This past Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 April, saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 9 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participate in the annual Willowmore Endurance Ride, during which he rode a total of 160km over the course of the two days!
The event saw Tristan complete his horse Madeevaโs first 80km Novice Ride in the required speed, bringing her closer to competition level.
He also completed his horse Sniperโs 5th 80km race on a technical course in a time of 4 hours and 28 minutes (17.9km/h) – Springbok qualifying time โ coming in 4th among the Juniors.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 200๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
This past weekendโs competition also served as excellent preparation for the annual ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฆ๐๐๐), where SA will compete against Namibia, to be hosted from 22 to 26 May at Louvain, near George. This is also an inter-provincial competition where the various provinces will be competing against each other over the 120km race.
