Area Prince Phillip Cup and mounted games results ...
Telford friendly 29th December 2008 1/01/2009
Hope you all enjoyed the competition in Telford despite the incredibly cold weather! Thanks for coming and we hope you enjoyed yourselves. And once again F&D had the loudest and proudest fan base!
Quick run through of results:
- Junior A team (Becky, Georgia W, Alex, Alys and Robyn) finished 3rd in the A final. Unfortunately they were in first place until the last race, when they were eliminated for obstruction.
- Junior B team (Sophie W, Ellie, Eden and Sophie G) finished 3rd in the B final. A very good result for a young novice team.
- Senior A team (Eleri, Suzi, Louisha and Ceri) finished 1st in the C final after winning most of their races.
- Senior C team (Anna, Anya, Yasmin and Sam G) won a tie-breaker to get into the B final, then won most of the races and finished 1st.
- Senior B team (Mari, Nan, Wednesday and Sam M) finished 2nd in the A final, to a very good Berwyn & Dee team.
But I'm sure all the teams will be showing their true colours by the spring!
And thanks to Alex and Ross for filling in as fifth members of the senior teams.
If anyone is interested in looking at the photos taken, the website is http://www.pmimaging.co.uk
Archived Prince Phillip Cup and mounted games results ...
As for the Junior Games Team championships ... 21/08/2008
First of all, thank you all for your good luck messages. Unfortunately, it was not their day.
In the morning, we competed against 11 other teams, the top 6 of which would go through to the championship final, and the bottom 6 into the runners up final. Nerves and pressure seemed to get the better of them to begin with, and they only managed finals for Quoits and 4 Flag. That said, if they could've managed one place higher in either of those finals, they would've been in the run off for the championships final.
So we had a break while the second lot of the 24 teams did their first session, and we were back on at 1.30pm for the runners up final, which ran in the same way. The afternoon was a little better: this time they got through to 3 finals, in the Pony Race, Sack and 5 Flag.
So they finished 22 out of 24 in the end, to some really outstanding junior teams. And that still makes them the 22nd best team in the UK! They all did really well, and almost everytime they qualified for a final they won their heat! It was just unfortunate that they missed out on finals or higher places because of one small mistake in a race, or just bad luck.
Yaz, Sam and Louisha will be giving the seniors a run for their money next year!
CONGRATULATIONS to the Junior Games Team who have qualified for the Pony Club Championships ....
The team members are in no particular order, Sam & Yasmin Greaves, Louisha Doran and Georgia Williams.
More images in the gallery...
Aintree 16th Feb 2008 CHN Mounted Games Friendly 25/02/2008
The Mounted games teams had their first outing of the season to Aintree a lovely venue (fab toilets!)
Seniors were on first.
This year there is a lot of competition for team places and on this first outing the team was Sophie Toogood, Eleri Jones, Mari Edwards, Suzi Williams and Nan Jones.
There were 12 teams battling out for places in either the A, B or C finals.
With very little going our way the team just failed to qualify for the B final but as way of compensation won the C final. We hope for a better run out next month at Somerford.
Juniors
Well what a bunch of Stars they were.
The line out was:-
Veterans Sam and Yasmin Greaves, (Yasmin now in her fourth year on the junior team and Sam in his third year) Newcomers Georgia Williams, Rebecca Sedcole and Louisha Dorran (who compeated with a broken bone in her foot!!)
They were consistently winning their heats and qualified with the highest amount of points for the A final.
They continued their form in the final, pulling away steadily from the other teams. The supporters were (especially mothers and grand mothers) could barely watch, blood pressures were going through the roof! The children all did brilliantly, even Gwil was smiling. They were clear winners and a force to be reckoned with.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you to Gwil and Arwyn who put so much time and effort into helping all the children. All the families associated with the games really appreciate it.
Also Good Luck to Eleri Jones and Sophie Toogood at the Welsh trials on 2nd March 2008
