pooley
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I am a spectator who follows carriage driving. I follow the sport and spectate at as many National Qualifiers as possible.
I attended Farleigh Driving Trials looking forward to the final stage of selection for the Pony World Championships in Denmark and hearing the selection results.
I was shocked to be stood at the edge of the Dressage Arena only to turn around when I heard raised voices. When I turned around I say a competitor who was up for selection making derogatory remarks regarding Sue Denny (Who was also up for selection) Is this the team spirit we are to have within our GB Team.
Later on in the weekend the results for the GB pony team were released to my surprise Sue Denney had not been selected. Looking forom the outside this seems somewhat baffling. Three selections were to be made two team members and an individual.
Putting the ream place aside for the moment. To win an individual medal you surley need the most successful and consistent competitor to be represinting our country. Looking at the results over the past 12 months there is only one competitor who fits the bill that is Sue Denney. Looking at the Selection events The same conclusion is blatantly obvious.
We surely should be sending our strongest individual to maximise our chances of winning.
Next lets look at the team places. My understanding is that this is slightly more complex, but whether you look at it from a points basis of over all performance or at the individual elements you still get the same conclusion Sue Denney should take one of those places. It seems that dressage is the poorer element of there competition but this is still there abouts the same as the other candidates when it is analysed. Looking at cones one of the candidates never had a "Double Clear" How can that be a strong point for the team. If my memory serves me right Sue Denny won as recently as Houpton where she won by having a double clear in the cones to clinch victory.
Is that not a great quality for a represntative of this country? Perfectiion under pressure!
I posted this on the BHDTA Forum to get a nice email saying the matter would be looked into but the poting would be removed. So I thought I would bring what I see as an important discussion into the Public Forum.
I then look back over the last few competition and seasion.
I heard that the judges had been instructed to mark Sue Denney down in her dreassage at the National Championships 2006. If this is true. WHY?
Why was a selection people judging dressage at Farleigh?
Do we want our Country represented by people who will give us the best chance of a medal or who can fling derogatory remarks around about competitors?
The lack of transparency and integrity in this selection process when looked at along side the evidence of the quality of competitor of Sue Denney in recent time begs one question?
Was Selection fair or is there some other explaination?
A Poole
I attended Farleigh Driving Trials looking forward to the final stage of selection for the Pony World Championships in Denmark and hearing the selection results.
I was shocked to be stood at the edge of the Dressage Arena only to turn around when I heard raised voices. When I turned around I say a competitor who was up for selection making derogatory remarks regarding Sue Denny (Who was also up for selection) Is this the team spirit we are to have within our GB Team.
Later on in the weekend the results for the GB pony team were released to my surprise Sue Denney had not been selected. Looking forom the outside this seems somewhat baffling. Three selections were to be made two team members and an individual.
Putting the ream place aside for the moment. To win an individual medal you surley need the most successful and consistent competitor to be represinting our country. Looking at the results over the past 12 months there is only one competitor who fits the bill that is Sue Denney. Looking at the Selection events The same conclusion is blatantly obvious.
We surely should be sending our strongest individual to maximise our chances of winning.
Next lets look at the team places. My understanding is that this is slightly more complex, but whether you look at it from a points basis of over all performance or at the individual elements you still get the same conclusion Sue Denney should take one of those places. It seems that dressage is the poorer element of there competition but this is still there abouts the same as the other candidates when it is analysed. Looking at cones one of the candidates never had a "Double Clear" How can that be a strong point for the team. If my memory serves me right Sue Denny won as recently as Houpton where she won by having a double clear in the cones to clinch victory.
Is that not a great quality for a represntative of this country? Perfectiion under pressure!
I posted this on the BHDTA Forum to get a nice email saying the matter would be looked into but the poting would be removed. So I thought I would bring what I see as an important discussion into the Public Forum.
I then look back over the last few competition and seasion.
I heard that the judges had been instructed to mark Sue Denney down in her dreassage at the National Championships 2006. If this is true. WHY?
Why was a selection people judging dressage at Farleigh?
Do we want our Country represented by people who will give us the best chance of a medal or who can fling derogatory remarks around about competitors?
The lack of transparency and integrity in this selection process when looked at along side the evidence of the quality of competitor of Sue Denney in recent time begs one question?
Was Selection fair or is there some other explaination?
A Poole
