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12/04/2015

MAY HORSE SHOW SCHEDULE

Download May Horse Show Schedule 16th May 2015 (pdf, 6mb)

Download Entry Form (pdf, 290kb)

12/04/2015

On Sunday 29th March at Garlands Shooting Ground Hannah Gibson a member of the Admissions Team took part in the English Open Compac Championships and came 2nd in the ladies category and finished 26th overall out of 140...

24/03/2015

Cragside

From Monday 16th March 10 students from the College’s Forestry and Arboriculture department spent a week at the Cragside Estate in Northumberland.

Cragside is run and owned by the National Trust and covers over 1000 acres, with...

20/03/2015

“Make a Sussex Trug” Course

Dominic Parrette of sussexwillow.co.uk a regular tutor at Plumpton College at Flimwell, once more presented his excellent and popular “make a Sussex Trug” course. The course takes learners through the whole process from cutting,...

20/03/2015

Trouble Free Winemaking Posters

Every year, our 2nd year viticulture and oenology students prepare posters examining common and not-so-common winemaking problems. They then present these posters to their peers and industry experts at the annual “Trouble-Free...

20/03/2015

Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue at Plumpton College

Plumpton College at Flimwell is this week the venue for Level 2 Awareness in Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue.

Joe from Bartletts Tree Surgeons www.bartletttree.co.uk said “the last tree climbing I did was when I was a...

18/03/2015

Danish Viticulture by Professor Torben Bo Toldam-Andersen

Professor Toldam-Andersen is a Pomologist by background who has spent many years at the University of Copenhagen focussing on aspects of fruit and berry physiology, quality and processing. Over the past ten years, as the...

15/03/2015

Plumpton College Equine student competes

Lydia Burgess a student on a level III equine course at the College competes in competitions known as Tent Pegging or Mounted Skill at Arms .

The aim of the sport is to ride at speed and using a sword remove wooden pegs as per the...

15/03/2015

Jim Green Memorial Competition - College team wins for third year running

The above competition has been held annually at the South of England Showground since 1999 in recognition of Jim Green's lifelong interest in the education and training of young people. The competition is designed for students...