The members of the Children’s Ecology and Nature Study Academy of Feldman Ecopark demonstrated successful results at the open equestrian competitions in Derhachi region, which was devoted to the Ukrainian Constitution Day. They took place at the Derhachi Equestrian School for Children and Youth, and the Social and Humanitarian Multi-Complex was represented by four riders and two horses there.
“The first place in the category “Riding for Beginners” was won by Daria Sahun on the horse called Visit. Alevtina Oleinikova on Monarchy demonstrated the best results in examination riding and performed a qualifying task for the participation at Kharkiv Oblast Championship. Arina Ivanenko on Monarchy won the fourth place in the category “Preliminary Prize A (children),” the head of Feldman Ecopark’s humanitarian programmes Iryna Yavorska told. “Among the adult participants of the equestrian competitions, a serious level was demonstrated by our trainer Anna Strelnikova. On Visit, she won the Small Prize and defended her title of the Candidate Master of Sports.”
It should be reminded that one of Ukraine’s largest non-governmental out-of-school educational institutions – Children’s Ecology and Nature Study Academy of Feldman Ecopark – is open for 6 years. The number of its members has already exceeded 1,000 children. There are more than a dozen different departments and clubs in it, the most popular of which are Young Naturalists-Biologists Club, Theatre of Children and Animals, EcoSmarty Children Development School, Forest School, Young Cynologist Club, Master City creative studio, and Horse Complex. The latter provides children with the unique opportunity to master the skills of mild training of horses, donkeys and ponies, and opens the way to the equestrian sport, which may be seen from the successful results of the Academy’s members at the prestigious riding competitions.
