Bursary for five young showjumpers

Jump Canada has announced he immature athletes who convey been named 2011 Bursary recipients. 

In recognition of the difficulty that immature riders confront every bit they strive to proceed their instruction spell every bit good competing at high levels of equestrian sport, Jump Canada developed the Bursary programme for athletes aged 14-21 inwards the hunter, jumper together with equitation divisions.  Since its inception inwards 2002, the Jump Canada Bursary Program has been made possible past times a leadership donation of $5,000 from the Samuel Group of Companies.  Jump Canada matches that donation to offering a total of $10,000 inwards bursary monies.

“The Jump Canada Bursary Program has a proud history of success inwards encouraging the youth of our sport,” said Mark Samuel, who helped institute the Jump Canada Bursary Program together with is a fellow member of the Committee.  “Investing inwards the hereafter of our athletes is 1 of the best usages of our Jump Canada funds.”

The next immature athletes were awarded Jump Canada Bursaries inwards the total of $2000 each.

Finishing mo inwards the Jump Canada Medal together with 4th inwards CET Medal at the 2011 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Horse Show is sure as shooting an accomplishment that Zoe Beckerman, 17, of Toronto, Ontario, should endure really proud of achieving. But for 2012, Beckerman’s goal is to win both classes together with stand upward for Ontario at the North American Junior Young Riders Championships. Horses are her passion, together with Beckerman has been really dedicated to pursuing her dreams, both equestrian together with education. Upon completing her final yr of high school, Beckerman plans on attention academy to pursue a score inwards engineering.

Starting lunge-line lessons at the historic menstruum of three, Emily Newman, 20, of Kingston, Ontario, caught the riding põrnikas from her aunt, who pose her on a Equus caballus at the really immature historic menstruum of eighteen months. Since the historic menstruum of eight, Newman has been at the barn riding together with working almost every day. After competing inwards the Kingston expanse for a few years, Newman decided to pass the 2011 exhibit flavor every bit a working student. Training alongside Anne together with Scott Mckay at Green Haven Stables, Newman competed inwards the Adult Amateur Hunter Division together with finished the flavor inwards the Low Junior/Amateur Hunter division. Newman, a Queen’s University student, has short-term goals which include earning her Masters inwards Library Science together with qualifying for the Royal Horse Show inwards the 3’6 Amateur Owner Hunter division.

A pony ride at Herman Park Stables inwards Houston, Texas started the riding career of Evan Phinney, 18, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Back at domicile inwards Halifax, Phinney joined the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers at the historic menstruum of seven. Through the Lancers riding schoolhouse program, Phinney has exceed away a really good rounded horseperson who is knowledgeable almost all aspects of Equus caballus care, maintenance together with riding. In 2011, Phinney competed on a Lancer schoolhouse Equus caballus at Equine Canada Gold competitions inwards the 1.0m jumper division. In 2012, Phinney is planning on moving upward to the 1.20m jumper divisions, competing inwards the CET medal classes together with attention academy inwards the fall.

Meagan Beunder, 15, get-go became interested inwards exhibit jumping when she was v years of historic menstruum when she would attend Spruce Meadows Tournaments alongside her mom every bit a spectator. At the historic menstruum of 10, Beunder, a resident of Calgary, Alberta, started to ride together with chop-chop progressed from the cross-rail partition to the 1.15m jumper classes. In 2011, Beunder demonstrated her versatility every bit a passenger past times winning both hunter together with jumper classics at the gilded level. With a goal of representing Canada at the international level, Beunder every bit good has plans to pursue a academy score inwards work organisation administration in 1 lawsuit she completes high school.

At the historic menstruum of 20, Miranda Travers-Cavill, of Claremont, Ontario, has compiled a substantial total of international riding experience. In 2003, Travers-Cavill was 1 of xvi Canadians who qualified to attend the FEI Children’s International Jumping Final, which was held for the get-go fourth dimension inwards Canada at Spruce Meadows. The next yr she was selected every bit a fellow member of the Canadian Childrens’ Jumper Team that attended the International Children together with Junior Classique inwards South Africa. Travers-Cavill was every bit good a fellow member of the Ontario Junior Team that won the bronze medal at the North American Junior Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC) inwards 2009, where she every bit good finished inwards 7th house individually. In 2011, Travers-Cavill moved upward to the senior flat becoming a fellow member of the Ontario Young Riders’ Team at NAJYRC. With the goal of becoming a professional person passenger alongside her ain exhibit facility, this dedicated immature passenger is currently completing an entrepreneurial together with pocket-size work organisation programme at Seneca College

Each year, Jump Canada selects worthy recipients of its Bursary programme based on the describe of applications received.  Elements considered inwards the application procedure include a transcript of grades together with outline of academic curriculum; hereafter educational plans; equestrian experience; commitment together with dedication to their sport; a positive picture inside the sport; achievement of notable contest results, whether at the local, regional or national level; goals inside the equestrian industry; together with fiscal need.

 

 

 

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