Latest standings
The Hodgemoor
Challenge Trophy is a year-long challenge, 
which
started in 2010 and continues every year, designed to encourage riders
of all talents to compete in a variety of disciplines in the local area.
The perpetual trophies (which have been donated by Susie and Marcus) are
for Top Rider, Top Junior and for Special Achievement; the winner retains
the trophy for a year and engraves their name and their horse's name. The
top 3 places (open and junior) and the special achievement winner
get a smaller replica trophy to keep (see our picture of all the trophies).
We are pleased that local companies are offering additional prizes and we will announce them during 2012 when confirmed.
The disciplines will include all
those with which we have been successful over the last few years, for a
total of 12 to 20 events on weekends and the occasional midweek evening,
including
• Show-jumping
• Dressage and dressage to music,
• Cross-country (including a mini
totaliser in our cross country field),
• One-day eventing or combination
of two disciplines,
• Mounted Games and Le Trec
The Challenge runs from January through September, with the awards being presented at our annual get-together in October each year. The programmes for 2011 and 2012 are being grouped into one contest because of the low number of events in 2011. The calendar will be kept up to date on http://www.hodgemoor.org.uk/events.htm.
Scoring is as follows (subject to
changes up to the first event):
1) Any amateur rider can join the
Hodgemoor Riding Association and contest the Challenge without further
formality.
2) You can enter the Challenge at
any moment in the year and your previous scores, if properly reported by
the event organiser, and subject to (3) below, will count.
3) Your 2 worst scores will be dropped
if you contest 10 or more events, and 1 score will be dropped if you contest
5 or more events. This helps those that cannot turn out for every event.
4) Every event will have the same
weighting in the scoring.
5) A horse and rider combination
that competes twice in an event, in different classes, scores the average
of their scores.
6) If there are classes, each class
would carry the same amount of points; this means that a less experienced
rider has the same chance of winning overall as an expert. Experienced
riders will be asked not to enter a junior class, based on their own declarations
and our knowledge of their performance in the recent past.
7) Any rider can compete on more
than one horse; the horse and rider combination defines the accumulation
of points.
8) Each rider can play one joker
in the year. A letter or email to us, in advance of the event, will suffice
for the marks scored at that event to be doubled (but not verbally to the
organiser on the day).
Click here for the list (in MS Excel form) of riders and ending positions in the 2010 Hodgemoor Challenge.
2011-2012 Calendar, results and standings
Click here for the list (in MS Excel form) of riders and present standings in the 2011-2012 Hodgemoor Challenge. We're grouping two years' events into one Challenge.
Would you like to know some more about Le Trec? Click on Le Trec notes and Le Trec obstacle map
Entry form for the Hodgemoor Challenge is not required
All members of the Hodgemoor Riding
Association are qualified without further process for the Challenge, amd
entry is free of charge.. However you need to enter for each event and
pay fees in advance.
Events coordinator for the Hodgemoor Riding Association: Geoff Gudgion
Hodgemoor Challenge coordinator:
Marcus Bicknell