P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Dear Provincial, Discipline presidents and transformation chairperson,
Our meeting of Saturday has turned the whole equestrian sport around. We will need to
adhere to the requirements and the implementation of the new constitution, but Rome
was not built in a day. The most significant change is that there will no longer be
Discipline Associations and the disciplines will be run as technical committees.
Additionally, it is important that the technical committees be duplicated at provincial and
regional level, where the disciplines are being practiced. Shows will also no longer be
organized by the Discipline Associations, but by Technical committees pertaining to the
relevant code, under the authorization of the provinces. Discipline Associations, as they
no longer will exist, can also no longer canvass for membership as all Equestrian
competitors will belong to clubs, regions, provinces and SAEF nationally directly.
A big worry is that the sport cannot stop in the meantime. We have a World Equestrian
Games to prepare for and local competitions still need to proceed as well. The SAEF as it
currently staffed, is not discipline orientated, nor is our current provinces and regions.
This issue in future shall be addressed via the various Technical committees, but this is
not yet currently the case and is a work in progress. The SAEF also definitely does not
currently have the staff to take over the specific discipline duties as well, nor do we have
the budget for same. It will be important, for the continuity of our various discipline
competitions in the various provinces, that we still utilize the services of our current
discipline provincial committees as they are to become the technical discipline
committees within the provinces under the authority of the provincial federations.
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Some of the smaller provinces does not have the number of competitors to justify the
appointment of staff at this stage, but other provinces, for example possibly Gauteng and
Natal has such a vast number of competitors that staff will have to be appointed for them
as well, although there is no budget or funding model yet in place. This will have to be
addressed shortly.
Polo again, although one of the smaller disciplines, have done a great amount of work in
securing sponsorship for their specific discipline. The equestrian world, and specifically
the Polo players cannot afford to suffer by losing these sponsorships and funding of their
sport, nor the expertise of the persons who is handling all of these issues and work
surrounding Polo as is the case with the other disciplines.
It will be unfair and unacceptable on a specific equestrian competitor, if money that is
paid or obtained from example the Tentpegger is utilized for Polo X. Nor will it be fair if
specific sponsorships is obtained for example Polo and utilized for Jumping.
Staff with the specific expertise to handle the extra burden/work that will now undoubtedly
be placed on the SAEF national and provincial federations, is available from the
Discipline Associations, but the funding will be an issue currently.
Provinces must ensure a new provincial constitution to be in line with the SAEF national
constitution and banking accounts will have to be opened, over which proper control will
have to be utilized. Additionally, we need to ensure that money received for Jumping is
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
utilized for Jumping etc. Thus funds received from specific discipline competitors must be
ring fenced to be utilized for the specific expenses and requirements of that discipline.
This should not be difficult and should be easily attainable.
The following will be the SAEF disciplines as they currently are:
SAEF Carriage Driving
SAEF Dressage
SAEF Equitation
SAEF Eventing
SAEF Showing
SAEF Show Jumping
SAEF Vaulting
SAEF Endurance
SAEF Equestrian Saddle Seat
SAEF Tent Pegging
SAEF Polocrosse
SAEF Polo
SAEF Western Mounted Games
SAEF Reigning, Western Performance/Dressage
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Registration of the riders will be paramount and hopefully we will shortly be able to provide
a new registration system that can assist the clubs with registration.
We have decided as a way forward, that all old SAEA clubs will pay a preliminary R 100
of which R 50 will go to the Province and R 50 to SAEF national to ensure that clubs will
have a voting right. The other discipline clubs are fully paid up for the year. Voting is to
be done within the regions to create a regional structure and then at provincial level too
and lastly at national level.
Still we need to realize that some of our equestrian competitors have fully paid their
affiliation fees for 2014 and yet others, like the old SAEA disciplines, have only paid up to
31 July 2014. To bring these competitors in line it is suggested that a pro rata registration
fee is paid for the period August to December 2014.
The suggested fee is as follows:
SAEF Levy National
Non FEI Disciplines
R 123.50 inclusive of VAT
FEI Disciplines
R 156.75 inclusive of VAT
Club fee (50% to province and 50% to national)
R 100.00 inclusive of VAT
Discipline fees
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Carriage Driving
-
Driving member Adult
R 145.83
-
Children and junior member
R 62.50
Dressage
-
Adult Graded member
R 166.66
-
Adult Entry level member
R 41.66
-
Children and Junior members
R 41.66
Equitation
-
Adult Graded member
R 41.66
-
Adult Entry member
R 20.83
-
Children and Junior member
R 20.83
Eventing
-
All Entry Level member
R 41.66
-
Graded Junior and Children member
R 104.16
-
Adult Amateur member
R 156.25
-
Adult Professional member
R 270.83
Showing
-
Entry Level Pony Rider, Junior, Adult
R 20.83
-
Children and Junior member
R 20.83
-
Adult
R 41.66
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Show Jumping
-
All Entry Level member
R 41.66
-
Graded Junior and Children member
R 104.16
-
Adult Amateur member
R 156.25
-
Adult Professional member
R 270.83
Vaulting
-
Social Member
R 20.83
-
Entry Level Member
R 62.50
-
Full Member
R 250
It is also important that we now already touch on the affiliation fees for 2015. We should
seriously think of how we can save our competitors money and still ensure that sufficient
money is received to ensure proper administration of the specific disciplines/technical
committees. It is imperative that sponsorship that is received for a specific discipline is
ring fenced and utilized for that specific discipline.
It may be prudent to introduce a sliding scale for the specific discipline fees that a SAEF
equestrian competitor competes in.
The suggested sliding scale is:
1 Discipline
full price
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
2 Disciplines
2/3 of each affiliation fee
3 Disciplines and more
1/3 of each affiliation fee
Hopefully by 1 January 2015 a proper registration process and system will have been
tested and all equestrian competitors will register again.
The suggested sliding scale will immediately ensure that costs for our competitors are
saved.
In regards to the horse societies that still have money of members, it was decided that the
money will be paid over to the provincial federations as soon as bank accounts have been
opened and funds accumulated for specific disciplines will be ring fenced for the utilization
of that specific discipline in that province. Each provincial federation will have to have its
own banking account and good corporate governance must be adhered to, so as to ensure
the protection of the members. Also funds currently held by the Discipline Associations on
behalf of the provincial members will also be paid over to the provinces, but again must be
ring fenced for utilization for those specific disciplines. Funds held by the Discipline
Associations for national will be paid over to the SAEF nationally, but again must be ring
fenced and utilized for that specific discipline.
It will take a lot of effort to make this process work and flow smoothly, but if we all work
together, an optimal result can be achieved.
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
P.O. Box 30617, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
Physical Address: South African Equestrian Federation, No 1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Telephone: +27 11 468 3236 Fax: +27 11 468 3238 Email: admin@saef.org.za
Yours Sincerely,
_______________
Dewald Villoen
Acting President SAEF
South African Equestrian Federation:
Acting President: Dewald Villoen. Acting Vice President: Clive Peddle. Treasurer: Tana Martini. Secretary
General: Wessel Strauss.
NPO:071-702
VAT: 4700262068
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