Carolyn
Smith Wins Open Championship At Necarne Castle Dressage Festival
Necarne Castle, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th May 2002
Carolyn Smith and Hails Vision won the Fermanagh Council sponsored
Open Championship at the Necarne Castle dressage festival on Sunday
(5th May 2002).
Anne Marie Dunphy from County Kilkenny placed second with the stallion
Mercury and Donie McNamara took third place on Queen of the Night.
The championship ran over two days with Smith winning the opening
class on Saturday with her Irish draught gelding when scoring 65.16%
having opted for Advanced test 106. McNamara slotted into second on
61.61% but he had ridden the higher level Intermediare II test. The
competitors lined out once again in Necarne Castle's picturesque walled
garden for the final class of the Fermanagh Council Championship on
the Sunday afternoon. International judges Jennie Lorriston Clarke
from Great Britain and Alison King from Hong Kong judged both classes.
Anne Marie Dunphy and Mercury won the second leg of the championship
with a score of 64.25%. Mc Namara slotted into second place on 61.4%
with Smith third on 61.13%. Both lady riders decided to ride the Intermediare
I test with McNamara electing for the Grand Prix test. Speaking afterwards
McNamara said he was thrilled that Queen of the Night had scored 61.4%
in her first Grand Prix. This pairing will head to England later in
the summer to compete in some premier league shows.
There was an international flavour to this years festival with visiting
pony teams from England and Scotland. The Scots also sent junior,
young rider and senior teams to compete against their Irish hosts.
Junior rider Eileen Kapp from County Galway with her Russian import
Davis won the T P Topping Advanced Medium Championship thereby helping
to secure victory for the Irish team in the Junior team championship.
Keeley Sinclair a member of the Scottish Bavarian warmblood team won
the Mourne Rosettes Medium Championship with Jelstin.
Appropriately the Dressage Northern Ireland team came out on top in
the senior team championship with the pony honours going to the English
North West team and Scotland won the young rider team equivalent.
RESULTS
FERMANAGH COUNCIL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Hails Vision (Carolyn Smith) 63.63%
2. Mercury (Anne Marie Dunphy) 61.48%
3. Queen of the Night (Donie McNamara) 61.43%
T P TOPPING ADVANCED MEDIUM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Davis (Eileen Kapp) 67.53%
2. Claggan Roxy Music (Laragh Hamilton) 63.36%
3. Egano S (Anne Marie Dunphy) 62.30%
MOURNE ROSETTES MEDIUM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Jeltsin S (Keeley Sinclair) 67.20%
2. Egano S (Anne Marie Dunphy) 66.04%
3. Aughnacrinna (Anne Marie Dunphy) 65.29%
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
PONY TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. North West England - 66.56%
[ The Only Way is Higher (Sarah Higgins),
Beatrix (Harriet Woodcock),
Pocket Nook (Belinda Quinn)
Trelawn Chablis (Sarah Parsons) ]
2. Scotland - 62.31%
[ Duntarvie Catalan (Pippa Morrison),
Waxwing Rhattray (Rebecca Stephen),
Country Drummer (Claire Grant),
Syderff Sonnet (Lara Marshall) ]
3. Ireland - 61.04%
[ Amber Spice (Heather Woods),
Chestons Promise (Sarah Cahill),
Dunmore Posie (Claire McKee) ]
JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Ireland - 65.24%
[ Davis (Eileen Kapp),
De Courcy (Lyndsey Craig),
Abbey National (Alison Shaw),
Maradonna (Anne Glynn) ]
2. Scotland - 63.34%
[ Porthill Royal Seal (Alexandra Morrison),
Nimrod 'B' (Lucy Miller),
Shamrock Isle II (Anika Milne),
Syderff Kingsmill (Emma Gibson) ]
YOUNG RIDER TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Scotland - 64.14%
[ Daniel (Mark Smith),
Tibeau Julis (Debra Rutherford),
Red Jester (Katherine Mieras) ]
2. Ireland - 62.13%
[ Commanding Officer (Laragh Hamilton),
McCoy (Lynne McCormick),
Faidon (Christiana Manoras),
Claggan Roxy Music (Laragh Hamilton) ]
SENIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Northern Ireland Dressage - 65.5%
[ Has to be Fun (Carolyn Smith),
Wishful Thinking (Yvette Truesdale),
Churchpulverbatch Delight (Louise Gibson),
Mr Bingley (Jennifer Somerville) ]
2. Dressage Ireland 'C' - 65%
[ Obelix (Sylvia Henry),
Ardenza Sally (Elaine Morrow),
Ballyknock Squire (Jennifer Howes),
Val Valdi (Pauline McLaren) ]
3. Dressage Ireland - 63.98%
[ Egano S (Anne Marie Dunphy),
Rolegan Ask (Terrie Cairns),
Queen of the Night (Donie McNamara),
Yamud (Sylvia Rogers) ]
Website: http://www.dressageireland.ie
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