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.
Our loyal supporters Eventful Life have made a compilation video for us to enjoy – reminds us of seasons past and lets us look forward to better days.
There are also some great details to be had on previous years videos – check them out
EHOA Board Member Mark Corbett sits on the BE Sports Committee to raise matters on owners behalf. The next meeting is to be held on the 17th February. If you have any issues you would like to raise please do let Mark know. His email address is rawlinsfarm@me.com
Thank you
The next EHOA Board meeting is due to be held on 2nd March.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions to raise at the meeting.
Thank you
Please find links below to the latest updates from British Eventing
The EHOA board seeks to appoint a new member to ensure we have the capacity and skills to help us progress with our work; we are looking for someone with experience in marketing, sponsorship-raising expertise, and with transferable skills to a membership organisation. The role is an unpaid voluntary position.
Board members are expected to attend four board meetings per year, and also to participate in the life of the organisation between meetings, to advise the staff team and to act in an ambassadorial role at fixtures and social events.
Board meetings are currently held on line but are normally held weekday afternoons in London. The position is for a period of 3 years (term may be renewed).
Please submit a letter of application, stating why you wish to be considered for the role and describing how your expertise would contribute to the work of the organisation. Prospective candidates will be invited to discuss their application with members of the Board.
If you would like to speak to us before submitting an application please contact us using the same address as for letters of application: theehoa@gmail.com
Deadline for application: 1 March
Happy New Year
The first update from BE can be found below
Dear Member
Please find below, the latest news and updates from British Eventing:
Office Phone Lines and Contacting Us
In line with Government guidance that people should work from home where at all possible, the British Eventing Head Office will temporarily close as of 6 January and we ask that you email your queries using the contact details here. https://www.britisheventing.com/contact-us
Read more COVID-19 Updates: https://www.britisheventing.com/news/be-update-following-new-national-restrictions
Eventing Season 2021
The team at British Eventing continue to work behind the scenes to prepare for the kick-off of the 2021 eventing season, and we are planning for resumption of sport in March. We may of course need to be flexible about the timing as guidance changes, however we anticipate at this stage that eventing could resume by mid-March.
Our Return to Sport protocols, which proved to be robust and well supported previously, will continue to be adapted and reviewed as guidance from the government is updated.
We continue to plan for sport resumption and supporting our Organisers, Officials, Volunteers, Entries Secretaries and Scorers with a schedule of online training being implemented shortly.
VIEW 2021 FIXTURES LIST: https://www.britisheventing.com/compete/fixtures-and-results
2021 Member and Horse Season Discounts
Eligible members nearing their 2021 renewal date will have received an email regarding how to claim the 10% discount on 2021 membership. More details on how to claim the discount can be found HERE: https://www.britisheventing.com/news/2021-membership-discounts
For members who purchased a season ticket between January and 31 May 2020, an email has been sent today with a 50% discount on a 2021 Horse Season Ticket. Horse Season Tickets are now on sale and discount codes can be applied at step 4 of the checkout process.
If you have any questions about discount codes, please email info@britisheventing.com
Happy New Year
Warm wishes for 2021 – let’s hope things return to some normality soon.
It’s that time of year again when memberships are due. I am contacting you to let you know your membership is up for renewal and in these slightly uncertain times the Board have offered all members a 20% discount on their 2021 membership. There are various ways in which you can pay your subscription going forwards – BACS, card, cheque and direct debit (via Webcollect and GoCardless). All card payments will incur a £1.75 transaction charge. If you wish to pay by card I will be available in the evenings between 18:00 – 19:00 Mon-Weds. If you decide not to renew, please can you let me know and I will remove your details from the database.
I do hope you wish to remain part of the Association and we really value your support in these difficult times. I appreciate there is not going to be much hospitality on offer in the early part of the Season but we are working hard with event organisers and BE to have these reinstated as soon as it is permissible. The Board of the EHOA continue to lobby with BE and other stakeholders on your behalf on numerous topics. The next BE, ERA, BEOA and EHOA joint meeting is on 13th January. If you would like to raise a matter please contact the Chairman, Linda Allan on: theehoa@gmail.com
In the meantime, keep healthy and safe and I hope to see you eventing as and when we are all permitted.
With kind regards,
Alex
EHOA Membership Secretary
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. Look forward to seeing you out and about in 2021. Thank you for on-going support in 2020.
The Board of the EHOA
Dear Members,
Together with fellow EHOA Board members, I am writing to wish you a very enjoyable festive season and to take the opportunity to thank you all for being such stalwarts in supporting the organisation during this unenviable year. With the evenings closed in, temperatures in single digits and restrictions on competition and travel in place, this really feels like the end of a very unique eventing year and an appropriate time to reflect on the challenges 2020 presented.
It was remarkable that so much sport was salvaged after such very difficult circumstance prevailed in the spring and early summer. The coordination of all the groups necessary to provide the necessary protocols and to assemble a fixture list for the second half of the season, including British Eventing, organisers and their teams, volunteers, sponsors, riders, stable staff and contractors was highly impressive. Whilst doubly hard efforts were called for when so many planned events had later to be cancelled or rescheduled, everyone’s combined efforts led to a substantial number of days of eventing coming to fruition. We speak for all owners in saying we are most grateful for the fact that all was not lost.
Behind the scenes, the IT project continued to provide challenges and our sincere thanks goes to Miranda Collet, Di Brunsden and Terry Miller for their work alongside the BE team and event organisers to ensure the system continues to develop into an effective management tool for the sport. Eventing Scores and the provision of live streaming from an increasing number of events were much appreciated by those of us unable to attend. These services have really kept owners and riders in the loop of the action this year and indeed are increasingly essential components of the enjoyment the owning of an event horse.
So many equestrian events were lost but for the eventing community the season’s sporting highlights included Cornbury’s return to the calendar in this the most difficult of years. Then Thoresby appeared on the fixture list but later disappeared in the Covid mire, before metamorphosing into Thoresberton to host the highly entertaining young horse championships. Late in the calendar, Burnham Market in October provided an invaluable opportunity to get elite horses out later in the season.
It may be the end of 2020, however, the rescheduling of BE’s winter and arena eventing series to January and February and the early season events scheduled for March gives us the cheerful prospect of sport next month and throughout the entirety of 2021. What a pleasant future these activities offer, and if the pandemic is brought under some semblance of control by a vaccine and we can gather with family and friends again, then 2021 will indeed start to deliver on its promises. Think of Badminton’s return, the Olympics with the excitement of squad training and selection preceding it, the hope of the reinstatement of a European Championship to follow Burghley, and the almost 200 other events throughout the levels that we hope to enjoy next year. These thoughts will no doubt put you in the festive mood.
Wishing you a very enjoyable holiday season with your family and friends.
The EHOA Board
