Games 2002
Senior
A team finish 6th at Horse of the Year Show National Championships!
And Juniors finish 4th at Junior National Championships.
In 2002 practices started on Ayr beach in January then indoors at Muirmill until the clocks change - followed by PC field. The teams then moved back to Muirmill for the indoor competitions of the year.
You may have seen some of our members competing at Ayr Show in a fun competition against a team of young farmers on quad bikes!
The Scottish Games Team have just finished competing at the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2002 - including Eglinton member Donald Evans and Trained by Danny Wilson one of our Committee members - click here for the story.
Also
in action recently were the British team - competing against teams
from Australia, Canada and USA. Lynn and Sue Veitch were involved in their
visit to the UK this year - and have described the team's time here - click
here.
Our last representative on the International Games Team was Vicki Stevenson
in 1999 she wrote a letter to us telling of her experiences - Click
here to see the letter
Senior
A Team:
Trainer
- Robert Noble
David Ingram, Heather Ridland, Emma Keirs, Donald and Neah Evans.
This picture was taken just after they qualified for the National Championships
after winning the Zone final.
Other results:
Eglinton 14/4/02-2nd, K&C 21/4/02-4th,
E. Stirling 27/4/02-1st, Edinburgh 4/5/02-2nd.
Click
here for Robert's report on the year.
The
Senior B Team:
Trainer - Gordon Ridland,
Hazel Gibson, Kirstyn Cunningham, Tam my McWilliam, Sarah Cathcart and Holly
Drummond.
Click
here for Gordon's report on the year.
The
Junior A Team:
Trainer - Mary Mitchell,
Gina Mitchell, Chelsea Burns, Rachael Offer, Amy and Robbie Ferguson.
Finished fourth in the National Championships - details below.
Click
here for Mary's report on the year.
The
Junior B Team: Trainer: Jill Offer; Lucy Stewart, Katie Offer, Claire
Geddes, Laura Graeme and Mary Pearson.
Click
here for Jill's report on the year.
Junior C Team: Trainer - Lynn Cunningham; Caitlin Cunningham, Tyler and Shelby
McWilliam, Nicola McLeod, Katie Pearson and Stuart McWilliam.
Click
here for Lynn's report on the year.
Please note that there were many more Games competitions over the year.
April
14th - Eglinton PC Games Competition at Bishopriggs
The day started of damp and drizzly, but our
competition warmed the riders and ponies up quickly! Our Senior A
team finished 2nd to Edinburgh, while the Juniors had a good day
winning 6 out of 7 Games. Click here
for results.
June
2nd - Area 19 Games Competition
Well done to the teams - the Senior A team finished a
close 2nd to Edinburgh, qualifying for the Zone as did the Junior
A team who won the Junior competition.
July
21st - Games Zone Competition at Lanark
The competition saw the best teams in Scotland and Northern Ireland
competing for the opportunity to qualify for Horse of the Year Show.
The Eglinton A team did it! Strathearn got off to a good start, and took the
early lead in the competition, but Eglinton then fought back, winning 4 of
the last 6 races to eventually take the win with a race to spare. Strathearn
and West Perthshire qualified to compete in the Robinson's Runners-up Final
at Sansaw Park.
Our Junior A team were celebrating too, as they won the Novilon Junior Zone
Final - we won the first race, and never looked back, winning 6 of the 8 games
as the team cruised to victory! They qualified for the Junior National Final
at Sansaw Park.
August
20th - Junior National Championships at Sansaw Park
Our Junior A team came fourth at Sansaw. The competition was in two sessions
with the best Junior teams from accross the UK - in the first session they
didn't have the best of runs, but with an improvement in the afternoon session
they pulled back up to finish 4th! A picture and the names of members appear above.
August
25th - Blair Atholl Friendly Competition
A very busy day with huge numbers of teams competing - led to the competition
being split into three sections for Seniors & Juniors. We had 2 Senior
and 3 Junior teams competing, at Blair and after rain before the competition
the ring was moved to prevent damage for the following day's competing for
the Eventing, though we were allowed in later when the arena dried up in the
sun.
Our Senior A's finished in 2nd place - behind Strathearn - after being eliminated
in the Blair Castle race - a big problem when there were only 6 races in total
after qualifying. The Junior A's won the Junior Competition fresh up the road
from Sansaw.
This competition is one of the last few of the outdoor competitions, and the
teams move indoors shortly to practice at Muirmill - getting ready for Pre-Wembley
at Gleneagles, and the Senior A's getting ready for HOYS in Birmingham for
the National Championships.
October
9-13th - Horse of the Year Show, Birmingham
Our Senior A team were at the National Championships which are held over the
week at the NEC in Birmingham. We're the most sucessful Pony Club in the history
- having won the Prince Philip Cup more 12 times. Six teams competed at the
championships - a friendly competition
is run over the first 2 days, then the National Championships for the Prince
Philip Cup over the final 3 days, with the final on Sunday evening.
Click
here for report and results