Ireland team finish fourth in Netherlands
Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:10Four double clear rounds in show jumping this Sunday put
Ireland in fourth place at the end of the three-star event in Boekelo in the Netherlands.
Struggling up from eighth after the dressage phase, the Irish quartet
of Camilla Speirs, Michael Ryan, Aoife Sisk and Elizabeth Power
powered through Saturday's cross-country course to leap four places in
the leaderboard, and Sunday's fault-free show jumping kept them in the
same position at the finish.
The Irish team, three riding young Irish-bred horses, put in a
convincing performance at the prestige show, which featured ten
international teams.
Camilla Speirs and the eight year-old Portersize Just a Jiff
finished best of the Irish in 14th place. Next came Cork's Michael
Ryan with another eight-year-old, the gelding Ballylynch Adventure,
in 27th. Eight-year-old Master Crusoe ridden by Aoife Sisk finished
in 36th place, while an unlucky cross-country phase relegated
Elizabeth Power and September Bliss to 52nd overall.
The three-day event was won by early leaders Germany on a total of
153.20 penalties. Ireland's finishing score was 197.60.
EVENTING RESULTS: CCI3* BOEKELO NETHERLANDS OCTOBER 8 - 11 2009
FINAL TEAM PLACES
Sunday, October 11, 2009
1) GERMANY 153.20
2) FRANCE 179.00
3) GREAT BRITAIN 181.80
4) IRELAND 197.60
Portersize Just a Jiff (ISH); Camilla Speirs 60.40
Ballylynch Adventure (ISH); Michael Ryan 65.60
Master Crusoe (ISH); Aoife Sisk 71.60
September Bliss; Elizabeth Power 88.80
5) NEW ZEALAND 244.80
6) NETHERLANDS 250.00
7) BELGIUM 258.00
8) SWEDEN 276.40
9) POLAND 1,219.20
10) BELARUS 2,140.60
Ten teams competed.
