Waihi College Equestrian

Good luck to our 6 riders who are travelling to Taupo tomorrow for a week of competition at the North Island Secondary Schools Cup (NISS).

There are 600+ riders from school from across the motu competing across 6 disciplines.

Catchup post #2. NISS show hunter Carnival 10 May and Show Hunter Cup 14 June, St Peters.

We were thrilled with the improvement in our team between the 2 events, resulting in many individual and overall team placings of 2nd and 3rd in the Show Hunter Cup

Special mention to Mackenzie Bell, winning her first ever Show Hunter event with Rusty.

⭐️Waihi College Gold - 🥈overall
🐴 Tayha Lysaght 🥇🥈🥉
🐴 Tamsin Douglas - 🥈
🐴 Gia Sharfe - 5th, 9th
🐴 Kyla Muir - 🥇, 🥉

🖤Waihi College Black/Waikato Dio composite - 🥉 overall
🐴 Ali Sharfe 6th, 8th
🐴 Tayha Lysaght 🥉, 6th, 6th
🐴 Kyla Muir 4th

♦️Waihi College Maroon (Y7-8)
🐴Mackenzie Bell - 🥇, 4th, 5th

Thanks again to our super groom Loren, Coach, supporters & Parents - Beth, Felicity, Lisa, Garrad, Karen & Tineke.

Special thanks to the sponsors - Cambridge Grains

Catch up post #1 -NISS Dressage championships at St Peters, 26 March

We were very proud of our 10 riders at this very competive event with several riders achieving top 10 placings in large classes.

There were a total of 23 secondary school teams of 4 competing for the championship.

⭐️Waihi College Gold = 7th overall
🐴 Tayha Lysaght - 🥉
🐴 Loren Knight - 7th & 8th
🐴 Kyla Muir - 4th & 9th
🐴 Tamsin Douglas - 🥉

🖤Waihi College Black = 18th overall
🐴Gia Sharfe - 10th
🐴Kyla Muir
🐴 Ali Sharfe
🐴 Isabelle Carey

♦️Waihi College Maroon (Year 7-8)
🐴 Maia Goodwin - 🥈& 8th
🐴 Fern Goodwin - 5th & 9th

Thanks again to our Coach, supporters and Parents - Beth, Felicity, Karen & Tineke and the event sponsor Cambridge Grains.

We are incredibly proud of our entire team that represented Waihi College at Pegasus cup.

Pegasus cup is a premier Showjumping event limited to 50 secondary school teams from across NZ, held at the prestigious Takapoto Estate.

Congratulations not only to our riders - Loren Knight, Tamsin Douglas, Ali Sharfe and Tayha Lysaght, but to all the rest of our team who brought the team spirit not only working hard as grooms, stable decorators, and helping in the arena, but for the the neverending cheerleading and support - Gia Sharfe, Maia Goodwin, Fern Goodwin, Isabelle Carey & Kyla Muir.

The Sportsmanship Award, proudly sponsored by Bayleys, is presented to the team that demonstrates exceptional sportsmanship throughout the competition. This includes politeness to officials, respect towards sponsors and volunteers, and a willingness to help and support others throughout the event.

This award recognises teams who contribute positively to the atmosphere of the competition and help make Pegasus Cup a supportive and respectful environment for everyone involved.

One of our most special awards at Pegasus Cup, awarded to the Team that demonstrates exceptional Sportsmanship throughout the competition, is the Bayleys Sportsmanship Award.

From Tutus, to Cheering to the Pony Kissing Booth the Waihi College Girls brought it all!

Congratulations also to our 2026 Runners Up, Gisborne Girls High School and thank you to all of our Teams, the 2026 Pegasus Cup certainly was a vibe!

Pegasus Cup@@@@

We had 7 riders attend the NISS Dressage Carnival held at St Peters School on 1st March

Waihi College Maroon (year 7/8)
🐴 Maia Goodwin & Outer Space (L0) 7th OA 5th 0B
🐴 Fern Goodwin & Max (L0) 10th 0A 10th 0B

Waihi College Gold & Black (year 9-13)
🐴 Tayha Lysaght & Startlight Spencer (L1) 6th 1A & 🥈 1B
🐴Tamsin Douglas & The Lincolnator (L1) 5th 1A & 🥉1B
🐴 Kyla Muir & Waimakariri Golden Gift (L2). 🥉1B 🥉 2B
🐴 Aliyah Sharfe & Bingo (L0). 12th 1A 14th 1B
🐴 Gia Sharfe & Starlight Baxter (L1) 🥇1A & 14th 1B

Highlights from the day:
- Fern and Maia riding very competent tests in their first ever competition
- Ali skillfully managing a very excited Bingo
- Gia winning 1A with a beautifully ridden test (PB ) on Baxter
- Tamsin, Tayha and Kyla all riding consistent tests, scoring top 6 placings and their 3 person team winning 🥉rd overall.

A great result for the team!

Massive thanks as always to Beth our amazing coach, and the parents & supporters - Beth, Lisa, Graeme, Tineke, Karen and Felicity.

The girls are now excitedly looking forward to the next dressage event -
NISS Championships on 23rd March

Our team walking the course tonight.

Tamsin, Tayha, Ali & Loren