St Peter’s host show jumping

Jiu Kimura on Sandiego LAD at the North Island Inter-Schools Show Jumping Championships.

St Peter’s School’s Equestrian Academy hosted 65 teams from around the North Island on October 19 for the North Island Inter-Schools Show Jumping Championships, with a pony ring and horse ring operating all day, 8am to 5.30pm, under sunny skies.

Taupo Intermediate School was the overall winning team, with Mercury Bay Area School Coroglen in second and third to Cambridge High School’s Navy team.

St Peter’s New Yorkers team placed sixth overall with team members Alice Crofskey, Ella de Leeuw, Noa Kadosh-Smythe and Jiu Kimura. Also winning their respective classes were St Peter’s students Rebecca Foley, Jiu Kimura, and Nikita Howl.

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