Home side dominates Balkan jumping champs
Greek riders proved a formidable strength at the FEI Balkan Jumping Championships when claiming 3 private as well as 3 squad titles on their habitation turf inwards Athens over the weekend.
The 2012 fixture took identify at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, venue for the equestrian lawsuit of the 2004 Olympic Games, as well as 170 riders from viii countries lined out for the event.
The Hellenic Secretary General of Sports, Mrs Kyriki Giannakidou as well as First Vice-President of the Hellenic Federation Mr George Lenos attended the Opening Ceremony at which the Hellenic Navy Band led the parade of nations. With 5 sets of squad medals as well as 5 private titles upward for grabs it was a busy schedule over the four-day fixture.
Children’s Championships
There were 4 nations inwards arguing inwards the Children’s squad contest inwards which the fences stood at 1.10 metres. And when Leonida Palegdas (Cenlata) as well as Stefania Cheinoporos (Championess) jumped double-clear, as well as thence solely 1 of the 4 faults collected inwards each circular past times Dimitra Antypa (Varien) as well as Alexandros Kokkonis (Oleis de Chenee) had to endure taken into trouble concern human relationship to laissez passer on them a concluding total of eight.
“I am the solely passenger of our squad that didn’t compete at the European Championships inwards Austria,” Antypa pointed out later the medal ceremony. “I am really proud of myself equally it is my get-go gilt medal inwards the Balkan Championships ever!” she said. Her xiv twelvemonth one-time team-mate Alexandros Kokkonis added, “it was expert today, the course of pedagogy was non really high but had about difficulties”.
The silvery medallists from Romania finished a unopen minute when completing on a concluding score of 12. Marco-Alessandro Alfieri (Pauline) produced a double-clear as well as was joined past times Irina Mateescu (Patima), Ana Maria Mialtu (Wojan) as well as Teodora Ioana Rus (Afrodita Z) on the minute footstep of the podium.
It came downward to a two-way jump-off betwixt Turkey as well as Hellenic Republic for bronze. But when they could nonetheless non endure separated past times penalties, they shared the honours inwards the concluding analysis equally fourth dimension is non taken into trouble concern human relationship at this score inwards these Championships.
Romania’s Alfieri took the Individual Children’s entitle inwards convincing mode when completing on a null score to pivot Bulgaria’s Daloyan Dodrev (Kaskada) into silvery medal spot ahead of squad gilt medallist Cheinoporos from Greece. “I am really happy amongst the gilt medal as well as my full general surgical physical care for inwards this year’s Balkan Championships. This is my get-go participation inwards the Championship as well as I am riding for but ii as well as a one-half years”, said the Romanaian champion.
Young Riders
The Greeks proved untouchable at Young Rider level, claiming the Team entitle past times a meaning margin as well as filling all 3 steps of the private medal podium.
Efthimios Kremotis (Primeur), Monika Martini (Cleopatra), Georgia Founta (Claudia) as well as Emmano Errera-Fotiou (Cassandra) completed the squad lawsuit amongst but 10 faults on the board, as well as this gave them a 31-fault payoff over their nearest rivals from Turkey – both Founta as well as Martini leaving all the poles intact throughout the day.
But but 3 nations competed for the Young Rider Team medals as well as both the silvery medal side from Turkey as well as the bronze medallists from Romania fielded solely 3 riders.
Yarkin Altindag (Lotus Gossip) produced the best Turkish score amongst nine faults over the ii rounds, piece Emir Cemiloglu (Hot Gossip) collected xiv faults as well as Yagiz Tuzunalp (My Lord) picked upward 18. Romania finished good inwards arrears amongst 79 faults, but pathfinder Bogdan Leonte (Ippica) produced a creditable 13-fault lawsuit over the ii rounds.
The Greeks had a existent stranglehold on the Individual leaderboard when filling the operate past times 5 places headed upward past times Founta inwards gilt medal spot, Martini who took silvery as well as Papageorgiou who claimed the bronze.
Ladies/Amazons
The fences for the Amazons, or Ladies, Championship were pitched at 1.30m as well as but 3 countries fielded teams for this lawsuit inwards which Turkey reigned supreme.
It was a close-fought battle for squad gilt as well as silver, amongst the Greeks looking really potent later the get-go circular amongst but 4 faults on the board later clears from both Karina Kypreou (Quezac D’Esquelmes) as well as Eleni Thomaidou (Comeet) as well as but 1 of the four-fault results from Elina Dendrinou (Odeon D’Elle) as well as Milena-Maria Pappa (Chelsea) to endure taken into account.
The Greeks had a combat inwards manus equally circular ii began, but despite a minute clear from Kypriou, unmarried errors from the remaining squad members meant the host side had to settle for silvery equally Turkey’s Berma Kok (Vienna SP), Aylin Yildiz (Harras) as well as Talya Afyonery (Florentine) all kept a build clean canvass this fourth dimension out to add together cypher to their scoreline.
The Bulgarian squad finished good behind when taking bronze amongst a total of lx faults despite a second-round clear from Stefka Sivriiska (Stritzel).
The unmarried error inwards the opening circular of the nations loving cup was the solely error of the weekend for Turkey’s Afyonery (Florentine) who went on to remove maintain the private entitle ahead of Pappa (Chelsea) as well as Thomaidou (Comeet) from Hellenic Republic who clinched silvery as well as bronze.
“This is my get-go large achievement, as well as of course of pedagogy my get-go entitle inwards the Balkan Championships. I trained actually hard to come upward to Athens as well as my goal was get-go place. The courses were super as well as the atmosphere inwards Athens is fantastic!” said the newly-crowned champion from Turkey.
Juniors
The Greeks were dorsum on operate past times in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than inwards the Junior sectionalisation amongst a convincing win inwards the squad entitle earlier also claiming private gilt as well as silver.
With but 12 faults on the board, Ioli Mytilineos (Ascot), Stefanos Papageorgiou (Vahron), Anna Maria Papageorgiou (Verona) as well as Marina Theophanopoulou (Oscar du Peron) easily claimed the squad entitle when Turkey slotted into silvery medal spot amongst 34 faults. The Greek lawsuit was boosted past times expert double-clear rounds from both Mytilineos as well as Stefanos Papageoriou. The Romanaian bronze medallists were unopen behind when collecting 37 faults at the terminate of the day.
Greek squad leader Dimitris Kremiotis described his side equally “fantastic!”. He explained “I am really happy for the Juniors today. The truth is that about of them had a really expert grooming this twelvemonth later participating inwards the European Junior Championship held inwards August inwards Austria. For them, 1.25m is slow now,” he said.
So it was no surprise when Mytilinaiou (Ascot) took private gilt ahead of fellow-Greek Stefanos Papageorgiou inwards silvery piece Turkey’s Buse Samli (Matcho) took the bronze.
Seniors
The Turkish squad of Cagri Basel (Candid), Hasan Senturk (Unicums Jumpy), Sencer Horasan (Quick de St Hermelle) as well as Husnu Dinc (Chiara) were clear winners of the Senior entitle when completing amongst but viii faults. The fences stood at 1.40m inwards this contest as well as solely Turkey’s Dinc as well as Chiara managed to jump clear inwards both rounds.
Hanna Mytilineou (Equitta), George Dimaras (Lami du Hameau), Stelios Starroulakis (Alerion 2) as well as Alexandros Fourlis (Capuccino Z) collected xx faults to lay Hellenic Republic inwards silvery medal seat piece Republic of Bulgaria took bronze when accumulating 25 faults.
Well-known French course of pedagogy designer as well as trainer Frederic Cottier led the Turkish side to success for the in conclusion time, equally he is directly taking upward the utilisation of course of pedagogy designer for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games which volition remove maintain identify inwards Normandy, French Republic inwards 2014. He described the Senior squad contest rails equally “possible for everyone today”.
He explained “this is the in conclusion twelvemonth I am helping Turkey later a successful collaboration for 4 years, since I am the designer for the 2014 World Equestrian Games as well as I cannot hit both (jobs). I am really pleased amongst both our teams, Juniors as well as Seniors, who won the gold. They rode really good today. Our Juniors, Children as well as Young Rider teams are dissimilar to those who competed inwards Republic of Austria for the European Championships in conclusion month, as well as this gives motivation to every rider,” he said.
Turkey had to settle for the bronze medal inwards the Individual Senior Championship when Greek squad gilt medallist Alexandros Fourlis clinched the gilt past times a narrow margin ahead of Serbia’s Drasco Dokic riding L’Avian, piece Turkey’s Sencer Horasan (Quick de St Hermelle) was adjacent inwards line.
The lawsuit concluded amongst a closing ceremony as well as the delivery of the Balkan flag to Turkey equally organisers of the adjacent Balkan Championship. Hellenic Republic topped the medal tabular array at the terminate of the exciting fixture amongst xiv inwards total – 6 gold, 5 silvery as well as 3 bronze. Turkey was minute amongst viii – 3 gold, ii silvery as well as 3 bronze.
Results:
Children’s Team Championship: GOLD – Hellenic Republic 8 faults – Cenlata (Leonidas Palegdas), Varien (Dimitra Antypa), Oleis de Chenee (Alexandros Kokkonis), Championes (Stefania Cheinoporos); SILVER – Romania 12 faults – Afrodita Z (Teodora Rus), Wojan (Ana Maria Mialtu), Patima (Irina Mateescu), Pauline (Marco-Alessandro Alfieri); BRONZE – Divided betwixt Turkey (4 faults later jump-off) Electra (Elif Ozsahin), Boris van de Koekoek (Onur alp Gokdag), Bering Deux (Serra Yekikardes), Rolabu Sophia (Zeynep Aksoy) as well as Republic of Bulgaria (4 faults later jump-off) Drag (Mina Doncheva), Ezop (Ventzislav Izov), Nepala (Zhelyazko Dimitrov), Kaskada (Kaloyan Dodrev).
Children’s Individual Championship: GOLD – Pauline (Marco-Alessandro Alfieri) ROU; SILVER – Kaskada (Kaloyan Dodrev) BUL; BRONZE – Championess (Stefania Cheinoporos) GRE.
Junior Team Championship: GOLD – Hellenic Republic 12 faults – Ascot (Ioli Mytilineos), Vahron (Stefanos Papageorgiou, Verona (Anna Maria Papageorgiou), Oscar du Peron (Marina Theophanopoulou): SILVER – Turkey 34 faults – Matcho (Buse Samli), Contendrina (Erol Akbas), Chepetto C (Serra Kisadere), Velena (Karem Yoney); BRONZE: Romania 37 faults – Casmir (Andrei Socol), Charming Boy (Ioana Caraiunoiu), Duende (Cristian Ceausescu), Dona Doll (Corneliu-Paul Ionescu).
Junior Individual Championship: GOLD – Ascot (Ioli Mtilinaiou) GRE; SILVER – Vahorn (Stefanos Papageorgiou) GRE; BRONZE – Matcho (Buse Samli) TUR.
Ladies Team Championship: GOLD – Turkey 8 faults – Vienna SP (Berma Kok), Lamentos (Emilie Yildiz), Harras (Aylin Yildiz), Florentine (Talya Afyonery); SILVER – Hellenic Republic 12 faults – Quezac D Esquelmes (Karina Kypreou), Odeon D’Elle (Elina Dendrinou), Comeet (Eleni Thomaidou), Chelsea (Milena-Maria Pappa; BRONZE – Republic of Bulgaria lx faults – Stritzel (Stefka Sivriiska), Mirella Freni (Yana Terzieva), Demon (Michael Dimitrova), Demet Carletto (Meliha Kirova).
Ladies Individual Championship: GOLD – Florentine (Talya Afyonery) TUR; SILVER – Chelsea (Milena-Maria Pappa) GRE; BRONZE – Comeet (Eleni Thomaidou) GRE.
Young Rider Team Championship: GOLD – Hellenic Republic 10 faults – Primeur (Efthimios Kremotis), Cleoptara (Monika Martini), Claudia (Georgia Founta), Cassandra (Emmano Errera-Fotiou); SILVER – Turkey 41 faults – My Lord (Yagiz Tuzunalp), Lotus K (Yarkin Altindag), Hot Gossip (Emir Cemiloglu); BRONZE – Romania 79 faults – Ippica (Bogdan Leonte), Cirak (Ionut Cruceru), Arcitic (Bogdan Milascon).
Young Rider Individual Championship: GOLD – Claudia (Georgia Founta) GRE; SILVER – Cleopatra (Monika Martini) GRE; BRONZE – Damina Z (Filippos-Apostolos Papageorgiou) GRE.
Senior Team Championship: GOLD – Turkey 8 faults – Candid (Cagri Basel), Unicums Jumpy (Hasan Senturk), Quick de St Hermelle (Sencer Horasan), Chiara (Husnu Dinc); SILVER – Hellenic Republic xx faults – Equitta (Hannah Mytilineou), Lami du Hameau (George Dimaras), Alerion (Stelios Stavroulakis), Cappuccino Z (Alexandros Fourlis); BRONZE – Republic of Bulgaria 25 faults – Angel JHZ (Hristo Naidenov), C’Est Monday Amie (Kalin Nedelchev), Lavanda (Apostol Tenev), Jessika de Bois (Asparuh (Athanasov).
Senior Individual Championship: GOLD – GZS Cappucino Z (Alexandros Fourlis) GRE; SILVER – L’Avian (Drasco Dokic) SRB; BRONZE – Quick de St Hermelle (Sencer Horasan) TUR.
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