Quadrille Entries 2016

Attention all Clubs who are thinking of entering the Quadrille this year. Entries to new Clubs who have not competed in the Quadrille before or in the last 5 years, open tomorrow (1 March). There are 4 spaces reserved for new Clubs and these will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. The closing date for new Clubs is 21 March, and all entries must be made via the BHS Bookshop website. Entries to all other Clubs open on 1 April. The Quadrille selection Trial will be at the BRC Dressage to Music Championships at Bury Farm on 1 October. We are delighted to announce that the Quadrille final will be held at the Bury Farm All Stars Championship on Saturday 22 October.

Reminder to all clubs that changes to your committee should be notified to BRC HQ so they can keep their records up to date.

The Showing Register has been working closely with the BSHA and they have agreed that

qualification for the TSR Regional Finals will provide a dual qualification for both the TSR

Regional Finals and the BSHA Grass Roots Championships. This is a new initiative to

enable more riders to qualify for the BSHA Grass Roots Champ at a local show. Riders do

not have to be a member of TSR or the BSHA to qualify or enter either a TSR Final or the

BSHA Grass Roots final. This means there is no extra membership cost to the rider, just

the entry fee for the final. TSR Regionals are held across the country with a range of Finals

and lots of rosettes, please see the website for full details www.theshowingregister.co.uk.

Dates for Go BE 80/90

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Stay Safe

We have recently been made aware that an affiliated Club has been targeted by what appears to be fraudsters who have managed to hack in to some of the Club officials email accounts. Acting as the Chairman, they got in contact with the Treasurer and asked for funds to be transferred into a different bank account from the Club account. As most Clubs have websites with contact emails publically available, we would like to warn all Clubs to stay vigilant and be wary of any correspondence you may receive relating to transferring funds.

BRC Riding Tests – Understanding and Improving Performance

https://youtu.be/Mjio6BkuH70

BRC Style Jumping – Understanding and Improving Performance

https://youtu.be/H5bBcCI274g

If any Area 12 club Chairs would like to attend the development forum on the 28th January, please contact Arthur on Arthur.Stevens@otterfinancial.co.uk

Agenda 28 Jan

Free fence judge training Feb 2016, Pontispool

https://www.britisheventing.com/training/courses/3139/details?RoleId=3

Stay Safe

We have recently been made aware that an affiliated Club has been targeted by what appears to be fraudsters who have managed to hack in to some of the Club officials email accounts. Acting as the Chairman, they got in contact with the Treasurer and asked for funds to be transferred into a different bank account from the Club account. As most Clubs have websites with contact emails publically available, we would like to warn all Clubs to stay vigilant and be wary of any correspondence you may receive relating to transferring funds.

Crime Prevention Advice

British Riding Clubs are delighted to support Warwickshire Horse Watch and the Warwickshire Police on their new publication ‘Crime prevention advice for Riding Clubs.’ Packed with useful information and ideas regarding keeping Club property safe, this leaflet is available to all Clubs on the BRC website shortly, and free property marker pens can be obtained by emailing Warwickshire Horse Watch directly.

2015 / 16 Invoices

Your Club invoices will be sent out in the New Year and on receipt of payment for the Club affiliation invoice, 2016 Rule Books and Organisers Books will be sent out to you. Invoices will be posted to the Treasurer and also copied in an email to the Treasurer, Chair and Secretaries. Rule books will be posted out to the Secretaries.

New Affiliation Benefit – BRC Datasheets

A new affiliation benefit will be launched in January 2016. We have compiled a list of datasheets which will be sent out to your Secretaries on a data stick, with the 2016 Rule Books. These documents are ‘best practice guidance’ documents and cover a wide variety of subjects from How to make Prelim Entries, to How to run Club AGMs and Guidance for Hiring Venues and Instructors. We hope that some of these will be of use to your Club and will answer many of the most commonly asked queries that we get here at HQ.

Riding Test and Style Jumping Points League

2016 will see us launch a new Riding Test and Style Jumping Points League. Further details are available on our website here http://www.bhs.org.uk/enjoy-riding/british-riding-clubs/brc-assessments-and-training/brc-points-league

Other New Training Initiatives

A number of other new training initiatives are available for Clubs and further details of these can be found on our website, which will be updated as they are launched. Details on a new opportunity open to affiliated Clubs called the Participation Project, can be found here http://www.bhs.org.uk/enjoy-riding/bhs-participation-project

Hat Standards

A guideline for the 2016 accepted hat standards is attached. Please feel free to share this with your members and add to your websites. BS/EN1384 will no longer be accepted at any BRC event from  1 January 216. At qualifiers hats will need to be tagged with new Orange hat tags. For any XC events, no ‘peaked’ hats are allowed. These hat standards are mandatory for any events, training, activities run under the BRC insurance.

Accidents and Insurance

Please remember to submit copies all accident forms to us here at HQ. It is also the Clubs’ responsibility to inform the insurers of any incident which may result in a claim being made. Incidents can be reported to SEIB on 0345 600 8368, stating that you are an affiliated British Riding Club.

2016 Rule Updates

Keep an eye out for any Rule changes which will be marked in bold text in the 2016 Rule Book.

Following the changes to British Dressage class and points structure, BRC will not be counting any points gained at BD Prelim level for the purposes of BRC eligibility. The BD website now separates out a horses points into the levels at which the points were awarded, so any Prelim winnings can be discounted.

Many of you will be aware that BD have made some major changes to their structure which will commence on 1 December 2015. BD will be awarding points for Prelim Tests. BRC will not count any BD points gained at prelim level. The BRC eligibility limits on the classes will be the total number of points across all levels except points gained at prelim.

So for example Novice Dressage points limit is 124 total points. If a horse has 125 points and one of those points were gained at prelim level it would not be counted so they would have 124 points and therefore be eligible for Novice.

BRC rider groupings (refers to active riders of BD during the last 5 years) will remain the same, however BD have changed the groupings slightly, which can be seen below:

Group 1 Riders who have competed at a CDI (Small, Medium or Big tour)

Group 2 Riders who have gained points at Inter II, Inter A or B, U25GP or Grand Prix in national BD competitions and riders who have competed in the National or Winter championships (excluding music) at PSG level or above in Gold sections (or previous open sections)

Group 3 Riders who have gained points at PSG or Inter I level in National BD competitions (including FEI YR classes nationally or in a CDIYR) except as described above for group 2

Group 4 Riders who have gained points at Advanced Medium level (including FEI Junior classes nationally or in a CDIJ)

Group 5 Riders who have gained points at Medium level (including FEI Pony classes nationally or in a CDIP)

Group 6 Riders who have gained points at Elementary level

Group 7 Riders who have gained points at Novice level

Group 8 Riders who have gained points at Preliminary level or have not gained any points

Should any competitors wish to speak to BRC about how this affects them, please ask them to contact the office and we can look at their BD records etc. and talk them through the changes.