When two or more members form a partnership for exhibition purposes the following will apply.
A. Partnerships should be formed to commence on the 1st January of any year.
i. But should a partnership be formed part way through the show season any points gained by the individual members before this will be forfeited.
ii. But should a partnership be formed part way through the show season then any Novice or Junior Wins gained will still count.
B. The partnership will exhibit in the highest status obtained by any member of the partnership. (i.e. If two Novice exhibitors and one Champion exhibitor form a partnership, then the partnership will exhibit in the Champion Section. If a Champion exhibitor and a Junior exhibitor form a partnership, then the partnership will exhibit in the Champion Section.)
C. If a partnership is formed from Novice exhibitors then the Novice Wins to Champion Status already gained by the individual members of the partnership will be added together to give the total number of Novice Wins for the partnership. (i.e. If 3 existing Novice members form a partnership, then if one of these Novices has 1 win, another 2 wins, and the third 2 wins, then the partnership starts with 5 wins.)
i. Should the total exceed 7 wins then the partnership can continue exhibiting in the Novice Section only until the longest exhibiting member of the partnership has been exhibiting in the Novice Section for five years.
ii. Should a junior exhibitor and a Novice exhibitor form a partnership, then any Junior wins gained by the Junior exhibitor will NOT be added to any Novice wins already gained by the Novice exhibitor to give the total Novice wins gained by the partnership. Only the wins gained by the Novice exhibitor will count towards promotion to the champion Status.
D. Should a partnership be formed by Junior exhibitors then the Junior wins gained by the individual members will be added together to give the total number of wins for the partnership.
i. Should the total exceed 7 wins then the partnership is automatically promoted to the Novice Section.
ii. When a partnership breaks up.
A. Partnerships should be dissolved on the 31st December each year.
i. But should a partnership be dissolved part way through the show season then any points gained by the partnership will be forfeited.
ii. But should a partnership be dissolved part way through the show season then any Novice wins gained by the partnership that show season will still count.
B. Individual members must continue exhibiting in the same status as the partnership.
i. If the partnership was exhibiting in the champion Section the individual members of the partnership must continue exhibiting in the Champion Section, they cannot revert back to exhibiting in the Novice or Junior Sections.
ii. If the partnership was exhibiting in the Novice Section, and one of the members of the partnership was a junior member then they all have to continue exhibiting in the Novice Section.
C. If the partnership was exhibiting in the Novice Section, but has gained promotion to the Champion Status, then the individual members will start exhibiting in the Champion Section following the same time scale as the partnership. (i.e. If they have gained all the Novice Wins to Champion Status, but are waiting to complete five years in the Novice Section.)
i. This also applies to a junior partnership that has gained promotion to a higher status.
D. If the partnership was exhibiting in the Novice Section, then each individual member will start with the same number of Novice Wins to Champion Status as already gained by the partnership. (i.e. If when a partnership breaks up it has gained 5 Novice wins, and the partnership consisted of three individuals, then each of these individuals will start with 5 Novice Wins to Champion.)
i. This also applies to a partnership exhibiting in the Junior Section, each individual member will continue with the same number of Junior Wins as already gained by the partnership.
