zara phillips article on weg in telegraph?

[madgirl]

did anyone else read it?
what did you think i thorght it was quite good!
what were your views?

 

[gemma1992]

I don't get teh telegraph. We only get teh daily express on a saturday

 

[LEC]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/14/ftzara14.xml

Is this it?

 

[madgirl]

yup!!

 

[riotgirl]

I read it the other day - very interesting. I wan't aware she had to get special permission off the Queen to seek sponsership. Mind you, when you are Zara Phillips you probably have people falling over you to give you money!

 

[BBs]

Totally like she is when shes at an eventing!

She is very down to earth and works jolly hard. The sponsorship and money thing does make me smile tho. At the end of the day she is who she is, so to sponsors they are more likely to send her money/backing than the likes of you and I because quite frankly who are we!

Equally I will be cheering her on next week - I cant wait, and if toytown is fit and sound he will be a force to be reckoned with!

Good luck to them

 

[jacks_mum]

very good. sounds like a sensible, nice down to earth girl. I hope she and Toytown do really well.

 

[PapaFrita]

it IS a really good article. Is it really that expensive to keep an eventer???

That would include entry fees, etc, presumably, not just the basics?

 

[madgirl]

i thorght that too!! seems like she works jolly hard!

 

[Parkranger]

I agree that her name undoubtedly gets sponsors to listen, but she would have to be talented to get people to put their hands in their pockets!

 

[LEC]

It is one thing getting the raw materials and having the money to get them but another to mould them and do really well. A couple of years ago her SJ really let her down and she has clearly worked really hard on that. I think its great that her name gets eventing put in the spotlight.

 

[madgirl]

yer ther has been a lot more focus on eventing now that she is in there!! its great

 

[vic07]

I am sure my mum has said that her mother was sponsored....

It was her era!!!!!!!!

 

[teapot]

Think she's a very level headed girl, and works very hard at what she does.