06/03/2024
๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฆ
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
Despite great determination from the organising team, the current economic climate has made it unviable for the event to go ahead. Following the adverse weather experienced at Gatcombe last year, which led to the abandonment of the event, and due to the ever-increasing costs associated with operating on a green field site, it has made the event unfeasible to run.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ comments, โIt is with a heavy heart that The Festival, which has played a significant part in the British Eventing calendar since 1983, cannot run this year. The event has also been a huge part of my familyโs lives and those of many others for 40 years.
"It has built up a large community that has enjoyed and celebrated The Festival each year. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved over the past four decades; our sponsors for their unwavering support, the large selection of trade stands and arena entertainment and our spectators who have loved coming to Gatcombe to watch the world-class equestrian sport from the famous Park Bowl.โ
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British Eventing Official
