New arena for Championships

Inderdeep Bains • Published 17 Mar 2009 09:00 0 Comments

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PREPARATIONS for a European Championships to be held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle have started this week.

More then 30 nations will take part in the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships 2009 held from August 25 to 30.

A brand new all-weather arena, built for the Championships on the showground, is the latest addition to the annual event organised by The HPower Group.

Martin Collins Enterprises successfully won a tender process to build the new arena, which will measure 68m x 80m and have an Ecotrack synthetic surface.

Work on the project has started this week with the pegging out stage completed and diggers beginning work.

Simon Brooks-Ward, HPower Group's Managing Director and Event Director for the Championships said: "The European Championships are destined to be a formidable, world-class event, not just for the equestrian world but for the sporting world in general. A new arena was needed in order to support this goal and Martin Collins Enterprises offered the best solution for what we needed. We are delighted to be working with them on this project."

The current warm-up arena for the existing Castle Arena will be extended, with the new arena adjoined, creating a smooth three-stage process for competitors at the all-important Championships.

Riders in both Dressage and Jumping disciplines will use the new arena for exercise, before moving forward to the warm-up arena and finally taking centre stage in the Castle Arena.

Tickets for the Championships are already on sale and range in price from £7 to £49. For more information and tickets call the box office on 0871 2301087.

This article appeared in Royal Borough Observer 17 Mar 09

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