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Namibia Equestrian Tentpegging Association
P.O. Box 1937, Windhoek, Namibia
Tel. (+264 61) 277048 Fax. 217495 Cell. (+264) 81 127 0275
JUNIOR WORLD EQUESTRIAN TENTPEGGING CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY NAMIBIA – A HUGE SUCCES
“We loved the people and have made many friends that we will keep in contact with for years to come. The competition was smoothly run and the horses were awesome. We loved travelling in the back of the bakkie, it was an experience” the Australian team.
The Namibian Equestrian Tentpegging Association (NETA) hosted the 2nd Junior Wold Equestrian Tentpegging Championships under the IETA rules successfully at the Auas View Stables on 17 and 18 August 2007. This large equestrian championship in which Australia, Namibia and South Africa participated was done in co-operation with our sponsors: Pennypinchers, Absolute Logistics, B-Mobile Car Rental, Reinforcing & Allied Industries, Twizza, Etosha Santas, Holcim, Construction Unlimited, Voermeester, Nashua and David Pickard-Cambridge.
The Namibian team enjoyed the support of the spectators and attract a lot of new interest in the sport. The highlight of the support for the Namibian team came when Suné Wittmann, who at the age of 12 was the youngest rider in the championships, showed the other boys and girls riders why she is the best in the world in the individual lance event. The Barnard brothers Jaco and Lourens also draw attention of the viewers by winning and becoming the world champions in the half section sword event. The viewers jumped to their feet each time that she had a perfect score on the narrow peg of 25mm and kicked dust in the faces of the other riders.
“There was good teambuilding and we learn to work together as a team” and “There were a lot of new friends made. It is not every day that one make such good friends with people doing the same sport as yourself and living all over the world” the Namibian team. The junior riders were all very impressed with the horses they drew from the pool to ride with in the championships. The riders were all of very high standard and treated the horses very well. All the horses that the horse owners made available was in excellent heath and well prepared. The horses all performed their duties well.
The Namibian team took 2 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals in the 10 events that took place during the championships and secured the overall second place. The team consisted of Jaco Barnard and Lourens Barnard from Elnatan, Suné Wittmann and Xanthe Wittmann from Windhoed Afrikaans Private School, Jan Brink from Tsumeb Gymnasium, the manager Charl Wittmann and the coach André Barnard, they lifted Australia from their overall world 2nd place ranking since the 1st Junior World Championships held in Pretoria in 2005. The final results are as follows:
1st South Africa with 652 points;
2nd Namibia with 612 points and
3rd Australia with 535 points.The management of the Namibian team is proud of the team and their performance. Namibia is one of the smallest member countries in Tentpegging, yet the senior and junior team both ended second in the two world championships held on the African continent this year.
The National Championships to select the teams for 2008 will be held in Aranos from 7 to 8 September 2007. For more information please contact Charl Wittmann at 081 127 0275 or Hendrik Grové at 081 122 4243.
Yours in sport
Hendrik Grové
NETA Chairman
PICTURES INCLUDED:
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Suné Wittmann riding a perfect ride 6 times in a row on the narrow peg of 25mm to win and be the World Champion in the Holcim Individual Lance Competition.
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Jaco Barnard and Lourens Barnard ride a perfect full score in the Construction Unlimited Half Section Sword event to by crowned as World Champions in this Competition. | |
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The South African team consisting of Jimmy Wiggens, Ruan Phillipson, Burger Heckroodt and Zolani Maxongo winning the Voermeester Section Lance Competition. | |
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The Australian team consisting of Alex Weston, Alycia Kunhert, Jenny Lowe and Emma Glen picked up all their pegs in the Pennypinchers Section Sword Competition and ended third. | |
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Internetional Junior Tentpegging:
Australia, South Africa & Namibia teams. From 09h00 on Saturday 18 August 2007 at Auas View Stables, Hegel Street, Academia, Windhoek We would love to see you there!!!!
TENTPEGGING CONQUER 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES
The Namibian Equestrian Tentpegging Team sponsored by B-mobile Car Rental, Makalani Hotel and Etosha Santa’s, secured their overall second place position on the world ranking once again. The Namibian team ended second in the I.E.T.A. World Championships held on 27 & 28 April in East London during there annual agricultural & industrial show. The World Championships consist of 11 different competitions in which the teams compete and score points, the points of all the competitions are added to determine the overall winning team.
The Friday during the opening of the World Championships, the weather was fine, but as the first competition was ready to start, it started to rain and to hail. We then had some sunshine for a short while a wind storm started, that continued the Saturday. The wind was so strong that it was difficult to control the sword and the lance.
The team consisted of Andé Barnard (Kalahari), Mauritius Louw (Auas View), Hendrik Grové (Auas View), Gert Nelson (Kalahari) en Charl Wittmann (Auas View) had to give everything possible to win two gold and two bronze medals in this strong wind and against highly competitive teams. Namibia was crown as World Champions in two competitions during the Championships by winning the Section Sword and also the Ring and Peg that was won by Mauritius Louw. Namibia also achieved third place in the Section Lance and André Barnard and Mauritius Louw ended third in the Half Section Sword competition.
At the closing of the first day, 6 of the 11 competitions completed, Namibia was in an overall fifth position. However they came back fighting for the title the next day, they made fewer mistakes than the other competitors and ended second at the end of the World Championships. The final results are as follows: 1st South Africa, 2nd Namibia, 3rd Australia, 4th India, 5th Pakistan and Great Britain, 6th Oman, 7th Israel, USA only entered and individual rider.
Namibia plan to host a similar Campionship for the juniors from 15 to 17 August in Windhoek. For more information you can contact Charl Wittmann at 081 1270275 or Hendrik Grové at 081 1224243.
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| Section Lance presenting Lances | Section Lance at the pegs | Half Section Sword A Barnard & M Louw |
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| Half Section Sword A Barnard & M Louw | M Louw Ring and Peg | The 5 Namibian Riders |
NAMIBIAN TENTPEGGING PREPARES FOR WOLRD CHAPIONSHIP
The Namibian Equestrian Tentpegging team prepared well over the past three months for the 4th World Championships to be held from 23 to 28 April in East-London, South Africa. Namibia’s results from the previous three World Championships were respectively third, second in 2000 and second in 2003.
The team’s participation is made possible by the good sponsorships received from Makalani Hotel in Tsumeb and from Etosha Santa Gertrudis Stud in Outjo. We also received a donation from Plastic Packaging (Pty) Ltd.
This highly competitive and experienced Namibian team is focused to win the 2007 World Cup. 3 of the 5 riders formed part of the Namibian team that ended 2nd in the 2003 World Cup, losing only by 23 points against South Africa. The riders that will represent Namibia are: Andé Barnard (Hardap), Mauritius Louw (Auas View), Gert Nelson (Kalahari), Hendrik Grové (Auas View) en Charl Wittmann (Auas View).
The team will compete in Kakamas, South Africa, against a local team on Saterday 21 April as part of their final preparations for the World Championships the following week.
For enquiries please contact Charl Wittmann at 081 1270275 or Hendik Grové at 081 1224243.
NAMIBIAN TENTPEGGING FOCUSED TO WIN WORLD CUP
Auas
View held its first inter-club competition on Saterday 24 March with
12 riders competing.
The Namibian team ride as a team as part of their preparation for
the International Equestrian Tentpegging World Cup to be held from
23 to 28 March in East-London, South Africa.
The Namibian riders took the first 4 positions for the day with only
11 point difference between the 1st and the 4th
rider. This highly competitive and experienced Namibian team is
focused to win the 2007 World Cup. 3 of the 5 riders was part of
the Namibian team that ended 2nd in the 2003 World Cup,
by losing only with 24 points against South Africa. The riders that
will represent Namibia are: Andé Barnard (Hardap), Mauritius Louw (Auas
View), Gert Nelson (Kalahari), Hendrik Grové (Auas View) en Charl
Wittmann (Auas View).
The best senior rider for the day was Mauritius Louw and the best
junior was Lourens Barnard.
The Auas View Tentpegging team would like to thank every one for their participation and support, with a special word of thanks to Distell Namibia who sponsored the prizes. For enquiries please contact Charl Wittmann at 081 1270275 or Hendik Grové at 081 1224243.
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Gert Nelson & Hendrik Grové in the half section sword event, showing how to carry the pegs and to follow the weapon with their eyes all the time. |
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André Barnard and Mauritius Louw in the half section sword event, showing how to present their weapons before continuing to pick up their pegs. |
Here is the program for 2007. Please click (here) on the link to download it.
Notes from the Chairman:
Ek sien uit daarna dat ons in April afgaan Oos-London toe en die Wêreld beker gaan wen. Tweede beste in die wêreld is nie meer goed genoeg nie, SA gaan les opsê die jaar.
Baie dankie vir julle ondersteuning en julle insette, ek sien uit na die jaar.
Vriendelike groete
Hendrik Grové
NETA: Voorsitter
081 122 4243
For more information about the sport you can contact Charl Wittmann on cell phone 0811270275.