From b7a2988da7f329f31208d9a87b125baea63ad459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David M <207745043+davidmillen50@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:11:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: ignore coach_description on event model and remove
 it from fabricator

---
 app/models/event.rb                  | 2 ++
 spec/fabricators/event_fabricator.rb | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 101dcaf33..5d6d39e09 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
   include CheckInable
   include RsvpClosable
 
+  self.ignored_columns += [:coach_description]
+
   attr_accessor :local_date, :local_time, :local_end_time
 
   resourcify :permissions, role_cname: 'Permission', role_table_name: :permission
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/event_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/event_fabricator.rb
index b46fc8942..e0f37c2a3 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/event_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/event_fabricator.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   ends_at { |attrs| attrs[:date_and_time] + 8.hours }
   name Faker::Lorem.sentence
   description Faker::Lorem.sentence
-  coach_description Faker::Lorem.sentence
   schedule Faker::Lorem.sentence
   venue { Fabricate(:sponsor) }
   coach_spaces 2

From 61f3b01de1408364a72fb2b2edfe9b636c07c8ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David M <207745043+davidmillen50@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:34:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: remove coach_description column

---
 .../20261013152754_remove_coach_description_column.rb      | 7 +++++++
 db/schema.rb                                               | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 db/migrate/20261013152754_remove_coach_description_column.rb

diff --git a/db/migrate/20261013152754_remove_coach_description_column.rb b/db/migrate/20261013152754_remove_coach_description_column.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a8872cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20261013152754_remove_coach_description_column.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class RemoveCoachDescriptionColumn < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+      remove_column :events, :coach_description, :text
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 43a25e672..736edb82e 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2026_10_13_100000) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2026_10_13_152754) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@
     t.boolean "announce_only"
     t.string "audience"
     t.string "check_in_code"
-    t.text "coach_description"
     t.string "coach_questionnaire"
     t.integer "coach_spaces"
     t.boolean "confirmation_required", default: false