South Leinster goes online to celebrate League Finals
Press release from Sharon Fitzpatrick
Showjumping Ireland
South Leinster goes online to celebrate League Finals
Launch of the SJI South Leinster website
Attracting a great crowd of almost hundred well known show organizers, sponsors and equestrian enthusiasts from the South East, The South Leinster region of the SJI held a very successful launch of their league finals which take place at Raheen na Gun on the 12th of September. The Committee used their new website www.sjisouthleinster.com to highlight the success of the 13 qualifiers over the last four months.
The Set Theatre at Langtons in Kilkenny was a great venue for guests to view the new Website. It has a constantly changing news feed on the home page for updates for equestrians enthusiasts as well details of the league results and venues and links to all sponsers.
Larry Costello chairperson of South Leinster SJI thanked all the show organizers from the 13 show qualifiers venues. He said that the hard work and voluntary commitment of the old country shows is as it has been for generations a credit to the South East Region.
He said the great injection of excitement into the show jumping at these shows would not be possible without the sponsors who have supported the club from the start culminating this year with six pony leagues and three horse leagues
The main sponsors that have kindly supported the leagues over the past three years are Young Motors Kilkenny, Smithwicks Solicitors Kilkenny ,Caulfields SuperValu Kilkenny,Redmills HorseCare 10,SJI South Leinster Branch, Clear Round Catering,Upper Court Manor Stud, Freshford, Bishopslough Stables, Bennettsbridge.
Michael Phelan from Redmills gave a very informative presentation on the importance of the right feed for the right sport horse and presented their new product line Horsecare 10.
International Tenor Ronan Tynan, a huge supporter of the the Sport in the South East attended the event as well as Barnadown showjumping managers Maurice Cousins and his wife Felicity.
Larry also invited all to attend at Raheen na Gun, Kilkenny on the 12th of September ( and asked for volunteers to get involved ) and thanked the organizing committee Sharon Fitzpatrick and Liz Brennan for organizing such an enjoyable and useful social event for the club.
