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British Showjumping’s new £30 membership looks set to excite grassroots competitors

An exciting new initiative by British Showjumping has been launched to give competitors jumping between 70cm – 1.00m the chance to compete for minimal cost. This news is, as I’m sure you can imagine, being met with excitement and enthusiasm from both unaffiliated and affiliated competitors alike.

Club membership is a new category which provides plenty of perks and benefits whilst also being good on your pocket. In a move to restructure their Membership system, British Showjumping have unveiled three simple categories – Club, National and International. And it’s the brilliant, brand new Club membership which has the greatest impact on our unaffiliated riders and which has been greeted with wide acclaim.

Club membership offers fantastic opportunities to any horse, pony and rider combination who have no registered results at National Amateur 90cm, British Novice, Stepping Stones, Pony British Novice or above over the past three years. So even though your horse or pony may have some winnings on his/her record, if you are a new rider it doesn’t stop you joining as a club member.

With the horse/rider combination being the key factor you can see how Club membership offers an exciting opportunity. The other big change is that there is no age limit on riders competing ponies so the days of someone having to register their pony as a horse once they were seventeen are long gone!

The membership isn’t only proving attractive to unaffiliated riders but also to producers of young horses and those that compete in other disciplines such as eventing, pentathlon and working hunters.

Competitions will run over 70cm, 80cm, 90cm and 1 metre courses and riders have welcomed the announcement that entries fees will be capped at just £10.

For more information please visit; www.britishshowjumping.co.uk or alternatively contact the Development officer in your region.

Scotland - Lucy Brindley;

07584 706458 or lucy.brindley@britishshowjumping.co.uk

Northern - Vicky Hart;

07584 706459 or Vicky.hart@britishshowjumping.co.uk

Wales and West Midlands - Gill Perkins;

07584 706460 or gill.perkins@britishshowjumping.co.uk

East Midlands - Ruth Tyler;

07584 706461 or Ruth.tyler@britishshowjumping.co.uk

East - Rachel Stevenson;

07584 706462 or rachel.stevenson@britishshowjumping.co.uk

South East - Tasha Sewell;