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News and Results 2010

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24-25 July

Derbyshire Dales BHS TREC Qualifier

Results

10-11 July

Battlefield TREC

Photos

Final results: level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4.

19 June

Blidworth TREC

Results

Photos

22-23 May

Great Ayton TREC

Results
Professional photos

Well what a weekend for the weather! Wasn't it just fantastic?

This was the first TREC I have ever organised and although the computer scoring programme stressed me a little on Saturday evening (thank you Fiona for helping me with this one) and I was unable to get the POR results out to you until Sunday morning, I really enjoyed the challenge.

The event venue at Aireyholme Farm on the North York Moors had the stunning backdrop of Roseberry Topping towering above us to one side and Captain Cook's Monument standing on the moor top to the other.

The POR on the North York Moors, I am sure you will all agree, was challenging with the type of terrain, yet stunningly beautiful countryside to ride through.

With nowhere flat, Peter Bean gave you an undulating CoP to ride, again making it all a little more fun and challenging!

The final phase, the PTV, was 1.75km through a natural course, using natural features wherever possible. Comments back said it was fantastic to ride.

For all of it to be a great event a lot of hard work was put in by many people and it is to these that I am sure we all owe our thanks, especially the following:

Mark Phalps - for the venue and all his efforts
Katie Morgan - TD who helped and advised me with just about everything
Peter Bean - for all his help, especially the PTV side of things
Paula Bean - general help, support, advice and photocopying
Fiona and Sarah Thurnell - for help with the computer
All the wonderful judges who sat on check points and obstacles, without whom no competition could have taken place.

And finally, those of you too many to name who just came and offered a little help with something, a big 'thank you' - it made it all worth while.

Hope to see you all again next year!

Paula Scott

Here are some of Fiona T's photos from this fantastic weekend:



17-18 April

West Pennine TREC

Results
Professional photos
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A bumper number of entries were received for the first full outdoor TREC of the White Horse TREC Group calendar, the West Pennines competition near Oldham. Entries closed promptly with 64 names down on the list, well up to capacity for the compact venue leaving our newest competition organiser Liane Robinson with a challenge on her hands but ably supported by TD extraordinaire Mark Kendrick.

Who'd have thought that an event so close to Manchester and the month of April would be blessed with wall to wall sunshine?! Certainly not Mark and Liane when they were checking the routes in the snow.

The POR route on Saturday was set across the western side of the Pennines close to the "old" border of Yorkshire and Lancashire and only one word can be used to describe the scenery – stunning.

Speeds set a sensible pace as the undulations provided a sufficient fitness challenge so early in the season which enabled competitors to take maximum appreciation of the setting. Early season rusty POR skills came into play as competitors fell into the age-old "open gate" trick and checkpoint judges observing riders going in all sorts of wrong directions, particularly on Crompton Moor!

Around the Level 4 route Dave Cromarty was arguably blessed with the best judging role with a glorious view overlooking four reservoirs and a relaxing gate manning duty which hopefully made up for his lengthy trek from his drop point.

Level 3 and 4 competitors tackled a lengthy but well set bearings section around a permanent orienteering course and many will hopefully learn the vital lesson of reading their instructions thoroughly. Later in the day a grid references section checked their concentration levels were not dwindling, particularly for the Level 4s who made use of cross referencing map bearings to reveal parts of their route.

Saturday evening's meal was in the barn which made for a cosy venue with only a few competitors having to resort to braving the chilly April evening outside. Scores were released amongst the usual frenzy of excitement. Level 2 scores were well spread with Kirsty Wilde topping the Individual class and Helen Jones and Steph Bolshaw leading the pairs class closely followed by Lesley Benyon and Ann Weaver obviously recovered from their long journey from Wales. Level 3 and 4 scores reflected the additional technical element of the levels with no scores breaking the 200 point barrier; Amanda Renshaw was enjoying her freedom as she led the Level 3 individual class and the familiar Rogerson duo sat at the top of the pairs class. The top of the Level 4 leaderboard was extremely tight with GB team member Daniel Nolan in the lead with Lynn Davies, Level 4 newcomer, close behind and Anna Weston and Caroline Brammer breathing down their necks.

Sunday morning dawned chilly but bright and looked like the good conditions would hold for the day. Level 4 competitors were the first to tackle the Control of Paces and PTV courses which made use of every single natural feature that the venue had to offer. The warm up area was the steepest in TREC history but at least it prepared the horses for what was to come!

The Control of Paces track ran straight down the contours with an arc at the end which ran steeply back up the contours just to check riders were still in control. As expected, Level 3s and 4s were required to canter "slowly" downhill followed by walking quickly uphill. Scores reflect the challenge that this posed with Sue Lee, Level 3 newcomer, clocking up the best score of the day, a very credible 42 points.

Level 2s were spared this challenge as their corridor was shortened to omit the arc and completed in the opposite direction. This did not remove all of the challenge though as many struggled to stay the correct side of the fine line between quickly walking downhill and momentum taking them into a jog. Lynda Eastwood maintained her paces well to score an impressive 55 points.

So onto the PTV. This course also used the natural features; the Level 4 ride up was so steep that only gallop seemed a possible gait to attempt it at and all levels tackled a challenging Path Crossing with jumps on either side of a sizeable dip. The course was also short which tested the horse's concentration with no long gallops for horse and rider to gather their thoughts.

Whilst the majority of competitors struggled to break the 100 point barrier the top scorers in their levels were Jackie Bennett with 121 points on the challenging Level 4 course which included the canter corridor no more than a stride away from the fence line; Sheila Rogerson with 118 points at Level 3; and Rachel Wilmot who scored an amazing 143 points at Level 2.

Final scores were produced swiftly and the prize giving got underway. Kirsty Wilde had held onto her overnight lead to win the Level 2 Individual class with Sam Cook putting in a good second day performance to pull her from fourth place overnight up to second. Penny Wadey and Lynda Eastwood also rose up the leaderboard on the second day to win the Level 2 Pairs class.

Amanda Renshaw's dominance across all three phases kept her at the top of the Level 3 Individual class with the well known partnership of Dave and Sheila Rogerson being equally dominant to earn a convincing win of the Level 3 Pairs.

The Level 4 class was the closest of the competition with a total leaderboard shuffle from overnight scores. It was a close battle with the top six riders within 40 points of the overall winner Anna Weston.

Overall the competition was a great success with everything running to time, particularly the map room under Paula Bean's experienced hand. Well done and huge thanks to Liane for taking on such a challenge and thanks to Liane's mother, Jean, for allowing us to take over her land for the weekend. Thanks also to Liane's sister Charmian and daughter Alex for their help and support, particularly Alex who didn't receive a birthday present from Liane due to the competition!

Thanks go to Mark for being an excellent TD as ever and to Jackie Bennett who was Liane's mentor ensuring nothing had been forgotten. The army of judges over the weekend are appreciated too, without you these events could not happen.

Liane would also like to finish with a word to all the competitors, "I'd like to thank the competitors both for entering and also their appreciation of the event. I've had some wonderful replies".

27 March

Brooksby Indoor TREC

Results

31 January

St Leger Indoor TREC

Results - well done everyone! Thank you to our sponsors, and to all who gave up their time to help.

We found a black and white herringbone pattern scarf at the Horse Park, at the end of the event. If anyone has lost this please can they call Liz on 01302 390462?

31 January

BRC Area 16 Dressage, Hargate EC

Well done WHTG! After a very early start for all, our team riders Ruth O'Keeffe, Fi Thurnell, Sarah Thurnell and Ina West secured 5th place out of 17 teams. Ruth and Fiona came 2nd and 10th in the Novice, and Sarah and Ina were both 7th in their arenas in the Prelim. Thanks to Lisa Ashby and Jane O'Shea for their support.


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