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National Young Rider Jumping Squad Selection Series

Emily Blinkworth - 2008 National Young Rider Champion

Nicola Turner, EFA National Office, Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Round one has been completed - view the current standings and the dates for the second and final round of the series.

The new selection process for the 2009 National Young Rider Jumping Squad is at the half way mark. The first round of the two round selection series has been completed.

The current standings are as follows:

Overall standings after Round 1

Results at each State selection trial:

QLD WA VIC NSW SA (Null and void)

Unfortunately due to some communication issues, the first event in South Australia did not meet the specifications as laid out in the Selection Criteria and following considerable discussion, the decision has been made to declare the scores from that event null and void. Any riders from the SA event were eligible to compete again at the NSW event (the only remaining round one selection trial).

The dates for the second round of selection trials are as follows:

QLD	Oct 25-26	Mitavite Fox Hunter Final, Kooralbyn
SA	01-02 Nov	Kapunda Agriculture Show
WA	15-17 Nov	Jump WA at the State Championships
VIC	06-07 Dec	EFA YR Squads Championships
NSW	14 Dec	ISS at SIEC Young Rider Grand Prix class

The National Selectors will nominate the National squads in December and they will be formally announced on 26 January.

In principal the National Young Rider Jumping Squad will comprise of up to 20 riders however this may vary from time to time. The selection of the squad will comprise of

The current Australian Young Rider Champion
Eligible Young Riders selected on the National Senior Squad
Up to 12 riders selected on the competition criteria
6 riders selected on the General Criteria

For more information on the Young Rider Jumping Squad please go to the Jumping page on the National web (under sports on the main menu)

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