Paul White (21), of Keighley Road, has been listed as a British Eventing Organiser and will be at the helm, with two others, for Skipton Horse Trials on August 30th and 31st.

This is in addition to his honours degree course at Harper Adams University College, which has seen him spend a year at United Utilities' Bowland Estate Office, as well as his duties as a parish councillor, as village events committee chairman and refurbishing a cottage.

The trials, held twice a year, attract 550 competitors, including big names such as Ollie Townend and Karen Dixon.

Paul, who is studying rural enterprise and land management and has been working as an assistant land agent, said: "I've been involved in Skipton Horse Trials since a young age and have held many roles including, most recently assistant organiser, so I'm going into the job with an idea of what I am doing. I am really looking forward to the event although there is always the thought of getting it right as there is so much riding on it. It's not about me, it's about the riders enjoying themselves."



Paul has lived in Laneshaw Bridge all his life and will return to Harper Adams in the autumn for the final year of his degree.

A former pupil of Laneshaw Bridge Primary School, Park High School, Colne, and Nelson and Colne College, Paul hopes to work in land agency, but in the long run would like to become more involved in outdoor event management.