Today was a bit grey and cold, especially compared to the other mornings. The competition started reasonably promptly with the pairs class running first.
One rider has to carry sword and the other lance, Adrian was paired with Michael and I was paired with Jacky. However we swapped horses, as the chest infection has knocked Jacky for six, so we tried her on my slower horse that doesn't fight at the start.
Jacky's boy is rather cute and closer to the ground, so I went for sword whilst she had lance. Our first run I wasn't quick enough to adapt so was late, whilst Jacky go her peg, and on the second run I got my peg whilst Jacky was to the side. Just a shame, as the morning was low scoring with bronze being won with 3 pegs (18pts)!
Team sword came next, first rounds were a bit patchy on some of the starts, but all team members contributed points
The competition broke for lunch and we then found it was raining, this wouldn't stop competition in the UK, but here everything normally stops for rain
The course was harrowed and deemed fit to run, so we continued with the last 3 rounds of team sword, again starting was get tricky but we were together.
The harrowing worked well, but the remaining ground was getting slippery.
After a break for the medal ceremony the rain kept coming, so the final indian file was cancelled and the competition ended at 5pm.
After this life got crazy as we told we had to pack and be ready for the awards evening by 6.30pm, cue panic and fast packing.
The Brits were requested to load their luggage on the bus, which we were confused with as our flight is at 9.15am in the morning, however we were assured we would have a hotel and a PRO to look after us.
The awards ceremony was hot and lengthy as included all the local competitions as well as the International Competition. This was followed by a quick dinner and straight on the bus.
The journey to Lahore got us to the airport just after 12.30am, and we soon discovered that there was no hotel, only a cafe where we were left. This was a disappointment as we didn't get much sleep, and combined with the flight meant a long travelling time and in award ceremony blazers for the boys!
To add further insult to injury PIA were extremely unhelpful, the team carried the team equipment for Tina and Jacky, and despite having 2 spare paid for tickets PIA insisted on charging a considerable sum for excess baggage and were initially funny about the lance tube which has traveled many times before on PIA.
All in all this was a rather bitter end to the trip, and it is disappointing PIA couldn't be more helpful
Finally I am now home safely and reunited with my horses!
One rider has to carry sword and the other lance, Adrian was paired with Michael and I was paired with Jacky. However we swapped horses, as the chest infection has knocked Jacky for six, so we tried her on my slower horse that doesn't fight at the start.
Jacky's boy is rather cute and closer to the ground, so I went for sword whilst she had lance. Our first run I wasn't quick enough to adapt so was late, whilst Jacky go her peg, and on the second run I got my peg whilst Jacky was to the side. Just a shame, as the morning was low scoring with bronze being won with 3 pegs (18pts)!
Team sword came next, first rounds were a bit patchy on some of the starts, but all team members contributed points
The competition broke for lunch and we then found it was raining, this wouldn't stop competition in the UK, but here everything normally stops for rainThe course was harrowed and deemed fit to run, so we continued with the last 3 rounds of team sword, again starting was get tricky but we were together.
The harrowing worked well, but the remaining ground was getting slippery.
After a break for the medal ceremony the rain kept coming, so the final indian file was cancelled and the competition ended at 5pm.
After this life got crazy as we told we had to pack and be ready for the awards evening by 6.30pm, cue panic and fast packing.
The Brits were requested to load their luggage on the bus, which we were confused with as our flight is at 9.15am in the morning, however we were assured we would have a hotel and a PRO to look after us.
The awards ceremony was hot and lengthy as included all the local competitions as well as the International Competition. This was followed by a quick dinner and straight on the bus.
The journey to Lahore got us to the airport just after 12.30am, and we soon discovered that there was no hotel, only a cafe where we were left. This was a disappointment as we didn't get much sleep, and combined with the flight meant a long travelling time and in award ceremony blazers for the boys!
To add further insult to injury PIA were extremely unhelpful, the team carried the team equipment for Tina and Jacky, and despite having 2 spare paid for tickets PIA insisted on charging a considerable sum for excess baggage and were initially funny about the lance tube which has traveled many times before on PIA.
All in all this was a rather bitter end to the trip, and it is disappointing PIA couldn't be more helpful
Finally I am now home safely and reunited with my horses!
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