Sport
8 June, 2024
Riders show out at gymkhana
NEARLY 50 riders from across the region recently attended the annual Mareeba Pony Club gymkhana.
A gymkhana is a formal competition day where riders gather on club grounds to showcase horse and rider combination skills. The 49 rider combinations represented Mareeba, Malanda, Edmonton, Freshwater, Innisfail, Kuranda, Gordonvale and Babinda clubs.
Commencing with a march past by respective teams, riders then participated in 10 different events, including a round of showjumping, rider class, presentation class, and seven sporting events.
Riders competed both for individual points within their age group as well as collected club points.
Best presented Mareeba rider went to Natalie White, who also won first place in the 17-25 year age group while second place in went to local Patrick Lehmann.
The Mareeba rider who earned the highest points went to Samika Shehan who won first place in the 15–16 year age group.
Mareeba Pony Club won first in the overall march past that kicked off the event.
The event is the pony club’s biggest of the year so far, with the possibility of a showjumping weekend later in the year.
