Gloucestershire Academy Awards Night & Social Evening

Gloucestershire Area 41 Junior Academy Awards and Social evening
Held at The Royal William, Cranham.
Members gathered for the first Junior Academy Awards and Social evening, carvery and cake kindly sponsored by a friend of Angela and Jeremy Warner.
Area Rep Clare Farmer introduced the committee and said a few words about the area and the plans for the future. She also thanked Karen Griffiths for organising the event and presented her with a bouquet of flowers to say thank you. Also recognised for their hard work and commitment to the academy were Pip Griffiths and Millie Warner who were given gifts of thanks.
Pip Griffiths then gave a speech of thanks to the sponsors and gave us an insight in how she become involved in British Showjumping and the Junior Academy, this linked nicely to the awards for the evening, the compere for the evening was Joe Fernyhough.

 
The Awards
Promising Horse Award Sponsored by Team Crow’s Nest – Calcourt Dorado (Aka Big Ern, ridden by Amelia Warner)
Most Committed Member Sponsored by Leech Racing – Pip Griffiths
Best Newcomer Sponsored by the Atkins Family – Sophia Bevan
Shining Star Shield Sponsored by the Farrier Neil Turner – Jasmin Leay – Parkinson
Veteran Pony Sponsored by Cotswold  Equestrian – Arabella (ridden by Amelia Warner)
Committed Parent – Jeremy Warner
Best Turned out Sponsored by Clare Farmer – Kelly Goodwin (Owner of Maverick ridden by Pip Griffiths)
Team of the Year
- Sophie Wallace – Countess
- Amelia Warner – Calcourt Dorado
- Jasmine Leay-Parkinson – Imagine Blue
- Millie Guy - Alcodota
Junior Academy awards (medals donated by Angela Warner  and Tim Stockdale Foundation show journals donated by the Tim Stockdale Foundation) 
- Francessca Bevan
- Sophia Bevan
- Jasmine Leay-Parkinson
- Bibi Zijlmans
- Madelief Opden Brouw
- Pip Griffiths
- Amelia Warner
- Millie Simkins
- Abigail Frankham
- Lucy Atkins
- Louisa Garley

 

Promising horse sponsored by Team Crow’s Nest

This has been awarded to a horse that we feel has a bright future and has represented Gloucestershire on many occasions, he and his rider have gone from novice to newcomers in a very short but successful space of time. This goes to Calcourt Dorado aka ‘Big Ern’.

 

Most committed, sponsored by Leech Racing

This is awarded to a member who has been a huge part of the academy. This person has shown great enthusiasm in everything they do, whether it be pole picking, course walking with the younger members, handing out numnahs and timesheets, designing posters for events and interviewing committee members on video whilst still competing successfully for Gloucestershire. This person is always happy to participate, help others and always smiles..  This well-deserved award goes to Pip Griffiths.

 

Best newcomer sponsored by The Atkins family

This member is one to look out for! She is fast, fierce, extremely competitive and is a great asset to the academy. She has taken the ride of her sisters two ponies which are also as fierce as she is. The combinations are a force to be reckoned with. This member is always, always smiling and never fails to make you laugh. The best newcomer is Sophia Bevan

 

Shining Star shield, sponsored by Neil Turner

This award represents someone the academy recognises to be a future star, we are very lucky that this member has represented Gloucestershire for many years both on ponies and now horses. A fairly new ride saw her take victory at Cherwell academy show. We look forward to watching her continued success. Shining star is awarded to Jasmin Leay-Parkinson.

 

Veteran pony sponsored by Cotswold Equestrian

We are very lucky at Gloucestershire academy to have lots of veteran ponies still competing successfully on the show circuit, but this pony has competed for several years representing Gloucestershire and after having an injury and being 22 she still gives the young ones a run for their money, this goes to Arabella.

 

Committed parent award

As an academy we are very fortunate to have the help of some amazing parents without their commitment we would not be able to achieve many of the results. This dad goes above and beyond to help everybody, whether that be putting jumps up, holding ponies even if they do try to give him a friendly nibble on most occasions! fixing lorries and his amazing BBQ skills. Gloucestershire’s most committed parent is Jeremy Warner.

 

Best turned out award, sponsored by Clare Farmer

There is always a strong rivalry between not only the different academies but our own members when it comes to turnout. This person plays a huge role in making sure her pony stands out from the rest. She has her sparkle spray in one hand and her straighteners in the other, not a single hair is out of place. She is like the Coco Chanel of horse wear and her pony always has the latest numnahs and boots no matter what the cost. The best turned out award goes to Kelly Goodwin and Maverick. 

 

Team of the year

This team had a range of horses and ages but together they were unbeatable. Beating academies from all over the country. The winning horse team at Cherwell consisting of Sophie Wallace and countess, Amelia warner and Calcourt Dorado, Jasmine Leay-Parkison and Imagine Blue, Millie Guy and Alcodota are this year’s team of the year.

 

Junior Academy medals in recognition of the members achievements – sponsored by Angela Warner Training journals kindly donated by the Tim Stockdale Foundation

The committee are very grateful for all our academy members and all of the hard work they put in not just at shows but all of the training behind the scenes to ensure they get the best results possible. Several of our members have stood out this year, to show our appreciation we would like the following people to receive their medals.
- Francessca Bevan
- Sophia Bevan
- Jasmine Leay-Parkinson
- Bibi Zijimans
- Madelief Opden Brouw
- Pip Griffiths
- Amelia Warner
- Millie Simkins
- Abigal Franklin
- Lucy Atkins
- Louisa Garley

The evening was followed by a fun quiz – won by Team Coco "Channel" a disco and a raffle.

We would like to thank all who attended and supported; most of all to Karen Griffiths and her family for making this evening happen.