David Keane recently elected Chairman of Dressage Ireland

Dubliner David Keane was elected chairman of Dressage Ireland on Thursday night at the first board meeting after the 2015 AGM.

It is the first time the position has been held by Mr Keane, who defeated former chairman Robert McCormick in a vote.

Anne Cahill retired as the chairman of Dressage Ireland at the end of last year. Joan Keogh was appointed as interim chairman earlier this year.

David Keane is originally from Skerries in Co. Dublin and lives in Collon, Co. Louth with his wife and family. He is chairman of the Leinster region and competed successfully up to elementary level, on the national circuit.

Written by Paul Nolan

Her first involvement with dressage was over twenty years ago when helping to organise the Eventing Ireland Blarney One Day Event.

For nearly a decade from 1996 she helped run the Blarney Dressage Festival which saw teams travel from England to compete against Irish riders at under-21 level, a real innovation for the sport in Ireland at that time. Anne has been secretary of the South Munster Region since 2000 and was appointed vice-chairman of Dressage Ireland in 2008.

She was appointed to the board of Horse Sport Ireland at the end of last year.  Anne is an anaesthetist. In 1981 she moved with her husband from England to Dublin.  She has been living in Cork for the last 29 years.

Written by Paul Nolan