Saoirse Saddlery Dressage League Comes to an End.

The third and final leg of the Saoirse Saddlery Dressage League took place on Sunday February 16th in Creagh EC. This league was hosted by Dalysgrove RC with some superb prizes on offer for the final.

Horses and riders were washed and plaited.

The arena was prepared, tests were learned & refreshments were on hand as the big day got underway.

John Kelehan of Corrib RC won the Primary Class with Leilani, Dalysgrove RC’s Christine Rohan was 2nd with Sweet Callows Gale, Assumpta Shannon from South Roscommon RC was 3rd & 4th with Dandys Boy & Bailey, while her club mate Carol Gaffney was 5th & 6th with Dandys Boy & Flash.
In the Advanced Primary class Donna Murray of Dalysgrove took 1st & 2nd riding Kikos Temple & Temple Lady, Evelyn Coyne of Corrib RC was 3rd with Temple Troy, Fiona Fenton was 4th on Dandys Boy for South Roscommon RC, Tony White was 5th for Dalysgrove Rc on Casper while Mary McEntee was 6th for Mosstown RC on Carlough Match.
In the Intermediate class Valerie Asple took the top spot for Corrib RC riding Argentum A, while her club mate Bernadette Flaherty was 2nd on Cheeky La Belle, Kevin Clogher of Dalysgrove RC was 3rd on Sin e Sham, Ximena Lister from West Coast RC was 4th with Max, Rachael Keogh & Signal Fire were 5th for South Roscommon RC while Paul Naughton took 6th place riding Temple Lady for Dalysgrove RC.
In the Advanced Intermediate class there was a tie for first place with Jean O’Connor & Leilani from Corrib RC sharing the honours with Tracy Murphy & Nino Manoso of Dalysgrove RC, Georgie Spain of Dalysgrove RC took 3rd place with Sin e Sham, Grainne Kelly of Springmount RC was 4th on Gilly from the Block, Gillian Dunlop also from Springmount RC was 5th on Little Mishap while Georgie Spain of Dalysgrove RC was 6th with Merrymountain Sassella. Mary Mitchell from Tonabrockey RC had the Open class all to herself, she was 1st with Westernn May & 2nd with Creemully Western William and in the Advanced Open class Elaine Murphy also had the class to herself coming 1st with Eurisco & 2nd with Sullivan.

When the points were totted at the end of the day the overall results of the league are as follows:

Primary
1st – John Kelehen & Lelani of Corrib RC
2nd – Christine Rohan & Sweet Callows Gale of Dalysgrove RC
3rd – Assumpta Shannon & Dandy’s Boy of South Roscommon RC
4th – Carol Gaffney & Dandy’s Boy of South Roscommon RC
5th – Assumpta Shannon & Bailey of South Roscommon RC
6th – Geraldine Donouhue & Lucky Cosmo of Castle Carraig RC

Advanced Primary
1st – Donna Murray & Kikos Temple of Dalysgrove RC
2nd – Donna Murray & Temple Lady of Dalysgrove RC
3rd – Evelyn Coyne & Temple Troy of Corrib RC
4th – Fiona Fenton & Dandy’s Boy of South Roscommon RC
5th – Mary McEntee & Carlough Match of Mosstown RC
6th – Tony White & Casper of Dalysgrove RC

Intermediate
1st – Ximena Lister & Max of West Coast RC and Kevin Clogher & Sin e Sham of Dalysgrove RC
3rd – Valerie Asple & Argentum A of Corrib RC
4th – Bernadette Flaherty& Cheeky La Belle of Corrib RC
5th – Paul Naughton & Temple Lady of Dalysgrove RC
6th – Ximena Lister & Coco of West Coast RC

Advanced Intermediate
1st – Tracy Murphy & Nino Manoso of Dalysgrove RC
2nd – Jean O’Connor & Leilani of Corrib RC
3rd – Grainne Kelly & Gilly from the Block of Springmount RC
4th – Gillian Dunlop & Little Mishap of Springmount RC and Georgie Spain & Shin e Sham of Dalysgrove RC
6th – Georgie Spain & Merrymountain Sassella of Dalysgrove RC

Open
1st – Mary Mitchell & Westernn May of Tonabrockey RC
2nd – Mary Mitchell & Creemully Western William of Tonabrockey RC

Advanced Open
1st – Elaine Murphy & Eurisco of Dalysgrove RC

In the North of the Region the North West Spring SJ League also got underway with members from the four Donegal clubs out in force.  Results of week 1 are as follows:

X-poles
1st – Nicola Coxford of Inishowen RC
2nd – Pamela White of Inishowen RC

60cm Training
1st – Louise Edwards of Letterkenny RC
2nd – Lauren Griffith of Inishowen RC
3rd – Emer Hannaway of Inishowen RC

Primary 
1st – Veronica Lafferty of Inishowen RC
2nd – Aileen Tougher of Inishowen RC

Advanced Primary
1st – Liz Potter of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
2nd – Liz Cuffe of Letterkenny RC
3rd – Paul Curran of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
4th – Enda McClafferty of Letterkenny RC
5th – Denis Kelly of Letterkenny RC
6th – Lawrence Smyth of Donegal Gaeltacht RC

Intermediate
1st – Clodagh Barry of Inishowen RC
2nd – Anne Chambers of Letterkenny RC
3rd – Carmel Ferry of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
4th – Carla McGinley of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
5th – Rudy Schneider of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
6th – Charlie Vial of Tirconail RC

Advanced Intermediate
1st – Patricia Warren of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
2nd – Jodie Carr of Inishowen RC
3rd – Emily Schneider of Donegal Gaeltacht RC
4th – Nadine Gallagher of Letterkenny RC
5th – Marina Hamilton of Letterkenny RC
6th – Rosaleen Harkin of Donegal Gaeltacht RC

The second leg will take place on Sunday 2nd March  with the third leg on March 9th  and as a tribute to Audrey Jacob, it has been agreed that the Final show of the league on 23rd March shall be a fundraiser in memory of Audrey. All proceeds from the Final show shall go to the Charity AWARE.

The calender of events for the next few weeks is as follows:

MARCH

• Sunday 02nd     North West Spring SJ League, Templemore EC
• Sunday 02nd     Dressage & Show Jumping Training Show, River View Stables, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo hosted by Round Tower RC
• Sunday 09th     North West Spring SJ League, Templemore EC
• Sunday 09th     West Clubs Mini Show Jumping Derby & Dressage League, Claremorris EC
• Sunday 23rd     FINAL North West Spring SJ League, Templemore EC
• Sunday 23rd     West Clubs Mini Show Jumping Derby & Dressage League, Duffys EC, Claregalway
• Sunday 30th     FINAL West Clubs Mini Show Jumping Derby & Dressage League, The Parks, Moycullen

APRIL

• Sunday 06th    National Hunter Trials, Flowerhill
• Sunday 27th   North West Team Showjumping/Dressage Challenge (provisional date)