Championship for BE80T

[Jango]

Hi, for BE I know that BE90/100 have the Badminton Grassroots championship but is there one for BE80T? If so do you need to be a BE member or is tickets ok? Thank you!

 

[PorkChop]

No there isn't an 80 championship, and you do need to be a member to qualify for the 90/100.

 

[MiaBella]

There is a BE80(T) championship but its run by British Riding Clubs (so you need to be a RC member)
http://www.bhs.org.uk/enjoy-riding/british-riding-clubs/brc-championships/be80-championship

 

[Jango]

Thanks MiaBella that's just what I was looking for I'll join my nearest BRC before I enter the BE80Ts just in case!

 

[PorkChop]

Sorry thought you meant at Badminton!

 

[bounce]

This is the last year they are running the BRC BE80 championship. BRC are now running Area 80 qualifiers alongside their other ODE qualifiers so there will not be a BE one next year.

 

[Laroxes]

I qualified last year and was really disappointed, they didn't make it feel like a championship at all, you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between that and a normal BE event

 

[angelish]

I qualified last year and was really disappointed, they didn't make it feel like a championship at all, you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between that and a normal BE event

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don't get too excited !
you can compete in a BE80 championship on a ticket but you must be a riding club member
i had a great time at the championships but it was what we made it , we stayed down there and had ourselves a lorry party
but it was like an ordinary BE80t the only difference was the prize giving , i was lucky enough to get placed and the rosette and prices were lovely

they had a mounted prize giving , but this was only the top three , the rest of us were stood in a line next to the top three
it took place hidden away in an indoor arena , not in the main arena of the event etc
its down on my BE record as a normal 80 , nothing to say it was a championship

there was also three sections , don't get me wrong i wouldn't have gotten placed if they had run everyone in one section and it was lovely to get a prize but is it not the whole point of a championships to test all the best against each other ?

i enjoyed the weekend but the competition itself was a little disapointing because as Laroxes said unless you were lucky enough to get placed it was just the same as a normal BE80

 

[angelish]

oh and if i'd been one of the lucky people to have won a section i'd have been gutted about the write up in both the h&h and the BRC mag
there was hardly anything in either magazines

 

[dark rider]

I had a great time at the BRC BE80 championships too. But the event was running alongside a standard BE80 and BE90, so ther was not much difference there. The only difference was that you had to qualify, and nearly everyone in my section got a double clear!
But it was fun

 

[Jango]

Thanks for the information everyone, sad to know it's not like a proper championship I watched Badminton Grassroots this year and that was AMAZING!!