Monday, 23 July 2012


Re-posted as it disappeared from the blog :-)
Pony Games at the Radway Riding School, Monday 9th July 2012

At last! A competition that wasn’t weather dependant thanks to the indoor arena at Radway. As the competition hotted up, the roof rang to the sound of scores of eager riders having a go at the races set up by Maggie Boswell and her team. The challenges of the bending race, the sock in the bucket, the stepping stones and the ride and run tested the riders to their limit as they were cheered on by the appreciative crowd.
In all, 44 riders entered. Some were representing their villages, but many remained independent, which presented the organisers with an interesting challenge as regards the team medal position at the end of the evening! In fact the result we came up with on the night has had to be adjusted, so apologies to all concerned.
Couple with that the fact that some names are almost illegible on the entry sheet as the staff juggled score cards and course building with ponies and riders. Please excuse any strange spellings of names!

In the under 8s
Bending Race         
Gold, Hermione Walls from Kineton,
Silver Cameron Mahler from Ratley,
Bronze Ellie Underwood from Radway
Sock in a Bucket
Gold, Mikey McCauley from Ratley
Silver Cameron Mahler from Ratley,
Bronze Beth Kitchin
Stepping Stones
Gold Hermione Walls from Kineton,
Silver Olivia Elford from Ratley
Bronze Beth Kitchin
Ride and Run
Gold, Beth Kitchin
Silver Ellie Underwood from Radway
Bronze Eneko Kata
             
           
8 – 14s          
Bending Race         
Gold, Alice Hoyle from Kineton
Silver Emelia Fletcher
Bronze Katherine Lavery
Sock in a Bucket
Gold, Lindsay Jarvis from Ratley
Silver Mollie Perkins
Bronze Mollie Fletcher
Stepping Stones
Gold, Gemma Hotchkiss from Radway
Silver Cassie Senn from Radway
Bronze Katherine Lavery
Ride and Run
Gold, Ollie Walls from Kineton
Silver Emelia Fletcher
Bronze Lindsay Jarvis from Ratley

Over 14s
Bending Race         
Gold, Flora Zwolinski from Ratley
Silver Ruth Todd from Ratley
Bronze Celia Thomas from Kineton
Sock in a Bucket
Gold, Rebecca Crummett from Radway
Silver Sue Marshall from Kineton
Bronze  Shannon French
Stepping Stones
Gold, Rebecca Crummett from Radway
Silver Sue Marshall from Kineton
Bronze Flora Zwolinski from Ratley
Ride and Run
Gold, Rebecca Crummett from Radway
Silver Alison Riley from Ratley
Bronze Ruth Todd from Ratley

To determine the final position of the teams, scores for each race were awarded as follows:
1st place 4 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd place 2 points. This gave final team positions of
1st place to Ratley with 33 points
2nd place to Radway with 24 points
3rd place to Kineton 2
4th place to Kineton 1

Well done to everyone who took part, and a huge thank you to Maggie Boswell and the hard-working team at the Riding School for laying on such a great event. The barbecue in aid of the Air Ambulance was very welcome and sustained both riders and spectators as the evening went on. And we shouldn’t forget to thank the wonderful ponies who did their best for their riders and obviously enjoyed it as much as anyone!



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