Daisy Dick - British Equestrian Federation

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Jumping DEREK RICKETTS (Team Manager) Derek had a highly successful international show jumping career from 1967-1993 and was a member of the British team that won the 1978 World Championships. He has also won European team gold and silver medals, in 1977 and 1979 on Hydrophane Coldstream, and is an FEI gold badge holder for Nations Cup performances. He now breeds and produces competition horses and is a senior hunter judge. He has been a member of the British Show Jumping Association’s executive board since 1996. Derek was appointed Performance Manager to the British show jumping squad in 2002. He is married to Sue and lives near Bicester, Oxfordshire. ROBRECHT CNOCKAERT (Veterinarian) Rob qualified as a veterinarian at Gent University in Belgium. He runs a mobile practice which focuses on performance issues in sport horses. He has been working as team vet to the British jumping team since 2005, travelling to the 2006 WEG and, last year, to the European Championships in Mannheim. Jumping Officials Sydney 2000. Michael Whitaker & Prince of Wales Olympic Jumping Records 1948: London Team bronze: Major Arthur Carr, Lt-Col Harry Llewellyn, Lt-Col Henry Nicoll, Major Arthur Carr 1952: Helsinki Team gold : Lt-Col Harry Llewellyn, Lt Col Duggie Stewart, Wilf White 1956: Stockholm Team bronze: Peter Robeson, Pat Smythe, Wilf White 1960: Rome Individual bronze: David Broome/Sunsalve 1964: Tokyo Individual bronze: Peter Robeson/Firecrest 1968: Mexico Individual silver: Marion Coakes/Stroller Individual bronze: David Broome/Mister Softee 1972: Munich Individual silver: Ann Moore/Psalm 1984: Los Angeles Team silver: Tim Grubb, Steven Smith, John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker 1988: Seoul 6th place: Nick Skelton, David Broome, Malcolm Pyrah, Joe Turi 1992: Barcelona 7th place: Tim Grubb, Nick Skelton, John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker 1996: Atlanta 11th place: Geoff Billington, Nick Skelton, John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker 2000: Sydney 8th place: Geoff Billington, Carl Edwards, John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker 2004: Athens Individuals: Robert Smith/Mr Springfield, 4th; Nick Skelton/Arko lll, 10th Sydney 2000. John Whitaker & Calvaro 24 25 Jumping
Para-Equestrian Dressage 26 Introduction The first international Para-Equestrian Dressage competition was a World Championship held in Sweden in 1987. This was followed by World Championships in Denmark in 1991 and in Great Britain in 1994. Para-Equestrian Dressage was first part of the Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and was then included at Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004. Great Britain has been at the forefront of the sport since its inception and won team gold at all three Paralympics as well as many individual medals. In Hong Kong, Great Britain will be hoping to make it four team golds in a row. The GB squad is in a strong position, having won the World Championships in Great Britain in 2007, but these Games will prove to be the most competitive yet, and the squad's aspirations are a tough challenge. Seven riders are in the GB Squad, which is the biggest of all competing nations as a result of the outstanding historical success and world rankings of Great Britain in the sport. All members of the squad, both riders and support staff, are immensly looking forward to Hong Kong and are relishing the opportunity to compete against the best Para-Equestrian Dressage riders in the world, in oustanding equestrian sporting facilities and in challenging climatic conditions. David Hunter Team Manager Para-Equestrian Dressage Para-Equestrian Dressage Records 1996: Atlanta Team gold: Anne Dunham, Kay Gebbie, Elizabeth Stone, Diane Tubbs Individual gold: Joanna Jackson (Grade IV& Freestyle) Individual silver: Elizabeth Stone (Grade III) Patricia Straughan (Grade IV) Dianne Tubbs (Grade I) Individual bronze: Anne Dunham (Grade II), Dianne Tubbs (Grade I Freestyle) 2000: Sydney Team gold: Anne Dunham, Kay Gebbie, Lee Pearson, Nicola Tustain Individual gold: Kay Gebbie (Grade IV Freestyle), Lee Pearson (Grade I & Grade I Freestyle), Nicola Tustain (Grade II Freestyle) Individual bronze: Kay Gebbie (Grade IV),Nicola Tustain (Grade II) 2004: Athens Team gold: Debbie Criddle, Anne Dunham, Lee Pearson, Nicola Tustain Individual gold: Debbie Criddle (Grade lll & Grade lll Freestyle); Lee Pearson (Grade l & Grade l Freestyle) Individual bronze: Sophie Christianson (Grade la), Nicola Tustain (Grade II & Freestyle Grade II) David Hunter David Hunter was a British Army cavalry officer for 10 years, serving in Germany, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and the UK as well as spending a year at the Ecole National d’Equitation in Saumur, France. In 1993 he left the army and was appointed director of equine welfare for the International League for the Protection of Horses, a role he occupied for 5 years. In 1998 he moved to Fakenham Racecourse as chief executive and clerk of the course and in 2002, in addition to his racing duites, he took on the role of Performance Manager to the British Para-Equestrian Dressage Squad. David has successfully led the Brits to team and individuals successes at the Athens Paralympic Games, two World Championships and one European Championship. He is married with three children, and lives in Norfolk with too many horses, dogs and chickens! When time allows, he schools and exercises his daughter's event horse, game shoots and runs to try and keep fit. Para-Equestrian Dressage at the Games Athens 2004. Lee Pearson & Blue Circle Boy (top) and Sophie Christianson & Hot Stuff (bottom) Medals Available: 11 sets of medals in total – team plus individual medals in each of the 5 grades for both a Championship competition and the Freestyle competition. British Horses: 7 British Riders: 7 British Reserves: 3 (non travelling) Total Competitors: circa 78 horses and riders Team Competition: A team of 4 out of the 7 riders is selected to contest the Team competition, the 3 best combined scores from the team test and the championship test count towards the result. The Team must include at leat one Grade Ia, Ib or II rider. Para-Equestrian Dressage is the equestrian competition that features in the Paralympic Games. As in Dressage, the horses and riders complete sets of movements in an arena, this is either 40m x 20m or 60m x 20m depending on the grade. Also as with Dressage, sometimes these movements are predetermined and all riders ride the same test and sometimes they are decided by the rider and set to music. In Para-Equestrian Dressage each rider is classified as a particular grade from Ia,Ib, II, III or IV, depending on their disability, with Ia being the most severely disabled, in order to provide a fairer competition. They find different ways to communicate with the horse, and sometimes various aids are allowed, again dependant on the level of disability. The compulsory movements in the tests are different according to the different grades. The Format 7th September: Team Test Each of the 4 team riders complete a test for their relevant grade. The three best scores from this test and the individual championship test (see below) combine to give the final score with the highest overall percentage being the winner. 8th – 9th September: Individual Championship Tests Each grade has a competition where each rider in that grade rides the same test. The highest percentage within each grade is the winner. 10th – 11th September: Individual Freestyle Tests Each grade has a competition where the riders perform a set of movements of their choice set to accompanying music. The highest percentage in each grade is the winner. Para-Equestrian Dressage 27
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