KINGS LEAZE Riding Club hosted the British Riding Clubs Area 18 Hunter Trials Qualifying competition recently and more than 180 riders took part. Competitors came from Bewdley Bridle Club, Evenlode, West Oxfordshire and Cropthorne as well as Kings Leaze Riding Club and Frampton Family Riding Club.

The Novice class (over a 2'9" course) was won by Kings Leaze member Helen Cobb, riding Starborn Hothersall.

The Novice qualifier class was split into junior and senior sections. The junior individual honours were taken by Lynda King on Coldharbour Thistle. Lynda has had a very successful year with Kings Leaze Riding Club. She was in the winning team at the RC Horse Trial Championships at Offchurch Bury in August and in the Open Show Jumping team that travelled to Lincoln for the BRC National Championships in September, where they finished in fifth place.

The Senior Novice class had 15 teams entered and the winners were Frampton Family Riding Club, who had an excellent day taking first and second place in the team event. Danielle Taylor from Frampton Family Riding Club was the overall individual winner in the senior section.

The Open class (over a 3'7" course) had less entries but was it was still very competitive. Tracey White and Charnworth Claude were the winners just outside the optimum time with Jo Greenaway just stealing second place from highest-placed Kings Leaze member Sarah Mitchell. Members of Kings Leaze's successful junior team took part in the class with Lynda King being the highest-placed in fourth.

The area qualifier over the Open course saw only three Riding Club teams. The winners were Evenlode Riding Club, with the individual win being shared by Catherine Stevens of Kings Leaze and Miranda Seldon-Truss of Evenlode.

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Results: Class 1 Novice Horse or Pony 1st Helen Cobb; 2nd Victoria Usher; =3rd Sean Grant =3rd Pippa Candy.

Class 2 Riding Club Area 18 Qualifer Junior Teams - 1st Frampton Family Riding Club I; 2nd Evenlode Riding Club I; 3rd Kings Leaze Riding Club; Overall Individual Winner Lynda King, Kings Leaze Riding Club.

Senior Novice Teams 1st Frampton Family Riding Club I; 2nd Frampton Family Riding Club II; 3rd VWH Riding Club; 6th Kings Leaze Riding Club. Overall Individual Winner Danielle Taylor, Frampton Family Riding Club I;

Class 3 Open Horse or Pony 1st Tracey White; 2nd Jo Greenaway; 3rd Sarah Mitchell; 4th Lynda King.

Class 4 Riding Club Area 18 Qualifer Open Senior Teams - 1st Evenlode 2nd Kings Leaze; 3rd Berkeley & District. Overall Individual Winner; =1st Catherine Stevens Kings Leaze Riding Club =1st Miranda Seldon-Truss Evenlode Riding Club.