Lara Hamilton named 2019 Pony Camp grand champion

The annual Narrabri and District Pony Club Pony Camp was held at the Narrabri Showgrounds from Sunday, September 29, through to Saturday, October 5.

Lara Hamilton was named the 2019 Bruce McMaster grand champion on the final gymkhana day.

Lara, the daughter of Dee and Steve Hamilton also picked up the JS Leitch trophy for best senior girl rider at the camp. She was a member of Black Troop which won the ARG Brett trophy for inter-troop senior troop point score, and was part of the Black Troop team which won the Col Crawford memorial trophy for champion team of four.

The 2019 camp was 16-year-old Lara’s eighth and last as a Narrabri rider. She took part at her first pony camp at Wee Waa at just three-years-of-age, then began participating at Narrabri camps from age seven.

Lara only ever missed two Narrabri camps which were when she was 13 and 14-years-old due to other horse commitments, competing at Nationals for reining.

A full list of results from the 2019 Narrabri and District Pony Club Pony Camp is as follows:

Most improved:
Green Troop – Haylo Hill-Davis and Winnie Winston-Smith, Tartan Troop – Owen McLoughlin and Hannah Shields.

Most dedicated:
Black Troop – Paige Fielder, Blue Troop – Rachel Charles, Red Troop – Molly Michell-Smith, White Troop – Savahnah Hunt-Falkiner.

Wardle Trophy for highest points score in Green Troop (girl) – Jemima Leslie with 40 points.

O’Regan Trophy for highest points score in Green Troop (boy) – Cooper Kong with 20 points.

D and A Rae trophy for highest points scorer in Tartan Troop (girl) – Camilla Lampe with 53 points.

D and A Rae trophy for highest points scorer in Tartan Troop (boy) – Owen McLoughlin with 50 points.

Overall Tartan Troop winner – Camilla Lampe.

H Perry trophy for highest points score in senior boy troop – Jack Dickinson with 52 points, runner-up – Zane Cuell with 50 points.

Boland Petroleum trophy for highest points score in senior girl troop – Eliza Dampney with 59 points, runner-up – Skye Manning with 48 points.

Highest points score in associate (girl) – Laura Finlay with 53 points, runner-up – Sara Charles with 36 points.

Highest points score in associate (boy) – Felix Cobb-Johnson with 25 points.

Overall associate winner – Laura Finlay with 53 points.

Clinton Dickinson memorial trophy for encouragement, fellowship, citizenship, loyalty and horsemanship – Rachael Charles.

Col Crawford memorial trophy for champion team of four – Black Troop.

Maud Hann trophy for best performed troop in sections – Red Troop.

Vision Engraving trophy for troop proficiency – Red Troop.

Mick Quirk memorial trophy for overall highest point scoring junior troop – Tartan Troop (424 points).

ARG Brett trophy for inter-troop point score competition senior troop – Black Troop (262 points).

Trevor Madden trophy for overall highest point scoring troop – Tartan Troop (424 points).

Anthony Drysdale Memorial Trophy for fastest barrel race time – Dusty Starkey (0.20.50).

Athol and Val Booby memorial Trophy for fastest bonfield bounce – Rachel Charles (34.09).

Eddie Gleeson memorial trophy for fastest rider in action – Paige Fielder (1.19.57).

FA Bradford memorial trophy for fastest flag race – Kira Manning (0.46.66).

Norm and Muriel Jones trophy for fastest bends – Rachel Charles (0.11.91).

Tracey Suckling memorial trophy for fastest ben-bar-aft – Kira Manning (0.18.37).

Timothy Bell memorial trophy for fastest keyhole bounce – Rachel Charles (0.8.09).

Cargill Processing trophy for junior girl champion rider – Kate Partridge.

Cargill Processing trophy for junior boy champion rider – Zane Cuell.

JS Leitch trophy for senior girl rider – Lara Hamilton .

JS Leitch trophy for senior boy rider – Bradley Miller.

Bruce McMaster trophy for grand champion rider – Lara Hamilton.