Curtain falls on the FEI European Pony Championships

As the sun came up on Monday, Bishop Burton College's campus was a very different place to the International competition site it has been since last Monday.

No national anthems, no young people playing horseball (minus the horses) outside York Yard and no crowds of people craning for views around the Championship and International Arenas.

The five days of competition have been declared by competitors, officials and organisers alike an overwhelming success.

Competition President Jeanette Dawson said:

"This has been a successful European Championship event, the like of which has not been seen for many, many years.

"I have received the thanks and congratulations of competitors, officials and sponsors for a superbly run event delivered with professionalism and enthusiasm."