IRELAND - TWO NATIONS CUP VICTORIES IN ONE
DAY
After winning the European Senior Show Jumping
Championship Gold Medal just two weeks ago, Irish tails were up today (July 13)
as senior teams crashed through strong international fields to win two Nations
Cup victories in the same day - one in Falsterbo, Sweden, and one in Lummen,
Belgium.
This mirrored exactly the double win in 2000, when two senior Irish teams did
exactly the same thing at Falsterbo and Lummen, also in July. Only Cian
O'Connor, Robert Splaine , Capt. Gerry Flynn and Dermott Lennon, however, have
now jumped in both double victories - 2000 and 2001.
Ireland ranked Eighth in the Samsung Nations Cup leaderboard before today's
double win, but the scoring system is sufficiently complicated to prevent an
immediate assessment of Ireland's current place. Certainly, Ireland's work will
be cut out to repeat the Nations Cup Series overall win of 99/2000 with the
competitions left in the 2000/2001 series.
However, Irish show jumpers confounded the experts by winning the European
Championships last month - so anything is possible.
SHOW JUMPING RESULT - CSIO LUMMEN BELGIUM 11-15 JULY 2001
NATIONS CUP FRIDAY JULY 13
1) IRELAND Faults 12 Time 254.11
Kevin Babington: Carling King 0/0
Jessica Kurten: Bonita 38 [12]
Dermott Lennon; Garronturton Lady 4/4
Robert Splaine: Coolcorron Cool Diamond 0/4
(Chef d'Equipe: Tommy Wade)
2) BELGIUM Faults 12 Time 266.99
3) JAPAN Faults 20 Time 271.5
4) FRANCE Faults 36 Time 264.91
5) GT. BRITAIN Faults 37 Time 272.51
6) GERMANY Faults 60 Time 259.83
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SHOW JUMPING RESULT - FALSTERBO SWEDEN 12-15 JULY 2001
NATIONS CUP FRIDAY JULY 13
1) IRELAND Faults 8 Time 249.79
Francis Connors; Cruiseway 4/8
Cian O'Connor; Waterford Crystal 0/0
Lt. David O'Brien; Boherdeal Clover 0/0
Capt. Gerry Flynn; Rincoola Abu 0/DNS
(Chef d¹Equipe Lt. Col. Gerry Mullins)
2) GERMANY Faults 8 Time 254.72
3) SWEDEN Faults 20 Time 256.41
4) SWITZERLAND Faults 24 Time 255.02
5) NETHERLANDS Faults 36 Time 253.13
6) DENMARK Faults 36 Time 257.78
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