British Showjumping’s Team NAF announced for Sopot CSIO5* Nations Cup
Wednesday 09 June 2021
Following an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Longines FEI Nations Cup of Poland the following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF. The competition takes place between the 17 – 20 June 2021 at Sopot and is a point scoring leg of the series for the British Team in Europe Division 1.
Harry Charles from Alton, Hampshire with the 12 year-old bay stallion Romeo 88 owned by Ann Thompson.
William Funnell from Dorking, Surrey with the Billy Stud homebred and owned 11 year-old chestnut gelding Equine America Billy Diamo.
Joe Stockdale from Roade, Northamptonshire with the 10 year-old bay mare Equine America Cacharel IV owned by Joy Cocklin.
Alexandra Thornton from London with the 15 year-old dark bay gelding Cornetto K owned by Dunwalke Ltd.
The Grand Prix takes place on Friday 18 June at 16:00 hrs local time and the Nations Cup will be on Sunday 20 June at 12:00 hrs local time. The Chef d’Equipe for the team will be Di Lampard, the World Class Performance Manager for Showjumping.
For further information on the show and full results once the show is underway visit http://csio.sopot.pl/en/
British Showjumping would like to thank NAF, title sponsors of the Senior Nations Cup Teams along with the Pony, Children, Junior, Young Rider and Veteran teams.
NAF’s premium range of Five Star brands include Superflex, Superflex Senior, PROFEET, Optimum, Magic, Oestress and Respirator Boost with quality at the heart of everything they do. They are a UFAS (Universal Feed Assurance Scheme), GMP+ (International Feed Assurance Scheme) and BETA NOPS (Naturally Occuring Prohibited Substances) accredited company and this enables them to guarantee full traceability on all the natural ingredients they utilise in their formulations, which are also selected in compliance with the FEI guidelines for Clean Sport. For further information, visit www.naf-equine.eu/uk/index.jsp.
The GBR showjumping teams are supported by the British Equestrian Federation’s World Class Programme, funded by UK Sport through the National Lottery. The Programme focuses on identifying talent, developing potential and maximising medal-winning performances on the world stage.
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