The Eventing Spring Carnival at Thoresby Park will now be one of the first events on the calendar
British Eventing has made the decision, in consultation with event organisers due to host events in early March, that competitive sport will not resume before 26 March 2021 saying that “Subject to government guidance we will continue to look at alternatives permitted under a tier system and will resume full competitive sport as soon as regulation permits us to do so.”
“We understand that our members cannot wait to get out eventing, and we are confident that with our protocols in place we will be able to resume sport quickly once government guidance allows us to” says Jude Matthews, BE CEO
“When sport resumed in July 2020, we demonstrated that with the support of our hard-working organisers and our army of able volunteers, high-quality events could be prepared quickly. We were able to shorten the timescale for taking entries for events and react to demand by adding extra days of competition where required. Work will continue to ensure we offer members the full calendar of competition they require as we restart, and throughout the season.
“We are in continual conversation with those early season event Organisers and are discussing potential alternative formats such as Training Competitions to ease members’ transition into the full season, subject to the restrictions in place at that time. In addition, we are reviewing the qualification criteria and timescales for our Championships to help ensure that members are able to gain their qualifications.”
The decision affects eight events include one of the most popular early season events at Oasby (1) and Swalcliffe Park (which had already made the decision to cancel). The first International event of the season, the Eventing Spring Carnival at Thoresby Park, is set to take place from April 1st – 3rd
We will be announcing our Cross Country Video calendar for 2021 very soon so stay tuned and rest assured, we will be ready to roll when events commence!
