Newsletter - August & September
- Kuster BEF Groom Award Returns
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.
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
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.
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