FEI Open European Senior Pas de Deux and Junior Championships
Stadl Paura, 4-8th August 2010

Pas De Deux Championships

Joanne and Hannah Eccles put on a solid and spectacular performance to clinch the silver medal at the Pas de Deux Championship. The sisters have been working hard on their routine for the last 16 months and it all paid off today, where they improved on their first round position (3rd) and the scores were so close.

They were the last pair to compete and performed brilliantly in a tense atmosphere. The girls were over the moon Hannah commented ‘ this is fantastic, its more than we had imagined, the scores were so close, we knew we had to be foot perfect for a chance at the medals’ and Joanne was ‘absolutely chuffed!’. The girls now return home for 2 months final training for the individual championships at wEG , Kentuckey

Final Scores –
1st Daniela Slomka and Katharina Nell ,Horse; Valeccito, Lunger; Edith Kermer- Berger 8.216
2nd Joanne and Hannah Eccles, Horse: WH Bentley, Lunger; John Eccles 8.143
3rd Lisa Wild and Christina Leitgeb, Horse Robin 482, Lunger; Nina Rossin 8.114

Junior Team and individual results to follow late

Joanne wins again in Aachen, and GBR finish 5th in nations cup in soaring temperatures of 36 degrees! All British Vaulters did really well and are a credit to BEV.

The Nations cup; made up of 1 female, 1 male, and a team. GBR was Ross Foreman, Joanne Eccles and English Vaulting Squad.

Nations Cup results
1st France 25.484
2nd Germany 25.475
5th Great Britain 24.372

Summary females:
1st Joanne Eccles GBR 8.291
2nd Antje Hill GER 8.106
3rd Megan Benjamin USA 8.062
10th Hannah Eccles GBR 7.485
13th Lucy Phillips GBR 7.418

Males:
1st Kai Vorberg GER 8.473
2nd Nicolas Andreani FRA 8.422
3rd Patric Looser SUI 8.235
11th Ross foreman GBR 7.261

Teams:
1st Bleyer Rheinland 7.763
2nd Lutisburg 7.520
9th English Vaulting squad 6.803
13th South Scotland Select 6.296

Pas De Deux:
2nd Joanne and Hannah Eccles

27th June 2010: Easterton Farm

Results

CVI */** Neeroeteren Belgium 28th-30th May

European Champion Joanne Eccles won the inaugural CVI**Neeroeteren at the weekend. Joanne put on another polished performance to lead the pack again with a good margin. Simone Wiegele and Antje Hil form Germany filled the next two spots, but Antje had to fight for the 3rd spot as Hannah Eccles GBR (Joanne’s sister) was so close and the two girls swapped places through the 4 rounds, but it was Antje who finally took the higher place in the end. Both girls competed on their regular horse WH Bentley lunged by their father John Eccles.

The Eccles sisters then also won the Pas de deax class by a huge margin, a new championship class comprising of 2 rounds of freestyle. They score a very high 8.0, this was the first time the girls competed internationally in this class. They competed on their individual horse WH Bentley, lunged by their father John Eccles.

The Scottish Equestrian vaulting Team (SEVT) put on a very solid performance to achieve 6.3 and finish 6th in a very competitive class. The team was lunged by Amanda McLachlan on their horse Tylers Kernal.

In the junior individual Elliose Cundy (14) in her first international finished 16th on 6.1 achieving a international qualifying score and it was a very good performance as she competed on a borrowed horse from John Eccles that she sat on for the first time on Friday! Helen finished just behind in 23th.

Results summary:

CVI** Female individual
1st Joanne Eccles GBR 8.359
2nd Simone Wiegele GER 8.007
3rd Antje Hill GER 7.983
4th Hannah Eccles GBR 7.921
5th Simone Jaiser SUI 7.766
6th Kristina Boe Germany 7.542

Pas de deux
1st Joanne Eccles & Hannah Eccles GBR 8.077
2nd Esther & Cyndy Sneekes NED 6.6

CVI* Team
1st RPZ Peiler-Hamm GER 7.331
6th Scottish Equestrian Vaulting Team 6.399

CVI* Indivdiual Female
16th Elliose Cundy GBR 6.1
23rd Helen Anderson GBR 5.2

Joanne Eccles wins again, taking the female title in Wiesbaden Germany this weekend for the second year running, on her own horse WH Bentley, lunged by her father John Eccles. Finishing on a impressive score of 8.970, ahead of AntJi Hill and Simone Wiegele from Germany.

Hannah Eccles, Joanne’s sister finished an impressive 4th Just behind the two Germans on a final score of 8.443.

Both girls head straight to Belgium from Wiesbaden for the new international CVI there next weekend where they will compete in both the individual class and the Pas de deux together.

24th April 2010: Moulton College Competition Results

Advanced team
Female 14+ Individuals
Male 14+ Individuals
14-18 Individuals
Under 14 Individuals
Intermediate Team
Prenovice Team
Walk Teams

British Vaulter, Joanne Eccles with her horse W.H Bentley and lunger/ father John Eccles wins the international in Holland, this is the 2nd time that Joey has retained the top spot at Ermelo achieving a score of 8.3. Joanne beat the 2006 World champion Megan Benjamin into second place with fellow American Mary McCormack coming third. This is oannes ninth consecutive win at every international competition she has attended over the past 2 seasons.

Sister Hannah Eccles, who is now also competing in the senior class, came 6th with a score of 7.7 and achieved the second highest score of the day for her freestyle on the second day. The Eccles sisters have made a strong start to their campaign for achieving podium places at the FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, USA.

Brogan Moffat a ‘Wee Counties’ team member came 6th in the CVI* (Junior) class in her very first international competition, scoring 6.6 on Tylers Kernal lunged by John Eccles. Brogan is working towards selection for the Junior Championships to be held in Austria in August of this year.

Summary

CVI**
1st Joanne Eccles GBR
2nd Megan Benjamin USA
3rd Mary McCormack USA
6th Hannah Eccles GBR

CVI*
6th Brogan Moffat GBR

Easter weekend saw a British raid on the French international, a total of 4 podiums positions and 2 national anthems showed a British domination of the competition.

European Champion Joanne Eccles retained her female title for a 3^rd year on her own WH Bentley lunged by her father John Eccles, her sister Hannah performed a very strong new freestyle to put her in 4^th and Lucy Phillips another to have improved hugely over the winter close behind in 5^th.

Ross Foreman impressed all with his freestyle to finish in 5^th in a close male competition. This was won by French European champion Nicolas Andreani.

The Team Class was won by the German team from Koln with a very difficult freestyle but close behind where the South Scotland Select team from GBR who have worked hard all winter and performed beautifully to finish in 2^nd place. The English Vaulting Squad who have rearranged their routine to be ready for WEG in September finished in 5^th place.

2010 was the first year Saumur have included a Nations Cup class, due to the good results achieved in the normal team class, GBR were able to enter 2 nations cup teams. 7 teams competed including France, GBR, Germany, Holland & Belgium

All 3 members of GBR 1  preformed fantastically under pressure in a tense packed  arena to lead throughout and clinch the top spot, this is the first time GBR has won such a class.  GBR 2 also meant business and performed better than day 1 clinching the 3^rd place on the podium, with France managing to hold onto second in between them.

A nations team is made up of 2 individuals and 1 team, all 3 do their freestyle routine and the scores are added together to reach a final score.

GBR 1 was made up of Eccles sisters Joanne and Hannah, on their own WH Bentley and the ‘South Scotland select ‘ team (Ross foreman, Lucy Phillips, Stacey Macpherson, Katy Nimmo, Lucy Younger, Angus Runciman & Rebecca Kinghorn) on horse Bart Simpson, lunged by Rebecca Morgan.

GBR2 was made up of Lucy Phillips on Pitucelli, Ross Foreman on MasterKey and the ‘English Vaulting Squad’ (Sarah Reid, Emma Runge, Stephanie Hunter, Lydia Barham, Sara Shortland, Paige Brown & Megan Bignell) on horse Go for Gold, lunged by Julie Newell.

GBR also won both ‘best horse’ prizes in the female individual for WH Bentley and the Team horse for Bart Simpson.

**Summary of GBR results:

Nations Cup (made up of 2 individuals and 1 team):  1st (GBR 1) & 3rd (GBR2)

Senior Team class: 2nd South Scotland Select and 5th English Vaulting Squad

Female:

1^st: Joanne Eccles on WH Bentley lunger John Eccles

4^th: Hannah Eccles on WH Bentley lunger John Eccles

5^th Lucy Phillips on Pitucelli            lunger Rebecca Morgan

15^th Louise Sinclair on ILPH Islay   lunger Liz Mackay

29^th Harriet Nicol on ILPH Islay      lunger Liz Mackay

35^th Lydia Barham on Solitaire Legacy lunger Julie Newell

Male: 5^th Ross Foreman on Master Key lunger Rebecca Morgan

Overall best team horse prize: Bart Simpson
Overall best individual horse prize: WH Bentley

European Champion Joanne Eccles has retained her title and continued her 2009 unbeaten record internationally by winning the Paris Masters CVI 2009.

Close behind and also producing a top performance was Lucy Phillips finishing 3rd on her début at the Paris Event.

Joanne (from Tillicoultry, Scotland) competed on her European title horse ‘WH Bentley’ lunged by her father John Eccles

Lucy Phillips (from Solihull) competed on her own Pitucelli lunged by Elka schelp-Lensing.

This rounds off a fantastic year for Joanne and Lucy, who have really made a name for themselves on the international circuit. Work now begins towards Kentucky, WEG 2010 next October which both girls have already been selected for by BEV Ltd.

Summary – Senior Female
1st Joanne Eccles – Great Britain
2nd Marion Graf – Switzerland
3rd Lucy Phillips – Great Britain

Joanne Eccles (above)

Lucy Phillips (above)

Scottish Championships at Snec 4th October 2009

All Final Scores (Spreadsheet)