Cranleigh Riders excelled themselves at the NSEA National Plate final at Keysoe in Bedfordshire at the weekend.
The rush of medals started with the Mini Arena Eventing teams taking gold and silver. Issy H, Rory and Tom S, (with former CPS pupil Bella Barker) won the gold. Issy H (on a different pony), Kristi V ( plus former CPS pupils Scarlett Stehlik and Annabel Innes) secured the silver. Issy H and Kristi V also gained individual placings.
They followed this up later in the morning with both the A and B teams (Annie and Kristi V, Issy H, Tom and Rory S) qualifying for their Show Jumping jump off and finishing in fourth and sixth.
Not to be outdone the Novice Arena Eventing teams rose to the challenge, with the A team (Issy H and Tom S with former CPS pupils Tiger Tang and Phoebe Going) storming to a resounding win over 12 marks ahead of their nearest rivals, therefore scooping up the gold medal. The B team made the final line-up in sixth place.
To top this excellent team performance former CPS pupil, Phoebe Going (now at CS), was crowned individual Novice Arena Eventing Champion with her final penalty marks of just two leaving her competitors in her wake.
It was lovely to see two of Cranleigh School’s newer Sixth Form riders, Lauren Hilton and Zoe Brune, doing well too; they joined former CPS pupils, Tiger Tang and Phoebe Going, in taking bronze medal position in the Intermediate Show Jumping to round off a very successful first day.
Day two was a quieter affair but both the Novice Show Jumping teams made the final jump off with the younger riders knocking the older ones into fourth place whilst they took the bronze medal: excellent riding from Annie and Kristi V, plus Scarlett S and Bella B.
In our final event of the weekend Phoebe Going and Issy H took individual places in the Intermediate Arena Eventing to round off a fabulous weekend.