IRELAND’s team for the Junior European Championships in Arezzo, Italy, consisted of Noelle Barry (Norway Venture), Matt Garrigan (Quentucky Jolly), Lucinda Roche (Quiberon D) and Cormac Hanley (Wido) and they finished 11th.

Barry and Norway Venture were best of the Irish, finishing seventh in the overall individual championship.

Later in the year, Lucinda Roche (WCE Falco) finished sixth in the Grand Prix in Neeroeteren, Belgium, while in December, Michael Duffy took second place in the 1.35m speed class at Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands, on Ciao Bella.