{"id":76620,"date":"2014-08-01T02:15:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=76620"},"modified":"2021-04-02T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T03:25:37","slug":"riders-came-from-near-and-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/08\/01\/riders-came-from-near-and-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders Came From Near And Far …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zoey Young (Kumbia SS), Hannah Armstrong (Wondai P-9), Taylor Cunningham (Goomeri P-10), Jaycie Trace (St Patrick’s) and Jordyn O’Toole (Taabinga SS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cr Kathy Duff with St Mary’s principal Michael Nayler and the new perpetual shield for the winning school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 1, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eighty young riders gathered at the Kingaroy Showgrounds on Thursday for the third annual South Burnett Equestrian Challenge.<\/p>\n

The challenge is organised by St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy but draws competitors from schools as far away as Laidley, Bell and Windera.<\/p>\n

The riders compete in age categories in multiple disciplines: jumping, pleasure hack, barrel & bending, keyhole & diamond flag, and dressage.<\/p>\n

Points are allocated to each rider and to each school team.<\/p>\n

At the end of a day of fierce competition, the riders from Goomeri P-10 State School came out on top with the best percentage, and were presented with the perpetual shield.<\/p>\n

St Mary’s Catholic College organises the event as part of its Catholic Education Week celebrations.<\/p>\n

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Supporting the winning Goomeri team … Helen Isaac, Ross Clark and Glenn and Julie Cunningham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leah Frohloff, from St Mary’s Catholic College, was helping out on the day<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Caitlin Handford, from Kingaroy State High School, with “Indy”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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James Bredhauer, on “Magic”, with daughter Lily, 8, on “Biddy” … Lily won ribbons in barrel racing, bending, keyhole, jumping and hack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stacey Sanders, from Nanango State High School, with “Shandy” and mum Judy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Elyssa Hayward and Samantha Hudson, from Kingaroy State High School, with “Destiny”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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St Mary’s student Gabe Crane, on “Commando”, takes a jump in the 16-18yrs competition
(Photo: John Dalton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Perpetual Shield<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

An innovation for the 2014 Equestrian Challenge was the introduction of a Perpetual Shield which is presented to the winning school. The shield – engraved with the names of the 2012 winners (Goomeri) and 2013 winners (Kumbia) – was presented to the Goomeri P-10 School.<\/p>\n

The trophy winner is decided by dividing the points a school wins on the day by its enrolment.<\/p>\n

Results: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n