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PRESENTATION OF THE BWLCH VALENTINO TROPHY
COLBEACH SALAMAN – MRS RENITA WHITE
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR 2005
SHOW PONY SCHOLARSHIP
The young girl in question is the epitome of the pony struck youngster. Her wardrobe comprises jodhpurs and more jodhpurs, she rides before and after school, she reads Horse and Hound and the News Review before her mother can lay her hands on them, ages her mother prematurely by taking part in a one-day event only 6 weeks after first learning to jump and opts for attendance at our Summer Championships in preference to going on holiday to Spain.
After her first Summer Championship she fulfilled her immediate ambition by winning her class and with it the sash she so desperately wanted.
Her aim is to ride down the centre of the indoor arena under the spotlight and presumably with that in mind she was seen in her outdoor school practising coming down the centre with one arm held aloft.
In later life she wants to be a judge and rather than leave home live in the horsebox
The winner of our SHOW PONY SCHOLARSHIP for 2005 is:-
DAISY PAULEY from Staffordshire.
SHOW HUNTER PONY SCHOLARSHIP
Our winner is 15 years old and currently studying for 10 GCSEs.
She began riding at 8 years and has had much success with her present 14 hh SHP including Championships and placings in most of her classes at the 2004 Summer Championships.
She enjoys all aspects of showing and turns her pony out to a high standard all by herself. She also enjoyed her training with Area 2A Young Judges last summer.
The Winner of our SHOW HUNTER PONY SCHOLARSHIP for 2005 is:-
SARAH HUGGARD from Lymm in Cheshire.
WORKING HUNTER PONY SCHOLARSHIP
A young lady who is 12 years of age.
She has been riding for 3 years since she got her first pony and is now totally dedicated to riding and competing in Working Hunter Classes.
Unfortunately age is now catching up with her first pony who was 21 when she bought him and he is now enjoying a well earned retirement in the company of our winner’s pet sheep, Shetland pony and dog.
In October 2004 our winner got her new pony, a 13.2 hh 8 year old Connemara and is looking forward to competing in M & M as well as WH Classes.
The winner of our WHP SCHOLARSHIP is:-
EMILY GLOAG
HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP
The winner who is 18 this month began riding at the age of 5 and after competing locally on a friend’s Dartmoor pony, became a member of the B.S.P.S. in 2003.
She won the Rider of the Year at the Summer Championships which took her into the evening performance and subsequently won the Blue League Class.
She is currently a 2nd year student at Oaklands Equestrian College and at the end of her first year won a shield for being Student of the Year having gained distinctions in almost all sections of the course.
She has gained her BHS Stages one and two and is taking Stage three in April.
The winner of our HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP is:-
MICHELLE PRENTICE from Hertfordshire.
PONY PERSONALITY AWARD
Goes to a pony who as a yearling colt was at death’s door but who seven years later at our Championships won the Novice Nursery Stakes, was 4th in the Champion of Champions Cradle Stakes, 4th in the P.A. Business Systems Challenge and 6th in the Open Cradle Stakes.
Central TV has followed his progress since he was carried from the wet muddy field neglected and near to death and was waiting to film him when he arrived home in triumph from Peterborough.
Following the filming for Central News, his story was taken up by local and national newspapers.
Previously he had appeared on Pet Rescue, Carlton TV’s documentary ‘Whose Little Pony’ and Central and BBC News. He has also won a bravery award from the R.S.P.C.A. and had the honour of meeting H.R.H The Princess Royal.
He has a fund named after him to help horses and ponies neglected as he was and he makes guest appearances to raise money. He has also completed a 12 mile charity ride organised by the I.L.P.H.
The name of our PONY PERSONALITY is JASPER who is so special to all associated with him and is regarded as “Simply The Best” by all at the Sue Pike Equine and Animal Rescue.
SPECIAL AWARDS
Special awards which again go to two people whose work does so much to encourage members to purchase our NEWS REVIEW, thus ensuring not only a useful source of income but also that a great number of our members are kept informed of activity at Head Office and throughout the areas.
Our first award goes to JANET JENKINSON who consistently produces cartoons which with great humour reflect scenes of triumph, disaster – indeed everything we have witnessed or experienced over the years. I don’t know how Janet maintains the flow but long may she do so.
Our second award goes to AILSA VINES who as Junior Editor continues to engage the interest of younger readers thus ensuring the wider appeal of our NEWS REVIEW.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This goes to a young man who began riding as soon as he could walk, competing at local shows and gymkhanas.
He progressed quickly and at the age of 7 won the Cradle Stakes and then the Nursery Stakes at our Championships.
For two years in succession he won the Home Produced Show Pony Class at the R.I.H.S.
Then aged 12 he began a great run of success with some wonderful ponies and really believed things could not get any better – but they did and in partnership with CHIDDOCK OVER THE LIMIT- “ITCH” he went on to innumerable wins including 1st and Reserve Champion at the 2003 HOYS, 1st and Champion at the Royal in 2004, the year which also saw him 1st and Supreme Champion at both the R.I.H.S. and H.O.Y.S. – ‘annus mirabilis’ if ever there was one.
In the holidays he rides out at Mick Channon’s Flat Yard where he will become an apprentice jockey when he leaves school this summer.
The winner of our OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD is:-
NICK SCHOFIELD and his pony “CHIDDOCK OVER THE LIMIT”.
NEW AWARD FOR GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
The idea of creating this award was prompted by the behaviour of todays recipient at last year’s Summer Championships.
She, a young girl who hunts with the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent, was competing in the Cradle Stakes, knowing that there had only been one clear round, had herself gone clear with only the last fence to jump. At that point a gust of wind dislodged part of the jump, the Ring Assistant, Steward or Cadet, immediately rushed forward to correct the jump. His action startled the pony causing the rider to fall off and in an instant outstanding success became disqualification; a bitter pill for any young rider to swallow and one that would have caused tantrums in many we know.
However, our winner today took it with good grace as is acclaimed for something just as valuable as winning the Cradle Stakes namely a display of outstanding good manners and sportmanship.
The winner is MOLLY WALSH
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD
This year goes to a lady who rode show ponies and jumped as a child and who joined the B.S.P.S. from its outset and has remained a member ever since.
Her mother was the first Bedfordshire Representative and her father who had a breaking and livery yard was on the very first Judges’ Panel.
She herself joined her Area Committee in the early nineties, has been a WHP Course Builder for many years and has judged ponies, hacks, cobs, riding and coloured horses at most major shows.
From an early age she has enjoyed breaking and schooling horses and ponies, is a B.S.J.A. course builder and judge, and sits on the B.S.J.A. Course Builders Committee.
Her contribution to the wider field of equestrian sport has been very considerable and not least to our own Society.
The winner is JOAN LEWIS.
EQUESTRIAN PERSONALITY AWARD
This goes to a man who is perhaps less well known than he deserves to be largely because much of his work has been behind the scenes rather in the spotlight.
He was born in Northern Ireland and became a great friend of Paddy Cash, Malcolm Jackson and our own President, Robert Oliver.
I understand that Robert is away on distant shores enjoying a holiday but if he were here he would doubtless be able to tell us much more about today’s award winner and probably regale us with stories of minor misfortunes such as when encouraging Robert to eat white meat he gave him chicken which having spent too long in the ‘fridge’, made him ill for a week – or when he drove Robert’s wagon into a gate post causing our revered President to lambast him in Anglo Saxon terms that could be heard the length and breadth of Gloucestershire.
A fine judge of horses and ponies in which he dealt he is also a brilliant engineer which led him to work on oil tankers for 3 to 4 years after which he moved to Cornwell to work for an uncle in the milk business. There he met his wife, a dentist, and in 1978 moved to COURSE LAWN where he hosted training days, judges conferences and the like.
In addition to helping young B.S.P.S. members he has done much charity work notably for Riding for the Disabled and Guide Dogs for the Blind and has as you know Sponsored our Young Judges Competition from the very beginning.
The winner is GEORGE TAYLOR.
LONG SERVICE AWARD
This goes to a gentleman who had a successful riding career with wins which began with a First at Woodbridge Show on his 13.2hh ‘TONY’ in 1951 and a First at The Royal Norfolk on the same pony in 1953. In 1967 on his part bred Arab ‘MULBERRY’ he won First and Championship at the Arab Horse Show – a remarkable achievement for a part-bred and had many notable wins on his hack ‘PTOLLOMY’.
As an all-round horseman he has given dressage demonstrations and for many years has been a panel judge for the B.S.P.S., the Hack, Cob and Riding Horse Society and the Arab Horse Society. His judging has taken him the length and breadth of Britain and to overseas appointments, notably to judge Arabs at the prestigious equine shows in Paris.
Our winner today typifies so many of our judges virtually all of whom have had horses and ponies as major parts of their life from a very early age and have moved at some point from competing to judging.
They are such an essential part of our sport – without them we could not continue – and yet like so many others who are vital to our well being are rarely granted the thanks they deserve.
The winner is MAURICE WRIGHT.