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Celtic Challenge Team 2011 - click on images to enlarge

Helen's association with the Celtic Challenge and Home International teams goes back to 1995 when she was the novice member of the (successful) Celtic Challenge team on Just Paddy, riding 30 miles. They went on to do the 75 mile class for the Home International team the following year and from then on Paddy rarely left the yard for less than 100 mile ERs! With Paddy in the 1990's and Jake in the 2000's she have been fortunate enough to successfully complete 16 rides of 100 or more miles, as well as many thousands of other competitive miles.

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Tasha has been competing in endurance for 2 years with her Exmoor Pony Heathpool Zeno. They were on the 2010 Home International Team completing the novice ride in the optimum time with Gold Standard heart rates. This year she is competing in her longest ride to date, 50 miles over 2 days, riding Robyn Catterall’s Arab Ellanora. The pair recently successfully completed their first 30 mile CTR together and Tasha is looking forward to Ellie showing her the ropes at the Red Dragon this year!

Jenni first started Endurance in 2008 when she got Breeze. Both took to the sport very well and in their first year the combination tasted their first international sucess as part of the winning Home International team at Ludlow. They completed the Novice 25 mile ride finishing with a Grade 1. At Florencecourt they also won the Ulster Region Novice Trophy and in October 2009 travelled to Wales to do 50 miles over two days at the Red Dragan finishing with 2 Grade 1's and pickiing up the Cambrian Trophy for the best novice combination at the Festival. In 2010 they again represenetd Ireland in the Home International Team and won the best Junior Trophy.

Due to GCSEs Jenni and Breeze have started 2011 off slight slowly but have since picked up the pace completing 45 miles over s days at the Donard festival in July as well as attending most of the Ulster rides so far this season.

Jenni and Breeze are members of the North Down Pony Club and he combination attend rallies, camps and compete at Cross Country, Show Jumping and Dressage competitions when not doing Endurance.

Charmer is cob/sport horse who Brona has owned since 2002. They and I started endurance in 2005. They both have achieved bronze and silver shamrock qualification.

Brona and Charmer represented Ireland on either the Home International or Celtic Challenge teams in 2007, 2008, 2009. Brona was also on the team last year.

Charmer is an allrounder who has competed in many different equestrian diciplines.

This is Gillians first year doing endurance and horses in general. Gillian and Pepper Jack are a good team as the two are both very strong willed and both great characters. Gillian has been doing pleasure rides and CTR's this season.

Pepper Jack is a 17hh Sports horse and is owned by Edward Allen and it is his second year on the Home International/
Celtic Challenge team. Last year he traveled to Scotland and was piloted by Edward himself. PepperJack enjoys going out on the monthly rides and doing endurance.