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News from our Para-equestrian Team
Another Bronze for Australia Thursday 11 September
It was another day of sitting on the edge of our seats with both Nicole Kullen and Sharon Jarvis still in the medal hunt with one horse to go! In the end Nicole was placed 4th in the Grade IB Freestyle and Sharon 7th in the same event for Grade III. We started the day with Jan Pike riding Grace also rode in the Grade IB test and again her horse was a little overwhelmed by the occasion. Grace rode beautifully to complete her sequence of movements but we always knew that the judges would not score the resistance in evidence highly. Grace was placed 12th overall. The evening saw the the continuation of the Grade IB test and Nicole was placed 3rd with just the Brazillian horse to come. Unfortunately our celebrations were short lived as the last rider scored 1% more than Nicole leaving her in 4th place. The final rider for the competition was our Sharon Jarvis. Odorado powered into the arena and make a great impression on everyone. Odie responded but the judges remained only moderatley impressed giving her an overall score of 69.446%. Although it was Sharon`s best score for the competition she still was hoping to medal after coming 4th in the previous event. Still there were many great outcomes from the Games. We achieved two Bronze medals, two 4th places and a team 6th. Our team worked well together and it was great having our own vet this time. It is onto Final Scores Competition Day 5 Jan Pike 9th 65.555% Grade IB Nicole Kullen 4th 66.110% Grace Bowman 12th 61.611% Grade III Sharon Jarvis 7th 69.446%
Messages of Support Thank you for all the messages of support that have been emailed so far from all over the world. The Team.
Wednesday 10 September In her final competition event After 10 riders she was the first to top 74%. But soon after two more athletes passed her mark. With hearts in our mouths we waited to see the score of the final rider to find out if she medalled. The Aussie supporters erupted when the final results were announced. Grade IV Freestlye to Music Results
RSA JOHNSON Philippa 77.272% NOR LUBBE Ann Cathrin 75.046% AUS BRUCE Georgia 74.319% NOR RUI Sigrid 69.498% FRA BIZET Nathalie 68.453% SWE ARONSSON Lotten 68.362% NED VERMEULEN Sjerstin 67.908% DEN THORNING J. Line 66.045% NED PETERS Sabine 65.863% CAN BRAIN Karen 62.136% CAN ELSTONE Eleonore 60.683% NED de GROOT Ineke 58.955% POL GEPNER Patrycja 56.819% Tuesday 09 September The Individual Championship Tests continued today with Grade Jan fired
Monday 08 September Last night in the team competition we put in good performances. Our first two rider’s mounts were extremely tense and proved difficult to get their usual flowing movements from. Nicole and Grace rode extremely well to complete their test with good scores. Nicole scored 60.235% (6th) and Grace 58.235% (7th).
Half way through the team competition It is unlikely
Monday 01 September Our Para-equestrian team is gearing up for the Paralympic Games. Five horses and riders; Jan Pike (Northern Griffin), Nicole Kullen (Nikshar Nomination), Grace Bowman (Yarra Valley Mount Batton), Georgia Bruce (Victory Salute) and Sharon Jarvis (Applewood Odorado) will represent Australia in Hong Kong. Emma Bennett (Jaybee Leuwin) is the reserve rider. Five horses (including the non-travelling reserve horse) went into Pre-Export Quarantine in
The horses and riders have now arrived safely in
The four riders compete in the team competition with the best three scores counting toward the team score. The classes are graded in to five levels according to the level of the rider’s disability. Each team must include one rider of Grade I or Grade II – the highest level of disability.
All five riders also compete in the Individual Championship and the Freestyle (Kur). Medals are awarded for each grade of disability for both of these events.
Our team is a mixture of experience and youth. Jan Pike was on the Team in
On 14 September the team and support staff will fly to
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