FINALIST PROFILE

2021 COACH OF THE YEAR FINALIST

Bianca Veneziano

GENERAL – LEVEL 1
MEET BIANCA

Bianca Veneziano is the owner and operator of her business “Riddells Creek Dressage”, a 9-acre boutique property located in the Macedon Ranges. Bianca is an accredited Equestrian Australia Level 1 General Coach.

Bianca is extremely passionate about coaching, and this is seen on site at competition warmups with her students on a regular basis. She loves helping everyone irrespective of their age, discipline, or level.

Bianca thrives on coaching for consistency through a wholistic approach with the measurement of success being evidenced by her students’ results at official competitions. Her AOR students’ scores reach up to 70% and her Young Riders up to 85%.

Some of the EV yearly activities she is privileged to be involved in include the Victorian Young Rider Dressage Squad, Young Ambassador Coach 2020 & 2021, and Balcombe Grammar School Equestrian Coach.

Bianca is also an active contributor/volunteer to the sport outside of coaching & training, she is a current member of the Equestrian Victoria Coaching Committee & ongoing Sponsor of the Youth Victorian Dressage Championships annually.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

JUDGING CRITERIA
  • Results and performance of athletes/teams coached by the nominee
  • Level of competition – state, national and/or international
  • Contribution to the wider coaching community within their sport - mentoring, etc.
HOW TO VOTE

Before casting your vote we’d like you to get to know our finalists by reading their profiles below.

You’ll also need your membership number, so have it handy when you’re ready to make your selections. We also ask that you look at the criteria listed for each category and use these points to make your decision – remember, it’s not about just being a nice person!

When you are ready to cast your vote, simply click on the VOTE NOW button.

VOTING ELIGIBILITY

You must have been a financial member at some point during the period 2020/2021 membership year to be eligible to cast a vote. You are only able to submit ONE voting form per category. The following will be deemed void and will be removed:

  • duplicate votes in a category by the same member
  • unfinancial members (as per time period above)
  • invalid or incorrect membership numbers

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