ETTINGTON PARK AND KINETON RIDING CLUB
TEAM RESULTS 2025
British Riding Clubs Show Jumping Qualifier: Solihull. 1st March 2025
Team: 6th (70cm)
On Saturday, we had 5 of our members head off to Solihull to take part in the BRC SJ Qualifier. We had a team of 4 entered in the 70cm, consisting of Kerrie and Minstral XXVI (Mini), Julie and Stonewalls Bessie (Betty), Tracey and Dora and Katie and Beauty School Drop Out (Frenchie). We also had Mike and Lady Caoimhe who competed individually in the 80cm and 90cm. It was a lovely sunny day which has been a welcome change from the very damp winter we have had! First up in the 70cm was Kerrie and Mini, they got the team off to a great start with a fab clear round. This luck followed for Julie, Tracey and Katie who also posted clear rounds which finished the team off with a score of 0 for the first round. After a quick course walk, it was time for the second round, which also included the jump off. Unfortunately, when Katie started to warm Frenchie up she was lame so they had to withdraw from the second round, leaving the other three members to take it on. Kerrie again got us started and had such an unfortunate 4 faults at fence three but for their first time competing as a pair at this height, they did an amazing job. Next up was Julie and Betty, it was such a shame to see the first fence fall, but they put this behind them and completed the rest of the course clear. Finally, it was Tracey and Dora, who jumped the first part of the course clear and put the foot down for the jump off. Another unfortunate 4 faults were to be had, with fence 8 coming down but they finished the round with a nice speedy time! Overall, this put the team in 6th place out of 10 teams. Moving on to Mike and Caoimhe who started with the 80cm. Starting off in the outdoor arena, they got themselves off to a cracking start by coming away with a great clear round. Another course walk for the second round and jump off, and it wasn’t long before Mike was warming up again and ready to go into the indoor arena. A great first phase saw him go clear as he started the jump off. However, another 4 faults were to be had for the club with an unfortunate pole in the jump off. After a break between classes, it was time for Mike and Caoimhe to come back out for the 90cm. Starting outside, they jumped the first round to come away with 4 faults. After this round, Mike felt that Caoimhe was feeling a little tired, so decided to call it a day and withdraw her from the second round.
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British Riding Clubs Show Jumping - Points: Moreton Morrell. 26th January 2025
Team: 2nd (70cm)
Individual: 4th (70cm)
Welcome back and welcome to our first competition write up of 2025! Our first event of the year was the Points show jumping competition, and we had 6 of our members competing. This year, British Riding Clubs have introduced a 60cm class in some events, so with this, we had people competing in the 60cm, 70cm, 80cm and 90cm classes, which is fantastic to see for our little club! First up was Sara and Threeshires Eclipse (Emma) who competed in the 60cm. Emma is 26yrs old and it was great to see her pop around and have lots of fun! They had a couple of stops, but as they both usually stick to 50cm rounds now, this was a great result for them both! Next up was our 70cm clan. We had a team of 3 which consisted of Kerrie and Minstral XXVI (Mini), Julie and Stonewalls Bessie (Betty) and Tracey and Dora. Kerrie was first in, literally (!), and got the team off to a fantastic clear. This is still a relatively new pairing, but they are on cracking form and it’s great to have them on the teams for this year. Second in was Julie and Betty, with Betty very happy to be out and was a keen bean, pinging around happily. Unfortunately, they just picked up 8 faults when having the final 2 fences down. Last in was Tracey and Dora and they continued to show their consistent ways, posting another fast clear round for us. When the results came out, it was lovely to see that the team came 2nd, Tracey was 4th individually and Kerrie just missed out an individual placing, coming 7th. Now to the 80cm class and we had Jules and The Renegade (Barney) as our entry for this class. It’s great to have this pair back with us and we’re looking forward to them doing more throughout the season. They both did amazingly and just tapped a few poles to come away with 12 faults. Finally, our 90cm entrant of Mandy and Apurna’s Buck (Buck) finished off the day for us. Buck was a little too excited about everything to pop a warm-up fence prior to going in, so the first fences he saw was when the bell went! But game faces were on, and Buck popped around sweetly to just come away with an unfortunate 4 faults. Overall, a great day for the club and it was a great event to dust off the cobwebs! Next up is the Show Jumping qualifier in Feb!
