WELCOME
Welcome to the British Showjumping Bristol & Somerset Area
Website - http://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/area/bristol-and-somerset
Facebook Group & Page - British Showjumping Bristol & Somerset (Area 48)
Twitter - @BSArea48
VENUES
The Bristol & Somerset Area has a host of venues that support British Showjumping & all hold monthly British Showjumping competitions (weather permitting through the winter months).
- Badgworth Arena (Indoor & Outdoor Surface)
- Chard Equestrian Centre (Outdoor Surface & Grass Arena)
- Kings Sedgemoor Equestrian Centre (Outdoor Surface)
- Mendip Plains Equestrian Centre (Outdoor Surface)
- Leyland Court Equestrian Centre (Outdoor Surface)
- Wick St Lawrence Shows (Grass Arena)
We are also fortunate to have 5 agricultural shows where (Seniors) can compete on grass in front of the public;
- North Somerset Agricultural Show (Early May Bank Holiday)
- The Royal Bath & West Show (Early June)
- Yeovil Agricultural Show (Mid July)
- Mid Somerset Show (Mid-August)
- Frome & District Agricultural Society Show (Mid-September)
ACADEMY TRAINING
Chard Equestrian Centre sponsor our Bristol & Somerset U21 Academy, the U21 Academy holds training sessions throughout the year which are open to all members until December after their 21st birthday. Sessions are held weekly throughout the winter months on a Tuesday evening at Badgworth Arena, with our lead coach Jayne Smart. Additional training sessions are held during half term & the summer holidays with opportunities to train with other UKCC Level 3 Coaches.
Other members can join in these sessions space permitting, all bookings are made via Alison Tutt & payments can be made on Horse Monkey.
https://horsemonkey.com/search_events/org/52183
“Jayne Smart is a UKCC Level 3 Coach she has successfully competed in numerous prestigious Championships at Horse of the Year Show, Olympia, The Royal International Horse Show on horses she has produced herself. Jayne has also competed in Working Hunter Finals & evented around Winsor, Blenheim, Burley & Badminton.”
The U21 Academy is invited to enter various Academy Team Competitions during the year.
Four academy members are selected for each team, providing that they have attended 3 Academy session & are competent competing at the designated heights. In some cases, the selected academy members must have achieved Level 2 of the NAF Pony 5* Programme.
We will also be holding our own Academy Show on Sunday 29th September at Chard Equestrian Centre, which will hold individual & team events.
All information of upcoming events can be found on our Facebook Group
Chard Equestrian Bristol & Somerset U21 Academy
Bristol & Somerset U21 Academy Co-Ordinator –
Alison Tutt, alison.tutt@btinternet.com, 07772 818 871 / 01278 641 131
AREA SHOW
The Bristol & Somerset Committee hold an Area Show each year at the end of July at one of the local venues. We try & hold classes for all members, holding Juniors classes one day & Seniors classes the other. The classes at this show are usually kindly sponsored by members or local business, so we can try to offer ‘good’ prize money for ‘reasonable’ entry fees.
The 2019 Area Show, is being held at Chard Equestrian Centre on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July, this will be a two-day show for Juniors & Seniors. There will be overnight stabling available, and a social event on the Saturday night.
We are always looking for Sponsors for classes at the Area Show, so if you are interested or know of anyone who might be, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always grateful of how ever much people can sponsors, as little as £30.00 can sponsor first place in a lower class with £450.00 sponsoring all prizes in a bigger class. All Sponsors are offered refreshments during the show & advertisement on the Rosettes, Schedule, Website & Social Media pages.
AGM
We hold an Annual General Meeting once a year, where members are invited to see the previous year’s accounts, see what the area has done & what the plans are for the upcoming year. We also take this opportunity to present our annual ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Area’ Award & The Annual Area Awards.
ANNUAL AREA AWARDS
We invite all members to put their names forward to the Annual Area Awards.
- Bristol & Somerset Pony Novice
- Bristol & Somerset Pony Open
- Bristol & Somerset Senior Novice
- Bristol & Somerset Senior Open
- Bristol & Somerser Gold League Rider
- Chard Equestrian Bristol & Somerset Academy Pony Rider
- Chard Equestrian Bristol & Somerset Academy Young Rider
We then look at your horse/ponies records & allocate points based on placings achieved during the year, for more information please visit the Annual Points page on our website.
The Jack Shearn & Jennie Bailey Trophy is also awarded on an annual basis to someone we believe has provided an outstanding contribution to the Bristol & Somerset Area.
NATIONAL AREA TEAMS
There is a National Area Team Competition that takes place each summer, Bristol & Somerset usually put forward two teams to compete in the qualifying rounds; each team consists of 4 Area members to compete over 4 different heights, members are invited to but their name forward for consideration for the qualifying rounds, we ask that members who put their names forward are happy to compete in the final at The British National Championship, should the team qualify. The teams will be selected by the committee based on current form.
The 2019 Qualifying rounds are at Wales & West on 09th June & Chard Equestrian on 15th June.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Good Luck in all your upcoming events, hope to see you soon
Katie Smith
Bristol & Somerset Area Representative
katie.smith@britishshowjumping.co.uk / 07977 241 769
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