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Eventing Bursaries

The Eloise & Kate Memorial Trust Bursary

This bursary is donated by the Eloise & Katie Memorial Trust.  The trust was set up in memory of Eloise and Katie Plunkett who both died of cancer; Katie from Leukaemia in 1996 at the age of 16 and Eloise from skin cancer in 2002 at the age of 27.  The trust’s aims are to make grants to causes important to the Plunkett family and to Eloise and Katie.  The three areas of work are: Cancer charities, Parkinson’s disease charities, and Youth enabling charities. For further information on the Trust visit www.eloiseandkatie.com

The Bursary is awarded to the winner of each section at the Open Eventing Championships, and all five winners receive two days Eventing Training with Gill Watson, FBHS.

This year’s winners are:
Sophie Reason (East Essex Hunt)
David Hodnett (Tiverton Hunt)
James Hale (South Notts Hunt)
Anna Horton (VWH Hunt)
Chloe Herbert (Warwickshire Hunt)

The Open Horsemanship Bursary

This Bursary is awarded to the Pony Club Member under 21 who, in the opinion of the Judges appointed by the Eventing Committee, has ridden the most competent horsemanship round on the cross country course at the Open Eventing Championships.  The winner receives 5 days training with Jane Holderness-Roddam on their own horse and others at Jane’s yard.

Current and Previous Winners

2011 Yasmin Ingham
 Isle of Man
2010 Ben Westgate
 North Norfolk
2009
 		Nick Lucey
 		Heythrop Hunt
2008 Alice Kneen
 East Cornwall Hunt
2007 Suzannah Brownlie East Lothian
2006 Angus Humfrey Pembrokeshire Hunt
2005 Harriet Baird Bennachie
2004 Georgie Strang Romney Marsh
2003 James How Fernie Hunt
2002 Peter Mason VWH Hunt
2001 Cancelled  
2000 Harriet Eaton North Cotswold Hunt
1999 Stephanie Collett Chiddingfold
1998 Matthew Wright Grove Hunt
1997 Simon Pratley East Cornwall Hunt
1996 Rosanna Morgan Evans Chiddingfold Farmers

Also highly commended in 2011 were:

David Hodnett - Tiverton Hunt
Emily Ryder - Strathearn
Emily Pope - Craven Hunt
Sophie Balding - Newmarket & Thurlow Hunt
Anna Horton - VWH Hunt

The Intermediate Eventing Horsemanship Bursary

This Bursary is awarded to the Pony Club Member under 18 who, in the opinion of the Judges appointed by the Eventing Committee, has ridden the most competent horsemanship round on the cross country course at the Intermediate Eventing Championships.  The winner receives the Softly Softly Salver, donated by Lady Clare Howick, and £300 to spend on training for Eventing with an approved trainer of their choice.

Current and Previous Winners

2011 Toby McAlpine
 Seskinore Harriers
2010 Sophie Mills
 Minchinhampton
2009
 		Poppy Ralph
 Beaufort Hunt
2008 Sophie How
 Fernie Hunt
2007 Verity Hart
 Fitzwilliam Hunt

Also highly commended in 2011 were:
Harry Harding - South Devon Hunt (West)
Anna O’Donald - South Oxfordshire Hunt (Central)
Henry Norton - South Wold Hunt (North)
Annie Keir - Fernie Hunt
Hettie Horler - Wylye Valley

Last Updated: 17/08/2011