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Some of the news from BSJA Area 48.
The Area 48 Team - 6th Place
posted on Sat 04/09/2010
The National Area 48 Team came 6th in the National Team Jumping Championship held in the Grand Arena at The cushionBED British Showjumping/SCOPE UK Festival at Staffordshire County Showground on 4th September 2010, after finishing on 4 faults.
TEAM:
Holly Wells - Elmwood Cruiser
Jane Gregory – Redlight
Jancey Wembridge - Who's Dilemma
Gemma Hallett - Wake up
A thank you goes to Jancey Wembridge who stepped in at the last minute to fill Louise Oxland & Fabrice’s place in the team as they were unable to make it to the final.
The team qualified for the Championship this year after coming second to Devon in the qualifying round held at The Area 48 Show (17th/18th July).
The other National Area 48 Team entered into the qualifying round came a close 3rd.
A big thanks to:
Victoria Hawkins - Jabba
Hannah Thorne - General Maximus
Jancey Wembridge - Who's Dilemma
Headly Webb - Brimley's Fedora
Tara Byrtt - Tiny Tots Champion
posted on Sat 04/09/2010
9 year old, Tara Byrtt & her pony Coco Can won the Shaw Farm Stud National Tiny Tots Championship at The cushionBED British Showjumping/SCOPE UK Festival at Staffordshire County Showground on 4th September 2010.
This partnership also won the 11 & Under Grand Prix at Pony of the Year Show, during the Easter Holidays & were crowned POYS 11 & Under Leading Rider.
Junior Academy Camp
posted on Sat 21/08/2010
Becky Donald
I am 14 years old & I took my pony Majesty’s Choice to camp with me. I was in one of the groups trained by Claire Rushworth. In our lessons we covered flat work, poles work/ grid work & teaching the ponies to jump properly!
Our team came 9th out of 12!, but our team jumped the metre section, which not all teams did.
I really enjoyed the team building, as I made new friends and it got us all closer to the people who were in our teams. And of course the competition!!
Chris Roberts
I rode my pony Crystal at Camp. Claire Rushworth trained my group, we worked lots on straightness, balance and control. I learnt so much and Claire gave all of us all loads to work on when we got home. I enjoyed all the training but also found the lectures really interesting and loved the team building. Unfortunately I was eliminated in first round of the comp but learnt loads and went back in and managed to get round in the next round so was really pleased. It was an amazing experience and we can't thank everyone enough for their hard work putting it all together.
Ella Garlik
I am 9 years old & I went to Camp on my pony Mandy, I have had her for 4 years. Jonathan Bowman trained my group, we had great fun and liked Jonathan. We learnt a lot about control when jumping our ponies. I had two clear rounds, but we did not do very well in the competition as a team. I loved making all new friends, Harriet, Maisy, Georgia and Alice. The team games were great fun. I will look forward to next year.
Georgia Sykes
I am 12 years old & I went to Camp on my pony Benny Banassi. I was in one of the groups trained by Claire Rushworth. In our lesson we did lots of flatwork to get the correct approach to fence including polework, and then jumping courses. I jumped double clear in the Competition. The training was really good and it helped because I had a new pony, the competition in teams was great fun, Claire was really good and the rosettes were fab. Good fun few days...
Tegan Rowlands
I am 6 years old & I went to Camp with my pony Hot Chilli Pepper. My group was trained by Claire Rushworth, in our lesson we were taught about control, lines to fences & how to ride corners. I went double clear in the competition on Saturday but unfortunately my other team members didn’t so we ended up 12th. I really enjoyed the competition, my training sessions with Claire & playing with my friends. Many thanks for all the hard work that was put into organising the Camp. We has a really lovely time & can’t wait for next year!!
The following other riders also attended Camp:
Alice Nunn
Bella Brown
Amber Owen
Chloe Diment
Chloe Reynolds
Esme Diment
Georgie Taylor Jones
Harriet Tutt
Laura Taylor Jones
Lucy Swift
Maise Say
Romilly Simons
Ruby Brown
Sadie Jones
Tahnia Jones
Harriet Nuttall - International Stairway
posted on Thu 19/08/2010
20 year old, Harriet Nuttall Highland Crusier II & picked up their first International Stairway points at Pembroke County Show (17th/19th August) when they came 6th after having a fence down in the first round. They also had a fence down in the Area Trial but picked up 10th spot.
Earlier in the year Harriett qualified for The Russells Catering Winter Grade B&C Championship at The Royal International Show (Hickstead) on Wednesday 28th July, 4.15pm, after coming second in the qualifying round at Hand Equestrian Centre on Saturday 20th March.
Unfortunatly she had 2 fences down in the Final.
Harriet is part of the UK Sport South West Regional Foundation Squad.
Anna Edwards - Qualified HOYS
posted on Sun 15/08/2010
26 year-old, Anna Edwards has qualified Terry & Judith Payne’s Diaghilev for the HOYS Winter Grade C Championship on Sunday 10th October at Birmingham’s NEC Arena after coming second in the qualifying round at Mid-Somerset Show on Sunday 15th August.
The Highlight of Anna’s Year & Career came in July when her & Unique IX won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (sponsored by Old Lodge) at The Royal International Horse Show by producing the only double clear of the competition (Saturday 31st July).
Earlier in the month Anna & Unique IX were also placed 6th in the Grand Prix at The Festival of the Horse at Stoneleigh Park (9th/11th July) after having a fence down in the jump off.
They also currently lie in equal 7th place in The International Stairway League after being placed 5th in the New Forest (28th July) leg of the series (0/8 faults), 6th in the Devon County (21st May) leg of the series (5 faults) & 5th in the Suffolk County (03rd June) leg of the series (0/4 faults).
In June, Anna was selected to travel to Drammen, Norway (24th/27th June) with Unique IX as part of the GBR Nations Cup Team.
In April, Anna was selected to travel to Linz, Austria (13th-16th May) with Unique IX as part of the WINNING Great Britain’s Nations Cup Team.
This selection comes after winning both the Welsh Masters 1.40m Grand Prix Qualifier & The PCA Grand Slam Summer Grand Prix at the David Broome Event Centre on 22nd-25th April.
Anna also had a very successful time on the Toscana Tour in Italy, on Avanti, Diaghilev &
Unique IX.
Anna & both Unique IX & Diaghilev are on the British Equestrian Federation's Equine Pathway.
Anna East - Qualified HOYS
posted on Mon 02/08/2010
15 year old, Anna East has had a fantastic season on Nookie Bear.
As 2010 is Anna’s last year in ponies her family decided to upgrade Nookie Bear to JA at the end of April so she could compete in the top level classes.
To kick it off Anna was placed third in the European Trial Warm Up class and second & eighth in the European Trials at Wales & West (29th Apr-3rd May).
At Towerlands Premier Show (26th/27th June) this partnership came second in the Squibb Demolition National Pony Foxhunter Second Round qualifying them for the Final at Horse of the Year Show (6th/10th Oct) and then at Wales & West Premier Show (29th Jul-2nd Aug) they won the Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round qualifying them for the Final at Horse of the Year Show.
Phoebe Locke - Qualified HOYS
posted on Wed 28/07/2010
10 year old, Phoebe Locke & Get Ready Freddie won the HOYS National 128cms Second Round at Hand Equestrian Centre (16th/18th June) qualifying her for the Championship at The Horse of the Year Show.
Phoebe was placed 6th in The Claydon Horsewalkers Winter 128cm Championship at The Royal International Horse Show on Charleys Angel after having a fence in the jump off. Get Ready Freddie had a fence in the first round.
Katie House - Qualified HOYS
posted on Mon 26/07/2010
13 year old, Katie House & Nelly Kidd came 2nd in the Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Championship Second Round at Arena UK (12th/13th June) qualifying her for the Championship at The Horse of the Year Show.
Katie was selected as part of the Gold Medal Winning 138cms International Home Pony Team at The Welsh Home Pony (Wales & West - 22nd/26th July) on Lucy VIII.
The Area 48 Summer Show
posted on Sun 18/07/2010
The Area 48 Committee would like to thank all the competitors that came to the Area 48 Summer Show on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July. We had a fantastic show with 152 horses & ponies jumping nearly 300 rounds. Please see the results page for the results.
Daisy Davis - International Selection
posted on Fri 16/07/2010
16 year old, Daisy Davis, was selected as part of the John Whitaker International Pony Team that represented Great Britain at the 2010 Pony European Championships held at Bishop Burton College, Yorkshire (27th July/1st August).
In June, she was selected as part of the Bronze Winning GBR John Whitaker International Pony Squad that competed in Hagan, Germany on 16th/20th June.
Daisy was placed 6th in the Pony Grand Prix.
The BS/SCOPE Festival
posted on Thu 01/07/2010
The following Area 48 Members have qualified for The cushionBED British Showjumping/SCOPE UK Festival at Staffordshire County Showground from 29th August to 4th September 2010.
14 year old, Becky Donald has qualified her pony Majesty's Choice for the British Novice Championship & The Independent Asset Management Pony Progressive Championship.
14 year old, Emily Harding has qualified her pony Gemiroquai III for the British Novice & Discovery Championships.
14 year old, Sarah Hicks has qualified her pony Champion Owens for the British Novice Championship, the Pony Discovery Championships & The Independent Asset management Pony Progressive Championship.
12 year old, Amber Own has qualified her pony Jumping Jazz Flash for the Discovery Championship & The Independent Asset Management Pony Progressive Championship.
11 year old, Chloe Reynolds has qualified her pony Annaghmore Chaussette B the British Novice Championships & The Independent Asset Management Pony Progressive Championship.
Chloe has also qualified her pony Ashwey Angeleka for the Independent Asset Management Pony Progressive Championship & The AJ Walters Pony Adventurer Championship.
15 year old, Ryan Becker has qualified his pony Lodor Winsor for The AJ Walters Pony Adventurer Championship.
11 year old, Esme Diment has qualified her pony Brock Bangle for the Pony Discovery Championships.
Jade Williams has qualified her horse Valencia Diamond for the Senior Tri-Zone Newcomers Championship.
Inter-Academy Competition
posted on Tue 22/06/2010
The Area 48 Junior Academy had two teams entered in the Inter-Academy Competition at Wales & West on 1th-13th June 2010.
Area 48's Maxi Team (148cms) which consisted of Chloe Reynolds, Ryal Becker, Shannon Eames & Emily Harding were awarded the Silver Medal and the Mini Team (128/138cms) which consisted of Esme Diment, Ross Harding & Jess Wyatt, were equal Bronze.
Emily Davies - YR Nations Cup Selection
posted on Sun 30/05/2010
21 year old, Emily Davies has been having a very successful few months...
On Thursday 8th April she won The 2010 BEF World Class Development Programme Championship, riding Charles Davies's Cougar II, at The British Open Championships.
Out of the 21 starters in the Championship only 3 made it through to the jump off.
Emily was also placed 6th in the Pathfinder on the previous evening. She had the fastest time but unfortunately had a fence down.
One week later Emily was placed 6th in the Blue Chip Karma Performance Championship riding Charles Davies's King Carnute & then proceed to win the Blue Chip B&C Championship for a second year, this time on Charles Davies's Granita II.
In May, Emily was selected to travel to Moorsele, Belgium (13th-16th May) with Cougar II & Traffero as part of the WINNING Tretorn Young Riders Nation Cup Team.
She was also placed second in one of the individual competitions.
In June, Emily was again selected as part of the Tretorn Young Riders Nations Cup Team, this time traveling to Hagan, Germany (17th-19th June).
The Blue Chip Championships
posted on Mon 19/04/2010
Congratulations to all the Area 48 Members who qualified to jump at The Blue Chip Championships this year.
The British Showjumping Championships
posted on Sun 11/04/2010
British Showjumping, British Riding & Pony Club Team Competition
13 year old, Romilly Simmons & Lahnich Katie were the 148 Part of the Sainsby Grange Team who came 3rd in The British Showjumping, British Riding & Pony Club Team Competition held at The British Open Showjumping Championships on Thursday 8th April. The team was trained by International Showjumper Ellen Whitaker.
Romilly jumped clear in both rounds but unfortunately her 128 team mate had a fence in the first round which left them in joint first place after the second round, Romilly then produced another clear round in the jump off only to have her time beat by the 2 other teams on joint first.
Romilly qualified for this class by winning the 148 section of the BS/BR/PC qualifier at Sainsby Grange on Sunday 14th February.
11 year old, Esme Diment & Brock Bangle were the 138 part of the Colraine Team who competed in The British Showjumping, British Riding & Pony Club Team Championship at The British Open Championships on Thursday 8th April. Esme's team was trained by International Showjumper Tim Stockdale.
Esme jumped clear in the first round but had a fence down in the second round, unfortunately her other team mates also had fences down leaving them on a total of 24 faults after the second round.
Esme qualified for this class by winning the 138cms section of the BS/BR/PC qualifier at Colraine EC on Sunday 31st January.
Area 48 hold Winter Shows at Stretcholt
posted on Mon 22/02/2010
The Area 48 Committee decided to run two winter shows at Stretcholt Farm during the first few winter months of 2010.
Area 48 would like to thank Mrs Wendy Edgar for the hire of Stretcholt Farm, Tytherleigh Horse Show for the use of their Showjumps & Hester Hunt for being Show Secretary.
The first ever British Showjumping Event held at Stretcholt Farm was held on Saturday 23rd January, which had senior classes ranging from 90cm to 1.15m National Amateur First Round Qualifiers.
65 horses turned up to compete in the 5 classes, with 20-25 horses in all but the 1.15m National Amateur First Round Qualifier which only had 8.
The Stipendiary Steward. Frank Grunnill, paid us a visit 7 was very impressed with the venue & general running of the show.
Around 70 ponies turned up on Saturday 20th February for the Junior Show, which had 6 classes ranging from an 80cms Single Fence Open to a a Pony Foxhunter/1.10m Open.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Other Area 48 Events at Stretcholt Farm include:
The Area 48 Summer Show - Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July 2010
The Area 48 Christmas Show - Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th December 2010
The Area 48 Winter Show - Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th March 2010
If you are interested in sponsoring at any Area 48 Event please contact either
John Webb or Katie Pike
2009 Round Up
posted on Mon 07/12/2009
Neil Wells took over from Christine Baker as Area Representative from after 6 years, with the following committee members, Paul Dunning, Jancey Wembridge, John Webb, Kirsty Pearce, Katie Pike & Abi Bottomley.
Area 48 had two members crowned Champions at The Blue Chip Championships with Rose Neave winning the Bluechip Discovery Final on Clockwork Orange V & Emily Davies winning the Bluechip B&C Final on Traffero & being placed 6th on Granita II.
This was the start of a good year for Emily who then competed Granita II & Traferro at the British Open, in the BEF World Class Development Program and The PCA Futura Final. After viewing trial at Wales & West in May Emily was selected for The 2009 Tretorn Young Rider International Squad. Emily was also placed 6th in The Final of Horse & Hound Foxhunter at HOYS. Emily qualified for HOYS after being placed 4th at SCOPE.
Anna Edwards also had a fantastic year on Unique IX. They started the year by competing in the PCA Futura Final at the British Open and then moved on being placed 6th in the International Stairway Series, picking up £4,000.00 worth of Rider ranking points. To do this Anna was placed 4th in at both Devon County & The Royal Norfolk Show and 8th at Pembroke County Show & The Royal County of Berkshire Show. They also competed in The National 7&8 Year Old Championship at HOYS, after being crowned Champion of the final qualifying round at SCOPE. Anna also qualified Terry Payne’s Diaghilev for The 6 Year Old Championship at HOYS after being placed 5th in the final qualifying round at SCOPE.
Junior Rider, Katie House, made a name for herself by winning The Goldeneye Photography Winter 138cms Championship at The Royal International Show on Lucy VII despite still being in 128cms. Katie proceeded to dominate the throughout the season by coming 2nd in The HOYS 128cm Championship on My Little Pumpkin, 8th on Justalk Atlanta and 7th in The HOYS in the Gear Cut UK 138cm Championship on Lucy VII. Katie was also selected for the 138cms Bronze Winning Team at The English Home Pony International and the 128cm Silver Medal Winning Team at The Welsh Home Pony International.
Another junior rider making a name for herself this year was Daisy Davis. Daisy was not only selected for The 2009 John Whitaker International Pony Squad, but she was part of the 148cm Silver Medal Winning Team on Future Interest and 2nd in The Leading Pony Rider of GB at HOYS.
Other riders doing well this year include: Katie Pike & Charlotte Bishop who competed at the British Open. Martin Brake & A B Sports Horses Skippy who qualified for the British Novice Final after winning the Regional Final at Red Post. Ann-Marie Moulder & Ohio Diamond who qualified for the Equissage Discovery Final after winning the Regional Final at the Area 48 Show. Jade Williams & Valencia Diamond competed in The BSJA Amateur Classic at HOYS, after coming 2nd in the qualifying round at Wales & West. Phoebe Locke & Dynamite Diggy were part of the Under 10's 128cm Bronze Medal Winning Team at The Irish Home Pony International. Tara Brytt & Coco Can were part of the Under 10's 128cm Silver Medal Winning Team at The Scottish Home Pony International, Tara also won the Pony 80cms BSJA/Kathryn Pearn Media South West Region Intro League 2008/2009 & the Pony 70cms BSJA/Kathryn Pearn Media South West Region Intro League on Oak Deborah. Adele Pitcher & Spartacus, Tila Winstone & Poolmoor Dark Star & Julie Mikins & Penywrolod Dawnridge Duke were 3 of the 5 Joint winners of the Senior 80cms BSJA/Kathryn Pearn Media South West Region Intro League 2008/2009.
The Area 48 Team consisting of Holly Wells - Gotlib, Jane Gregory – Redlight, Gemma Hallet - Wake-Up & Louise Oxland – Fabrice, were 3rd in The National Show Jumping Team Final at SCOPE, after coming 2nd to Cornwall in the Region J National Team Show Jumping Qualifier at Bicton.
Hand Equestrian Centre were awarded ‘Members Show Venue of the Year’ at The BSJA Ball & our Junior Academy coach Mandy Frost ‘Members Accredited Coach of the Year’