A great day was had at the
regional Dressage championships qualifier hosted by Dalysgrove RC at Creagh
equestrian centre on the 19th May. The sun came out for the day too! With over
50 individual dressage entries and 9 teams competing for a place at the
Connolly's Red Mills Dressage Championships on the 18th August in Mullingar
Equestrian centre. There was a very high standard of dressage on the day with
very high scores awarded to all competing.
3 teams qualified to represent the region including teams Dalysgrove,
Donegal Gaeltacht and Ballinasloe clubs.
Individuals also qualified
for the Championship from Advanced primary class Donna Murray took first and
second place with Dramlagh Troy and Temple Kiko for Dalysgrove, Followed by
Jackie McGovern with Levi from club Anvil. The fourth qualified rider came all
the way from Donegal Gaeltacht, Rudy Schneider with He's A Dandy.
Intermediate qualifiers
Niamh Macken on Captain Smirnoff for Ballinasloe, Shauna Murray on Nicnac from
Springmount, followed by Maria Griffin from Tonabrockey and fourth qualifier
Rachel McCrossen from Donegal Gaeltacht with Batteries not included.
Advanced Intermediate
qualifiers included Tracy Murphy on Nino Manoso for Dalysgrove, Agata Leonard
with Eurocent Caletto from slieve bloom and
finally Georgie Spain on Molougha Bird
for Dalysgrove.
Primary,
Open and Advanced open riders did not need to qualify for individual
competition. The top riders in Primary were Christine Rohan on Sweet Callows
Gale for Dalysgrove, Followed by Maria Fox for Ballinasloe and Assumpta Shannon
for South Roscommmon.
Open
competitors were Trish warren, Danielle Touhy, Laura Schneider with Tracy
Murphy the only Advanced open competitor on the day.
Outside
in the sunshine continued the show jumping. It was the third leg of the Arden
equestrian SJ league. With a large turnout for the competition rivalry ran high
amongst competitors. The Primary class was won by Niamh Macken for Ballinasloe
RC with Christine Rohan for dalysgrove in a close second with under two seconds
between their times. Severine Ray from Tynagh came third with Maria Fox
following in fourth place. fifth and sixth place were taken by Fiona Fenton and
Assumpta Shannon from South Roscommon RC.
The
Advanced primary class was won by Laurence Smyth from Donegal Gaeltacht. Springmount's
Caroline Clancy was a very close second. Dalysgrove then dominated winning 3rd,
5th and 6th with Dermot Goode, Jacqueline Feeley and John Miland respectively.
Caoillin De Bairead added to her league points coming 4th in the days AP class.
The
intermediate class was packed with over 25 competitors all fighting to get to
the jump off. From the exciting jump off Gavin Keenan from benbulben took first
place. Kevin Clogher and the speedy Molougha Bird came in second. Norman
Tierney and Orla O'Connell both from Springmount came third and fourth. Niall
Coghill from bridge took 5 fifth place and Sarah Baggott from South Roscommon
was presented with sixth place.
The
open class was won by Trish Warren from Donegal Gaeltacht. Corrib dominated
this class with Sarah Gaughan, Therese Dixon and Ronan Francis getting second,
third and fourth. Raymond Daniel came fifth and Tommy Ryan from Bridge was
awarded sixth place.
Let
the competition continue with the Final of the Arden Equestrian League on the
16th May in Creagh Equestrian league hosted by South Roscommon RC.
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