Ireland über alles in Germany

IT was Ireland über alles in Germany last weekend, when our show jumpers notched up a superb Nations Cup double.

The senior riders Billy Twomey (Luidam), Robert Splaine (Coolcorron Cool Diamond), Peter Charles (Pershing) and Kevin Babington (Carling King) won a nail-biting competition in Aachen, being forced to wait until the last fence was jumped until assured victory.

In Freudenberg, pony riders Anthony Condon (Mr Polar Bear) and Mark Flynn (Kilcannon Explosion) produced double clears, with Mark McAuley (Shalom Outlaw) and Nicola Fitzgibon (Miami Bound) on four a piece, to see Ireland finish on a score of zero.