New service launches Hickstead's 50th year
New service launches Hickstead's 50th year A news and information service along with a brand new online facility, with give-away prizes galore, will launch Hickstead's celebrations of its half-century of service to showjumping and equestrian sport. The showground, brainchild of the late Douglas Bunn and now managed by the Bunn family, is acknowledged as the world's leading permanent outdoor equestrian venue. It hosts the country's two leading outdoor shows, the British Jumping Derby Meeting and the Longines Royal International Horse Show and has recently branched out to introduce arena polo at its All England Polo Club. The new service, which will spearhead a steady advance into the digital age, will operate from the Hickstead website, www.hickstead.co.uk, and provide year-round information on everything happening at the Sussex venue. |  |
As well as this, the new user-friendly online service will allow everyone from exhibitors and spectators to competitors and the press, to conduct the majority of their business, quickly and efficiently online.
"We will use it to the full during our shows," said director Daisy Bunn, who is in charge of sponsorship and marketing. "The press office will be able to input instant results and news of winning riders, as well as giving early warning of any changes. Competitors and exhibitors will be able to receive the relevant information for the next day without having to spend precious time in a phone queue! As well as this, our sponsors will enjoy a modern and innovative platform through which they will be able to communicate."
All online members will be in full control of what they receive from Hickstead, making sure that they receive only the information they really want. New online members will be entered into a prize draw where they can win a pair of annual memberships every month until August, which as well as giving entry to Hickstead'sthe exclusive members viewing area and restaurant provides reciprocal facilities at Cowdray Polo Club, 12 racecourse and the Lords and Sussex County cricket grounds.
Added on: 16/02/10.
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