Area 13 Eventing Qualifiers 2024
With 3 Qualifier dates, its been a busy start to the Summer! The Qualifiers started with the PC80 Qualifier at Coombelands Equestrianrun by Petersfield on Sunday 2 June, then the PC70 Qualifier at Fair Oak Cross Country, Rogate on Sunday 9 June, run by Chiddingfold and our last qualifier was on Sunday 7 July at Hambleden Estate in conjunction with Area 12 for the PC90, PC100 and Chairmans Cup.
The Area 13 branches fielded some great teams across all levels and we are delighted so many of you have qualified!
The individual placings can all be seen on Pony Club Results: Pony Club Results
The Team placings were shared across the Area with many branch and mixed Area teams as follows:
PC80 | Coombelands Equestrian, Pulborough
1st Lord Leconfield Hunt
2nd Hampshire Hunt Red
3rd Hambledon Hunt North Whirlwinds
4th Mixed Team Blue | Petersfield & Hambledon Hunt North
5th Chiddingfold
6th Wokingham Stars
Individual Winners
Section A: Amelia Mitchell – Hampshire Hunt
Section B: Arthur Handy Lee – Lord Leconfield Hunt
Section C: Alice Hargreaves – Hampshire Hunt
Section D: Samuel Ingham – Wokingham
PC70 | Fair Oak Cross Country, Rogate
1st Chiddingfold Red
2nd Hampshire Hunt Blue
3rd Chiddingfold Rose
4th Garth South
5th Mixed Team 1 | Wokingham & Petersfield
6th Garth Hunt
Individual Winners
Section A: Julius Mesterhazy-Foster – Garth Hunt
Section B: Beatrice Read – Hampshire Hunt
Section C: Emma Harding – Chiddingfold
Section D: Tabitha Hughes – Chiddingfold
PC90, PC100, Chairman’s Cup | Hambleden Estate, Henley on Thames
PC90
1st Vine
2nd Mixed Team 6 | Wokingham & Lord Leconfield Hunt
3rd Petersfield
4th Hambledon Hunt North
5th Hampshire Hunt
Individual Winners
Section C: Alexa Sugden – Vine
Section D: Isabelle Noble – Petersfield
PC100
1st Mixed Team 10 | Cowdray, Chiddingfold, Garth Hunt & Hambledon Hunt North
2nd Bisley & Sandown Chase
3rd Hampshire Hunt Blue
4th Hampshire Hunt Red
Individual Winners
Section G: Selina Hunter – Cowdray Hunt
Section H: Charley Phillips – Staff College & Sandhurst Hunt
Chairmans Cup
Individual Winner: Elodie Ashby Rudd – Petersfield
Very well done to all who took part, the courses in all cases were challenging and we hope you enjoyed your day. For those who were placed – both teams and individual – Congratulations!!
Huge thanks to all those who make these competitions possible – Members, Parents, Supporters and PC officials – we could not do it without you and appreciate the hours of volunteering!!
For those who qualified for the Regional and National Championships in August – we cannot wait to see you there!!
Mini International Tetrathlon | Sat 29 – Sun 30 Jun 2024 | Oxtalls Farm, Stroud
Area 13 had 3 members go to this new competition based at Oxstalls cross country. We were represented by Alice H & Amalia N (Hampshire Hunt) and Georgina G (Vine); all 3 representing Southern England and Alice having the honour of representing England.
Day 1 started with all 3 producing very good shoots, all in the 800’s, Amalia managing a PB of 880. The 2 minute swim saw them all score in the 900’s with Alice being the closest to reaching 5 lengths or 1000 points.
The Mini Girls ran first on Day 2, 2 laps of a field on fairly flat, if a bit rough, ground. Alice lead her heat pushing all the girls in the Southern team to keep up with her. Great times were the result, with all 3 girls running fantastic PBs – Alice and Amalia being well under the 4 min goal for more than 1000 points.
We knew the ride phase was going to be challenging and it certainly was. Mini Girls, 11yrs & under, cross country ride is 80cm. This was a true championship course with every fence very up to height and of a technical level that most young riders would not have seen. The girls rode at the end of the day which allowed them to watch plenty of others and work out where they could make sensible decisions about taking ‘L’ fences to bring themselves home safely and with as many points as possible. Alice did a lovely job of showing how this could be done and crossed the finish with over 1000 points. Amalia was riding a fairly new pony and did a lovely job of getting to the end of the course with some points where many didn’t. Georgina was having a super rhythmical round choosing ‘L’ fences where she felt she needed when she had a very unfortunate fall on the flat, such a shame but pony and rider are fine and live to fight another day.
Alice, finishing 29th and Georgina, finishing 55th, helped Southern Green team to finish 11th and Amalia, finishing 43rd, helped the Southern Reds into 15th place. Alice’s England team placed 3rd.
Congratulations to all 3 girls and to their support teams who got them there!
Area 13 Tetrathlon Qualifiers | Sat 22 – Sun 23 Jun 2024 | Iping Cross Country & Churchers College
It wasn’t very many months ago that Andrea Hurley, Kylie Brown and I had a meeting to discuss whether we thought we could hold an Area Tetrathlon, the rest is history.
Saturday was held at Iping by kind permission of Amanda Lakin and offered the ride phase of the Tetrathlon, hunter trial classes 70-100cm and clear round 40-60cm. The course looked fabulous, the ground was perfect, the Hampshire Hunt working hunter fences looked stunning even the weather behaved. The cross country course provided some challenges but offered plenty of ‘L’ fences so that all rounds were confident and educational. The arena riding was scored positively which encouraged determined riding and resulted in big smiles and treat bags for their ponies.
Sunday was held at Churchers College in Petersfield and the school basked in glorious sunshine for our shoot, beanbag, swim and run phases. The Junior, Intermediate and Open classes had good entries with those from several different Areas chasing qualifying cards for the National Championships. Congratulations to Molly B (Bisley & Sandown Chase), Madeleine E (Chiddingfold), Roddy G (Vine), Erin B (Hampshire Hunt), Molly W (Vine) and Emma H (Chiddingfold) for qualifying for the Championships.
The non-qualifying classes were packed with competitors full of enthusiasm for the sport and displayed great team spirit, supporting all athletes from all branches, especially those competing for the first time. Top placings in Area 13 as follows:
Junior Girls Triathlon:
1st Arabella H (South Berks)
2nd Lucy W (Vine)
3rd Isla M (Bisley & Sandown Chase)
Junior Boys Triathlon:
2nd Ben M (Chiddingfold)
3rd Max M (Chiddingfold)
Mini Tetrathlon:
1st Alice H (Hampshire Hunt)
2nd Ellie R (Garth South)
3rd Georgina G (Vine)
Novice Mini Tetrathlon:
1st Elin R (Garth South)
2nd Tilly F (Lord Leconfield)
3rd Molly R (Garth South)
Mini Teams:
1st Garth South
Mini Triathlon:
1st Elvie R (Wokingham)n
Tadpole Tetrathlon:
2nd Hetty M (Vine)
3rd Oliver C (Staff College & Sandhurst
4th Esme B (Lord Leconfield) all with over 4000 points.
Novice Tadpole Tetrathlon:
1st Alec L (Petersfield)
2nd Imogen S (Chiddingfold)
3rd Harvey M (South Berks)
Tadpole Teams:
1st Petersfield
Tadpole Triathlon:
2nd Florence H (South Berks)
3rd William K (Hampshire Hunt)
Beanie Tetrathlon:
2nd Maisie C (Chiddingfold)
3rd Daisy G (Garth South)
Beanie Teams:
1st Garth South
Beanie Triathlon:
1st Harry K (Hampshire Hunt)
2nd William C (Lord Leconfield)
We absolutely could not have had such a successful competition without the support and help of so many parents and family friends who volunteered their time before and during the event, thank you.
Also a big thank you to our sponsors:
Junior International Tetrathlon Championships | Sat 1 – 2 Jun 2024 | Moreton Morrell
This weekend three of Area 13 Tetrathletes represented Southern England at the Junior International Tetrathlon Championships at Moreton Morrell. Erin B , Emma H and Trinity C all had a fantastic competition again extremely strong competition from all corners of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales achieving excellent results in all 4 phases of competition.
Most notably a incredibly challenging and technical cross country course with only 15 clears out of 98 starters.
Fantastic final result against the best in the country for Trinity finishing 2nd in the 15yr old Girl Section and a 49th and 58th out of 98 for Erin and Emma in the Junior Section.
Area 13 PC80 Eventing Regional Championship Qualifiers | Sun 2 Jun 2024 | Coombelands Equestrian
After what seems like a long and soggy spring, the sun shone on Coombelands for the first of our Regional Champs Qualifiers!!
There were 43 Eventers in the qualifying class and we had 13 Teams! It was a challenging course with plenty of questions, so very well done to all who took part!!
7th Area Mixed Gold Team – Serena, Alice & Isabella
With Petersfield in charge, the day ran smoothly and thanks so much to all those who came forward to support the day!!
Area 13 Horse & Pony Care Qualifiers | Wed 29 May 2024 | Lower Peake, Warnford
What a day!!
27 Teams took part in the Area 13 PC Horse & Pony Care Qualifier today and certainly showed that they know their onions!!
With the full results on Pony Club Results, we were so impressed with the hard work you must have put into preparing for the competition, your team work and good sportsmanship!!
Very well done to those who qualified for the National Championships . . .
Minis:
Hampshire Hunt Minis
Silvermere Snips
Juniors:
Wokingham Sapphires
SC& SH Beagles
Seniors:
Silvermere Shires
Thanks must also go to the Pony Club Area 13 Events & Training Team for the organisation, and to Mrs Sarah Mosse for allowing us to use Lower Peake!!
Area 13 Prince Philip Cup Qualifiers Results Sun 19 May 2024
Royal Windsor Horse Show | Pony Club Showjumping & Tetrathlon | Sun 5 May 2024
Area 13 branch members were taking part in two of the Pony Club competitions at Royal Windsor Horse Show!
We had six Show Jumpers in PC110 class who were Elodie A (Petersfield), Lauren B (HHN), Michaela B (C&HS) Raphaela D (Garth Hunt), Lulu J (Lord Lec) and Louise M (Garth Hunt).
It was a great day all round with some fantastic jumping and huge congratulations to Raffy in 5th Place, Lulu in 2nd Place and Louise and her lovely horse Fanta who won the class!!
We also had Erin B (HH) in the Regional Junior Tetrathlon, representing the Southern Region. Even though they were not placed, Erin had a successful day with a PB in both the run and swim!!
Congratulations to all who took part and we hoped you all enjoyed taking part!!