British Eventing

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We are proud of our British Eventing Affiliation. In 2006 we ran three one-day events during March and April at Intro and Pre Novice levels. In 2007 we ran six one-day events, in 2008 another 4 days and the same in 2009. To date we have run 19 days of BE affiliated competition.

Anyone can come and watch and there’s enough happening for non horsey folk to have fun. For just the £5 parking charge our event offers unbeatable value for money for a family day out where you can watch the spectacle of dressage, show jumping and cross country, enjoy a snack, have a shop and enjoy all this in fantastic Cheshire countryside.

Details Of Events for 2010:
Kelsall Hill (1):Apr 17th and 18th click here.
Kelsall Hill (2) Sep 25th and 26th click here.

Our goal is to provide competitors with the best facilities we can offer. In 2010 we hope to develop our BE events with a number of options. First and foremost we have managed to get Captain Mark Phillips as our course designer. This is tremendous news it will be interesting for both competitors and organisers to see what changes are made. During the year we also hope to re-profile an area of field which will allow our dressage area to be moved. This in turn will remove the constraint on the cross country course allowing it to be extended and less twisty.

We also want to broaden the appeal of these days for spectators so at the last event we had over 20 trade stands selling a variety of snacks and a wide range of products from granite kitchen surfaces to art, jewellery, joules clothing, horse tack, pet care, cars and 4x4's and there was even a car valeting service. With over 3000 people in attendance over the weekend you might want to bring a trade stand or advertise your company. For more information about this opportunity, advertising all year at the venue or on the website you can call Emma on 07968734991 or email her click here.

It takes approximately 120 volunteers to run each days event. That’s a massive challenge for Jane Whitaker to organise. It all starts as you enter, there’s 5 people assisting in the car park, 3 in the secretaries tent, 6 dressage judges, 6 writers, 6 arena stewards, 2 on tack check, and a chief dressage steward. Then in the show jumping there are 3 in the control box, an arena steward and a team of 5 or so picking up jump poles. After that and with approx 25 fences on the cross country course there’s a need for 40 fence judges, a starting crew of approx 4, and control another 4 and a chief steward. The scores from each discipline are collected by 3 three motorbikes and taken to a team of 6 scorers to collate. On top off all this there are the caterers, drinks carriers, paramedics, human ambulance team, horse ambulance, vet, doctors, farriers, fence repair and BE officials. It’s a massive task and we can’t afford to pay everyone so we rely on the goodwill of clients, clubs, competitors and friends to volunteer for a role on the day. It’s a great way to get involved and we provide a packed lunch and drinks throughout the day.

If you’ve never helped out as a volunteer before but would like to get involved or find out more, then please get in touch. If you enjoyed yourself last year as a volunteer and want to help out again, please contact us and let us know.

To get in touch click here or call Jane on 07807120921.