HAVING qualified earlier in the summer, members of Area 17 of The Pony Club (Northern Ireland) travelled over to Auchlishie in Scotland last weekend for the NAF regional championships in dressage, eventing and show jumping.

The teams fared poorly at PC70 level in show jumping but Tullylagan’s Erin Bates saw off 72 rivals to win the individual competition with Ruthstown Speed. Having recorded double clears, 40 combinations progressed to the jump-off where 25 of them were clear again but none faster than Bates on the 25-year-old 128cm grey gelding.