British Equestrian Media Association News

As we reflect on 2024, I had hoped that this review of the equestrian year would be able to reflect solely on the outstanding achievements of our athletes and horses across all disciplines. Sadly, though, one story has dominated the headlines and highlights the tightrope that we in the media are on. As I write […]

Welcome to the 3rd issue of our BEMA Bulletin, which has a post-Olympic flavour to it as you’d expect, as well as items on two of our major UK shows. I hope you had a successful summer in whichever branch of the equestrian world you work. My outings comprised the Olympics, the NPS at Malvern and […]

Welcome to the second issue of the BEMA Bulletin, a very busy one indeed as you’d expect in an Olympic summer.  The aim? To produce a quarterly newsletter with BEMA committee updates, news about members, new member information, any info from shows and riders you may have missed - generally content to enhance your BEMA […]

WELCOME Hello and welcome to this first BEMA Bulletin. I suggested the idea at past AGMs, so inevitably was asked to start it by Chairman Rupert! The aim? To produce a quarterly newsletter with BEMA committee updates, news about members, new member information, any info from shows and riders you may have missed, generally content […]

For many digital creators, the concept of royalties might seem like something reserved for musicians or writers. But what if your artistic skills are used in the creation of digital content? That's where DACS, the Design and Artists Copyright Society, comes in. What is DACS? Established in 1984, DACS is a non-profit organisation dedicated to […]

Would you like to experience working in the Hickstead Press Office? Hickstead are looking for a student or recent graduate to undertake a work experience placement this summer at the All England Jumping Course, Hickstead. Priority will be given to those currently in full-time education, whose course requires them to complete a work placement, though […]

The inaugural Kit Houghton Photo of the Year competition was a great success, with 57 entries from a wide variety of equine photograph disciplines. Some entrants told us a story with their entries, some provided them as they were, allowing the viewer to create their own backstory. Entries were collated and added to a new […]

Some tips on what to do if you find your images have been stolen and used by someone else.

Rosalind Canter was voted British Equestrian Media Association Equestrian of the Year at the BEMA Awards lunch at the London International Horse Show. Ros had a spectacular 2023 which included individual and team European Eventing Championship gold medals as well as five-star victories at Badminton and Pau. She was presented with the BEMA Trophy and […]

Eventing legends, awe-inspiring Hickstead moments and rising stars were honoured at the 2023 British Equestrian Media Association’s (BEMA) Awards lunch at the London International Horse Show on Thursday (14 December). Double Badminton winner Jane Holderness-Roddam was the recipient of BEMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which was announced during the lunch and then presented by Rupert Bell […]

Dear BEMA member, I’m very honoured to be writing my first annual report as your Chairman. I know we are all enormously grateful to my predecessor, Andrew Baldock, for his leadership since 2012, ably supported by wonderful committee members giving their time to help the organisation achieve its aims of improving conditions for journalists and […]

The British Equestrian Writers Association (BEWA) has changed its name to the British Equestrian Media Association (BEMA) to better reflect its membership and the changing media landscape.

It is with great sadness that we report that Michael Clayton, the former journalist, war reporter and Horse & Hound editor, and life member of BEWA, has died.

Showjumping legend John Whitaker and Britain’s two reigning world champions Lottie Fry and Yasmin Ingham were celebrated by the British Equestrian Writers’ Association (BEWA) at London International Horse Show.

It is with the deepest sadness that I must inform you of Alan Smith's passing.

Alan, as most of you will know, was a founder member of the British Equestrian Writers' Association and a past president.

The Earl of Wessex presented Kit Houghton with the prestigious Geoffrey Cross Memorial Trophy at Windsor in May.

See also, BEWA Awards 2022, BEMA Awards 2023 Although the annual BEWA AGM and Awards were not able to go ahead as planned this year, it was still possible to present a couple of our awards to their recipients. BEWA Treasurer Lynne Reed presented Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medallist Ben Maher with the Personality of […]

November 2021 Dear BEWA Member, An equestrian year that started so hesitantly has ended in a burst of triumph, with Britain's second successive individual Olympic show jumping gold medal, a first Olympic eventing team gold since 1972 and dressage medals galore. British eventers have dominated in a way not seen for decades, winning four team […]

Dear BEWA member, Equestrian sport in 2019 has been a case of new and – rather than old - familiar faces. We have seen the heart-warming comeback to the top of the sport by Pippa Funnell in eventing and the domination of Piggy French, who is now world number two and has enjoyed her rightful […]

The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has today confirmed the combinations that have been long-listed for the 2019 FEI Eventing European Championships. From this list up to six combinations will be selected to represent Great Britain at the 2019 Eventing European Championship, which this year take place in Luhmühlen, Germany, from 29 August to 1 September 2019. The […]

Ben Maher and Explosion W narrowly missed out on the GCT Grand Prix of Cascais win having been pipped to the post by his London Knights teammate Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Chaplin only hours after they won the GCL together earlier in the evening. The win was a repeat performance of Madrid where London Knights […]

From Equestrian Team GBR: It was a bumper weekend for the Brits at the Equi-Trek Bramham International Horse Trials in Yorkshire, with excellent performances in all three of the 4* classes. First to step onto the podium was Gemma Tattersall, who piloted her Rio Olympic Games mount Quicklook V to a fault-free finish in the […]

Ros Canter, the 2018 eventing world champion, has won the British Equestrian Writers' Association rider of the year award. Canter, who is based in Lincolnshire, captured individual and team gold at the World Equestrian Games in the United States. She became only Britain's fifth eventing world champion since 1966, while she also joined forces with […]

Many thanks to Jon Stroud for these photos of the award winners 2018 at the BEWA Lunch at Olympia on Wednesday.

October 2018 Dear BEWA memberIt was an extremely elite group of BEWA members that braved the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina – and Hurricane Florence – and I can report that it really wasn’t that bad! In fact, much of the sport was superb and the press office was a cheerful, efficient place, […]

BEWA lunch – Wednesday, December 19, 12.30pm Please note that this year’s BEWA lunch takes place on a Wednesday (owing to the proximity of Christmas) and has moved from the Hilton to a different venue, the Pillar Hall, which is part of the Olympia hall. The entrance, signposted Pillar Hall, is to the right of […]