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NEW FOREST TETRATHLON

 

If you can run, swim and ride a small xc course why not join our tetrathlon club. We have shoot and swim practice on a Thursday evening and compete once a month.  If you are interested Rob & Sue Stevenson are team managers - please give them a call 01590 679020!

 

2009/10 Fixture List 

 

Area 14  Programme 2009/2010  

25 Oct. 09                   B.V. & S.V                    Triathlon                     Hazlegrove

 

12 Dec. 09                   S. & W.Wilts                 Triathlon                     Port Regis       

 

17 Jan. 2010                Wylye Valley                   Triathlon  Mini/Junior  Southfield       

 

14 Feb. 10                   Mendip                            Triathlon                   Sidcot             

 

21 Feb. 10                   Avon Vale                        Triathlon                   Dauntseys                    

14 March  10               Portman                            Triathlon                  Milton Abbey  

 

10/11 April  10 Wilton                               Tetrathlon                Tidpit/Godolphin   

 

17 April   10                 Weston Harriers                Tet.    Mini mini/mini/junior Sidcot

 

2  May  10                   Sandroyd                           Tetrathlon   Mini/Junior     TBC

 

22/23 May  10             New Forest                       Tetrathlon

 

1/2 June 10                  Stockland Lovell                 Tetrathlon

 

Late June/earlyJuly        R.A.                                   Tetrathlon

 

10/11 July  10              Areas 14/15/16   run by Mendip           Stonar

                       

10 Aug. 10                   Cattistock                          Tetrathlon

 21- 23 Aug. 10            Tetrathlon Championships    dates TBC 

  

   TEAM DIARY/REPORTS

Team Victory for New Forest Pony Club - 14th Feb 2010

The New Forest pony club Junior girls took the top honours near Bristol on Sunday 7^th winning 1^st team place in the triathlon.Battling against some of the pony clubs finest & some national atheletes, Hannah Stevenson, Natalie Green, Posy Hewitt, Hannah Smith all pulled together ensuring that every point counted.  Hannah Stevenson started the day with a top class shoot assuring her a well deserved  2^nd best shoot and 5^th place individually throughout the tournament.  Natalie achieved a personal best in her swim along with an exceptional run which  contributed to reaching  6^th place overall.  Hannah Smith was placed 9^th individually after another  terrific  run and an incredible 8 lengths 9 metre swim in the 3 minute time slot allowed which was also a personal best.  Posy Hewitt also had a great run and swim on her first triathlon of the season earning her 12^th place individually  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Forest PC Teams Head West 17th Jan 2010 

 

Thirteen members of the New Forest Hunts Pony Club travelled to Frome in Somerset to join over 170 triathletes on a sunny day in January.

 Youngest members Anna Merrit and Tori House both did superbly in the swim and run to earn the team 3^rd place. Liam Green joined a mixed team that came 1^st and put in an outstanding effort earning him a well deserved individual 3rd place, best shoot and 3^rd in the swim.

The newly formed mini girl’s team – Georgina Killingray, Laura Birch, Libby Stevenson and Libby House showed immense enthusiasm and managed to battle their way to 3^rd place with Libby Stevenson getting Individual 2^nd and best shoot, and the two teams of junior Girls were only a few points apart from each other after the swimming phase but eventually 3^rd Place went to Hannah Stevenson, Isabella Huntington and Hannah Smith and closely behind in 4^th place were Natalie Green, Hannah Langton and Millie Bird with a well earned  individual 2^nd place awarded to Natalie Green (and 2^nd in the run) and 5^th place to Hannah Smith, a great achievement for one of the younger competitors in the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15th Nov '09 - TRAINING WEEKEND IN BATH WITH OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS - Members of the Junior tetrathalon team were invited to spend a day training at Bath University - Great day had by all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PONTISPOOL - AREA TET. 

Hi Team - well done to all area competitors - you all did an amazing job, for those not present - Jamie came individually 1st, Junior teams came 1st & 2nd & the Mini team came 1st with Issy h Individual 6th & Hannah Smith individually 1st!!!! A great time was had by all - special thanks to Sandra for keeping everyone supplied with pimms!

 

parents enjoying the 1 hour and half course walk!! - back just in time for nice little drink before dinner!!

millie enjoyed personal bests all the way!

 

 

 

 the team!

 

 

 

28th May 2009 - Newsflash

Hi Team - We have returned from Sunny Stockland Lovell in one piece - Exhausted, wet, muddy and needing a good nights sleep in a proper bed - and thats just the parents! Jamie, the Junior teams and Sophie as an individual all did really well - not the usual shoot scores - but great with all the other disciplines.
Jamie came 3rd,  Isabella, Hannah & Nina came team 2nd (which just showed how well they all had to perform without a 4th member) & Natalie, Hannah & Izzy W were not many points out of the placings. Hannah St, Izzy H & Sophie were picked to represent the Area for juniors & minis & the mini area team won!
So well done to all!!

 

  TEAM COURSE WALK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16/17th May - NEW FOREST TET TEAM TRIUMP ON HOME TURF   

New Forest Hunts branch of the pony club held their annual tetrathlon on 16 & 17th May.  The shoot, swim and run phase of the event was held at Lymington Recreation Centre and the team rocketed off to a superb start with Liam Green shooting a brilliant 1000 in the mini boy’s tri section.  Liams’s sister Natalie also later produced a great shoot of 960 for the junior girls - along with 900 from Millie Melluish, Libby Stevenson & Sophie Merritt.   Visiting teams enjoyed some great racing with many competitors producing personal bests.     Later in the day, the ever competitive and determined parents were champing at the bit to have their go - NF team consisted of Rob Stevenson (shoot), Ian Smith (swim), Lucy Huntington (run) and Leesa Merritt (ride) - they put in a fantastic performance but were marginally beaten to the top spot by the all male Wilton team for the second year running! 

Day 2 took place on home turf at New Park –  the team’s were out in force and the collecting ring was a mass of green & yellow colours as they warmed up together - chatting and discussing tactics.  Members produced some great riding and gritty determination was shown and following some slick calculations from the scoring lorry both the Mini and Junior Girls teams finished in first place.  A huge thank you must go to Dave & Chaz for all their hard work building the cross country course, all the parents, families and helpers who pulled together to make the weekend so successful & to the Wallrock family for hosting a team bbq on the Saturday evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keen parents out for a warm up the week before at the RNLI race. 

Results:

 

Mixed Tri – Team 2^nd Place – Angus Huntington (3^rd Ind), Liam Green(4^th Ind & 1^st Shoot) and Holly Hewitt.

 

Mixed Tri – A very young team 1^st time out George Smith, Jonah Rogers & Edward Wallrock gave the older children a run for their money – ones to watch for the future

  

Mini Girls Tet Team 1^st Place – Hannah Smith (1^st Ind, 1^st swim & run), Sophie Merritt (2^nd Ind/1^st shoot), Laura Maughan (3^rd Ind) and Millie Melluish (4^th Ind & 1^st Shoot).

 

Mini Girls Tet team this was this teams  Debut performance on the cross country course – Libby Stevenson (1^st shoot &  8^th Ind), Millie Bird (5^th Ind) and Libby House.

 

Junior Girls Tet  - Team Place 1^st  -  Natalie Green (3^rd  Ind & 1^st Shoot),  Hannah Stevenson(4^th Ind), Izzy Huntington (5^h Ind) &  Hannah Langton (Ind 8th)

Team Place 3^rd – Posy Hewitt, Izzy Wallrock, Chloe Gregory plus Lucy Dobbs from Goodwood pc 

Junior Boys Tet – Harry Parker (5^th Ind)

 

Senior Boys –  Jamie Noble-Lewis – (1^st Ind)

 Biathlon – Anna Merritt (5^th Ind) and Tory House

 

 

4&5th April 2009  TREADWELL WINS NATIONAL WHILST NEW FOREST TAKE  TWESLEDOWN!  NEW FOREST TETRATHLON TEAMS TRIUMPH at the Hampshire Hunt Tetrathlon last weekend.  The cross country phase took place at Tweasledown race course  (coincidently at the same time Liam Treadwell a former HH pony club member rode to victory in the grand national). 7 junior and 2 mini riders produced some superb and confident riding.  The two junior teams lined up in the mid-afternoon sunshine whilst parents, supporters and dogs enjoyed a grandstand view over the 3ft undulating course.   The teams were warmed up by Team Manager, Sue Stevenson and minutes before the first rider departed horses and riders were huddled together for last minute team talk and tactics briefing.  One by one they quietly and confidently rode this technical track and came back with maximum points to carry through to the next day.  Posy Hewitt also gained a fantastic 3^rd place as an individual in the 3 ft Hunter Trial on Basil, as well as enjoying a clear round on her sisters horse Jake in the tet section.  A big well done to Hannah Langton who produced a clear round on a pony that she had sat on only twice before the event. On day 2 the team were joined by the tri section of the club at Highfield School in Liphook.  The parents and supporters were on fine form and the team spirit was buzzing as members shouted and cheered for each other. RESULTS Junior Girls Tetrathlon 1^st Team Place – Hannah Stevenson (Ind 3^rd), Izzy Huntington (Ind 8^th) and Hannah Langton.3^rd Team Place – Natalie Green (Ind 6^th), Posy Hewitt & Gemma Maughan. Mini Girls Tetrathlon2^nd Team Place – Hannah Smith (Ind 1^st, 1^st Shoot & Run), Laura Maughan (Ind 7^th) & Millie Bird. Mini Boys Tri.1^st Team Place – Angus Huntington (Ind 1^st & 1^st swim), Liam Green (Ind 2^nd & 1^st shoot).  Ollie Payne (Ind 7th) Dominic Payne. Mini Girls Tri2^nd Team Place – Libby Stevenson (2^nd Ind), Millie Melluish (4^th Ind on her debut), Libby House and Holly Hewitt.  

 

 THE TEAM      LIBBY HAS JUST BEEN TOLD SHE HAS TO RUN HOME!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15th March 2009

Victory for New Forest Pony Club at Hogwarts!

Once again the teams of the New Forest Hunt pony club excelled in the triathlon which was held at the Milton Abbey school in Dorset on Sunday.

The sun was shining which set a beautiful scene at the school which was famously used for some of the Hogwarts scenes in the Harry Potter films.

The mini mixed team for 9 years and under produced a fantastic 3^rd place with great performances from Libby House, Dominic Payne and Holly Hewitt who completed her first triathlon for the New Forest.

In the mini girls age group another accomplished 3^rd place was received by the team of Libby Stevenson, Laura Maughan, Millie Baird, on her debut appearance and Hannah Smith who was awarded 3^rd place in the swim and 2^nd place individually.

The mini boys team of Oliver Payne, Angus Huntington and Liam Green won a well deserved 2^nd team place, with Angus winning 6^th place individually and Liam producing the best boys shoot and 2^nd place individually.

In the first of the two junior girls teams. An outstanding first team place for Hannah Stevenson, Nina Wallrock, Hannah Langton and Isabella Huntington. Hannah Stevenson winning a brilliant first place indivually and also best shoot. Isabella  recieving an amazing 3^rd place individually, 2^nd place in the run and 3^rd place in the swim and Hannah Langton 5^th place individually and 2^nd place in the shoot.

In the second of the junior girls teams another merited 3^rd team place for Natalie Green, Isabella Wallrock, Chloe Gregory and Posy Hewitt with Natalie gaining 3^rd place in the run and 6^th place individually.

In the senior girls mixed team a great performance from Alex Wallrock  ensured another placing totalling the New Forest rosettes to 34.

 

Mendip Farmers - Sidcot  -  15th Feb 2009

A great start to the year for the New Forest Hunt Tetrathalon team kicked off last weekend in North Somerset, where a team of 3 girls braved the long journey to compete against 29 other Juniors in their class. They held off the other 9 teams with a strong lead through all three phases of the competition,  to finish in 1^st place by an amazing 1000 points. 

Individual placings were,

Hannah Stevenson 2^nd (& best shoot),

Isabella Huntington 3^rd             Hannah Langton 9^th.   

 

The  team were joined by Victoria Leabeater from neighbouring Hursley club who came 1^st individually beating Hannah by 2 points overall which

equates to 1/2 second on the run!

 

Avon Vale - Dauntseys School - 22nd Feb 2009

This weekend saw the New Forest team out in force. Seventeen members headed to Dauntseys' School Nr Devises. All competitors had a great day out and performed brilliantly in their teams as well as individually. It was a well run but hectic day, with most parents having more than one child competing. Hats off to the Wallrock family with all four children taking part in different teams!

However it all paid off with all teams coming in the top 3 in their age group as follows;

Mini Girls - team 1^st    - Hannah Smith 2^nd, Sophie Merritt 4^th, Libby Stevenson 6^th, Laura Maughan 10^th  - with Hannah & Libby getting best shoot of 940 & Libby 1^st place for 9yrs & under. New member Libby House made up a mixed team on her 2^nd time out and got her personal best in the swim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Boys - team 2^nd  - Angus Huntington 3^rd, Oliver Payne 7^th, Dominic Payne 10^th, Edward Wallrock 16^th. With Dominic Payne getting best shoot of 680.

Junior Girls - team 2^nd  Hannah Stevenson 2^nd, Isabella Huntington 3^rd, Hannah Langton 7^th, Nina Wallrock 8^th.  With Hannah Langton getting the best shoot of 960.

Junior Girls - team 3^rd -   Izzy Wallrock 10th & Chloe Gregory 14^th.

Intermediate girls team 2^nd - Alexandra Wallrock

Junior boys Team 2^nd Joe Marling 3^rd, with best swim & best shoot of 880, not quite matching his top sore last season of an unbeatable (and very rare) 1000pts!

apologies for some of the wibbly wobbly text - something happened in the copy/paste bit?

 

 

 

 

 

          MINI TET TEAM

TAKING IT EASY BEFORE THE RUN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW FOREST TETRATHLON TEAM – TEAMS TAKE TOP SPOTS. 

The New Forest Pony Club Tetrathalon team recently competed in the Chiddingfold Farmer annual tetrathalon. The event was run over two weekends with the XC Riding phase taking place on 12^th October – the club fielded two teams and a number of individuals.  Both of the teams rode brilliant clear rounds giving them maximum points to go forward into the shoot, swim and run. The following Sunday we left the ponies and trailers at home and headed off with pistols, spikes and goggles and with high spirits we were looking forward to the challenges that lay ahead – and what a day we had!    The Junior Girls came 2^nd as a team with individual placing in their age groups of  3rd for Izzy Huntington, 4^{th -} Hannah Stevenson, 6th Nina Wallrock, 7^th -Natalie Green  and 10th Hannah Langton,.  The Mini Girls Team also had a fantastic day and finished in the top spot.  Hannah Smith won her section individually and also took 1^st shoot and 1^st run with Sophie Merritt very closely behind in second place.  Izzy Wallrock also produced a brilliant 2^nd place in her section.  Two great team efforts.  Our other competitors taking part in the triathlon and biathlon sections also had great days with the superb Libby Stevenson taking the top spot again in her triathlon, Angus Huntington 5^th in the mini boys and last but by no means least our youngest team member, little Anna Merritt at just 5 years old produced an outstanding swim and run and was placed 5^th in her section.  Great day and great determination from everyone involved!

 

 

 

JUNIOR TET TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHIDDINGFOLD FARMERS TETRATHLON -

RIDING PHASE PLUS HUNTER TRIAL.

On an extremely misty morning, Sunday 12th October, the tetrathlon team set out for Godalming for the Chiddingfold Farmers Cross Country stage of their four disciplines.  The majority of them went clear and carried those maximum marks (1400) on to the next weekend to be added to the Run, Shoot and Swim.  (Report to follow)