AMONG over 700 guests gathered for the special Team Ireland Centenary Olympic Ball at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin last Saturday night were plenty of equestrian Olympians, past and present, including event rider Juliet Jobling-Purser, who finished seventh at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.

In 1924, the first team competed for Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris and, throughout the evening, athletes and performances spanning the one hundred years were celebrated.