Jumping our socks off!

Well the Chappell-Simms family have been busy. There's been the livery ODE (3rd and 4th place), saddle club show jumping (that'll be a 2nd place for moi), unaffiliated show jumping summer series (4th and 5th for Claudie including qualifying for the Swallowfield Show).

And here's a video of our progress... Important note to self: if all else fails, LEG, LEG and MORE LEG!

Show jumping report

Sadly it was Wendy's last event as WSC co-ordinator so we all had to be on our best behaviour and do a good job! It was a traditional Wendy course with some tricky fences and tight turns in the jump off. The wall caught a few people out and a couple of the turns had to be on a penny!

Geoffrey and I gave it our best shot - we had one down and although we didn't try some of the tight turns we had a great time! But Brian and Claudius showed us how it's really done and came home with a 3rd place!

Well done Brian and Claudius! (Please Mrs Chairperson, can we bump them up to the next league?)

More show jumping!

The last unaffiliated show jumping until September took place today. The crowd were treated to some fab rounds and Brian's dulcet tones on the mic, as well as some extra commentary in the form of some nagging old bag (didn't realise he'd left the mic on - oops).

The Wellie gang did us proud: Cammy, Kozmo, Blaze, Bamber, Munchkin, Little Cara and Humphrey all took part. Well done everyone!