Last night’s regional meeting involved discussion of venues and dates for several key events in the upcoming competition season. Most are yet to be confirmed but one critical event is already set in stone. The Team Show Jumping Championship (TSJC) qualifier will be held on Sunday 1 May in Claremorris. Unfortunately last year’s excellent venue in Tubberbride has (understandably enough) been deemed to be too tight for parking.
Orla will shortly be calling a club meeting at which the TSJC will be a major topic for discussion, together with setting the general calendar of events for a further three or four months.
About the TSJC competition
The TSJC is the AIRC’s annual team show jumping championship. The final is held at the Dublin Horse Show in August. The competition is run in Nations Cup format and is open to Intermediate riders and above. Two team members jump a 90 cm course while two jump a 1 m course. There are two complete rounds of jumping. The team captain (who must be Advanced Intermediate or above) is the only one to jump off over a 1 m course, if there’s an equality of faults after both rounds of jumping.
Pictured below: Letterkenny’s two teams at the TSJC qualifier, 2010.
Letterkenny Riding Club 