Kingsley Napley takes the digital path with their RDA sponsorship | Medical Negligence and Private Harm Weblog | Kingsley Napley

We’re thrilled to be lending our assist to the Driving for the Disabled Affiliation’s ‘digital’ Nationwide Championships going down this coming weekend – 18 – 19 November.

This follows exhausting on the heels of our sponsorship at RDA’s Nationwide Championships in Hartpury through the summer time, which I totally loved attending . An official RDA highlights video is obtainable right here . On each events, Kingsley Napley’s Scientific Negligence and Court docket of Safety groups sponsor the energetic Countryside Problem occasions.

The digital championships – first developed on account of the pandemic – supply one thing totally different for riders and spectators alike and are the largest equestrian occasion of their form for disabled opponents. The occasion is accessible to all the 413 RDA member teams countrywide.

Opponents undertake numerous occasions of their native driving centres, with the highest three in every class being dwell streamed, mirroring the ‘actual occasion’ and dropped at life by dwell commentary.

Riders take part in a variety of disciplines, together with Vaulting, Carriage Driving, Dressage, Countryside Problem and Musical Journey and Drive. It’s a fantastic alternative for riders impressed by the summer time championships to have the ability to compete of their dwelling enviornment with out the fee and logistical challenges in any other case concerned. No rider has to overlook out.

The digital championships may be considered on the RDA fb web page and on YouTube at @RDANational. They appeal to viewers from all over the world, not solely permitting extra riders to compete but in addition hundreds of individuals to view the occasions.

Countryside Problem

The Countryside Problem is a enjoyable occasion, requiring expertise drawn from dressage and present leaping, which is a agency favorite amongst individuals. The occasion course consists of obstacles for riders to navigate, with totally different actions at every level alongside the way in which, akin to stopping to retrieve a letter and submit it in a submit field, pictured. 

Right here you may watch Lily speak about her expertise of taking part within the Countryside Problem at Hartpury this summer time and the good sense of accomplishment she felt by way of competing. Now, I sit up for following the joy of the competitors this weekend.

Equine therapies

At Kingsley Napley, we’re captivated with supporting the work of the RDA and the good worth that equine therapies can convey to these with a variety of disabilities. Our earlier blogs setting out the advantages of hippotherapy and the way this will relate to our shoppers, may be discovered right here and right here.

Curiously, it isn’t solely driving and hippotherapy that’s provided by the RDA. For instance, it has some 50 teams providing ‘tea with a pony‘ classes for these residing with dementia or different related circumstances, the place driving is probably not appropriate however there may be actual profit from contact with horses.