Qld Vaulters Success at The Australian Vaulting Championships 2022

Seven Qld vaulters from Fassifern Vaulting club travelled down to Sydney for the 24^th National Vaulting Championships with their two horses Pierre and Cavalier and coaches Lucy Betts and Darryn Fedrick.

Our vaulters had worked and trained very hard in preparation for the first National Championships in 2 years for Vaulting. All the hard work paid off as our vaulters came away with the following results.

National Champion Novice Squad – Fassifern

National Champion Novice Vaulter – Astrid Steward

National classes

Advanced Individual 2^nd Lucy Betts

Intermediate Individual 3^rd Emily Edwards, 5^th Evelyn Mercer

Novice Individual 1^st Astrid Steward

Pre- Novice Individual 2^nd Amelie Taylor

Preliminary Individual 1^st Lianie Saunders

Pdd (pairs) walk 2^nd Lucy Betts/Evelyn Mercer

Barrel Pdd (pairs) 1^st Astrid Steward/Emily Edwards, 2^nd Brooke Stanley/Amelie Taylor, 5^th Lucy Betts/Evelyn Mercer 6^th Lianie Saunders/Reserve

Squad Novice horse 1^st Fassifern

Squad Barrel 1^st Fassifern

This was a very strong showing from our Fassifern vaulters with our vaulters placing in top 6 in most classes entered. Making them the most successful club at the National Championships.

Our vaulters are excited about the upcoming Qld State Championships to be held on 22^nd and 23^rd October in Beaudesert which will be the last competition of the season for them. After this competition the horses, vaulters, coaches will break for the year. During this time our senior vaulters will be working to train and develop our 2 new vaulting horses Goose and Bella ready for the 2023 season .

Qld may only have a small number of vaulters and clubs, but throught the dedication and hard work of our coaches, vaulters and horses we are strongly competitive nationally and leading the way in our sport. Looking forward to 2023.

Darryn Fedrick

Fassifern Vaulting Head coach