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Entry for the SOAP Pentathlon [link]Discipline 5 Vaulting.
For Havillands stables Jet Star of Havillands (Sparky) , Jenny Stigley, Khi Black and Andrew Gribbins ( who is out of shot but holding the Lunge line)
This is an entirely new thing for Havillands, and the staff weren't quite sure how to approach vaulting. Jenny and Khi assumed it was like the rosinback routines performed by circus horses and trick riders. Andrew was happy to keep Sparky cantering round on the lunge line; the girls -who were by far the best at gymnastics- made up some sort of routine. Whether it was correct or not remains to be seen but they did their best. Despite wearing skin tight jodhpurs on a day to day basis, the girls drew the line at wearing the proper close fitting lycra vaulting outfits,(much to the dismay of several of the male staff!) instead they assembled something that looked like old school PE kits with shirts and pleated net-ball skirts. That and the hair ribbons made them look like giant ten year olds! Trust Havillands to look out of date! However, Sparky behaved himself as usual and no one parted company with him.
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Coloured in Photoshop
IVS logo by Reference from several Muybridge photos for Sparky's leg positions.
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Comments: 22
Louvan In reply to Racingunicorn653 [2013-02-03 23:38:14 +0000 UTC]
No she won't, she's a live wire but the others are there to make her behave.
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Racingunicorn653 [2013-02-03 21:51:47 +0000 UTC]
haha they look sweet and innocent don'nt tell khi i sai that
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Louvan In reply to Racingunicorn653 [2013-02-03 22:29:41 +0000 UTC]
She'd probably take that as a compliment,
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Louvan In reply to Ivvige [2012-06-23 12:41:25 +0000 UTC]
Also they are probably incorrect, but they are having a go and so that's what counts
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inglorious-vikings [2012-06-17 07:29:04 +0000 UTC]
Why, looking very good there, girls! ;3
Love their costumes. :3
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Louvan In reply to inglorious-vikings [2012-06-17 09:10:48 +0000 UTC]
They didn't feel comfotable in the proper outfits, they said they were too revealing.
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ElreniaGreenleaf [2012-06-16 18:42:53 +0000 UTC]
Haha, I was thinking that they looked ready for netball when I first saw it, then read the description! Typical Havillands improvisation - I approve!
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Louvan In reply to ElreniaGreenleaf [2012-06-16 20:13:14 +0000 UTC]
They have a real Make Do And Mend philosopy.
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Louvan In reply to GinasDream [2012-06-16 08:19:42 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, they probably are doing it wrong but st least they are having a go. Vaulting isn't very popular in the U.K yet, some people do it but I think it is more popular in mainland Europe.
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GinasDream In reply to Louvan [2012-06-16 08:39:59 +0000 UTC]
you're welcome.
Oh, her in Bavaria in the south of Germany it isn't very popular either.
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femalefred [2012-06-15 22:40:56 +0000 UTC]
When I saw this as a thumbnail the first thing I thought was "why are Jenny and Khi wearing PE kit?" Glad you explained Great work!
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Louvan In reply to femalefred [2012-06-15 22:47:30 +0000 UTC]
I couldn't actually have anyone really in the correct outfits now could I? It is part of the Havillands 'look" that their kit is always slightly wrong, outdated or- if you are very unlucky- home made! I suffered many years of wearing that sort of PE kit (sky blue Airtex blouse, sky blue hockey socks, navy sports kilt and navy gym knickers!)
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femalefred In reply to Louvan [2012-06-16 10:01:21 +0000 UTC]
Sounds a lot like my PE kit - though the airtex shirt was white, hockey socks were navy blue and we had something akin to football shorts rather than gym knickers x)
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Louvan In reply to femalefred [2012-06-16 10:10:35 +0000 UTC]
The irritating thing was that we were never allowed to wear the kilts, much, gym knickers don't look good on anyone, the kilts coverd up skinny thighs, fat tums and less than perfect bottoms.
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femalefred In reply to Louvan [2012-06-16 13:09:49 +0000 UTC]
We had to wear them for netball and hockey, but everything else was shorts only.
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Louvan In reply to femalefred [2012-06-16 20:16:16 +0000 UTC]
Tracksuits would have been nice, it got draughty out on the playing fields in the winter.
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Louvan In reply to MapleFilly [2012-06-15 21:39:10 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, I don't really know very much about vaulting.
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