WHEN Peter Wright took over the position of chief executive at the Point-to-Point Authority (PPA) four years ago, he could never have foreseen what was on the horizon. Yes, of course he had items on his agenda in terms of the direction he wanted to take the sport of point-to-pointing, but having to negotiate a global pandemic? Most definitely not.
“I was three months into the job and equine flu hit us, swiftly followed by Covid - it was crisis after crisis,” he says.
Peter, who is now 60, applied for the role of chief executive following his retirement from the armed forces.
“I was 18 months into my retirement and incredibly