Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

22 August 2019 Horse&Hound

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‘I DIDN’TTHINKWE’DGOCLEAR’

EASTCHESHIRE’SAnnabelJames(pictured)madeherfirst

attemptatthetetrathlonchampionshipsa winningonewhenshe

triumphedinthe46-strongintermediategirls’competition.

“It’ssucha shocktowin,I reallywasn’texpectingit.It’smy

firstyearasanintermediateandmyhorseis onlysixsosheis very

inexperiencedandI didn’tthinkwewouldgocleararoundsucha

technicalcourse,”explainedAnnabel,16,whohasbeenridingCarr

SideCloudyCruise,a greyIrishSportsHorse,fora year.

Annabelscored 940 intheshooting,recordeda personal

bestofeightlengths, 21 metresinthepool,wasoneofonlyfive

cross-countryclearsandthennegotiatedthe1,500mrunin6min

29sectotakevictoryby 30 pointsfromSarahWilcock

(SouthDurhamHunt).

Anothernotableperformanceinthepoolcame

fromJessCross(Chiddingfold)whose10-length,

21-metreswimbrokeBritishOlympianHeatherFell’s

22-year-oldphaserecord.

FIRST

WIN

‘I’mprettychuffedtohavewon’:TristanParmenterclaimsthe

intermediateboy’sindividualtitlefortheEastKentHunt

RESULTS

Openindgirls.—1, E Whitaker

(Oxenholme)4421;2,P Clark(Beaufort

Hunt)4185;3,J Telford(Beaufort

Hunt)4127.team.—1, BeaufortHunt

(JTelford,MStratton,MAdamson,R

Hatherell)11662;2,ZetlandHunt(W

Andrew,L Todd,HRaw,R Johnson)

11335.openindboys.—1, GAnderson

(WestWarwickshire)4546;2,J Stephens

(Brecon&TalybontHunt)4291;3,K

Harby(QuornHunt)4208.team.—1,

MidSurrey(HKitchener,L Townsend,M

Kitchener)9534.openmixedteam.—

1, WestWarwickshire(JMitchell,G

Anderson,HGreen,GMitchell)11856;2,

BeaufortHunt(HBarder,HStratton,P

Clark,A Peevers)10962.intermediate

indgirls.—1, A James(EastCheshire)

4107;2,S Wilcock(SouthDurhamHunt)

4077;3,C Olford(SouthDevonHunt

(Moorland))4050.team.—1, South

DurhamHunt(ADarnton,E Howarth,

S Wilcock)11293;2,BeaufortHunt(E

Harries-Jacob,A Edwards,B Adamson,

L Peevers)11242;3,BisleyandSandown

Chase(AHadden-Wight,R McDermott,C

Hadden-Wright)10810.intermediateind

boys.—1, T Parmenter(EastKentHunt)

4234;2,OHamilton-Russell(Wheatland

Hunt)4222;3,HPage(NorthCornwall)

4159.team.—1, NorthCornwall(HPage,

C Runnalls,F FoulshamRogers)11612;

2,CotswoldHunt(BLlewellenPalmer,

A LlewellenPalmer,T LlewellenPalmer,

A May)11297;3,BeaufortHunt(CHall,

OLewis,S Bellord)10561.intermediate

mixedteam.—1, WheatlandHunt(O

Hamilton-Russell,HMorris,GCrawford,

J Dayus)12143;2,SouthDevonHunt

(Moorland)(RMunk,MWhite,C Olford)

11471;3,Iveagh(FOsborne,R Fitzgerald,

C Crothers)10115.juniorindgirls.—1,

GSpeakman(RyburnValley)4495;2,S

Bates(EastKentHunt)4479;3,B Taylor

(CheshireHuntSouth)4472.team.—1,

RyburnValley(VClements,A Basford,G

Speakman)13135;2,EastKentHunt(E

Clapham,S Bates,E Lewis,E Norwood)

12825;3,FifeHunt(HYoung,A Penderis,

E Penderis,K Dalglish)12694.juniorind

boys.—1, R Smart(DinasPowys)4469;

2,WConnors(BeaufortHunt)4455;3,

P Williams(SeskinoreHarriers)4454.

team.—1, BeaufortHunt(GStratton,

WConnors,J Barker,OClark)12720;2,

EastKentHunt(LNorwood,L Carroll,J

Townsend,GPayne)12149.juniormixed

team.—1, DinasPowys(MEdwards,R

Smart,A Denton,A Smart)12766;2,Curre

Hunt(ANewington-Bridges,L Williams,

B Newington-Bridges)12472;3,Beaufort

Hunt(XAbbots,HBarker,R Bush,B

Edwards)11795.mixedareateam.—1,

Area2 Raiders(JDonaldson,J Wilcock,M

Tallentire,OGraham)12805;2,Area3 (J

Peacock,S Halton,L Blythe,A Williamson)

12789;3,Area5 Tigers(EBooth,R Taylor,

L Booth,K Booth)12602.grassroots

ind.—1, R Vickery(Flamstead)4453;2,

HTaylor(CheshireHuntSouth)4431;3,

J Newington-Bridges(CurreHunt)4324.

grassrootsteam.—1, CheshireHunt

SouthandFlintMixed(HTaylor,C Wright,

S Mulcaster,L Lamb)12822;2,West

Warwickshire(SMaundrell,NCampbell,

GCampbell)12586;3=,BeaufortHunt

(MHall,OEugster,T Eugster,R Bush),

WheatlandHuntplusSOHCMixed

(PDixon,I Rowley,HWilliamson,

E Jeffs)12485.

There was yet more silverware

for the Beaufort Hunt in the

junior boys’ team competition,

their quartet of George Stratton,

Will Connors, Josh Barker and

Orlo Clark pipping East Kent

Hunt by 571 points.

It was a third successive team

title for Will and Josh, in their

last year as juniors, while in the

individual competition Will was

beaten to the top spot by 14 points

by Rhys Smart (Dinas Powys).

“It was a really tight

competition and I’m not the best

runner so it was nerve-racking,”

said Rhys, contesting these

championships for the first time.

The Cardiff-based competitor

recorded 960 in the shooting, won

the swim with a personal best, had

one run out on the cross-country

aboard Red, his 13-year-old

coloured mare, and scored 958

points in the run.

Rhys was joined by his sister

Abi, Morgan Edwards and Amy

Denton to win the junior mixed

team event.

Gina Speakman was in

imperious form once again

in the 91-strong junior girls’

competition, successfully

defending her title in the

individual competition by 16

penalties from East Kent Hunt’s

Sienna Bates and also leading

Ryburn Valley to first place in the

team competition.

“It’s a relief to win as I really

wanted to come here and do it

again,” said Gina, 15. “I didn’t have

the best shoot but I won the swim

and I was in second place by only

a few points at the end of day one,

so I knew I had to go clear cross-

country and then give it my all in

the run.”

Gina joined forces with Verity

Clements and Anna Basford,

fifth individually, to win the team

event, 310 points ahead of East

Kent Hunt.

East Kent Hunt did taste

victory in the intermediate boys’

individual competition, after

Tristan Parmenter improved on

his runner-up finish in the 2018

junior event to triumph on a score

of 4,234. Personal bests in the

running and swimming made up

for a below-par shoot and a stop

on the cross-country.

“I’m pretty chuffed to have

won. I was hoping for a top-five

finish and was pretty disappointed

after the shoot, but the

challenging cross-country really

sorted everyone out,” said the

16-year-old from Folkestone.

DEBUT TEAM ON FORM

NORTH CORNWALL made their

six-hour drive worthwhile when

their trio of Harry Page, Conan

Runnalls and Fraser Foulsham

Rogers headed the intermediate

boys’ team competition.

“It’s the first time we have had

a team here, and while we hoped

to be competitive you are never

sure what the standard will be

like,” said Harry, who occupied

third individually behind Tristan

and runner-up Oscar Hamilton-

Russell (Wheatland Hunt), part

of the quartet who emerged

victorious from the intermediate

mixed team competition.

The South Durham trio of

Alice Darnton, Ellie Howarth

and Sarah Wilcock climbed the

leaderboard after each phase,

rising from fourth after the

shooting to take glory in the

intermediate girls’ team event.

“We are shocked to win,

particularly after we started off

with a bad shoot,” said Ellie. “We

were 11 points behind going into

the run so we knew we had to try

harder than usual.” H&H