British Eventing

KBIS started its involvement with British Eventing in the late nineties through a regional series. In 2006 the opportunity arose to take on the title sponsorship of the Junior Regional Novice (JRN) series, supporting Britain's up and coming young riders, a series with which KBIS has continued to support since.

 

Now referred to as the ON Under 18 series, KBIS are delighted to be carrying on with its sponsorship into 2012 where the championships will once again be held at Weston Park in October.

 

In addition to this continued support KBIS are pleased to announce that they will also be supporting the U21 Championships at Weston Park as well as becoming the official team sponsors of the young rider team, who this year will be heading to the Europeans in Malmo (Sweden).

 

 

The KBIS ON U18 Programme

 

To compete in a ONu18 class riders must be between the ages of 13 and 18 years during the current year at which they are competing and register with their Regional Coordinator. There are eight regional coordinators across the country in addition to the main Chairman, Jane Peter. As the ONu18 is run under the ruling of BE Novice, riders need to be capable of jumping up to 1.15m show jumping and 1.10m cross country.

 

In order to qualify for the Championship, which is run as a CCIJ*, the horse and rider, as a combination, must have completed two ONu18 qualifiers (Q) without cross country jumping penalties in their own region and finished within the top three in one of them. It is then at the regional coordinators discretion to decide whether the combination are ready to compete at the Championships.

 

The Winning Midlands Team

2011 Team Champions the Midlands, enjoy their lap of honour.

Find out more about the ONu18 programme here

 

The KBIS U 21 Championships

The U21 National Championships are held alongside the U18 Team Championships at Weston Park. Run as a CCIYR2* riders have to qualify for the championships as per a normal CCI2*, ensuring they have the necessary minimum entry qualifications. This new sponsorship will see the Championships at Weston being renamed as the KBIS Festival of Youth, incorporating both the U18 and U21 Championships - sure to become the stage for showcasing young rider talent.

 

Find out more about U21 Eventing here

 

Individual 2011BE U18 Champion Will Furlong, with Guy Prest of KBIS

2011 KBIS BE U18 Individual Champion, Will Furlong with Guy Prest of KBIS.

 

British Eventing KBIS Young Rider Team

 

Supporting the young rider team for the first time in 2012 is an exciting addition to KBIS' support of British Eventing youth programme. The chosen team members will this year be representing Great Britain at the YR-EU-CH to be held at Malmo (Sweden) in August. In order to be considered for the team riders must meet a number of selection criteria, including successful performances at the main selection trials held at Houghton CCI** and Bramham U25 CCI***. It is after these trials that the selectors will draw up a long list for the team and notify those riders who have been selected.

 

The KBIS team try to attend as many of the KBIS sponsored classes as possible in order to support these important series, and you can read up on the events and winners on our informative NEWS page.

 

KBIS also has two of their own horse competing in British Eventing Horse Trials, KBIS Starchaser ad KBIS Starlet – both ridden by Izzy Taylor. Their progress can be followed on our NEWS page or you can click on Izzy’s profile under our Sponsored Riders section.