B TEST SUCCESS
26th August 2008 Smallwood
Many congratulations to Bekky Ashmore who passed the Riding section of the B Test to give her the full B Test (she passed the Horse & Pony Care section earlier in the year). Congrats also to Georgina Hayward and Grace Kennerley who passed both the Riding and Horse & Pony Care sections of their B Test today. Well done to Ki Ashmore who passed the Horse & Pony Care section and Jess Lee who passed the Riding section. You all performed brilliantly and we are very proud of you all.
CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
Tuesday 19th August: Our Senior A Games Team qualify for HOYS (again!) with a convincing win finishing 14 points ahead of the next nearest team.
Wednesday 20th/Thursday 21st August: Our Open Eventing team finish 8th overall - an outstanding result! Jessica Lee, in the Intermediate Eventing championship, performed brilliantly and finished just outside the placings.
Thursday 21st August: Our Junior A Games Team finished 6th in the Championship Final - thats 6th in the whole country!! How amazing is that!
NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 23rd August: Bethany Lee competed in the Individual Dressage and finished 12th in her arena and won the Miami Gold award for Best CHN Performance at the Novice Championships. Well done Beth. Georgia Drummond competed in the Individual Show Jumping and following two clear rounds, was unlucky in the third round jump off and finished joint 13th.
Sunday 24th August: Bethany Hodgson competed in the Individual Eventing. Following an excellent start to the competition, Beth was unlucky on the Cross Country course when her saddle slipped between fences and caused her to fall off. Better luck next year.
Area 5 Show Jumping Qualifier
Llanymynech 5th August 2008
We sent three teams to represent our branch in the Novice section. The weather was foul and the competition tough. Our A team finished 4th and Georgia Drummond came 3rd individually and has qualified for the Novice Championships. The Intermediate team was reduced to two and had to compete as individuals, but both Olivia and Bekky rode well. The Open team performed well and Holly Kapusniak came 6th individually.
Pony Club Show Jumping
Gatcombe 1st August 2008
Following a five and a half hour journey south our team of show jumpers: Emma Davies, Steph Shaw, Rob Gilsenan and Bekky Ashmore competed against other branches from around the country. They were placed 6th in the Tack & Turnout and then came 6th in the competition. A fabulous result against some tough opposition.
Nantwich Show
30th July 2008

Our team, Ros Darlington, Millie Darlington, April Jones and Imogen Sherry, went to the Nantwich Show in their best bib and tucker to take part in the Inter Hunt Relay. The team performed wonderfully and came 2nd!!!! Well done!
Area 5 Eventing Qualifier
Somerford 27th July 2008
In the Open section our team came 2nd and qualified for the Championships at Draycott House. Both Georgina Hayward and Tor Davis came 2nd in their arenas. Steph Shaw came 5th individually in section 2. In the Intermediate section Olivia Arrowsmith and April Jones came 1st in a mixed team called The Cool Ones! This was not a qualifying team. Jess Lee came 3rd individually in section 2 and qualified for the Championships. In the Novice section our team came 5th, and Bethany Hodgson came 2nd in section 2 and qualified for the Novice Championships. Well done to you all!
GOLD MEDAL WON BY ALEX SHAW and the Great Britain Mounted Games Team who were competing in the International Pony Club Mounted Games Competition in Australia last week.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Hopefully Alex will write a report for us (with photos?) when he returns to England later this week.
Area 5 Dressage Qualifier
Marchweil 24th July 2008
Congratulations to all those representing our branch, you all rode brilliantly. In the Novice section, the team came 3rd. Bethany Lee came 3rd individually and qualified for the Novice Championships. In the Intermediate section the team came 2nd but were unlucky not to qualify. In the Open section Jess Lee came 5th individually.
Sir WWW ODE
Malpas 12th July 2008
Congratulations to Megan Norman who came first in her section over the Intro course at Malpas.
TANATSIDE ODE
29th June 2008
Cheshire Hunt North had a brilliant day today at Llanymynech. In Class 1 Ros Darlington came 1st and had Best Dressage, Millie Darlington came 2nd, Maia Hodgson came 3rd and Annabel Carthy came 5th! WOW! In Class 5 Bethany Lee came 3rd. Well done to you all.
East Cheshire ODE & Cheshire Shield
6th July 2008 Somerford
In the Cheshire Shield competition our team of Georgina Hayward, Eleanor Hayward, Tor Davis and Emma Davies came 3rd! Tor came 5th individually, Emma came 6th in Section A. Georgina came 1st and Josh Rhodes came 6th individually in Section B. In Class 3 Section B, Jess Lee came 4th. In Class 4 Section A, Hilary Secker came 4th. In Class 4 Section C, Penny Hancox came 4th on Killichonan. In Class 5 Section B, Imogen Sherry came 4th. Despite the horrendous weather a good day was had by all. Well done!!
Rebecca Weston Combined Training - 21st June 2008
Congratulations to our Class 1 team (Millie Darlington, Katy Vernon, Katie Ratcliffe and Annabel Carthy) who came 1st today. Katy V came 3rd individually and Katie R came 4th. Our Class 2 team (Ros Darlington, Imogen Sherry, Amy Hollinshead and Emmelia Davidson-Slack) came 2nd! Well done to Ros who came 6th individually. Only two of our Class 3 team were able to compete (Bethany Hodgson and Suki Jo Whitehouse) and as such could not be treated as a team, which was a shame because they would have been second! Anyway, well done to Suki Jo who came 6th individually.

CHN Combined Training & Lady Daresbury Cup
What a fabulous day we all had! Well done to Joan Deakin and her team for a well organised event. The results were equally pleasing. Cheshire Hunt North WON the Lady Daresbury Cup! For full details of all the scores and how our members did, click HERE for the results and HERE for a photo.

Mounted Games - 31st May/1st June 2008
Wetherby Racecourse

Another WIN for our Senior A team and another WIN for our Junior A team! Keep this up guys - you'll be on your way to HOYS (and the Championships Juniors) before you know it! Click HERE for the report and HERE for some photos.
Cheshire Show News Congratulations to our Senior Mounted Games A Team who finished 3rd in the two day competition in the main arena. Click HERE for a report about our members who took park in the Inter Hunt Relay, also in the main arena!
Sir WWW SJ Competition Wednesday 28th May 2008 Congratulations to Becky Thomas and Maddison who came 1st in Class 1 at Marchweil on Wednesday.
Mounted Games - 26th May 2008 - Warrington Horse Show
1st Place for our Senior A team at the Warrington Horse Show
click HERE for a full report!
CHS Combined Training
1st June 2008 Kelsall Hill

Results in so far indicate that Jess Lee came 2nd and 5th and April Jones came 4th (and best dressage) in Class 4. Well done both. Please text with any other results from this competition.
PICNIC RIDE
29th May 2008
What an exciting day! Click HERE for a full report and link to photographs.
Area 5 Mounted Games Qualifiers
Smallwood, 18th May 2008

We are awaiting more news about this but the headlines are as follows:
Our Senior A Team came 2nd and qualified for the Zone.
Our Junior A Team came 1st, with many points to spare, and qualified for the Zone.
The Zone competition will be in Newcastle Upon Tyne on either 5th or 6th July.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL and we wish you the very best of luck at Zone.
Click HERE for a full report
Our triumphant Junior Games team - Champions of Area 5