ANZIO Digital Norton Disney Horse Trials 2013

by Andrea Sexton.
Date: 10 November 2013

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The 4th Norton Disney Horse Trials took place at Whitehall Farm in Norton Disney, near Newark on 25th – 27th October 2013. The event was organised by husband and wife team Joe and Ali Weller along with Georgie Fowle from the event management company Addoastra.

Joe and Ali moved to Whitehall Farm in 2005, where they set up AJW Equestrian, a business building and designing cross country courses, as well as a livery yard and small farm. Joe is a renowned course builder within the Equestrian Industry and has extensive experience being involved with courses such as Burghley, Houghton Hall, and last year the London 2012 Olympics. Having always been involved with horse trials in one form or another Ali and Joe decided to run their own event and in 2010 Norton Disney Horse Trials was born.

This year 606 competitors entered the event. The horse trials ran at three different levels and included the Mitsubishi Grassroots BE 100 Regional Final.

The wonderful cross-country course included a large water complex which offered action throughout the day.

New and unique this year to Norton Disney Horse Trials, in association with Red Fox I.D. LTD (RFID), was a demonstration of a new concept to improve the event visitor’s experience of eventing. The team have designed a system to provide ‘Real Time’ information to followers of Norton Disney. Faster results and score updates, informed commentary and improved information kept visitors fully up to date with the action. The system proved to be an excellent innovation for eventing scoring.

Visitors were treated to exciting competition and a host of trade stands surrounding the action packed main arena. There were plenty of local refreshments to eat and drink including Hot Cider from Rekorderlig, a bespoke steak sandwich stall and Di Hustlers (Di’s Pies) incredible homemade cream scones, cakes and pies.

Every year Norton Disney Horse Trials has a nominated charity, and this year a donation was made to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Norton Disney Horse Trials 2013 - Lincolnshire Magazine - LincsMag.com

Competitors were full of praise:

“It is the first time we have competed at Norton Disney and we were very impressed with the friendliness of the event. The man ushering us in off the road, the man in the car park and the starter were all really cheerful even at 7am on a cold Sunday morning. Also the catering was top notch with lots of different local foods. With the wood fired pizza oven, steak baps and Di's pies we were spoiled for choice, much better than the usual generic burger vans”

“I must say 'Thank you' to you and your team for another very enjoyable Norton Disney. Your helpers are always so friendly, your course is always so immaculate. Your attention to detail is second to none, and we always travel home in such good spirits as your event is such a lovely finish to the season”

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