OBITUARIES

ROD KOHLER

TRIBUTES have been paid to Mr

Kohler, who has died from cancer at 48.

He was joint managing director of Revolution Sports + Entertainment, an international sports PR and sponsorship agency, which he founded in 2005.

Mr Kohler worked on behalf of Rolex at five FEI World Cup finals, two European Championships and saw the launch of the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping in 2013.

He was especially proud of his role as press attaché to the Saudi Equestrian showjumping team’s historic bronze at London 2012.

Mr Kohler also led the team managing PR for Royal Windsor.

Andrew Baldock, chairman of the British Equestrian Writers’ Association, said Mr Kohler was a “lovely man, a total professional and someone who always had the time of day for you”.

“He was the most wonderful company,” he added. “I feel privileged to have known Rod. He truly was one of the very best.”

SHEILA CAMPBELL

A STALWART of the equestrian world, Mrs Campbell died on 28 January aged 90.

She first married Jim Hallam, with whom she had three children.

Mrs Campbell was chairman of West Lancashire Riding Club, and the Northern Liaison Group of riding clubs in the 1970s, and was district commissioner of the Wheelton Pony Club. After her husband’s death, she moved to Penrith, Cumbria, with second husband, David Campbell, where she was district commissioner of the Cumberland Farmers’ Hunt South branch.

She was also a dressage judge, an eventing judge, helper and supporter, and a breeder.