The FEI has announced that it is working on alternatives for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 following mutual agreement between the FEI and Canadian Comité organisateur des Jeux Équestres Mondiaux 2018 (COJEM), the organising committee for the Games in Bromont, to terminate the contract to host the Games due to ongoing financial issues. “We […]
In a well-timed show of support, the federal MP for the Brome-Missisquoi district, of which Bromont is a part, is hosting a reception for the organizing committee of the Bromont World Equestrian Games in Ottawa at the House of Commons on June 8th. The Honourable Denis Paradis, a Liberal MP, is hosting the reception and […]
Luc Fournier, the regional chief executive officer of the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ (COJEM), met with the regional press on March 22nd to provide an update on the organizing committee’s activities less than two and half years before the Games will be held. Fournier is no stranger to major events, having spearheaded the Sherbrooke […]
In the lead up to the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Bromont, Quebec, the decision to build a permanent indoor arena at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park has been hotly debated. At the January 7th meeting of the town council, however, the project received unanimous support. The proposed concept for the structure will be […]
UPDATE: We received a clarification from COJEM vice-president of communications Andrée Corriveau, who stated that in 2013 the minister of Education, Recreation and Sports under the Parti Québécois government, Marie Malavoy, signed a letter of support to WEG 2018 stipulating that it was conditional to the same funding from the federal government. The City of […]
Bromont WEG got the first good news in long time when they received approval for a 50-year lease of town property last week. Organizers already had a lease from the town, but the new lease will allow them to build the indoor arena that will be used for reining and vaulting. Town council had previously […]
Michel Vaillancourt announced on his Facebook page that he was not chosen as the course designer for the 2018 Bromont WEG. Vaillancourt, a level 4 course designer who was born in Quebec and earned the individual silver medal at the 1976 Olympics at the Bromont venue where the WEG will be held, was shocked by […]
The Board of directors of the 2018 World Equestrian Games announces the appointment of its new chief executive officer, Mr. Luc Fournier, taking over from Paul Côté, who has accepted a new challenge. “Three years before the Games, his talent and his large experience in major events will renew the energy of the team and […]
Problematic from the start, the groups involved with bringing the 2018 Bromont WEG to fruition continue to struggle with organizing the behemoth event. At the end of August they lost their long-standing leader, Paul Côté, who had been chair of the bid committee and was subsequently named CEO, when he announced his resignation. This week, […]
As previously reported, Paul Côté has resigned from his position as executive director of the WEG 2018 Organizing Committee (COJEM 2018). His appointment as head of Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) in Montreal was announced last week. Cote was chair of the Bromont Bid Committee and his was an integral part of the bid process. […]
