The BHS TREC Scottish Championships 2004
Kathy Wilding from Shropshire and her horse Trojan continued
their recent good form to take the Level 4 title at the BHS
TREC Scottish Championships held last weekend (3-4 July) at
Peelham Cross Country near Berwick upon Tweed. Kathy was following
up wins at her last two outings, proving unstoppable over
the three phases and two days of this event, reinforcing her
claim for a place in the British Team for the World TREC Championships
in September
Runner up in the Level 4 class Hilary Barnard from Bristol,
riding Harvey, a New Forest pony, came close to taking the
title with the highest score of the weekend in the PTV obstacle
phase –an amazing 148 points!
In the Level 3 group Sue Perks from Kinver, Worcestershire,
won the Individual group. With a win in the same class at
the Welsh Championships last month, Sue is proving to be a
tough competitor to beat. Will she ‘complete the treble’
at the English Championships later this month? Only time will
tell.
The Level 3 Pairs saw ‘The Soul Survivors’, Sarah
Thurnell and Sarah Constantine, East Midlands, achieve a convincing
win over rivals “Men plus One”. And in the Ashby
House Young Riders Level 3 group, the current European Young
Riders Champion, Kate Ellison from Ayrshire put in a sterling
performance to take the title.
Scottish rider Heather Adam, did her bit for her country
with a win in the Argyll Trail Riding Level 2 Individual class,
and in the Pairs group Jayne Edge and Vivienne Little defended
their title from last year to yet again take victory in this
class.
BHS Borders Chairman, Virginia Scott-Watson, who presented
the prizes said, “What a wonderful weekend! It was fantastic
to see so many competitors making the effort to take part
in what is, really, a unique competition. I would like to
thank the sponsors, organisers and volunteers for enabling
this competition to take place.”
Final results:
Argyll Trail Riding Level 2 Ind.
1st Heather Adam (368pts) - Lanarkshire, 2nd Lesley Benyon
(355pts) - Shropshire, 3rd Polly Lloyd-Owen (335pts) - Pembrokeshire.
Level 2 Pairs
1st Jayne Edge & Vivienne Little (737pts) - Lanarkshire,
2nd Mairi Howatt & Jeni Birks (721pts) - Lanarkshire,
3rd Hannah Garnett & Maggie Longley (707pts) - Lancashire.
Level 3 Ind.
1st Sue Perks (376pts) – West Midlands, 2nd Mary Weston
(356pts) - Leicestershire, 3rd Elanor McNarmara (330pts) -
Glasgow.
Ashby House Young Riders Level 3
1st Kate Ellison (412pts) - Ayrshire, 2nd Alex Wells (352pts)
- Nottinghamshire.
Level 3 Pairs
1st Sarah Thurnell & Sarah Constantine (749pts) –
Derbyshire/Lincolnshire, 2nd Nigel Robinson & Ian Macalindin
(678pts) – N.Yorks/Derbyshire.
Level 4
1st Kathy Wilding (401pts) - Shropshire, 2nd Hilary Barnard
(394pts) - Avon, David Hay-Thorburn (393pts) - Argyll.
o The sport of TREC (Techniques de Randonnee Equestre de
Competition) was brought to the UK by The British Horse Society
in 1998
o TREC originates in France and was developed nearly 30 years
ago as a way to train and assess the competence and ability
of professional horse riding guides
o The British Horse Society is the governing body for the
sport in the UK
o The BHS TREC Scottish Championships could not take place
without the support of its generous sponsors: Argyll Trail
Riding, Ashby House, BHS Scotland, The Society of Master Saddlers.
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