Dear equestrian friends,
we wish to invite your disabled riders to the first international event which we will hold in Italy from the 23rd to the 26th of July in Casorate Sempione, near Milan.
We will be happy to welcome you to our 1 star event in the beatiful venue of the Casor-ate Riding Club, situCasor-ated in the pristine woods of the Ticino Natural Park, situCasor-ated only 15 minutes from Milan Malpensa Airport.
Our first international FEI Paraequestrian competition rests on many years’ experience in organizing national competitions for the disabled, and in the venue’s high profile in or-ganizing national and international Dressage, Three-Day-Eventing and Endurance com-petitions.
We are honoured in having had Jonquil Solt, OBE, past Chairman of the FEI Paraeques-trian Committee, and Jane Goldsmith, her successor, to accept to be TD and Judge in our competition.
Having completed this year the transition from our NPC to our National Able-Bodied Federation, FISE, we have prepared for your riders a technically challenging event, which will be held outdoors in a shaded and beautiful wooded area.
We also invite participants to join in our social program, which includes a welcome cocktail for all, a gala dinner in a medieval castle, music and mounted Carabinieri pres-entations, not forgetting that Lake Maggiore is just 20 kilometers away from the venue. You will find details and logistic information in the following program, and the official FEI approved schedule on www.fise.it ; altre discipline; programmi. For more info, you can contact the Event Secretary, Catie Scaioni Connor, email catie.cheval@tin.it.
Best regards,
Danilo Maestrello, President
Guya Mina ( email guyam@tiscali.it)
CPEDI 1* Casorate Sempione (Varese)
International F.E.I. Paraequestrian Dressage 1* Competition
23rd-26th July, 2009
The official program in English, approved by FEI, and the First entry form for Na-tionals are available on the website www.fise.it
( discipline/ equitazione paralimpica/ programmi)
Venue
The competition will take place in the showgrounds of the Casorate Riding Club in Somma Lombardo (province of Varese), in a wooded area included in the Ticino Natural Park. The training and competitions arenas include:
3 20x60 arenas, 2 20x40 arenas, 1 50x50 arena (sand), sandtracks, grazing area, lunge facilities.
Marquee restaurant, free parking area, 60 looseboxes, classification area, etc Tests
Team test of every Grade; alternatively, G1a test 2, G1b test 10, G 2 test 21,G3 test 31, G4 test 40
Championship test of every Grade; alternatively G1a test 3,G1b test 11, G2 test 22, G3 test 32,G4 test 41
Freestyle of every Grade
FEI Officials
Gorund Jury:mrs Katherine Ferguson Lucheschi;mrs Jane Goldsmith;mrs Nicoletta Mil-anese
Technical Delegate and Chief Steward: mrs Jonquil Solt, OBE. Chief Classifier: dr. Christa Walter; classifier, ft Valentina Giussani Veterinarian Delegate: dr. Alessandro Centinaio
Technical Secretary
mrs Catie Scaioni Connor (catie.cheval@tin.it, fax +39/0331.1989128, tel +39/333.5253966)
Draft Daily Program Wendsday 22nd
• 9 am stables open for horses’ arrival
• 9 am Secretary’s offices opens for competitors’ arrival • 6 pm timetables for Thursday the 23rd available Thursday the 23rd
• 10 am Classifications start. • 12 am starting orders’ draw.
• all day: training in assigned arenas • 4 pm trot up
• 6 pm chefs d’équipe/instructors meeting
• to follow: Opening ceremony and Welcome cocktail for all on the eshowground Friday the 24th
• 9 am competiton starts (Team tests; tests 2,10,21,31,40 to follow) • all day: training in the assigned arenas
• 7 pm chefs d’èquipe meeting Saturday the 25th
• 9 am competiton starts (Championship tests;tests 3,11,22,32,41 to follow) • all day: training in assigned arenas
• 6 pm prizegiving days 23rd and 24th of July
• 8.30 pm Gala dinner in Somma Lombardo’s Visconti di san Vito Castle Sunday the 26th
• 9 am competition starts (Freestyle tests)
• to follow: prizegiving ceremony; Closing ceremony.
Entry fee for horse and rider: 270 euro. (extra horse: 100 euro)
The fee includes:
1. stabling with first bed (shavings) from the 22nd to the 26th 2. entry fees for 3 competitions
3. meals on the showground from the 23rd to the 26th
4. Welcome cocktail on the 23rd and Gala dinner on the 25th 5. international classification visit if needed
6. transport from and to Milan Malpensa airport on the 23rd and 26th, and shuttle venue/listed hotels during the event
Accomodation
Competitors and/or NF must arrange their own accomodation.
• Hilton Garden Inn Malpensa, Somma Lombardo, agreed : 12 rooms accessible to the disabled- Fees B/B per night: single 45 euro, double 60 euro.
www.milanmalpensa.hgi.com
• Domina Inn Milano Malpensa, Somma Lombardo, agreed: 5 rooms accessible to the disabled- Fees per room per night: single 70 euro, double 80 euro.
www.dominahotels.com
• Hotel Ristorante Cervo, Somma Lombardo loc. Case Nuove, partially accesible roms- Fees per room per night: single 65 euro, double 80 euro. www.hotelcervo.it How to get there
Milan Malpensa International Airport is 15 minutes away forn the showground( Rid-ing Club di Casorate Sempione, Somma Lombardo, Varese province). By car: Milan- Varese motorway, Busto Arsizio exit heading towards Malpensa . Casorate Sem-pione exit, turn left in “via per Casorate”; at the lights straight on, straight on after the stop sign. At the next stop sign turn left in “via s. Giorgio”, and proceed on gravel road following ‘Campo san Giorgio’ signs.
Entries
On the attached entry form at the following dates: Nominated entries close: 30th of June
Definite entries close: 10th of July
Last day for substitutions: 20th of July
Entry fees must be paid with the definite entries to the order of:
Comitato organizzatore Guppo equestre della Brughiera- Banca Popolare di
Bergamo, agenzia Casorate Sempione, IBAN: IT86 I 05428 50100 00000000 4676. BIC :BEPOIT21
Entry forms must be sent to the Secretary’s Office together with a copy of the FEI PE Identitiy Card or IPEC ID Card: catie.cheval@tin.it, fax+39/ 0331.1989128, tel +39/333.5253966. If the riders needs an International classification he must state so in the form.
