Equestrian Success for Woodbridge at the NSEA Championships
Our Woodbridge riding team attended the NSEA Championships during the half term break, from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 October 2024.
The first competition took place on the Friday, with Year 7’s Tati and Daisy competing in the 70-75cm Showjumping Championship. Both riders rode clear rounds but were not quite quick enough against the clock for a top eight finish, but did very well placing 18th and 20th out of 61 riders.
Then followed a very busy Saturday with all the riders competing. Two teams took part in the 80-85cm show jumping; both teams had a clear but also poles down and finished 22nd and 26th out of 43 teams.
Having qualified with the most points in the East region, Woodbridge competed against the top schools from the other eight regions in the Regional Points League team Championships.
The whole Woodbridge squad took part including Year 7’s Daisy and Tati, Year 9’s Grace, Year 10’s Edie, Harry and Zac, and Year 12’s Lois, finishing in 4th place. Congratulations to all our riders, a superb achievement where each rider had to jump at height from 70cm up to 1m, with the best five rounds scoring for the team.
On Sunday Grace, Harry, Edie and Zac stepped up to jump in the 90-95cm Championship. A very technical and up to height class which our riders handled brilliantly, finishing on 8 faults in 15th place out of 34 teams.
It was a show of’ stepping up’ for many of our riders, and although no championship titles were taken home, it was an educational weekend with very valuable experience gained.
Well done Team Woodbridge!
