RDAWA STATE DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

RDAWA State Dressage Championships - 29th August 2009

Conducted in August at Brigadoon RDA at the State Equestrian Centre. Twenty-one riders arrived on the Saturday, beautifully turned out and very eager to start competing in a total of twenty-eight tests. Four sections were held and hotly contested. The spectators were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed the morning teas and lunches available from the canteen provided by Brigadoon RDA. The Applewood Trophy, donated by Sharon Jarvis, for the rider under 21 with the highest score, was jointly won by Joshua Winkle of Capricorn RDA an Emily Beaverstock of Swan Valley RDA. Our thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the day such a great experience for our riders and to Brigadoon for all their preparation and assistance.

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Para-Equestrian State Dressage Championships - 30th August 2009

Following the RDAWA Championships the EWA Para-Equestrian Championships were held on Sunday in conjunction with the EWA Dressage Gala. Again, these were very successful with Kate Eiszele taking out the Grade IV Champion, Sharon Jarvis the Grade III Champion and Aimee Blakiston the Grade II Champion.

RDAWA Dressage thanks our major sponsor, Combined Horse Transport who since 2005 has been transporting our horses to the National Championships.

http://www.fei.org/Disciplines/Para-Equestrian/Pages/Default.aspx

Special Olympics - April 2010
In April 2010 the Special Olympics will be held in South Australia and this will be a great opportunity for our riders with an Intellectual Disability to enjoy the experience of being in a Team and representing WA. The riders will ride borrowed horses provided by RDASA.

Equestrian Australia Para-Equestrian National Championships, Sydney International Equestrian Centre - 23rd and 26th September 2009

The first National Championships to be conducted by Equestrian Australia were held in September this year at SIEC and were a great success. There were a few minor hiccups such as dust storms and a hastily constructed mounting ramp but these were overcome and endured and the end result was a very happy and successful competition.

WA Results:-

Sharon Jarvis earned the highest score of the competition in her freestyle – 76% and took out the Grade III Champion with Applewood Odorado and Reserve Champion with Centuro Donnerquest.

Fleur Litster was Grade II Champion, winning all three of her tests with her Palomino, Edlen Silver Sails.
Sara Cann  (Grade III) and Aimee Blakiston (Grade II) were both placed in all of their tests.

WA was placed second in the State Teams Competition, by a very small margin to NSW.
Janet Hallett (Grade II) had to scratch from the competition due to an injury mishap.

Para-Equestrian CPEDI3*, International Competition, Werribee, Victoria - 10th – 13th December 2009

Australia has won the international Para-Equestrian Teams Competition held over the weekend during the Saddleworld Dressage Festival, at the Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre.
This is the first international Para-Equestrian event to be held in Australia and the event attracted riders from New Zealand, Canada and Japan who competed on borrowed horses, with the exception of two New Zealand riders who bought their own horses over. The Teams Competition comprised two tests for each team rider, held over Friday and Saturday.

Final team results:
1st Australia                 421.707%

2nd Canada                 394.821%

3rd Japan                     363.769%
4th New Zealand          362.291%

The Australian team consisted of Sharon Jarvis (WA) and Nicole Kullen (NSW), who both competed for Australia at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 and team newcomers Kate Doughty (VIC) and Fleur Litster (WA).

Web links:  
http://www.equestrianwa.org.au/

http://www.fei.org/Disciplines/Para-Equestrian/Pages/Default.aspx