Meet the Team!
Liberty
Liberty has been riding for more than 25 years and has 10 years experience in mounted martial combat disciplines. Liberty has organised and participated in several shows in 2023, including a 5-part Medieval Combat demonstration at the Annual Tarago Show, and a jousting show at the Nowra Show. She also claimed three podium places in 2023, in the jousting tournaments at the Blacktown Medieval Faire (Blacktown, NSW), Keith Ryal Memorial Tournament (Ballarat, VIC) and the Abbey Medieval Festival (Caboolture, QLD). She has been actively instructing for three years, and has participated in more than 50 shows, demonstrations and events in the past five years.
Liberty was the highest placed Australian rider at the IHAA World Championships in Mongolia, September 2023, and placed 25th in the World. In 2019, Liberty was the NSW State Champion, and was named the Victorian State Champion in 2018. Liberty has been a representative of the Australian Horse Archery Association for many years and helped found the longest running NSW Branch under the AHAA. She is currently the Australian Representative on the International Horse Archery Alliance Committee, and is tied in second place with Rodney as the second highest graded Australian in the World.
Most recently, Liberty won the 2023 National Horse Archery Championships, held in Tarago NSW in November 2023 at Tarago, NSW, with beloved school horse, Leroy.
Liberty is a key member of the organising committee for the Tarago Tournament, held at the Tarago Annual Show in March, and is setting her sights on an independent festival to be held in the region in the coming years.
Liberty is currently pursuing further education in management and training of horses, as well as equine-based therapy, to broaden her scope of instruction, and with goals of providing assistance and services to first responders, returned service men and women, and other disadvantaged groups within the community. Liberty specialises in teaching young rider lessons, including complete beginners, and loves teaching horse archery one-on-one. She is our main clinic instructor, and has already travelled to Victoria and around NSW to teach horse archery and skill at arms. With a career history in animal management and welfare, Liberty is a staunch advocate for the horse as much as the rider, and is always willing to share her knowledge and time.
Jay
Jay has been active in the equestrian world, for most of her life, and holds a Bachelor of Equine Science and QLD Certificate of Agriculture, from the University of Queensland.
Jay is one of Australia's most skilled ground crew in the joust arena, with the longest interest in medieval equestrian sports, having been attending the Abbey Medieval Festival for many years. She is a founding member of the Company of the Hound and recently earned her sword, symbolising the completion of her time as Rodney's Squire, and the commencement of her jousting and mounted melee career.
Jay has appeared at the Blacktown, Tarago and Victorian Medieval Festivals, in the joust and skill at arms, and is an annual competitor at Australian Horse Archery championships in NSW and Victoria. Jay has extensive experience working with challenging and young horses, and has a strong focus on ground working with horses for rehabilitation, strengthening and retraining.
Jay is one of Australia's most skilled ground crew in the joust arena, with the longest interest in medieval equestrian sports, having been attending the Abbey Medieval Festival for many years. She is a founding member of the Company of the Hound and recently earned her sword, symbolising the completion of her time as Rodney's Squire, and the commencement of her jousting and mounted melee career.
Jay has appeared at the Blacktown, Tarago and Victorian Medieval Festivals, in the joust and skill at arms, and is an annual competitor at Australian Horse Archery championships in NSW and Victoria. Jay has extensive experience working with challenging and young horses, and has a strong focus on ground working with horses for rehabilitation, strengthening and retraining.
Rodney
Rodney began his riding journey 12 years ago, and took to medieval sports early on in his career, now with more than a decade of experience under his belt. Rodney has been instructing and helping others pursue horse archery, skill at arms, jousting and mounted melee, for several years.
Rodney has been the President of the Australian Horse Archery Association for four years, and has been on the committee since 2017. Also a founding member of the longest running NSW Branch of the AHAA, Rodney has been critical in the current direction and shaping of the AHAA, which is Australia’s largest horse archery association. Rodney was the Team Captain for Australia at the IHAA World Championships in Mongolia, September 2023. He is tied in second place with Liberty as the second highest ranking Australian in the World and is the current 2023 National Horse Archery Reserve Champion. Rodney has organised several top level Horse Archery competitions within Australia in the past years, including the two most recent National Titles, and NSW State Championships.
Rodney is active in the world of Living History in Australia as well, and is instrumental in the recent formation of the Company of the Hound, a 15th Century reenactment group in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.
Rodney has been the President of the Australian Horse Archery Association for four years, and has been on the committee since 2017. Also a founding member of the longest running NSW Branch of the AHAA, Rodney has been critical in the current direction and shaping of the AHAA, which is Australia’s largest horse archery association. Rodney was the Team Captain for Australia at the IHAA World Championships in Mongolia, September 2023. He is tied in second place with Liberty as the second highest ranking Australian in the World and is the current 2023 National Horse Archery Reserve Champion. Rodney has organised several top level Horse Archery competitions within Australia in the past years, including the two most recent National Titles, and NSW State Championships.
Rodney is active in the world of Living History in Australia as well, and is instrumental in the recent formation of the Company of the Hound, a 15th Century reenactment group in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.
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Riding With Sticks has been founded in 2023 to help new riders enter into the challenging and exciting world of medieval horse sports, with guidance, safety and encouragement.
If you'd like to learn more about medieval horse sports, including horse archery and skill at arms, reach out to us for more information!
We can't wait to hear from you!
If you'd like to learn more about medieval horse sports, including horse archery and skill at arms, reach out to us for more information!
We can't wait to hear from you!
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