BRC Arena Eventing Qualifiers held at Epworth Equestrian on Sunday 25th February 2024.

Well done to all our members who took part in this event. The weather was kind and the course testing, yet fair.    We had one team in the 70 class, no team placing but well ridden to Claire Hazeldine, Lindsay Harrison, Emma Tice and a well earnt 3rd from Tracey Brown riding the ever young Rambitino.   In the 80 class, we h...

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BRC Area 16 winter show jumping qualifiers Nov 2023

What an amazing, successful, fun weekend EMDG have had. 70 Team 2nd  80 Teams 4th and 6th.  Individual place 4th for Sandra Hopkinson. 90 Teams 1st and 2nd. Individual place Hannah Colmar 1st and Hetty Burnell 6th. 100 Team 1st. Individual place 6th Clare McCann. 105 Team 1st. Individual place 4th Mark Cavell.   Fantastic m...

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Quadrille team

EMDG are excited to announce that we have four incredibly hard working members (Becky, Emma, Abigail and Donna) who are taking part in the Quadrille competition this year! Here are a few thoughts from them… we cannot wait to see it!  "We all feel very privileged to be to be able to represent EMDG as part of their first ever Quadrillie. Hopeful...

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CHAMPIONSHIP COSTS

Unfortunately due to increased costs for the EMDG we have had to make the decision to alter payments made available to our team members at BRC Area 16 championships.  The club is unfortunately running at a loss this year and a huge bulk of our costs relate to Area 16 events. Therefore, from 1 January 2024, we will continue to pay the entr...

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EMDG success at the Area 16 combined training challenge

A great day out for our EMDG combined challenge teams on Saturday 22 October 2022. We took six teams to Speetley EC. The first to compete was our 100 team, followed by the 90. Two 80 teams, followed by two 70.Great results all round with two teams taking first place in their competition and qualifying for the 2023 combined championships at Aston le...

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Dressage round up

Dressage Round Up A huge well done to all of the riders at Arena UK this weekend. We had lots of success in the dressage arena with a number of individuals qualifying for the championships at Lincoln!The prelim team of Laura, Lynne, Sarah and Becky came 6th and the open team of Fiona, Helen, Sally and Tom came 3rd! Well done to Laura who won the pr...

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BRC National Horse Trials Championships, Swalcliffe

Last weekend saw the BRC National Horse Trials Championships at Swalcliffe. Two teams had qualified one in the 90 and one in the 100. The 100 Team of Tracy Brown, Nikki Thackeray and Sara Lees performed brilliantly to finish 4th with good individual placings of 3rd place to Tracy, 7th Nikki and 8th Sara.  Unfortunately it wasn't the 90 Te...

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BRC Area 16 qualifiers 8 November cancelled.

Our Intermediate Qualifiers on the 8th November 2020 at Arena UK is sadly postponed due to current uncertainty due to COVID-19 and the restricted Tier 3 within our area. We are currently working with Arena UK to find a suitable date within the new year, we will inform everyone as soon as possible. We know this could be of disappointment to all of y...

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Area 16 Arena Eventing qualifiers 17 October 2020

Well, what a day, 38 members competing for the club at Speetley Equestrian Arena Eventing Area 16 qualifier.  Teams through all the heights from 70 to 100. Huge well done to one and all, it has been a brilliant day, meeting up, chatting, congratulating, commiserating and listening to "what happened at fence 5", "nearly lost my way after f...

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Winter qualifiers - important information

*****ATTENTION!**** EMDG riders competing at the winter qualifying competitions. Due to some misunderstandings, unreadable and incorrect information being sent to Jan with vaccination records, please will EVERY competitor submit the following information to:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Name of horse as shown on passport. Microchip number. Rider n...

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Qualifiers 2020

Novice show jumping and winter qualifiers 10 October Arena UK.  Intermediate dressage and show jumping 8 November, Arena UK. 17 October Arena Eventing, Speetley.  Contact for dressage Annabel Brownfoot on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or o7913028869.  All jumping events contact Cath Cox on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 07801548216.  ****QU...

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Update from the BRC rescheduling Novice and Intermediate 2020 championships

http://www.bhs.org.uk/enjoy-riding/british-riding-clubs/news

Area 16 Horse Trials qualifier 18 April 2020 Epworth

 AREA 16 HORSE TRIALS QUALIFIER SATURDAY 18.4.2020 AT EPWORTH EQUESTRIAN CENTRE CLASSES: 80, 80 OPEN (individual only), 90, 100 and 100+. 80, 90 and 100 are team or individual If you are interested in competing in the above qualifier please can you email your interest to Sally and Clare no later than FRIDAY 20.3.2020 (email address – beedhamsa...

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Another amazing day for EMDG at the winter show jumping qualifier at Arena UK on 3 November 2019.

The 70 team of Andrea Pawson, Gav Scott, Shelley Finlan and Charlotte Millership took first place with Andrea first individually, Gav second, Shelley third and Charlotte fifth - fantastic result! I also need to thank Ash who was volunteered by Charlotte to do the collecting ring steward and what a good job he did. The 80 team of Andrea Pawson, Jane...

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TEAM REPORT – BRC NATIONAL HORSE TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

 Thursday 1.8.19 saw EMDG members heading off to the HT championships at Swalcliffe.Sadly the 100+ team was no longer a team as 2 team horses went lame at the beginning of the week and despite our best efforts we could not find any replacements.Fiona MacDonald and Kelsey Walker were the remaining team members and competed as individuals – both...

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BRC rules changes July 2019

** Important BRC Rule Changes ** Format for Show JumpingBRC has received feedback over the last couple of years regarding Show Jumping and the restrictions of only competing at one height. Following this, from the start of the winter season 2019 there will be some changes to the format. The Show Jumping format will be shortened, which will allow co...

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EMDG success BRC 110 show jumping championships

East Midlands Dressage Group team of Mark Cavell, Keeley Durham, Anna Griffen and Lucy Nickson at the British Riding Clubs 110 show jumping championships rode some brilliant rounds over a very testing course that had its questions. The team did a fantastic job taking 3rd place and Anna Griffen's mare jumped her socks off getting one of very, very f...

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Qualifiers and championships entries costs

In view of the large number of members wishing to be on teams for area qualifiers and some then lacking commitment to compete, thereby causing a large wasted expense to the club, it was passed at the last committee meeting, anyone wishing to enter qualifiers and/or championships, members pay the Area entry fee and the club pays the prelim entry fee...

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