Greek rider seals senior title at Balkan dressage champs
Greek authorisation was non quite hence apparent at the 2013 FEI Balkan Dressage Championships at Yagodovo, Republic of Bulgaria of late where Turkish as well as Bulgarian riders also showed their strength.
At the 2012 Championships, staged at the erstwhile equestrian Olympic stadium at Markopoulo inwards Athens, the host nation swept the boards when claiming all the gilded medals on offering every bit good every bit Senior as well as Junior private silvery as well as bronze.
But this fourth dimension around, a double for Turkey inwards the Junior Championships as well as victory for the habitation side Children’s squad saw the Greek contenders having to settle for a relatively pocket-size hat-trick of gold. Nevertheless Angela (Kelly) Sklavounos was impressive when lifting the Greek Senior side to squad glory earlier pipping team-mate Eleni Myrat inwards the battle for the 2013 Senior Individual title.
Myrat as well as her dark mare, Solon Hit, registered a practiced score of 67.868 to set Hellenic Republic inwards a seat of forcefulness inwards the Senior squad competition. Katerina Los (Largos) as well as Emmenouela Moushama (Indy de St Gatien) added 60.974 as well as 60.789 respectively earlier Sklavounos took her turn. And Ground Jury members Irina Maknami, Peter Hanshagy, Slawomir Pietrac, Jo Graham as well as Alain Franqueville gave the German-based 21-year-old their highest score of the squad contest when awarding 69.105 which clinched the result.
The Greek squad finished alongside a combined score of 197.947, acre Republic of Bulgaria took silvery medal spot alongside 190.053 as well as Turkey took bronze alongside 116.079. The best score of the Bulgarian side was posted past times Odrey Caix as well as the nighttime chestnut mare Fantastico who scored 64.632.
Sklavounos as well as then returned to arrive at the double inwards the Senior Individual Championship. Her score of 74.30 left her to a greater extent than than iv marks clear of her nearest challenger as well as Greek compatriot, Myrat, inwards silvery medal seat acre Bulgaria’s Iana Zafirova as well as Gizel took the bronze.
Sklavounos outset began to brand an impression inwards 2007 alongside her dark mare Dynastie alongside whom she competed successfully for iv years at national as well as international level. Her side past times side horse, Palatino, took her through Juniors as well as Young Riders as well as and then she works life Quanderas, who she calls her “dancing partner” as well as the mare which has successfully brought her to Senior level. Together they blazed a trail through the Greek Championships inwards May of this year, winning the Prix St Georges alongside a score of 67.76, the Inter 1 alongside a score of 71.18 as well as the Inter 1 Freestyle alongside a score of 72.209. They also competed inwards their outset international exhibit at Senior degree at Vidauban, French Republic inwards Feb where they finished 5th inwards the Inter 1 Freestyle terminal as well as quaternary inwards the Inter 1.
Sklavounos seems to stimulate got all the hallmarks of a truthful champion. Despite a life-long struggle alongside dyslexia she is instantly an under-graduate inwards Business Management at Deree College inwards Athens. Her inspirational motto is – “Anyone tin arrive at ANYTHING every bit long every bit he/she wants it rigid enough!”.
Juniors
It was the Turkish squad that came out on transcend inwards the Junior Team contest cheers to rigid rides from both Karla Nahmiyas (Waterloo) as well as Rotem Ibrahimzade (Risander). Scoring 67.54 as well as 66.11 respectively this twosome were joined on the winner’s podium past times Defne Morova (Mirakulix) who earned a score of 62.46 as well as Pia Alara de Marchi (Neptun) who scored 59.05. They headed the silvery medallists from Republic of Bulgaria past times nigh fifteen points, simply at that topographic point were solely iii squad members on the Bulgarian side. Katerina Tsvetanova (Preslav) registered a score of 63.27, Alexander Krasimirov (Silver Boy) scored 62.03 as well as Krassina Krasteva (Diogen) received 56.43.
Turkey’s Nahmiyas was the definitive winner of the Junior Individual Championship when steering Waterloo to the leading score of 74.58. The silvery medal hither went to Fotini-Nepheli Georgitsou from Hellenic Republic riding Koliante – this twosome finally twelvemonth took private bronze. And Rotem Ibrahimzade ensured Turkish authorisation at this degree when securing Junior Individual bronze alongside Risander alongside a score of 66.88.
Children’s Championship
The host solid set down had plenty to celebrate when Republic of Bulgaria claimed the Children’s Team title. Iva Todorova produced the best Bulgarian lawsuit when posting an impressive 67.00 alongside Gigantik as well as when team-mates Zdravko Trenev (Venus), Boris Raychev (Sekreto) as well as Liubomir Ivanov (Don Carlos) each registered 64 per centum scores their terminal tally of 196.724 would last the winning one.
Turkey’s Lara Turnay (Nick), Neslihan Esen (Primadonna), Selen Skalin (Chiara) as well as Semih Sarimehmetoglu (Adamo) finished to a greater extent than than 7 points behind to stimulate got the silvery acre Serbia’s Jovan Grujic (Szeplak Donci), Nikoleta Zidisic (Galja), Anja Markovic (Ferdynand) as well as Sara Poparic (Quincon Z) were closed to other xiv points farther adrift when taking bronze.
But the Greeks were dorsum on transcend when taking Children’s Individual gold. A superb score of 74.54 set Melina Zografou-Alexiou as well as Nocsley inwards pole seat ahead of Bulgaria’s Todorova inwards silvery alongside 69.00. And Hellenic Republic rounded it upward alongside Children’s Individual bronze for Lydia-Evdokia Anesti as well as Nonchaloir.
Results:
FEI Balkan Dressage Senior Team Championship: GOLD – Hellenic Republic 197.947: Solon Hit (Eleni Myrat), Largos (Katerina Los), Indy de St Gatien (Emmanouela Mousama), Quanderas (Angela Sklavounos); SILVER – Republic of Bulgaria 190.053: Beyv Izabel (Stefani Gacheva), Fantastico (Odrey Caix), Ambrozia (Rajko Ganukov), Gizel (Iana Zafirova); BRONZE – Turkey 116.079: My Dundee (Cetin Altin), Clock Work (Osman Hazinedaroglu), Otto (Ella Irene Gursoy).
FEI Balkan Dressage Senior Individual Championship Championship: GOLD -Quanderas (Angela Sklavounos) GRE 74.30; SILVER – Solon Hit (Eleni Myrat) 70.08; BRONZE – Gizel (Iana Zafirova) BUL 63.60.
FEI Balkan Dressage Junior Team Championship: GOLD – Turkey 196.11; Waterloo (Karla Nahmiyas) 67.54, Risander (Rotem Ibrahimzade) 66.11, Mirakulix (Defne Morova) 62.46, Neptun (Pia Alara de Marci) 59.05; SILVER – Republic of Bulgaria 181.73, Preslav (Katerina Tsvetanova) 63.27, Silver Boy (Alexander Krasimirov) 62.03, Diogen (Krassina Krasteva) 56.43.
FEI Balkan Dressage Junior Team Championship: GOLD – Waterloo (Karla Nahmiyas) TUR 74.58; SILVER – Koliante (Fotini-Nepheli Georgitsou) 71.38; BRONZE – Risander (Rotem Ibrahimzade) TUR 66.88.
FEI Balkan Dressage Children’s Team Championship: GOLD – Republic of Bulgaria 196.724: Venus (Zdravko Trenev) 64.931, Sekreto (Boris Raychev) 64.724, Don Carlos (Liubomir Ivanov) 64.793, Gigantik (Iva Todorova) 67.00; SILVER – Turkey 189.344: Nick (Lara Turnay) 59.103, Primadonna (Neslihan Esen) 63.448, Chiara (Selen Skalin) 65.793, Adamo (Semih Sarimehmetoglu) 60.103; BRONZE – Szeplak Donci (Jovan Grujic) 53.759, Galja (Nikoleta Zidisic) 56.931, Ferdynand (Anja Markovic) 54.379, Quincon Z (Sara Poparic) 63.138.
FEI Balkan Dressage Children’s Individual Championship: GOLD – Nocsley (Melina Zografou-Alexiou) GRE 74.54; SILVER – Gigantik (Iva Todorova) BUL 69.00; BRONZE – Nonchaloir (Lydia-Evdokia Anesti) GRE 65.61.
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