Pony Club Members Selected for Rider Development Pathway Camp
Following nine very successful Training and Assessment Days, 30 Pony Club Members from all over the country have been selected to attend the Rider Development Pathway (RDP) Camp during June 14-15th 2014 at Somerford Park EC; where they will receive top class coaching in their chosen discipline of Dressage, Show Jumping or Eventing.
The RDP, supported by the Sport England funded BEF Excel Talent Programme, is designed to aid the development of Pony Club Members who show the ability to progress in their sport and provides a stepping stone for young riders working towards the talent pathways of the Olympic disciplines, the British Equestrian Federation’s Sport England funded Excel Talent Programme and the UK Sport Funded World Class Programme.
Riders selected for the 2014 Rider Development Pathway Camp are:
| Name | Age Group | Branch |
| DRESSAGE | ||
| Alice Uloth | 12-14 | Royal Artillery Hunt (S.P.) |
| Caitlin Padfield | 15-18 | Bennachie |
| Emma Wood | 15-18 | Vale of Aylesbury Hunt |
| Flo Dawes | 15-18 | Berkeley Hunt |
| Georgie Rockingham | 15-18 | Meynell Hunt |
| India Sheridan | 12-14 | Old Berkeley Hunt (North) |
| Joshua Hill | 15-18 | Old Surrey & Burstow Hunt |
| Rachael Coulter | 15-18 | East Antrim |
| Tess Bishop | 15-18 | Garth South |
| Vicky Povey | 12-14 | Pytchley Hunt |
| EVENTING | ||
| Alicia Wilkinson | 15-18 | East Essex Hunt |
| Andrew Winn | 15-18 | Percy Hunt |
| Charlotte East | 15-18 | Polden Hills |
| Chloe Mariani | 12-14 | Lord Leconfield Hunt |
| Coco Taylor | 12-14 | Hampshire Hunt |
| Fran FitzHerbert | 15-18 | Meynell Hunt |
| Harry Harding | 15-18 | South Devon Hunt (West) |
| Holly Osbourne | 15-18 | North Cotswold Hunt |
| Justine Harding | 12-14 | East Antrim |
| Xanthe Goldsack | 12-14 | Cheshire Hunt North |
| SHOW JUMPING | ||
| Amy Tucker | 15-18 | Pembrokeshire Hunt |
| Carl Webb | 12-14 | Iveagh |
| Isabel Lindsay | 12-14 | Fife Hunt |
| James Winter | 12-14 | Curre Hunt |
| Katie Waldock-Smith | 12-14 | Enfield Chace Hunt |
| Leah McCrady | 15-18 | Garth Hunt |
| Liv Skinner | 15-18 | Garth Hunt |
| Lydia Norton | 15-18 | South Wold Hunt (North) |
| Michael Roche | 12-14 | Seskinore Harriers |
| Will Bower | 15-18 | Pendle Forest & Craven Hunt |
“I am so pleased to have been selected to attend the Rider Development Pathway camp in June” comments Xanthe Goldsack, from the Cheshire Hunt North Branch. “Both me and my pony have some weaker areas which we wish to work on, and we hope that with some expert training we can improve our performance to achieve even better Eventing results”.
“I have been delighted with the feedback on our Members’ abilities from all of the coaches who attended the RDP Training and Assessment Days” comments William Blane, Chairman of Pony Club Training. “Although only in its first year, I feel the RDP has got off to a great start and we are looking forward to reviewing the concept and developing it further for 2015 so we can benefit as many Members at the level as possible. Congratulations to all who have qualified for the RDP camp, it’s going to be an excellent two days”.
Those attending the camp will receive coaching from Gary Parsonage (Eventing) and Maria Eilberg (Dressage), both of whom are on the Equestrian Elite Coach Apprenticeship Programme (EECAP), accompanied by Philippa McKeever-Curry (Show Jumping) who was the British Showjumping Coach of the Year in 2013; they will be joined by other industry experts, to work holistically on all aspects of the riders performance. At the end of the camp a final six riders will be selected to be part of The Pony Club Rider Development Squad, who will receive further specific guidance on future development and training opportunities.
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For further information, including criteria and dates, visit www.pcuk.org/training/
