Offaly woman wins medals at European Eventing Championships
Successful horse was bred in Annagharvey
The Irish Junior (U18) Eventing team of Offaly's Maeve Deverell (Annaharvey Dunowen (ISH), Meath's Carla Williamson (Powers (ISH), Tipperary's Zara McCarthy (Romans Special Envoy (ISH) and Galway's Katie Gibbons (Milchem Free Spirit (ISH), have won the team silver medal after an outstanding performance at the FEI Eventing European Championships in Segersjö, Sweden.
Ireland were in third place after a strong performance in the Dressage phase on Friday. They moved level with Great Britain in second place after Saturday's Cross Country, with the Irish quartet producing an outstanding performance to add just 0.4 time penalties to move onto a score of 89.6.
The final Show Jumping phase saw the Irish move clear of Britain to take the team silver medal on a final score of 94.4.Germany took the gold medal with a score of 84.8 while Britain were Bronze medal winners on 104.0.
Offaly's Maeve Deverell, from Annagharvey just outside Tullamore, also claimed the individual bronze medal while Zara McCarthy finished ninth and Carla Williamson tenth.
The Irish Young Rider (U21) team meanwhile finished in eighth place in their competition at the championships, with Ben Connors finishing best of the Irish individually in seventh place.
Irish Horse Board Director General Alison Corbally said:
“This was a brilliant performance from the Irish Junior Eventing team to win the European team silver medal. Congratulations to Carla, Zara, Katie and to Meave who also won individual Bronze on an outstanding achievement. It was also fantastic to see that all four of the medal winning horses were bred in Ireland and congratulations to their breeders."
Breeding
Annaharvey Dunowen (ISH) 2013 Dun Gelding. By Radolin out of Who Dun It bred by Henry Deverell. Owner Sam Deverell. Ridden by Maeve Deverell.