Representation for the Nation!
It has been quite a summer for Rocco and Thistledown Galaxy. First, they won their class at the Royal International Horse Show during the holidays, just before he started at Belhaven. Despite the challenges of a new environment and a longer day at school, he has continued to work on his partnership with his beautiful grey pony, and last weekend the duo competed, and won, at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham. This is a double without precedent at his age, and is clearly the result of an enormous amount of hard work. Well done Rocco!
Watch Rocco and Thistledown Galaxy in action...
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And the winner is...
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The visit of head rowing coach at Fettes, Richard Davies, and his memorable row-off v Mr. Dryburgh, clearly inspired the Belhaven seniors. Entering the Scottish Schools Rowing League for the first time, we have made an incredible start, with 13 top 20 places across 4 categories and 7 top 10 places! There are 3 more rounds to go before the Finals, live at Fettes, and we could see some really exciting results after this phenomenal start. Watch this space!
The Thistles trials took place at the very end of the previous fortnight. We were delighted to hear that 5 boys and 5 girls have been selected for the IAPS matches on Wednesday 13th November – well done to you all.