Carriage-driver Emily impressing
A BRIDGEND girl is making waves in the tough sport of carriage driving.
Emily Curnock from Bryncethin is 16-yearsold and is a pupil at Archbishop McGrath Comprehensive where she has just started the sixth form.
She started driving three years ago with her little pony called Top Dollar who she has now ourgrown.
She is a member of Powys Driving Club, the Forest of Dean Driving Club and the British Driving Club as well as a member of Bridgend Young Farmers.
Between 2014 and 2016, Emily has become the current Junior Silver Medalist Champion at the World Scurry and Driving Trials at Sandringham,
She has won the European junior Champion at Scurry and Driving tri- als at BBC Country File Blenheim Palace 2016; the Novice Pony Champion and Senior Junior Champion at Powys Driving Club 2016; Winner of The British Driving Club Junior Scholarship 2015; Fourth place at the recent National Championship for Novice Evolution Pony at Cirencester Polo Ground where she competed with the best in the world where horses can cost £40,000-£50,000.
She was nominated for Junior Sports Personality of the year at Llandrindod Wells in 2015 and the Duke of Edinburgh Award 2016.
Emily’s goals in the future are to study engineering at a top university and to be selected for the British Young Driving Team who represent Great Britain at carriage driving all over the world.
Emily would like to thank her sponsor Oaklands Livery near Bridgend.