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AREA 11 SHOW JUMPING TRAINING DAYS BOOKING LINK: TUESDAY 4th and TUESDAY 11th APRIl – flyer_for_Area_SJ_Training_4th April 2023 and 11th April 2023
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTED THE BRANCH AT THE PONY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. LOTS OF AMAZING RESULTS BUT A SPECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO FRANKIE CHART & CRUISE FOR WINNING THE 1 METRE SHOW JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS – BRILLIANT RESULT!
AREA QUALIFIER UPDATES 2022:
Some of our members have been very busy and we are delighted to announce that several of them are going to the Pony Club Championships. Well done everyone we are so proud of you all!
Grassroots Show Jumping: Ruby Beams, Lottie Harlow, Lily Stack & Tabby Free
Grassroots Eventing: Lottie Harlow
Novice Eventing: Ruby Beams
Novice Show Jumping: Tara Moore
Intermediate Eventing: Olivia Jones
Intermediate Show Jumping: Frankie Chart
1st team report for 2020 – We had two teams at the Crawley & Horsham Show Jumping Show at Felbridge on Tuesday 18th February in half term. The 80cm team of Emily Banfield, Frankie Chart, Caitlin Paddy and Elena Jones were 6th and the 90cm team of Maisie Lawton, Holly Jones, Olivia Jones and Hattie Betchley won their class. Congratulations to all of you, great riding and great start to the season!
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO CLARISSA B-P FOR BEING CHOSEN TO REPRESENT AREA 11 AT WINDSOR HORSE SHOW – GOOD LUCK! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSH MOORE & HATTY FORD WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO COMPETE AT WINDSOR IN THE HOME INTERNATIONAL DRESSAGE TEAM – we may be small but we are mighty! Well done!😊
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO COMPETED AT THE GRASS ROOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT KEYSOE THIS WEEKEND – YOU WERE ALL AMAZING!!
Grassroots dressage – Tara Moore, Emily Banfield, Frankie Chart & Olivia Jones were in the team and Sophie Hermitage as an individual. Olivia was 8th individually – well done Livs and Troy – brilliant!
Grassroots SJ – Grace Gibbs
Grassroots Eventing – Emily Banfield, Bonnie Thompson and Lucy Greenwood – all rode really well.
WELL DONE EVERYONE!!
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO COMPETED AT THE PONY CLUB CHAMPIONSIHPS THIS WEEKEND – YOU WERE ALL AMAZING!!
Results of the Championships with a full report coming soon.
Novice Dressage – Eva Sharp – 11th individually
Intermediate Dressage – Josh Moore, Harrison Chart, Katie Hale and Hatty Ford – Team 3rd – Harrison 3rd, Josh 5th and Katie 6th
Open Dressage – Josh Moore, Katie Hale & Hatty Ford – Team 1st – Josh 1st, Hatty 2nd and Katie 8th
Intermediate Horse Trials – Hatty Ford, Alice Grassly, Harrison Chart and Clarissa BP – Harrison – 1st individually
Open Horse Trials – Josh Moore – 5th individually
Open Show Jumping – Clarissa BP – 3rd & 7th in Elite Show Jumping
WELL DONE TO HATTY FORD – 3rd AT GATCOMBE HORSE TRIALS NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIPS
WELL DONE TO JOSH MOORE – 4th & HARRISON CHART 6th AT FRICKLEY PARK BE100u18
LATEST NEWS: OPEN AREA HORSE TRIALS AT ERIDGE ON SUNDAY 15th JULY –
Huge congratulations to Josh Moore who won the Pony Club Open Horse Trials section at Eridge Horse Trials and has qualified for the Pony Club Championships! Well done Josh and Timmy.
LATEST NEWS: AREA SHOW JUMPING AT GOLDEN CROSS ON SUNDAY 15TH JULY –
Another extremely hot and dusty day at Goldencross. A mixed day for the Novice team of Grace Thompson, Bonnie Thompson, Olivia Jones and Emelye K-B but indoors on a very deep and dusty surface did not help, well done everyone! The Grassroots team of Grace Gibbs, Emily Banfield, Sinead Paddy and Caitlin Paddy were 7th out of 25 teams so just missed out on qualifying but Grace was 7th individually so has qualified for the championships, well done Grace! Huge congratulations to Clarissa who was 2nd in the Open individual competition and has qualified for the Pony Club Championships in August, well done Clarissa and Cash.
LATEST NEWS: AREA TETRATHLON AT MUNSTEAD ON SATURDAY 7th & 8th JULY –
An extremely hot and dusty but great weekend at the Tet. Solid performances in all 4 phases from Emelye K-B, Louise Powell and Emily Banfield – well done girls. Emily B was 3rd individually.
LATEST NEWS: AREA DRESSAGE AT PACHESHAM ON SUNDAY 1st JULY –
Well done to all 19 riders who represented Surrey Union branch on 1st July at the PC Area Dressage Qualifier at Pachesham. It was a scorching hot day and you all rode very good tests and supported each other with true Surrey Union team spirit, I was very honoured to be your team manager. Surrey Union members won qualifications to the Championships in all classes! An absolutely brilliant achievement!
Regional/Grassroots – Olivia Jones rode a lovely warm-up test on Troy and was placed 3rd in her arena. The Regional/Grassroots team of Tara Moore (Ind 2nd), Emily Banfield (Ind 9th), Olivia Jones (Ind 6th) and Frankie Chart (Ind 6th) rode lovely tests and the Team came 5th which means they qualified for the Eastern Regional Championships on 8th September. Sophie Hermitage rode a lovely test to gain 7th place and also qualified for the Championships as an individual.
Novice qualifier – a huge class with 76 competitors, Eva Sharp was 2nd in her arena and qualified for the PC Championships (17-19th Aug) – well done Eva! Surrey Union Novice team Red came 8th well done (Emelye Kenyon-Brown, Lucia Mayhew, Alice Grassly, Eva Sharp) and Surrey Union Novice team Green (Taryn Cole, Suzie Forsdick, Sophie Hermitage, Sophie Moore) who all rode well late in the day.
Intermediate qualifier – our team of Hattie Ford, Harrison Chart, Josh Moore & Katie Hale came 1st and qualified. Both teams had great individual results too with Josh coming 1st, Katie Hale 2nd, Harrison 4th, Hattie 5th, Eva 6th, Alice 14th & Lucia 15th. Well done to you all.
Open qualifier – a great team win and team qualification for the open team of Hattie Ford (ind 1st), Katie Hale (Ind 2nd) & Josh Moore (Ind 3rd).
A copy of all the results is available on the Cobham Pony Club website.
Good Luck at the Championships! Thank you to all our members who competed and showed fantastic team spirit. Also thank you to all the parents for all your help and support. Thank you to Helen Dart, Deborah Winchester and Carol Brazell for your help, support & training.
LATEST NEWS: AREA HORSE TRIALS at BONFLEUR SUNDAY 24th JUNE –
What an exciting day at Bonfleur on Sunday!! The Novice riders went first – the team of Grace Thompson, Lucia Mayhew, Olivia Jones and Eva Sharp and Emelye K-B as an individual with mixed results but everyone doing so well and Olivia Jones was 5th individually – well done! Then it was the Grass roots team, Sinead Paddy, Emily Banfield, Bonnie Thompson & Lucy Greenwood. The team were 2nd so have now qualified for the Grass roots Championships at Keysoe in September. Emily and Bonnie both won their sections, so qualified individually and Lucy was 7th – well done all! Then it was the Intermediate team, Harrison Chart, Clarissa Burnell-price, Alice Grassly and Hatty Ford – very late in the day but they all did amazingly and the team won, so they are off to the Pony Club Champs in August – brilliant, well done all!! Harrison was also 5th individually and Hatty was 7th. Well done to everyone involved, riders, parents, team managers, supporters, it was great to see Surrey Union doing so well!
DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES:
SURREY UNION PONY CLUB SHOW JUMPING SHOW – SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER AT FELBRIDGE – ANYONE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING OR HELPING ON THE DAY, PLEASE CONTACT LESLIE KELLY on leslie@capelleyse.co.uk Surrey Union Show Jumping competition 13th October
Everyone had a great time at Midi camp and the following members passed their tests – well done everyone!!
Road safety – Olivia & Harry Sargant, Holly & Elena Jones, Maisie Lawton, Mia Sherazee, Oscar, Jemima Dixon & Tabitha Free
D test – Jemima Dixon, Tabitha Free, Eva Luongo, Harriet Warren, Olivia Stanger & Aolani Hobbs
C test – Phoebe Kenward, Maisie Lawton, Darcey Foss, Emily Banfield, Hattie Betchley, Lucia Mayhew, Lousie Powell and Mia Sherazee.
SURREY UNION PONY CLUB HAVE KINDLY BEEN OFFERED POLO LESSONS AT COOLHAM BY GEORGE CRAMP – YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH HIS CONTACT DETAILS.
WELL DONE TO ALL THE MEMBERS THAT PASSED THEIR ROAD SAFETY TESTS TODAY – Louise Powell, Darcey Foss, Suzie Forsdick, Hattie Betchley, Sophie Hermitage, Emily Banfield, Frankie Chart, Gracie Gibbs & Lucy Greenwood.
AREA 11 TRAINING AVAILABLE:
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