The Brighstone CE Aided Primary School horse riding team are jumping for joy after winning 1st place overall at the Isle of Wight Inter Schools Showjumping Competition. 10 primary schools took part in the event at Little Kennerley Farm in Godshill last Friday (26th April). Riders had to complete 2 rounds of jumping a course of 9 obstacles, with the aim of jumping clear and in the fastest possible time. Skye, 7, Bethan, 7, and Violet, 9, each achieved clear 1st rounds, putting them in a great position as they went into the 2nd round – which included a timed jump-off. Each of the girls rode clear in the 2nd round – with Skye achieving the speediest round of the day with her pony Yasmin, earning her individual 1st place out of 25 riders. Bethan and pony Echo came 2nd overall and Violet also riding Yasmin, secured individual 3rd place. These excellent individual top 3 results meant Brighstone CE Aided Primary School won 1st place overall in the team placings. Rebecca Lennon, headteacher at Brighstone Primary School, has said:
“We are extremely proud of Skye, Bethan and Violet who excelled both individually and as a team. They are all passionate about their sport and we are thrilled to see their hard work and dedication has paid off with these super results. Well done girls!”
Skye’s mum Nicky says:
“It was a really well organised event and all of the children who took part rode so well. I am sure other parents and school representatives would join me in expressing thanks to Karen and her team for their hard work and efforts in organising the annual schools’ dressage and showjumping events. The girls thoroughly enjoyed taking part and were proud to represent their school”.
This event, organised by Karen Begley, followed an Interschool Team Dressage event in April in which a team from Brighstone also took part and came away with some rosettes and good scores and comments from the judge.
