THE ACMC THAT ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN

We have just completed the 126 ACMC and this time back in South Africa where there has not been an ACMC in many, many years. That’s strange given that when we started ACMC, the first one was in Sydney and the second in London—the third one was in South Africa. That was 2003. That was the first year Anne Renew sponsored it and we had 83 that first year. It overwhelmed us. Then, as often happens, things transpired, some trainers retired, others passed away, and eventually people stepped away from sponsoring. In the end, a vacuum arose which lasted a number of years.