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Leo Harris award nominations

Nominations are now open for the Leo Harris Award.

Please find attached the criteria which must be met in order to nominate someone, together with the nomination form.

This will be sent out in E-News to members so that they can also nominate within their club if they want to.

Any nominations must be returned to Megan Gibbs no later than Friday 17 August 2018 after which point a vote will take place.

leo harris criteria PDF (1)

Leo Harris Nomination Form 2018PDF

 

Conclusion of the Style jumping

I’m sure we can all say what a lovely well run day the showjumping was last weekend. Our thanks go to Brent Knoll riding club for hosting and running it.
Most will know there was a major problem with the style judge and the judging sheets being filled in incorrectly and omitting a lot of scores. This was picked up early on and we did our best to resolve the problem however we were told firmly this is how they are done. Brent Knoll riding club, Myself and others from the area raised concerns and on the day this is why the results were not formalised. The issues raised were
  1. Nobody had jump style marks
  2. Those placed had jumping faults above those with clear rounds.
It was felt that no decision would be made until we sought advice from BRC. I spoke with them on Monday and I will say they were very understanding and could see why we had held off putting the results out. They had a meeting and came back to me yesterday.
BRC have accepted an official complaint from me on behalf of Area 12 against the style judge who was a qualified listed BRC Style jumping judge. They have apologised and noted the problem, they mentioned they would be reviewing the judges list and the future of having BRC specific SJ people.
The conclusion
  1. However wrong the sheets were everyone was judged consistently (badly)
  2. Because a re run was offered and most do not want to travel again, We have collated the honesty list of faults. These do match  the sheets. The judge had noted the jumping faults
  3. BRC said that those with faults can come above clears. The winner of the championship last year won with 4 faults.
  4. We have looked at a cross section of sheets and yes the highest placed people have had higher style marks but with jumping faults which have place them above. It is possible.
  5. BRC Decided they will take the results as they stand. It would be sad not to send people from area 12, This was based upon the fact the score sheets were judged the same way.
This decision was made by BRC. We know ,understand and accept there will be disappointment, jubilation from the winners, and I think we all are left with bemusement and disappointment that a listed judge could let us down so badly.
As an area we will not be inviting this person back to judge for us. I would like to close the matter as I don’t think there is any other solution. but we must all move on, support our area at the championship and look at it as one of life’s curved balls.
Thank you all for understanding.
 Charlotte

New Prelim entry system

We (BRC) have been undergoing changes recently to how Prelim Entries are made. We have a new system which will go live on the 18 July 2018. This will be an addition to the stabling website which some of you may already be familiar with – if you already have a login for the stabling website, you will not need to make a new one; however, if you are not already set up on this, you will need to create a log in.

There will be a temporary down time between the old prelim system turning off and the new prelim system switching on; this will be Monday 16 – Wednesday 18 July so if you have prelims which you know need to be in at this time, please be prepared to get them in slightly earlier, or if they’re not urgent, wait a couple of days. This down time will not affect the stabling section of the website. The new website will be accessed via the BRC section of the BHS website and there will be a new page made especially for prelim entries.

The new system is a lot more user friendly both at your end and ours and instead of going via the bookshop, the whole process will come to BRC. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask, we are open to feedback and suggestions. Could you please circulate this with your team managers and anyone you feel will need to know about the change in your club.

Competitor numbers, Rule amendment

March 2018

Please note, following some confusion please see below the rule amend with immediate effect with regards to competitor numbers.

The following competitor numbers must be worn at BRC events:

Discipline Competitor Numbers Permitted
Dressage One back number

or bridle / saddle pad numbers on both sides
SJ One back number
Horse Trials A bib number on the front and back of rider
Challenge A bib number on the front and back of rider
Combined Training A bib number on the front and back of rider

or one back number

or bridle / saddle pad numbers on both sides for the dressage phase only

For exercising at competitions, the above options are permitted.

Please circulate this information with anyone you feel necessary.