EFE AGM TOMORROW, AWARDS VOTING OPEN

MBABANE - The Equestrian Federation of Eswatini (EFE) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) tomorrow.

The meeting was confirmed by President Glenda Warburton who also stated that it will be held at Swazi Lizkhar Stud in Ezulwini. Meanwhile, EFE has joined the entire world to celebrate a decade of equestrian excellence.

According to a statement sent by Warburton, public voting for the special edition FEI Awards 2020 is now open. “If you had the chance to choose, who would be your favourites from the winners over the past decade of FEI Awards? Well now you have that opportunity! In a year when our sport has been brought to a standstill by the pandemic, we are looking back through the years and giving you the chance to pick the best of the best from the five FEI Awards categories,” reads the communiqué in part. 

This year, the winners in each of the five categories will be chosen entirely by the public and votes can be cast on FEI.org from today until 22 November. Winners will be announced the second week of December.

There are 55 nominees representing 19 nations across the following five award categories: Longines FEI Rising Star; Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete; Cavalor FEI Best Groom; FEI Against All Odds; and FEI Solidarity. 

Excellence

The FEI awards were launched in 2009 to put a spotlight on the individuals and organisations that are making an outstanding contribution to the progression of and excellence in equestrian sport. 

The FEI is the world governing body for horse sport recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and was founded in 1921. Equestrian sport has been part of the Olympic movement since the 1912 Games in Stockholm. The FEI is the sole controlling authority for all international events in the Olympic sports of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing, as well as Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining.  The FEI became one of the first international sports governing bodies to govern and regulate global para sport alongside its seven able-bodied disciplines when Para Dressage joined its ranks in 2006. 

The FEI now governs all international competitions for Para Dressage and Para Driving.

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