championships and Olympic
Level. The Dressage and Eventing Pathways are up and running and the
selection for the Jumping Pathway will be completed by the end of October
2007....MORE.
The
British Show Jumping Association in conjunction with World Class has been
developing an Evolution squad. This is a squad of 43 riders which
compliments the Development and Performance squads which exist in World Class
across the disciplines....MORE.
The
World Class Development riders have had a busy couple of months. Download the
World Class Development Newsletters for August and September.
News from
Member Bodies
For
the latest news from the member bodies, click here:
British
Dressage
British
Eventing
British Show Jumping
Association
British Equestrian
Vaulting
British Horse Driving Trials
Association
British Reining
Endurance GB
British Horse
Society
The Pony Club
Association of British Riding
Schools
Scottish Equestrian
Association
Riding for the Disabled
Association
Associate Member
Bodies
British Equestrian Trade
Association
British Horseball Association
Mounted Games Association of
GB
UK Polocrosse
Association
Useful
Websites
www.london2012.org/en - All the latest
news on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
www.uksport.gov.uk - UK Sport, gives an
overview of elite sports development
www.sportengland.org - Sport England,
encouraging people to get involved in sport
www.sportscoachuk.org - Sports Coach UK
www.ukcoachingcertificate.org
- UK Coaching Certificate
The BEF newsletter is issued by Anna Greenway,
Communications & Marketing Manager, BEF, 02476 698877. If you no longer
wish to receive it, or would like it to go to a different address, please
contact anna.greenway@bef.co.uk
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