Venue: Bantry Bay Pony Trekking

Level 3 (Advanced)
1st - Kildarvan Cookie (Judith Perrin); 2nd - Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 3rd - Mo (Kate Sheehan).


Level 2 (Intermediate)
1st - Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters); 2nd - Grace (Shirley Squire); 3rd - Silversprings Sia (Mary Creedon); 4th - Lady (Tinso Villanueva); 5th - Annaleese (Lorea O'Sullivan); 6th - Rufus (Niamh O'Carroll); 7th - Tom (Adèle Connor).

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Level 1 (Novice)
1st - Teddy (Phillippa Christie); 2nd - Maddy (Caitlin Steel); 3rd - Mo (Debbie Chapman); 4th - Annaleese (Christina Doyle); 5th - Abbano (Audrey Dubauloz); 6th - Stella (Julie O'Neill); 7th - Julie (Rachel Walsh).

Overall Result for 3-phase event

Level 3 Pairs
1st - Paris II (Siobhán Wolf) & Brandy (Frances Whooley)

Level 2 Individual
1st - Faerietale Dreams (Karen Vicencio)

Level 2 Pairs
1st - Winston (Jenni Andrew) & Cornflake (Martha Norton); 2nd - Kildarvan Cookie (Judith Perrin) & Grace (Shirley Squire); 3rd - Silversprings Sia (Mary Creedon) & Lucy Lucky (Richard Creedon)

Best MA Score (out of 18 competitors - Day 1)
Kildarvan Cookie (Judith Perrin)

Best PTV Score (out of 20 competitors - Day 1)
Paddy (Annie O'Neill)

Best POR Score (out of 19 competitors - Day 2)
Winston (Jenni Andrew) & Cornflake (Martha Norton)

Special Mention
Top scoring POR only Level 1 Pairs: Kyro (Kaylee Murray) & Laura (Elaine Dwyer)
Top scoring Junior Rider in a PTV class: Coco (Maïa Lily de Zoeten)



We would like to thank the following:

• Our venue hosts - the Bastian family in Glengarriff and the Whooley family in Knockraha
• The event officials - Gwen Bastian as Technical Delegate for the MA/PTV XL, Bastian as Chef de Piste for the MA/PTV XL and as Techncial Delegate for the POR, Elaine Dolan-Crowley as Traceur for the POR, and Jill Davies as Event Secretary and Scorer
• The riders - for travelling with their horses and competing at the different venues; and not only were riders competing in Glengarriff but many had to help us judge obstacles as well during the day
• The volunteers and helpers - we are always so very grateful to all the volunteers who travelled to one or both of the different locations and gave us their time to help out and fulfilling roles such as judges, stewards, and helpers - all for a filled roll or sandwich and a bottle of water or two
• The landowners - many thanks to the numerous landowners for allowing riders access to and across their lands giving them some off-road riding during the POR

Finally we would like to thank the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the National Lottery for the funding we received under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme Grant which allowed us to purchase some of the much needed items of equipment that could be seen in use during the two days of event.

ATHLONE Equestrian Centre - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH

PTV Open Championship: 1-Paddy (Annie O’Neill); 2-Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack); 3-Secret (Anne Laure Guerin); 4-Lackagh Castle (Kayleigh McCormack); 5-Mo (Kate Sheehan).
PTV Intermediate Championship: 1-Cheyenne (Karina McVeigh); 2-Boynehall Benny (Sheaffe Monteith); 3-Apache (Susanne O’Rourke); equal 4-Lackagh Oscar (Kirsten McCormack) and Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley); 6-Rio (Natasha O’Rourke).
PTV Novice Championship: 1-Lexy (Sue Walker); 2-Madam Rouge (Catriona Doran); 3-Rio (Niall O’Rourke); 4-The Mighty Tim (Catherine Bartley); 5-Ballynolin Annie (Sheila Fuller).
MA Championship: – 1, Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters); 2, Cheyenne (Karina McVeigh); 3, Paddy (Annie O’Neill); 4, Apache (Suzanne O’Rourke); 5, Lexy (Sue Walker); 6, Madam Rouge (Catriona Doran).
D-TREC Open: 1-Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack); 2-Piccolo Boy (Bobbie Ovington); 3-Lackagh Castle (Kayleigh McCormack); 4-Gallarus Boy (Rosemarie Bryson).
D-TREC Intermediate: 1-Cheyenne (Karina McVeigh); 2-Lackagh Oscar (Kirsten McCormack); 3-Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters); 4-Haise (Marie Gallagher).
D-TREC Novice: 1-Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley); 2-Lexy (Sue Walker); 3-The Mighty Tim (Catherine Bartley); 4-Dernahatten Grey Mist (Cora Halloran); 5-Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); Ballynolin Annie (Sheila Fuller).
SPEED TREC Open: 1-Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack); 2-Paddy (Annie O’Neill); 3-Mo (Kate Sheehan); 4-Lackagh Castle (Kayleigh McCormack); 5-Piccolo Boy (Bobbie Ovington).
SPEED TREC Intermediate: 1-Cheyenne (Karina McVeigh); 2-Apache (Susanne O’Rourke); 3-Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley); 4-Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters); 5-Amber Sky (Patrick Byrne); 6-Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley).
Non-Championships PTV Intermediate: 1-Haise (Marie Gallagher); 2-Surprise (Paula Donohoe).
Non-Championships PTV Novice: 1-Dernahatten Grey Mist (Cora Halloran).
PTV Team Championships: 1-Leinster TREC; 2-Midlands TREC; 3-West Cork TREC.

Overall Results

Level 2A Pairs
1 - Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley) & Crunchie (Breda Mulcahy)
2 - Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters) & Kavanaugh (Margaret Buckley)

Level 2 Pairs
1 - Lady (Lorea O'Sullivan) & Mo (Kate Sheehan)
2 - Shelley (Norma Steele) & Comanche (Shirley Squire)
3 - Paddy (Julie O'Neill) & Angel (Katie O'Sullivan)

Level 1 Pairs
1 - Faerietale Dreams (Karen Vicencio) & Jim (Anna Fox)
2 - Silversprings Sia (Mary Creedon) & Lucy Lucky (Richard Creedon)
3 - Girl (Majella O'Shea) & Rí Slánú (Jennifer Perry)
4 - Luna (Sylvi Rigden) & Clonakilla Princess (Nicole O'Regan)
5 - Seany (Miriam McDonnell) & Chunky (Jennifer Horgan)
6 - Merlin (Elaine Waters) & Pep Squeak (Saundra O'Sullivan)
Withdrawn - Zeena (Siobhán Wolf) & Paris II (Sally Tobin)

West Cork TREC would especially like to thank Bantry Bay Pony Trekking for the use of their facilities for this event, and the competition officials, Elaine Dolan Crowley (Technical Delegate and Chef de Piste), Bastian (Consulting Technical Delegate), Adèle Connor (Traceur) and Jill Davies (Event Secretary and Scorer).  Finally, we would like to thank all the competitors, many of whom not only competed but helped judge, and all the volunteers who came to judge and act as stewards throughout the day.

Our Midsummer 3-phase competition was this year held at Boulta, Bouldurragha South, Co. Cork on the 29th & 30th June 2019.

Overall Results for 3-phase event
Level 3 Pairs: 1st - Pippy (Mairead Moynihan) & Ginger (Sonia Serramia-Ruiz)
Level 2A Individual: 1st - Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters); 2nd - Kildarvan Cookie (Judith Perrin)
Level 2A Pairs: 1st - Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley) & Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 2nd - Alfie (Celia Taylor) & Flo (Trish Young)
Level 2 Individual: 1st - Birdhills SC (Ellie Horgan)
Level 2 Pairs: 1st - Apache (Susanne O'Rourke) and Rio (Natasha O'Rourke)
Level 2.2 Pairs: 1st - Lackagh Castle (Kayleigh McCormack) & Piccolo Boy (Bobbie Ovington); 2nd - Kleiner Onkel (Ulrike Schweder) & Lexi (Sue Walker)
Level 1 Individual: 1st - Shady (Lucy Murphy)
Level 1 Pairs: 1st - Seany (Miriam McDonnell) & Chunkey (Jennifer Horgan); 2nd - Dernahatten Grey Mist (Cora Halloran) & Runaway Eldrocol (Mia Carageat); 3rd - Silversprings Sia (Mary Creedon) & Lucy Lucky (Richard Creedon); tied 4th - Shelley (Norma Steele) & Apachi (Margaret Manning) / Crunchie (Breda Mulcahy) & Reno (Emer Howard)

Best POR - Dernahatten Grey Mist (Cora Halloran) & Runaway Eldrocol (Mia Carageat)
Best MA - Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters)
Best PTV - Ginger (Sonia Serramia-Ruiz)
Best U-18 - Shady (Lucy Murphy)

Thanks to all our sponsors, venue hosts, organisers, judges, volunteers & everyone who helped make this a fun weekend, including Ger & Breda Mulcahy (Boulta); Leahy's Open Farm; Coillte; Farmers and Landowners; Bastian (Technical Delgate); Frances Whooley (Traceur & Chef de Piste); Brendan Gavin (scorer); Adèle Connor (Assistant to chef de piste & scorer); Anne O'Riordan & Jill Davies (event co-ordinator/secretary); Bríd-Ann Dolan (food collection); O'Brien's Saddlery; Lios Lara Riding Stables; Bantry Pet & Equine; Mary's Toymaster; Wolf Therapies; Ardagh Rosettes; Frank's Takeaway; Adèle Connor; Diana Gilbert and Judith Perrin; Arbour Forest Management; Kearney Catering; Spar Rathcormac

Here are the results the POR competition on 24th March 2019 which was Leg #5 of our Winter League:

Level 2A Individual
1st - Kildavan Cookie (Judith Perrin)
2nd - Trigger (Ellie Horgan)

Level 2A Pairs
1st - Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley) and Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley)
2nd - Mikaela (Bridget Sheeran) and Diego (Niamh O'Carroll)

Level 1 Pairs
1st - Faerietale Dreams (Karen Vicencio) and Mickey (Marlina Posthuma Quirke)
2nd - Silverspring Sia (Mary Creedon) and Lucy Lucky (Richard Creedon)

The fantastic weather was a real bonus, and our competitors were able to enjoy sea views over Roaring Water Bay and Carbery Hundred Isles.  Thank you to all the competitors, helpers and officials, especially Adèle and Shirley, they did a wonderful job with the route and the bearing tickets.

Special thanks to Billy for the use of the farm and his stables.  The latter was multi-functional today, being the map-room at the start, and the tea room at the end of the day.  Riders and helpers were able to congregate there while waiting for the scores to be processed, munching on Adèle's buttery flapjacks and May's wonderful tea brack, all washed down with tea or coffee.

Our final leg of the winter league will be a PTV competition on 28th April at Bantry Bay Pony Trekking.

Results files may be downloaded here: Summary, Level 2A, Level 1, Bearing Accuracy Competition

West Cork TREC PTV Competition (Leg #4, Winter League)
Caherdaniel, Bantry, Co. Cork
​17th February 2019
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Level 3, Advanced 
1, Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2, Lily (Patricia Kindler); 3, Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley)

Level 2, Intermediate 
1, Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 2, Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley); 3, Goleen (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 4, Lily (Patricia Kindler); 5, Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke);

Level 1, Novice
1, Casper (Eimear Sheehan); 2, Paddy (Julie O'Neill); 3, Paddy (Sophie O'Sullivan); 4, Apachi (Margaret Manning); 5, Casper (Carla Rodriguez); 6, Casper (Zoe Higgins); 7, Tom (Adèle Connor)

We would like to thank Shirley Squire for taking on the role of Chef de Piste and designing the course, Bastian as Technical Delegate, and all our competitors, judges, helpers and spectators. Special thanks to Pat and Zora for the use of their facility.   Download results here: PTV-RESULTS

West Cork TREC PTV Competition (Winter League Leg #3) 
Bantry Bay Pony Trekking
27th January 2019

Level 1 - Novice class:
1st - Spot (Maddie O'Sullivan); 2nd - Misty (Victoria Haffner); 3rd - Minty (Delilah Roberts); 4th - Girl (Majella O'Shea); 5th - Girl (Katie Cullinane); 6th - Cody (Aoife O'Shea)

Level 2 - Intermediate class:
1st - Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 2nd - Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 3rd - Cookie (Judith Perrin); 4th - Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 5th - Polly (Frances Whooley); 6th Sia (Mary Creedon)

Level 3 - Advanced class:
1st - Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2nd - Flora (Sandra Schmid); 3rd - Cookie (Judith Perrin).

Many thanks to all who attended yesterday. We were lucky that the weather stayed fine until the last 20 minutes of the competition. 

Thanks to all the people that helped build and put away all the obstacles and most importantly all the judges that gave their time to us competitors. 

The course was technical and rode very well, Ellie Horgan (Chief de Piste) put time and effort into this with Bastian (Technical Delegate) and Megan Davies (Assistant TD). 

Thank you to Georgia and her staff at Bantry Bay Pony Trekking.

West Cork TREC PTV Competition (Leg #4, Summer League 2018)
Bantry Bay Pony Trekking, Hollyhill, Bantry, Co. Cork
14 October 2018

Level 2 - Intermediate class:
1 - Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 2 - Teddy (Phillippa Christie); 3 - Cookie (Judith Perrin); 4 - Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 5 - Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 6 -Polly (Frances Whooley).

Level 1 - Novice class:
1 - Ellie (Sylvi Rigden); 2 - Minty (Delilah Roberts); 3 - Girl (Majella O'Shea); 4 - Génie (Solenn Méleu);
5 - Lucy Lucky (Richard Creedon); 6 - Tom (Adèle Connor).

The results file can be downloaded by clicking on the link here: Results PTV 14-10-18

This was the final event in the Summer League 2018.  League winners will be announced at the AGM in January.  Our next event will be a Speed TREC event on 11th November, and it will be the first leg of the Winter League.

For the third leg of our Summer League, we held a 2-phase one-day event in the townland of Toughraheen about 8km east of Bantry town on Sunday 26th August 2018.  

Everyone rode the event as Level 2 pairs.  Riders who had little or no experience in the POR (orienteering) phase were paired with those more experienced, and the POR route itself took the riders between 2 and 2.5 hours to complete.  The afternoon saw all the riders manoeuvre through the PTV (obstacle) course.

Overall results for the event were as follows:
1st: Flora (Sandra Schmid) and Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke)
2nd: Ballyphillip Gold (Frances Whooley) and Silverspring Sia (Mary Creedon)
3rd: Birdhills SC II (Ellie Horgan) and Guinness (Kate Sheehan)
4th: Grace (Shirley Squire) and Shelly (Norma Steele)
5th: Stella (Julie O'Neill) and Angel (Katie Con O'Sullivan)
6th: Paris II (Siobhán Wolf) and Faerietale Dreams (Karen Vicencio)
7th: Gladys (Jane Capener) and Mikaela (Bridget Sheeran)

Overall Results can be downloaded by clicking on this link: OVERALL RESULTS SUMMARY LEG 3

West Cork TREC would like to thank everyone who helped setup the course on Saturday, which was no easy feat as the obstacles had to be carried up the steep hill on foot.  We thank the competitors, judges, and stewards for travelling to our event on the Sunday.  We would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the land owners for allowing us to map the orienteering route up farm laneways and across fields and forestry tracks, the competition was greatly enhanced by the amount of off-road riding we were able to use in the POR route.

This year our annual Midsummer event was 2-day 3-phase event held at a farm at Kilrussane, Knockraha, Co. Cork during the weekend of 23rd and 24th June 2018.  The results are as follows:

Overall Results -

• Level 3 Individual - 1st: Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack); 2nd: Marty Zee (Bambi Carroll); 3rd: Winnie (Sandra Schmid)
  
• Level 2A Individual - 1st: Piccolo Boy (Bobbie Ovington)
  
• Level 2 Individual - 1st: Ballycumber Blue (Katie Ellwood)
  
• Level 2 Pairs - 1st: Ballyphillip Gold (Judith Perrin) and Polly (Siobhán Wolf); 2nd: Shady (Lucy Murphy) and Teddy (Phillippa Christie)
  
• Level 1 Individual - 1st:Trigger (Ellie Horgan)
  
• Level 1 Pairs - 1st: Kleine Onkel (Ulrike Schweder) and Casanova Kenry (Mags O'Riordan); 2nd: Walty (Samantha Payne Murphy) and Silver Spring Sia (Mary Creedon); 3rd: Cedargardim Ocean (Siobhán Ovington) and Lackagh Oscar (Helen McCormack); 4th: Rocky (Maria O'Mahony) and Slieve Rushen Warrior (Shirley Squire)
  

Special Categories -

• Best POR - Kleine Onkel (Ulrike Schweder) and Casanova Kenry (Mags O'Riordan)
  
• Best MA - Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters)
  
• Best PTV - Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack)
  
• Best Young Rider - Trigger (Ellie Horgan)
  

West Cork TREC would like to thank our sponsors (Bluegrass Feeds, Dairygold, Equine Partnership, O'Briens Saddlery, Ryall & O'Mahony, Southern Farm & Fuel Supplies, Toymaster Ballincollig, Wolf Physical Therapy & Acupuncture Clinic, Zilco, and anonymous donors) for their generosity and lovely prizes.  We would also like to say thank you to the Whooley family for the use of their farm as our venue for the weekend; to the local landowners for allowing us access across their land; to all the competitors and volunteers; and to the event officials Frances Whooley (Traceur), Adèle Connor (Chef de Piste) and Bastian (Technical Delegate).

Here are the results from the PTV competition on Sunday 10-06-18 (West Cork TREC Summer League leg #2) which was held at Bantry Bay Pony Trekking, Bantry, Co. Cork.

Novice - Level 1
1st Minty (Delilah Roberts); 2nd Spotty (Anna Sofie Haffner); 3rd Ellie (Sylvi Rigden); 4th Teddy (Karen Hickey); 5th Misty (Victoria Haffner); 6th Molly (Eileen Cronin)

Intermediate - Level 2
1st Flower Power (Bastian); 2nd Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 3rd Teddy (Philippa Christie); 4th Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley); 5th Hazel (Kate Sheehan)

Congratulations to all the competitors for coming to our league event.  Thanks to Bantry Bay Pony Trekking for the use of their facilities, to Megan as chef de piste, and to the judges, helpers and spectators for making this such a lovely TREC day out.

The results file can be downloaded by clicking on the results here: RESULTS PTV 10-06-18

Here are the results from the first leg of our Summer League, which was an indoor Speed TREC event
Novice - Level 1
1st Michaela (Bridget Sheeran); 2nd The Dark Raider (Anna Polly); 3rd Misty (Victoria Haffner); 4th Misty (Anna Sofie Haffner); 5th Brownie (Lucy O'Connor); 6th Bravo (Teresa Evans)
Intermediate - Level 2
1st Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 2nd Teddy (Philippa Christie); 3rd Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley); 4th Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 5th Paris II (Siobhan Wolf); 6th Kavanaugh (Margaret Buckley)
Advanced - Level 3
1st Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2nd Dr Pepper Sun (Shana van Bellinghen)
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Many thanks to Georgia and Bantry Bay Pony Trekking for the use of their facilities, and to all the competitors and helpers for coming along and making the day run smoothly, and to Bastian, for designing a course that rode so well and created some interesting challenges.

We were delighted that a number of West Cork TREC members were able to compete at the  which were held at Clonshire Equestrian Centre.


The rescheduled TREC Ireland National MA/PTV Championships 2017, hosted by West Cork TREC, were held at Clonshire Equestrian Centre, Adare, Co. Limerick on April 22nd 2018.

There were a number of classes throughout the day, here are the results of each class:
MA Championship:
1st Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters), 2nd Marty Zee (Bambi Carroll), 3rd Regal Ivy (Celia Taylor), joint 4th Strandhill Batman (Kirsten McCormack), Paddy (Annie O’Neill), and Free Lancer (Louise Parkes).
PTV Championship - Open:
1st Templebready Poppy (Lorea O’Sullivan), 2nd Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack), 3rd Strandhill Batman (Kirsten McCormack), 4th Paddy (Annie O’Neill), 5th Marty Zee (Bambi Carroll), 6th Hazel (Kate Sheehan), 7th Gallarus Boy (Rosemary Bryson).
PTV Championship - Intermediate:
1st April Raven (Rachel Harney), 2nd Paris II (Siobhan Wolf), 3rd Apache (Susanne O’Rourke), 4th Shalamar Black Velvet (Jacinta Kinkade), joint 5th Boynehall Benny (Sheaffe Montrith) and Amber Sky (Patrick Byrne), 7th Black Pearl (Elaine Waters), 8th Regal Ivy (Celia Taylor), 9th Grace (Shirley Squire)
PTV Championship - Novice:
1st Free Lancer (Louise Parkes), 2nd Rio (Natasha O’Rourke), 3rd Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley), 4th Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley).
Non-Championship PTV Novice:
1st Rio (Niall O’Rourke) 2nd Ballingarry Badger (Anne-Marie Cronin) and 3rd Sia (Mary Creedon).
D-TREC - Open:
1st Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack), and 2nd Strandhill Batman (Kirsten McCormack).
D-TREC - Intermediate:
1st Shalamar Black Velvet (Jacinta Kinkade), 2nd Gallarus Boy (Rosemary Bryson), 3rd Grace (Shirley Squire), 4th Ballyclough Nugget (Sheila Winters), 5th Paris II (Siobhan Wolf), and 6th Regal Ivy (Celia Taylor).
D-TREC - Novice:
1st Sia (Mary Creedon), 2nd Free Lancer (Louise Parkes), 3rd Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley), 4th Ballingarry Badger (Anne-Marie Cronin), 5thBallyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley) and 6th The Dark Raider (Anna Polly).
Speed TREC - Open:
1st Paddy (Annie O’Neill), 2nd Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack), 3rd Templebready Poppy (Lorea O’Sullivan), 4th Hazel (Kate Sheehan) and 5th Gallarus Boy (Rosemary Bryson).
Speed TREC - Intermediate:
1st Shalamar Black Velvet (Jacinta Kinkade), 2nd April Raven (Rachel Harney), 3rd Apache (Susanne O’Rourke), 4th Amber Sky (Patrick Byrne).
Team PTV Championship:
1st West Cork A: Templebready Poppy (Lorea O’Sullivan), Paddy (Annie O’Neill), Hazel (Kate Sheehan) and Paris II (Siobhan Wolf).
2nd Midlands: Carlanstown Kid (Kayleigh McCormack), Strandhill Batman (Kirsten McCormack), Shalamar Black Velvet (Jacinta Kinkade).
3rd Leinster Blue: Apache (Susanne O’Rourke), Rio (Natasha O’Rourke), Free Lancer (Louise Parkes), and April Raven (Rachel Harney).
4th Leinster Yellow: Gallarus Boy (Rosemary Bryson), Regal Ivy (Celia Taylor), Boynehall Benny (Sheaffe Montrith) and Amber Sky (Patrick Byrne).
5th West Cork B: Grace (Shirley Squire), Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley), and Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley).

West Cork TREC would like to thank Clonshire Equestrian Centre for allowing us to host this event at their fantastic venue, and all the competitors, volunteers and judges that attended the event.

We also wish to thank our sponsors that provided beautiful prizes and gifts for the riders and judges.  Our sponsors include Bambi Carroll from Orchard Equestrian, O'Brien Saddlery, Megan and Jill Davies (WCT) and the Bastian family (WCT).

The results summary files may also be downloaded here by clicking on the following links:
MA Results, PTV Results, D-TREC Results, Speed TREC Results, Team PTV Results.

Here are the results for the PTV competition (West Cork TREC Winter League #6) at Bantry Bay Pony Trekking on Sunday 08-04-18.  The full results can be downloaded by clicking on the link here: Results PTV 08-04-18.pdf

Level 1 Novice
1st Shelly (Norma Steele); 2nd Misty (Victoria Haffner); 3rd Paddy (Julie O'Neill); 4th Ellie (Sylvi Rigden); 5th Spotty (Anna Sofie Haffner); joint 6th Sia (Mary Creedon) and Oatie (Christina Doyle); 8th Clyde (Wayne Brealey); 9th The Dark Raider (Anna Polly)

Level 2 Intermediate
1st Pepper (Shana van Bellinghen); 2nd Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 3rd Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 4th Grace (Shirley Squire); 5th Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley)

Level 3 Advanced
1st Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2nd Winnie (Sandra Schmid); 3rd Hazel (Kate Sheehan); 4th Hazel (Lorea O'Sullivan)

We would like to extend a huge thanks to Georgia and Andy Shiels of Bantry Bay Pony Trekking for the use of their lovely new arena, set very nicely on the hill overlooking the pond and cross-country course. We gratefully thank Bastian who, although was not able to attend the competition, transported some of the obstacles we needed to the venue the day beforehand. Last but not least, our thanks to the judges, competitors and all who attended making this a lovely day.

We will be looking at the calendar carefully this week to try and plan our events for the next couple of months around the bigger competitions that have been organised.  The TREC Ireland Opens are being held on Fri 11th-Sun13th May at Slieve Aughty in Loughrea, Co. Galway and some of our members will be travelling to attend this international event.  The month of May is the start of our Summer League, and we are also hoping to hold our annual Midsummer event, possibly in June this year, so we will advise dates as soon as we have them.

Best of luck to all our members who will be travelling to the rescheduled 2017 MA/PTV Championships in Clonshire on the 22nd April.  Go West Cork TREC!!!

We had a fantastic turnout for the West Cork TREC Winter League Leg 5 PTV competition on Sunday 11th March 2018 at the arena in Caherdaniel Bantry, and we were delighted to see a couple of new faces join us for the day.  The results were as follows:

Level 1 - Novice
1st Paddy (Julie O'Neill); 2nd Winnie (Bethany Gouldsmith); 3rd Teddy (Pippa Christie); 4th Rocky (Maria Mahony); 5th Sam (Catherine Devlin); 6th Pearl (Anna Polly)

Level 2 - Intermediate
1st Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 2nd Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 3rd Grace (Shirley Squire); 4th Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley); 5th Lady (Agustin Rodriguez Villanueva);

Level 3 - Advanced
1st Templebready Poppy (Lorea O'Sullivan); 2nd Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 3rd Cornflake (Martha Norton); 4th Flora (Sandra Schmid); 5th Shady (Lucy Murphy)

The results file can be downloaded by clicking on the link here: Results PTV 11.03.18

Many thanks to the riders, to chef de piste Annie for the lovely course, and all the judges, helpers and spectators.  Special thanks to Pat and Zora for the use of their arena.

The final leg of our winter league will be a PTV competition on 8th April, at Bantry Bay Pony Trekking just off the Bantry-Cork road, and two weeks after that we are heading up to host the 2017 TREC Ireland National MA/PTV Championships on April 22nd in Clonshire Equestrian Centre, Adare, Co. Limerick.  Hope to see you there!

​Here are the results from leg 4 of our Winter League, the D-TREC Competition that was held on Sunday 18th February 2018 at Cashelane Stud, Durrus, Co. Cork

Novice Level
1st Pearl (Anna Polly); 2nd Sia (Mary Creedon); 3rd Derrivara Isabella (Christina Doyle); 4th Chess (Catherine Devlin)

Intermediate Level
1st Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 2nd Grace (Shirley Squire); 3rd Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma Quirke); 4th Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley)

Open Level
1st Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2nd Templebready Poppy (Lorea O'Sullivan)

The results file can be downloaded by clicking on the link here: Results D-TREC 18.02.18

It was our first time using the new tests written by Frances and Bastian, and they rode well.  Many thanks to Cashelane Stud for the use of their wonderful facilities, to Sally Bolger for judging the dressage movements, to Adèle as Sally's scribe, to judges Megan, Shirley, Annie and Frances, to Bastian as Technical Delegate, and last but not least, to all the competitors and helpers.

Leg 3 of the Winter League was our first competition in January, and it came hot on the heels of the judges training course which was run the week before.  We were delighted to see many of the members who attended the training course use this competition to get in some judging experience while their training was still fresh in their minds.  Congratulations to all the competitors and to Frances for designing the course, her first time as chef de piste. Many thanks to technical delegate Bastian, riders, judges and helpers, and to Pat and Zora for the use of their lovely indoor arena at Caherdaniel, Bantry.  Results as follows:

Level 1 - Novice
1st Pearl (Anna Polly); 2nd Paddy (Julie O'Neill); 3rd Mikaela (Bridget Sheeran); 4th Lady (Tinso)

Level 2 - Intermediate
1st Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 2nd Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 3rd Ballyphilip Gold (Frances Whooley); 4th; Kildavan Cookie (Judith Perrin)

Level 3 - Advanced
1st Paddy (Annie O'Neill); 2nd Hazel (Kate Sheehan); 3rd Templebready Poppy (Lorea O'Sullivan)

Our next league event (leg 4) will be a D-TREC competition at Cashelane Stud on Feb 18th 2018.

The results of leg 2 of our winter league, which was a Speed TREC competition, are as follows:

Level 1 - Novice
1st - The Dark Raider (Anna Polly); 2nd - Micaela (Bridget Sheeran); 3rd - Kal (Aoife Buckley); 4th - Clyde (Wayne Brealey)

Level 2 - Intermediate
1st - Cookie (Judith Perrin); 2nd - Paris II (Siobhán Wolf); 3rd - Flower Power (Marlina Posthuma-Quirke); 4th - Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley)

Level 3 - Advanced
1st - Paddy (Annie O'Neill)

Congratulations to all the competitors, including the five riders who rode out of competition at Level 2.  Many thanks to Cashelane Stud for the use of their beautiful arena, and to the organisers, judges and helpers.

Full results can be seen below link here: Results Speed TREC 10-12-17

Our Winter League kicked off to a great start with a PTV competition at Pat Keane's in Caherdaniel just outside Bantry on Sunday 26th November 2017.  The results from this first leg are as follows:

Level 3 - Advanced
1st - Cornflake (Martha Norton); 2nd - Shady (Lucy Murphy)

Level 2 - Intermediate
1st - Grace (Shirley Squire); 2nd - Molly (Elaine Dolan Crowley); 3rd - Walty (Samantha Payne Murphy)

Level 1 - Novice
1st - The Dark Raider (Anna Polly)

Well done to all the riders competed on the day – to the winners, and to those whom were either unplaced or competed out of competition.  It was great to see some new competitors join us for their first time, and we hope to see you again.  Congratulations to Elaine Dolan Crowley for her first outing as chef de piste, and Shirley Squire as TD.  Thanks to everyone for helping to make this competition run smoothly: judges, helpers, riders and spectators, and also to Pat and Zora for letting us use their facilities.  The full results are available to download by clicking on the link here:  Results PTV 26-11-17

The second leg of our winter league will be on 10th December 2017 at Cashelane Stud.

The West Cork TREC Midsummer event this year was a one day three phase event hosted by Lee Valley Equestrian Centre near Crookstown, Co. Cork.  The weather was thankfully dry until the last half an hour when we had some rain during the prize giving.

​Traceurs Adele Connor and Ian Squire took the riders on routes along the little back country roads around the Equestrian Centre, and the higher levels also had some nice off-road riding through a couple of farm tracks, woods and fields courtesy of the neighbouring landowners.  Chef de Piste Annie O'Neill put some of the cross country jumps in the top paddocks to good use in her PTV course.

We would like to thank the following people:

• to Lee Valley Equestrian Centre – Karen and Ger (and their helpers, especially Mike for cutting grass & hedges) – for allowing us to use their venue for the competition
• to the landowners Sean Lally, Connor Buckley, and the O'Riordan family – for allowing us access through their lands
• to our sponsors (Bantry Pet & Equine Shop, Drinagh Eurospar Skibbereen, Fields Supervalu Skibbereen, Brosnans Centra Schull, Brunner Art Schull)
• to Berry for her sandwiches, rolls and cake, and to all who brought in food to share
• to the vet John Hyde, and to Annemarie Cronin
• to the organisers – Bastian (Technical Delegate), Adèle Connor and Ian Squire (Traceurs), Annie O’Neill (Chef de Piste)
• to all the competitors, judges, helpers and parents and everyone who was involved in the competition

Our Level 2a route was also classified as a GB Qualifier for the TREC GB Championships 2017.  Five young riders have qualified for TREC GB as a result and they will be travelling to Wales in September.  Lorea O'Sullivan, Kate Ryan Brouwer and Millie O'Sullivan will compete in the Level 2a Individuals class, while Caoimhe Duggan and Kate Sheehan will compete in the Level 2a Pairs class.  Well done girls, we wish you well.  Here are the results of the GB Qualifier classes:

Results GB Qualifier class - Level 2a Individual:  1st Lorea O'Sullivan (Templebready Poppy); 2nd Kate Ryan-Brouwer (Dáithí); 3rd Millie O'Sullivan (Casey)
Results GB Qualifier class - Level 2a Pairs: 1st Kate Sheehan (Bantry Bluebell) & Caoimhe Duggan (Hugo Boss)


Special congratulations and best wishes must go to the Level 2a Individual winner Fionnuala Solomon.  Fionnuala will be the sole rider representing Ireland at the European Young Riders Championships in France at the end of August and West Cork TREC are extremely proud of her achievements.

Finally, congratulations to all our winners and competitors and we hope to see you again soon.  The results of the West Cork TREC Midsummer 2017 competition are as follows:

Level 2a Individual: 1st Fionnuala Solomon (Chester); 2nd Lorea O’Sullivan (Templebready Poppy); 3rd Kate Ryan Brouwer (Dáithí); 4th Vicky McMullan (Garnagree Duke); 5th Sandra Schmid (Henry); 6th Millie O’Sullivan (Casey)
Level 2a Pairs: 1st Jenni Andrew (Hector) & Martha Norton (Cornflake); 2nd Karen Nicholson (Ebony) & Maunza Heidtke (Penny); 3rd Caoimhe Duggan (Hugo Boss) & Kate Sheehan (Bantry Bluebell)
Level 2 Individual: 1st Patrick Byrne (Amber Sky); 2nd Emma O’Regan (Borrowaddy); 3rd Sheila Winters (Ballyclough Nugget); 4th Liz Burbage (General’s Daughter); 5th Margaret Buckley (Kavanagh); 6th Siobhan Wolf (Paris II)
Level 2 Pairs: 1st Suzanne O’Rourke (Apache) & Natasha O’Rourke (Rio); 2nd Lucy Murphy (Shady) & Jane Capener (Gladys); 3rd Samantha Payne Murphy (Winston) & Jane Finch (Morrigan)
Level 1 Pairs: 1st Margaret Manning (Apachi) & Shirley Squire (Comanche); 2nd Frances Whooley (Ballyphilip Gold) & Elaine Dolan Crowley (Molly); 3rd Marlina Posthuma Quirke (Faerietale Dreams) & Tanja Khosrawi (Teko); 4th Siobhan Ovington (Coolhenry Hanna) & Bobbie Ovington (Piccolo Boy)
Best POR: Patrick Byrne (Amber Sky)
Best MA: Sheila Winters (Ballyclough Nugget)
Best PTV: Suzanne O’Rourke (Apache)
Best Under 16 (Overall): Marlina Posthuma Quirke (Fairietale Dreams)
Best Newcomer (MA/PTV): Marlina Posthuma Quirke (Fairietale Dreams)

The full result files have been uploaded to our website and can be downloaded by clicking on the highlighted names below:
Overall results; POR results; MA results; PTV results

We had a great turnout yet again, with a total of 25 competitors.  Our thanks to Jenni for the use of the facilities and the indoor arena, to Martha, our Chef de Piste for the competition, and to everyone who came on Sunday for a lovely day - riders, judges, helpers and supporters.  Results are as follows:

Novice Level
1st Frances Whooley (Kal)
2nd Jane Finch (Forest)
3rd Elaine Dolan Crowley (Molly) and Sophie Seymour (Morrigan)

Intermediate Level 
1st Lucy Murphy (Shady)
2nd Katie Con O'Sullivan (Casey)
3rd Judith Perrin (Cookie)

Congratulations to our winners, and to each and every one of our competitors.
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The full results can be viewed below.  The Results and League Points Allocation Table files can also be downloaded by clicking on the highlighted name.