Southern Cross CVI Mount Hunter NSW

The Southern Cross CVI being held 7 – 9^th April at Mount Hunter NSW.  Rob de Bruin and Cynthia Danvers (pictured) from the Netherlands will be assisted by Australian Judges Angie Deeks, Darryn Fedricks and Nina Fritzell.

NSW’s last CVI was in 2014 when the Southern Highlands Vaulting Team took the plunge and ran their Christmas Competition in conjunction with a CVI2*.

According to Gail Beattie, Chair of the National Vaulting Committee, “Australia has many keen vaulters wishing to gain advancement on the international pathway, and being able to do this on their own horses is not only economical but helps them gain an understanding of the process before entering the international arena in a foreign country”.   Vaulters need to qualify at each level of the CVIs rating from 1 star to 3 stars.  FEI introduced a Children’s category to compliment the existing Junior and Senior classes, providing an opportunity for our youth to gain exposure to the international system.

The feature event is the Kohnke’s Own CVI3* which will run across the three days of the competition with Compulsories on the Friday at 4pm and the Freestyle on Saturday and Technical Test on Sunday both around 1pm.

Whilst some of the competitors are specifically wanting to qualify for the Junior Worlds being held in Austria later this year or for the 2018 WEG being held in USA next year, many of the competitors just want to gain their qualifying scores to the next level, enabling them to potentially realize their goals to one day represent Australia on the world platform.

Whilst all higher level vaulters are encouraged to gain overseas experience, being able to do some of the events on home soil with their own horse and lunger invests in the future of our sport.  Regular CVI’s in Australia will help develop our judges and vaulters and in turn grow the base of our sport and ultimately is most financially beneficial for the Australian vaulting community. 

Sarah Jones, the FEI Chief Steward has been very supportive of the event, and shares her reasons why.  “Our Officials and volunteers are keen to see our vaulters progress, and whilst it is a lot of work to organize and conduct these events we are all doing it to give our vaulters the best possible opportunities. Unlike other disciplines vaulting does not have financial backing, so each vaulter has to make their own way.  The more we can do collectively for the vaulters the better”.

The organisers of the Southern Cross CVI, Mount Hunter NSW are extremely grateful to their major sponsors: Kohnke’s Own Equine Nutritional Supplements, Cotswold Furniture, Fer-Aim Contracting, Camden Valley Inn, TTA Mechanical, Skipmaster and Blue Poppy Dental.  Vaulting NSW has provided additional financial support and without these sponsors and supporters these events could not run.  The ultimate winners are the vaulters who gain valuable experience and our vaulting community will share the many benefits from hosting international events.

We look forward to sharing our fun and friendly atmosphere at each event, and would encourage anyone who has a love of horses, dance and gymnastics to come and watch some of the countries top vaulters in action. 

Website: www.southerncrosscvi.com.au

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