Two recent events have proven to be successful for the Abbey Gate riders.
Intermediate Class
Fleur Gardside, Ellie Baker, Emily Hopewell and Amy Cowper were 5th in the Team Competition.
(Amy and Dudley were 3rd in the Individual and Warm Up Rounds).
Welcome to new members Fleur Gardside and Ellie Baker; Fleur looks set to challenge Fran and Treacle for the title of ‘Speed Queen’, and Ellie Baker had two lovely clear rounds and an excellent round in the jump off.
Open Class
Individual Warm Up Class
The winner was Fran Shaw and Treacle with an outstanding double clear and an electrifying jump off round that no one could get near to all day.
Team Competition
Helen Ford, Abi Stubbs, Fran Shaw
With just three members, the squad was narrowly beaten into 2nd place by just 0.07th of a second!!
Individual honours go to Abi Stubbs who was 2nd with a classy double clear and some fabulous turn backs to the jumps, and Helen Ford was placed individual 5th, with a great double clear.
Well done to all competitors.
A successful day for Abbey Gate College’s Equestrian Team competing at the Inter Schools Show Jumping Competition at Southview Arena on Monday, 3rd May.
The Junior team were 2nd overall, just missing out on first place by 4 seconds in the jump off. The team members were: Rory Goodridge, (Juniors), Lucy Hopewell, (juniors),
Emily Hopewell, (seniors), and Abi Lee, (Seniors). Rory took individual 5th place in the warm up round.
The Senior team, comprising Helen Ford, Emily Hopewell, Abi Lee and Amy Cowper, came 6th out of 13 teams but unfortunately missed out on the ribbons. However, individual places of 4th and 5th went to Amy Cowper and Helen Ford.
Abi Stubbs, Fran Shaw, Alice Stones and Richard Pym were the Senior team jumping the Open Class. They came 7th out of 16 teams in a closely fought and incredibly competitive competition. Fran Shaw just missed out on winning the whole competition with the fastest time recorded for the day but unluckily she knocked down the last pole! A tremendous effort by Fran, and a really exciting round to watch.
Many thanks to team members and parents for spending their Bank Holiday competing for the College Equestrian Team.