Becky is an experienced sports PR professional who has been involved in eventing forever. She has worked on 4 Olympic Games on the media side, and at Badminton, Burghley, Gatcombe, Windsor and Olympia. Becky has joined the board to head up the PR side.
The Horse Trials Support Group (HTSG) have very kindly offered the current EHOA Membership an opportunity to join a course walk at the Ssangyong Blenheim Palace Horse Trials with their ambassadors Laura Collett and Alex Bragg on Thursday 19th September at 10:30am.
To book your place please contact Margie Gibb: mgibb@live.co.uk
It is complimentary to all HTSG and EHOA members and £5 to guests. Please ensure you are wearing your badge.
Mark Corbett has generously offered to walk the course with anyone who would like too. £5/person which will be donated to the charity here at Burghley this year. Meet in the EHOA tent to watch Piggys’ test at noon and then you can head off with Mark.
Today sees the start of the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials dressage. For those members not already here, the post code is PE9 2LH and then follow the relevant yellow signs directing you to the car parks.
For the record all 69 horses presented at trot up passed and dressage starts at 09:30. The guinea pig will at 9:10, be sure not to miss it as it is our reigning World Champion Ros Canter with Allstar B.
Our EHOA hospitality tent is situated on the top end of Ring 2, with the action from the main arena being shown live on numerous television screens so that you will not miss any of the action. Tor Rickcord and her team of helpers are ready to welcome you over the next four days. If you have any questions please do ask. As always guests are welcome if accompanied by a member but you will need to buy them a day ticket. When the tent is full we will be limiting guests so that you are aware. Well behaved dogs are welcome, water provided!
Don’t forget on Sunday we are holding our AGM at noon with all attending guests invited to a BBQ lunch on conclusion of the meeting. Please just leave your name on the door if you are coming, if you haven’t already let us know.
Please find attached the menus for the week ahead to wet your appetite and also the breakfast menu for Friday onwards.
The Organisers of Blenheim Palace International have very generously invited all current EHOA members to use the Owners, Athletes and Trainers marquee which has been very generously supported by Saffery Champness.
If you have a horse competing at Blenheim you will receive a hard copy of the invitation in your Owners’ pack.
Wellington Horse Trials runs for all three days of the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend and the team running the event have been extremely generous to offer a discount to EHOA members attending the event.
2 for 1 tickets
Code:
SPONSOR2019
Not long now until the start of the Land Rover Blair Castle International.
We are still looking help in the hospitality marquee. Are you interested in helping out? Ideally, we would like to find someone who would like to be responsible for the running of the marquee. We also need volunteers to do a couple of hours here and there. If you can help in anyway please get in contact with Tor Rickcord, our hospitality coordinator. Her details are: totsy1@hotmail.com or 07734 208255
Annual General Meeting
Date: Sunday, 8th September 2019 at 12.30pm
Location: The EHOA Marquee at Burghley
We are once again holding our AGM in the EHOA marquee at Burghley and would like to welcome you to join us. 12:30pm on the Sunday morning is generally a quiet time at Burghley, the morning show jumping should have finished and there is a lull before the excitement of the afternoon.
After we have concluded the meeting, all those attending are invited as guests of the Association to stay on for lunch. If you are intending on joining us for lunch please confirm the names of all attendees by emailing Tor Rickcord (totsy1@hotmail.co.uk ).
We look forward to seeing you
The Magic Millions Festival of British Eventing is upon us this week.
For those members that require the address it is: Gatcombe Park, Stroud, Minchinhampton, Glos GL6 9AT. All owners car passes will be sent out from The Gatcombe office via email as an e-ticket and e-voucher. Email addresses will be pulled from British Eventing database, please make sure all emails are up to date to avoid e-tickets not reaching you. Syndicates of any number will be entitled to a maximum of 4 owner’s passes. Each pass will allow one vehicle and 2 occupants into the public car park or the daily horse box park (NOT the overnight lorry park). Any issues please contact: info@festivalofbritisheventing.com
As last year the hospitality marquee will be situated at the bottom end of the main arena just in front of the collecting ring with access to the front and back of the marquee. Tor Rickcord and her team of helpers are your hosts for the weekend. Guests are more than welcome and will be charged £5 per day. Lunches are also available on a daily basis and are £12/person. There is also wine available at £3/glass or £12/bottle. Papers, tea/coffee/cordial all available too.
Congratulations to member Diana Wilson for winning the free camping pitch plus Membership for 2 adults for this year’s Blair Castle International Horse Trials, 22nd – 25th August
Thank you to the team at the Land Rover Blair Castle International have been extremely generous yet again this year and have offered a free prize draw to attend the event.
Full details of what is happening at this year’s Blair Castle International can be found on the website www.blairhorsetrials.co.uk.
On of our very loyal supporters An Eventful Life have a generous offer to all current members.
They are having a 25% discount offer on their 2018 and 2019 videos starting on Saturday 20th Julyand finishing Wednesday 24 July.
Be sure not to miss it!
