Farewell to Sheila Berry
Sheila Berry, the former organiser of Kinlet Park, Ferney Hall, Downton Castle and Berrington Horse Trials, has passed away on 18 January.
Ms Berry was instrumental in developing better hat and body protector standards as chairman of the British Horse Society health and safety committee.
She received the Cubitt award for service to the Pony Club in 1990 and the BHS Sefton award and Order of Merit. She was 85.
This article was first published in Horse & Hound (4 February, ’10)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.