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Member Handbook Your Guide to Competition Incorporating Rules & Regulations 2017 British Showjumping Member Handbook Your guide to competition Incorporating Rules & Regulations 2017 Effective from 1 January 2017 www.britishshowjumping.co.uk ©British Showjumping 2 Member Information Introduction The Rules in this book are established so that competitors may compete against each other in showjumping competitions under fair conditions. They can, however, never cover every eventuality. Matters that cannot be solved by interpreting the Rules to the letter should be resolved by following as nearly as possible the spirit of the text to obtain the solution that is fairest to all competitors. This handbook supersedes all previous publications and is subject to change from time to time by the Board in respect of operational/exceptional matters. Equality Statement British Showjumping is fully committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and aims to ensure that no individual receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, nationality, colour, parental or marital status, pregnancy, religious belief, class or social background, sexual orientation or political belief. Including all those involved in whatever capacity, riders, employees, coaches, officials, other volunteers and spectators. British Showjumping will ensure, wherever it is reasonable and within British Showjumping's direct control, that there is open access to all those who wish to participate in all aspects of equestrian activity and that they are treated fairly. Welfare of The Horse See Annex A at the end of Section 1. Code of Conduct for Junior Members See Annex B. Financial Responsibility British Showjumping accepts no financial responsibility in respect of affiliated or unaffiliated shows. Offices British Showjumping Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive, Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG. Telephone: 02476 698800 Fax: 02476 696685 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.britishshowjumping.co.uk Notes For ease of reference, rule amendments/additions are indicated in red. Editorials, products and services included in the handbook are not necessarily supported or endorsed by British Showjumping. Reference MH.V1.01/2017 Cover Image: Nick Skelton & Big Star - Individual Gold, Rio 2016. Picture credit: Shannon Brinkman. 3 4 CONTENTS Member Information 3 Regional Organisation 9 Area Organisation 12 Development Officers 19 British Showjumping Stewards 19 Insurance 20 Regional Officials Mentors 23 Training Information 24 British Showjumping Coaches 28 Code of Conduct for Juniors (Annex B) 34 Section 1 – General Regulations Organisation 37 Administration 38 Membership 40 Regulations for the Registration and Control of Officials 45 Registration of Horses and Ponies 50 Grading 56 Shows and Competitions 67 Conduct and Discipline 82 Safeguarding Children 94 Social Media 94 British Showjumping Code of Conduct for The Welfare of the Horse (Annex A) 96 Section 2 Jumping and Judging 99 Saddlery and Equipment 101 Practice 104 Obstacles 107 Courses 1 1 3 Timing 1 1 5 Communications 1 1 8 Results 1 1 9 Elimination, Disqualification, Retiring, Withdrawing 124 Errors 127 Access to the Arena 130 Stopping 132 Penalties 133 International Rules 137 Section 3 Rules for Special Competitions 144 Section 4 Quick Qualification Table 161 Qualifying Competitions 162 Senior Qualifying Competitions 164 Course Specification Tables 186 Additional Classes Table 193 Pony Qualifying Competitions 197 Winter Qualifying Competitions 209 General Index 217 5 6 British Showjumping Patron: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Vice Patron: HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL LG, LT, GCVO, QSO, GCL President: MR DAVID BROOME CBE Honorary Vice Presidents: MR M. BATES MR P. ROBESON OBE Chief Executive: IAIN GRAHAM Chairman: LES HARRIS The Board JULIA BIDDLE ROD KOHLER STUART MCINNES MBE KIRSTY PEARCE ALISON RANKIN FROST JENNY QUIRKE 7 8 REGIONAL ORGANISATION 1 (a) Great Britain is divided into Areas that are usually limited and defined on a county basis, i.e. each county forms an Area, but this is not an inflexible policy, and the Board may from time to time limit and define a new Area and re-limit and re-define any existing Area on any basis as it thinks fit. (b) Each Area shall consist of all Members of British Showjumping whose address registered with British Showjumping is within the Area or being an Affiliated, Company or Regimental Member of British Showjumping shall hold an annual Show, carry on business or be stationed within that Area. In the case of an Affiliated, Company or Regimental Member, membership of an Area shall be through the medium of the Representative who, according to the Articles of Association of British Showjumping is for the time being treated by the Board for the purposes of membership of British Showjumping as the Representative of the Regimental, Company or Affiliated Member. The Chief Executive of British Showjumping will, on request, advise the name of such Representative. (c) The Areas in England, Scotland and Wales are grouped together as follows to form eight regions: Scotland • Highlands and Islands • North East Scotland • Fife and Angus • Central • Lanarkshire and Glasgow • South East Scotland • South West Scotland • Argyll and Bute Northern • Northumbria Tyne & Wear (12) • Cleveland Durham (12a) • North Cumbria (14) • South Cumbria (14a) • North & East Yorkshire (15) • South & West Yorks (16) • Lancs, Gtr Mans & N Mersey (17) • Isle of Man (17a) • Cheshire & S Merseyside (18) West Midlands • W Mids & Staffs (22) • Shropshire (25) • Warwickshire (30) • Hereford & Worcester (33) 9 Wales • Clwyd (19) • North West Wales (20) • W M & S Glamorgan Gwent (35) • Dyfed (36) • Powys (25) East Midlands • Derbyshire (21) • Nottinghamshire (23) • Lincolnshire (24) • Leicestershire (26) • Northamptonshire (27) East • Norfolk (28) • Suffolk (29) • Bedfordshire (31) • Cambridgeshire (32) • Herts Middlesex (39a) • Essex (40) South East • Oxfordshire (37) • Berkshire (38) • Buckinghamshire (39) • Hampshire (43) • Isle of Wight (43a) • Surrey (44) • Kent (45) • Sussex (46) South West • Gloucestershire (41) • Wiltshire (42) • Bristol & Somerset (48) • Dorset (49) • Devon (50) • Cornwall (51) • Channel Isles (52) 10 11 AREA REPRESENTATIVES AND COMMITTEES (Scotland, England and Wales) 2(a) A Representative for each Area (the “Area Representative”) shall be appointed in accordance with the following procedure: (b) Any vacancy will be advertised on the British Showjumping website and is open to any Member of British Showjumping who resides in the relevant Area. An appointment will be made following a selection procedure which will involve submission of a CV and an interview. (c) The person appointed as Area Representative will hold this position for a three year term. (d) At the end of the term, provided the Area Representative wishes to continue and satisfactory reports have been received during their term, they will be given a further three year term. (e) If a vacancy occurs during the three year term then the position will be filled using the above process (2b). (f) The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant Development Officer, shall have the overriding right to remove any person from the position of Area Representative at any time. 3 The affairs of each Area shall be managed by an Area Committee chaired by the Area Representative, and made up as follows: A maximum of two Members may be related and persons on the Committee should have a variety of interests thereby giving the broadest possible mix of stakeholders. (a) Four Committee Members elected by Members within the Area. (i) Following the appointment of the Area Representative, nominations for the Committee will be invited from Members residing in the relevant Area by filling out the nomination form. The proposer and seconder must be Members of British Showjumping and reside within the relevant Area. (ii) In the event of more than four nominations being received, there will be an election using online voting. (iii) The four nominees receiving the most votes will be elected for the term of the Area Representative. (iv) Where nominations received are insufficient to require a ballot, those nominated are automatically elected to serve on the Area Committee. In such cases where fewer than four nominations are received, the Area Representative will appoint such number as required to make the numbers up to eight members of his/her Committee. (b) Four Members appointed by the Area Representative. (i) Following the Area election, the Area Representative shall appoint a further four Members of the Area with meetings, voting and eligibility rights (Rule 32.2) to serve on the Area Committee. (ii) If the four elected Members do not include at least one Member aged under 25 as at 1 January following the election, then at least one of the four Members appointed by the Area Representative must be so aged. 4 Members of the Area Committee will take office after their election and will serve for the term of the Area Representative. At the end of the term, whether or not the previous Area Representative is given a further term, the elected committee members will stand down and an election will be held. Previous Committee members are eligible to be nominated for a further term. 5 Casual vacancies arising among the elected members of the Area Committee shall be filled by the Committee by co-option. Casual vacancies arising among the appointed Members shall be filled by the Area Representative by further appointment. 12 6 Any general meeting of an Area can be held as, when and where the Area Committee shall appoint and a general meeting of an Area shall be convened by the Area Committee on a request in writing signed by not less than one-fifth of the Members of the Area entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of that Area. Any general meeting of an Area shall be called by 21 days' notice in writing and/or via appropriate websites, at the least and shall be exclusive of the day upon which the notice is served or deemed to be served and of the day for which it is given, and shall specify the place, the day and the time of the meeting and of the general nature of all business to be transacted thereat.
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