FEI Jumping European Championship for Young Riders, Juniors and Children 2022 in Oliva Nova
Monday 18 July 2022
The FEI Jumping European Championship for Young Riders, Juniors and Children 2022 concluded on Sunday in Oliva Nova, with the individual finals for Young Riders and Children.
Presented by CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A. – the individual final for Young Riders was jumped over two rounds set at 1.50m. Santiago Varela’s course counted 12 obstacles and 15 efforts in the first round, where the best 26 horse-and-rider combinations of the week were at start. Ahead of Sunday’s individual final, Belgium’s Thibeau Spits held the lead on a score of 1.9, followed by Germany’s Henrike Ostermann and Hannes Ahlmann in second and third on 2.81 and 4.61 respectively, Ireland’s Max Wachman on 6.54 in fourth and Belgium’s Thibault Philippaerts on 6.66 in fifth.
In the first round, Henrike Ostermann and Air Force One 19 (Arpeggio x Conterno Grande) added eight penalties to their score, Max Wachman and Quintini (Quintender 2 x Cassini II) four and Italy’s Giacomo Casadei and Chargracon PS (Chacco-Blue x Grandino 25) only one penalty – which left them on a score of 10.81, 10.54 and 9.86 respectively, to sit 7th, 6th and 5th ahead of round two.
With a clear, Ireland’s Harry Allen kept on his score of 7.42 with Over Lux (Lux Z x Padraic Egan) – climbing up to sit fourth ahead of round two, while Great Britain’s Grace Debney and Boheme de La Roque (Kannan x Quick Star) was in third on a score of 6.75. It was the Belgian boys that were leading the way though, as they have done throughout this Championship. Thibault Philippaerts and Derby de Riverland (Kannan x L’Arc de Triomphe) jumped clear in round one, keeping their score on 6.66, while Thibeau Spits and Classic Touch DH also delivered a solid clear, keeping their lead on a score of only 1.9. However, to secure the individual gold medal, another clear was needed from Spits in round two – so there was plenty of pressure on the 21-year-old as the medals were to be decided.
In the last round, only seven pairs delivered clears. Two of these came from Allen and Philippaerts who with their performances secured themselves a place on the podium, but they had to wait for Spits to see which medal it was going to be. Coming in as last to go, Spits and Classic Touch DH kept their cool, ending their Championship week without touching a pole – only recording one single time penalty to bring their total score to 2.9. It was a fantastic finish to the Championship for the Belgians, as Spits added individual gold to his collection after winning team gold earlier in the week, while Philippaerts secured the silver – and Allen the bronze for Ireland.
2022 Children’s Category
Presented by Dammann Reitplatz- u. Sportplatzbau GmbH, the Children’s individual final was jumped over two rounds set at 1.30m. With the best 31 horse-and-rider combinations of the week qualified for the final, ten pairs entered today’s medal decider on a score of zero. In round one, Germany’s Tony Stormanns and Dia Nova (Diamant de Revel x Cardento 933), Finland’s Aida Hämäläinen and Calico Z (Calvados Z x Hold Up Premier), Sweden’s Nathalie Wennerhorn and Kenneth du Petit Vivier (Nonstop x Éclair des Bois), Italy’s Anna Ruggeri and Dakotah 2 (Diarado x Laurin), Belgium’s Brent de Schrijver and LIV Good vd Kattevennen Z (Levisto Z x Action-Breaker) as well as France’s Melina Bouillot and Canabis d’Albain (Baloubet du Rouet x Kannan) all delivered clears, moving on to the second and deciding round in shared pole position.
In round two, only Stormanns, Ruggeri and De Schrijver produced another clear, making it an exciting jump-off of three to decide the last medals of the FEI Jumping European Championship for Young Riders, Juniors and Children 2022 in Oliva Nova.
First out in the jump-off, Germany’s Tony Stormanns and the lovely Dia Nova stopped the clock on 32.05. When Anna Ruggeri on Dakotah 2 crossed the finish line in 32.89 and Brent de Schrijver had one fence down in 32.85, the last champion in Oliva Nova could be crowned: Stormanns took gold, Ruggeri silver and De Schrijver bronze.
Event Director Bettina Pöhls was delighted on behalf of all the medallists and said: “We have had a week of fantastic sport, and the Belgians have really impressed taking team gold for the Juniors and Young Riders, individual silver and bronze for Juniors, individual gold and silver for the Young Riders, and finally the individual bronze for Children. A huge congratulations to all the medallists this week, and to their support teams. It’s been great to have all these rising stars competing here in Oliva Nova, and we look forward to seeing them back in the rings here in the future for more success.”
The final results for Great Britain's Team NAF were:
Young Rider
Team – 3rd
Grace Debney – 6th
Lily Attwood – 27th
Oliver Fletcher – 27th
Lila Bremner – 33rd
Elizabeth Baker - 62nd
Junior
Team – 4th
Jennifer Billington – 7th
Red Morgan – 23rd
Claudia Moore – 31st
Lauren Caroline – 37th
Iwan Carpenter – 55th
Children
Team – 12th
Noora Von Bülow – 5th
Rosie Campbell – 32nd
Chloe Mae Morris – 62nd
Angel Sheridan – 67th
Emily Gulliver – 74th
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