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equestrian Success for College Students

Year 10 student Jake Myers competed at the Horse of the Year Show in October. he
competed on Razorlite II. later that same month he competed at Addington Manor,
Buckinghamshire with his new young six year old horse, Calcourt Qualvados, where he
took 2nd place to qualify for the Winter Novice final at Royal International at hickstead.
he also competed at the english home Ponies International at Southview, Cheshire,
where he had a fantastic show winning two classes and being selected to compete on
the england team with his pony Razorlite, finishing in Bronze position.

The Ivybridge Community College Equestrian Team had
success competing in the National Schools Equestrian
Association (NSEA) Dressage, Showjumping and Arena
Eventing Competitions at Bicton Arena, Exeter.
Year 11 student, Rebecca Reid, and her horse Rico won the Arena eventing
Individual Competition, giving them a qualifying place to the National
Championships. they also qualified individually in Dressage for the Championships.
In the regional qualifying competitions at Bicton Arena, the Dressage teams
performed well, with the Ivybridge teams finishing in 3rd, 4th and 5th place. Well
done to all the Dressage riders
especially to the students who
were competing in the College
team for the first time.
Molly Northmore, in Year 11,
won the elementary Class
competing as an Individual. In the Showjumping
competition the team finished in 7th place qualifying
them for the School’s Plate competition. In the Arena
eventing competition Katie Reid finished in 8th place and
Courtney Fletcher, in Year 9, was 15th in their individual
classes.

The British Dressage Championships was attended by Year 9 students, April
lomas, Molly Brock, talitha Wilkinson and Izzy Pengelly at the
David Broome event Centre in Wales. All four girls qualified in July for the
Championships at their local riding school.
Well done to all the girls for competing in what was a successful
weekend.