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The JRN series gets underway at Great Witchingham, on March 25 and concludes with the JRN Championships at Weston Park in October which is run as a CCI*.

The Junior Regional Novice programme is designed to provide riders with competitive experience competing against other riders of the same age. This develops a greater understanding of the sport and enables riders to further their riding career. It also provides a stepping stone between the Pony Programme, Pony Club and those ready to take part in the Junior Team Selection Programme.

The JRN Programme is open to all eligible juniors who have their 14th to 18th birthday in the current year and are members of British Eventing and have registered with their regional coordinator. Riders must be capable of competing at British Eventing Novice level.

Liz Prest of KBIS British Equestrian said: “We are very pleased to be supporting the Junior Regional Novice Series with British Eventing. It is a great series and truly innovative, something we pride ourselves on at KBIS British Equestrian. The sponsorship is an exciting new venture for Kbis British Equestrian and we are looking forward to working alongside British Eventing to continue to help the JRN series grow and develop. At KBIS British Equestrian a number of our staff have evented over the years, progressing from the JRN series to representing Great Britain. We feel very close to the eventing scene and are delighted to be involved with a series that so many of our team can relate to.”

As part of the series the country is divided into eight regions, each with its own Junior Regional Co-ordinator. Each region runs three or four qualifying JRN classes per area. Riders must compete in the JRN classes in order to qualify for the Championships held at Weston Park at the end of the season.

To qualify for the JRN Championships the horse and rider, as a combination, must have completed two JRN’s without cross country penalties in their own region and finished in the first three in one of them, and be judged, at the Co-ordinators discretion, ready to compete in a Three Day Event (CCIJ*).

The JRN Programme and JRN Championships will now be known as the KBIS British Equestrian Junior Regional Novice Programme and the KBIS British Equestrian Junior Regional Novice Championships. KBIS British Equestrian is one of the country’s leading equestrian insurance firms. KBIS was established in 1986 and is now a leader in riding and competition horse insurance, as well as having a bloodstock division.
 

Dates for the KBIS British Equestrian Junior Regional Novice Events 2007 :-