Competition News and Results
Agricultural Water
Engineers
Sponsor the SWRC teams at Qualifiers and Championships
KwM Photography
Sponsor all of our club competitions and provide
prizes for the winners
Other Sponsors:
Nadder Valley Equine
SMS Equestrian
Mark Allen Group
AJC Drainage
Plain Equine
Langham Motor Services
BRC Arena Eventing Qualifiers
24 October 2020
We are proud to have sent a Junior and Senior team to the BRC Arena Eventing Championships at Bovington. Despite the awful wind and torrential rain, both teams
rode exceptionally well. The junior team sadly wasn't place on this occasion, however Bertie Stone rode a storming round on Dolly (pictured), and finished exactly on the time to win the 70cm
class. This also means he qualifies for the BRC championships at Aston in March 2021.
Di Burgess also picked up 3rd place as a senior individual, and the senior team of Di, Hazel, Natalie and Sam were also placed 3rd.
Huge congratulations to everyone who took part.
BRC Novice Dressage Qualifiers
17 October 2020
Six SWRC riders cometed in the sunshine at Crofton for the BRC Novice Dresage Qualifiers at Crofton on 17th October. Sadly our team was down to three riders as
Lucy Dawson's Jack had to withdraw, which left Jo Peacock, Karenlee Barrett and Tina Beard to pull out all the stops. The team performed exceptionally well with Jo Peacock tipping the 70% mark
on Dazzle (see photo.)
Tom Dyer, Jo Peacock and Hazel Jackson also competed as indiciduals, with Hazel bringing home an individual second place with a score of 71%, and Tom Dyer also picking
up a well deserved 5th place in his class.
Huge congratulations to everyone who competed.
SWRC Championships
20 September 2020
The Champ results are out and massive congratulations to our 2020 champions and reserve champions. Huge thanks to our sponsors Nadder Valley Equine
for their support of this series, to our amazing judges Sarah Whittington, Karen Hardy, Claire Sturmey and Sophie Gregory, and Donna Boyd for her energy and organisation. The results are as
follows:
Class 1: Intro Walk and Trot
Champion: Tamsin Bannell and Molly
Joint Reserves: Donna Boyd and Clover; Hazel Jackson and Diptford Golden Falcon
Class 2: Prelim
Champion: Julie Pearson and Tinka's Charm
Reserve: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher and Smokin' Gun
Class 3: Novice
Champion: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and Sir Lloyd
Reserve: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher and Smokin' Gun
Class 4: Ele plus % class
Champion: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and Tetouan (medium)
Reserve: Donna Boyd and Playwrite (advanced medium)
Class 5: 70cm style jumping
Champion: Hazel Jackson and Diptford Golden Falcon
Reserve: Natalie Sorrell and Lago Jubiloso
Class 6: 80cm style jumping
Champion: Macy Palmer and Something Special
Reserve: Hazel Jackson and Diptford Golden Falcon
Class 7: 90cm style jumping
Champion: Sorcha Goody
Class 8: 60cm Combined Training
Champion: Louisa Palmer and Something Special
Class 9: 70cm Combined Training
Champion: Donna Boyd and Ghyllwood Eros
Reserve: Hazel Jackson and Diptford Golden Falcon
Class 10: 80cm Combined Training
Champion: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher and Smokin' Gun
Reserve: Hazel Jackson and Diptford
Golden Falcon
Eventers' Challenge Moreton
22 August 2020
A huge well done to Hazel Jackson, Sam Langford, Jo Peacock, Lucy Dawson and Jess Baber representing SWRC st Moreton for the Eventer's
Challenge. The 70cm team achieved a 1st, with an individual 7th for Jo and 10th for Sam, whilst Jess had a super round in the 80cm.
Online Dressage, Show Jumping and Combined Training Qualifiers
10 August 2020
This was our final qualifier for the SWRC e-championships which will be held on 20 September. Many thanks to Donna Boyd for organising the event and prizes. The
resuts were as follows:
Class 1: BRC walk and trot
1st: Tasmin Bannell
2nd: Alex Mann
3rd: Donna Boyd
4th: Lynn Baggott
Class 2: BRC D2
1st: Lynn Baggott
Class 3: BRC D3
1st: Tom Dyer
Class 4: BRC D10
1st: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard
Class 5: Ele or above freestyle
1st: Sarah
Mitchell-Sheppard on Tetouan
2nd Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard on Sir Lloyd
3rd: Abi Goree
4th: Donna Boyd
5th: Tara Goree
Class 7: 70cm SJ
1st: Natalie Sorrell
Class 8: 80cm SJ
1st: Many Palmer
2nd: Abi Goree
Class 9: 90cm SJ
1st: Sorcha Goody
2nd: Tara Goree
Class 11: 70cm Combined Training
1st: Hazel Jackson
Class 12: 80cm Combined Training
1st: Sorcha Goody
2nd: Hazel Jackson
Class 15: DTM percentage score
1st: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard
Online Dressage, Show Jumping and Combined Training Qualifiers
10 July 2020
Our second online qualifiers event had 29 entries in all across dressage, showjumping and combined training. All showjumping rounds had to be over a minimum of 6
fences, inclusing one double and an equal mix of spreads and uprights. The rounds were filmed at home and then submitted for judging, where style marks were also awarded each fence. Many
thanks to Donna Boyd for organising the event, judging and rosettes. The results were as follows:
Class 1: BRC walk and trot
1st: Lauren Vincent-Ehlert
2nd: Alex Mann
Class 2: BRC Dressage test D1
1st: Tom Dyer
2nd: Ros Coombes
Class 3: BRC dressage test D2
1st: Julie Pearson
2nd: Ros Coombes
Class 4 BRD Dressage test D10
1st: Jenny Tanner
Class 5: BRC freestyle Ele or above %
1st: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard on Mango (E)
2nd: Donna Boyd (E)
3rd: Heather Ward (E)
4th: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard on Bailey (M)
Class 7 70cm SJ
1st: Kay Pogson
2nd: Lucy Dawson
3rd: Hazel Jackson
Class 8: 80cm SJ
1st: Hazel Jackson
2nd: Lucy Dawson
Class 9: 90cm SJ
1st: Lucy Dawson
2nd: Jo Peacock
Class 10: Walk and trot woth 60cm CT
1st: Louise Palmer
Class 11: BRC HT80 Q&C with 70cm CT
1st: Donna Boyd
2nd: Rebecca Hamilton Fletcher
3rd: Jo Peacock
4th Kay Pogson
Class 12: BRC HT90 with 80cm CT
1st: Rebecca Hamilton Fletcher
2nd: Jo Peacock
3rd: Lucy Dawson
4th: Macy Palmer
Online Dressage Qualifiers
10th June 2020
SWRC were keen to get back competing as soon as possible after the Covid-19 restrictions were eased. There were an amazing 30 entries all together, in our first
online dressage competition, split over 13 classes. The results were as follows:
Class 1: BRC walk and trot
1st: Hazel Jackson
2nd: Kay Pogson
Class 2: BRC test D1
1st: Macy Palmer
2nd: Hazel Jackson
3rd: Julie Pearson
4th: Roz Coombes
5th: Poppy Firth
Class 3: BRC test D2
1st: Hazel Jackson
2nd: Roz Coombes
3rd: Poppy Firth
Class 4: BRC test D3
1st: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher
2nd: Louisa Palmer
3rd: Hazel Jackson
Class 5: BRC test D10
1st: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher
2nd: Heather Ward
3rd: Richard Harding
Class 6: BRC HT80 Q&C
1st: Kay Pogson
Class 8: BRC HT 100Q
1st: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher
2nd: Lucy Dawson
3rd: Jo Peacock
4th: Jenny Tanner
Class 9: BRC HT 100+Q
1st: Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher
2nd: Heather Ward
Class 12: Ele/Med Freestyle
1st: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and Bailey
2nd: Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and Mango
Class 13: Ad Med and above Freestyle
1st: Donna Boyd
2nd: Donna Boyd
Huge well done to everyone who took part, and also to Donna Boyd for organising the online event so quickly and smoothly.
Novice Dressage Qualifiers
6th October 2019
SWRC were very well represented at the recent Novice Dressage Qualifiers, sending a senior team, a junior individual and two senior individuals to Sparsholt Equine Collage. The senior team consisted of Tara Hooper, Donna Boyd, Karenlee Barrett and Lucy Dawson, who achieved a respectable 4th place
overall, with Tara also being placed 4th and Donna 2nd as individuals. Abi also finished in the placings, also bringing home a well deserved green rosette.
Congratulations to Karenlee Barrett, Sam Langford, Natalie Sorell, Abi Goree, Tara, Lucy and Donna for their efforts, and a special thank you to Donna, Tara, Abi and
Natalie for taking on volunteer roles to enable us to compete as a team.
Dressage to Music Championships - Quadrille
28 September 2019
SWRC had a very sucessful, but emotional weekend competing at the Dressage to Music championships and quadrille selection at Bury Farm. Donna and Sarah kicked
off the weekend with a stunning 4th in the elementary pairs, and on Saturday they were joined by Anne and Natalie in the quadrille. Our quartet were complemented on their costume and music, and
in the end they came 5th which is an amazing success. However Marmite was taken ill soon after the competition and remained with the vet until the next morning. We wish Marmite the
speediest of recoveries.
A big thank you to all the support team, especially Jan for the amazing costumes.
SWRC Dressage Championships
22 September 2019
A brilliant day was had by all at Manor Farm, Teffont for the SWRC dressage championships. Huge congratulations to all our champions
(pictured below), and reserve champions, and also to our kind sponsors who made the event possible. The results an be found on the below attachment.
Warminster Saddle Club
Combined Training 28 August 2019
We had a super fun day at Warminster Saddle Club for our Combined Training,
Dressage and Show jumping competition.
The sun shone, the burgers were excellent, and all the competitors seemed to
enjoy their day too.
Huge congratulations to all our winners!
Results 28 AugCombined Training, Dressage and SJ results 28 Aug 2019
Warminster Saddle Club
Warminster results 28 Aug.docx Microsoft Word document [13.9 KB]
Evening Dressage
Manor Farm Teffont
30th May 2019
Festival of the horse Championships
Aston Le Walls
18th-19th May 2019
A massive well done to our amazing juniors who represented us
fantastically at the Festival of the horse Champs at Aston Le Walls in the junior Combined Training.
Unfortunately we were down to a team of 3 after Abi Goree had to withdraw due to horse injury
but the team of Sorcha Goody, Lucy watling and Ellie Portnell did us proud finishing in a respectable 13th place.
The girls also picked up some individual rosettes! With Sorcha having an ufortunate pole down
in the sj she finshed in 14th,
Lucy picked up a 9th place and the aptly named Amazing Pete ridden by Ellie finished a
fabulous 3rd to pickup a rosette and a sash.
Well done girls!
And as always a massive thank you to our volunteer for the day Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and our
fabulous sponsors Agricultural water engineers.
Have a go dressage
Manor Farm Teffont
11th May 2019
As always we had a super relaxed and fun day at Manor Farm for our "Have a go"
dressage.
The sun even made an appearance in the afternoon. The competitors all seemed to
enjoy their day and I hope you all managed to pick up some useful advice.
A huge congratulations to all our winners and to those of you who picked up a
most improved rosette too!
BRC Intermediate Winter Championships
Bury Farm Equestrian Village
26th - 28th April 2019
We sent 1 senior team and 3 individuals to Bury farm for the Inter Winter Champs this
weekend.
The weekend started on Friday with Donna Boyd riding Heather Wards George in the Medium/Ad Med pick a test
class. They set us off to a cracking start picking up a 6th place in the medium section and coming 7th overall out of 26 competitors with a great score of 67.1%.
The Saturday arrived bringing galeforce winds and blowing dust clouds across the arenas but our intrepid
competitors gave it their all and produced some fabulous scores. First up was Di Burgess riding Right of Way. An unfortunate error of course just dropping her out of the placings in what was
otherwise a lovely test ,finished 11th. Next up was Tom Dyer riding PJ who also did a lovely and harmonious test picking up a brilliant 68+% and also finishing 11th.Donna Boyd followed him on her
second ride of the weekend Merlin. Merlin managed to contain his stress levels for the 5 mins he was in the arena to get a very respectable 67+% finishing in 12th place and last but not least was
Heather Ward riding her own horse this time. Unfortunately George decided he was too tired after a sleepless night in a flappy stable to quite produce the score he managed the previous day but got
through his test in a more relaxed fashion to finish 20th.
The team finished in 13th place right in the middle so a pretty fabulous effort all round.
Finally on day 3 Ben Burgess riding U Natural represented us in the Junior elementary individual
section.
This ever consistant pair pulled out all the stops and were rewarded with a fantastic 73.28% and a well deserved
1st place bringing our amazing weekend to a close in the best possible way.
Huge congratulations to our new National Champion!
Also a huge thank you to Donna Boyd for being our volunteer on Friday which allowed everyone to compete and as
always a great big thank you to Agricultural Water Engineers for your continued support of the teams.
Area 17 FOTH Combined Training Qualifiers
Crofton Manor Equestrian Centre
19th April 2019
Sunshine Ponies and rosettes, what more could members ask
for?
We started the combined training qualifier with a cracking score of 71% and
just a pole down for 4 faults in the sj for Georgie Beard on her new ride Raz on their debut outing, followed by another fabulous score of 68.50% and just 1 down in the sj for
Charlie Large giving her an individual 5th in the senior BRC 90 with 75cm sj.
It was a bit of a wait over lunch until the other team members rode in the BRC
100 with 85 sj. Daisy Weir was up first and produced a very respectable 65.33% but had an unfortunate couple of poles in the sj on only their 2nd outing kept them out of the
individual placings. Finally came Tom Dyer on the lovely PJ who was very unlucky to have a cheeky stop at the last fence as after his brilliant dressage score of 68.95%
this brought him down to 6th individually.
The team came home with a really well deserved team 5th place.
We also sent a Junior team. In the BRC 90 Ellie Portnell and the unstopable
Amazing Pete picked up a 67% and clear sj to finish individually 1st. She was followed by Abi Goree who gave us our highest dressage score of the day and also had a clear sj round to
also come 1st riding Teresa Hoopers Raff.
The last 2 competitors of the day were Sorcha Goody and Lucy
Watling Completing the Junior team in the BRC 100.
Sorcha and Twiggy had a very respectable 63.16% and another clear round giving her an
individual 4th and Lucy rounded the day of riding Cass to pick up 62.63% and giving us a 4th clear round for the junior team and also our 3rd individual 1st.
No surprises then that the Junior team finished with a team 1st and will now head to the FOTH
Champs at Aston Le Walls.
Well done to all our competitors and a massive thank to Beth Grenall and
Karenlee Barrett for being our volunteers for the day.
And once again a HUGE Thank you goes to Agricultural Water Engineers who
sponsor our fantastic teams.
Area 17 FOTH Challenge Qualifiers
Moreton EC
14th April 2019
A huge well done to all our members who competed at the FOTH Challenge qualifiers.
Unfortunately it was not a day for rosettes but as always lots of fun was had by all the riders and support
crew with the fabulous SWRC team spirit.
The Juniors were represented by Kate Greenall, Sorcha Goody and Lucy
Watling.
Daisy Weir and Mercedes Notton-Hill represented the seniors in the 80 and
Sally Williams managed a very good 13th place on the lovely Lulu in the senior 90.
As always our thanks go to Agricultural Water Engineers for their continued support of our
teams.
Area 17 Winter Intermediate Dressage Qualifiers
Crofton Manor Equestrian Centre
23rd March 2019
We sent 3 teams to Crofton Manor for the intermediate qualifiers, 2 senior
teams and a Junior team.
Our Juniors started the day off. fielding a team of 3. Individual placings all
round for Sorcha Goody (4th), Lucy Watling (6th) and Ben Burgess (1st) giving them a team 6th and a qualification for the Champs at Bury Farm for Ben who stepped up to do his first
Elementary.
The seniors followed in fine form too!! With one team also down to 3. Tom Dyer,
Merc Notton-Hill and Donna Boyd still managed an amazing team placing of 9th and Tom got an Individual 1st to get our 2nd qualification to Champs!!
The 2nd senior team of Tom Dyer and Donna Boyd on their second rides, Heather Ward and Di
Burgess picked up an individual 3rd fo Tom and 2nd for Di giving them a fantastic team 2nd!!
Fantastic results from big class and with 22 teams competeing it meant that they got our 3rd
qualification of the day!!
Finally Donna on her 3rd horse of the day did a lovely test in the medium/advanced medium
class to pick up 1 last red rosette for the day and our 4th qualification.
Hugh congratulations to everyone who competed and good luck to alll of you who go forward to
Bury Farm at the end of April.
Last but not least thank you to our fabulous volunteers for the day who were Karenlee Barrett
and Beth Greenall without you none of us would have been able to compete and also Huge thanks once again to our sponsors Agricultural Water Engineers for your continued support.
BRC Arena Eventing Championships
Aston Le Walls
10th March 2019
A hugh well done to our team of riders who showed tremendous team spirit in the most adverse of conditions
and braved the monsoons to travel up to Aston Le Walls for the 90cm Arena Eventing Championships.
After the qualifiers Martine Kemmish unfortunately suffered a broken wrist which meant she couldnt attend the
champs. Already a team of 3 we were keen to get the team numbers up and Donna Boyd and Di Burgess agreed to fill in the gaps.
The Team of Di Burgess, Merc Notton-Hill, Alice Stone and Donna Boyd had a few ups and downs through the day
with the course proving to be very testing. there were only a handful of clear rounds all day and a lot of people taking the joker fence at the end of the course.
However our FOTH Challenge experts Alice and the amazing Adamstown Lady once again proved why they are the
best at this by producing a lovely round to just roll the joker at the end.
well done to you all and a massive thank you to Karenlee Barrett who got up at the crack of dawn to drive up
and stand outside all morning in the rain to be our volunteer for the morning. We very much appreciated it ;-)
SWRC Showjumping
Championships
3rd March
2019
Dorset
Showground
A huge well done to everyone who helped, supported or competed yesterday at our winter SJ Champs - a
real testing day of weather but as always we had amazing horses present and lovely riders, all happy to chip in and help with the falling jumps in the wind!
A special congratulations to our champions and reserve champions:
Class one, 60/65cm ~ kindly sponsored by Nadder Valley Equine
CHAMPION: Kirsty Parker
RESERVE CHAMPION: Andrea White
Class two, 70/75cm ~ kindly sponsored by KwM Galleries:
CHAMPION: Tilly Gratton
RESERVE CHAMPION: Isabelle Morris
Class three,80/85cm ~ kindly sponsored by Plain Equine:
CHAMPION: Isabelle Morris
RESERVE CHAMPION: Issie Best
Class four, 90/95cm ~ kindly sponsored by KwM Galleries:
CHAMPION: Millie Halski
RESERVE CHAMPION:Teresa Hooper
Class five, 100/105cm ~ kindly sponsored by KPineapple Rosettes:
CHAMPION: Millie Halski
RESERVE CHAMPION: Issie Best
Many thanks to all our wonderful sponsors and to Dorset Showground for
having us
:-)
AREA 17 WINTER SHOW JUMPING QUALIFIERS
MORETON EC
17th FEB 2019
The First qualifier of the year turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag this year!!!
We sent a senior 80 and junior 80 team to Moreton this year. The seniors were starting with a team of 3 so
couldnt afford any whoopsies. The day did not start well. Teresa Hooper went to pick up Ellie Portnell with her own horse safely in the back of the lorry. She
arrived at Ellies and opened the ramp and the whole ramp hit the floor!! This left her with her lovely horse stuck in the back and meant that unfortunately neither Teresa or Ellie could get to
Moreton :-(
The senior team were now down to just 2 indivduals so no team score. First up was Karenlee
Barrett with the gorgeous Eldorado VH Dingenshof. Unfortunately our unlucky start continued and Karenlee had an impromptu dismount.
The Juniors had started in the 2nd arena shortly after that and they kicked our unlucky start
into touch by producing some cracking rounds and Lucy Watling riding Cass and Sorcha Goody riding Twiggy both got into the
jump off. Lucy finished a fantastic individual 2nd and Sorcha not far behind in 4th. With Kate Greenall and Henrys score
helping them to a brilliant team 2nd place. Not bad for a team of three!
While the girls were busy turning our luck around our final senior Tom Dyer
had started his rounds riding PJ. Tom pulled of 2 clears and went into the jump off where he flew round to be just pipped into 2nd place.
Really well done to everone who took part and a massive thank you to all our
fabulous volunteers today who were Sheri Start, Lynnie and Grace Reed and Tara and
Abi Goree
And as always a great big thank you to our amazing sponsors
Agricultural Water Engineers who have once again stepped up to sponsor our teams this year.
2018 AGM
2nd Feb 2019
Every year at the AGM we present 8 trophies and rosettes to our members. All through the year Donna collects
all the results from our club comps, Area qualifiers and Championships and puts them all into various spreadsheets.just before the AGM she totals up all the points and the trophies are handed out to
the winners. we then give rosettes to the first second and third people on the list too.
This years results were....
Dressage Trophies
There are 2 dressage trophies and they are awarded to the Senior and Junior members who have accumulated the
most point through the year in our club dressage competitions.
Senior
1st Karenlee Barrett 65
points
2nd= Abbie Wyatt 23
points
2nd= Heather Ward 23
points
3rd Tara Goree 19
points
Junior
1st Josephine Southey 37
points
2nd Ellie Portnell 26
points
3rd Sorcha Goody 19 points
Combined Training and Showjumping Trophies
There are 2 of these as well and these are presented to the senior and junior members that
have accumulated the most points through the year in our club combined training and showjumping comps.
Senior
1st Tina Beard 24 points
2nd Sam Langford 23 points
3rd Lynn Baggott 21 points
Junior
1st Sorcha Goody 26 points
2nd Poppy Firth 24 Points
3rd Lucy Watling 16 Points
Team Trophies
There are also 2 of these and again they go to highest scoring Senior and Junior. Points are
accumulated in all of the BRC area qualifiers and the BRC Championships. You will get points for attending plus extra points for placings. you get double points for Championships.
Senior
1st Donna Boyd 40 points
2nd Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard 36 points
3rd Alice Stone 19 points
Junior
1st Ellie Portnell 45 points
2nd Sorcha Goody 28 points
3rd Lucy Watling 21 points
RoR Trophy
This trophy goes to the Ex Racehorse who gains the most points throughout the year in club
comps, area qualifiers, championships and you also get points for attending our club lessons.
1st Sorcha Goody and Queens Forester 94 points
2nd Lucy Watling and Casisle 61 points
3rd Donna Boyd and Rinus Star 38 points
Mads Southey Trophy
This is the trophy to win!!! points are acumulated throughout the year for anything you attend
with the SWRC. you get 1 point for every lesson or club comp class that you take part in. You get 2 points for every area qualifier class you do and 4 points for a Championship class. but the big
points come from volunteering. 2 points for a club comp, 4 for an area qualifier and 6 for a championship.
1st Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard 51 points
2nd Karenlee Barrett 48 points
3rd Alice Stone 42 points
Huge congratulations to all our dedicated and hard working members who picked up a prize this year and keep up the good
work.
Area 17 Arena Eventing Qualifiers
RAC Saddle Club Bovington
24th/25th Nov 2018
The final qualifier of 2018 and what a way to finish the year!!!
We sent 3 teams over the 2 day competition. On the Saturday we were represented by Annie Gillott, Sam Langford, Katie Butler and Poppy Firth in the 70 team. Sam,
Katie and Poppy all pulled off the double clear and with just a few time faults between them picked up a fabulous team 2nd and Katie also had an individual 6th on
her lovely horse Toners Pintada.
Onto day 2 and we sent a 90 and a 100 team. unfortunately both teams were only fielding 3
riders but that didn't stop them! The 90 team of Alice Stone, Martine Kemmish and Mercedes Notton-Hill were up first and did an absolutely amazing job. Both Alice
and Martine managed the double clear with just a few time faults to add for Martine and just 2 unlucky poles for Mercedes. Alices double clear within the time gave her a fantastic individual 3rd
proving once again why Adamstown Lady and herself are our club experts at this sort of competition. But even better the team came 1st. they will now head for the Championships at Aston Le Walls in
March (Whoop Whoop).
Finally the 100 team finished the weekend off for us. Rosie Fowler, Sophie
McCarter and Hannah Fowler did us proud with just a few pesky poles for Rosie and Sophie and a brilliant double clear inside the time and an individual 4th
for Hannah riding Too Cool they picked up Team 3rd.
Huge Congratulations to all our competitors. no one came home without a
rosette and as always an even bigger thank you to our volnteers for the weekend as without you we would not be able to send the teams, Karenlee Barrett, Mercedes
Notton-Hill, Beth Greenalll and Donna Boyd.
Finally Thank you again to our wonderful
sponsors Agricultural water engineers for you support of our teams this year.
BRC Dressage to music Championships
Bury Farm Equestrian
28th-30th Sept
On Friday the 28th we sent Sarah Mitchell-Sheppard and Donna Boyd to Bury
Farm for the Elementary Pairs music at the Dressage to music Championships and Heather Ward for the Veteran rider class on the Saturday. And what a way to end our 2018
Championships!
Sarah rode Donna's Rinus Star and Donna Rode Heathers Vagebond VD Witheove
Z and they had some very original music very kindly put together for them by our resident photographer Keith Markillie of KWM Photography. The music was definately not to the judges taste
but the floorplan couldnt be faulted and was foot perfect leaving them in 2nd place......Reserve National Champions!!! Whoop Whoop.
On the Saturday Heather also did a fantastic test on Vagebond VD Witheove Z to pick up a very respectable 8th
place in the Veteran riders class. this was a % class (Prelim/novice) and Heather did the harder test (novice) and was acually 2nd out of the novices. Huge well done to everyone and Thank You's go to
the fabulous team of supporters who came to cheer them on.