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INDOOR PAST CHAMPIONS CONTEST INTERNATIONAL

As hosts to the International Team Challenge, Indoor Horse Driving Trials UK have a team of Past Champions. All our drivers are well known Indoor competitors and are bound to make the competition very interesting - exciting and furious. We wish them very good luck.

The Team consists of:
Katie Eyres (Pair) Four times Supreme Champion.
Phillipa Howe (Single) Twice Supremem Champion
Ben Edmed (Pair) Pony Team Champion
Barry Marshall (Singe) Tandem Champion

Our thanks go to Sarah Owlett and Dick Carey for loaning their ponies for this competion.

All of the Team are competing over the weekend. Katie in the Pony Pair - Phillipa in Open Pony - Ben in Tandem and Barry will be on the backstep for wife Leonie Marshall. All these people have been great supporters of Indoor HDT ever since it first started way back in 1997. Please give them all the support they deserve.

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CHAMPIONSHIP AT KEYSOE


Below a LIST of Fridays P&P CLASS start times.
Individual times will be available when competitors info packs are collected from the office between 4 & 7pm on THURSDAY 2 April.

Friday - ALL NON-OPEN classes (including Intermediate horse & pony, Small pony & Veteran classes)to drive the cones directly after P&P.

Saturday will see all NON-OPEN classes drive obstacles 1 & 2 twice and then drive the same obstacles again as 3 & 4. Awards for each class will be presented directly after the class has finished.
All OPEN classes will drive the Cones during the day, times of class will be in the info pack.

Saturday evening at 7pm will see the INTERNATIONAL TEAM CHALLENGE as organised by James Broome.
Five teams, consisting of four drivers, will drive a World Cup type course of Obstacles and Cones. Each member of each team will have a warm up round then two more rounds against the clock. These will be fast and furious and very exciting to watch.

Sunday is obstacles for all Open Classes, who will drive obstacles 1 & 2 in the morning. The obstacles will be rebuilt as obstacles 3 & 4 which will be driven in the afternoon. The Supreme Championship is expected to be awarded between 4 & 5pm.

The gallery holds three hundred spectators. There will be NO STANDING just inside the doors or at the arena entrance, as this is a major safety risk and restricts the entrance in the case of emergency.

Friday PROVISIONAL Class Start Times (these are subject to change but the class running order will not):
ARENA 1
VETERANS.............................. 08.30
PONY TANDEM........................... 09.30
OPEN HORSE............................ 10.15
INTERMEDIATE HORSE/PONY......... 11.45
OPEN PONY................................. 13.00
PONY PAIR........................ .......... 15.20
HORSE PAIR................................ 16.15
PONY TEAM................................. 16.30

ARENA 2
SMALL PONY.................................. 08.30
NOVICE HORSE.............................. 10.05
SENIOR YOUNG DRIVER................... 11.30
YOUNG DRIVER................................ 12.45
INTERMEDIATE YOUNG DRIVER....... 13.10
NOVICE PONY............................... 14.00

GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND BUT REMEMBER THE THERMALS!!

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REDUCED CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY FEE

In a bid to help reduce Championship costs for the competitor we have slashed £5 off of last years entry fee.
To help qualifiers with their event budget the entry fees are as follows: ALL Junior classes = £50 ALL other classes = £60

It is only through the continuing generous sponsorship of Carriagehouse Insurance and projected increase in competitors that we can do this. We would like to reduce it more but with the increase of expenses for the Championship are unable to do so. Perhaps next year.....

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CHAMPIONSHIP AT KEYSOE UPDATE

SATURDAY... CONES FOR ALL OPEN CLASSES plus OBSTACLES FOR ALL NON-OPEN CLASSES.

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CARRIAGEHOUSE INSURANCE
BRITISH INDOOR HDT CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 – 2009
The College EC, Keysoe, Bedfordshire.

To help those competitors who may qualify there is below a VERY PROVISIONAL schedule of the event.
It impossible to be more specific with times as numbers are unknown at this time.
This schedule may change if weather & ground conditions are good, allowing for the use of a grass arena for Junior classes, which could mean a later start or earlier finish.

FRIDAY 3 APRIL. Arena’s 1 & 2 8.30am
P&P for ALL Classes
Outdoor Arena....Cones for ALL non-open classes.
AM............Juniors....ALL Horses....Veterans
MID-DAY.......Small Ponies
PM............Juniors....ALL Ponies.

SATURDAY 4 APRIL

Cones for ALL Open classes
Evening - International

SUNDAY 5 April
Obstacles for ALL Open classes.
Presentation of Class & Championship Awards.

Further details when available

ALL those who qualify will be sent a schedule and entry form by the IHDT Office.

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ENTRY RESTRICTIONS.

Many areas are now finding there are just too many competitors to compete in one day, also the limitations of the horsebox park limit the number of Boxes & Trailers that can be safely parked.

Therefore the number of entries will be limited. A waiting list may be complied.

Online entry will be turned off when entries are full.

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ENTRIES UP.

BROCKHAM HARNESS CLUB, who organise the SOUTH have broken all entry records this season.
For their next event at Merristwood on 14th December they have a mere 51 entries.

With this number of competitors they really will need the co-operation of all competitors to get everyone through the event.

Well done to Dick Lane and his committee for making the South a very successful area.


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*****Indoor Sports Driving International*****

A brilliant idea from James Broome

Calling all Drivers with a thirst for Speed and Excitement!

YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!

This year for the first time, The Indoor Horse Trials Team will host an International showcase event based on the rules from the Four-In-Hand World Cup competitions. In addition to the Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales invitations will be sent to the European nations in the hope of offering a truly World Class spectacle. The event will be running alongside the well established National Indoor Finals held at The College Equestrian Centre at Keysoe, taking place on Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th April 2009.

The original concept was to provide a World Class showcase for Indoor Sports Driving and an opportunity for indoor drivers to represent their countries. James Broome explained, “It’s a fantastic chance for the best drivers from each Nation to battle it out. The level of competition really will be something special.”

Two selection trials will be run in England, Scotland and Wales to determine the teams. The Irish Team may be selected in another way. The trials will be run under the same rules as the International Event, except of course, that it will be an individual event rather than a team competition. There will be two classes at each Trial, Singles and Pairs. The winners of each of these classes at each Trial will make up the National Teams.

The Team Managers for each of the Home Nations are as follows:
England Barbara Nadin equifor@btconnect.com
Ireland Christine Legate-Baggs Christine.Legate-Baggs@awp.nhs.uk
Scotland Amanda Saville amanda@chariots.org.uk
Wales James Broome james@cricklands.com
Team Managers are responsible for ensuring that selection trials are run in each country, and ultimately for putting the National team forward. So that team managers are able to gauge the level of interest and the geographical spread of those interested, drivers are invited to send a non-committing email to their Team Manager, with their home address.
For more information, please contact your Team Managers by email.

Proposed Plan
Principle
The overall aim is to provide a showcase for the Indoor Sports Driving Sport and an opportunity for indoor drivers to represent their country at an International Event.

Rules
The rules will be based on the Indoor World Cup series for Horse Four-In- Hands. Two obstacles will be set out, together with cones and possibly a bridge. Drivers will be timed from the start to the finish, so even the cones are driven as fast as possible. Knockdowns will count as a FIVE second penalty.

Each participating country will put forward a team with two pairs drivers and two single drivers. Drivers may only drive one turnout in each team, and ponies may only be driven as part of one turnout in each team. The animals may be horses or ponies. They will all compete on equal footing.

There will be three rounds, with the first driver from each team competing first, followed by the second driver in each team etc. The first round will be a warm up, and will be used to determine the order for the next two rounds. The rounds will be timed and knockdown penalties calculated after each driver completes their round. Each team is allowed to drop one of its scores in each round, so that the best three of the four drivers’ scores will count towards that country’s overall score.

The winning team will be decided by combining the team scores from the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

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SOUTH WALES

Please make your cheques payable to Rowena Moyse.

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*********JOIN OR ENTER ONLINE NOW AVAILABLE***********

JUST GO TO THE EVENTS PAGE OR FOLLOW THE LINK ON THE HOME PAGE.

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SMALL SINGLE PONY PROVISIONAL RULES which may be revised.

(1) A Small Pony must not exceed 11 hands (11 hands and under). Any pony that appears to be over this height may be measured, (if height certificate not available) if over 11 hands will be moved to the appropriate class for the driver.

(2) A Bennington Fun Bug/Hillam Twino may be used for a small pony but it must be 125cm and with fixed axles. Please take into consideration the surface of the arena when entering a VERY small pony with this type of vehicle.

These are provisional rules and may be changed at any time. A Small pony class will ONLY be held at the Championship at Keysoe. Small ponies may compete at any qualifier without a backstepper but a competent person must be at the arena entrance to asist if required.

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SOUTH WALES AREA*****************
Please make your entry cheques payable to ROWENA MOYSE and not as per Yearbook and previous entry.

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