NoosaToday.com.au - Full Article09/06/2024
Erle Levey
Australian sporting circles have lost a cherished supporter, champion coach, and passionate lover of endurance horse riding.
Jackie Byrnes has coached elite Australian athletes including Melinda Gainsford-Taylor and Jana Pittman, and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2010 for her contributions to the sport.
Yet Jackie was also much loved in the Queensland Endurance Riding Association (QERA) through her years as horse owner, breeder and rider.
Australian Endurance Riding Association secretary and QERA management committee member Kim Moir said she was “the loveliest, bubbliest person.”
As recently as April, Jackie was at Imbil to support the Far-A-Way Easter Endurance Carnival.
For many years she competed on her grey Arabian mare Cooroora Carmen throughout Queensland including Biggenden, Cooyar, Blackbutt, Fernvale, Eidsvold, Murrumba and Widgee...
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https://noosatoday.com.au/news/09-06-2024/jackies-legacy-in-athletics-endurance-riding-to-be-remembered/
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