Tentpegging at Tsumeb for first time

THE Tsumeb Riding Club recently held a successful tentpegging competition, the first in northern Namibia.

The event attracted riders from as far as Mariental and Aranos. The Tsumeb Riding Club was represented by national team members Hendrik Grové, Ockert Grové, Lizanne Henning and Ben Brink.Their junior member was Marizelle Ackerman.Overall, Johan van de Berg and Stefanie van den Berg from the Auas View Stable gave good performances in the senior category.Suné Wittmann collected the most individual points of 170.5 at the event, followed by Hannes van den Berg with 166.Both riders are from the Auas View Riding Club.Xanthe Wittmann was third with 163 points.Suné Wittmann, 10, was the youngest competitive rider at the event and showed her senior counterparts a clean pair of heels on her new horse Pummie.A Namibia senior team was selected to compete against South Africa and Pakistan at the Johan Kaber Ring in Academia this Saturday.The Tsumeb Riding Club was represented by national team members Hendrik Grové, Ockert Grové, Lizanne Henning and Ben Brink.Their junior member was Marizelle Ackerman.Overall, Johan van de Berg and Stefanie van den Berg from the Auas View Stable gave good performances in the senior category.Suné Wittmann collected the most individual points of 170.5 at the event, followed by Hannes van den Berg with 166.Both riders are from the Auas View Riding Club.Xanthe Wittmann was third with 163 points.Suné Wittmann, 10, was the youngest competitive rider at the event and showed her senior counterparts a clean pair of heels on her new horse Pummie.A Namibia senior team was selected to compete against South Africa and Pakistan at the Johan Kaber Ring in Academia this Saturday.