Radio Active Win at Pony Club NSW State Mounted Games Championships

Laura Worden riding Annie in Zone 16 Associate team Fly by Knight flag race. Photo: James Wenn photography

U17 Age team champion, Zone16, Bungendore Radio Active. Tom Pearce, James Field, Jessica Pearce, Kynan Trotter and Thomas Read, Manager Mr Ken Pearce. Photo: James Wenn photography

Thirty three teams with 165 competitors travelled from all over NSW for the annual Pony Club NSW State Mounted Games Championships. The competition was held over the weekend of 14-15 September at the Holbrook Equestrian Centre, Holbrook. 

Teams of four rider plus a reserve battled it out in two age divisions, the under 17’s or the under 25’s.

In the under 17’s, Zone 16 team Bungendore Radio Active took at first place with 77 points. Zone 22 Team 1 came in second place with 76 points, while Zone 23 Forest Hillbillies placed third with 63 points.

In the 17 to under 25 age division, Zone 16 successfully took out the leader board with Zone 16 Team Extreme coming in first place with a total of 80 points, Zone 16 Masters placed a close second with 79 points, and Zone 16 Shake and Bake was third with 71 points overall.

Tom Pearce, Kynan Trotter and Thomas Read from the Bungendore Radio Active winning team will also be representing NSW at the Pony Club National Championships. Along with Madeline Skopek from Dural and Annabelle Ledger from Yass, the riders left on the Monday after the state competition to travel with their horses and families to WA for the event.

The riders aim to make the most of this once in a lifetime opportunity driving across the Nullarbor. They will take time to see some of the country and hopefully have some campfires and cook dampers along the way.

The Pony Club Australia National Championships will be held at the Western Australia State Equestrian Centre, Brigadoon from the 26-30th September 2013.

The next state event is the Pony Club NSW State ODE Championship at Harden from the 12-13th October 2013.
The Pony Club NSW State Mounted Games Championships are supported by Sport and Recreation a division of Communities NSW, Mitavite official feed partner, Global Entries Online major sponsor, as well as other local sponsors.

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