With great success the joint event of the HEF and the FEE

Markopoulo, 12 January 2018

Press release

Photos: Photobit

With the participation of about a thousand horsemen, the annual event of the Federation was held with great success at the BOX Center yesterday evening for the first time with the collaboration of Filippos Enosis Ellados. 

The family of the horse, horse-race and horse riding, awarded the protagonists of 2017 and celebrated the start of the new season in a great equestrian feast.

The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Sports Mr. George Vasiliadis, MPs Mrs. Dora Bakoyannis and Mr. Anastasis Megalomystakas, members of the HOC and representatives of sports federations. In addition to the Minister, the two Presidents of the HEF and the FEE, Isidoros Kouvelos and Yiannis Mytilineos addressed the world of riding, while the presenters of the evening were Mr. George Dimaras, Secretary General of HEF and Mr. Nikos Kanellopoulos, member of the Board of Directors of the FEE.

Especially, Greek horse riding honored its sponsors and sponsors, who have been contributing to its program throughout the year, such as the State Property Company, the Municipality of Markopoulo, the National Sponsor METKA, the Coral Company, Pharmaten, the Olympic Brewery, the Group Antoniou, Superfast Ferries, Ismaelos SA, Teleperformance, Holiday Inn Athens, Hertz, Athens Medical Group, Zeroem and New Alert.

HEF also awarded the distinguished athletes in the international competitions, the Golden medals in the team Balkans, the Individual Balkan medals in Jumping and the Equestrianism, the Champions 2017, the Champions and the Polimikes Clubs in the four equestrian sports.

After the event a live concert with the Melisses band was followed.

From the Press Office of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation