Inter-House Dressage Competition

The competition took place on Wednesday 2^nd December at Nelson Park Riding Stables. It was extremely well ridden with competitors watching each rider as they took the test, applauding and encouraging as they left the area on completion of the test. There was a great spirit of cooperation as well as a healthy sense of competition!

The results were as follows :

1^st place Lodge

2^nd place Bellerby

3^rd Place Laing

4^th place Tower

Newlands had no riders, so do not feature in the results.

Individual places and rosettes went to:
1^st Joy Sahyoun,
2^nd Emily Holl,
3^rd Courtney Rigby,
4^th Emma Johnson,
5^th Becky Conn
6^th Tony Ding.

Also pictured here, Reece Honour, who went first in the Dressage competition and who had a difficult horse to contend with.. Thanks to his skill, Tower House was represented in the results table.

It should be noted too, that Tony Ding was a complete beginner; he only started riding at the start of the Michaelmas Term and decided to represent his House, enabling it to claim first place from a very competitive and capable field of riders.

“All of the competitors were a credit to St. Lawrence , both in terms of their sportsmanship and behaviour with their horses,” said Dr Chris Ransom who organised the competition.

Our grateful thanks go to Nelson Park Riding Stables, in Thanet, for supplying expert advice, judges, rosettes and TLC!