2017 Qld State Vaulting Championships – Wrap Up

The 2017 Qld State Vaulting Championships was held at Arundel Park RDA on the Gold Coast  on the weekend 8-9 July.

The two days of competition saw a good turn-out from all our Qld & Northern NSW clubs. We also welcomed two interstate judges, Janet Leadbeater, SA and Jenny Scott, NSW joining local judge Angie Deeks.

Over the weekend, the organising committee saw great team work from all involved. Our organising committee, would like to acknowledge the wide range of volunteers that provided tremendous support to our event.   We are very grateful to all the officials, coaches, lungers, vaulters and families who worked tirelessly to share all the duties involved in running a successful event.  Big thanks to Jackie Andrews, as Event Manager assisted by Tesse Ferguson for keeping everything running smoothly.  We also enjoyed great facilities including canteen food and refreshments throughout the weekend, provided by Arundel Park RDA.  Big thank you to Anita & Leone and all the RDA volunteer team for your special home-made treats and wonderful hospitality.

Congratulations to all the Club Vaulters, Lungers, and Horses who competed.  It was so exciting to see so many dedicated and skilful young vaulters from different clubs competing together with support from both family, and each other.  It was impressive to see some of our more experienced vaulters training new horses in the development class.

Congratulations to our Qld Champions- Individual Participant – Lili Tamai (Novice) on Sky King Hercules lunged by Mike Winwood.  Individual Competitor – Lucy Betts on Kamilaroi Cavalier lunged by Melanie Fedrick.  Pas De Deux Competitor - Lucy Betts and Anna Betts on Kamilaroi Cavalier lunged by Melanie Fedricks

Other class WINNERS:  Intermediate Individual – Nicola Barlow on Audouville Ludovic lunged by Darani Cumming. PreNovice Individual – Lucy Paul on CP Xena lunged by Wendy Mungomery. Preliminary Individual – Charlotte Robison on CP Xena lunged by Wendy Mungomery.  Walk PDD – Nicola & Rachel Barlow on CP Xena lunged by Wendy Mungomery. Walk Squad – Fassifern on Eidelweiss Pierre lunged by Lucy Betts.  

Full results available HERE.

From all of us at Vaulting Queensland, we send our best wishes for great competition and success for Jean Betts and our Queenslanders overseas at Junior World Championships in Austria and look forward to an exciting year of vaulting success and development in 2018.