News

Jillie Rogers, is delighted to announce that both Sam York and David Sheerin have accepted the Committee’s invitation to join the F&I Committee.   They will be co-opted at the next meeting which is dated for 1stAugust at Ladies Day Hickstead, time to be advised, and officially voted on at the 2016 AGM.

Tickets for The Royal Dublin Horse Show Ladies Day August 6th should be booked with Jillie Rogers now.  Her client will provide tickets for that day for F&I members which will include entry to the Judges & Stewards enclosure for the various Event Horse Classes in the morning.  We will then have supper in a different…

The new date for the Carl Hester Day is Friday 21st August,  anyone who has sent a cheque and cannot make the new date can text Andrew to destroy or return their cheque.  Full details on the Events page.

It was with much sadness that many of us attended the funeral of Margot Tiffany BHSI at St Mary’s Church, Hornby on Monday 20thApril.  It was a beautiful day, with the sun out and the temperatures high.  The church was as expected full to capacity with many choosing to stand outside and listen to the…

Wellington Riding is pleased to be hosting a day with these two current coaches. The programme is full with over 35 riders bringing a variety of horses to train in group jumping and private flat sessions. A planned loose jumping demo comparing horses and techniques. Practice lunge jump section from the Fellowship exam. Great viewing…

Today I received a beautifully handwritten letter from Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS, she presented her sculpture of Wistful (the Pat Smallwood Award to Eric Smiley at the Annual Course) and I felt I should share some of her words with everyone.  There was an unveiling of the new Plaque which shows all the Fellows of…

The F&I Association has two tickets for this prestigious event.  We always send two delegates, last year Carol Bennitt and Jillie Rogers attended and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.   For further information, see the events page.  Contact Judith Murphy asap if you would like to attend.

In order to maintain our presence in this magazine and the F&I Association page your help is needed. The magazine now has a theme for each publication, Jo Winfield is our contact in the BHS offices and copy needs to be sent direct to Jo, training@jowinfield.com April Issue: ACCESS & SAFETY article to Jo by…

Simon Somers has 10 tickets available FREE to F&I members.  These tickets are for Day 1 OR Day 2 ONLY – 7th & 8th October.  For further details contact Simon on: simonsomers@icloud.com

In addition to the F & I events listed on the ‘Events’ page we are waiting for the following to be confirmed: Cherry Elvin to organise a day with Emile Faurie Andrew Fletcher to organise a day with Carl Hester Jeremy Michaels and Mandy Holloway to host a coaching day Simon Somers & Biddy Brasted…

Getting around: In the absence of red and white flags, I hope no one gets lost while negotiating the new website. You can choose your own line…. everything is accessible from the menus across the top of the site, but you can also use the categories or archive lists to find content. Advertising: Advertising is free…