Yet another win for British vaulter Joanne Eccles
The Eccles family celebrated at Wiesbaden, Germany, last weekend (22-23 May) after European vaulting champion Joanne took the female title on her own horse WH Bentley, lunged by her father John Eccles.
Joanne finished ahead of Antji Hill and Simone Wiegele from Germany.
And Hannah Eccles, Joanne’s sister, finished fourth just behind the two Germans.
Both girls head straight to Belgium from Wiesbaden for the new international CVI (29-30 May), where they will compete in both the individual class and the pas-de-deux together.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.