Sport

Riders rewarded for hard work

Published

8 years ago

November 27, 2013

RED KITE TREC Group Riding Club celebrated its first full year as a British Horse Society Riding Club with a social event at which members were presented with a series of awards.

Maxine Nixon, Chair of the Riding Club said: “As a new club the Red Kite TREC Group had been very fortunate to gain sponsorship for awards from local businesses.

“While other local riding clubs tend to offer riders opportunities to compete in showing jumping and dressage events the Red Kite TREC Group offers riders an exciting way to learn new skills and build confidence for both horse and rider whatever their age or experience.

“The Riding Club has riders who are newcomers to the BHS TREC discipline who have just started to compete right up to one club member, Lynn Davies, who has ridden for the Senior GBR TREC Team at the World Championships.”

Last winter the Riding Club held a series of TREC competitions in which riders and their horses were required to negotiate a variety of obstacles. NFU Mutual Insurance, Narberth sponsored the Newcomers Class award which was accepted by Vice Chair, Lynn Davies on behalf of winner Anne Howkins McKay from Denise Rigby and Rachel Bowen, Insurance Administrators at the Narberth Branch.

The Intermediate Class , sponsored by Station Garage at Kilgetty, was won by Wendy Bernard on her horse Amber and was presented by Vice Chair, Lynn Davies, on behalf of the Hyundai Dealership. Alun and Gwenfair Mason from Lampeter Velfrey presented their Open Class Champions Shield to Kate Gillam. Arberth Veterinary Centre, Narberth sponsored the Pairs Champions award which was won by Shan Pace and Elspeth Lancaster.

Maxine Nixon continued: “BHS TREC develops the skills a horse and rider needs while out hacking, with three phases testing your ability in orienteering, negotiating obstacles and basic flatwork. It really is a sport for everyone and the Red Kite TREC Group regularly runs training days to help members develop the necessary skills.”

During the summer Red Kite TREC Group members entered BHS TREC competitions throughout Wales and as a club the Group ranks members into a league table. This year the league table was topped by Bridget Stein. Eifion Roberts was second and Dorothy Harris third.

In recognition of the distance individual members have ridden in TREC events the Riding Club presents riders with Milestone awards on completion of 50Km, 100Km, 150Km, 250Km and 500Km. 500Km, “milestones” were awarded to Lynn Davies and Chris Paine.

Maxine said: “The Club also enters teams in Endurance GB’s Riding Club competitions and this year came fifth in the UK Championship held at Builth Wells. The Club was placed third in the”Best Turned Out Team” competition at the Championship”

She added: “Red Kite TREC Group is a really friendly club. Our membership has steadily increased over its first twelve months. We hope to go forward from strength to strength and would welcome new members to one of our taster events.

Sport

Whitland and Hook go through in Alec Colley

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5 hours ago

June 16, 2021

James Hemingray

WHITLAND and Hook also booked their quarter final places on Tuesday night (Jun 15) as they beat St Ishmaels and Llangwm respectively.

Tish scored 141-6 from their 20 overs after being asked to bat first with Phillip Cockburn top scoring on 44 (eight fours).

Jonathan Pawlett thumped four fours and two sixes in his score of 39 from 25 balls.

Josh Beer’s late score of 14 not out pushed their total up to set Whitland a target of 142.

Rob Owen finished with figures of 2-32 for Whitland while Hywel Bevan claimed 2-30.

There were also wickets for Gethin Benjamin (1-28) and Jacob Owen (1-25).

In reply, Whitland openers Hywel Bevan and Nathan Evans shared 82 runs for the first wicket to put their side in a strong position.

Evans hit four fours in a score of 38 from 29 balls but he then fell to the bowling of Josh Beer.

Bevan and Wayne Jones then shared another 40 runs to all but secure the win for Whitland.

Lenny Rees had Jones caught by Steven Hartley on a score of 14 but Bevan and Jacob Owen then saw their side over the line.

Owen hit three fours in his score of 16 from 10 balls while Bevan finished unbeaten on 58 (five fours) as Whitland won by eight wickets.

In Tuesday’s other game Hook won the toss and elected to bat, going on to make 150-6 from their 20 overs.

Opener George James hit seven fours in a score of 40 but he couldn’t reach his half century as he fell to the bowling of Callum Jenkins.

Dafydd Bowen hit six fours and a six in a score of 38 from 30 while Oscar Willington also batted well to make a score of 29.

Toby Asson finished with figures of 3-33 while Jenkins claimed 2-37. The other wicket to fall went to Michael Williams.

Llangwm were unable to match Hook’s score though despite knocks of 38 from James Venables and 26 from Shaun Waller.

Rhys Phelps’ excellent bowling display saw him pick up five wickets for figures of 5-31.

Oscar Willington also finished with figures of 2-22 as Hook bowled Llangwm out for 130 to win by 20 runs.

Sport

Pritchard blows Town away as Neyland book Alec Colley quarter final spot

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8 hours ago

June 16, 2021

James Hemingray

NEYLAND booked their place in the quarter finals of the Alec Colley Cup on Tuesday as they beat Haverfordwest by seven wickets.

On an excellent night, Neyland won the toss but elected to field first.

They were able to remove opener Chris Phillips as he was run out by Jack Griffiths but Town made their way to a score of 70-1 and looked set to make a good total.

Their innings began to unravel though as Tom Pritchard had James Marchant caught by Gregg Miller on a score of 24 from 16 balls (five fours).

Pritchard then removed Dan Field who had hit four fours and a six in a score of 37 to leave Town on 74-3.

The wickets continued to fall as Pritchard had Nigel Morgan caught by Griffiths and Danny Dewstone caught by Luke Ryan.

Paul Miller then took an excellent catch to remove Phillip Rees to give Pritchard his fifth wicket.

That left Town on 86-6 but Ashley James provided some late resistance as he made his way to a score of 28 with four fours and a six.

He then saw Matthew Vaughan bowled by Pritchard and moments later George Evans bowled James on 28.

Pritchard then claimed his seventh wicket as he bowled Jack Peters and he finished with excellent figures of 7-30.

Ryan brought the Town innings to a close as he ran out Dean Flood and it meant Neyland would need just 122 to win.

Neyland lost opener Gregg Miller early on in their reply as he was bowled by Nigel Morgan.

Ashley James also had Jack Griffiths caught by Jack Peters as Neyland slipped to 29-2.

However, a third wicket stand of 66 between Patrick Hannon and Will Hughes all but won them the game.

Hannon hit five fours in a score of 42 from 41 deliveries before he was out to the bowling of Danny Dewstone.

Hughes went on to hit five fours in a score of 40 not out while Stephen Murray’s late 10-ball cameo saw him hit a four and two sixes to finish unbeaten on 20.

It was Murray’s second six that won the game for Neyland who will now look forward to the quarter final.