Winning in Aachen June 2006 Chef de Mission Report Selection Geoff Sinclair Final selection events are in full swing as many competitors try to impress the selectors so they can be part of the Aachen 2006 team. Before any horse or rider can be officially selected they must have signed the following: EFA Horse Agreement EFA Competitor Agreement Both documents are available for download from the EFA National website www.equestrian.org.au The EFA High Performance fund receives its money from the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Olympic Committee. Along with the Endurance, Carriage Driving and Vaulting fraternities, we are investing well over $1 million in this campaign and there are important obligations that horse owners and competitors must agree to before they can be funded and selected. It is the responsibility of the Chefs of each sport to have these signed and returned to the EFA by 30 June so everyone who is eligible can be selected. Grooms Policy The EFA Team Management has agreed that the role of the groom is specialised and a very important part of the WEG campaign. Based on many successful years experience at past WEG and Olympic competitions, the following rules on groom selection will apply to the Olympic Disciplines and will be strongly recommended to the other disciplines. 1. Grooms must not be a family member or horse owner. Grooms are there and expected to concentrate solely on the horse. Experience shows that family members and owners who groom can and often get caught up in personal situations, thereby losing focus on the horse. Grooms must be removed from these personal aspects if riders are tense, upset or influenced by a whole range of emotions that usually happen in high-pressure situations such as WEG. Grooms must focus solely on the horse and provide what support is required without being emotionally involved. 2. As for young riders being used as grooms, or any inexperienced people such as friends, WEG is not a training area. Grooms at WEG should be competent and experienced especially under the pressure of such a competition. Young riders or any other inexperienced persons should not be used as grooms at this type of event. Officials With around fifty horses and competitors covering the six sports in which we will compete at Aachen, there is a very experienced and skilled support crew of officials that will travel, generally unpaid, to ensure we have the best opportunity to win. These include Coaches, Vets, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Chefs and Media etc. As with the horses and competitors that are part of the team, they are of the highest standard and we have an Officials Agreement that needs to be signed and returned to the EFA by 30 June 2006. Could all appointed officials please complete and return this. It is available from the EFA National website. Uniforms & Horse Feed All Chefs have now returned their expected requirements for these. We are now organising for these to be available in Aachen even though we don t know the final selected teams. Thankyou for the effort you put into coordinating these as if we don t have this information now we are not going to be prepared. Travel Arrangements With the flights for some competitors and officials in the Olympic Disciplines, the Chefs have a set travel subsidy for economy return air travel, which is to be booked direct by each person and either billed to or reimbursed by the EFA. Once you know that you are part of the World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 1
team then please arrange for this to be booked with your Chef. Accommodation for horse owners The well-organised Endurance Team booked a golf club hotel 15 minutes from the venue a long time ago. They have generously made available a few rooms to owners of horses that are selected to use during the competition at reasonable hotel rates. If you are an owner and your horse is selected and you re interested in accommodation, please let Brett Mace HPM know brett@efanational.com National Dressage Squad Camp being conducted 13-17 June. The Selectors will consult with National Training Advisor Ulla Salzgeber and National Team Veterinarian Denis Goulding at the camp. The announcement is expected to be published on the EFA National web site on the evening of 17 June 2006. Time Line At the end of this newsletter is a time line of all the due dates and current activities planned for all the different sports leading up to and during WEG. It will be useful for all competitors and Chefs to keep a copy of this. The time line will be updated as the WEG adds more definite times to some activities. There are a lot of points where we have to ensure we submit information to the Organising Committee including our list of nominated entries in July, which must be submitted online through Niki Chapman at the EFA National office niki@efanational.com Good luck to everyone in the final lead-up to selection! Dressage Chef d Equipe Deb MacNicol dmacnicol@bigpond.com Matthew Dowsley & Cinderella While the Australian-based riders have posted their final scores of the selection period at Sydney CDI 3-Star, the European-based riders are still putting runs on the board. Kristy Oatley secured a hard-to-get entry into Aachen CDIO. This event is very much a dress rehearsal for WEG. The Ground Jury consisted of Judges who have been appointed for WEG. In a formidable field Kristy and Quando-Quando scored 66.5 overall with 68.120 from Stephen Clarke (GBR) at C. The following weekend Matthew Dowsley and Cinderella placed 10th at Munich CDI. Two WEG Judges were on the Ground Jury: Dr Dieter Schüle (GER) and Dr Wojtek Markowski (POL). Matthew and Cinderella scored 64.63 with 67.083 from Dr Markowski. A few days later Kristy and Don Bolero posted a super performance at a national competition in Hamburg, placing second behind Isabell Werth and Apache in a field of 30. The pair received a score of 71.083. Matthew and Kristy are both entered for Wiesbaden beginning 2 June and Lingen beginning 6 July. The EFA National Dressage Selectors plan to name the Australian Dressage Representatives at the upcoming Jumping Chef d Equipe Stephen Lamb sjlamb@netspace.net.au Having secured a COC at Eindhoven CSI***, James Paterson-Robinson & Splendid Van De Heffnick will join Jamie Kermond & Stylish King, Peter McMahon & KS Genoa and David Robertson & Sharpe Seal at the final selection event at Balve (GER) on 04-06 August. James finished 6 th in the Grand Prix at Eindhoven, in a class field of riders that included Sydney 2000 gold medallist Jeroem Dubbledam and WEG 2002 gold medallist Dermott Lennon, along with other well-known names such as John Whitaker, Jessica Kurten and Peer Wylde. At this stage, the Australian riders will be competing for the three final positions on the team, with Edwina Alexander & Isovlas Pialotta and Rod Brown & Mr Burns already selected. World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 2
US based Harley Brown & Blue Diamond have notified selectors they will not be attending the competition in Balve, while Rory Hovell will compete at the Spruce Meadows National tournament from 07-11 June in an attempt to gain his COC with Quelle Van De Heffnick. If successful, Rory then plans to head to Balve for the final selection trial as well. Matt Williams, currently based in the UK is also competing in Europe and will attempt to secure his COC. Matt recently enjoyed success at the Royal Windsor Horse Show clearing 1.95m in a six-bar competition to share equal first placing with Irish rider Peter Charles. A who s who of the Australian Eventing & Equestrian fraternity gathered on the NSW Central Coast on 27 May to celebrate the marriage of National Eventing Coach Wayne Roycroft to Frances Emmerton. We wish Wayne & Frances all the best for their future life together. It is now less than a week until the hotly-contested final Australian selection event at the Melbourne Three-Day Event. Selectors are hoping to choose 6 Australian-based combinations to make the short listed team and travel to Europe for the pre-weg training camp. There will be both a Riders meeting and a High Performance Panel meeting at Werribee next week and I look forward to the competition and catching up with our long listed riders. Best of luck to all competitors in their final selection campaigns. Peter McMahon & KS Genoa Eventing Chef d' Equipe Rob Hanna rhanna@daronmont.com.au After a very successful month of Eventing in May, Clayton Fredericks has continued the Aussie winning streak overseas by finishing 1 st at the FEI World Cup qualifier at Chatsworth (GBR) with his mount Ben Along Time. Just a week later, the pair also won the 2006 Saumur CCI***. Well done Clayton! Back on home soil at the FEI Eventing World Cup qualifier in Warwick (AUS) on 13-14 May, Shane Rose on All Luck took out the class after a magnificent dressage test (38.2). Shane added only 0.8 time faults from cross country and 3 rails down to finish 51 penalties, 11.1 penalties ahead of the next rider. Heath Ryan rode Diablo Heart into second place with a total of 62.1 penalties followed by Carlene Barton & Covers in third on 74.9 Clayton Fredericks & Ben Along Time Carriage Driving Chef d Equipe Karen Everett karen@everett-art.co.uk May has been an extremely busy month for the various team members. Bob Edwards and his horses arrived safely in the UK in early May and Rachel Haslau arrived in Belgium where she will be based for the summer. Rachel will be driving a team of Lipizzaners and her first competition will be Lahden (GER) in mid-june. Both Boyd Exell and Bob Edwards competed at Royal Windsor and congratulations to Boyd for winning with his World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 3
fairly young and inexperienced team a great start for his build up to WEG! The competition was intense with several well-known international competitors providing very strong competition. Boyd then went straight on to Aachen, where he finished fifth after three days of extremely tough competition with the weather doing nothing to help! The marathon course is being moved from the Forest of Aachen to the main show site for WEG and other than the practise areas, which we are assured will be sorted by WEG. The show ran extremely smoothly and was a great opportunity for us to re-acclimatise ourselves with Aachen. Bob is intending to do several British National Events with his team over the next few weeks, with all three drivers aiming to compete at CAIO Breda in Holland in July. Kayla of High Range, near Mittagong is 16 years of age and is one of Australia s leading young Equestrian Vaulters. At the start of this year, Kayla was named NSW Junior Vaulter of the Year (2005) for the second consecutive year by the Equestrian Federation of Australia (NSW Branch). Since the age of six she has competed nationally in Equestrian Vaulting and is currently training with the English Vaulting Squad in the United Kingdom prior to competing in selected events in Europe. Today she is ranked nationally as one of only six A Grade Equestrian Vaulters in Australia. In April of 2004 Kayla travelled to England where she trained as a guest of the English Vaulting Squad. She was subsequently invited to return to the United Kingdom in August 2005 to compete once again as a guest with the English Vaulting Squad. During this visit she competed at the British National Equestrian Vaulting Competition in the West Midlands where she was placed 12 th in a total field of 33 competitors from Europe. Boyd Exell & his team Vaulting Chef d Equipe Bob Hennig bobhennig@optusnet.com.au At the CVI** at Stadl Paura in Austria on 26-28 May Tristyn Lowe has qualified for WEG with an overall score of 7.059. Despite the limitations of her recent knee reconstruction she placed 12th overall and 9th in the new FEI technical test. She was fortunate to be invited by top Austrian vaulter Sissy Janz (who won the CVI) to share her horse Escudo Fox. Tristyn will now be concentrating on preparations for two further CVIs in a lead up to WEG and to re-establish her top 10 ranking. Kayla Brewer also competed at Stadl Paura but had gear problems with a badly slipping roller. She still has several other CVIs ahead at which to achieve qualifying score. Kayla Brewer is the youngest of the three vaulters representing Australia at WEG Aachen later on this year and this will be her first international championship. Kayla Brewer Endurance Chef d Equipe Dr Patricia Mackay Annetts pmackay@nsw.chariot.net.au Endurance Prepares for Aachen Preparations continue for the World Equestrian Games in August. The long list horses will be inspected by team veterinarian Anne Barnes and Chef d Equipe Trish Annetts at the Tom Quilty Cup to be held in Boonah, Queensland on 10 June. World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 4
Some of the more fancied combinations seeking selection are : Jennifer Gilbertson & Bramall Jazzmin Jazz has a formidable record, 11 x160k completions including a 3 rd Placing in the UAE Presidents cup 2004, Tevis cup 2005 1 st place Junior ridden by Brooke Warner, and a Team Silver medal at the 2005 Dubai World Endurance Championships ridden by Jennifer Gilbertson. strong win and a best conditioned award at the 2005 Tans Tasman CEI***. La Mancha Archduke is a 1992 Grey Arabian Gelding by Escalate out of Royal Jade by Domignon. Archduke was bred by the Sharman Family. Peter Toft & Electra BBP Murdoch This wonderful horse from the Toft Stable will never break any speed records, but she keeps completing in good times, against the best in the world. What more can one ask of a team horse? Bramall Jazzmin is a 1993 Part Arabian mare by Aquanitor out of an unregistered part Arabian mare, Ayeisha Cordova. Brooke Sample & LaMancha Archduke Brooke is one of Australia s most winning riders, with three Tom Quilty National Championship wins. He was also a member of the Australian team at the 1994 World Equestrian Games in Holland finishing in eight position. Archduke has completed four 160km rides, the last producing a This fantastic combination has an illustrious record. Ten x 160k completions including: Two Tevis Cup (USA) completions placing 4 th in 2004 and 6 th in 2005. Four National Championship Tom Quilty completions in the Heavyweight division placing 2 nd hwt in 2002, =1 st hwt in 2003 and 1 st hwt in 2004. They won the Team Silver Medal at the 2005 World Championships in Dubai and finished in 10 th place outright. This record is all the more remarkable when it is considered that they suffer a huge disadvantage in International competitions. Carrying a very Svelte Peter Toft, the International minimum riding weight of 73kg is usually exceeded by at least 15kg. Electra BBP Murdoch is a 1995 Part Arabian/ Appaloosa Gelding by Credit ( Arcadian) ex Billabong Oh Susanna (53759 AAA) bred by Bernadette Lamprey (TAS). Next month we will conclude our long list preview with the two leading ladies of Australian Endurance, Meg Wade and Penny Toft. Mal Caldwell AES Media May 2006 World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 5
Additional Information Additional Accommodation The EFA has a limited amount of additional accommodation that maybe available during WEG this year. The accommodation is available from 23 August - 4 September and is located approximately 15 minutes from the WEG Venue at a golf resort. While we cannot guarantee a confirmed booking at the moment, if you would be interested in this accommodation then please contact Brett Mace ( brett@efanational.com ) at the EFA to express your interest. This accommodation is reasonably priced (much more so than in Aachen itself). Please notify when expressing an interest the dates you require, the number of people and the type of accommodation (eg. Single, double, twin). Measles Recently in the Daily Telegraph (Sydney) tourists traveling to the World Cup (Soccer) in Germany were advised to have a measles vaccination due to an outbreak of measles in Germany (particularly the area nearby to Aachen). If you are in any doubt or are concerned, we would advise you to contact your GP for further advice and take the appropriate precautions. Newsletter editor: Monique Schaefer monique@efanational.com 02 8762 7777. Please contact me if you would like information included in this newsletter. Deadline is the 25 th of each month. World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 6
WEG EVENT PLANNING TIMELINE Date Time Event/Activity Venue Responsibility JULY 17 th Nominated Entries for Endurance, Eventing Dressage, Vaulting 11 th (TBC) Australian based Dressage riders depart Aus 24 th Nominated Entries Jumping Driving AUGUST 8 th TBC Eventing Australian based Horses & Riders depart Aus. WEG Office in Aachen To Ulla Salzgeber in Germany WEG Office, Aachen NDC to provide names for Niki Deb M. To Bon Rodderberg Rob H. NDC to provide names for Niki 11 th 20 th Eventing Pre-WEG Training Camp Bon Rodderberg Rob H. 14 th 1800 Definite Entries Endurance WEG Office, Aachen NDC to provide names to Niki Entry Fee & Additional Accreditation Fee Payment Due All Disciplines Brett/Niki 15 th 1800 Definite Entries Dressage 16 th TBC Chef de Mission & ACDM arrive Aachen 16 th Aug - 3 rd Sep 0800 2000 Daily Accreditation For All Competitors & Officials WEG Office, Aachen Novotel Europlatz Hotel Accreditation Office Thur 17 th 1800 Definite Entries Eventing WEG Office, Aachen Sat 19 th TBC President & CEO arrive Kasteel Vaalsbroek (RW) Hotel Regence (FV) 19 th 1200 Endurance Team Arrives Hotel Golf Residente Brunssummertimeheide NDC to provide names to Niki Geoff S. & Brett M. Geoff S. & Brett M. NDC to provide names to Niki Russ Withers Franz Venhaus Patricia M.A 19 th Hotel Shuttle Begins Designated Hotels O/C Sun 20 th 1200 Dressage Team Check In Mecure Hotel Deb M. 20 th TBA Endurance Horse Inspection TBA Patricia M.A 20 th 1200 Vaulting Team Check In Army Barracks Bob H. 20 th 1600-1800 Opening Ceremony Main Stadium Geoff S. to co-ordinate with Chefs d Equipe 20 th 1830-2030 AUS Team Welcome Drinks Soers Hotel Brett M. to co-ordinate Mon 21 st 0600 Endurance Competition Patricia M.A 21 st TBC Dressage Horse Inspection TBC Deb M. 21 st TBA Dressage Chef d Equipe Meeting & TBA Deb M. Starting Order Draw 21 st 1900 2200 Horse Magazine Cocktail Party La Caverne de Geulhem Geoff S. to co-ordinate in Maastricht 21 st 1200 Eventing Team Check In Ibis Hotel Rob H Tue 22 nd 0900 1240 Dressage Grand Prix (part 1) Stadium 1 Deb M. 22 nd 1400-1730 Team Competition & Individual Stadium 1 Deb M. Qualifying Comp. 22 nd TBA Endurance Horse Inspection TBA Patricia M.A 22 nd TBA Endurance Best Conditioning Rating TBA Patricia M.A 22 nd 1300 Endurance Prize Giving & Medal TBA Patricia M.A Presentation 22 nd 1800 Definite Entries Jumping WEG Office, Aachen NDC to provide names to Niki 22 nd 1800 Competitors WEG Party Eventing, Dressage & Vaulting World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 7
22-27 th NA Jumping Team Pre WEG Training Camp Jan Topps Property, Netherlands Stephen L. Wed 23 rd 0900-1645 Dressage Grand Prix Stadium 1 Deb M. 23 rd 1200 Endurance Team Depart 23 rd TBA Eventing 1 st Horse Inspection TBA Rob H. 23 rd TBA Eventing Chef d Equipe Meeting and TBA Rob H. Starting Order Draw 23 rd TBA Eventing Official Course Inspection XC Course Rob H & Wayne R. 23 rd TBA Declaration of Starters WEG Office, Aachen Rob H & Geoff S. TBA Meeting of Chef d Equipe (order of WEG Office, Aachen Rob H. go) 23 rd 0930-1200 Vaulting Horse Inspection TBA Bob H. 23 rd 1630 Vaulting Chef d Equipe Meeting TBA Bob H. 23 rd 0900-1240 Dressage Grand Prix (part 2) Stadium 1 Deb M. 23 rd 1730 Dressage Team Prize Giving and Medal Ceremony TBA Deb M 23 rd 1800 Definite Entries Driving WEG Office, Aachen Thu 24 th TBA Dressage Training (floodlight) TBA Deb M. 24 th 0900 1240 Eventing Dressage Test (part 1) Stadium 2 Rob H. 1400 17.30 24 th 0900-1300 Individual Female Vaulters 1 st round Stadium 3 Bob H. Deutsche Bank Stadium (roofed) 24 th 1800 Grooms Party Fri 25 th 1000-1300 Dressage Grand Prix Special Stadium 1 Deb M. 25 th 1400-1700 Final Individual Competition, Stadium 1 Deb M Dressage 25 th 1700 Prize Giving & Medal Ceremony TBC Deb M Individual Dressage Grand Prix Special Champion 25 th TBA Dressage Floodlight Training Deb M 25 th 0900 1240 Eventing Dressage (part 2) Stadium 2 1400-1730 25 th TBA Eventing Riders Meeting TBA Rob H. 25 th 0830 1000 Individual Female Vaulters 1 st Round Stadium 3 Bob H. 1700-1900 Freestyle (1 st part) (2 nd Part) Deutsche Bank Stadium Sat 26 th TBA Dressage Horse Inspection TBA Rob H. 26 th 2015-2345 Grand Prix Freestyle Final Individual Stadium 1 Deb M. Competition 26 th 2345 Prize Giving & Medal Ceremony TBA Deb M Individual Grand Prix Freestyle Champion Dressage 26 th 1100-1640 Eventing - XC XC Course Soers Rob H TBA Presentation of XC Award TBA Rob H 26 th 1330-1500 Individual Female Vaulting 2 nd Round Technical Test Stadium 3 Deutsche Bank Stadium NDC to provide names to Niki Bob H Sun 27 th 1200 Dressage Team Departs Deb M. 27 th TBA 3 rd Horse Inspection TBA Rob H 27 th 1400 1700 Eventing Jumping Test Stadium 1 Rob H 27 th 1700 Prize giving & Medal Ceremony for TBA Rob H Individual & Team Eventing 27 th 1330-1500 Individual Female Vaulters 2 nd Round Freestyle Stadium 3 Bob H World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 8
27 th 1730 Prize Giving & Medal Presentation TBC Bob H Individual & Team Vaulting 27 th 1200 Jumping Team Arrives Novotel Hotel Stephen L. Mon 28 th 1200 Eventing & Vaulting Teams Depart Rob H & Bob H. 28 th TBA Meeting of Jumping Chefs d Equipe TBC Stephen L. 28 th TBA Jumping Horse Inspection TBC Stephen L. 28 th 1100 1700 Jumping Training Training Area Stephen L 28 th TBA Meeting of Chef d Equipe incl. draw TBA Stephen L. for starting order - Jumping 28 th 1200 Driving Team Arrives Ibis Hotel Karen E. Tues 29 th 1300 1730 Jumping Speed & Handiness Comp. Stadium 1 Stephen L. 1 st Rating Individual & Teams 29th 1900 Showjumping Owners Dinner Soers Hotel Stephen L & Brett M 29 th TBA Driving Horse Inspection TBC Karen E. 29 th TBA Driving Course Inspection TBC Karen E. 29 th TBA Driving Meeting of Chefs d Equipe TBA Karen E. incl. draw of starting order Wed 30 th 1300-1730 Jumping Competition with 2 rounds Stadium 1 Stephen L. 2 nd rating Individuals & Teams 30 th 0900-1200 Driving Dressage Competition 4 in Stadium 1 Karen E. Hand (1 st part) 30 th 1300-1600 Rating Competition for Individual & Team Championship Stadium 2 Karen E. Thu 31 st TBA TBA Jumping Competition 2 rounds (2 nd round) 1 st part Individual 2 nd part Teams Stadium 1 Stephen L 31 st TBA Prize Giving & Medal Ceremony World Stadium 1 Stephen L Team Jumping Champions 31 st 0900-1200 Driving Dressage Competition 4 In Stadium 2 Karen E. Hands (2 nd part) 31 st 1300-1600 Rating Competition for Individual & Stadium 2 Karen E. Team Championship 31 st TBC Competitors Party TBC Jumping & Driving SEPTEMBER Fri 1 st 1100-1700 Driving Marathon Course Soers Karen E. 1 st TBC Grooms Party TBC Jumping & Driving Sat 2 nd 1400-1500 Jumping Competition with 2 different Stadium 1 Stephen L. rounds 2 nd 1630-1730 (without jump off) Stadium 1 Stephen L. 2 nd TBC Driving Horse Inspection TBC Karen E. 2 nd 0900-1330 Obstacle Driving Competition Stadium 2 Karen E. 2 nd 1330 Prize Giving and Medal Ceremony TBC Karen E. Individual & Team 4 in Hand Sun 3 rd TBA Jumping Horse Inspection TBC Stephen L. 3 rd 1500-1630 Jumping Competition with rotation of Stadium 1 Stephen L. horses 3 rd 1630 Prize Giving and Medal Ceremony Stadium 1 Stephen L. Individual Jumping Champions 3 rd 1700-1800 Closing Ceremony Stadium 1 Geoff S. & Brett M. World Equestrian Games 20 August 03 September 2006 Aachen, Germany 9