Close competition at the British Young Drivers’ National Championships
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at Onley Grounds Equestrian Cen tre, Warwickshire on Saturday 3rd - Sunda y 4th August 2019
Report and photos by Kingswood Associates
Hosted by Midlands Carriagedriving, the British Young Drivers (BYD) provided close competition at their 2019 National Championships held at Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre, near Rugby in Warwickshire, on Saturday and Sunday, 3rd-4th August.
The championships were split into age groups and by marathon distance to give five classes competed for by 16 competitors. The most competitive was Class 5 (19-25 years, full marathon) where only 3.15 penalties separated first to third. Leading after dressage was Grace Smith on the best score of the championships, 41.8. In second was Amelia Waddicor (55.0) with Margaret Collins a whisker away in third (55.8). Grace and Amelia held onto their places after the cones, where Margaret dropped away and Jack Ralph rose to third. Obstacle times were very close between Jack, who won the phase, and Amelia while Grace unfortunately lost valuable time in Obstacle 4 which dropped her to third overall. Amelia won the class ahead of Jack by 1.43 penalties.
BYD Class 5 Champion - Amelia Waddicor
BYD Class 5 Winner of Marathon Phase - Jack Ralph
In Class 4 (14-18 years, full marathon), Megan Wheeldon led after dressage but only by 0.80 of a penalty from Harvey Clegram-Brown (46.8 and 47.6 respectively) but Megan increased her slender lead in cones, adding just three penalties to Harvey’s 11.41. Megan sped round the obstacles to comfortably win the final phase and the class from Harvey who finished ahead of Amy Stone in third.
BYD Class 4 Champion - Megan Wheeldon 60 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019
BYD Class 4 Runner Up - Harvey Clegram-Brown For the latest news visit
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