Charley Hamilton from Aberdeenshire is awarded the November NAF shining star

Monday 15 December 2014

Charley Hamilton from Aberdeenshire is awarded the November NAF shining star

Twelve year-old Charley Hamilton from Milltimber, Aberdeen has been awarded November 2014’s NAF Shining Star  as a result of the dedication and performances that she has shown during her time as a member of the British Showjumping Aberdeen Junior Academy.

Junior Academy Lead Coach, Nadine Warwick, put Charley forward for the award “Charley has shown great improvement this year and she is now achieving consistent double clears and top placings. This year saw Charley head to the Welsh Home Pony at Wales & West for the first time and she has also been selected to jump at Olympia in the Mini Major with her pony Bee Bop A Lula. She has also contested her first 1.10m class.”

Charley has been a member of British Showjumping since July 2011 and since joining her local Junior Academy, she has been working her way through the NAF Pony 5* Performance Awards Programme and has gained her 1*, 2* and 3*. She is currently working towards her 4* and she was pleased to learn that she had won this month’s NAF Shining Star “I’m really excited to have won as I really enjoy being involved with the Junior Academy. The coaches Nadine Warwick, Eileen Craig and Sarah Hamilton have provided me with lots of great training opportunities and the ponies are going brilliantly as a result of this.

“The highlight of this year for me is that I have been selected to compete at Olympia. I am really looking forward to 2015 and am hoping to continue to compete at 1.10m and above.”

Charley already uses a number of NAF’s equine supplements including Superflex for her ponies joints and calmers such as Magic and Oestress. She will receive some additional products as part of her prize for winning and Griselda Handy, Brand Manager for NAF commented “Charley has done really well with her ponies; they obviously have a wonderful relationship together and have already achieved some great results. We would like to wish Charley the very best of luck at Olympia and congratulate her on winning the NAF Shining Star Award.”

The NAF Shining Star Award was introduced when NAF became a British Showjumping Business Partner. The award is for members of a Junior Academy who have shown a great deal of commitment, progression and outstanding behaviour along with their riding ability and much more. Riders are nominated by their lead coach, and then judged and awarded by NAF to one person each month.

With over 25 years of experience in Equine Supplement formulation and manufacture, NAF is the most respected and well-known brand of supplements for horses in the UK today. Using proven ingredients found in nature and creating unique effective formulations we pride ourselves on our unparalleled commitment to quality. We believe in using only the best natural ingredients, which are fully traceable and are combined to create unique formulas by our team of veterinarian scientists and nutritionists. The result is an extensive range of products, which are designed to offer you something for your horse’s every need and details of these can be found at www.naf-equine.eu/uk.

NAF are Official Suppliers to the British Equestrian Teams and Business Partners to British Showjumping. The British Showjumping initiatives supported by NAF are the Five Star Performance Awards Programmes and the Junior Academy Shining Star Awards Scheme.

 
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