British Showjumping is pleased to announce that India Bussey, aged 14 from Norwich, Norfolk has been selected for the squad representing Great Britain at the forthcoming FEI Children, Junior and Young Rider European Jumping Championships, which will be held during the 10th – 16th August in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
India will be partnering her mother Louise’s 13-year-old chestnut gelding Westwinds Ego
Competition starts on Tuesday 11th August with Children Team medals being decided on Thursday 13th August and Junior and Young Rider Team medals being decided on Friday 14th August.
Individual medals for Children will then be decided on Saturday 15th August whilst Junior and Young Rider Individual medals will be contested on Sunday 16th August.
The British Teams will compete under the guidance of Youth Team Manager, Clare Whitaker and their respective Chef d’Equipe’s, who are as follows:
Children & Junior – Alan Fazakerley
Young Rider – Tony Newbery
The British Young Rider, Junior, Pony and Children on Horses European Championship teams are supported by the UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme.
The teams are also kindly supported by official Equestrian Team GBR suppliers; Dodson and Horrell, Equi-Trek, Land Rover, NAF, NuuMed, Point Two Equine, Tagg Equestrian and Toggi.
The teams are further supported by Animo UK, Champion Hats and Next.
For further information on the Championships and results once the competition is underway, please visit www.lake-arena.at
