LAUSANNE – 24.01.2014

Polish Equestrian Federation

Welcome

Risk Management in Poland

Polish Equestrian Federation make an active support and endorsement for all FEI Eventing risk management actions.

Principal:

- The education system

- Constant control of the safety standarts

Marcin Konarski – President of Polish Eventing Committee Tomasz Mossakowski - Safety Officer of Polish Equestrian Federation

Polish eventing committee

In Poland we have a committee that manages the eventing discipline.

Committee consist of very experienced persons: 3 olimpic riders, organizers of big competitions, TD’s, Judge – 6 peoples together.

The Target of committee is: safety and education.

The education system – good experience

• We have central system for

schooling all officials :

- TD’s

- CD’s

- Judges

- Stewards

- OC

• Schooling is on the high level

• We cooperated with GES

Education as a key factor of safety improvement

1) Professional trainings and seminaries for riders and

trainers,

2) Appointment of national team trainer in junior and young

rider category,

3) Key role of Eventing Committee which coordinates the

participation in competition of all riders in senior category,

4) Professional trainings for TD and cross country course

designers – national licenses system,

5) Conferences with experts.

The action planning for 2014 – education, promotion and monitoring

Educating the equestrian sport community and fans in order to make people understand The Safety Eventing programmers and The Safety Horse program.

We are planning:

• Conference open for all eventing people - January

• Seminar for national CD and TD – February

• Clinics for Juniors and YR – 10 x (including clinics open for all eager to learn)

• Seminars for judges with obligatory panel: a risk management

Most important

Most important is schooling juniors, young riders and trainers.

We have the national trainer for juniors and young riders. Each year we have a few central clinics for J &YR.

Clinic with the best polish rider - Mr. Paweł Spisak

Training young riders

Safety provisions in Polish Eventing Rules:

Safety provisions

CLASS

LL/80cm/

and

L/100cm/

CLASS

P/105cm/ CNC1* CNC2 * CNC3*

has to have bronze Equestrian Badge

has to have bronze Equestrian Badge

has to have silver Equestrian Badge

has to have silver Equestrian Badge

has to have silver Equestrian Badge

minimum 2 MER

2x L

Or 1 x L

plus 2 x LL

minimum 2 MER

2 x P

Or 1 x P

plus 2 x L

minimum 3 MER

3 x CNC1

Or 2 x CNC1 plus 1 x P

minimum 2 MER

2 x CNC2

Equestrian Badge

Basic Equestrian Badge :

- Practical Exam : service horse, dressage –

short programme , jumping test on the 70 cm course

- Theoretical Exam

Safety provisions

It is possible to conduct, during a competition, a training on the water obstacles of the cross-country course - in presence of officials chosen by the technical delegate and under the stewards supervision, in LL /90 cm/ and L /100 cm/ classes only.

The Horse can only cross the water fence on this training in walk.

Safety provisions

• Other rules for national class :

• - speed limit in 80 – 100 cm competition – time shorter then optimum time minus 30 sec – extra 1 point / sec

• - speed limit in 105 cm competition – time shorter then optimum time minus 20 sec – extra 1 point / sec

• Yellow and red card

In our opinion the consciousness of all groups riders, trainers and officials still growing. General we reduce problem of dangerous riding.

Safety provisions

Good experience – National competitions

Good management

Good standard:

- organizations

- XC design

- XC building

- qualifications checked by NF

- good supervision

-number of National Competition is on really International level

Bad experience - Regional competitions

Unfortunately we have some problems with regional (small) competitions.

We are under pressure from the owners of horses, novice riders and local activists. They want to organize competition without any standards, but near the home and very cheep.

Examples of standards at regional competition

Ambulance on the regional show jumping competition

Provisional fences

Examples of standards at regional competition

Examples of standards at regional competition

Examples of standards at regional competition

Only one steward on the regional one day competition can’t do anything

FEI Support

We need the support also from FEI. The best solution would be to develop by FEI standards for small competition, for example:

• The minimum number of officials,

• Ambulance – standard, etc.

Thank you for attention