Canada ditches dressage Chef d’Equipe role

Desi Dillingham

Equine Canada has decided against having a Chef d’Equipe for dressage together with volition instead trace on its ain puddle of expertise to implement programs for its dressage riders.

Special Advisor (Dressage)  Desi Dillingham, MBE, volition spearhead the edifice of a squad of experts who will implement world-class programs supporting Canadian athletes at the highest levels of competition.

Dillingham, MBE, was appointed to the Special Advisor business office inward June this year, previously serving equally President of the British Horse Society from 2007 to 2011. In 2009 she was awarded a MBE (Member of the British Empire) past times the Queen, for her services to the equestrian sector (Dressage).

After an in-depth review together with interview procedure to create total the business office of Technical Advisor / Chef d’Equipe for dressage, it was decided non to proceed alongside filing the role, together with that the best course of report of activity for the hereafter of dressage, was to trace on the country’s existing resources.

“Equine Canada is excited to cause got Desi working alongside dressage inward this novel expanded role,” said Christine Peters, Manager of Dressage at Equine Canada.

“The side past times side xi months leading upwards to the World Equestrian Games volition live on extremely busy together with having Desi together with her vast sense to trace on volition assist Canada choke on to heighten the bar together with in ane lawsuit once to a greater extent than live on competitive on the Blue Planet stage. Realizing these goals volition cause got extraordinary endeavor together with commitment from everyone involved. By edifice on the electrical current momentum inward collaboration alongside our athletes, owners together with manufacture experts nosotros tin trace together a potent squad to pattern programs which volition identify, support, together with prepare non solely our electrical current stars simply too side past times side generation athletes.”

Dillingham volition run inward collaboration alongside the Dressage Canada High Performance Committee, Youth High Performance Committee, together with the fundraising groups, to position private experts to assume specific roles inside the novel team.

“I am real excited past times this opportunity,” Dillingham said. “As nosotros caput into this challenge, nosotros create together with then knowing that everything nosotros create moving frontwards must live on alongside an midpoint to excelling at the international level, together with particularly so, equally nosotros caput toward side past times side year’s WEG.

“We are real fortunate that Canada has an incredible wealth of gifted experts inward this sport together with it is our destination to tap into that to create a highly skilled together with effective team. The past times few months I cause got really enjoyed working alongside everyone I’ve met together with cause got been impressed past times their encouragement together with support, together with their theatre belief that Canada has the raw talent necessary to brand an deportment upon on the Blue Planet stage. We cause got a large project ahead of us simply I’m confident alongside the correct squad of experts all pulling together, nosotros tin brand a difference,” Dillingham said.

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