Horse & Hound
Trending:
“We will not let this rest” is the position of the equestrian industry as the Government has refused to allow indoor arenas to re-open.
Indoor arenas will stay mainly closed under the latest Covid restrictions, despite a joint campaign by the equestrian governing bodies.
After nearly a week of discussions, it has been confirmed by Defra to British Equestrian (BEF) that apart from some exemptions, indoor schools may not be used.
The BEF, British Horse Society, Pony Club and the Olympic discipline governing bodies led a campaign for clarification on the most recent legislation.
“Our previous agreement with Government that equestrian indoor venues would be classified as outdoors due to their agricultural and airy nature no long applies,” a BEF spokesman said.
Horse & Hound
Trending: Jim Eyre is the new CEO of British Equestrian.
The former Pony Club member and Household Cavalry commanding officer who is to take over as British Equestrian (BEF) CEO says his key focuses will be helping the industry recover from Covid, and minimising the effects of Brexit.
The BEF announced today (18 February) that Jim Eyre is to take over leading the federation, while Malcolm Wharton has been formally appointed as chairman for a four-year term.
Mr Eyre has spent years in elite rugby, as commercial operations director and chief operating officer of premiership team Harlequins.
He had previously spent 25 years in the military, including as squadron leader of the Blues and Royals Mounted Squadron and commanding officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment. His current role is with England Rugby as a project officer, leading the sport’s pandemic recovery programme and helping premiership clubs comply with guidance and legislation so the sport can c
A LORAWAN aerial mounted within a farm steading FARM SENSOR technology is the focus of the latest digital farm pilot project from SmartRural. A subsidiary of co-op umbrella organisation, SAOS, the SmartRural project aims to demonstrate how readily available, cost-effective, digital tools can gather and use data from around even the most remote farms, to inform decision making, manage risk, and improve operations and outcomes. Its proprietary LoRaWAN network is a radio communication system which receives data from simple, battery-powered sensors up to 15km away, through a base station installed on a farm building. The data is then fed back through the internet to where it can be used by software to help farmers make more informed decisions in a wide variety of ways.