The annual Equestrian Federation for Queensland awards night was recently held in Brisbane.
“We were excited about being named finalists in the two Interschool categories; School of the Year and Team of the Year,” Equestrian Coordinator Anna Starosta said.
In 2013, Stuartholme was awarded the title of School of the Year however for 2014 the title went to The Scots PGC College in Warwick.
“It was a very well deserved win as they are extremely successful equestrian school,” Anna said.
The 2014 Team of the Year was awarded to the Queensland team which travelled to Perth for the National Titles.
Stuartholme girls Grace Simmons, Hannah Lewindon and Brittany Murphy were part of this team.
The Awards ceremony acknowledged a number of Equestrian associations and Stuartholme are very proud to sponsor the Junior Sports Star of the Year.
“The age for this award is 17 to 22 years and we had two finalists, Brittany Murphy and Annie Simmons,” Anna said.
“The winner this year was Isabel English from Mt Tambourine, who is an up-and-coming 4 star eventer with a string of success to her name.”
“A sincere thankyou to Mrs Helen Sinclair for attending the evening and awarding the trophy to Isabel.”
Stuartholme student Hannah Lewindon was re-presented with the trophy she won at the State Titles as the Interschool Senior Rider with the highest points achieved on horse, Kaia.
2013 graduate Phoebe Roche was named as a finalist in the Para Category.
“Although Phoebe was unsuccessful on this occasion, the future looks bright for her,” Anna said.
“She has had a wonderful year and as a member of the Queensland Special Olympics Team for Equestrian, will be competing in Adelaide later this year with the possibility of going to Los Angeles for the world games in 2015,” Anna said.
“Well done to all!”
For more information, visit Equestrian Queensland.
