FAQs for Mini Championships at Bicton Arena
Mini Championships:
August 2025:
40cm Lead Rein,
40cm Assisted, someone is in the ring with the combination but does not touch the child or pony
40cm Unassisted, no one is in the ring with the combination
50cm
August 2025:
60cm,
Area 15 70cm,
70cm Open, a friendly competition open to anyone at all
August – Regional 70 and Regional 80 at Bicton
Entries for Mini Championships are made on the Bicton Arena website
As I hope you all know the Mini Championships are supposed to be a friendly, encouraging championship to get these members going and most importantly having fun. It is run along Pony Club Show Jumping rules, but taking part safely is most important.
Teams: each team must have at least two of the original qualifying combinations in it.
Except for exceptional circumstances, a pony may only be ridden in two classes on one day.
If you have taken part and completed a Regional 70 or 80 class (other than dressage) you are not able to compete at the Mini Championships
Hoodies – are available on the Bicton Arena website
Any questions please contact Deborah Custance Baker, Pony Club Area 15 Rep on 07889 260446 or area15@pcuk.org
Mini Championships will be held at Bicton Arena. Further information from the Area 15 Rep
2025 Provisional Dates:
Class 1a 40cm led – rider aged 10 years and under, no whips allowed
Class 1b 40cm assisted – rider aged 12 years and under
(this means someone in the ring with the rider, but not touching the pony)
Class 1c 40cm unassisted (this means the rider is in the ring on their own)
Class 2 50cm unassisted
Class 3 60cm unassisted
The Mini Championships are designed as a fun learning championships and as a stepping stone to Regionals etc. I really don’t expect anyone over 14 years old to enter a first round competition with a view to qualifying for the Championships!
Any combination of horse and rider may not compete where the height is 20cm lower than that at which they have previously competed
If you would like to organise a qualifying competition this can be held as part of a Pony Club run team or individual show jumping competition.
Please make sure that you send the competition schedule to me prior to the event, at area15@pcuk.org, and the results to me after the event.
The top Branch teams (not mixed teams) if there are five or less teams entered, or the top two Branch teams (not mixed teams) if there are six or more teams entered, and the top three individuals whether or not they are in a qualifying team, at each branch team show jumping competition of the following levels: Lead Rein 40cm, Assisted 40cm, Unassisted 40cm, 50cm, and 60cm, will qualify for the Championships at the end of August 2024 at Bicton Arena
Congratulations to all our qualifiers……. I am sure some results are missing, so please let me know where you qualified!
Qualifiers to date
13th October: Axe Vale Pony Club at Chard
40cm Lead Rein:
1st team: Beaufort: Freya Hopkins, Hugo Henton, Ruby Gwilliam
Individuals: 1st Hugo Henton (Beaufort); 2nd Henrietta Clements (Portman); 3rd Harry Honeyball
40cm Assisted:
1st team: Polden Hills: Connie Pople, Neve Langston, Aiofe OKeefe, Aiofe OKeefe
Individuals: 1st Ella Churchill (East Devon); 2nd Aiofe OKeefe (Polden Hills) 3rd Ember Murphy (South Devon West)
40cm Unassisted
Individuals: Ember Murphy (South Devon West); 2nd Aiofe OKeefe (Polden Hills); 3rd George Dolling (East Devon)
50cm
Individuals: 1st Rosie Summers (East Devon) 2nd Holly Steer (South Devon West) 3rd Lydia Elwood (?) 4th Lara Tuffin (Portman)
60cm
1st team: Cattistock: Percy Purkiss, Jemima Carew Pole, Matilda Trim, Katharine Gray
Individuals: 1st Rosie Summers (East Devon) 2nd Arleya Murphy (South Devon West) 3rd Henrietta Henton (Beaufort)
27th October: Four Burrow at Pendarves
40cm Lead Rein
Individuals: Siena Walker, Four Burrow; Olivia Weldhen, North Cornwall; Sophie Jones, Four Burrow
40cm Assisted
1st team: Little Margate: Dolcie Cooper, Grace Harper, Harper McNary
Individuals: Nancy Holtaway, Western Hunt; Esme Smith, Little Margate; Thomas Snow, Four Burrow
40cm Unassisted
1st team: Little Margate: Nell Tamblyn, Kora Bradley, Esme Smith
2nd team: Georgia Semmens, Martha Holtaway, Ada White
Individuals: Evelyn Holman, Little Margate; Daisy Stevens, Western Hunt; Harper Keary, Western Hunt
50cm
1st team: Little Margate: Marla Loewendahl, Emily Sluggett, Ella Bourne
Individuals: Isabella Weldhen, North Cornwall, Ruby Beesley, North Cornwall, Edith Grummett, Little Margate
60cm
Individuals: Isabella Weldhen, North Cornwall, Ruby Beesley, North Cornwall, Willow Pack. North Cornwall
27th October: Polden Hills at Kings Sedgmoor
40cm lead rein
1st team: Polden Hills: Eva Foad, Neve Langston, Charlotte Sedgmoor
Individuals: Eva Foad (Polden Hills_ Neve Langston (Polden Hills) Charlotte Sedgmoor (Polden Hills)
40cm Assisted:
1st team: Polden Hills: Darcey May Willis, Aiofe O’Keefe, Erin Wright
Individuals: Ella Churchill, East Devon; Aifoe O’Keefe, Polden Hills; Pru Sampson, Mendip Farmers
40cm Unassisted
1st team: Polden Hills: Aiofe O’Keefe, Megan Sucksmith, Rupert Webb
Individuals: Ella Churchill, East Devon; Aiofe o’Keefe, Polden Hills; James Thomas, Polden Hills
50cm
1st team: Polden Hills: Aiofe O’Keefe, James Thomas, Hettie Stocking, Erin French
Individuals: James Thomas, Polden Hills; Aifoe o’Keefe, Polden Hills; Rupert Webb, Polden Hills
60cm
1st team: Polden Hills Rupert Webb, Ella Sutton, Ivy Cox
Individuals: Hollie Jones, Taunton Vale; Abigail Mehsen, Wylye Valley; Georgia Keel, Weston Harriers
31st October: Tetcott and South Tetcott at Tall Trees
40cm Lead rein:
1st team: East Cornwall: Oliver Lloyd, Rosie Renfree, Seren Morrish
Individuals: Alice Friend, Eggesford; Oliver Lloyd, East Cornwall; Rosie renfree, East Cornwall
40cm Assisted:
1st team: Tetcott and South Tetcott: Oscar Barribal, Isabelle James, Jane Hasson
Individuals: Ada Ogbourne, Tetcott and South Tetcott; Oscar Barriball, Tetcott and South Tetcott; Megan Diethrick Callcut, St Leonards
40cm Unassisted:
1st team: Tetcott and South Tetcott: Lily Barriball, Esther Dunkin, Zara Rowe, Holly Cann
Individuals: Isla Comley, Little Margate; Lily Barriball, Tetcott and South Tetcott; Holly Cann, Tetcott and South Tetcott
50cm:
1st team: Little Margate: Eliza Robinson, Isla Comley, Amber Payne
Indiviudals: Nell Tamblyn, Little Margate; Elize Robinson, Little Margate; Isla Comley, Little Margate
60cm
1st Team: Tetcott and South Tetcott: Abbie McLaren, Chloe McLaren, Emily Hooker
Individuals: Honor Goodman, East Cornwall, Lily Wood, North Cornwall, Nell Tamblyn, Little Margate
10th November: Cotley Pony Club at Kings Sedgmoor
40cm Lead Rein
Individuals: Maisie Holloway, Seavington; Maisie Holloway, Seavington; Clancy Mugelston, Dulvert West
40cm Assisted
Individuals: George Dolling, East Devon; Angus Margery, Taunton Vale; Althea Austin, Wylye Valley
40cm Unassisted
Milly Atkins, Devon and Somerset; George Dolling, East Devon; Arlo Hughes, Taunton Vale
24th November; Weston Harriers at Badgworth
40cm Lead rein
1st team: Beaufort: Freya Hopkins, Hugo Henton, Lucy Akerman, Ruby Gwilliam
Individuals: Hugo Henton, Beaufort; lucy Akerman, Beaufort; Freya Hopkins, Beaufort
40cm assisted:
1st team: Weston Harriers: Olivia Pompey, Cleo Young, Grace Cox, Sophie Vallis
2nd team: Beaufort: Freya Hopkins, Hugo Henton, Molly Akerman, Ruby Gwilliam
Individuals: Darcey May Willis, Polden Hills; Holly Hector, Weston Harriers; Cleo Young, Weston Harriers
40cm unassisted
1st team: Weston Harriers: Cleo Young, Holly Hector, Flora Rennie, Meryl Rosedale
Individuals: Rupert Webb, Polden Hills; Ciara Siberry, Mendip Farmers; Lottie Warren Smith, Weston Harriers
50cm
1st team: Mendip Farmers: Ada Fairhurst, Willow Harvey, Charlie Colbourn
Individuals: Meryl Rosedale, Weston Harriers; Kikki Harris Watt, Polden Hills; Lyra Burt, Quantock
60cm
1st team: Weston Harriers: Pippa Dark, Coco Hembrow, Holly Morris, Briony Warriner
2nd team: Weston Harriers: Millie Talbot, Georgia Keel, Pippa Dark, Thea Pompey
Indviduals: Georgia Keel, Weston Harriers; Thea Pompey, Weston Harriers; Coco Hembrow, Weston Harriers
30th November: Western Pony Club at Colraine
40cm lead rein
Individuals: Siena Walker, Four burrow; Sylvie Lowendahl, Little Margate; Daisy Stevens, Western
40cm assisted
Individuals: Carly Moody, East Cornwall; Isadora Galsworthy, North Cornwall; Freya Gill, North Cornwall
40cm unassisted
1st team: Western: Zola Walton, Daisy Stevens, Elowen Ivey
Individuals: Edith Grummett, Little Margate; Daisy Stevens, Western; Honor Goodman, East Cornwall
50cm
1st team: Little Margate: Eliza Robinson, Marla Lowendhal, Emily Sluggett
Individuals: Eliza Robinson, Little Margate; Edith Grummett, Little Margate; Honor Goodman, East Cornwall
60cm
1st team: Four Burrow: Darcey Phillips, Tegenn Greenaway, Pearl Turner
Individuals: Honor Goodman, East Cornwall; Pearl Turner, FourBurrow; Eliza Robinson, Little Margate
27th December: Four Burrow
40cm lead rein
individuals: Olivia Weldhen, North Cornwall; Oscar Bunney, Western
40cm assisted
1st team: Four Burrow: Jill Rayment, Annalea McCrea, Skye King Evans, Lyra Carlyon
Indiviudals: Harriet Brown, Cury; Esme Smith, Little Margate
40cm unassisted:
1st team: Isla Harris, Annalea McRae, Lexie Rowe
Individual Olivia Weldhen, North Cornwall
50cm
1st team: Little Margate: Marla Loewendahl, Nell Tamblyn, Amber Payne, Esme Smith
Individual: Isabella Weldhen, North Cornwall; Ruby Beeseley, North Cornwall; Pearl Turner, Four Burrow
60cm
1st team: Four Burrow: Milly Meza Bradford, Sophie Jinks, Thomas Marsden, Eliza Weekes
Individual: Jasmine Sleeman
Spooners – December 2024
40cm lead rein
Individuals: Sennen Andrews, Tetcott; Florence Steer, Spoonersand West Dartmoor; Imogen Cole, Spooners and West Dartmoor
40cm assisted
1st team: Dartmoor: Dottie May Matthews, Lacey May Ford, Pearl Wheat
2nd team: Spooners and West Dartmoor: Hadley Williams, Lily Lowe, Sadie Steer
Individuals: Lily Pink, Spooners; Lacey May Ford, Dartmoor, Pearl Wheat, Dartmoor
40cm unassisted
1st team: Dartmoor: Dottie May Matthews, Lacey May Ford, Pearl Wheat, Mai Desborough
2nd team: Spooners and West Dartmoor: Lily Pink, Lilyu Lowe, Sadie Steer, Hadley Williams
Individual: Lily Pink, Spooners; Lacey May Ford, Dartmoor; Mai Desborough, Dartmoor
50cm
1st team: Lamerton: Orla Roberts, Isabella Moon
2nd team: Tetcott: Esther Dunkin, Scarlett Harrison, Evie Mae Waterton, Emily Evans Chapman
Individuals: Molly Jenkins, South Pool,; Evie Haywood, South Pool; Niamh Corcoran, SDW
60cm:
1st team: SDW: Amberr Eastley, Grace Prowse, Holly Steer, Niamh Corcoran
2nd team: SDW: Aimi Simmons, Talulah Hughes, Arleya Murphy
Individuals: Arleya Murphy, SDW; Kezia Getson, Spooners; Grace Prowse, SDW
