News & Events

Trouble Free Winemaking Posters

Every year, our 2nd year viticulture and oenology students prepare posters examining common and not-so-common winemaking problems.  They then present these posters to their peers and industry experts at the annual “Trouble-Free...

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Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue at Plumpton College

Plumpton College at Flimwell is this week the venue for Level 2 Awareness in Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue.

Joe from Bartletts Tree Surgeons www.bartletttree.co.uk said “the last tree climbing I did was when I was a...

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Danish Viticulture by Professor Torben Bo Toldam-Andersen

Professor Toldam-Andersen is a Pomologist by background who has spent many years at the University of Copenhagen focussing on aspects of fruit and berry physiology, quality and processing. Over the past ten years, as the...

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Plumpton College Equine student competes

Lydia Burgess a student on a level III equine course at the College competes in competitions known as Tent Pegging or Mounted Skill at Arms .

The aim of the sport is to ride at speed and using a sword remove wooden pegs as per the...

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Jim Green Memorial Competition - College team wins for third year running

The above competition has been held annually at the South of England Showground since 1999 in recognition of Jim Green's lifelong interest in the education and training of young people.  The competition is designed for students...

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Wine Careers Talk - Matt Strugnell, Ridgeview

Matt Strugnell of Ridgeview talks vine careers:

Matt Strugnell was one of the first Plumpton wine graduates, and is now the vineyard manager at Ridgeview.

After secondary school, Matt’s obsession for the weather fuelled his...

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Affiliated results from Plumpton Dressage 07.03.15

On Saturday, 7 March the college equine students held their third Dressage competition during this academic year .

Three equine second year degree students helped to run the event which is an affiliated dressage competition run...

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Dressage Times for Saturday March 7th 2015

Class 1 and 1b: Preliminary 17: Judge Pauline Velten

Time Class Number for aff comps Rider Name Horse Name Q/NQ/Unaff. 8.52 1b   Gemma Cole Daisy UA 9.00 1b   Shavae Carter Velvet UA ...

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Winter Sailing Series

Max Bell and Liah Hunter from the Plumpton College Sailing Academy managed a respectful 9th position in the last race of the winter series at Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club. They were racing one of our three perfectly tuned RS...

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Wine Careers Talk - Duncan McNeill

Viticulturist and vineyard manager Duncan McNeill discussed with great enthusiasm the realities of being out amongst the vines. However, he didn’t start out in viticulture; a road accident when working as a bike courier...

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