CHS-Gams-035Crumleigh Heath Farm, Little Leigh, 27th April

Senior Novice Competition

F&D A: Sam Owen (Solo), Alys Williams (Honey), Alex Major (Midnight), Charlotte Williams (Pebbles), Joe Owen (Nutmeg)

F&D B: Lois Williams (Jim), Jac Cernyw (George), Eden Greaves (Skippy), Sophie Greaves (Alex), Jasmine Massey (Ricky)

The senior teams were all mixed up yet again this weekend! As it was a novice competition, each race was run twice so there were more points up for grabs.

The B team started fantastically, with two 3rd places in the Bending, and a 1st and 2nd in the 5 Mug. Unfortunately a few mistakes started to creep in so they totted up a string of 4th, 5th and 6th places. They finished overall in 5th place, with 39 points.

The A team got off to a bumpy start, with a 4th and 5th in the Bending. Then they got their act together and won 9 of the next 14 races, and got 2nd and 3rd place in the rest. They finished the day on 81 points out of a total of 96, and 13 points above the 2nd placed team. Hopefully a sign of things to come!

Junior Competition

F&D: Jacob Edghill (Lielie), Ellie Richardson (Milly), Gwenan Roberts (Julianne), Katie Davies (Sadie), Twm Cernyw (Bobby)

The junior novice team from last week have been upgraded to the junior competition, with the addition of one the junior A team. Once again, they were up against mostly older children on faster ponies, but they did great. They finished 6th in their first Bending race, then managed to bring it up to 2nd place in the second running! Unfortunately they struggled in most of the other races, getting a lot of 5th and 6th places, but they coped really well, and it was good practice for next week! They finished in 6th place with 22 points.