Glennie School leaps to equestrian honour
Swag of titles for local school
EQUESTRIAN: At the Pryde’s Easifeed State Interschool Equestrian Championships, The Glennie School won The Lorette Wigan Cup for Champion Equestrian Secondary School for 2018.
Glennie last won this award in 2015. Held at both the Queensland State Equestrian Centre at Caboolture and Morgan Park at Warwick, the championships were run over six days. Riders competed in Dressage, Show Jumping, Show Horse and Showman with 110 schools from around the state competed.
Not only were the girls competing for the school but they were also competing for selection in the Queensland team to ride at the National Interschool Championships at Werribee, Victoria, in October.
Major Team Results: Secondary Showman Champion: Sarah Coggan, Emma Massey, Holly Hurst, Shelby Emmerton; Secondary Show Horse Champion: Shelby Emmerton, Keeleigh Wise, Emma Massey; Secondary Eventing Reserve Champion - Ellie Reedy, Keeleigh Wise, Kate Johnstone, Sarah Coggan, Secondary Eventing fourth - Louise Wheatley, Emily Wheatley, Georgia Wheatley, Secondary Combined Training Reserve Champion - Becci Roellgen, Holly Hurst, Keeleigh Wise, Sarah Coggan, Secondary Showjumping fifth - Grace Muirhead, Kate Bellars, Bridie Emmerton, Georgette Emmerton
Major Individual Results:
Combined Training Secondary (60cm): 3rd - Becci Roellgen, 4th - Holly Hurst; Secondary (80cm) 6th: Becci Roellgen; Eventing: Secondary (80cm) Champion: Ellie Reedy, Reserve Champion: Keeleigh Wise; Showman: Secondary 3 Phase fifth: Shelby Emmerton, Secondary 4 Phase (45cm) Reserve Champion: Sarah Coggan, Secondary 4 Phase (60cm) 3rd: Emma Massey,
4th: Holly Hurst; Show Horse: Secondary Hunter Champion: Shelby Emmerton, Secondary Working Hunter fifth: Keeleigh Wise The Coggan Family Sailor
Trophy (Awarded to the rider who rides the closest to ideal time in Cross Country): Sarah Coggan
Ellie Stenzel (Year 4) was the lone primary school rider who competed in Show Horse, Showman and Dressage and achieved excellent results.
Well done Ellie!
Ellie Reedy (Eventing), Shelby Emmerton (Show Horse), Keeleigh Wise (Eventing), Holly Hurst (Combined Training), Becci Roellgen (Combined Training) have been selected in the Queensland team.
CAPTAIN LEADS WAY
SWIMMING: The Glennie School student Abigail Schoorl has taken to her leadership role like a duck to water.
Abigail was named as captain
of Queensland at the Australian School Sport Swimming Championships held in Hobart over the past week.
She has taken home two gold medals to date in the 100m backstroke and as a member of the 4x50m individual medley relay, swimming backstroke.
The talented swimmer also added silver in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly, as well as bronze in the 100m butterfly.