Dressage Queensland is proud to announce the following sponsors and supporters for their 2015 Qld State Squad Teams
- Senior Squad Sponsor - Equestrian Land Developments
- Young Rider Squad - Strathearn Insurance Brokers
- Qld Festival of Dressage
In accordance with Equestrian Qld’s Sport and Squad Selection and Selectors Policy, Dressage Qld would like to advise members of the following squads for 2015
2015 FEI Dressage Squad
- Glogau and Victoria Welch
- Laurie's As and Tor Van den Berge
- Furst Tyme and Nicole Tough
- Donna Bonita and Tor Van Den Berge
- Broadway Jezzabelle and Jackie Hill
- Furst Friedrich and Jayden Brown
- Fairbanks Jazztime and Jenny Gehrke
2015 Performance Dressage Squad
- Cabaret C and Emma Flavelle
- Aristide and Shaneen Goodwin
- Remi First Fleet and Kaitlin Dooney
- Jaybee Jaffa and Anita Barton
- Borsato and Nicole Tough
- Lady Sinatra and Tor Van Den Berge
- De Niros Dreamtime and Zoe Saxby
- Diamond Dreamer TLF and Ricky MacMillan
- Battle Star Galatica and Elke Gutsche
- Karingal Anastasia and Sharna Glover
2015 Young Rider Dressage Squad
Junior
- Tilly Park Top Cat and Tia Gotterson
- Dixons Glamour and Kenja Geurts
- Mister Crescendo and Indiana Anderson
- Jobar Piano Man and Nicola Bown
- Exklusiven Dutch Miracle and Grace Clarke
Senior
- Lucinderalla and Lauren Price
- Florett and Annie Simmons
- Half Moon Delicato and Courtney Barbera
- Brimstone Anakiwa and Eloise Devlin
- Revalentino and Courtney Barbera
- Annee and Isabella Wilkinson-McIntyre
- Quebec and India Priestley
- Holstein Park Comedian and Chelsea Higgins
These squads are PROVISIONAL until such time as the formal appeal period and any applicable process has elapsed, after which time the squads will be formalised.
Any person wishing to appeal the provisional squads is referred to the below extract of the Sport and Squad Selection and Selectors Policy - Part 6. Appeals.
6. Appeals
6.1 An athlete who is eligible for selection pursuant to this Selection Policy but who has not been selected may appeal against such non-selection only in accordance with this Clause 6.
6.2 Grounds for appeal
The only available ground of appeal is that the Selection Policy, including the Event Specific Criteria, has not been properly followed or implemented in any one or more of the following respects:
6.2.1 The Selection Committee has taken into account a factor or factors which they are not permitted to take into account pursuant to the Selection Policy.
6.2.2 The Selection Committee has failed to take into account at all a factor or factors which it is required by the Selection Policy to take into account.
6.2.3 For the removal of doubt it is not permissible to appeal on the ground that the Selection Committee has given too much or too little weight to any one or more of the factors in the selection policy.
6.3 Procedure
An appeal by or on behalf of an athlete (in this Clause 6 referred to as the Appellant) must:
(a) be made by 4.00pm on the day following the announcement of the decision of the Selection Committee by notifying EQ in writing of the Appellant’s intention to appeal.
(b) accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $500.00 (payable to Equestrian Queensland) (Appeal Fee).
(c) set out particulars in writing signed by the Applicant or Guardian of:
(i) the decision appealed against
(ii) the grounds for the appeal
(iii) specific details of the reasons of circumstances which support the grounds of appeal (collectively referred to as the Statement of Appeal).
6.4 The Appeal Fee and the Statement of Appeal must be received by the CEO of EQ within 48 hours of the announcement referred to in paragraph 6.3. Any such Statement of Appeal must be lodged at the offices of EQ at Level 1 Sports House South, 866 Main Street, Woolloongabba as outlined above.
6.5 Within 24 hours of receipt of the Statement of Appeal and the Appeal Fee the CEO of EQ must refer the Appeal to the Selection Review Panel.
6.6 A failure by the Appellant to comply with any of the time limits set out in Clause 6.3 or 6.4 will render the purported appeal invalid.
Overseas Combinations
Dressage Qld would also like to acknowledge the following *Queensland riders currently competing internationally
- Kelly Layne
- Jessica Greelish
*Have competed at CDI level overseas and are also current members of EQ
Dressage Qld High Performance Manager
Dressage Qld is proud to announce and welcome Kirsty Phillips as our High Performance Manager.
Dressage Qld Young Rider High Performance Manager
DQ would like to welcome Stephanie Neergaard to the role of Young Rider High Performance Manager.
Selection Information for Squads and State Selectors
The QLD Squads are to represent the State's best performed combinations. Riders in the Regional areas can qualify for the QLD State Dressage Squads like everyone else, adults on ponies can qualify for the QLD State Dressage Squads like everyone else and young riders on ponies can qualify for the Youth and Young Rider State Squad like every other young rider. All QLD riders are eligible for the squads, and their results and performances are what counts. Dressage QLD will be supporting riders in the Regional areas by sending accredited coaches for clinics throughout 2012 and developing a program to support dressage riders throughout the State.
