Organiser and Secretary:   Pip Lake  Email: events@bvrc.co.uk    Tel: 07470 480763

Entries will be strictly limited & close at midnight on Tuesday 21st April.  

THERE WILL BE NO LATE ENTRIES.   PLEASE ENSURE YOU GET YOUR ENTRY IN BEFORE THE 21st APRIL

RIDERS AGED 12 AND OLDER ON 26th APRIL CAN ENTER

RIDERS MAY ENTER A MAXIMUM OF TWO HORSES PER CLASS

COMPETITORS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN NUMBER BIBS WITH CLEARLY PRINTED, PAPER NUMBER INSERTS IN SOLID BLACK INK WITH NUMBERS AT LEAST 2CMS WIDE . 

 All BVRC competitions run under BRC rules.  It is the responsibility of the competitor to know what these are, by entering you are confirming you have read and understood these.  British Riding Clubs Handbook | The British Horse Society

PARAMEDIC & VET IN ATTENDANCE

Any veterinary services utilised MUST be paid at the time of treatment or credit card details supplied to secure payment.

PLEASE NOTE:  

Entry fees cover all costs, including First Aid. There are no additional or hidden costs.

There are no timed sections, gates, knockdown fences or pairs dressing fences.

Time penalties of 1 per second faster or slower than the Optimum Time will be awarded.  There is NO penalty-free window.

In all classes, in the event of equality of total penalties, jumping penalties will be considered before time penalties, ie, slow clear rounds will take precedence over fast rounds with a stop.

Dogs must be kept on a short lead at all times, including whilst walking the cross country course.

The Cross Country Course is open for walking at 1-5pm on Saturday 25th April.

Please clear up all droppings & leave your area tidy when you leave.

DO NOT LEAVE HORSES OR PONIES TIED TO LORRIES/TRAILERS & LEFT UNATTENDED

Please remember that event organisers and their teams are volunteers who give up their time for your benefit. 

DIRECTIONS TO LARKHILL (Follow BVRC orange signs)

The Course is situated in the middle of the Point to Point track. It is on good springy old turf in mildly undulating country over substantial well built obstacles.

From the East: 

Leave A303 at Amesbury Countess Services roundabout. Take A345 to Durrington. At next roundabout where A345 meets A3028 from Bulford, take second exit (A345) signed Marlborough, Upavon, Netheravon. 
DO NOT TURN LEFT TOWARDS LARKHILL GARRISON. 
Remain on A345 for just over 1 mile. Just after 2 white houses on the left (postcode SP4 8AT), turn left onto Tank Track at ‘C’ Crossing (signified by big posts with yellow tops, Grid SU 153 459). What3Words: ///diggers.mushroom.windmills
Follow the gravel track (1.5miles) until you see the Queen's Building and XC/P2P course on the right, turn right and park as directed, facing down the slope. What3Words: ///laugh.pass.wasp

From the West: 

On the Shrewton to Durrington Road (The Packway), before Larkhill Camp, pass the military compound (on your right). Turn left onto the tank track (Grid SU 118 445, opposite where a belt of trees meets the road).  What3Words: ///hurray.letters.losing.
Follow the track, keeping right, to T junction and turn right. Continue straight on past Larkhill Camp back gates. After 500m, keep left at the fork (so the belt of trees will be on your right hand side). Continue until you see the Queen's Building and XC/P2P course on the left, turn left and park as directed, facing down the slope. What3Words: ///laugh.pass.wasp

What3Words XC START: ///failed.outgoing.ponies

Entries in advance only. You can book using our Secure Online Entry System.
Payment is secure and it goes directly to Bourne Valley Riding Club.
You will receive an email confirmation of your booking and payment.

Prizes for 1st to 3rd places.

Rosettes to 6th place & best BVRC member in each class.

If you are placed and would like your rosette posted to you, please provide a SAE envelope (Large stamp) or leave £2 with the Event Secretary to cover postage costs. 

Food and Refreshments by The Canter Kitchen (formally Nidge's Burger Van & Breakfast Catering) - 01264 355625 / 07784 197444

 WITHDRAWALS:

• Prior to event, notify Secretary by email at events@bvrc.co.uk
• On the day, telephone 07470 480763

   

REFUNDS

Refund of entry fees, less the booking fee and a small admin charge of £5 to cover non-recoverable costs, will be made up to 28 days after the event, in the following circumstances:

• Prior to the closing date for entries
• After the closing date for entries on production of doctor's or vet's certificate (within 7 days of event)
• Cancellation of event

Transfer of entries may only be requested prior to closing date for entries.  

General Hazard Warnings for Salisbury Plain Training Area. 
The course and its surroundings are sited on a MOD range and training area, where live ammunition has been used. Please observe the following precautions: 
a. Approach and leave the course area using the signed routes and tracks. 
b. Do not stray away from these routes or the environs of the course. 
c. Do not touch any suspected munitions or any unfamiliar objects, even if you think they are safe or harmless. Any such objects sited must be reported to the Secretary’s Tent as soon as possible. 
d. Be on the lookout for overgrown slit trenches, bomb craters, scrap metal, wire and trip flares. 
e. Give priority to any military personnel & vehicles.

f. Do not take any photographs or record in any form any military vehicles, personnel or anything else attributable to the military.

 Health & Safety Policy: The organiser of this event has taken reasonable precautions to ensure the health & safety of everyone present. For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents and shall obey the instructions of the organiser, and all officials & stewards. 

Competition Notes: 
For the avoidance of doubt, competitors shall understand that the rules and conditions of entry are the sole terms under which the Bourne Valley Riding Club (BVRC) organises competitions. Competitors shall not enter BVRC events unless they have read, understood and fully accepted these terms. 

BVRC General Rules & Conditions of Entry 

1. All classes will be run in accordance with current Official Rules for British Riding Clubs' Competitions.  British Riding Clubs Handbook | The British Horse Society  Dress and tack on pages 89 - 93.
2. It shall be deemed a condition of entry that neither the organisers nor land owners nor their agents shall be held responsible for any loss, injury, damage to competitors, onlookers, their property, servants or horses or ponies, howsoever caused.
3. Anyone who is competing, exercising, handling or responsible for a horse and is not a British Riding Clubs (BRC) member must have their own third party insurance.  
4. Horses and ponies shall be 4 years of age or older at the closing date for entry.
5. Horses may only be ridden once in each class. 
6. Everyone mounted, whether or not a competitor, shall wear correct riding clothes, which must include ‘Protective Headwear’, with a harness properly adjusted and fastened. 
   Failure to do so will incur elimination.   See BRC rules.  British Riding Clubs Handbook | The British Horse Society  Dress and tack on pages 89-93
   
   ‘Protective Headwear’ constitutes a hat meeting one of the following standards: 
   British PAS 015: 2011 or VG1 01.040: 2014-12 provided they are BSI Kitemarked or Inspec IC marked 
   European  EN1384: 2023 provided they are BSI Kitemarked or Inspec IC marked
   American ASTM F1163: 2004a or 04a onwards provided they are marked SEI and SNELL E2016 
   Australian & New Zealand AS/NZS 3838 2006 onwards provided they are SAI global marked 
   Skullcaps must be worn with an appropriate coloured silk.
   FIXED PEAKS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS.
   
   
7. A Body Protector to BETA Level 3 displaying a Blue 2018 label is compulsory. 
   An Airbag style protector, if used, must be worn over a permitted body protector. 
   Riders wearing Exo Body Cage protectors must inform the organiser before commencing the cross country. 
8. A watch is NOT permitted. 
   No other receiving, recording, transmitting or monitoring devices may be used during any phase of any event. 
   Competitors are NOT permitted to take mobile phones onto the cross country course when competing. 
   Head Cams will not be permitted on any part of the horse or rider at any time.
9. Competitors must report to the steward 15 minutes before their given start time.  Failure to do so may incur elimination.
10. Riders falling on the cross country course will be eliminated and must leave the course, immediately.
    Fallers, anywhere on site, must see a Paramedic before remounting to start the competition or before leaving the site.
11. In the event of elimination on the course, for reasons other than a fall of the horse or fall of the rider, competitors may proceed but shall not obstruct other competitors.
12. A competitor may not, under penalty of elimination, compete on a horse that has practised over any of the obstacles to be used on the course for the five days prior to the competition.
13. DOGS MUST BE KEPT IN A SHORT LEAD AT ALL TIMES including whilst walking the cross country course.
14. The organisers reserve the right in the light of prevailing circumstances to cancel the event, alter classes, Judges, times, prize money or any other published information.
15. In all cases the Judge's decision is final. Any objection shall be accompanied by a deposit of £20 and within half an hour of the incident. The deposit will be returned only if the objection is upheld.
16. In the event of any dispute, which cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the BVRC may, at its option, agree to a full or partial refund of the competitor’s entry fees. For the avoidance of doubt claims for consequential liability, expenses or other payments shall in no circumstances be accepted.
17. Medical facilities may be limited to standard NHS accident & emergency callout.
18. Any veterinary services utilised (including horse transportation, accommodation or legal disposal of deceased animals) shall be charged to and paid by the competitor. The BVRC does not guarantee that there will be immediate access to a veterinary services or a horse ambulance on the showground, unless otherwise stated. 
19. BVRC does not guarantee that the showground is a secure site or that the showground perimeter cannot be breached by runaway animals. It is the responsibility of the competitor to ensure, so far as is possible, that runaways cannot occur.
20. The BVRC’s responsibility for runaway animals shall be limited to informing the local civil or military police. All costs incurred in any recovery including the cost of any damages incurred during the incident shall be charged to & paid by the competitor.
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