It was a long journey up to Bishop Burton College in North Yorkshire where I was competing in the Open Girls section of the Championships. The swim and shoot phases were held on the Friday and I managed a much improved shoot in comparision to the previous year, and then did a good swim. The run phase was on the Saturday and I was very pleased to gain a personal best time, before getting ready for the traditional Tet Champs party that evening.
On the Sunday, the Open cross country course was very technical and testing, and caused many problems with a high number of falls, faults and retirements. Alfie jumped a confident, bold round and thankfully had no problem with the bogey cow-shaped skinny or the light to dark rail-ditch-skinny, but he did get a little over-bold and had a steering malfunction at the second part of the double of angled corners. He however went on to jump the rest of the course with no problems at all and was still inside the time. Was delighted to pick up a 10th rosette at the prize-giving, before starting on the long journey back home again.
On the Sunday, the Open cross country course was very technical and testing, and caused many problems with a high number of falls, faults and retirements. Alfie jumped a confident, bold round and thankfully had no problem with the bogey cow-shaped skinny or the light to dark rail-ditch-skinny, but he did get a little over-bold and had a steering malfunction at the second part of the double of angled corners. He however went on to jump the rest of the course with no problems at all and was still inside the time. Was delighted to pick up a 10th rosette at the prize-giving, before starting on the long journey back home again.