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Tintern well represented at VEIS Grand Final

Both Amelia Qvist (Year 9) and Ruby Smiley (Year 5) proudly represented Tintern at the VEIS Grand Final over the last weekend in July at Werribee. Amelia competed in the Showjumping and Dressage whilst Ruby competed in the Dressage. Amelia and her horse Junior rode four clear rounds in a highly competitive Showjumping field on the Saturday as well as placing a very respectable 10th overall in her preliminary Dressage on Sunday. Ruby and Flash also managed an 8th place in their first ever 1.3 preliminary Dressage test.

The weather was far from favourable on the Sunday, with gale-force winds, yet both girls braved the conditions and made Tintern proud. Amelia then enjoyed a little surprise at the end of the event. She got the ‘Judge’s Award for horse and rider partnership’ in the Preliminary Intermediate class in Dressage, and received a Horse in the Box gift certificate. It was a lovely end to the weekend.

Well done, Amelia and Ruby!

 

Tintern Equestrian Team members in China!

During the school holidays, Ella and I travelled to China as ambassadors for Pony Club Australia. We stayed in Wuhan, China with a team of eight other Australians. Billeted out in pairs, we stayed with one Chinese family for 4 nights and the other family for 5 nights. Every day we visited the iHorse Centre, where we would sometimes ride the horses or play games and some days we would give lessons to the Chinese host children. We had a lot of fun teaching the Chinese students. When we were not riding, we went to historic Chinese sites and learnt about Chinese history and culture. A few of the places we visited were the Yellow Crane Tower, the Yangtze River, Hubei Province Museum, various temples and we watched two plays and music pieces. We also attended a calligraphy class and attempted to write the word horse in Chinese. We were very fortunate to have warm and welcoming families who took us to amazing restaurants and shops after these activities.

Ella and I were very lucky to have been given the opportunity to travel to China to be ambassadors for PCA and to stay with lovely families and we can both say we had a wonderful time. We enjoyed the experience immensely and we definitely made friends from different states across Australia and in China.

by Lilly Trevorrow, Year 9

Well done, Ella and Lilly. What a wonderful immersive learning experience!

by Alison Bezaire, Equestrian Coordinator

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