Canada’s WEG 2018 bid at final hurdle

The Bromont bid team, led past times commission president Paul Côté (fourth from left), was at FEI Headquarters to brand a presentation to the FEI Evaluation Commission inwards its bid to host the FEI World Equestrian Games inwards 2018, earlier a lastly determination past times the FEI Bureau inwards July. The Evaluation Commissions is led past times FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Voss (third from right).

A delegation from the sole venue left inwards the running to host the FEI World Equestrian Games inwards 2018 has made i of its lastly presentations to the FEI Evaluation Commission. 

The seven-strong squad from Canada which presented the official Bromont too Montreal bid book group at FEI headquarters inwards Switzerland was led past times Bromont Bid Committee president Paul Côté.

Showjumping at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

The Evaluation Commission equally good included the Mayor of Bromont Pauline Quinlan, President of Equine Canada Mike Gallagher, President of Bromont International Roger DesLauriers, technical advisor Leopoldo Palacios, too President of the Bromont Olympic Park Marcel Bundock. The presentations were led past times the Bromont Bid Director Benoit Girardin.

The presentation included details on the delivery of the sport, including Equus caballus welfare too anti-doping, the contest venue inwards Bromont, the fiscal conception too revenue generation strategy for the 2018 Games, earth too individual partners, the local organising committee, endangerment administration too security, too the legacies to Canadian equestrian sport if the Games are awarded to Bromont.

The Bromont bid commission plans to purpose the Montreal 1976 Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony, too the Bromont Equestrian Park, which staged the equestrian events inwards the 1976 Olympic Games, is the proposed venue for all 7 disciplines at the FEI World Equestrian Games inwards 2018.

Should Canada win the hosting rights, it would live entirely the instant fourth dimension that a World Equestrian Games has been held exterior Europe, later Kentucky inwards the USA hosted the 2010 edition. The 2014 games are inwards Normandy, France.

“We’ve had an extremely constructive too positive coming together alongside the FEI today too it’s provided a proficient chance for us to introduce too explicate our bid to the FEI team”, Bid Committee President Paul Côté said. “The Committee at i time ameliorate understands the expectations too requirements for the FEI World Equestrian Games too nosotros experience confident that nosotros tin organise too larn by the Games inwards 2018. We are looking forwards to presenting to the FEI Bureau inwards July too hearing the lastly decision. Getting the 2018 Games could modify the sport forever inwards our country.”

Five cities started the bid process, but from June through to Oct lastly year, Hungary, Morocco, and the US  pulled out of contention, too Vienna failed to encounter the Dec 2012 deadline to deliver a signed host agreement.

The FEI Evaluation Commission volition at i time gain a amount study for the FEI Bureau. Once that has been reviewed past times the Bureau, the Bromont bid squad volition render to Lausanne for the in-person Bureau coming together at FEI Headquarters. Originally scheduled for 10-11 June, the coming together has been moved to 1-2 July. Appropriately, the Bromont squad volition introduce to the Bureau on Canada Day, 1 July, prior to a Bureau vote to create upward one's hear on the allotment of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2018.

“The World Equestrian Games is the FEI’s flagship event, then the bid procedure is extremely of import to us too nosotros were real happy to welcome the Bromont bid commission to FEI Headquarters,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said.

“They gave us an first-class presentation too the members of the Evaluation Commission were real impressed alongside the attending to special outlined inwards the Bromont bid. The squad hither inwards HQ is at i time looking forwards to evaluating all the elements too putting together a detailed study that volition shape business office of the lastly determination making process, only ultimately of course of didactics the allotment of the 2018 Games rests alongside the Bureau.”

The FEI Evaluation Commission is made upward of Secretary General Ingmar De Vos; Commercial Executive Director Carsten Couchouron; Jumping Director John Roche; Dressage Director Trond Asmyr; Eventing & Olympic Director Catrin Norinder; Endurance Director Ian Williams; Non-Olympic Sports Director Bettina de Rham; General Counsel Lisa Lazarus; Veterinary Director Graeme Cooke, Director Governance too Executive Affairs Sabrina Zeender, too Press Relations Director Grania Willis.

 

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