The Hong Kong Equestrian Federation (HKEF) is pleased to invite your school to participate in the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge 2021. Now in its 15th year, the Inter-school Equestrian Challenge has been helping to nurture Hong Kong’s young equestrian talent and, thanks to your kind support, has brought our sport to many schools in Hong Kong.
Entries and Eligibility
Participants in the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge must be members of the HKEF.
Each entrant must have previously competed in each discipline at a level equivalent to that of the relevant Division of entry (e.g. the same Division of the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge in a previous year; the preliminary class of a ‘Mini’ Inter-school competition at LWSC (for the Lower Division) or the “Warm-up” Show at TMPRS (for the Higher Division); a gazetted show at BREC, etc.).
In order to further encourage young riders to continue to compete throughout the year, the HKEF will provide free junior membership for the current season*to all participants in the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge who have not already been admitted as members.
To apply for free membership, entrants should complete the membership form and return it to the HKEF together with a HK Identity Card/passport copy and address proof.
Competing schools should supply (i) a completed entry form for each rider, countersigned by a parent/guardian and the rider’s regular riding instructor; (ii) a HKJC (Higher Division) or LWSC (Lower Division) indemnity form for each rider (if not already submitted to the stable), signed by a parent/guardian; and, (iii) the relevant entry fee for the Division entered (see below). Payments may be made by Bank-in, FPS (Fast Payment System) or by cheque. Cheques should be made payable to Hong Kong Equestrian Federation and carry the name of the competitor clearly written on the reverse.
| Entry fee for the Lower Division: | $560 per rider |
| Entry fee for the Higher Division: | $260 per rider* |
Entry fees are non-refundable. |
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Entry forms and cheques should be returned by post to the HKEF, at the address below, on or before Friday 8th January 2021. Entries submitted after this date will be subject to an additional administration fee of $100. (N.B. Late entries will not be accepted after Friday 29th January, 2021)
If you have already been admitted as a Junior Member of the HKEF and wish to renew your membership for the current season, you can do so here.
Entry
Individual rider or teacher on behalf of a team of students should submit the following forms and entry fee to the HKEF office by post to
“8/F, Central Complex, HKJC Shatin Race Course, Shatin, N.T.” on or before Friday 4th December 2020.
Payment Methods
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1. Cheque |
payable to “Hong Kong Equestrian Federation” |
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2. Bank-in |
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited A/C no: 411-0-326427-0 |
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3. FPS (Faster Payment System) |
ID:0892570; Hong Kong Equestrian Federation # Please also send your payment record * N.B. the Higher Division entry fee does not cover charges made by individual riding schools for the first-round video entries. |
Format
2021 Competition Format
The Higher Division heats will take place using a video submission format so that riders may compete in the first round at their usual riding schools. All video must be submitted to the HKEF on or before 16 April 2021.
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Format: |
Video submission format |
| Venue: | Usual riding school |
| Deadline: | 16 April 2021 (Friday) |
Lower Division (10-14 yrs.)
(Heats will use small-group format or a normal competition format, as appropriate.)
Venue: Lo Wu Saddle Club (LWSC)
| Format: | 4-rider competition sessions available |
| Heats dates: | March - May 2021 |
| Small group format: | Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 15:30 |
| Normal competition format: | Fridays, 14:00 – 16:30 |
Higher & Lower Division finals
A competition final will be held at LWSC during April for the four top-scoring teams. This may take place in several sessions as necessary.
Warm-up shows
Inter-school Warm-up shows & "Mini" Inter-school competitions
‘Mini’ Inter-school competitions
The ‘mini’ inter-school competition is designed for practice (for Lower Division riders) and for those new to competition. There is an Introductory level (dressage without canter movements + jumps at 30-40 cm) and a Preliminary level (preliminary level dressage + jumping at 50-60 cm).
This takes place at Lo Wu Saddle Club (LWSC) and will be run with the small-group format that we used for the heats in March and April. You’ll be able to book your riders (up to 4 riders in each session*) into a time slot (Thursdays and Fridays, 10.30-12.00 or 2.00-3.30). You’ll find a sign-up sheet here and you may reserve up to two sessions for your riders. For the purposes of the league table, a rider’s highest scores in each discipline will be used.
Riders will use different horses/ponies for dressage and for jumping and these will be allocated based on the rider details that you provide on the sign-up sheet. The dressage tests may be downloaded here: Ingestre Preliminary Dressage Test 1 (for the Preliminary class); British Dressage Introductory Dressage Test B (for the Introductory class).
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Cost: HK$680 per rider, paid in advance to Lo Wu Saddle Club Ltd.. [tel. 2673 0066; [email protected]] |
*N.B. Introductory riders and Preliminary riders should be booked into separate sessions.
Forms for riders new to LWSC may be found here.
Entry requirements
1. All entries should be submitted directly to LWSC.
2. Riders who do not ordinarily ride at LWSC must submit a LWSC rider application form and a LWSC indemnity form (signed by parent/guardian).
3. Entry fee is HK$680 (Cheques made payable to “Lo Wu Saddle Club Ltd.”) Please contact [email protected] to sign up for these competitions.
4. Dressage Tests
Ingestre Preliminary Dressage Test 1
British Dressage Introductory Dressage Test B
Lo Wu Saddle Club
Ho Sheung Heung Road, Sheung Shui, N.T.
Tel: 2673 0066
Fax: 2668 6752
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.lowusaddleclub.org/
Heats
In 2020-2021 competition, heats for the Higher Division will be carried out using a video format so that these riders may compete at their regular riding schools. Practice sessions and filming will be scheduled by the individual riding schools. The Lower Division will be using the small group format for the Inter-school Equestrian Challenge during March and April.
Higher Division Heats:
Heats for the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge (Higher Division) will be in the video submission format. Riders will be able to arrange for their dressage and jumping to be filmed at their usual riding school. Videos sent to HKEF will be judged consistently to produce a league table. The top four teams will take part in a final held at Lo Wu Saddle Club in April.
Format: Video submission format
(Rider will be able to arrange for their dressage test and showjumping round (70-80 cm) to be filmed at their usual riding school.)
| Venue: | Usual riding school |
| Deadline: | 16 April 2021 (Friday) |
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Submission of Video |
Dressage test should be filmed from C . And the jumping round should be filmed from one position that will be specified on the course layout. |
| Video format: | MP4 / MOV |
| Video equipment: | a smart phone, a tablet, a video camera |
| Filming position: | At the C marker, outside the arena |
| Zooming: | Some zooming is necessary when the horse and rider are at the far end of the arena |
| Framing: | The horse and rider should fill about half of the vertical space in the frame whenever possible |
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Upload the video: |
https://padlet.com/hongkongequestrianfederation/bk317ux3gmd757iv |
Lower Division Heats:
Heats for the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge at Lo Wu Saddle Club. These will either use the small-group format or a normal competition format if things have normalised by then.
Format: Small group format
(Heats will use the small-group format or a normal competition format, as appropriate.)
Venue: Lo Wu Saddle Club
| Heats dates: | March - May 2021 |
| Small group format: | Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 15:30 |
| Normal competition format: | Fridays, 14:00 – 16:30 |
| Address: | Ho Sheung Heung Road – STT 1408 (TP), Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong |
The Lower Division competition rides will start on Thursday, 18 March 2021. There are four slots available each week, Thursdays and Fridays at either 11:00 - 12:00 or 14:00 - 15:00 - please add riders' names to the timetable.
Training Sessions:
For training sessions at Lo Wu Saddle Club (LWSC), you may book directly with the riding school. Some available time slots are shown below (although other times may be possible by arrangement - please enquire with the LWSC office):
| Date | Time |
| Tuesdays | 14:15 |
| Thursdays | 14:15, 18:15 & 19:00 |
| Fridays | 14:15 |
| Saturdays | 07:30 & 17:00 (except 20th & 27th March) |
| Sundays | 14:15 & 17:00 (except 21st March) |
If you wish to book a training session, please contact LWSC at 2673 0066 or [email protected].
| Officials Results |
Higher Division Results
Lower Divisions Results
