Horse Sport Ireland move headquarters to Greenogue
By Aimee Walsh
HORSE Sport Ireland have announced plans for a new administrative headquarters and equestrian campus in Greenogue, Rathcoole.
The move to the new integrated equestrian facility will commence in early 2021 with the office headquarters expected to be ready from January 2022.
Horse Sport Ireland’s headquarters and equestrian campus new facility will be located in Greenogue
The new headquarters and equestrian campus will “support performance enhancement across all of the high-performance disciplines, show jumping, dressage, eventing and para dressage”.
In a statement announcing the plans, Horse Sport Ireland said: “The new facility builds upon the momentum created by the recent successes across all sport disciplines and breeding, including the World Equestrian Games Silver medal, European Jumping Team Gold, FEI Nations Cup Final, and multiplicity of wins across age categories at FEI World Breeding Championships in Lanaken.
“It is anticipated that Horse Sport Ireland will enable the industry to fulfil its true potential through the delivery of a large programme of world class educational and coaching programmes.”
Commenting on the move, Mary Lambkin Coyle, acting Chair of Horse Sport Ireland said: “A national training centre will provide leadership on all aspects of development for the Irish sport horse industry, which has been identified as a desirable goal ever since the foundation of Horse Sport Ireland. It is most gratifying to see this goal finally realised and it is a major achievement that took a great deal of vision and hard work to bring together the ideas and resources to make it happen.”
Joe Reynolds, Acting CEO, said: “This move has been driven by the Strategic Plan 2019-2024 which proposed the establishment of a national training centre for the Irish equestrian industry in breeding, production, high performance sport, coaching and education.
“This new facility will be an integrated centre which will allow for seamless interaction between staff and programmes across breeding, production, high performance sport, coaching and education which will be a cornerstone of the next generation of development of quality sport horses and Irish athletes.
“It is anticipated that the new campus will serve as a key hub for the sport horse industry and the affiliate family, providing a centralised space for resources and knowledge transfer.”
Horse Sport Ireland was contacted for further detail regarding the plans, but a response was not received in time for print.
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