BOARD ELECTIONS 2021.
TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR TRAINING AND PARA DIRECTORS
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ominations were invited from members for Board Director roles covering the portfolios of Training and Para. Two candidates have been put forward for the post of Para Director and one for the Training Director role. All candidates were reviewed and interviewed by the Nominations Committee and will now be put to the membership for an election conducted as outlined belo . Each has provided a brief profi le about themselves to give you an introduction and you can also visit the BD website to read their full manifesto.
2021 BOARD ELECTIONS: PARA DIRECTOR MEET THE TWO CANDIDATES UP FOR ELECTION FOR THE PARA DIRECTOR ROLE.
TRACY ORMROD It is so lovely to be able to introduce myself to everyone. I have been competing in dressage since I was 12, initially as a pony rider competing at international level and then as an adult whilst juggling jobs, children and home. In my career I have worked as a business analyst and project
manager for both government and blue chip organisations, or in on hi h profi le software and web development projects. I will be able to bring the skills developed in business to help British Dressage in areas of technology, project management and analytical thinking. I became involved with para
dressage through my mum, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in her forties and started riding as a way of maintaining fitness. I helped her ith fi ndin a horse, training the horse and my mum to enable her to fulfi l her dream of competin internationally. I became a para trainer and subsequently the Para Representative for Wales, a role that I greatly enjoyed. Helping para riders and their horses to achieve their dreams, whatever level they are at, gives me great satisfaction. As Para Director I would like to consolidate the existing para framework established by the current director Julie Frizzell, to build our base of bronze and silver riders. To start with I will be looking at new and innovative ways of communicating with riders and supporters and looking to enhance support for new riders to British Dressage.
URSULA TREADGOLD I am a grassroots para rider from Hampshire and I would really like to be your next Para irector. I as reclassified as a Grade IV para rider in October 2020, having competed as a Grade V rider previously. I was proudly crowned Bronze Para Champion in Summer 2019 and Winter 2020. I also compete in able bodied British Dressage competitions up to Elementary, including being placed at the 2019 Nationals at Prelim, and have ridden to Medium level in unaffi liated.
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