Sam Nelson, MRCVS, and Naomi Meeke

Naomi Meeke, from Dromara in Co. Down, has been co-opted onto the Northern Ireland Horse Board as Director in charge of Youth Development. 

Naomi was awarded First in BSC (Hons) Degree in Equine Management; the Vaughan Trust Award and  the Tullyraine House Cup, both for the top final year degree student and also the Irish Draught Horse Society (Northern Region) Cup for the best dissertation produced by a final year degree student.

After finishing school, having achieving 3 grade A A-Levels (Maths, Chemistry, Biology), Naomi attended the University of Liverpool an undertook a BVSc (veterinary medicine).  Having successfully completed the first two years of the degree and having been awarded an HND in veterinary science, Naomi returned to Northern Ireland to follow her true passion for horses and enrolled on the BSc in Equine Management at CAFRE and successfully graduated with First Class Honours Degree in June of this year.
 
A keen horserider, Naomi competes a 5yo Dow Jones gelding, but is keen to pursue a career in equine research, particularly within the field of parasitology and anthelmintic resistance, and she hopes to do a phD in this area.