School-aged equestrians put to the test

Article in the Cairns Sun about the first Interschool Regional Championships held in FNQ.

FOURTEEN school teams descended on the Earlville Pony Club Grounds recently to contest the inaugural Interschool Queensland FNQ Regional Championships.

Riders aged from five to 17 participated in competitive as well as come-and-try non-competitiveevents. More than 20 riders competed in a range of events including showing, jumping and combined training.

The event was hosted by Interschool Queensland and Sugarbag Equestrian.

With schools represented from as far as Ingham and the Tablelands, the eventual champion school team was St Stephens Catholic College.

Other notable winners were the Hewitt-Toms sisters, with Jamie picking up champion secondary school rider, and Olivia securing the champion primary school rider.

As this event was a qualifier, many riders have now qualified to compete for their school at the State Championships to be held in June in Maryborough.