Harold Megahey Strives For Gold in Europe and Olympic Glory
Harold Megahey and Chuckelberry’s Silver and Bronze Medal winning performance at 2012′s European Championships in Poland.
Barclay Communications supports local lad as he aims for double gold in Europe and sets sights on 2016 Olympics.
County Antrim’s Harold Megahey has made the Irish Junior Eventing team for a second year in a row and is now preparing to fight for Gold at the FEI European Eventing Championships for Young Riders and Juniors in France, with his grey gelding Chuckelberry.
Proudly support by local business communications company, Barclay Communications, Harold will return to the European Championships on the 12th of September to compete for three days, against nineteen other countries as he attempts to surpass his 2012 team Silver and individual Bronze medals.
At eighteen years old, this is Harold’s last year in the junior eventing field, but he has big ambitions for his senior eventing career and has already set his sights on the 2016 Olympics.
Harold Megahey explains, “Over the next three years we are focusing on Rio. I have just completed my A-Levels and can now concentrate on building myself and the horses into real Olympic contenders.”
Barclay Communications have been supporting Harold since 2010 and after he achieved the only Irish individual medal at last years’ European Championships, they have also committed to supporting him along his Olympic journey.
Chuckelberry, Harold’s fourteen year old European ride first boosted his performance on the Irish eventing scene last year, and they’ve continued to make a formidable team with a recent win at Ballindenisk International and high positions in Camphire and Tyrella.
Sourced from Ireland’s 2012 Olympic rider Joseph Murphy, Chuckelberry has also been competed by Olympic medal-winning William Fox-Pit and Mark Todd. However he isn’t Harold’s only potential Olympic ride, with at least one other prospect in the wings Harold and his horses are the ones to watch on the eventing circuit over the next few years.
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