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Show Schedule Friday 5 ‘3 Fridays, 3 Cities, 3 Nights of Entertainment’ Show Schedule Friday 5th June 2015 Limerick Greyhound Stadium Friday 12th June 2015 Cork Greyhound Stadium Final Shelbourne Park, Dublin Friday 26th June 2015 Featured events: Grand Prix, Puissance & The Westwood/Ifor Williams Amateur Open Speed 1 30th April 2015 I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. ORGANISER: Name: Horse Sport Ireland Series Director: Damian McDonald, CEO Horse Sport Ireland Organising Committee: Chairman of OC - James Kennedy, Chairman HSI Finance, Tony Hurley, SJI Chairman, Eamonn Rice, Chairman SJI National Competitions Committee Series Administrator: Avalon Everett, [email protected] /045-854509 Marketing: Laura Skelton, [email protected] /045-845511 Sophie D’Alton [email protected] /045-854514 Robert Wallace, Showjumping Ireland [email protected]/ 045 - 852230 SJ Entries: G.P. & Puissance - James Maher, Showjumping Ireland [email protected]/045-852230 Amateur- Elodie McGoldrick, Show jumping Ireland [email protected]/ 045-852230 Address: Beech House, Millennium Park, Osberstown, Naas, County Kildare Website: www.horsesportireland.ie/jumping-in-the-city/ www.igb.ie/igb-stadiums/jumpinginthecity/ 2. VENUE DETAILS – LIMERICK: Address: Greenpark, Dock Road, Limerick Telephone: 1890 269 969 – FOR TICKET AND TABLE BOOKINGS ONLY Website: www.igb.ie/igb-stadiums/jumpinginthecity/ GPS Coordinates: 52.649348, -8.657579 SJI Coordinator: John McNamara (087 – 8350667) Type of Footing: Grass Dimensions 100m x 80m Main Arena 80m x 70m Warm-up Arena Stabling: No stabling on-site Parking: Designated Lorry/Horsebox parking on site Accessibility details (directions by road, nearest airport / train station): Shannon Airport, Stadium located off N69 Limerick. 3. VENUE DETAILS – CORK: Address: Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium, Curraheen Road, Cork Telephone: 1890 269 969 – FOR TICKET AND TABLE BOOKINGS ONLY Website: www.igb.ie/igb-stadiums/jumpinginthecity/ GPS Coordinates: 51.876149, -8.547539 SJI Coordinator: Kieran O’ Donovan (087-1308849) Type of Footing: Grass Dimensions: TBC - Main Arena TBC - Warm-up Arena 2 Stabling: No stabling on-site Parking: Designated Lorry/Horsebox parking on site Accessibility details (directions by road, nearest airport / train station): Cork Airport, Stadium located off N40 Cork. 4. VENUE DETAILS – DUBLIN: Address: Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium, South Lotts Road, Telephone: 1890 269 969 – FOR TICKET AND TABLE BOOKINGS ONLY Website: www.igb.ie/igb-stadiums/jumpinginthecity/ GPS Coordinates: 53.340867, -6.231018 SJI Coordinator: Gerry Gorman (087 – 2558191) Type of Footing: Grass Dimensions: 100m x 80m Main Arena 80m x 70m Warm-up Arena Stabling: No stabling on-site Parking: Designated Lorry/Horsebox parking on site Accessibility details (directions by road, nearest airport / train station): Dublin Airport, Stadium located in Dublin 4, accessibility from M50 via the Dublin Port Tunnel. NOTE: The arenas are deemed to be of a good standard for grass-based arenas. However, athletes are welcome to visit the arenas to inspect the ground in advance of definite entries. Please contact the SJ Coordinator at the venue for further details. 5. TIMETABLE FOR EACH VENUE Time Venue opening for athletes 4.00pm Athlete Briefing & Entry Ticket Declarations - Amateur 5pm Venue opened to public 5.30pm Athlete Briefing & Entry Ticket Declarations - Grand Prix/Puissance 6pm The Westwood/Ifor Williams Amateur ‘Table C Speed’ Competition 6.30pm Grand Prix Competition 7.45pm Puissance Competition 9.00pm Prize-Giving Ceremony – on foot 9.45pm NOTE: All ATHLETES ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE ATHLETE BRIEFINGS II. NUMBER OF ATHLETES Total number of athletes per leg: Grand Prix 16 (max) Amateur 16 (max) Puissance 6 (max) Number of horses per athlete: 1 per competition 3 III. THE GRAND PRIX Venue Entry fee* Prize value Entry date with fee Definite Entries Limerick (LK) €350 €12000 Tuesday 19th May Tuesday 26th @5pm May @5pm Cork (CK) €350 €12000 Tuesday 19th May Tuesday 2nd June @5pm @5pm Shelbourne Park €375 €15000 Tuesday 16th June Tuesday 16th (SP) @5pm June @5pm * Entry fee is per athlete per show. Entry fees include a 4 person table in the restaurant with a view of the arena, admission, dinner and a programme. 1. ENTRIES At entry stage, athletes can list more than one horse within their entry fee but they must declare their starting horse at definite entry stage. Entries must be submitted to the SJI office. Entries to James Maher, Showjumping Ireland. [email protected]/045-852230 All entries must be accompanied by full payment. Athletes must indicate clearly which leg they are entering for. If an athlete wishes to enter for both legs full payment is required for both legs at entry stage Entries and the hospitality table are non-refundable except where an entrant is not allocated a place, where a combination does not declare at the definite entry stage or is subsequently replaced by a reserve. 2. SPECIFIC ENTRY CONDITIONS – GRAND PRIX Both athlete and horse must be registered with Show Jumping Ireland in order to be eligible to compete; Athletes and Horses must meet the minimum eligibility requirement as set out below; Athletes are reminded to ensure that all details are correct when submitting the entry form, especially details pertaining to owners; 3. ATHLETE/HORSE MINIUMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT Athletes and Horses (but not necessarily as a combination) that have completed the first round of a FEI CSI 1.40m class in 2014 or 2015 with a score of not more than eight penalties are qualified to compete; Athletes and Horses (but not necessarily as a combination) that have completed the first round of a National Grand Prix or Premier Series in 2014 or 2015 with a score of not more than eight penalties are eligible to compete; The above stated MER must be achieved by Definite Entry Stage. 4. ALLOCATION OF PLACES – GRAND PRIX LIMERICK & CORK – 16 places will be allocated from the athletes who have entered at entry and definite entry stage as follows: Three places based on the FEI show jumping rankings as of 30th April, 2015 (must be an IRL athlete in the top 500 of the FEI show jumping rankings); Eight places based on SJI rankings as of 30th April, 2015. If the 3 FEI places are not filled they will be allocated down the line based on the SJI rankings in order to fill a total of 11 places; Limerick Leg - one place allocated to the Leading Young Athlete in the SJI Premier Series GP at Louth County Show, subject to completing the 1st round with a score of not more than eight penalties; Cork Leg - one place awarded to the Leading Young Athlete in the SJI Premier Series GP at Mullingar CSI2* Show, subject to completing the 1st round with a score of not more than eight penalties; ‘Young Rider’ as defined in Article 225N.2.1. ‘A person may compete as a Young Rider 4 from the beginning of the year in which he reaches the age of 14 years until the end of the year when he reaches the age of 21 years’ If at the definite entry stage, the relevant top placed YR athlete is allocated a place from the FEI or SJI Rankings or is not entered, the YR place will be allocated to the next placed YR athlete at either at Louth County Show for the Limerick leg and Mullingar CSI2* for Cork leg, subject to completing the 1st round with a score of not more than eight penalties. After the definite entry stage and the places have been allocated, the reserve list will be established from the SJI ranking list. Please note that in order to be included on the Reserve list the athlete must have declared at definite entry stage. Two athletes to be nominated by the IRL Team Manager Robert Splaine; Two athletes to be nominated by the Organising Committee; FINAL LEG (DUBLIN) – 16 places will be allocated from the athletes who have entered at the definite entry stage. They will be awarded as follows: Top four athletes from the Limerick Grand Prix leg; Top four athletes from the Cork Grand Prix leg; Four athletes based on FEI Rankings (must be an IRL athlete in the top 500 of the FEI show jumping rankings as of 31st May 2015); Four athletes to be nominated by the Organising Committee; After the definite entry stage and the places have been allocated, the reserve list will be established. For the final, reserves will be drawn from the highest placed athletes from the Cork and Limerick legs who have not been allocated a place. The order of reserves will be next highest placed athlete in Cork, next highest placed athlete in Limerick, next highest placed athlete in Cork, next highest placed athlete in Limerick and so on. Please note that in order to be included on the Reserve list the athlete must have declared at definite entry stage. It is the athlete that secures the place in the final. Therefore, a qualified athlete is permitted to enter any horse for the Final in Dublin, subject to naming the horse at definite entry stage and meeting the minimum eligibility requirement. An athlete can only jump one horse in the Grand Prix at the Final. Where an athlete earns more than one qualifying place, the next athlete down the order from the relevant qualified event or ranking will be offered the place for the final leg after definite entries; 5. HORSE SUBSTITUTIONS The OC intend to publish a detailed programme with athlete biography, horse breeding and notable results to date. As such, the OC wish to discourage horse substitutions after the definite entry date. In the event a horse substitution is necessary, same will be only permitted up to Tuesday 2nd June (midday) for Limerick, Tuesday 9th June (midday) for Cork and Tuesday 23rd June (midday) for the Dublin leg.
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