Hi Central Members,

Autumn is here and the Area Festival finals are well under way. Huge congratulations to everyone who's qualified already and is on the way to the Area Festival Championships at Hartpury College in Spring. And good luck to those who are still to compete! We'd love to see your photos if you have any please send them in.

The Central Committee have been busy organising some fantastic training days for the next few months. Continue reading for more information on the training opportunities we have coming up in the Central Region.

BD Central Training

For upcoming Central Training events and Flexi-Training options go to:
BD Central Bookwhen. Whatever level you are working at, you can take advantage of the regular training dates which are organised throughout Central region. All our training is open to everyone so come along and enjoy some great dressage training.

Go Freestyle Demo
Saturday 2 November

At Swallowfield EC

With List 1 Judge, Richard Baldwin. Open to all, an interactive afternoon of live demo riders through the levels, with Richard providing commentary and tips on creative movements to maximise the marks for your floor plans in order to gain those extra marks and improve your scores. Notebooks a must!

Book here on BD Central Bookwhen.

The afternoon gets off with a glass of mulled wine on arrival at 2.30pm. Following the demo there will be a delicious hot supper at 4.45pm with a fund raising raffle organised by BD Central.

A fab autumn afternoon out and chance to socialise with your horsey friends!

Training the Horse through the Levels
Open to Judges, Coaches and Riders

We have two fantastic days organised, one in the South and one in the North of the Region.

These training session will be a combined look at the training and judging of horses from young horse through to Grand-Prix level, with a Rider and a Tutor Judge.

17 October
Henry Boswell an Judge TBC

Book now on BD Central Bookwhen

5 November
With Matt Hicks and Sue McMahon

Book here on BD Central Bookwhen.

Quest Test Riding Workshop

2 November - Swalllowfield EC

With Jo Swain and Richard Baldwin

Book now on BD Central Bookwhen

A fantastic opportunity to bring your horse and have a one to one pre test warm up coaching session with BDCC L4 coach Jo Swain, then have your test judged by List 1 BD judge Richard Baldwin.

After your test, you have a chance to go through any movements, re do your test and see how to improve on those vital marks. Sessions are 40 minutes long. (20 minutes with Jo) then 20 minutes with Richard.

GB Rider Gareth Hughes

9 December

Open to Judges, Coaches and Riders

One for the diary! An interactive day watching GB Rider Gareth Hughes train his horses. This is an amazing opportunity not to be missed.

Gareth will train a selection of horses whilst discussing his training process with the group. Monday 9 December from 10am -1pm.

Find out more and book here!

Mechanical Horse
Rider Training

9 November and 7 December
Sparsholt College

Mechanical horse simulators are a revolutionary way to help riders of all levels develop and focus their skills without interfering or impacting a live horse. Rider asymmetries, aid mistakes and new movements can be quickly taught and resolved with the help of the Simulator.

Sessions can also be useful for riders returning from injury or operations.

30 min sessions
All sessions will run in the morning

Book on BD Central Bookwhen

Judge Induction Day

9 November at Onley Grounds
With Jane Peberdy

A great informative day with Deputy Judges Director Jane Peberdy! Jane will also be able to give information about the new exam process.

This is an official trainee judges induction day. All current trainees will need to attend an Induction Day in order to remain on the Trainee Judges List.

Judges planning on upgrading are very welcome to attend as preparation for the judges exam. All other judges are also welcome as a refresher.

Book on BD Central Bookwhen

BD Youth Half-Term Day Camps 🌟

Don't forget we have two 1 Day Youth Camps running in the Autumn Half-Term. One in the North and one in the South of the Region!

South of the Region - Wednesday 30 October at Sparsholt College.

Day Camp includes:

Paired lessons with Claire Moir
Paired mechanical horse session
Stable management with Central Youth Ambassador Melissa Dawes
Lunch
Day stable

North of the Region - Friday 1 November at Swallowfield EC.

Day Camp includes:

One to One Coached & Rider Skills Test Session
Shared Pole Work Session
How to Plan your Competition Pathway Session
Weigh Bridge & Horse Nutrition
Day stables, including 2 bales of shavings.

Central Coaches Club

Would you like to develop your skills as a coach?

Conversations with Spencer Wilton

Following the successful launch of the Central Coaches Club we are excited to announce three sessions with Spencer Wilton Olympic and WEG GB medallist at Fairoak Grange EC. 1 October 19 November and 10 December.

Come and join a small informal group discussion around coaches topics. The agenda will be led by the attendees who are asked to submit questions or themes in advance.

Possible topics are people who in the early years influenced him as a rider and as a coach, his training philosophy, training different types of riders, World Class Pathway and the road to Rio and Tryon, managing sponsors and owners.

£20 for one evening or £45 for all three. Book here!

There is also the option of spectator tickets at the Spencer Wilton clinic earlier in the day. Come and watch Spencer teach four lessons from 2.30-5.30pm £10. Book on separate event booking on Bookwhen. Book here!

If you are interested in our coaches club but cannot attend this session please do contact Lindsey Dawes, our Central coaching rep.

Practice your coaching with Adam Kemp!

Join us for these coach development days on: 7 November, 12 December and 6 February

A small group of coaches will work with demo riders to coach short lessons in the indoor school. Riders will reflect a range of levels both in stage of horse development and training and in terms of different types of riders.
Coaches will then receive feedback from Adam and join in a group discussion on the coaching topics raised.

This is a great way to prepare for or consider a UKCC qualification or just to expand your knowledge of coaching techniques.

Book here on BD Central Bookwhen

Senior Home International

Congratulations to all the Central riders selected to ride for Team Central at the 2019 Senior Home International! And a big thank you to everyone who applied. We had a huge, record breaking number of applications and the standard was extremely high across the region 💚 We also have a list of reserve riders across all levels.

This year the Senior Home International is being held in the Central Region at Wellington Riding, Hampshire 18-20 October. Come and support and cheer the Central Teams on!

Central Youth Riders Results

Sheepgate Under 25's Championships

We had some fantastic Team placings and many amazing individual results throughout the week! Congratulations everyone :) fab results for team Central and great riding!

The Advance Medium team came 3rd. Congratulations to Melissa Dawes, Harry Corkett, Sofia Jankiewicz and Rose McMillan.

A win for the Elementary team! Huge well done to Amy Aufiero, Demi Howard -Cartwright, Emily Collings and India Keates-Robinson.

4th for the Prelim Team congratulations Eva-Lily Drake, Gemma Guest, Megan Field and Nalani King!

5th for the Novice Team, fantastic result Eliza Mackworth-Praed, Alice Lamburn, India Keates-Robinson and Megan Field!

Hope you all have a great month training and competing!

If you'd like to get in touch, you can email me on: mari.oconnor@britishdressage.co.uk or call: 07495013192. I'd love to hear your views on what you'd like to see happening in the Region and anything else you think I can help with.

Best Wishes,
Mari O'Connor
Email: mari.oconnor@britishdressage.co.uk
Tel: 07495013192

Go Freestyle Demo Saturday 2 November

Training the Horse through the Levels Open to Judges, Coaches and Riders