National Championships Volunteers

Welcome to the Championships Volunteers page!

Find out everything you need to know about volunteering at our National Championships this Summer.

If you could spare a morning, afternoon or even a couple of hours please consider joining us this year. There are role descriptions, so check them out and see if any of them would be of interest to you. You can also find the sign up links below.

Register and Sign Up
Achieve your YELA awards
Roles and Descriptions

Register and Sign Up here!

This can be done via our new volunteers platform, where you can also sign up for the shifts you would like to do. If you would like to Volunteer for the whole day, please ensure you sign up for both the AM and PM shifts. If you have any problems signing up please email enquiries@pcuk.org

 

Register and Sign Up here!

Gain some valuable hours towards your YELA awards!

This is a great opportunity for all YELA participants to gain hours towards your Young Equestrian Leaders Award, or it is the perfect way to get started with it if you haven’t already! Pony Club Members are able to complete their Bronze award free of charge. To find out more visit our website page via the link below.

It would be great to have YELA Teams to take on a ring for a half or full day as the Arena Party in the show jumping ring or runners for the dressage arenas, they could be from the same Branch or Centre or a mixed team.  Minimum age requirement for the show jumping arena party is 16.

This is also a great opportunity for Silver participants, as volunteering at Championships will enable you to complete option B in section 2 of the award.

Young Equestrian Leaders Award Sign Up for YELA here!

Roles Available and Descriptions

  • Buggy Driver – Responsible for transporting people around the site following a set route with designated stops. You must 18 years old and hold a clean UK Driving Licence.
  • Arena Party – Replace fallen poles quickly and safely, and remove any droppings from the Show Jumping ring. Also responsible for assisting the Course Builder to modify or rebuild the course, this will involve heavy lifting. This role is not suitable for anyone with back issues.
  • Reception Desk – Duties will include providing information to competitors and guests as well as giving out test sheets and stable plaques to competitors. This role will be located in the Hub.
  • Endurance Fun Ride Crossing Steward – Responsible for monitoring the participants as they pass designated check points along the Fun Ride route.
  • Crossing Steward – Responsible for ensuring riders and pedestrians move around the site safely, especially where there is likely to be vehicle access. This will include the day parking area adjacent to the stables, and the horse walk. You must be 18 years old and above.
  • Bun Run Assistant – You will help dispatch lunches and refreshments around the site to volunteers and officials. Must be at least 18 years old and hold a full clean UK driving licence to drive the buggy.
  • Endurance Fun Ride Starting Steward – Assist and follow the instruction of the Official Starting Steward on the day. Mark riders off as they start and mark them off when they come back/finish.  Starting Stewards will need to communicate with the other Stewards around the course via walkie talkie.
  • Show Jumping Collecting Ring Steward – Responsible for ensuring competitors are kept informed of the running order of the event, calling out competitors numbers as their turn comes.
  • Dressage Score Collector – You will work as part of a team who collect the score efficiently from the judges and deliver them to the score box.
  • Dressage Score Addition – You will be part of a team to calculate and the scores as they come in.
  • Dressage Score Input – You will be part of a team to input the scores into the system as they are received.
  • Dressage Arena Steward – Responsible for ensuring competitors are kept informed of the running order of the event, calling out competitors numbers as their turn comes.
  • Musical Ride Arena Steward – Responsible for ensuring competitors are kept informed of the running order of the event, calling out competitors numbers as their turn comes.
  • Score Addition – You will be part of a team to calculate and the scores as they come in, part of a team checking Dressage Scores.
  • Musical Ride Music Operator – Responsible for collecting and playing competitors music for the Musical Ride.
  • Musical Rider Commentator – A specialist role.  A keen knowledge of the discipline and the technical sound equipment is essential. You will be responsible for announcing the competitors and giving a brief summary of each teams entry.
  • Score Collector – As Score Collector you will work as part of a team who collect the score efficiently from the judges and deliver them to the score box.
  • Musical Ride Music Operator – The Music Operator will be responsible for collecting and playing competitors music for the Musical Ride.
  • Musical Ride Commentator – The Musical Ride Commentator is a specialist role.  A keen knowledge of the discipline and the technical sound equipment is essential.  You will be responsible for announcing the competitors and giving a brief summary of each teams entry.
  • Score Collector – As Score Collector you will work as part of a team who collect the score efficiently from the judges and deliver them to the score box.
  • Horse & Pony Care – Score Collector – Support the assessors by collecting scoresheets after every round and deliver them to the scorers.
  • Horse and Pony Care Time Keeper – Help keep the competition running to time! Keep an eye on the clock to make sure the correct competition intervals are followed during and between rounds.
  • Horse & Pony Care Scorer – Tally up the scoresheets and upload them onto Pony Club Results.
  • Horse and Pony Care Refreshments – Deliver refreshments and biscuits to the members during the refreshment break of the competition, as well as the assessors and volunteers throughout the competition.
  • Eventing Fence Judge – Fence Judges will be responsible for monitoring competitors as they go around the Cross Country course and communicating any incidents to control via radio.
  • Cross Country Score Collector – Cross Country Score Collectors will pick up the score sheets from the fence judges situated around the course at intervals throughout the day.
  • Eventing Cross Country Road Crossing Steward – Cross Country Road Crossing Stewards will be responsible for ensuring the safety of competitors and users of road and public footpath alike at the point they cross over the course.  This role is open to 18+ only, pairs will be allocated on the morning.
  • General Student Vet Passport Check – Passport Checks will be carried out in the stable area during the course of each day of the Championships including the set up day and change over day.  Competitors will be requested at random to have there passport and horse or pony ready for checks to be carried out.