Helen Hughes-Keen, chair of the New Zealand dressage selectors, has announced the NZ Team who will contest the Group F & G Olympic Group Team Qualifier in Sydney on Friday 28 October 2011 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre
, the venue for the 2000 Olympic Games Equestrian events.
The New Zealand team:
- Shiwon Green - Gosh
- Louisa Hill - Bates Antonello
- Nicki Pope - Fabarchie
- Vanessa Way - KH Arvan
The travelling Reserve is Otillie Upshall with Tama Park Bradman and the team will be accompanied by manager Wendy Hamerton
Australia & NZL riders will line up at Sydney and then the same ground jury will fly to Ermelo in the Netherlands to assess combinations from Japan, possibly South Africa and remaining members of the Australian team if four are not nominated for Sydney.
The three 5* judges for this Olympic Teams Qualifier are confirmed as President: Stephen Clarke (GB), Gotthilf Riexinger (GER), Susie Hoovenaars (AUS) and 4* judges Mariette Sanders van Gansewinkel (NED) and Raphael Salle (FRA)*
From this teams qualifier, two nations will qualify a team for London Olympic Games, but will still require to be nominated by their national Olympic committee and all meet the both the FEI minimum eligibility requirements and the selection criteria of their own National Federation and Olympic Committee.
Riders who are part of any team successful in the team qualifying event are not necessarily the riders who may represent the NZL at the London Olympic Games.
If an NF qualifies a team but for any reason cannot field a team at London, they have the possibility to send a maximum of two individuals.
Individual riders may also qualify their National Federation an individual place from the World Dressage Rider Olympic rankings, but need to attend as many CDI’s as possible during the qualification period to have any chance of qualifying by this means as the best eight scores for the period 1 Mar 2011 - 1 Mar 2012.
Photo © Kate Peddie
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