John Spencer Youngs, the long-standing Hickstead professional and esteemed pass judgement on died on 6 August 2023, elderly 89.
Mr Youngs used to be born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, and skilled at King’s School College in Wimbledon. He left faculty elderly 18 to serve two years’ nationwide carrier.
He went directly to have a a success profession spanning greater than 40 years within the John Lewis Partnership, beginning as a control trainee. He changed into a central purchaser of get dressed materials for head place of business, a place that took him all over the place the sector, and later used to be introduced a senior control function within the John Lewis Studying retailer, the place he stayed till his retirement in 1997.
Mr Youngs’ major passion out of doors industry used to be showjumping, and he had a different love for Hickstead, with which he used to be related for greater than 40 years. He began judging within the outer rings and in 1976 used to be requested if he wish to assist John Farmer within the World Enviornment as assistant display director, a job he held for just about 30 years. Following the demise of Maggie Griffin, Mr Youngs used to be invited to take over as president of the world floor jury, a role he persisted to do till he used to be age-barred through the FEI. He used to be then made president of the bottom jury till his retirement in 2014.
His different common judging appointments integrated Horse of The 12 months Display (HOYS), the British Open, London World and Royal Windsor, the place he used to be a committee member and chair of judges. He used to be additionally concerned with South of England, Bathtub & West, Kent County, Devon County, Royal Highland and Addington. He served at the showjumping panel at Badminton and Windsor horse trials, and held world appointments at Le Touquet, Rome, Leipzig and Tripoli.
Mr Youngs served a time period at the British Showjumping government board, and below the management of the past due Jon Doney used to be a part of the crew carrying out the yearly judges’ meetings for current and attainable judges. He used to be invited as one of the vital judges of the BBC Endemol manufacturing of Simplest Fools on Horses in 2006. In 2014 Mr Younger, along with his 2d spouse Frances, used to be invited to pass judgement on the splendid horse and pony at HOYS.
He’s survived through Frances; son Simon and daughter Jane from his first marriage; grandchildren Emma, Jamie, Jacob, Sam, Megan and Kiera; and great-grandchildren Elsie, Poppy and Darcy.
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