Lauren became a member of the MGA in May 2009, she has worked hard and shown great commitment allowing her to achieve her goal, representing England at the European Championships. She is looking forward to a fun filled week at Chepstow and wishes the rest of the team the best of luck.

Charlie rides with BANES minis, and in 2009 was 2nd at The Southern Individuals.  Charlie is also a member of Poole & District Pony Club PPC Team. As well as competing at Games he also enjoys his showjumping, having had a very successful season riding at both Olympia and The British Open SJ Championships
Charlie was lucky enough to have his pony Scallywag on loan from a friend for 2 years, and at christmas she was given to him as a christmas present! He is thrilled to have been picked for the team and is really looking forward to the opportunity to ride for England.

My name is Lottie Watson.I Am 10 years old and am 11 on the 14th of December.I have been riding since i was 2
and doing games since i was 5.My other hobbies are running and swimming.I run for the Nuneaton Harriers Athletics club.
I am so grateful to the selectors and Jo Morris for giving me the chance to ride for my country (England).

I have been doing MGA since I was 6 years old. I started riding for Lancashire but now I ride for Dorset. I had Nina on trial in September last year and took her to Cheshire County External Show to try her. She was fab in the ring although she had never done MGA before as she was a jumping pony. She is 17 years old and all I could ask for in a pony. I am in year 7 at school so I am in my last year of Minis. I love singing and have loved performing in lots of musicals and have also just been chosen for my school's athletics team. I feel very proud to be involved in the England Team.

My name is Jordan Peerless and I am 12 years old. My pony Rosie is 12 hands 1 inch, and I have taught her myself to do Mounted Games. I have just moved from minis into juniors, and am doing my first season with Warwickshire.
Last year I came 6th in the World Individuals and 1st in the Southern Individuals.
My hobbies include hockey, hunting, shooting and athletics.I am really excited about this competition.

My name is Katie Barrett, I am 16 years old and my pony’s name is Bambi. I was in the Oakley Hunt West pony club participating on the Show Jumping, Games & Tetrathlon teams. I have ridden at the horse of the Year Show 4 times and won it in 2008, also in 2008 I got selected to ride for England at Royal Windsor Horse Show & Belfast International where we won. This year I am riding for Bedfordshire MGA team & I am very excited to ride at the Europeans with the England team!

Hi, my name is Natasha Elder and I'm 15 years old. I did ride for Devon and Somerset PPC team up to 2009 which was my last year in pony club. With D&S I went to zones and qualified for Horse Of the Year Show 2009, which was an amazing week, Also that year I got selected to ride on England team at Windsor. We were also invited to ride in Ireland later on in the year. I ride for Monmouthshire MGA team on my little chestnut pony Lucy Locket. I have done mounted games for about eight years now and I love it. I am very honoured to ride at the Europeans this year and can't wait to get started. 

Hi my name is James Reis, I am 15 years old and my pony is called Maestro, this is our first season together. I have been riding from the age of 5, participatating in the showjumping, mounted games and cross country team. I have ridden for Poole and District in PPC, competing at area, zones and the National Chapionships, and for South Kent in MGA. This is the first time I have put my name forward for the England Team, and am very excited and honoured to have been chosen to ride at the European Championships. I will do my best and try not to let the team down. 

My name is April Wilson I’m 16 years old, and my pony’s name is TJ. I have been riding since I was 4 years old, when I started pony club. I have been to Horse of the year show three times and won it on one occasion in 2006. I have been doing mga since 2003. Since I have been in Mga I have won the British mini individuals and world mini individuals, two years running mini world pairs champions, I was in the winning England team in France last year and I am current under 15 world individual champion on TJ.

I’m Alex! My wonderful pony, Blue and I are very excited about riding for England again. This is the first European Championships we have been to and cannot wait to enjoy the week with all ages of England and European riders.
I have been on the games circuit for many years,  I ride for Shropshire but also love competing internationally. I have made many great friendships across the World, and hope to make many more during the week in Wales.
When I’m not busy working as a veterinary surgeon or riding Blue, I love to play rugby, drink and have my photos taken with cows!

Hi I'm Danny Spencer, I previously rode for the junior European team at Broadlands, i am very proud to be riding in the open European team, i would like to thank everyone who has helped me during my Mga career. Good luck to everybody competing

Hi, my name’s Craig, I’ve been doing games as long as I can remember. I ride for Warwickshire and have represented England many times. I’m looking forward to riding for England again, with Max my son supporting me from outside the ring.
I’m a farrier, but off duty the week of the Europeans. Good luck to everyone.

Hello Europe! I'm Dean, I have been riding games for about 17 years & still love it as much as I did when I started! I feel honoured to be a part of the England camp at the European championships again, and cant wait to see all the international teams competing in Wales!