COLAISTE Abbain Adamstown hosted a leg of the TRI Equestrian Interschools League in Wexford last Sunday, whilst in the West, Clifden Community College did the same in Ower Equestrian.

In Wexford, Loreto Wexford emerged as the winners and best turned out, ahead of St Mary’s New Ross in the TRI Equestrian Open Team event.

Aoife Griffith, Freya Barry, Isabel Walsh and Amy Griffith riding Electric Bailey, the Causey Girl, Inch Hill Pippa and Sally Grey Gallough, made up the Loreto team. Hannah Hennessy on Coppenagh Comet, Mai Donovan on Crows Grove Nelly and Kate Kavanagh on Swan View Cream of Dexter represented St Mary’s in second. St Mary’s other team was third, which meant that Bridgetown picked up the third-placed league points when coming fourth.

Brooke Sutton McGarry riding Achill for Ramsgrange won the TRI Equestrian Open Individual event. Olivia Kinsella and Woodstock Queen from St Augustine’s College was second and Mia O’Donnell from St Declan’s riding Kinlough Lad was third. Woodstock Queen and Kinsella reversed the order when landing the Premier 110 class and took the turnout prize, with Sutton McGarry in second. Swanview Cream of Dexter and Kate Kavanagh were third, with Ailbhe Delahunty and Rushaun Bobby from Mount Anville in fourth. The turnout prize was awarded to Freya Barry in the Open class.

In the other Ell qualifiers, victory went to Curraghmore Sparrow and Shannon Griffith from Loreto in the Equieire Novice 90cm class and to Lucy Day representing Mayglass riding Kilsheen Girl in the EII 75cm Primary class.

The Hopoti novice team event was won by the Loreto Wexford Brown team comprising of Curraghmore Sparrow ridden by Shannon Griffith, Jumpingdale Peanut ridden by Ruby Cousins, Wnda Toby ridden by Caitlin Griffith and Firefly Kadie ridden by Izzy Bates. Bridgetown and St Mary’s Gorey all gained league points and host school Colaiste Abbain was awarded the turnout prize.

CBS Senka and Mary Kate Kelly from Loreto won the Hopoti novice individual event, with Ard Scoil Na Trionoide’s Yulia Di Nardi Maher on Caruso Bella in second and Taghmon’s Kensie Kavanagh and Toorboy Lucy in third. Niamh Colfer was best turned out.

Kilmore National School jumped really well to win the Primary Teams and team member Patrick Sarsfield riding Hardingville Lightning Strikes won the 55cm class. Finally, Rhyss O’Brien on Clondaw Misty, riding for Blackwater National School, won the local Aloga primary individual 90cm class.

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The 55cm class winner Wexford Interschools was Patrick Sarsfield of Kilmore NS, pictured being presented by Dubhain Kavanagh of Colaiste Abbain

Clifden host at Ower

Clifden Community School hosted their first show at Ower Equestrian Centre last Sunday. The show was well supported with teams from Ballyglass NS, Kilglass NS, Ballyvary NS, Presentation College Headford, St Paul’s Secondary School and Clifden CS.

The indoor arena was the venue for all events, which started off with a super cross-poles individual event, won by Ceidin O’Halloran. These early events became a family affair for the O’Halloran family (Kilglass NS), with her brother Oscar taking the Connemara Horse and Country 50cm event.

Honor Mannion (Ballyglass NS) dominated the 70cm EII primary league individual and Hopoti novice 80cm individual classes with College Rose.

Clifden Community School took the places in the Connemara Horse and Country 60cm with the three Connemaras: Branchfield Dandy (Alannah Joyce), Shadow (Clodagh O’Toole) and Coumbrack Cora (Mollie Faherty).

St Paul’s Secondary Oughterard was victorious in the EII novice team event. The school was represented by a smart team of Dusty (Cliona Folan), Cloonbornia Carl (Ella Hegarty) and Coco (Eabha Joyce), all with double clear rounds. The host school had two teams in action for the popular event, with Clochanard Silver Princess (Lily Mae Flaherty), Blake (Aoife Nee) and JJ (Keris Mae O’Toole) taking second place and Railway View Ice (Clodagh O’Toole), Cloumbrack Cora (Mollie Faherty) and Branchfield Dandy (Aoibheann Joyce) taking third place.

St Paul’s dominated again in the Equieire EII 90cm qualifier, with the qualifying slots going to Dusty (Cliona Folan) and Coco (Eabha Joyce), Little Lunar Lux (Amelia Dobrowolska) and Railway View Ice (Clodagh O’Toole).

The Interschools campaign for both the host school and its local rival ended for 2026 in fine style, with a tense jump-off in the 1m TRI Equestrian open individual between Cloonbornia Carl ridden by Ella Heraty of St Paul’s and Forrest Buddy ridden by Keris Mae O’Toole for Clifden Community School. St Paul’s took the win with a time of 40.19s to Clifden’s 40.22.

Clifden Community School expressed thanks to Ower Equestrian, supporting parents and families, the sponsors and especially the competitors.