A rosette brought to school was the starting point
for some children to organise a showjumping arena
to run their own competitions.
That's ready instead.
- Go! - Go, Chelsea, go, Chelsea...
Chelsea gallops round clinging to her riding hat
and encouraged by her friends' clear joy at her success.
The time judges have new technologies to master.
What did Chelsea get?
Chelsea got...
The time is short.
How do I spell Chelsea?
Some problematic spelling
takes their attention, and five is accepted by the recorder.
Leo next. His name is less problematic.
Katie attempts it without help, sounding it out in order.
Holly's round.
And she is more cautious, stepping over rather than jumping.
I'm going first today.
You've got 15.
Holly got 15.
The stop was 15.
Katie consults her friends again
to clarify how to write the bigger number.
Ready, steady, go.
Pressure is on for the timekeepers. It's the teacher's round.
Leo can hardly contain his excitement, jumping on the spot.
Stop.
Their concentration pays off,
and both time judges record ten seconds.
Leo and Katie rush off to replace the knocked-down pole.
Working together, it's quickly fixed.
How many seconds off it?
Ten.
Ten seconds...
Patsy follows the teacher's suggestion...
You have to put my faults in this column.
..to split the time and the faults.
Am I the first one with faults?
Yes!
This highly amuses Leo.
You use that button to go and stop.
And that button...
Aston listens seriously as Katie inducts him as a time judge.
Cassy's round.
It's looking promising. A clear round.
Oh, she falls foul of the water jump and is taken aback
by her last-minute disappointment.
But responds well to her teacher's encouragement and Aston's.
Aston quickly calculates the time and faults tariff.
That was four faults.
19.
No, that was four faults.
And that adds up to 19.
I'm writing 15 there.
Aston and Katie split the components
and record them in their separate columns.
Hurry up, Katie!
Encouraging Katie to gallop has a downside.
Eight faults and a tricky calculation.
14 seconds.
22.
Aston uses his fingers to assist.
22.
No.
Aston records 22.
I've got 18.
But Katie reminds him to show two elements,
so he alters the scoreboard.
Time to total the scores and work out who's won.
Aston totals the scores for each competitor,
and Katie records each total in a new column.
33.
For that one.
Noting a mistake, Aston sensitively suggests the two should be a three.
Katie concurs and alters the score.
15, Holly 19.
26. And Josie is the winner.
Bent around the scoreboard in rapt attention,
the judges identify the competitors who have earned a rosette.
That must be seconds.
Aston confirms their ordering is right.
And Katie adds a final column showing the order of placement.
All that's left to do is to find the winner,
present his rosette,
and take the photo for the local observer.