THE eventing season in Ireland commences next Saturday with the first of four Northern Region fixtures at Tyrella and continues through until the second international at Ballindenisk in late September.

No new venue has come on stream for 2019 and, disappointingly, the South Leinster Region has lost Annaharvey, while, following the recent sale of Kircubbin, the Northern Region was due to lose two fixtures although one date, April 20th, has been reassigned to Finvoy which also runs in July.