B.E.F Medal of Honor at Windsor 2009
2009 European Championships
Team Gold
Individual Bronze
Freestyle Bronze
The Citizen | Echo
2009 Disability Sports Person of the Year Award
2009 National Champion
BBC 2008 South West Disabled Sports Personality of the Year
Michael Lucas Sporting Hero of the Year Award
Simon is awarded by the BBC South West Sports awards for the Disabled Sports Personality of 2008.
Winter 2008 Achievements
Simon is Awarded by Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year wih the Michael Lucas Sporting Hero Award.
Simon wins Silver & Team Gold medals at the 2008 Paralympics!
Simon has won a Silver medal in freestyle Dressage and Team Gold Medal at the 2008 Paralympics. ‘The Atmosphere here is electric’, say’s Simon, ‘I can’t believe I have 2 medals and Team GB has 10 medals - Thanks to all who have supported me’. Earlier on in the week Simon’s horse, Ocean Diamond, failed to find the form in the grade III test and could only manage 62.88% to leave him in 8th place. “He’s a horse and these things happen,” said Laurens “you have to pick yourself up, smile and crack on. But everything turned around in the Freestyle when Simon joined the medal party by adding silver to the overall tally with a Latin-inspired performance to a Ricky Martin soundtrack. “At last, I am over the moon,” said Simon, who clinched his medal with a score of 73.5%. “That’s much more like Ocean Diamond. I’m pleased for the horse and myself.”
Some of my major achievements:
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British Dressage Winter Championships April 2008
Hartpury: National Champion - Novice restricted
Winter Qualifier February 2008
Oldencraig: 1st place
FEI World Para Dressage Championships 2007
Hartpury: Double gold medalist
British Dressage Championships 2006 & 2007
Stoneleigh: National Champion Grade III
FEI International 2006
Germany: 2nd & 3rd place
KABIS 2006 & 2007
Patchetts: 1st place on both occasions
International 2006 Belgium:
Team: Gold medal
Freestyle: Silver medal
Individual: Gold & Silver medals
Animal Health Trust Nomination 2007
‘Award for Dressage’ along with Sandy Phillips top able bodied dressage rider
2007 - my most successful year yet
I competed in my first international in Germany in 2006, finishing second in my first test and third in the freestyle. Last year (2007) was my most successful yet. In July, during those seriously awful floods, I won two gold medals at the FEI World Para Dressage Championships at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire. It was an amazing and awe inspiring experience, competing against 32 other countries. In September’s British Dressage Championships at Stoneleigh I retained my National Champion title in the grade III Para class which I was chuffed with.
