Horse power!

The Comberton Equestrian Team has been reformed.

This enables students with access to a horse to represent Comberton at National Schools’ Equestrian Association (NSEA) competitions

We have also started an equestrian ambassadors scheme

This is where students with no access to their own horse, but with an interest in horse-riding help promote the sport in school and provide guidance and information to anyone looking to take up the sport

We have already had our students attend a first competition both Natalia (11I) and Ella (8I) rode at Forest Edge, near Swaffham in Norfolk, in early March and were double clear in all their rounds! Natalia also finished third in the 1.10m class. What a great start for the team well done both The equestrian team and ambassadors were also lucky enough to be invited to the GBR Vaulting Training Centre in Warwickshire to learn more about the sport of equestrian vaulting

The group heard talks by members of the current GBR vaulting squad about balancing team commitments with work and study, preparing horses for competition and the sport of equestrian vaulting itself

They also had a tour of the centre and tried out some skills on a mechanical horse before having the chance to try it for real with one of the GBR squad horses and two of the GBR coaches thumping of Copleston High School, from Ipswich, then beat local rivals Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, 3-0, Neale Wade Academy, March, 9-3 and St Ivo, from St Ives, 4-3 in their narrowest victory

We would like to thank the coaches and squad members for their time in offering this amazing opportunity to our students they all had a fantastic time and learnt a lot about both the sport and balancing high level equestrian activity with school and study commitments.

OPPORTUNITY: The chance to try the sport of equestrian vaulting.

In round six, they travelled to Great Yarmouth and ran out 7-4 winners against Flegg High Ormiston Academy before an even longer trip to The Priory School in Shrewsbury, only a 15-minute drive from the border with Wales where they won 8-1

The team have really put in the time and energy into their training and preparation

These training sessions have been taken into the classroom and involved video analysis of previous performances

Led by captain Jenna (10C), the team have gone from strength to strength and have settled into a mature and tenacious playing style

Not only is their campaign for the National Cup going well, they also remain unbeaten in Cambridgeshire since 2019

They are due to play the quarter-final of the Cambridgeshire Schools FA competition with hopes of a similar success there too!

Their performance was recently recognised at the annual Cambridge and District Secondary Schools Sports Association’s award ceremony The Roy Burrell Awards in which they won the Team of the Year

We wish you all the best in the final of the National Cup

OPPORTUNITY: Comberton students can now take part in schools’ competitions