I am indebted to Candy Robbins for sending me the following report:

Southdown Hunt East Pony Club – Team and Individual Show Jumping

South of England Showground – 30^th & 31^st March 2013

Following the disappointment of having to postpone this event in January due to heavy snow and ice, Southdown Hunt East branch of the Pony Club held their first event of the season at Ardingly showground over the Easter weekend.

The event was run over two days and 13 branches produced over 420 rounds of highly competitive jumping.

Younger members took part on Saturday in the mini mini and mini individual scurry and team classes as well as the popular Top Score.

The home team of SDHE “Green” won the mini team class with some super performances from Maddie Aloof riding Bailey, Matthew Perry riding Cisco, Jasmine Pearce riding Hilton and Jody Watson riding Scooby.

Rebecca Harvey riding Chammi took a well deserved 6^th place in the mini mini individual scurry with Flo Evans Thomas riding Jazz and Hazel Perry riding Harvey coming 2^nd & 3^rd in the mini individual scurry.

The Top Score saw some very competitive riding and was won by Lucy Pearce riding Mo Boy for Mid Surrey.  SDHE members Vicky Henderson riding Amy came 3^rd and Maddie Aloof riding Bailey came 5^th.

Sunday saw the small novice, novice and intermediate individual and team classes ending with a very popular puissance.

In the small novice, the SDHE team came 4^th represented by Katie Beard riding Paddington Bear, Jason Watson riding Scooby, Kezzie Fish riding Star and Rosanna Curtis riding Martin.

The home team was again victorious in the novice with the “Blue” team of Beth Giddings riding Perfect Pete, Emma Robbins riding Chalky, Jessica Copsey riding Evie and Tara Keosherigan riding Jester taking 1^st place after a nail biting jump off.  The “Red” team came 3^rd and consisted of Ben Berill riding Ready Eddie Go, Chloe Fry riding Del and Hazel Perry riding Darcy.

Tara and Jester also jumped a splendid fast clear to win the novice individual scurry.

In the intermediate the branch was placed 4^th with the team of Lara Curtis riding Ludo, Sophie Duffield riding Amber and Millie Forman riding Aimee’s Art,

The climax of the day was the puissance run over 5 rounds, with 26 riders jumping over the wall at the starting height of 2’9.  This produced some excellent jumping with 1^st place being shared by Helena Gurdin riding Ultimate Flying Dutchman for Cobham and Annabel Murphy riding Black Jack Van Nova for Crawley & Horsham South jumping the wall at 4’2.  Lara Curtis riding Ludo came joint 3^rd for SDHE jumping 3’11.

Helena Gurdin also took 1^st and 3^rd places in the intermediate individual and was a member of the winning Cobham intermediate team, so a fantastic day for Helena.

The next event held by Southdown Hunt East will be the Spring Hunter Trials on 19^th May to be held at Wivelsden Farm, followed by the Open Show at the same venue on 1^st June.  Details of these and other events and cross country schooling can be found on their website: http:/branches.pcuk.org/southdowneast

Results: Ardingly 30^th & 31^st March 2013

Class 1: Mini Mini Individual Scurry

1.  Sophie Moss – Buttons (OS & B)
2 . Tia Holland – Heaven Sent (OS & B)
3 . Edward Daniel –             (OS & B)
4 . Millie Chapman – Chalky  (OS & B)
5.  Grace Tomlinson – Bessie (West Kent & Meopham)

Class 2: Mini Mini Team

1. Old Surrey & Burstow
Sophie Moss – Buttons
Millie Chapman – Chalky
Tia Holland – Heaven Sent
Edwards Daniel –

2. Cobham
Keela Lynch – Joie
Natalie Crawford – Chance In A Million
Stephanie Crawford – Tango

3.  East Sussex
Cora Taylor – Jazz
Jessica Roberts – Fern
Katie Hipkins – Jeremy Fisher
Rose Chaplin – Scooby

4.  Crawley & Horsham
Olivia Nolan – Mini
Briony Martin – Dash
Olivia Mackay – Champagne
Holly Foskett – Sammy

5.  Crawley & Horsham
Luke Martin – Polo
Caitlin Brannagan – Buttons
Ryan Brannagan – Hedgey
Cora Taylor – Jazz

6.  West Kent & Meopham “Mini Marvels”
Georgia Murison – Joey
Isabella Saville – Charlie
Maisie Christie – Popin Pop Star
Grace Tomlinson – Bessie

Class  3: Mini Individual Scurry

1.  Amelia Hawkins – Phoebe (Bisley)
2. Flo Evans Thomas – Jazz (SDHE)
3. Hazel Perry – Harvey (SDHE)
4. Annabel Shoosmith – Sorbay (C & H)
5. Daisy Smith – Gem (C & H)
6. Annabel Shoosmith

Class 4: Mini Teams

1. South Down Hunt East “Green”
Matthew Perry – Cisco
Maddie Aloof – Bailey
Jasmine Pearce – Hilton
Jody Watson – Scooby

2.  Mid Surrey
Megan Long – Gem
Isabel Long – Teddy
Lucy Pearce – Mo Boy
Georgia Claire – Noah

3  East Sussex
Oliver Clarke – Conker
Duncan Morgan – Flinders
Nancy Taylor – Mouse
India Piper-Dadswell – Peter Pan

4.  Crawley & Horsham
Harriet Rothman – Tilly
Letty Collins – Phoebe
Sara Holden – Bacardi
Alice Reynolds – Aquilla Surprise

5. Bisley Hunt “Owls”
Saskia Bolt – Oli
Ella Styles – Archie
Ross Kerr – Marmelo
Amelia Hawkins – Phoebe

6.  Crawley & Horsham
George Laing – Dinky
Alice Fuller – Libertee
Ella Bubb – Patchy Boy
Izzy Hopkins – Boo

Class 5: Top Score

1. Lucy Pearce – Mo Boy (Mid Surrey) 960pts
2. Molly Faulkener – Lady Snowdon (OSB) 920pts
3. Vicky Henderson – Amy (SDHE) 850pts
4.Georgia Claire – Noah (Mid Surrey) 830pts
5. Maddie Aloof – Bailey (SDHE) 780pts
6.Letty Collins – Phoebe (C & H) 760 pts

Class 6: Small Novice Individual Scurry

1. Lucy Martin – Blue Willow (OSB)
2. Katie Jordan – Gullane Sally (Cobham)
3.Roselly Hamlett – Bally Sheil Larry (C & H)
4. Jodie Rogers – Jack (C & H)
5. Maisie Hodge – Jump For Joy (OSB)
6. Jemima Barnes – Saphire (East Kent)

Class 7: Small Novice Teams

1. Crawley & Horsham “Blue”
Olivia Watts – Nobodys Fool
Lucy Blake – Yop
Roselly Hamlett – Bally Sheil Larry
Jodie Rogers – Jack

2. Old Surrey & Burstow
Maisie Hodge – Jump For Joy
Izzy Oakley – Ruben
Scarlett Rutter – Acorn
Lucy Martin – Blue Willow

3.  Crawley & Horsham “Purple”
Romy Jackson – Leistershire Lad
Anya Irvine – No Going Back
Katie Finnerty – Hayes Boy
Emie Axelsen – Lucy

4. Southdown Hunt East
Katie Beard – Paddington Bear
Jason Watson – Scooby
Kezzie Fish – Star
Rosanna Curtis – Martin

5.  West Kent Sevenoaks
Kate Moss – Rowfantina Friday Feeling
Phoebe Shead – Hollywood
Mercy Bannister – Fritham Kimble
Lauren Rayner – Chiffy

6.  East Kent “Kestrels”
Ben Weller – Midnight
Chloe Petts –
Jemima Barnes – Saphire

Class 8: Novice Individual Scurry

1.  Tara keosherigan – Jester (SDHE)
2.  Bethany Cole – Fronerthig King (Mid Surrey)
3.  Seonadh Ganley – Toi (Kent Border)
4. Niki Waite – Dambuster (Cobham)
5. Amy James – Rose (Mid Surrey)
6. Isabel Gilmour – The Party’s Over (East Kent)

Class 9: Novice Teams

1. Southdown Hunt East “Blue
Beth Giddings – Perfect Pete
Emma Robbins – Chalky
Jessica Copsey – Evie
Tara Keosherigan – Jester

2. East Kent “Harriers”
Laura Langridge –
Katie Long – Joe Smoke
Emma Ransley – Midnight
Sophie Miles – Steel Ice Man

3. Southdown Hunt East “Red”
Ben Berrill – Ready Eddie Go
Chloe Fry – Del
Hazel Perry – Darcy

4.  Mid Surrey
Harry Kitchener – Casheen
Annie Crawley – Freddie
Bethany Cole – Fronerthing King
Amy James – Summer

5.  West Kent Sevenoaks “Willows”
Kate Hosein – Golden Pipistrella Piper
Claire Finlason – Wolfgang Majestical Spirit
Charlotte Robinson – Luca
Katherine Stell – Amanda Hugankiss

Class 10: Intermediate Individual

1.  Helena Gurdin – Hillowan Bumble Bee (Cobham)
2.  Ella Murphy – Alomo Foxy (Crawley & Horsham South)
3.  Helena Gurdin – Ultimate Flying Dutchman (Cobham)
4.  Isabel Gilmour – The Party’s Over (East Kent)
5. Becca Stannard – Topper (Mid Surrey)
6.  Eleanor Wilson – Malone’s Mate (West Kent Sevenoaks)

Class 10: Intermediate Teams

1. Cobham
Ella Flavell – Schwepps
Jenny Waite – Spritie
Helena Gurdin – Ultimate Flying Dutchman

2. Mid Surrey
Sam Townsend – Bruno
Ashleigh Sullivan – Bailey
Stephanie Jones – Satinka
Becca Stannard – Topper

3.  West Kent Sevenoaks
Camilla Pearson – Creskeld
Tori Morris – Broudein Destiny
Aoife Hickey – Belmont Princess
Eleanor Wilson – Malones Mate

4.  Southdown Hunt East
Lara Curtis – Ludo
Sophie Duffield – Amber
Millie Forman – Aimees Art

5. Crawley & Horsham South
Annabel Murphy – Black Jack Van Nova
Ella Murphy – Alomo Foxy
Courtney Geal – Samson Dream
Hannah Laurence – Rocklands Abby Prince

Class 11: Puissance

1=Helena Gurdin – Ultimate Flying Dutchman (Cobham) 4’2
1=Annabel Murphy – Black Jack Van Nova (C & H South) 4’2
3=Lara Curtis – Ludo (SDHE) 3’11
3=Ella Flavell – Schwepps (Cobham) 3’11
3=Camilla Pearson – Creskeld (West Kent Sevenoaks) 3’11
3-Ashleigh Sullivan – Bailey (Mid Surrey) 3’11