Member Handbook Your Guide to Competition Incorporating Rules & Regulations
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LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS – GOLD MEDAL TEAM British Showjumping Member Handbook Your guide to competition Incorporating Rules & Regulations April 2013 www.britishshowjumping.co.uk ©British Showjumping MH.V1.04/2013 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. This includes 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 National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LR. Telephone: 02476 698800 Fax: 02476 696685 Email: [email protected] Website: www.britishshowjumping.co.uk As from 17 June 2013: British Showjumping Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive, Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG Notes For ease of reference, amendments/additions are indicated in blue. Editorials, products and services included in the Handbook are not necessarily supported or endorsed by British Showjumping. Amendments/additions since publication are indicated in red Cover photo by Kit Houghton 3 CONTENTS Member Information 3 Regional Organisation 9-10 Area Organisation 12-18 Development Officers 19 British Showjumping Stewards 19 Insurance 20-22 Regional Officials Mentors 23 Training Information 24-25 British Showjumping Coaches 26-30 Code of Conduct for Juniors (Annex B) 31-32 Rule Changes 33 Section 1 – General Regulations Organisation 35-36 Administration 36-38 Membership 38-49 Registration of Horses and Ponies 49-54 Grading 54-64 Shows and Competitions 65-80 Conduct and Discipline 81-91 Safeguarding Children 91 AD Social Media 91-92 Annex A British Showjumping Code of Conduct 93-94 for The Welfare of the Horse Section 2 Jumping and Judging 97-98 Saddlery and Equipment 99-101 Officials 101-102 Practice 102-105 Obstacles 106-104 Courses 109-111 Timing 111-114 Communications 115-116 Results 116-121 Elimination, Disqualification, Retiring, Withdrawing 121-124 Errors 124-126 Access To The Arena 127-128 Stopping 129-130 Penalties 130-133 International Rules 134-137 Section 3 Rules For Special Competitions 140-155 Section 4 Quick Qualification Table 157 Qualifying Competitions 158-159 Senior Qualifying Competitions 160-176 Course Specification Tables 177-181 Pony Qualifying Competitions 182-190 Winter Qualifying Competitions 191-196 Children on Horses 196 General Index 198-211 4 5 The British Showjumping Association Patron: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Vice Patron: HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL, LG, LT, GCVO, QSO, GCL President: MR. D. BROOME CBE Honorary Vice Presidents: MR. M. BATES MR. M. BULLMAN MR. R. MASSARELLA O.B.E MRS. A.E.S. NUTTALL MR. P. ROBESON O.B.E *Chief Executive: MR. I. GRAHAM AD Chairman: MR. L. HARRIS The Board ANDREW BALDOCK JULIA BIDDLE KIRSTY PEARCE NICKY ROCHE ERIN STEPHENS ISABELLA VON MESTERHAZY 6 7 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: AD Scotland • Glasgow (1) • North Of Scotland (10) • Lanarkshire (2) • South East Scotland (4) • South West Scotland (6) • Central Scotland (7) • Fife (8) • Tayside (9) Northern • Northumbria Tyne & Wear (12) • Cleveland Durham (12a) • North Cumbria (14) • South Cumbria (14a) • North Yorkshire (15) • East Yorkshire (15a) • 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 And Worcester (33) 8 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) AD • 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 (ii) If the four elected members do not include at least one member aged (Scotland, England and Wales) 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. 2 (a) A Representative for each Area (the “Area Representative”) shall be appointed 4 Members of the Area Committee will take office after their election and will serve in accordance with the following procedure: 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 (b) Any vacancy will be advertised on the British Showjumping website and is open will stand down and an election will be held. Previous Committee members are to any member of British Showjumping who resides in the relevant Area. An eligible to be nominated for a further term. appointment will be made following a selection procedure which will involve submission of a CV and an interview. 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 (c) The person appointed as Area Representative will hold this position for a three members shall be filled by the Area Representative by further appointment. year term. 6 Any general meeting of an Area can be held as, when and where the Area (d) At the end of the term, provided the Area Representative wishes to continue Committee shall appoint and a general meeting of an Area shall be convened and satisfactory reports have been received during their term, they will be given by the Area Committee on a request in writing signed by not less than one-fifth of a further three year term. 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 (e) If a vacancy occurs during the three year term then the position will be filled and/or via appropriate websites, at the least and shall be exclusive of the day upon using the above process (2b). 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 (f) The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant Development Officer, general nature of all business to be transacted thereat. shall have the overriding right to remove any person from the position of Area Representative at any time. 7 No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business; save as herein otherwise provided, 10 members of the Area present in person and entitled to vote 3 The affairs of each area shall be managed by an Area Committee chaired by shall be a quorum. If, within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, the Area Representative, and made up as follows: A maximum of two members a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the may be related and persons on the Committee should have a variety of next week, at the same time and place or to such place as an Area Committee may interests thereby giving the broadest possible mix of stakeholders. by not less than two days notice to the members of the Area prescribe, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum as above defined is not present within half an hour (a) Four Committee members elected by members within the Area.