The Covid-19 pandemic forced the organisers of Penrith Show hold the 2020 show virtually. However, although the virtual show held last summer made a standalone profit of £1,500, this, said organisers, was absorbed by the running costs and losses of the Penrith Agricultural Society, which ended giving an overall loss of more than £7,000. “Belts need t be tightened going forwards,” it was said at the society’s AGM last month. But at the AGM the society celebrated two firsts after 186 years it held its first Zoom AGM and voted in its first female chairman Fiona Kidd from Ousby. Mrs Kidd is a long-time member of the General and Equine Committees.
World Sailing approve Committee and Commission appointments until 2024 Sunday, 7 February 2021
World Sailing has approved appointments for various Committees and Commissions for the period running from 2021 to 2024.
Positions were confirmed following the nomination of hundreds of individuals by World Sailing s member associations and then a review by the Board of Directors.
Key principles used to decide the appointments included relevant experience and expertise, good female representation, a strong geographical split, focus on emerging nations and new members to introduce new ideas.
World Sailing s Board of Directors then put forward a list of Committee and Commission members to the Council for ratification, which was unanimously approved.