Competitions

The results are in! It was lovely to see so many members and guests from other clubs there on the day and the sun even came out to make the day perfect. Thanks to all competitors and helpers, not the least our judges and Caroline and helpers from Flemish Farm, who all made the day a success!

(Pictures to follow soon)

Intro Dressage:
1. Sharon Sawers on Bleu
2. Stephen Welford on Larry
3. Andrew Whitcombe on Denzil

Restricted Dressage:
1. Sharon Williamson (Deloitte) on Oz
2. Liz Challans on Bleu
3. Sharon Sawers on Guinness
4. Vicki Barrass (BBC) on Oz

Open Dressage:
1. Rebecca Underhill on Guinness
2. Isabel Gray (BBC) on Richard
3. Christie Hoskinson on Shirley
4. Clare Sewter on Guinness
5. Joy Montgomery on Richard
5. David Hamp-Adams on Oz

Handy Rider:
1. Claudia Tornquist on Richard
2. Charlotte Palmer on Vivor
3. Stephen Welford on Larry
4. Sharon Sawers on Bob
5. Clare Sewter on Amos
6. David Hamp-Adams on Oz

2'6" Jumping:
1. Sally Thatcher on Amos (13.2 sec)
2. Christie Hoskinson on Amos (15.08 sec)
3. Joy Montgomery on Richard (15.86 sec)
4. Charlotte Palmer on Shirley (16.13 sec)
5. Rebecca Underhill on Bob (18.94 sec)
6. Clare Sewter on Vivor (19.46 sec)

Novice Champ: Sharon Sawers

Champion: Rebecca Underhill
Reserve Champ: Christie Hoskinson

Congratulations everyone!!

Our first summer show, open to all members, took place on 3 August 2008 at Flemish Farm.  Classes were held in dressage and jumping and it was great to see competitors from all levels riding and enjoying themselves!  Well done to all of you who competed - and especially to Jenny Donaldsson, who did her very first competition, and to Julie Percival and Virginia Tuck who both jumped an entire course in spite of not having been over a fence in many, many years...

Thanks to Liz Challans for organising and to Caroline Quested from Flemish Farm for hosting us, setting up the jumps and providing the great horses.  Many thanks also to Louise Clark who not only judged the dressage but also talked riders through their tests afterwards to help us understand what she was looking for, and to Nancy Lyndhurst who judged the show jumping and added her own comments during each round.

The BBQ was enjoyed in between the showers, much thanks to Karl's tireless cooking, and all present agreed that the day was a great success.  We hope to do it again next year!  In the meantime, we are looking at arranging regular rides at Flemish Farm, in addition to our already existing agreement where members can book their own rides directly with Caroline.  Look out for more news on this!

Intro Dressage
1. Sharon Sawers on Larry
2. Jenny Donaldson on Guinness

Restricted (prelim) Dressage
1. David Hamp-Adams on Amos
2. Nick Mays on Richard
3. Virginia Tuck on Ebony
4. Sharon Sawers on Larry

Open (novice) Dressage
1. Åsa Sjöström on Sox
2. Sally Thatcher on Amos
3. Catherine Smither on Ebony
4. Judy Kunkler on Richard

Intro Jumping
1. Virginia Tuck on Guinness
2. Julie Percival on Guinness
3. David Hamp-Adams on Denzil

Restricted Jumping
1. Liz Challans on Shirley
2. Nick Mays on Oz
3. Esther Dijkstra on Denzil
4. Claire Sewter on Hattie

Open Jumping
1. Claire Sewter on Hattie (clear in jump off, 22.04)
2. Sally Thatcher on Amos (clear in jump off, 22.41)
3. Liz Challans on Shirley (four, 24.59)
4. Catherine Smither on Shirley

Championship (Combined Training)
1. Sally Thatcher on Amos
2. David Hamp-Adams on Amos/Denzil
3. Nick Mays on Richard/Oz
4. Virginia Tuck on Ebony/Guinness
5. Julie Percival on Larry/Guinness
6. Catharine on Ebony/Shirley
7. Esther Dijkstra on Sox/Denzil

Top Placed Vauxhall Regular Rider
Sharon Sawyers

More pictures here!

Karl our BBQ hero

Esther on Sox

Sharon with all her prices!