Waihi College Equestrian

25/03/2026

We are incredibly proud of our entire team that represented Waihi College at Pegasus cup.

Pegasus cup is a premier Showjumping event limited to 50 secondary school teams from across NZ, held at the prestigious Takapoto Estate.

Congratulations not only to our riders - Loren Knight, Tamsin Douglas, Ali Sharfe and Tayha Lysaght, but to all the rest of our team who brought the team spirit not only working hard as grooms, stable decorators, and helping in the arena, but for the the neverending cheerleading and support - Gia Sharfe, Maia Goodwin, Fern Goodwin, Isabelle Carey & Kyla Muir.

The Sportsmanship Award, proudly sponsored by Bayleys, is presented to the team that demonstrates exceptional sportsmanship throughout the competition. This includes politeness to officials, respect towards sponsors and volunteers, and a willingness to help and support others throughout the event.

This award recognises teams who contribute positively to the atmosphere of the competition and help make Pegasus Cup a supportive and respectful environment for everyone involved.

One of our most special awards at Pegasus Cup, awarded to the Team that demonstrates exceptional Sportsmanship throughout the competition, is the Bayleys Sportsmanship Award.

From Tutus, to Cheering to the Pony Kissing Booth the Waihi College Girls brought it all!

Congratulations also to our 2026 Runners Up, Gisborne Girls High School and thank you to all of our Teams, the 2026 Pegasus Cup certainly was a vibe!

21/03/2026

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21/03/2026

We had 7 riders attend the NISS Dressage Carnival held at St Peters School on 1st March

Waihi College Maroon (year 7/8)
🐴 Maia Goodwin & Outer Space (L0) 7th OA 5th 0B
🐴 Fern Goodwin & Max (L0) 10th 0A 10th 0B

Waihi College Gold & Black (year 9-13)
🐴 Tayha Lysaght & Startlight Spencer (L1) 6th 1A & 🥈 1B
🐴Tamsin Douglas & The Lincolnator (L1) 5th 1A & 🥉1B
🐴 Kyla Muir & Waimakariri Golden Gift (L2). 🥉1B 🥉 2B
🐴 Aliyah Sharfe & Bingo (L0). 12th 1A 14th 1B
🐴 Gia Sharfe & Starlight Baxter (L1) 🥇1A & 14th 1B

Highlights from the day:
- Fern and Maia riding very competent tests in their first ever competition
- Ali skillfully managing a very excited Bingo
- Gia winning 1A with a beautifully ridden test (PB ) on Baxter
- Tamsin, Tayha and Kyla all riding consistent tests, scoring top 6 placings and their 3 person team winning 🥉rd overall.

A great result for the team!

Massive thanks as always to Beth our amazing coach, and the parents & supporters - Beth, Lisa, Graeme, Tineke, Karen and Felicity.

The girls are now excitedly looking forward to the next dressage event -
NISS Championships on 23rd March

15/03/2026

Our team walking the course tonight.

Tamsin, Tayha, Ali & Loren

06/03/2026

The 2026 interschool competitions kicked off with Waikato secondary schools showjumping champs on the 25th February.

We took a team of 10 girls to Kihikihi where they competed in 3 rounds consisting of an instant jump off, accumulator and a fun jigsaw event. All senior teams had to have 1 rider in each height category of 75/85/95cm which saw some riders challenging themselves on new or green ponies.

Waihi College Gold (intermediate ring)
🐴Fern Goodwin & Max.
🐴Maia Goodwin & Outer Space)
🐴Mackenzie Bell & Rusty)

Waihi College Black 13th
🐴Loren Knight & Sam
🐴Gia Sharfe & Colin from Accounts
🐴Ali Sharfe & Comet

Waihi College Gold 15th
🐴Tayha Lysaght & HB told ya’ so
🐴Tamsin Douglas & The Lincolnator
🐴Isabelle Carey & My Roman Empire
🐴Kyla Muir & Waimakariri Golden Gift

With 13 intermediate teams, 20 secondary school teams, and 30+ riders in each jump height category, the competition was strong.

It was a mixed day of results, with highlights of the day watching our intermediate team girls Fern, Maia & Mackenzie ride in their first competiton and making us proud - and Tayha, Gia, Tamsin, Isabelle and Ali and all having clear rounds with results falling just outside the ribbons.

Massive thank you to our amazing Parents and supporters David, Robin, Beth, Lisa, Garrad, Jo, Felicity & Evie for a great day.

31/10/2025

Waihi college held its end of year prizegivings this week.

Massive congratulations to Tayha Lysaght who was awarded the ‘Rider of the future’ award for the team, but also the Laurus Nobulis award for excellence in a indivdual sporting code, and runner up Year 9 sportsperson of the year!

Congratulations to Loren Knight for winning the ‘Team Spirit’ award for sportsmanship.

Also we are incredibly proud of Evah Carey for being awarded Dux of Waihi College - academically top in year 13. Evah stepped back from riding but behind the scenes continued on in a coaching/mentorship role for the team to be able to concentrate on her studies - and it has paid off! Congratulations Evah!

19/10/2025

Congratulations to Tayha and HB Told Ya’ So (Ngaru) for a successful weekend of Show Hunter at Equifest with placings in 3 out of 4 classes, including winning the Cat C 90cm class.

Tayha & Ngaru have now scored enough points to qualify for Cat C Show Hunter at HOYS in March 2026 - an amazing achievement in their first season of Show hunter!

28/08/2025

NISS Interschool
Championship 2025 roundup

Overall a very successful week for both Tamsin & Tayha who both rode their best and smashed their goals. With 478 riders competing ( including 80 teams from 94 schools ) this has been the biggest competition they’ve ever experienced.

As we only had 2 riders we weren’t eligible for Team placings.

⭐️DRESSAGE⭐️

🐴Tayha and HB Told Ya’ So
- a 4th and 5th place

✅ 15th individual out of 153 riders in the Preliminary (level 1) section.

👏🏻Congratulations Tayha on a top 10% result.

🐴 Tamsin and The Linconator
- a 13th, and 🥈2nd place

✅ 31st individual out of 153 riders in the Preliminary (level 1) Section .

👏🏻Congratulations Tamsin on a top
20% result.

⭐️ JUMPING⭐️

Tamsin
- 4th Arena Eventing 65Horse
- 7th 70-80cm Horse Show Hunter,
- 24th/44th 70-80cm Horse Show Jumping

✅= 24th individual placing out of 58 riders

Tayha
- 13th Arena Eventing 80cm Pony,
- 13th Show Hunter 80-90cm Pony,
- 32nd/41st Showjumping 80- 90cm Pony

✅= 37th individual placing out of 47 riders.

⭐️ ODE ⭐️
Tayha also competed in an ODE competiton with the composite results of her dressage, show jumping and arena eventing classes counting towards this result -
Unfortunately no final results available yet.

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We would like to
thank all the organisers of NISS (ESNZ, NZ Pony Club) and all the event sponsors for an amazing event.

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A big thank you to our teammates, parents, coaches - all our supporters including our team sponsors -
Synergy Equestrian Ltd
Waihi Family Doctors

👉🏻Looking forward to 2026 NISS -
Hopefully we can take a full team so that more riders can enjoy this amazing experience.

27/08/2025

NISS day 3 (Wednesday) was Show Jumping

Another frosty morning with an early start at 8 am

Tamsin and The Lincolnator placed 24th in the 70-80cm 2 phase, while Tayha and HB Told ya’ So had an unlucky rail in both the 80-90cm accumulator and 2 phase resulting in 41st and 32nd.

Final day of NISS tomorrow with the remaining Show jumping classes and Show Hunter to go.

27/08/2025

NISS day 2 update (Tuesday)
Dressage and Arena eventing.

A cold foggy morning in Taupo gave Tayha a challenging early start in the thick mist with a busy chaotic warm up and a highly excited and bouncy Ngaru for the 80 pony Arena Eventing. Despite that they managed a confident clear round resulting in 13th in a large class of almost 50.
Later in the day Lincoln cruised nicely around the 65 horse Arena eventing for Tamsin to place 4th.

Both girls did some of their best dressage in the 1C with Tayha scoring 65% for 5th in her section, and Tamsin scoring 68.5% to come 2nd in her section.

A fantastic day of riding both girls can be proud of.

25/08/2025

Day 1 NISS. A foggy start turned into a beautiful sunny day in Taupo today.
This is the largest event in the school calender with almost 500 riders from across the North Island competing in up to 6 disciplines across 4 days - CTR, Games, Dressage, Arena Eventing, Show Hunter and Showjumping.

Both Tamsin & Tayha rode their Prelim 1B Dressage tests today.
- Tamsin on The Linconator scoring 65 and 13th in her division A E;
- Tayha on HB Told ‘Ya So scoring 64.821 for 4th in her division A A. Well done Tayha!

A great start for the week, with both girls riding lovely tests and exceeding their expectations of scoring in the top half of large sections

Day 2 tomorrow is the 2nd Dressage test and Arena eventing which they are both looking forward to.

25/08/2025

Tamsin, Tineke, Tayha and Lisa are braving the cold in Taupo this week for the North Island Secondary Schools Equestrian Championship. This is so cool to be sending our riders down to such a huge event! Good luck for the week girls!