20 The Equestrian Australia Jumping Committee (EAJC) has completed its first full year under its new format of “Skills Based’ appointment. The EAJC have met on a face to face basis on two occasions and held two teleconferences. At the end of the first year of operation, two committee members were required to stand down, however still be eligible for re-election. The two committee members, Gavin Chester and Bradley Longhurst decided not to stand for re-election. Following the expression of interest to fill the vacancies, Rory Hovell (WA) and Tim Dreverman (NSW) were appointed to the committee. A number of minor issues have been dealt with by the establishment of the specialist reference groups in Judging, Stewarding and Course Designing. Having active experts in these fields has meant that the turnaround time for resolving member issues has improved dramatically. The EAJC have been working with the EA National Safety Officer, Roger Kane, to finalise the concussion test for athletes who have a fall from their horse. This has been finalised and will become mandatory and part of the Jumping rules from the beginning of next year. The World Cup for Jumping Riders continues to be the major jumping series for riders. The number of World Cup events conducted has remained constant, with interest remaining high. It is the focus for all riders aspiring to the top level of the sport. In the 2017/18 series, there were ten events conducted attracting a total of 48 riders competing on 60 horses. The winner of the series was Queensland rider, Billy Raymont who scored points on two horses, Anton and Oaks Redwood. This year Australia was able to send two riders to the World Cup Final in Paris. Billy, along with second place getter in the overall points score Jamie Kermond, travelled with their horses, Oaks Redwood and Yandoo Oaks Constellation respectively. As part of their journey to Paris, they stopped off in Hong Kong to compete in the Hong Kong Masters. This proved extremely worthwhile, as both combinations placed in every competition in which they competed. This year has been very busy for the Young Riders with the major focus being the Youth Olympic Games to be conducted in Argentina in October. The athletes had to first obtain a Certificate of Competency over a specialised jumping course. Almost thirty riders obtained this and were eligible for consideration. The national selectors chose four riders to try out riding borrowed horses over two days for the one position available. The final decision saw Madeline Sinderberry (NSW) being awarded the position. We wish Madeline all the best for her visit to Argentina. In August, Equestrian Australia received a late invitation from the Chinese Equestrian Federation to send a team of three riders to a CSI- J/Y borrowed horse event in Beijing. With just on two weeks to select a team, organise visas and book flights, the EAJC and EA office staff were under pressure to put all of this in place. The team selected to represent Australia at the event was Amelia Douglass (NSW), Connor Reed (SA) and Clay Simmonds (NSW). Clive Reed, Chair of the SA Jumping Committee was appointed Chef d’equip. The results from the team were outstanding with the riders posting 6 clear rounds in the team competition to win the CSIO-J by over 30 penalties from the second placed team. Individually, the riders won ribbons in each of the other competitions and were by far the most impressive team. An annual event for Young Riders is offered by New Zealand, where a team of four Australian riders compete against New Zealand Riders. The team for this event was Jamie Priestley, JUMPING Jamie Kermond and Oaks Constellation at the Hong Kong Masters