South and West Regional Team
Want to compete as part of Team South & West? Our Regional Teams give you the chance to represent the south west in a variety of competitions.
Whether you're a senior rider, youth rider, or para rider - there's lots of opportunities to compete for your region and fly your region colours! Each category has its own selection criteria and competitions that you can apply to be a part of.
Harbour Holidays Inter County Challenge
To find out more about the Inter County Challenge, visit the link below.
Inter Regionals
This is at end of May/early June for Seniors and end of June for Youth. Each region sends up to 7 teams of 4 riders per team to a 2 day competition where we compete against the other 5 regions across the country. For senior its only open to bronze and silver riders (restrictions in place if you have been to the Winter or Summer Champs). It goes from Prelim to Medium. Youth riders ride the Squad Tests at this event. The format for both is identical.
Home Nations
This is your chance to ride for your county and country the format being the same as the inter regionals with two exceptions, the Youth ride BD Tests and can also opt to do Pony, COH, Junior and Young Rider FEI Tests. The Seniors go from Prelim to PSG and this is open to Bronze, Silver and Gold riders. The same restrictions on Winter/Summer champs is also in place).
What to do to do Inter Regionals and Home Nations
- Attend 3 BD Official events, booked and paid for in the time period specified. See 2024 example below.
- These 3 events may be your three ICC tests
- Have 4 scores in the same time period as mentioned in 1 above at BD affiliated competitions at the same level. You may apply at multiple levels on multiple horses if you have the right things from 1 and 2, but it’s not guaranteed you will get in twice …. But you never know.
- The scores have to be from two different venues and two different judges
Here is this year’s selection policy and a document we produced earlier this year.
If you attend one of our two day camps which cater for all levels and are very open and welcoming you can get scores and attendances to qualify.
Check out also our Soho Equestrian Have a Go Shows.
Para Home Nations
Teams are made up of three or four riders, with each team presenting no more than two riders from any one grade. The competition is open to all riders grade I to V. To qualify, simply take part in two regional training activities and earn three BD Para Qualifier scores within a 12 month period.
Your regional representatives
If you want to find out more about competing for your region, your regional representatives are on hand to answer any questions you may have, simply click on the names below to email them:
- Senior representative: Nicky Du Plessis
- Youth representatives: Tina Burrow
- Para representative: Mark Cunliffe
You can also find the details of our Country Ambassadors below.
| Berkshire - Angela Bellamy | Devon - Nicky Du Plessis and Karen Lisk | Cornwall - Clare Deithrick and Nicky Allen |
| Oxfordshire - Amanda Rodgers If you want to find out more about being an ambassador please email Mandy |
Gloucestershire: Youth - Melissa Smith or Senior - Chantelle Oliver | Dorset - Carly Toogood and Gilly Wheeler |
| South Gloucestershire - Carolyn Taylor | Somerset - Tina Burrow | Wiltshire - Charlotte Dicker |
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Isle of Wight - Ellie (Youth) and Laura Crew (Senior) |
Channel Islands: Guernsey & Jersey - Claire Fox | Hampshire - Amanda Rodgers If you want to find out more about being an ambassador please email Mandy |
