Contact Us
To discuss anything related to the administration or running of West Mercian Point-to-Point fixtures, please contact any one of the following team members.
Area Chairman
Dave Mansell has recently taken over from Jim Squires as Area Chairman.
A farmer and retired jockey, with over 150 winners point to pointing and hunter chasing during a long career, he is also currently clerk of the course at Maisemore.
email: d-mansell@hotmail.co.uk
Area Treasurer
Nick Bostock is Area Treasurer and also the senior BHA Racecourse judge. Responsible for adjudicating the results and finishing order of hundreds of key races each year, Nick is well versed in racing rules and regulations, and how they also apply to Point-to-Points.
He also has first hand experience of a trainer’s lot; his partner is Caroline Robinson, a former rider in her own right and the first lady rider to win the Cheltenham Foxhunter on Eliogarty.
Joint Area Secretaries
Nickie Sheppard and Judith Healey are the long-suffering Joint Area Secretaries.
Nickie has first hand knowledge of what it takes to get a horse to the racecourse. The better half of trainer Matt, she and her husband train a string of National Hunt horses adjacent to Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.
Judith, partner of clerk of various courses and general factotum, Jim Squires, has many years experience in the running of all things pointing.
email Nickie: nickieshep@icloud.com
email Judith: pointingwm@outlook.com
PROs
PROs for fixtures throughout the area are regular contributors to GB Pointing, our go-to men for stats and background on participants in the West Mercian area.
email:
rory.alkin@gmail.com (north of the area)
andrew_king123@yahoo.co.uk (centre and south)
Photography
Images used in news and reports: Graham Fisher