Report for ECHPC Combined Training on 12/04/17
This event was held at the Duchy, with the show jumping phase being held in the outdoor arena for a change, and thankfully the weather was sunny and dry. As in previous CT’s we were very fortunate to have Zoe Barwell judging the dressage, and this time Caroline Wills judged the showjumping. Both doing an excellent job, and being very encouraging of the children.
The first class was the Walk and Trot test and 40cm jumping- and was won by Fleur Jackson, who also took the best dressage rosette. 2nd was Daisy Swain, 3rd Ava B’Brien, 4th Darcy Goodman and 5th Josie Jackson.
In the second class (Grassroots and 60cm) Faith Davey won, and also had best dressage, 2nd was Florence Scard-Morgan and 3rd Erin Voysey.
In Class 3 (Grassroots and 70cm), Faith Davey again won and took best dressage, in 2nd place was Florence Scard-Morgan.
Class 4 (PC Novice Eventing and 75cm) 1st was Sydney Bond, 2nd Nicole Harding, 3rd with best dressage was Isobel Thomas, 4th Beth Stephens and 5th Beth Witton.
Class 5 (PC Novice Test and 85cm) was the largest class of the day and was won by Tilly Bassett, 2nd Nicole Harding, 3rd Sydney Bond, 4th Isobel Thomas, 5th Freya Donaghy and 6th Beth Stephens with Holly Hale taking best dressage.
Class 6 (PC Novice and 95cm). This class was won by Holly Hale, 2nd Tilly Bassett, 3rd Freya Donaghy with best dressage and 4th Amy Blake.
It was noted by Zoe that the dressage tests were well ridden, particularly by those who were able to memorise them. Ponies and children were well turned out, and all benefitted from being able to jump a second (practice) round of showjumps either at their class height or next class up, which made for a great training experience. Class numbers were a little low, and I would welcome any suggestions to make this a bigger competition next time. Special thanks goes to all the parents who helped out with the running of the day and putting up and taking down of the showjumps, in particular thanks to Lucy Scard-Morgan, Julie Swain, Marcia Voysey, Fiona Stephens, Sarah Martin and Julia Bassett.
Lucy Thomas