QUALIFIED members of Branches in Area 17 (Northern Ireland) competed in a variety of disciplines at The Pony Club Championships in Offchurch Bury, which concluded last Saturday having commenced eight days earlier at the Warwickshire venue.

Two riders recorded stand-out performances - the East Antrims’ Grace McIlroy, who won the 90cm individual show jumping championship on Millennium Ace, and the Iveaghs’ Isaac McCarthy who was reserve in the ride-off for individual Novice dressage championship honours with Suirvalley Little Monkey. Both also competed in the eventing championships, where McCarthy fared the better.