Category Archives: North West League

The league points table has developed an intriguing profile as we barrel towards the final on 25 March. Although we can already tell in a couple of the grades which club will take top honours, the exact placings are all to play for. Congratulations to everybody. Roll on the final. NWL 2012 Results · ShowContinue reading “Full results and points table, NWL Show 4”

It may have been chilly on Sunday but the sun was out and the light was clear and sharp. Orla was confined to two legs at the show and had time to operate her camera for everybody’s benefit. Pictured below: Club rivals Liz and Hazel battle it out for the Primary class. More pictures inContinue reading “Pictorial evidence of sunny NWL, Show 3”

Here are the bare bones of Sunday’s third leg of the North West League. Well done everybody. Things are getting tense and the Advanced Intermediate class, in particular, is proving intriguing. NWL 2012 Show 3 · Results NWL 2012 Show 3 · Points Table

With two shows on the scorecard, things start getting a little more exciting on the league points table. Riders who have moved up a class in the novice division drop their points from the previous level and are awarded a 1* participation point in their place. Thus Rudi and Hazel drop their points from lastContinue reading “Updated results and points table from NWL, Show 2”

Horses were transported in two directions through Letterkenny on Sunday as half the equestrian fraternity headed to the Donegal Harriers meet at Kilmacrennan while the other half travelled to Show 2 of the North West League in Templemore. Leo and Manus, two diehard huntsmen, opted for coloured poles for a change while Keary, winner atContinue reading “Stray time penalties deprive us of exciting jump-offs at North West League”

Full results are now compiled. Well done everybody. Points are awarded on a descending scale from 7 to 2 for placings. You are awarded 1 point for an unplaced effort and 1* point for participation HC in a training class. And you get just a * if you turned up on the day, entered, butContinue reading “*Updated* Full results and points table from NWL Show 1”

Good weather is half the battle. Good company and good fun are the other ingredients vital to a day’s pleasure. All three were present as the North West League got its fourth season off to a bang-up start at Templemore on Sunday. What a pleasure it was to set up practice jumps with dry sand underfootContinue reading “Cuffes score a famous double as North West League 2012 gets off to a great start”

Monday evening’s meeting of the North West League coordinators finalised the details of the upcoming shows and everything is set for a great series of competitions. For anybody who hasn’t yet arranged their entire lives around the league, the dates are Sundays 12 and 19 February and 4, 11 and 25 March. The format will be exactly the same in 2012 asContinue reading “North West League plans in place”