Equestrian
This year Kingswood has achieved some notable successes in a sport that, as a school, we are relative newcomers to. When competing against schools renowned for their equestrian facilities and training, it is an even greater achievement when we find our riders in the top ten at the Interschools competitions. School equestrian competitions fall into three categories: Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing. The last of these contains both dressage and show jumping, with the addition of a cross-country element to finish. This year we took part in 10 competitions and had 5 team placings and 8 individual top ten placings.
STONAR SENIOR ONE DAY EVENT - SEPTEMBER 2013 Team Highlights
Lexi Hart, Lily Landman, Grace Tyrell - 8th in the 70/75cm class
Individual Highlights
Olivia Sealy - 6th (90/95cm), Lily Landman - 7th (70/75cm), Claudia Wallis - 11th (80/85cm)
HARTPURY COLLEGE DRESSAGE COMPETITION - SEPTEMBER 2013 Team Highlights
Claudia Wallis, Olivia Sealy, Chiara Conze, Lea Conze - 6th
Individual Highlights
Claudia Wallis - 9th
MALMESBURY SCHOOL SHOWJUMPING - APRIL 2014 Individual Highlights
Claudia Wallis - 3rd in 1m class, Lily Landman - 6th in 70cm class
ST MARY’S SCHOOL SHOWJUMPING - APRIL 2014 Team Highlights
Lily Landman, Grace Tyrell, Isla Sandeman , Ellie Webster - 10th in 70cm class
STONAR JUNIOR ONE DAY EVENT - MAY 2014 Team Highlights
Olivia Sealy, Lexi Hart, Sabrina Robley - 4th in the 90/95 cm class Chiara Conze, Lily Landman, Isla Sandeman - 7th in the 70/75 cm class
Individual Highlights
Olivia Sealy - 1st, Sabrina Robley - 9th, Lexi Hart - 11th (all 90/95cm), Chiara Conze - 2nd (70/75 cm)
60 Kingswood in Focus
Special mention must go to the following: Olivia Sealy who achieved the highest placing of the season with her first place in the Stonar One Day Event in May; Lexi Hart who has consistently jumped clear; Claudia Wallis who has put in consistent performances across all three disciplines, and to Lily Landman and Chiara Conze who have both shown a huge improvement in the sport and have been duly rewarded with ribbons. We also welcomed Jonny Sandeman to the team this year who has shown tremendous potential after a very short period of time in the saddle, and Ellie Webster from Year 6 in the Prep School, who put in some solid performances for the team. Other members of the squad include Grace Tyrell, Isla Sandeman, Sabrina Robley and Lea Conze who have all played their part in the team successes. We also bid a sad farewell to our two oldest team members, Poppy Clark and Oliver Robley; we wish them every success in their future equestrian endeavours.
Mrs Amanda Wallis (Parent i/c Kingswood Equestrian Team)