EFI WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF LT.COL. GERRY MULLINS
TO BOARD OF NCTC
Lt. Col. Gerry Mullins has been appointed to the
Management Board of the National Coaching and Training Centre at the University
of Limerick.
Lt.Col. Mullins is a Director of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland, and has
for some time been Chairman of the EFI Coaching Committee.
The NCTC was established to assist in raising the standards in coaching and to
provide specialised training for elite sportsmen and women. It has become an
essential resource for Irish sport and will remain central to the development
of a high performance strategy for Ireland.
EFI Secretary-General Col. Ned Campion said: "We congratulate Gerry
Mullins on his appointment to the Board of the NCTC. This recognition of his
incomparable work in organising the equestrian national coaching scheme is very
welcome, and we are sure those same skills will be of great value to his role
within the NCTC"
Lt. Col. Gerry Mullins is Officer Commanding, Army Equitation School, at McKee
Barracks in Dublin. For many years he was one of Ireland's leading
international show jumpers, and last season was chef d'equipe to three of
Ireland's winning Samsung Nations Cup teams (Falsterbo, Drammen, Helsinki).
Ireland won the Nations Cup Series during the 99/2000 season, for the first
time in the history of the event.
He was also chef d'equipe to the Irish Young Rider Team which took Ireland's
first-ever Silver Medal at the European Show Jumping Championships in 2000 at
Hartpury in England
web: http://www.horsesport.ie
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