No rush on managers’ posts

Horse Sport Ireland chairman Pat Wall said the Ireland managerial positions held by Robert Splaine in showjumping and Nick Turner in eventing will not be advertised until an Olympic review by Sport Ireland is completed.

He also agreed with the thrust of last week’s column that HSI should critically analyse Ireland’s Olympic equestrian performance and opined that lessons can be learned from other countries.

Referring to the positions held by by Splaine and Turner, Wall said: “Both high-performance coaches are recruited on the Olympic cycle and their contracts will soon expire. Sport Ireland will review the role of the high-performance coaches in the various sports and will decide what high-performance structures and funding, if any, they will allocate to them going forward and, until they make their decision, HSI will not be in a position to advertise the positions.”