Boggabri Pony Club members have lowered the flag and sounded the last post on another very successful pony camp.
Forty-one riders and their supporters camped out and competed at the Boggabri Showground for the week in near-perfect weather conditions from Sunday, September 29 to Saturday, October 5.
Riders practised bareback riding, dressage, show jumping, polocrosse, sporting events such a barrels, flags, key hole, bends, watched a movie one night, participated in the skits evening, leant how to look after their horse and, above all, had fun at the annual event.
At the completion of the gymkhana on Saturday afternoon, camp commandant Mark Smith congratulated the riders, troop leaders, instructors and judges and said that it had been a successful camp and how pleasing it was to see the improvement in some of the riders in just a week.
The Prior Shield for grand champion rider of the 2024 camp was awarded to Alice Norton.
Results are as follows:
Highest point-scorer in age groups:
Under-7 girls – Brooklyn Reynolds, 7-and-under-9 boys – Sam Crawter, 7-and-under-9 girls – Charli Livingstone, 9-and-under-11 boys – Lachie Carter, 9-and-under-11 girls – Hayley Carter, 11-and-under-13 boys – Charlie Anderson, 11-and-under-13 girls – Sophie Anderson, 13-and-under-15 boys – Angus Anderson, 13-and-under-15 girls – Ella Ratcliffe,15-and-under-17 boys – James King, 15-and-under-17 girls – Ella Watson, associate – Lachlan Anderson.
Trophy winners:
Prior Shield for grand champion rider of the camp – Alice Norton; Alex Nelson Shield for highest point-scoring child from Boggabri Club – Sophie Anderson; Founders Trophy for rally day attendance and improvement – Bo Burgess; Atkinson Family Trophies for champion sporting achievement – James King; Jack, Jean and Graeme Stevenson Memorial Trophy for horsemanship – Grace Stenhouse; Keys Family Trophy for highest point-scoring associate – Lachlan Anderson; Thomas Family Trophy for most cooperative boy – Jack Rees; Melissa Gibson Brown Memorial Trophy for most cooperative girl – Xanthia Watson; EH Smith Memorial Trophy for blue troop dressage – Grace Stenhouse; Gillham Transport Trophy for red troop dressage – Laura Bassett; Trophy for white troop dressage – Sophie Anderson; Waterhouse Memorial Trophy for senior jumping – Cael Browning; Nelson Family Trophy for junior jumping – Sienna Reynolds; Vince Leehy Junior Instructor’s Trophy – Molly Rees; Alderson Family Trophy for senior combined training – Ella Watson; Alderson Family Trophy for junior combined training – Hayley Carter; Bullen Family Stockhorse Trophies for junior – Sophie Anderson and for senior – Ella Watson; Rees Family Trophy for the most improved boy – Thomas Beckett; Davis Family Trophy for the most improved girl – Chela Hennessy; Byriell Family for associate fastest time in the rider in action – Lachlan Anderson; Thomson Family for fastest junior barrel time of the day – Josie Byrne; McKechnie Family for fastest associate barrel time of the day – Lachlan Anderson; concert night – blue troop; Troop Drill – senior – blue troop section one and junior – black/white troop section one.
