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Blenheim Eventers Challenge<br />
By Astrid Stubbings–IN6<br />
My Mum picked me up from school on Thursday the 8 th of<br />
September and <strong>to</strong>ok me straight <strong>to</strong> Hen<strong>to</strong>n where I keep my horse,<br />
Murphy. I got him in from the field and washed and cleaned him and<br />
got him as ready as possible so we had the minimal amount of work<br />
<strong>to</strong> do the next morning. I then got all my tack and equipment in<strong>to</strong> the<br />
car for the next day. My Mum was working on the Friday and my<br />
Dad was taking me <strong>to</strong> Blenheim so we drove <strong>to</strong> my Dad’s and<br />
swapped everything in<strong>to</strong> his car! When I got home <strong>to</strong> my Dads I<br />
cleaned my tack and my riding boots.<br />
The next day..... I woke up at 5:20 <strong>to</strong> be able <strong>to</strong> leave my house for<br />
6:00. I got <strong>to</strong> the yard at 6:15 and got Murphy in and rolled his plaits<br />
and made him clean (again as he does like getting dirty) and ready<br />
for the day, I put his travel boots on and loaded him on<strong>to</strong> our trailer.<br />
The drive <strong>to</strong>ok around 1 hour but we got there at about 8:15. I<br />
walked around for a bit and got my number and a free Dodson and<br />
Horell cap, which says “Blenheim eventers challenge 2016” on it,<br />
when we got back it was time <strong>to</strong> walk the course. We found the rest<br />
of the team and our instruc<strong>to</strong>r David, who was walking the course<br />
with us. An eventers challenge is a round of show jumps followed by<br />
a round of cross-country jumps in a grass arena. There were around<br />
10 show jumps in the first bit followed by 8 cross country jumps and<br />
then another show jump <strong>to</strong> finish. We went in and did a lovely clear<br />
round Murphy was amazing and did everything perfectly in 4 secs<br />
under the optimum time. Unfortunately we didn’t get placed but the<br />
team ended on 4.8 faults. It was a lovely day out and I’m so happy I<br />
had the chance <strong>to</strong> compete at such a big event.<br />
NOUVEAU A <strong>PRS</strong> …NUEVO EN <strong>PRS</strong>!<br />
Yes! Oui! Si! Fantastique! Estupendo!<br />
Spanish has finally arrived at Princes Risborough School <strong>to</strong><br />
give our young budding linguists the opportunity <strong>to</strong> explore<br />
not only one but two languages, currently in Years 7 & 8, as<br />
well as our Year 9 students the option <strong>to</strong> study one of the<br />
languages at GCSE.<br />
Señora Yoxall joined our already very successful department<br />
at the beginning of September and has been putting her<br />
enthusiasm and energy in<strong>to</strong> making sure that all students<br />
enjoy and are successful in their language learning.<br />
Once Spanish has been fully established, we will be looking<br />
at the possibility of organising a trip abroad as we do for<br />
French in Paris but in the meantime, we have already<br />
opened a French/Spanish club for KS3 students on<br />
Tuesdays where we listen <strong>to</strong> French/Spanish music whilst<br />
playing games in either one or both languages, relaxing and<br />
eating in a friendly atmosphere.<br />
Please come and join us!<br />
Joyeux Noël et/y Feliz Navidad.<br />
Pascale Robson<br />
Head of French<br />
30<br />
www.princesrisborough.bucks.sch.uk Winter 2016<br />
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