Golden Teen Produces Another Gold From European Championships
Harold Megahey With His Gold Team Medal
At the end of September, Co Antrim’s Harold Megahey returned from the European Young Rider Eventing Championships in Portugal with yet another team gold medal, making it his fourth European medal in three years.
After two years on the Junior Eventing team, 19 year old Harold and Chuckelberry, his famous grey gelding, advanced onto Ireland’s Young Riders team and competed for three days, against 45 other European riders in Vale Sabroso, Portugal.
Supported since his early teens by local business communications company, Barclay Communications, Harold and Chuckelberry kept their nerve and stamina as they tackled some testing conditions, including thunderstorms during the Cross-Country phase, to come fourth individually and first with the Ireland team.
Over the last three years Harold has won a bronze, silver and two gold medals at the Europeans, making him an exciting prospect for the future of Irish Eventing.
As Harold explains, these experiences really made an impact on this young Eventing hopeful, “I’ve learnt so much this year, my riding has moved up a level and I’ve seen what it takes to be a four star rider and to run a high-performance yard.”
While the Templepatrick teen has just started university, he’s still committed to his International dreams, “I’ll have to juggle things a bit more this year, but I’m still focused on getting selected for some of the senior Irish teams next year.”
Josh Pimm, Elizabeth Hayden and Jodie O’Keeffe, were also on the Ireland team and, along with Harold, they kept Germany in silver and the British team in the bronze position.
Harold’s sponsors, and local O2 Centre of Excellence, Barclay Communications congratulated the entire Ireland team for their gold winning performance at the European Championships and continue to support this young man with his quest for a place on Ireland’s senior Eventing team.
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