Top NZ show to highlight rider safety
Several awards volition endure presented at this weekend’s South Island Premier Showing Championships drawing attending to caput injury awareness amid equestrians.
The present has formed a human relationship amongst THINK! The Head Injury Network for Kiwis, as well as 6 THINK! Head Injury Awareness Awards volition endure presented at the present this weekend inwards Christchurch.
The highest placed competitors inwards the selected events that vesture a security riding helmet volition endure awarded the 6 rosettes that are upwards for grabs.
A recent horror injury to a local passenger aiming to compete at the present has highlighted the ask for security helmets when riding.
Christchurch passenger Tania Kenny, 26, suffered a freak accident on Nov 28 during a riding lesson inwards preparation for the show. Her Equus caballus tripped as well as fell, as well as inwards the autumn her mentum was dissever opened upwards as well as her lip ripped away from her teeth, resulting inwards xi stitches to her confront as well as a farther 22 internal stitches inwards her mouth. She besides badly injured her shoulder.
But worst of all, she sustained a caput injury when her Equus caballus tried to stand upwards up as well as struck her on the dorsum of her head, knocking her unconscious as well as splitting the nurture of her security helmet.
“I went for my lesson on my Equus caballus Starr Touch. I had been aiming to compete at the South Island Premier lawsuit for some fourth dimension equally I had laid upwards it equally a goal as well as wanted to produce good at the large show. My Equus caballus was going amazingly good inwards the lesson despite it beingness an extremely hot day.
“We were cantering closed to towards the destination of the lesson as well as my immature Equus caballus tripped. I went onto her cervix unbalancing her to a greater extent than as well as nosotros both confront planted. My Equus caballus tried her hardest non to stand upwards on me only she struck the dorsum of my neck/head amongst a hoof as well as dissever within of the helmet,” Kenny said.
“I experience had I non been wearing helmet I would endure dead – I’m bloody lucky I’m endure to state my story. I would similar people to delight vesture their helmets spell grooming as well as inwards contest amongst their horses.”
The accident has prompted Kenny to kicking the bucket involved amongst caput injury awareness as well as helmet use: “I believe wouldn’t endure hither if I hadn’t been wearing my helmet when I had my accident.”
Despite her injuries, Kenny plans to attend the present this weekend without her horse, hence volition instead endure watching friends compete as well as attend the prizegivings to lookout the THINK! awards volition endure presented.
Also at the South Island Premier Showing Championships volition endure THINK! supporter Anne Hjorth (Cambridge) who is a erstwhile ii fourth dimension winner of THINK! Head Injury Awareness Awards.
She is judging the showing events at the three-day present inwards Christchurch. Hjorth was the highest placed contender wearing a security riding helmet inwards the Senior Equitation events at both the 2011 New Zealand Royal Show (Waikato) as well as the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show.
A graphic designer inwards Hamilton, Hjorth is the estimator whizz that kindly set together the THINK! logo that was designed past times THINK! Spokesperson Elizabeth Charleston.
Establish at the start of 2010 past times Charleston, THINK! The Head Injury Network for Kiwis has gone from clitoris to clitoris amongst raising awareness of Head Injury both nationally as well as overseas inwards recent years.
The naming of ‘THINK! Equestrian Ambassador’ Shiwon Green, a New Zealand dressage rider, gained international coverage inwards the media when she declared she would from as well as then on entirely e'er ride inwards a security riding helmet during grooming sessions as well as besides inwards competitions.
The GPA security helmet Green wears was sponsored past times long-time THINK! supporters the Walker Family as well as their Auckland based equestrian store‘Stirrups. Both Green as well as Charleston were awarded Helmet Hero Awards at the start of the yr past times USA based grouping riders4helmets, along amongst international dressage star Isabell Werth as well as a conduct grouping on individuals who were actively promoting caput injury awareness inwards the equestrian world.
As of June 1, 2012, the Head Injury Society of New Zealand rebranded equally THINK! as well as is a registered charitable trust (Registration number: CC 23785) that relies on donations to kicking the bucket on its function providing back upwards to those amongst caput injuries as well as raising awareness of caput injury nationwide inwards New Zealand.
The next events at the South Island Premier Championship Show volition characteristic a THINK! Head Injury Awareness Award that volition endure won past times the highest placed contender wearing a 3 betoken harness security helmet:
Class 401 Senior Equitation: 17 yrs & over
Class 408 South Island Supreme Park Hack
Class 409 South Island Supreme Hack
Class 410 South Island Supreme Riding Horse
Class 415 South Island Supreme Senior Rider – 17 yrs & over
South Island Premier Championship Show, December 7-9, Canterbury A&P Showgrounds www.sipremiershow.com
SHOW JUDGES:
George Howe (Victoria)
Rebecca Farran (Victoria)
Simon De Leeuw (NSW)
Shona Duncan (Rotorua)
Alan Duncan (Rotorua)
Anne Hjorth (Cambridge)Simon De Leeuw (NSW)
Shona Duncan (Rotorua)
Alan Duncan (Rotorua)
Anne Hjorth (Cambridge)
THINK! The Head Injury Network for Kiwis:
On facebook: www.facebook.com/THINKHeadInjuryAwarenessNZ
Website: www.thinknz.org.nz
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