Blair Castle looks to host European eventing champs
Blair Castle inwards Scotland is Britain’s hope to host the 2015 FEI European Eventing Championships, as well as is up against 4 other nations inwards its bid.
Minister for Sport as well as the Olympics, Hugh Robertson, final calendar week travelled to FEI headquarters inwards Lausanne, Switzerland to add together weight to the British bid to host the 2015 championships. Identifying a wish to capitalise on the Olympic legacy, Robertson declared the bid a ‘top priority’ for the U.K. Government as well as described eventing equally ‘an integral business office of our sporting culture’.
Chief Executive of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF), Andrew Finding, led the v rigid team, which likewise included the expertise of, Stuart Turner, Events Director for EventScotland, Rebecca Edser, Events Consultant at U.K. Sport as well as Alec Lochore, Event Director of the Blair Castle International Horse Trials as well as Country Fair.
The British bid goes upwards against 4 other nations; Germany, Poland, the Netherlands as well as Belgium. H5N1 conclusion volition last made past times the Bureau of the FEI inwards June 2012.
“The back upwards of Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport as well as the Olympics, U.K. Sport as well as EventScotland has been instrumental inwards driving our bid to host these championships,” Finding said.
“It was a privilege to Pb such a highly professional person bid squad as well as I know that the backing nosotros select enjoyed here, combined amongst the marking of professionalism as well as assist that goes into our eventing community, volition ensure this translates into a wonderful championships. We sincerely hope that the Bureau of the FEI volition observe us the chance as well as our fingers are firmly crossed!”
Robertson said Great Britain had already secured a fantastic serial of major sporting events for the years afterward London 2012 that volition exit a sports legacy. “It would last fantastic to add together the FEI European Eventing Championships 2015 to that list.”
Located inwards Perthshire, Scotland, the Blair Castle International Horse Trials as well as Country Fair is Scotland’s leading equestrian final result which runs over 4 days inwards August each yr as well as attracts to a greater extent than than 40,000 visitors. H5N1 vibrant presentation showcased the passion as well as sense of the organisers as well as the unique, unforgettable backdrop that the 56,000 hectare Atholl Estate affords.
Stuart Turner, Events Director for EventScotland, promised a genuinely Scottish reception: “Scotland prides itself on the warm welcome, hospitality as well as huge diversity of experiences it offers to visitors. It is the perfect phase for hosting international events.”
Blair Castle Event Director Alec Lochore said the venue had been awarded the chance to host the Young Rider eventing championships twice inwards the final v years. “To select the real best competitors inwards the globe to our doorstep as well as host senior championships would select a novel realm of prestige – a Senior Equestrian Championships has never been held inwards Scotland before,” he ssaid.
“Our aim is to function amongst the FEI to seat on a genuinely memorable final result at Blair inwards 2015. We believe this would maintain the legacy of 2012 as well as inspire a novel generation of riders; it’s a tremendously exciting prospect.”
Simon Morton, Director of Major Events as well as International Relations at U.K. Sport, said the 2015 FEI European Eventing Championships is the highest priority equestrian final result on U.K. Sport’s time to come strategy.
“Having already secured the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Glasgow, it would last fantastic to select simply about other globe class final result to Scotland, ensuring the legacy from the London Olympic as well as Paralympic Games as well as the Glasgow Commonwealth Games continues across the UK,” Morton said.
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