AT LAST Sunday's Riding Club's Area 18 Hunter Trial at Upper Sapey, nine members of the Cropthorne club qualified for the NRC Hunter Trial Championships that will take place at Peterborough next May.

The senior team of Helen Goodwin, Yvonne Goss, Felicity Organ and Abi Davis won their section with Goodwin claiming second place individually with Goss finishing fourth.

A junior team comprising Natalie Clark, Amy Furness, Lizzie Byrne and Sophie Trinder won their section, with Jessica McNeil-Wilson topping the individual standings and qualifying for next year's climax.

Other placings in the individual event saw Furness in fifth, Clark in sixth and Georgie Roberts finish ninth.