BSPS Area 12 (Wales)

Press Officer – Kirsty Fudge

Hlidskjalf, Treffgarne, Haverfordwest. SA62 5PH

Tel: 07929042859

Email: kirsty_fudge@hotmail.com

Website: www.bspswales.co.uk

Hello everyone

I would just like to start off by saying a big thank you to Katie for previously giving us the Area 12 news, and I just hope that I can do as good a job of keeping you all updated.

So here we are at the end of yet another season, and before we know it the winter qualifiers will be on us. The Horse of the Year Show is now here and I am very pleased to say that many of our members have qualified this year and I would just like to wish them all the best of luck and I look forward to hearing all the results.

The Summer Champs have now long been and gone. Fortunately, the weather held out and I hope you all had a great time, judging from your results you certainly did!

Area 12 is always very strong in the WHP section and this year was no exception with the Wales Red Intercountry Team (Jenny Yate, Danielle Gardham, Nicole George and Bea Bea Meyrick) coming 2^nd. Our members were also very successful in their other classes and here are some of their results:

Danielle Gardham and the 15hh WHP Belle Vue Royal Prince had yet another successful Champs together:

5^th Pretty Polly Open 153cms WHP
4^th Performance 153cms
1^st Gold Cup Dresage
2^nd Gold Cup Overall 153cms

6^th Champion of Champions
6^th 15hh Intercountry Teams
2^nd Premier League Red Division 153cms

Bea Bea Meyrick has had a very successful first season with her 13hh WHP Crabbswood Nutmeg and this success continued at the Champs where they were placed in all their classes:

3^rd Pretty Polly Open WHP

8^th Performance WHP

3^rd Open 133cms WHP

1^st Gold Cup WHP

4^th Gold Cup Overall

5^th Premier League Red Division

4^th 13hh Intercountry Teams

The combination missed the final day of the show to compete at the Pony Club Novice Eventing champs, where they finished 9th with a clear show jumping and cross-country. Congratulations Bea.

Well done to Nicole George and her 15hh WHP Langarth Donna who had a very good show in their final season together.

5^th Pretty Polly Open WHP

1^st 15hh Intercountry Teams

6^th Desert Orchid

7^th Premier League Red Division

Jenny Yate had a very good show on both her rides this year at the Summer Champs:

Sannan Valley Sensation

8^th Desert Orchid Intermediate WH

9^th Intermediate Champion of Champions WH

1^st Open Intermediate WH

6^th Overall Gold Cup

2^nd Intermediate Intercountry Teams

Sannan Valley Sequence

10^th Novice Intermediate EH

7^th Restricted Open WH

7^th Intermediate Premier League Blue Division WH

10^th Novice Intermediate WH

Hannah Watts and Foxhall Lucky Charm finished off a very successful season with:

9^th Champion of Champions 153cms WHP

4^th 15hh Intercountry teams

Bethan Lewendon and Rockefeller II had a very successful time at their first Summer Champs together doing well in both WHP and SHP classes:
7th Novice 143cms WHP
4th Restricted 143cms SHP
7th Restricted 143cms WHP
4th Gold Cup 143cms WHP
5th Gold Cup Overall
9th Challenge 143cms WHP (1 pole)
6th Premier League 143cms SHP
4th premier league 143cms WHP
Bethan was delighted with Rocky's SJ round as jumping clear moved them up in the Gold Cup from 9th to 5^th.

Anna Lewendon and Pebbly Goose the Intermediate WH also had some good results:
4th Intermediate Intercountry teams
6th HOYS Intermediate

I had an up and down show this year with my mare Langarth Trilogy but despite the downs we still managed:

7^th Gold Cup Dressage

12^th Gold Cup WH

10^th Overall Intermediate Gold Cup

4^th Performance Intermediate WH

9^th HOYS Intermediate WH

It is not only our WHP’s that did well and I would like to congratulate the Area 12 SHP Premier League team who came 4^th.

While some of us were the other side of the Country in Grantham others stayed closer to home at Pembrokeshire County Show, where they had to brave the soaking wet conditions.

Jessica John and Seren Tywyll Dark Star jumped a fantastic clear round to win the Open Intermediate and they also went on to take Champion. Congratulations Jess.

Sian Thomas kindly sent me some other results from Pembrokeshire County Show. Sian and Tansy III were the winners of the 14hh WHP section with Tarryn Williams and Romp ‘n’ Rome coming 2nd. The 13hh winner was Sarah Hughes on Charmaine, who also came Reserve Champion. Alice Viles won the mixed height Restricted WHP on Simply Spider and Ella Gee and Oriental Barnowl were the winners of the Nursery Stakes. Well done all of you.

Congratulations also go to Katie Grills who was champion SHP on Bellevue Scotsman and to Jenna Davies who was M&M WHP champion on her Connemara Park Playboy.

I’ll just finish off by once again wishing all of you competing at HOYS the best of luck and I’m not sure if any of you are off to the Heritage Champs but if you are good luck.

If you have any news to report please send it to me before the 14^th Oct.

See you all soon

Kirsty xxx