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05.09.08 Autumn term Club has now been back for three weeks and we are delighted that so many of our keen members have returned for another season. We are now working towards the British Championships at SNEC on October the 4th and 5th. 30.08.08 Championship Press Report Members of the Wee County Vaulters have returned from the World Equestrian Vaulting and European Junior Equestrian Vaulting Championships in Brno securing top 10 places in all the classes in which they competed. The Championships attracted entrants from 25 nations. The Wee County Vaulters Junior team which was the first junior club team to be selected to represent GB exceeded expectations by finishing in sixth place, competing on W.H.Bentley lunged by John Eccles who also coached the team with assistance from Joanne and Hannah. The team which was only formed in March, consisted of: Andrew McLachlan, Helen Anderson, Yasmin Williamson, Joscelin Craig, Brogan Moffat, Rebecca Norval and Cassie McIlwraith. Only Andrew had ever competed outside Britain prior to the Championships, which made the result even more amazing. W.H.Bentley achieved the highest horse score in the Junior team competition. Thirty-three of the top junior female individuals from throughout Europe took part in a strongly contested female individual class. Hannah Eccles also vaulting on W.H.Bentley was one of the three selected to represent GB. Hannah was placed 8th in the competition gaining personal best scores in the compulsory exercises and achieved the highest GB placing in this class. Wee County Vaulters were also represented in the World Championships Senior Female class by GB's top ranked vaulter Joanne Eccles. Once again Joanne competed on W.H.Bentley. Having achieved a personal best in the compulsory test Joanne progressed to the second round in seventh position. Only the top 15 of the 45 individual senior females from around the world qualified for the second round. Joanne then achieved personal best in the Technical test and then proceeded to enthral the audience with her freestyle (to the theme of "Lady in red") this saw her move up two places to finish in fifth position, the highest placing gained to date by a GB vaulter. Thanks must go to all the people who gave financial support to the Wee County Vaulters including Clackmannanshire Sports Council and Benstons Motor Engineers, who's generous contributions helped pay for the horse transportation costs , to allow the club to compete at this prestigious competition. 6.08.08 European and World Vaulting Championships - Brno Wee County Vaulters have just returned from a very successful trip to the Czech Republic. We had a Junior team, Hannah and Joanne Eccles representing Great Britain at the Championships. The team finnished 6th, whilst Hannah was 8th in the Junior Individual class and Joanne was 5th in the Senior class. Congratulations to all and thanks to the horses and all the parents for all their help and support! 11.06.08 Selection. The second selection trial for the World and European Championships took place in Wrexham, Wales on the 31st May-1st June. All the Wee County Vaulters did incredibly well, with Joanne Eccles winning the Senior individual class, Hannah Eccles winning the Junior individual class and the Junior team winning their class aswell. Other sucesses from the weekend included a 1st in the fun walk class for Wee County's St Trinnians routine, a 1st in pairs for Joanne and Hannah Eccles, 1st and 2nd in Junior non-selection individual for Joscelin Craig and Helen Anderson respectivley, 4th in Senior non-selection for Karen Hewitt, 3rd Under 14 for Andrew McLachlan, with great performances from Yasmin Williamson and Rebecca Norval aswell. Last weekend the official selection meeting took place, and Wee County found out that the Junior team had been selected, and Hannah Eccles had been selected as a Junior individual to represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Brno. Joanne Eccles has been selected to represent Great Britain as a Senior individual at the World Championships also in Brno. Congratulations to all!! 22.05.08 -Update; After a month of many competitions Wee County has once again exceeded expectations. This started at the first selection trial at Oatridge at the end of April. Joanne won the senior individual selection class, and Karen Hewitt was 6th in her first canter individual class. In the junior section Hannah Eccles was a close second, with Joscelin Craig and Helen Anderson 5th and 6th respectivley. All our Under 14 individuals did incredibly well, competiting on Tyke at his second competiton they all performed well and Andrew MacLachlan took home the 1st place rossette. However the real stars were the Junior team. After only 6 weeks practice they managed to pull it out of the bag and win the junior class. A fantastic weeekend all round for the affilliated vaulters. Our pre-novice vaulters both did fantastically aswell with the 'St Trinnians' team competitng on Zigourney kindly loaned to us for that class by Helen Rogerson (Scottish Borders Vaulters) ~ Thank you. Everyone did well in their individuals, Leigh and Abbie Taylor won the pairs class with Cassie and Pamela a close second. In the fun team class the Oompa Loompas sweetend the judge to be placed first. Well done to all. The seclection trial was followed by an
international in Ermelo, Holland. John, Joanne and Hannah
drove out with Henry and Sarah Reid from EVS. It was
another great competition, the results were close and
only revealled in the prize-giving, but Hannah gave it
her all and became the first British individual to ever
win a CVI*!!! This result was followed by Sarah Reid
gaining her highest place ever coming 10th, and Joanne
managed to just beat Katarina Faltin to the top position
in the CVI** class. However, as if two firsts for Wee
County wasn't enough Henry and John topped it off by
winning the best individual horse!! Well done. After a few weeks rest John and Joanne headed out to Germany to compete at the master class at Wiesbaden. Joanne was competing on Nicola Stroeh's horse Lanson. He was very good, and after two interesting rounds Joanne ended up in 5th place. So now Wee County are preparing for the next selection trial at the end of May in Wrexham Wales. 07.03.08 - Oatridge Competition At the first competition of the season, held
at Oatridge college, Wee County vaulted brilliantly,
winning our first pre-novice team ever!! We put out two
pre-novice teams, one of which took first place whilst
the other came a close third. Our fun individuals also
performed well, with Olivia Mears winning the under 9
section, Brogan Moffat winning the 12-14's, and Karen
Hewitt won her first ever individual in the over 15
class. In the fun team class Wee County's 'fame' team
competiting on W.H.Bentley and lunged by Amanda
Maclachlan came 3rd with the 'Cheerleaders' 4th on
Baroque lunged by Jackie Taylor. In the under 14 class
Andrew Maclachlan was second vaulting on Baroque lunged
by Amanda, Yasmin, Kirsty and Rebecca all put in very
creditable performances; it was Rebecca's first ever
under 14 competition. In the senior individual class
Joanne Eccles won with Hannah a close second. New Wee
County members Helen Anderson and Joscelin Craig also did
very well, after only having 3 weeks to prepare. Tyke
(Tylers Kernel) competed for the first time in the
individual class lunged by John Eccles, and he took third
place with Joanne. Everyone did a fantasic job,
especially all the parents who put in such hard work
looking after costumes and acting as officials during the
competition. Further results on the results page.
Rebecca Norval competing on Baroque. 16.12.07 - Christmas Holidays!!! Wee County had their last training before the holidays on the 11th December and will start back on the 8th of January. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 19.11.07 - Elite Conference. Four of Wee County's Vaulters along with coach John Eccles have been invited to attend an Elite conference in Birmingham in January. Yasmin Williamson and Andrew McLachlan have been selected to attend as members of the Scottish Equestrian Vaulting Team, Hannah and Joanne Eccles have been selected to attend as individuals. There are approximately 30 vaulters attending the conference from all over Britain. It will include gymnastis and dance as well as nutritional information. 22.10.07 - Scottish Championships For the first time ever Wee County put out
two Pre-novice teams at the Scottish Championships on
Saturday. The teams, one on Baroque lunged by Amanda
McLachlan and the other on W.H.Bentley lunged by Jackie
Taylor came 3rd and 4th respectivley. In the Junior
Individual class Andrew McLachlan won for the 2nd year
running, Yasmin Williamson came 7th and Kirsty Clyde came
17th. In the Female Individual Joanne Eccles came 1st
with Hannah Eccles 2nd. Joanne and Hannah also came 1st
in the Pairs class. This was the last competition of the year, competitions re-start in March next year. 10.9.07 - British Championships Four Wee County Vaulters Competed at the British Championships last weekend. The Championships were held at Morton Morrel in Warwickshire. In the Individual Female class Joanne Eccles came first, with her sister Hannah second. They both competed on W.H.Bentley lunged by John Eccles. In the Junior Under 14 class Andrew MacLachlan was 2nd with Yasmin Williamson coming 8th. They were both competing on Baroque lunged by Amanda MacLachlan. In the pairs class, Joanne and Hannah managed to keep their title and became Pairs Champions for the 5th year running. All four vaulters also competed as part of the Scottish team. Joanne and Hannah were in the Advanced team, and Andrew and Yasmin were in the Intermediate team. Both teams came first in their classes! Overall a great sucess for Wee County! 21.8.07 - Club starts back Wee County Club training starts back. We are aiming to put out some teams and have everyone doing individuals for the competition on the 20th September. Some of our more advanced vaulters will be going down to the British Championships in England on the 8th and 9th September. 15.8.07 - European Championships Congratulations to all Wee County Vaulters
who competed in the European Championships, Hungary. Wee
County had 4 members in the senior British Team who
competed on Baroque, Joanne Eccles, Hannah Eccles, Hannah
Nicol and Harriet Nicol. We also had 2 members in the
junior British Squad who came 8th, Andrew McLachlan and
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