As the Badminton team breaks up for a well earned break over Christmas and the New Year, we send seasonal greetings to all of the Badminton ‘family’. This includes riders, owners, grooms, officials, volunteers, contractors, sponsors, media, exhibitors and spectators……………..A big family indeed but one united in looking forward to the first weekend in May as the highlight of the year ahead.

The Christmas lull will be followed by a frenzy of activity in January; the Box Office will open for sales, the course builders will be back in action, the course designer and technical delegate will visit, dates will be fixed for contractors to start work, the final pieces of the tradestand jigsaw puzzle will be put in place – and the countdown will begin in earnest as we prepare for a very special event celebrating our 25 years of partnership with Mitsubishi Motors.

Happy Christmas and a successful New Year!

Hugh Thomas

Event Director