Who are Riding Clubs in Scotland?

Riding Clubs in Scotland is the body that represents riding clubs as a member of the Scottish Equestrian Association.

The committee of Riding Clubs in Scotland is made up of members of the two Scottish Area Committees.

Riding Clubs that have affiliated to British Riding Clubs are organized geographically into Areas. Area 1 is the south of Scotland. Area 22 is the north of Scotland

The role of the Area is to co-ordinate inter-club activity, especially competitions and training, to assist Clubs in their work and to communicate between Clubs and British Riding Clubs.

Each Area has a Liaison Committee made up of a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Training Officer who serve for 2 to 3 years. There is also a Liaison Officer who sits on the Riding Clubs National Executive Committee. To find out who these people are, look at the Area 1 details page or the Area 22 details page

Each year, the Areas hold a series of competitions where riding club members compete as teams and individuals. (They are actually organized and run by individual Riding Clubs within each Area.) These competitions are qualifiers for the British Riding Clubs National Championships. The disciplines incolved are equitation jumping, show jumping, riders test, dressage, eventing and hunter trials.

Riding Clubs in Scotland also organizes the Caledonia Championships. This annual event alternates between eventing (organized by Area 22)and dressage/show jumping (organized by Area 1). It is a competition for teams and individuals and is the highlight of the Scottish calendar for Riding Clubs.

About Area 1

Area 1 has nearly 40 Riding Clubs within its realm which makes it one of the largest Areas in the BRC.

Area 1 details page

About Area 22

With a geographical spread from the Shetlands to Fife, Area 22 riding club members spend a lot of time travelling to get to competitions!

There are 25 clubs in the Area.

Area 22 details page