Five Regional Foundation Squads aiming to produce a pool of up and coming talented riders have been 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), include the four Olympic disciplines and one Paralympic discipline of dressage, eventing, show jumping and para-equestrian dressage. The aim is that the squads will identify talented riders who are not currently on the BEFs World Class Programme.
Eight riders from each of the disciplines, aged between 16 and 24 years old, will be selected for each of the five regions; North, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East - including London, and South West.
The programme, which is being developed in partnership with British Dressage, British Eventing and the British Show Jumping Association, will provide selected riders with the opportunity to have access to top equestrian specialists including; coaches, physiotherapists, psychologists, vets and nutritionists via a series of clinics.
Applications have now closed for the first Regional Foundation Squads for this year, keep an eye on this page for future applications.
For General Equiries - Becky Phillips: rfsadmin@bef.co.uk
West/East Midlands & East: David.Hamer@bef.co.uk
South West: anne.tezer@bef.co.uk
South East: Anne Tezer : anne.tezer@bef.co.uk
Application forms and the selection policy document can be downloaded below:
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Regional Foundation Squads (as at 1 July 2010)
Region: (North)
Regional Coach: Emma White
Show Jumping
Coach: Susie Gibson
Sarah Duggan
Nicola Sheard
Philippa Dobby
Alison Barton
Hayley McCaie
Jonathan Stephen
Pippa Allen
Jonathan Buxton
Melissa Gair |
Eventing
Coach: Heidi Woodhead
Amy Young
Ross Middleton
Helen Dunning
Harriet Morris-Baumber
Emma Carmichael
Jolyse Clancey
Sophie Griffith-Jones
Tanya Buckingham
Rachel Lupton
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Para Dressage
Coach: Erik Mackechnie
Lindsey McLaren
Fiona Maynard
Georgia Wilson
Amy Franks
Lauren Rathbone
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Dressage
Coach: Hannah Moody
Natasha Leak
Harriet Woodcock
Sarah Higgins
Emma Corbett
Abigail Slater
Laura Jarvis
Hetty Key
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Pictured above: Regional Foundation Squad (North)
Region: West Midlands
Regional Coach: David Hamer
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Dressage
Coach: Rhett Bird
Emily Richards
Elizabeth Ward Barnett
Nicky Patrick
Tasie Neale
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Eventing
Coach: Jeanette Brakewell
Sarah Stretton
Rachel Gough
Laura Shears
Alice Pearson
Sophie Martin
Alice Walker
Melissa Shawcross
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Show Jumping
Coach: Fred Bergendorff
Sophie Broadley
Falon Harper
Carla Chamberlain
Elizabeth Forrester
Nikki Freeman
Stephanie Platts
Georgia Wells |
Para Dressage
Coach: Maria Eilberg
Ashleigh Jones
Ruth MacCarthy
Phillipa Bishop
Charlotte Dargie
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Pictured above: Regional Foundation Squad (West Midlands)
Region: East Midlands
Regional Coach: David Hamer
| Eventing
Coach: Christie Wright
Hector Payne
Gaby Cook
Eliza Stoddart
Emily Parker
Alex Postolowsky
Rosalind Canter
Charlotte Castle
Rebecca Crosbie-Starling |
Jumping
Coach: Mandy McGlynn Chloe Aston
Rebecca Roe
Abbie Squires
Michael Potter
Michaela Webb
Holly Brougham
Abbe Burchmore-Eames
Sam Ward
Nathan Grant
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| Para Dressage
Coach: Angela Weiss
Matthew Dalley
Kathryn Gallagher
Mari Durward-Akhurst
Victoria Barrick
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Dressage
Coach: Mette Assouline
Michelle Watson
Lucy Fallen
Natalie Banks
Georgina Wilkinson
Emma Jablonski
Rebecca Drane |
Pictured above: Regional Foundation Squad (East Midlands)
Region: South East
Regional Coach: Anne Tezer
Eventing
Coach: Emma Fisher
Giles Blanchard
Louise Bradley
Iona Dent
Harry Dzenis
Ginny Howe
Marina Lawson-Smith
Georgie Strang
Lauren Yallop |
Dressage
Coach: Jill Day
Melissa Beer
Susannah Coleridge - Smith
Katie Dartnell
Emily Harris
Alice Oppenheimer
Samantha Thurman - Baker
Robert Trobridge
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Para Equestrian
Coach: Tanya Larrigan
Natasha Adkinson
Kirsty Buckwell
Ben Rodin
Daniel Manning
Nicky Thompson
Alex Sutton
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Show Jumping
Coach: Tony Newbery
Nicholas Edwards
James Emblem
Pippa Goddard
Megan James
Abigail Newbery
Yazmin Pinchen
Amanda Plowman
Max Routledge |
Pictured above: Regional Foundation Squad (South East)
Region: South West
Regional Coach: vacent
Dressage
Coach: Claire Moir
Olivia Kuropatwa
Rebecca-Jayne Eccles
Olivia Faith
Abbie Hughes
Emma Jenkinson
Dawn Peattie
Lucinda Virjee
Philly Roberts
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Show Jumping
Coach: Ros Morgan
James Johnson
Laura-Jane Dale
Louise Clarke
Katie Johnson
Harriet Nuttall
Mary Grose
Sammie Jo Coffin
Toby Gardner
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Eventing
Coach: Caroline Creighton
David Doel
Camilla Dumas
Rosie Fry
Flora Harris
Lottie Kennedy
Lucy Loughton
Aaron Miller
Danielle Dunn |
Para-Dressage
Coach: Nina Venables
Justine Bowers
Kristina Keefe
Melissa Nicholls
Britta Francis
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Pictured above: Regional Foundation Squad (South West)
