IN a change to procedure, the three recipients of the 2016 George Mernagh Memorial Fund bursaries were announced during the second presentation ceremony on Sunday afternoon at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials.

Two of the trio, Ian Cassells and Carolyn Mellor, were on hand to accept their €5,000 bursaries from event director Jean Mitchell and Tattersalls Ireland managing director Roger Casey. The third, Emma Golding, had to miss the occasion as she was competing at the Carriage Driving Ireland two-day event in Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny.