Main pic: Ellis Simms on Carnone Diamond Beach and Tara Brennan, on Carnone Annabelle, with the Open Teams 1st place cup.
Teams from the East Donegal Pony Club had a number of victories at the National Show Jumping Championships in Wexford.
Five riders travelled to Wexford last week, having previously qualified to compete for the Area 6 counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon and Longford at the Irish Pony Club National championships.
In the show jumping Teams section, Senior riders Tara Brennan from Creeslough, on Carnone Annabelle, and Ellie Simms, Milford, on Carnone Diamond Beach, joined forces with Longford’s Katie & Calum Duignan. They put in impressive performances over a challenging 1.15m Open course and claimed the 1st place position for the team.
Éabha Brennan on Millfields Killnascully and Sophie Bonner on Riverfield Kannafanta. They took 2nd place in the Teams Robbie Bailey Showjumping.
Creeslough’s Éabha Brennan, on Millfields Killnascully, along with Dungloe’s Sophie Bonner on Riverfield Kanna Fanta, teamed up with Leitrim’s Emily Quinn and Aoibhinn O’Neill. They jumped double clears to place 2nd out of over 30 teams in the 90cm Robbie Bailey Show Jumping competition.
In the individual competitions, Ellie Simms placed 6th in the Open Showjumping, while Éabha Brennan, Sophie Bonner and Chloe McGlynn put in worthy performances in the Combined Training competition, narrowly missing out on getting placed.
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