British Showjumping’s team announced for Uggerhalne FEI Nations Cup

British Showjumping’s team announced for Uggerhalne FEI Nations Cup
The following squad has been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF in the CSIO3* FEI Nations Cup in Uggerhalne, Denmark. The competition takes place between the 1st – 5th June 2017 at the Equitour Aalborg Show. This will be the fourth point scoring leg of the series for the British Team.

Joe Clayton from Granby, Nottinghamshire with the British bred 10 year-old bay gelding Con Man JX, owned by Sarah Billington

William Funnell from Dorking, Surrey with either the 9 year-old chestnut gelding Billy Buckingham or the 9 year-old bay mare Billy Fanta, both British bred and owned by Billy Stud

Matthew Sampson from Sheffield, South Yorkshire with the 8 year-old black stallion Jaguar VD Berhoeve, owned by Carron Nicol

Louise Saywell from Retford, Nottinghamshire with the 9 year-old bay gelding Dassler, owned by Billy Twomey

Jamie Wingrove from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire with the 11 year-old bay gelding Bart VI, owned by Helen Rees

The Nations Cup competition takes place on Saturday 3rd June at 15:30 hrs local time and the Grand Prix will be on Monday 5th June at 14:30 hrs local time. The Chef d’Equipe accompanying the team will be World Class Performance Manager for Showjumping, Di Lampard.

For further information on the show and full results once the show is underway, visit www.equitour.dk/en/. Full information in respect of the FEI Nations Cup series can be found by visiting www.fei.org. FEI TV will be showing live footage from the event. To access this please visit www.feitv.org.

British Showjumping would like to thank NAF, title sponsors of the Senior Nations Cup Teams along with the Children, Junior and Young Rider teams.

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The GBR showjumping teams are supported by the British Equestrian Federation’s World Class Programme, funded by UK Sport through the National Lottery. The Programme focuses on identifying talent, developing potential and maximising medal-winning performances on the world stage.