‘A terrific, vibrant, loving individual’: rider organises charity display in her son’s reminiscence


  • A rider is the use of her pastime for horses to lift budget for mind tumour study, in reminiscence of her son who died elderly 27.

    Christine Nicholls has organised the The Ollie Nicholls Appearing Display, going down at Broads Equestrian Centre, Barnby, Suffolk, on 8 September, in reminiscence of Ollie, who died in November 2023.



    The display is elevating cash for The Mind Tumour Charity, an international research-led charity “dedicated to saving and bettering lives”.

    Christine informed H&H that Ollie used to be identified with a level 3 cancerous mind tumour in April 2022, and died 19 months later.

    “Ollie used to be an ideal, vibrant, loving individual. He used to be the child of our circle of relatives and shedding him at 27 knocked us inquisitive about six,” she stated.

    “Ollie began driving on the age of eleven at an area driving college, then rode for the following 4 years earlier than taking on his pastime for skateboarding. He nonetheless used to spend numerous his spare time at our backyard, or even against the top Ollie, then again in poor health he used to be, nonetheless controlled to come back to look the horses day by day. His satisfied position used to be at house with us and his two canines Rosie & Lola.”

    The display, which Christine plans to run yearly, has 29 categories together with ridden and in-hand sections, plus championships. There can also be of venture with prizes donated from quite a lot of equestrian shops and native companies.

    Christine may be beginning a iciness dressage league at Broads Equestrian in October, with the proceeds going to The Mind Tumour Charity.

    “I’m completely humbled on the enhance we’ve got had from main firms and smaller companies. I thank all of them – with out them we wouldn’t be capable of run the display,” she stated.

    “We’re hopeful that in the future extra can also be carried out for others which might be unfortunate sufficient to seek out themselves in the similar place that Ollie used to be. Ollie will all the time be remembered. He used to be sort, considerate and humorous; a kind of other people that you are going to best ever meet as soon as in a life-time. That’s Ollie Nicholls!”

    For more info and to go into the display touch: [email protected].

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    Becky Murray



    H&H senior information author


    Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has lined a huge vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway protection campaigns. She has additionally interviewed most sensible riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only some. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Citadel Global Horse Trials nearer to house. She used to be additionally a key a part of the far off reporting crew for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.

    Becky Murray

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