IN THE FIELD

OFFICIALS NEWSLETTER

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WELCOME

We welcome you to the third edition of our Officials' newsletter, IN THE FIELD. Here you can read about news & updates for all our officials and volunteers giving their time around Australia and across the globe!

A special thumbs up to the OC of the 2017 Australian Adult Amateur Dressage Championships held recently at Caboolture QLD, for their initiative in adding some special prizes and awards into their schedule – in particular the AAA Riders Award which was awarded by the TD and Chief Steward for Rider Conduct at the event!

2018 NATIONAL RULE CHANGES WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 JANUARY

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM AND FEI PARTNER TO PROMOTE EQUINE HEALTH & EDUCATION

FEI VAULTING JUDGES & STEWARDS PROMOTION

The Sydney International Equestrian Centre hosted a Level 1 course to FEI 2* and Level 2 course to FEI 3*, 4* Promotion course for Judges with Erich Breiter, and the Promotion to FEI Steward with Frank Spadinger following the Equestrian Australia Vaulting Championships on 2-6 October 2017

Congratulations to EA Vaulting Judges Tristyn Lowe and Jenny Scott for completing the 5 day Level 1 course on their successful promotion to FEI 2* Vaulting Judge, and to Darryn Fedrick’s completion of the Level 2 course, and attaining an FEI 3* qualification. These FEI Promotion courses for Judges were conducted by Erich Breiter from Austria, himself a retired 4* Judge and currently working on the new FEI online campus. It was a very long exhaustive 5 days for this talented cohert of Judges as our Observers Angie Deeks and Lyn Lynch can attest!

EA and FEI Stewards also attended a successful 3 days course with Frank Spadinger (fresh from Judging the Nationals the weekend before), and congratulations also go to Bianca Stawiarski (SA), Melanie Fedrick (QLD) and Andrea Webb (NSW).

Interviews from our Course Directors and some attendees follow.

2017 FEI Vaulting Course for Stewards in Sydney

FEI COURSE FOR STEWARDS

2017 FEI Vaulting Course for Judges in Sydney

FEI COURSE FOR JUDGES

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OVERSEAS VISITORS

As a visitor, if you are going to be engaging in activities that would normally attract remuneration or expenses reimbursement, then your visa may be cancelled in immigration clearance and you may be refused entry to Australia.

FEI JUMPING JUDGES

Stephen Ellenbruch (GER) will be running courses for interested Jumping Judges requiring a Refresher or Promotion from the 9th through to 16th December. John Valance will be assisting with the L3 Course Design component.

FEI DRESSAGE STEWARDS

Final preparations for FEI Promotion and Refresher courses for Dressage Stewards alongside the Australian Dressage Championships, Boneo 19-22nd October are almost complete. 10 EA Stewards are hoping to be promoted to FEI Dressage Steward and EA wish them all the best! Special thanks to our 16 FEI Stewards attending as a refresher for their ongoing commitment to this very important aspect of officiating.

Elisabeth Williams (USA) is the Course Director with EA’s Dressage Steward General Cathie Drury-Klein assisting.

OFFICIAL'S INSIGHTS

Are you an Equestrian Australia official who has recently officiated overseas and interested in sharing your experiences with our equestrian community?

'Insights' is a regular series on our website that tells the stories of international competitions and courses from an Officials perspective.

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MEDICATION CONTROL

EA’s NMCO, Dr Cate Plummer, recently presented a talk on Horse swabbing and Medication Control to interested parents and children at the National Interschool event being held in Toowoomba on the 28th September. EA would like to thank Equestrian Queensland for organising this session.

Refresher/Promotion courses for Swabbing Stewards will be held in Adelaide, Perth and Darwin in 2018. Please keep an eye on the Course Calendar in the next few months.

COURSE CALENDAR

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