New South Wales competitors shone at the Pony Club Australia National Championships last week, taking out all but one of the event's team divisions.
Some 230 riders from across Australia took part in the championships, at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, Horsley Park, from July 12-18.
Competition was fierce, as the best riders from each state competed across the equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing, showjumping and mounted games. Each discipline was divided into two events; a junior event for riders under 17 years of age, and an Associate event for riders 17 to 25 years of age.
The New South Wales team collected nearly all National Champion awards which were up for grabs, along with most of the Champion Team awards. New South Wales was honoured with the Roger Braham OAM Perpetual Trophy as the Champion State.
A commendable mention goes to Grant Judd, who won the Associate Show Jumping National Champion title for the third time on the same horse, Redshot. Grant first won the title at the 2005 National Championships in Perth, and maintained his position at the following National Championships in Towoomba in 2007 and now here in Sydney. Grant has plans to hold on to his title at the next National Championships in two year's time.
"We could not have asked for a more pleasing result. All of our New South Wales riders represented the state to the best of their ability and we were very lucky to collect so many Champion awards," said said Jenny Amadio, Event Organiser and Executive Director of Pony Club NSW.
"We are very proud of our NSW riders and look forward to challenging the other states at the 2011 National Championships in Victoria," she said.
"We would like to congratulate all riders who competed this week, along with their team officials and supporters, as they displayed high levels of sportsmanship and horsemanship. The event, like all Pony Club events, was focused on giving the riders an opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals, and I am sure that many friendships were formed which will last for lifetimes."
The Championships are held every two years, with a different state playing host. This will be the second time that Pony Club NSW has hosted the Championships since their inception in 1995, where they were held in Wagga Wagga. The Championships were introduced just after Sydney was granted the Olympic Games to assist and encourage all Pony Club members to strive for their Olympic dreams.
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