NAF ASSOCIATE SPONSOR OF GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIP

NAF Announce New Associate Sponsorship
British Eventing are pleased to announce that leading equine supplement company, NAF (Natural Animal Feeds) are set to become Associate Sponsors of the Mitsubushi Motors Grassroots Championships in 2010.

NAF are already well known within British Eventing as title sponsors of the British Eventing NAF Five Star Jump Training winter series for the second consecutive year.

Recognized as one of the most respected and well known Equine supplement manufacturers, NAF have over 25 years experience in using proven ingredients found in nature and creating unique effective formulations. NAF pride themselves on their unparalleled commitment to quality. NAF are also official suppliers to the British Equestrian Team, which enables riders from all British Team disciplines to use NAF products, under the direction of their Team Vets.

In an exciting development for amateur riders, the new venue for the popular Grassroots Championships will be the illustrious Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. The Championships will bring together successful riders from BE90 and BE100 regional finals from around the country to contest the overall finals.

To gain a place in the regional finals, combinations had to finish in the top 10% of normal BE90 or BE100 sections held at BE events between July 2008 and July 2009. The BE90 and BE100 series runs at competitions with fences at 90cm and 1 metre respectively and culminates in a Championship which has now been running for five years. The demand for the BE90 and BE100 championships came about due to expansion of the sport at grassroots level, hence the next step was to celebrate this growth by means of a championship which is now the ‘Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Festival.’

Says Tracey Lloyd, Sponsorship Manager, NAF: "We are thrilled to have set up this agreement and to be associated with Mitsubushi Motors and Badminton Horse Trials in such an exciting and eagerly anticipated initiative as the Grassroots Festival.  We are always keen to support enthusiastic amateur riders in their chosen sport, and, intend to offer as much expert advice and help with equine nutrition as we can to the Grassroots riders in their campaign to have their horses fit, healthy and ready to compete."

The BE90 Regional finals for the 2011 Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships will start at Skipton on the 7th August; the BE100 Regional Finals will commence on the 18th August at Shelford Manor (2).

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For more information on NAF products see http://www.naf-uk.com/

To find out more about this year’s Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championship or the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials go to:

http://www.mitsubishimotors-grassroots.co.uk/  or   http://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/