Caithness Pony Club enjoys Christmas competitions
Dedicated members of Caithness Pony Club turned out on an extremely cold morning – -7.5 degrees – for their recent Christmas Show.
- Pony Club celebrate successes at Caithness prize-giving
- Riders compete in North Cup one-day event
- Riding for the Disabled Association's Bambi Award
The event on Saturday, Deecember 2 at the Indoor Riding School in Halkirk saw three classes of jumping for each height – clear round, top score, speed and sprint – as well as a fancy dress competition.
Presentations were made to Mary Elder and Frances Sutherland as they have stepped down from the committee.
The day also saw some fun team games and a grand finale visit of Santa and his Elf.
Results from the day:
Lead Rein
Top score
1st Poppy Ross and Penny 850
2nd Tabitha Patterson and Red 820
3rd Lois Manson and PJ 750
4th Zara Manson and PJ 120
Special – Ella Budge and Fancy 450
Speed and Sprint
1st Tabitha Paterson and Red
2nd Lois Manson and PJ
3rd Poppy Ross and Penny
4th Zara Manson and PJ
Special – Ella Budge and Fancy
30-40 cm
Topscore
1st Blaire Paterson and Cherry 720
2nd Gina Cowe and Poppy 550
Speed and Sprint
1st Gina Cowe and Poppy
2nd Blaire Patterson and Cherry
40-50cm
Topscore
1st Heather Cormack and Spirit 490
2nd Rachel MacGregor and Rubble 360
3rd Jaicee Johnson and Sunny 180
Speed and Sprint
1st Heather Cormack and Spirit
2nd Rachel MacGregor and Rubble
3rd Jaicee Johnson and Sunny
60-70 cm
Topscore
1st Cerys King and Piggy 830
2nd Emmie Maclean and Ella 570
3rd Erica Pottinger and BB 560
Speed and Sprint
1st Cerys King and Piggy – FTD
2nd Erica Pottinger and BB
70-80 cm
Topscore and Speed and Sprint
1st Emily Donn and Biscuit 150
Fancy Dress – judged by Mary Elder and Jessie Allan
Junior
1st Blaire and Tabitha Patterson – Peter Pan and Tinkerbelle and Hook and Crocodile
2nd Lois and Zara Manson – Harry Potter
3rd Emmie Maclean – Anna from Frozen
4th Poppy Ross – The Grinch
Senior
1st Gina Cowe – Unicorn
2nd Coz MacPhail – Christmas Tree
3rd Heather Cormack – Elf
4th Ella Budge – Christmas Pudding
5th Jaicee Johnson – Fashion Designer
Overall Winners of the Bamber Trophy – Blaire and Tabitha Patterson
Team Games were Bending, Pin the nose on Rudolph, Sack Race, Decorate the Christmas Tree and Lucky Dip.
1st Team Poppy – Poppy, Emmie, Emily and Gina
2nd Team Zara – Zara, Lois, Cerys and Erica
3rd Team Tabitha – Tabitha, Blaire, Rachel, Heather and Coz
