Please read this document carefully before using the showdiary.co.uk site.

Nothing in this document affects your statutory rights as a consumer. You can learn about your statutory rights by contacting your local trading standards office or citizens' advice bureau.

Introduction

Welcome to showdiary.co.uk. This site is owned and operated by Charles Owen & Company (Bow) Limited, trading as showdiary.co.uk. We strive to offer all our members a reliable and excellent level of service. If you have any queries please contact us at enquiries@showdiary.co.uk or write to us at Royal Works, Croesfoel Industrial Park, Wrexham, LL14 4BJ and we will do our best to help.

Application of these Rider Terms

If you are a rider and wish to use this site to book an event listed here ("Event") then you will need to become a rider member of this site ("Rider Member"). If you wish to organise an event then click here to be transported to the correct part of this site. These terms of use ("Rider Terms") apply to all Rider Members and all services which we make available to Rider Members from time to time on this website ("Rider Services") and by clicking on the words "I agree" below, you agree to accept and be bound by these Rider Terms. We are only prepared to allow you to access and use this site as a Rider Member if you accept these terms. If you have any queries about these terms then e-mail us at enquiries@showdiary.co.uk.

You should read these Rider Terms carefully, and we recommend that you print a copy for your own records - click here to view a printer friendly version.

We may change, add to or remove parts of these Rider Terms at any time but if we do so then we will post such changes on our site or send them to you by e-mail. The most up to date version of these Rider Terms can be viewed by pressing refresh or reload on your browser. If you find these Rider Terms or any updates of them unacceptable, then you may cancel your membership by sending an e-mail to cancel@showdiary.co.uk. If you continue to use this site and/or any Rider Services then this will indicate that you accept these terms and the changes to them.

The Rider Services

The Rider Services shall be as described in this website from time to time. We may modify, improve, suspend or discontinue the Rider Services or any aspect of them which we are willing to provide to you at any time with or without notice and without liability.

We shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that all Event applications which are placed with us are promptly communicated to the relevant Event organiser ("Organiser"). showdiary.co.uk's entire liability in relation to any failure by it to promptly communicate such application shall be for showdiary.co.uk to re-process your application if you so request.

Membership Application and Entry to Events

When you complete and submit your first application through this site we will consider it and if we accept it we will confirm this by e-mail to you. Following acceptance we will forward your application to the Organiser so that they can consider it.

If the Organiser accepts your application then they will send you confirmation by e-mail, fax or post or contact you by telephone. If you haven't received confirmation within 7 days before the Event then you should contact the Organiser by telephone (their details will be in the show diary). If you send your application less than 7 days before the Event then you should contact the Organiser by telephone the day after you submit your entry. You will only be entered in the Event once you have received confirmation by e-mail or telephone so it is vital that you monitor this.

Entry to an Event will be subject to the entry conditions of the Organiser a copy of which will either be displayed or details of their location indicated to you prior to you submitting your application to us. We suggest that you carefully review and print off a copy of the Organisers terms of entry prior to submitting an Event application.

Once you have submitted an entry to an Organiser through this site then it can only be withdrawn with the consent of the Organiser. If you wish to withdraw an application then you should not contact showdiary.co.uk but contact the Organiser direct (their details will be in the rider diary).

Restrictions on Under-Age Use

You must be aged 18 and over to become a Rider Member. If you are aged below 18 then you should arrange for an adult to become a member on your behalf - our application form will allow you to make it clear that you are acting on behalf of someone aged under 18.

Registration, Security & Sole Access

You agree to provide such information about yourself as prompted by our registration form and ensure that it is at all times true, current, accurate and complete. If it is not or we reasonably suspect that it is not true, current, accurate and complete then we shall be entitled to terminate your membership and/or suspend the Services until such time as we determine.

As part of the membership application process you will need to select a password and username. If these are not available then we will notify you and you will have to make an alternative choice. We recommend that you change your password frequently and we may from time to time require you to do so for security reasons. If you forget your password then you should contact us and subject to you satisfying certain security checks we will send an e-mail with your password in to the address you notified to us.

You should keep your password secret as only you are permitted to access the Services through your username and password. You must inform us immediately if you know or suspect that someone else knows your password or if it is being or is likely to be used in an unauthorised way.

You are responsible for all usage or activity on your showdiary.co.uk account. We are not liable for any loss of confidentiality or damage due to your failure to comply with these security provisions.

Entry Fees

As part of the Services, we assist Organisers with the collection of entry fees. All price information displayed on this site is notified to us by Organisers and should be correct at the time of display online. Unless otherwise stated the prices will be inclusive of VAT and in pounds sterling for UK events and Irish punts for Events taking place in Eire. The price of an Event will be confirmed when the Organiser confirms your entry.

You will be able to choose the method of payment from the available options when you complete entry application form. If you choose to pay by cheque then you should send this direct to the Organiser. If you choose to pay by credit or debit card then by clicking on "confirm" after completing the application form for an Event you are authorising the deduction of the entry fee from your card account.

showdiary.co.uk do not currently make any charges for providing the Services available at this website however we reserve the right to charge for Services in the future (but we will not charge you for Services which you have already requested and we have agreed to provide at no cost). If we decide to introduce charges then we will post details on our site or notify you by e-mail and you will be free to decide if you want to carry on using the Services.

We know that many people have concerns about information communicated over the Internet. We use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security standards which is one of the most common security systems used on the Internet. When you enter personal information (such as user id, password, contact details, credit/debit card numbers) it will be encoded by SSL so that it is only available to you and the Organiser. We will take all reasonable care to keep your personal information secure but unless we have been negligent or fraudulent we will not be liable for any losses you may suffer as a result of unauthorised access by a third party to information transmitted by you when accessing or using this site. Many credit and debit card issuers will cover liability arising from unauthorised use of your credit card or may limit your liability to a fixed sum (e.g. £50) - you may wish to check this with your card issuer.

Privacy

Our privacy policy sets out details of the type of personal information which we collect, how we use it and other information relating to privacy. A copy of the Privacy Policy which can be accessed from our homepage or from here.

Reservation of Intellectual Property Rights

All intellectual property rights including without limit copyright, trade marks and database rights in the design, content and arrangement of this site, its text and graphics, all software compilations or underlying source code, and all other material on this site are reserved to showdiary.co.uk, its affiliates or its content and/or technology providers.

showdiary.co.uk and all other names, images, pictures, logos and icons identifying showdiary.co.uk or its services are, unless otherwise stated on this site, trade marks or trade names of Charles Owen & Company (Bow) Limited in the UK and other countries. Other product and company names mentioned on this site may be trade marks of their respective owners.

Any rights (including without limit, revenue rights and intellectual property rights of any nature) created or generated as a result of the provision of the Services and/or the operation of this website during the course of the provision of the Services shall belong to showdiary.co.uk.

Use of Site Content

You may view the material (in whatever medium) published on this site ("Site Material") by displaying it on a computer screen, printing copies of it on paper (but you may not photocopy such copies), or storing it in electronic form on disk for uses related to the entry to Events and compliance with your obligations under these Rider Terms. This permission is non-transferrable.

You may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the Site Material except as set out in the paragraph above. In particular you must not (unless you obtain our prior written consent):

• modify, sell, re-publish or redistribute the Site Material;

• remove any copyright or trade mark notices from copies of the Site Material; or

• download or print the Site Material in a systemic or regular manner so as to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the Site Material.

We have exercised reasonable care in preparing the material on this site however it may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. If you notice any such inaccuracies or errors then please let us know at enquiries@showdiary.co.uk.

This web site contains links to other sites. Please note that inclusion of such a link is not an endorsement by showdiary.co.uk of such site and it is your responsibility to evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained on other sites.

Disclaimers

1 Except as set out in Paragraph 2 below:

a) We make no representations or warranties of any kind about this site and its content (whether express or implied) save as expressly set out in these Terms.

b) We will use our reasonable endeavours to maintain a continuous Internet presence for you, but we cannot guarantee continuous, uninterrupted use especially where we have to carry out maintenance, repairs, modifications or upgrades to the site, or in circumstances beyond our control. Similarly, we cannot and do not accept liability for the computer equipment and telephone services which you use to access the Services.

c) We shall not be liable to you, whether for breach of contract, misrepresentation or otherwise, for any direct or indirect loss or damage (including without limit loss of profits or loss of opportunity), which may arise out of:

• your access to the site and/or use of the Services;

• any interruption to or degradation of your ability to access this site and/or use the Services;

• any errors or omissions in any material on this site;

• the proposed purchase, purchase, delivery, non-delivery or use of any Organisers; or

• any relationship or conflict which may arise between you and an Organiser.

d) Certain links on this site lead to web sites which are not under our control. When you activate this kind of link, you will leave our site, and we will not accept any responsibility for any material on any web site which is not under our control.

2 Please note that the exclusions of liability set out in Paragraph 1 above shall not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, nor operate to exclude or limit our liability for damage resulting from the negligence of showdiary.co.uk, its officers or its employees or for fraud.

3 If any of these disclaimers is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining disclaimers shall not be affected.

Termination

showdiary.co.uk may terminate your access to the Services by giving you notice in writing or by e-mail if you do not comply with any of these Terms.

Governing Law

Unless otherwise specified, the materials on this site are directed solely at persons who access this site from the United Kingdom and Eire and the Contract will be deemed to have been concluded in Eire if you access it from there and in all other cases in the United Kingdom.

If you are resident in the United Kingdom, the relevant United Kingdom law will apply to the Contract, and the relevant courts of the United Kingdom shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to the Contract. If you are not resident in the United Kingdom, English law will apply and the English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction.

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Charles Owen & Company (Bow) Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 1168237 and has its registered address at Royal Works, Croesfoel Industrial Park, Wrexham, LL14 4BJ.