ARMATHWAITE HALL STRONGID-P HORSE
TRIALS
& COUNTRY FAIR
July 20th, 21st & 22nd, 2001
ARMATHWAITE HALL RIDER OF THE FUTURE
£2000 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD - SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Armathwaite Hall, home to what is one of the
UKs most successful advanced eventing fixtures, has just announced the
shortlist for this years Armathwaite Hall Rider of the Future
Scholarship, which will provide the winning junior rider with £2000 of
funding for approved training.
Selection committee members Mandy Stibbe, Gill
Watson, Chris McGrann, Armathwaite Hall Director and Joint Organiser Charles
Graves and Joint Organiser Frank Hewett-Smith, have drawn up a shortlist of 15
riders registered with the JRN and JOIT programmes, whose applications will now
be given more detailed consideration, including interviews and assessments of
both competition results and the riders future ambitions.
The winner will be announced by the selection
committee in mid-December and can look forward to following on from the
successes enjoyed by the recipient of last years inaugural award Emilie
Chandler.
Commenting on the shortlisted riders, Frank
Hewett-Smith said, We are once again more than happy with the calibre of
riders put forward and are looking forward to making our final decision when we
have spoken individually to each of the shortlisted riders over the next few
weeks.
The AHROTF Scholarship is being sponsored by
Armathwaite Hall for an initial period of five years, with an option to renew.
The shortlisted riders for this, the second scholarship award, are:-
Louisa Brassey Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Abi Walters Camborne, Cornwall
Ali Brewer Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Henry Dove Billesdon, Leicestershire
Kitty Boggis Bampton, Oxon
Ian Clark Badminton, Gloucestershire
Georgie Davies Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire
Zoe Gullit, London
Sally Dawson Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Tish Thompson Grantham, Lincolnshire
Ibby Macpherson Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Olivia Haddow East Kilbride, Glasgow
Oliver Townend Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Emma Barr-Young York, Yorkshire
Melissa Standen Hawkhurst, Kent
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