[Ah_Yeah]

Anyone going to be watching the Eventing/Jumping for this? Does anyone know a channel that will give full coverage of all Equestrian events?

[helibelly]

start here, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/...rts/equestrian

in fact if you've got Sky go to channel 141 (the Beeb) and press the red button, then select the London 2012, and you get to a feature page with a a A-Z at the top, you get to Equestrian from there. Just been watching the Dressage for the Three day event and skipping over to the Ladies fencing (the other hobby).

(if you've not got BBC one on your sky package go to the settings page and add channels, you'll need to to add channels to your "Other Channels" option, do the following -

With your digibox turned on, press the "Services" button (near the top of the remote).

Select number 4 (System Setup), and then 4 again ("Add Channels").

In the appropriate fields enter the following (you move through the fields using the up and down arrow keys).


In the Frequency field enter: 10.773,

The next three fields are toggle fields, i.e. using the left and right arrows will change the value.

Toggle Polarisation to : H
Toggle Symbol Rate to: 22000
Toggle FEC to : 5/6

Then select the last button - Find Channels.

[Ah_Yeah]

thanks a mill! Unfortunately I've got UPC so no red button for me

[later12]

Yes no red button here, just the old fashioned RTE 1 and 2.., however you ought to be able to catch a lot of the action online via tv network providers?

I have some mates watching the dressage at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich this morning, and was getting all of their updates and photos from facebook, so with the world wide web there are always ways and means

[Borderfox]

If you watch rte you wouldnt think we have any equestrian competitors. Red button on bbc is excellent

[byhookorbycrook]

Have tweeted my annoyance to @RTELondon2012, seems you only count if you are a boxer.

[convert]

A few minutes ago RTE did a quick round up of the Irish team's performances today, and not one mention was made to or clip shown or the equestrian riders. Absolutely disgraceful. And unfortunately I don't have anything other than the bog standard channels where I am at the moment, so have no BBC red button

Good link here for results: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian...400/index.html

[Borderfox]

In the Star on Thursday they had a double page spread on the guy doing the 50km walk!!

Just wait if the Equestrian competitors win any medals and they will be all over them like a rash. The will run some Inpho/Sportsfile file pictures out and will go on as if they covered their every movement.

Rant over ***

[byhookorbycrook]

It might be an idea for people to contact RTE and make their feelings known.Let them know that people actually ARE interested in equestrian sport.

[FueledByAisling]

click equestrian in the playlists here to watch it http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html . You can buy a cable to link your laptop to your tv I have to do this because only 3 channels on UPC are broadcasting the Olympics non of which are showing equestrian sports!

[later12]

Originally Posted by Borderfox

In the Star on Thursday they had a double page spread on the guy doing the 50km walk!!

Just wait if the Equestrian competitors win any medals and they will be all over them like a rash. The will run some Inpho/Sportsfile file pictures out and will go on as if they covered their every movement.

Rant over ***

I find this breathtaking.

Equestrian sport is our second biggest field in terms of our Olympic competitors and although we have an unfortunate history at the Olympics, is probably our most internationally renowned sporting pursuit. It's something we actually do well; no offence to that guy doing the 50km walk, but it would be nice to see the riders given a little more coverage.

[byhookorbycrook]

Not to mention the amount of money the industry generates here.

[convert]

Wow, the sports report on the RTE 9 o'clock news actually showed a brief clip of Camilla Speirs's and Mary Kyle's dressage test, and a short interview with both her and Zara Phillips!

[convert]

Unfortunately they made no reference to Aoife Clarke's good test, or to Joseph Murphy or Patrick Ryan. Clearly they didn't feel they could mention them as they hadn't bothered to go out Greenwich to report on the dressage on Saturday or to get any footage of them. Aoife's good perforamance on Saturday obviously shamed them into travelling 'all the way out there' yesterday.

[FueledByAisling]

BBC1 will be broadcasting the cross country in a few minutes!