South Essex Insurance Brokers’ BHS TREC League Awards
Riders from all over the country were at The British Horse
Society (BHS) North and Yorkshire Awards Party held recently
(31 January) at the Morritt Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge, County
Durham, to receive South Essex Insurance Brokers’ BHS
TREC League Awards for their achievements in 2003. The presentations
were made by BHS Trustee Alison Fuller.
Competition for the SEIB BHS TREC League titles was fierce
throughout the year, with the Level 1 & 2 Pairs League
particularly hotly contested. Retaining their 2003 title were
the Quantock Cavalleros, Vanessa Warren and Ros Wood, who
gained maximum points with four wins and took the Welsh Championships
en route. Level 3 & 4 Pairs League champions were Viv
Little and Jayne Edge from Tweedsmuir in Scotland.
Individual Champion at this higher level was the consistent
David Hay-Thorburn from Argyll, a member of the Silver medal
winning team at the World TREC Championships in Belgium in
2003, ahead of fellow GB team rider Faye Hamilton from Lanark
and Shropshire based Caroline Brammer. David took home a specially
designed TREC bridle donated by the Worshipful Company of
Saddlers and the Anthea Kendrick Trophy.
Level 1 & 2 League Individual Champion, Hilary Barnard
from Bristol, has been virtually unbeatable all season on
her two ponies Poppy and Harvey, with eight wins at Level
2, the Welsh Championships title and also achieving successes
with Sheila Roberts in Level 3 Pairs, including the Scotshield
British Championship. Joy Taylor (Surrey) and Jocelyn Templeman
(West Sussex) put up great efforts to finish second and third
respectively to Hilary in the League.
Throughout the 2003 season competitors placed in the top
ten at Affiliated BHS TREC events collected points, with their
best four results counting towards the South Essex Insurance
Brokers sponsored titles. BHS TREC is a three-phase event
consisting of orienteering on horseback, following a route
on a map at pre-determined speeds, a control of paces test,
and a cross-country obstacle course that involves negotiating
hazards that a rider might encounter out hacking in the countryside.
It is completely in tune with The British Horse Society objectives
to help riders improve their skills to make riding in the
countryside safer and more enjoyable.
Full Results:
Level 1 & 2 Pairs:
1st - Vanessa Warren & Ros Wood (Somerset)
2nd – Lisa Ashby (Leicestershire) & Jane Toft (Nottinghamshire)
3rd – Viv Little & Jayne Edge (Tweedsmuir, Scotland)
Level 3 & 4 Pairs:
1st – Viv Little & Jayne Edge
2nd – Mary & Ann Weston (Leicestershire)
3rd – Dave & Sheila Rogerson (Yorkshire)
Level 1 & 2 Individual:
1st – Hilary Barnard (Bristol)
2nd – Joy Taylor (Surrey)
3rd – Jocelyn Templeman (West Sussex)
Level 3 & 4 Individual:
1st - David Hay-Thorburn (Argyll)
2nd – Faye Hamilton (Lanark)
3rd – Caroline Brammer (Shropshire)
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