Two weeks ago the school had a record 10 students compete at the Marcus Oldham Australian Interschool Championships in Toowoomba last week. 

Leading the way was reigning 1* interschool eventing champion Jaimie McElroy and HH Hawke. 

McElroy and her mount pulled off two-in-a-row after the pair put in a stellar dressage test and went clear in both the cross country and showjumping. 

The Gunnedah duo were also part of the winning NSW eventing team and HH Hawke won best performed off the track thoroughbred. 

Isabella Arabejo took on the dressage and combined training events. 

From the two dressage tests, Arabejo and Four Winds Funky Chick brought home a fourth and seventh as well as third in the combined training. 

Matilda McCarroll faced tough competition in the 105 centimetre eventing but managed a fourth place. 

Brooke Mckenna rode for the Northern Territory in showjumping for a fourth, third and eighth. 

Mckenna was joined in the NT by Olivia Ruzsicska and Warrego Dumbledore, competing in the dressage. Ruzsicska managed a fifth and a 10^th. Katie Hancock had the challenge of preparing two horses for the national competition. She took Dajanna in working hunter for a second and a sixth, while in the combined training the pair placed seventh. 

Hancock then saddled up Any Thyme for another combined training event to finished with eighth place. 

Matilda Hall rode Spelling Bee for the prelim dressage to finish with 10^th. 

The youngest member of the squad, Charlotte Jacobson finished with fifth in her combined training event and fourth and sixth in the working hunter classes. 

Sarah Wyatt and Lucy Ramsay made up the rest of the NEGS eventing contingent for successful completions in their classes. 

Students from the NEGS Equestrian team were lucky enough to be chosen as grooms at the World Polo Championships in Sydney this week. 

NEGS equestrian events coordinator Ali Pettit said they have had the chance to rub shoulders with the world’s top polo players.

“They're all grooming for different countries at the moment. They're going really well, they're loving it,” she said.