Endurance Ireland Trophies

The Winners of the 2018 Season Trophies and the descriptions of each of the trophies is below.  In order to win one of these trophies you must first join Endurance Ireland and then at the end of the season submit your application, all mileage counted for trophies must be ridden with Endurance Ireland.  

The Delour Valley Stud Open Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Colette Croke and is awarded to the Rider who is Open Qualified and who attains the most mileage in the preceding year.  2022 Winners:

1st Evelyn Moore, 2nd Teresa Moore

The Kilkenny Intermediate Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy is awarded to the Rider who is Intermediate Qualified and who attains the most club mileage in the preceding year. 

2022 Winners:

1st Cameron Delaney 2nd Breffni Balkin

The Hope Novice Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Anne Kinsella, and is awarded to the Rider who is Novice Qualified and who attains the most club mileage in the preceding year. 2022 Winners are: 

1st Susanne O’Rourke, 2nd Niall O’Rourke, 3rd Natasha O’Rourke

The Smuggler Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was created by Kim McCormack and is in memory of Eileeen Cosgrave (The Purple Lady) an enthusiastic trail rider.  This trophy is awarded to the member with the most club trail mileage over the season.  2022 Winners:

1st Breffni Balkin, 2nd Susanne O’Rourke , 3rd Astrid Fitzpatrick

The Inspire Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy

This Trophy was established by Samantha Linton This trophy is awarded to Junior competitor who attains the most club trail mileage over the season.  2022 Winners:

1st Caitlin Conway, 2nd Cameron Delaney, 3rd Michael Joseph Moore

 

 

The Moving on Up Trophy Strides Mileage Champion Trophy

This Trophy was established by Yvonne Croke and Anne Kinsella This trophy is awarded to Junior competitors who are working through the strides programme and achieve the most club mileage in the Strides category only over the season.  2022 Winners:

1st Michael Joseph Moore, 2nd Amelia Bennett, 3rd Faith Bennett

The Dantean Top Arab Trophy

This Trophy was sponsored by Yvonne Croke and is awarded to the Arab (who must be registered with an Arab Association copy of passport to be submitted) who attains the most club mileage over the season. 

2022 Winners:

1st Vlad Swayze (Owner Breffni Balkin), 2nd Za Bint Al Riyah (Owner Danny Hoey), 3rd Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann Balkin)

The Abbeyleix Top Non-Arab Trophy 

This Trophy is awarded to the Non Arab who attains the most club mileage over the season. 2021 Winners are:

1st Small but Mighty (Owner Teresa Moore/Rider Cameron Delaney), 2nd Slaneyside Queen (Owner Evelyn Moore), 3rd Combat Rock (Owner Susanne O’Rourke)

The IDHBA Top Irish Draught Trophy

This Trophy was sponsored by the IDHBA and is awarded to the Irish Draught Horse who attains the most club mileage over the season.  The horse must be registered with either Endurance Ireland or the IDHBA and a copy of the passport must be provided. 2022 Winners:

1st Merry Wood (Owner John Lidierth), 

The Barrow Dancer Veteran Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Siobhan Ovington and is awarded to the veteran horse (18 or over) who attains the most mileage with the club in the preceding season.  2022 winners are:

1st Gales Hill Boffin (Owner Teresa Moore) , 2nd Gales Hill Fraggle (Owner Teresa Moore/Rider Michael Joseph Moore, 3rd Mary Ann (Owner Bennett Family/Riders Amelia and Faith Bennett)

The Gales Hill Stables Top Competitive Horse Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Gales Hill Stables and is awarded to our top competitive horse of the season.  This trophy is based on heart rates and vet times for your best 6 club rides of the season.  Points are awarded by multiplying the heart rate by the number of minutes taken to call for vet.   For example if you call for vet after 2 minutes and the heart rate is 54bpm the number of points are 108, if you call after 5 minutes and the heart rate is 36bpm the points are 180.  The horse with the lowest points wins the trophy.

2022 Winner – Small but Mighty

The Interschools Team Trophy

This trophy was supported by IPB Insurance and is awarded to the school based on the total mileage ridden by the students of that school in the preceding season.  2022 Winners are:

Castlecomer Community School

The Interschool Individual Trophy

This trophy was supported by IPB Insurance and is awarded to the student who attains the most mileage in the preceding season.  2022 Winners are:

1st Cameron Delaney, 2nd Ben Mahon Jnr and 3rd Amelia Bennett