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The next European CIC** Team
Championship, which used to be referred to as Rural Riders,
will take
place from 1-5 July at Nagykanizsa in Hungary. The organising team there
have been running a 2* event for a number of years and seen very keen to
provide a good championship.
This championship includes the unique team dressage test where the whole
team of six ride the test together under the command of the Chef d’Equipe.
Horse and rider combinations
selected for the team must be qualified for a CIC**, but must not have
completed a CCI*** in the two years preceding the championship or completed
a 4* at any time. Each nation competing in the championship is allowed to
take up to eight horses and riders. Six will be selected for the team and
two will run as individuals.
This project is run in
conjunction with British Eventing (BE) and British Riding Clubs (BRC). The aim is to select a pool of
riders and horses from BRC and BE members for training. The pool will be
kept under review and candidates will be added or removed depending on
compatibility for the team test, responsiveness to training and competition
performance. Training will be provided by Richard Waygood (Chef d’Equipe)
and Jonathan Chapman (Assistant Chef d’Equipe). It will focus on the team
dressage test, but there will also be coaching sessions for individual
dressage and jumping included in the programme.
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the 2007 Team in Sweden |
