In December the Icelandic Horse Association in New Zealand, IceHNZ, was lucky to have Silke Feuchthofen (FEIF breeding, FEIF sport judge and level 4 instructor), travelling around in New Zealand and being available for a breeding seminar, riding lessons and...
Vote now! Voting has begun and we are excited to announce the nominees for the Trainer/Instructor of the Year 2016! Voting will continue until February 1. The winner will be announced at the FEIF Conference in Helsinki. Vote for your choice on the FEIF Facebook page.
FEIF started the nomination period for the Trainer/Instructor of the Year 2016 Award. Each FEIF member association is allowed to nominate one person fulfilling the following requirements: member of a FEIF member association, listed on the FEIF trainer matrix...
The FEIF Education Committee has met for a constructive working weekend in Haarlem. During a combined session with the FEIF Leisure department interesting discussions about the ongoing development of a description test for leisure horses took place. Furthermore,...
The Education and Sport Judges spent a productive weekend in Arlanda, Sweden together with the Tölt in Harmony Foundation. The ranks of licensed trainers and judges for Tölt in Harmony were increased when all those attending were approved as licensed trainers and/or...
The education department has had a successful meeting with very positive discussions and intensive exchange of information concerning educational topics of the representative participants. Karen Rasmussen DK and Bert de Rooij NL were re-elected as members of the FEIF...
The joint FEIF Education and Sport Seminar will be organised in Arlanda, Sweden, March 5-6, 2016. The seminar is open to all licenced trainers level 1, level 2 and level 3 and all international and national sport judges. The seminar will focus on the connection...
More materials from the joint Education & Youth Conference are now available here: http://feifevents.weebly.com/ The meeting took place in November 2015 at the riding school of Hannes and Barbara Kirchmayr in Weistrach, Austria. If nothing else, watch the video, which...
The combined Education & Sport Seminar will take place in the Arlanda area, Sweden on March 5 & 6, 2016. The seminar will focus on the connection between the horse and rider using Tölt in Harmony as a central topic. A detailed list of presenters and topics will be...
At the FEIF joint Education/ Youth Seminar on 27-29 November 2015, participants from ten member countries enjoyed an interesting and very stimulating seminar in Weistrach / AT. In theoretical and practical sessions we explored a wide variety of specific topics, held...
What are young people up to with their horses? How can we support them, and ensure that their knowledge and understanding of good riding, and good horsemanship is fostered and promoted? These are the questions which form the basis of the combined FEIF Education -...
The FEIF Education Committee met during the weekend in Malmö for a constructive working weekend focusing on several important topics including administrative and organisational work. Main topic has been the final preparation of the joint FEIF Education-Youth seminar...
Teaching the next Generation is the motto of the joint FEIF Education & Youth seminar for riding instructors and trainers at all levels and national youth and education leaders, to be organised in Weistrach, Austria, November 27-29, 2015. The main focus of the seminar...
The seminar for instructors and others involved in developing young riders will now take place on Nov 27-29, 2015 at Gut Pöllndorf, Weistrach/Austria. The focus of the weekend will be on didactics, development and equipment, and the event consists of a mixture of...
FEIF very much welcomes the project Tölt in Harmony and the interest in TiH - the style of riding, the demands on riding, etc. - is constantly growing. Before planning seminars, examinations and competitions it is important to contact the TiH association (chairman...
The next FEIF trainer seminar will take place 13-15 November 2015 in Switzerland. The seminar is jointly organised by the FEIF Education and Youth committees and the focus will be on teaching children and young riders, as well as the use of suitable equipment, and how...
The education department has had a successful meeting with very positive, productive discussions and intensive exchange of information concerning educational topics of the representative participants. Herdis Reynisdottir, IS and Margrit Rusterholz, CH were unanimously...
Over the weekend in Malmö, at a joint meeting between the FEIF Education and Youth committees, the outline programme for the upcoming Education-Youth seminar 13-15 Nov 2015 was discussed. The focus of the seminar will be on teaching children and young people....