EQ Board & Sport Committee Appointments

Voting for the vacant director positions on the Equestrian Queensland Board closed yesterday, 4  March 2019, 4:30pm.

Equestrian Queensland (EQ) is pleased to announce that Nicholas Ballard, Jacqui Huppert and Corey Keable were elected to join the Board of Directors at the AGM.

‘We received nominations from six outstanding candidates and the membership have voted in three new directors. The new directors bring skills and experience that complement and enhance the current skill set of the existing board members,’ 
EQ Chairman, David Finch said.

Nicholas Ballard has a proven track record with his involvement in Interschool Queensland as Chairperson and National Interschool Representative, along with buisness management and customer service experience.

Jacqui Huppert is not only a Grand Prix dressage rider, having trained numerous horses to FEI, an A level dressage judge and EA coach, she has 13 years in health care, investigating ways to improve health, conduct and performance.

Corey Keable provides a background in business and finance, along with experience in the horse industry as a professional event rider, level 2 eventing coach and now as a parent. 

EQ would like to congratulate the new directors on their appointment and look forward to working with them to further equestrian sport in Queensland.

The nominations closed for the Sport Committees on Friday 8 February 2019.  

EQ is pleased to announce the following Sport Committee appointments.

The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Dressage Queensland and will be elected unopposed. 

1.       Anita Barton
2.       Jenny Rykoff
3.       Zoe Saxby

The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Show Horse Queensland and will be elected unopposed. 

1.       Toni Harper-Purcell
2.       Karen Shaw
3.       Angela Skyring

The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Carriage Driving Queensland and will be elected unopposed. 

1.       Eugen Dillmann
2.       Lisel Dingley
3.       Judith Sheldrake

The following members have been nominated to be a representative Eventing Queensland. They will be elected unopposed.   

1.       Ulrich Klatte
2.       Jo-Anne Williams

The following members have been nominated to be a representative Interschool Queensland, They will be elected unopposed.   

1.      Clinton Peters
2.      Amy McCabe

Expressions of interest may be called to fill any outstanding vacancies.