Dear members,
We are pleased to share with you our upcoming activities for December:
1. HKEF Virtual Christmas Party 2021
The HKEF is running an interactive virtual Christmas Party on Saturday 4 December from 16:00 – 17:00 via Zoom. You are cordially invited to join the party and have fun with us!
For details, please refer here: https://www.hkef.org/eng/latest-news/hkef-virtual-christmas-party-2021.html
2. FEI Jumping World Challenge 2021 – 3rd Competition & HKEF Local Jumping Competitions 2021
The 3rd Competition of FEI Jumping World Challenge 2021 (FEI JWC 2021) (Cat A cum 2022 FEI Youth Jumping Competition Qualification Competition, Cat B, Cat C) and the HKEF Local Jumping Competition 2021 will be held from Friday to Sunday 17 – 19 December at BREC.
Entries are open online until Tuesday 14 December 18:00.
For details, please refer to: https://www.hkef.org/eng/latest-news/open-for-entries-fei-jumping-world-challenge-2021-3rd-competition-cum-fei-youth-jumping-competition-qualification-competition-hkef-local-jumping-competitions-2021.html
3. HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere – December 2021
The Online Dressage Series continues in December with 18 classes available, including the Freestyle classes in Introductory and Preliminary levels. Entries are now open at https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Competitor/EnterCompetition/750. Entry deadline will move forward to Thursday 23 December 2021 23:59 (GMT+8).
Judges allocation for December series as follow:
Level |
Test No |
Arena Size |
Judges |
Introductory (Junior) |
A (2008) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
Introductory (Senior) |
A (2008) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
FTM Introductory |
Introductory Freestyle to Music (2016) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
Preliminary (Junior) |
2 (2016) |
20 x 40m |
Nicole Arnoux |
Preliminary (Senior) |
2 (2016) |
20 x 40m |
Nicole Arnoux |
Preliminary |
19 (2008 Revised 2016) |
20 x 60m |
Angela Kong |
FTM Preliminary |
Preliminary Freestyle to Music (2016) |
20 x 40m or 20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
Novice (Junior) |
30 (2006) |
20 x 40m |
Boris Yue |
Novice (Senior) |
30 (2006) |
20 x 40m |
Boris Yue |
Novice |
39 (2010 Revised 2016) |
20 x 60m |
Danny Tong |
Elementary |
42 (2008) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
Elementary |
57 (2007) |
20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
Medium |
71 (2002) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
Medium |
75 (2002) |
20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
Advanced Medium |
90 (2012) |
20 x 40m |
UK Judge |
Advanced Medium |
91 (2016) |
20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
Advanced |
101 (2019) |
20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
Advanced |
102 (2012) |
20 x 60m |
UK Judge |
4. Equestrian Sports Promotional Programme – Virtual Visits to Riding School 2021 – 2022 (Oct – Dec)
With the overwhelming response to the reformatted online visit programme which kicked off in June and July, the HKEF is organizing the second round of the virtual visit for all local primary, secondary and special schools students from October to December.
5. HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge & Senior Inter-school Eventing Challenge 2022
2022 marks the sixteenth year of the HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge and the third Senior Inter-school Eventing Challenge.
Entries for both competitions are now open until:
HKEF Senior Inter-school Eventing Challenge 2022: 1 December 2021
HKEF Inter-school Equestrian Challenge 2022: 13 December 2021
Fabulous prizes await the Inter-school series participants:
- one week of training at the renowned Ingestre Stables in UK for the winning Higher Division team;
- an exclusive training session for the Lower Division winners;
- a HK$10,000 training award for the season’s inter-school eventing champion;
- and now, HK$80,000-worth of prizes from Horse & Hound Hong Kong, the Hong Kong tack store, including Antares helmets, Vestrum clothing and cash vouchers for top riders and for all participants (see website for details).
6. HKEF Online Sharing Session on “An Introduction to Endurance Riding”
While the riding community in Hong Kong are familiar with the three Olympic disciplines, there are actually some other interesting and exciting disciplines among the equestrian sports. We are excited to invite two former Hong Kong representatives at the FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 to share with us more about Endurance Riding. The session will be held on Tuesday 28 December 2021 from 12:00 – 14:00.
For details, please take a look at https://www.hkef.org/eng/latest-news/invitation-to-hkef-online-sharing-session-on-an-introduction-to-endurance-riding.html
7. Open Forum on Local Dressage Development
All riding school representatives, HKEF competitors, coaches, Dressage judges and officials are cordially invited to the Open Forum to discuss topics / issues related to local dressage development scheduled on Thursday 30 December 2021 from 12:00 – 14:00.
For details, please refer to https://www.hkef.org/eng/latest-news/invitation-to-open-forum-on-local-dressage-development-30-dec-2021-thu.html
Thank you for your attention and we look forward to earning your support!
Best Regards,
Hong Kong Equestrian Federation