SEVENTH IN LUMMEN

Posted by admin | Filed under Showjumping | May 4, 2010 | No Comments

SEVENTH IN LUMMEN

Great Britain finished in seventh place in the Belgian Nations Cup in Lummen last Friday.

Finishing the first round on a total of just four penalties, with faultless rounds from both Mark Armstrong and Philip Spivey, Rob Hoekstra’s quartet started the second round in equal third place with France, both nations just a single fence behind Ireland and Australia.

In the second round Ellen and Ocolado emulated their first round score, lowering a single pole for just four faults. Mark and Thesaura jumped a superb round to leave all the fences standing, yet clocked up a single time fault and an uncharacteristic twenty six faults from Philip and Romanov II saw the British Team slip to seventh place in the final rankings.

Ireland and Australia both finished the second round on a zero score, therefore a jump off ensued to decide the victor. Australia’s Chris Chugg produced a very fast time but sadly a pole on the floor left the door wide open for Ireland’s Billy Twomey who jumped a perfect clear round to take the victory for Ireland.

CSIO4* Lummen BEL
Nations Cup
Friday 30th April 2010

1st Ireland
2nd Australia
3rd Norway
4th France
5th Germany
6th Sweden

7th Great Britain
Ellen Whitaker & Ocolado – 4/4
Mark Armstrong & Thesaura – 0/1
Philip Spivey & Romanov II – 0/26
Ben Maher & Wonderboy III – (12)

8th Belgium
=9th Italy
=9th Spain

11th Canada
12th Finland
13th Brazil

Full results can be viewed at www.scg-nl.nl.

Champion’s sponsorship of the British Nations Cup Team is the result of the brand’s deep-seated belief in the importance of continual development, dedication and professionalism, together with a desire to offer British equestrian talent every possible opportunity to reach the very top of competitive showjumping.

The British Showjumping Teams continue to be strongly supported by the UK Sport lottery funded BEF World Class Programme.

Related Blogs


 

Leave a Reply

Name (required)