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Trine Risvang: Good and Harmonious Rider 2013

Trine Risvang: Good and Harmonious Rider 2013

77 Riders were nominated in 2013 for Good and Harmonious Riding. The Danish rider Trine Risvang was nominated most: by 9 International Sport Judges at 5 different WorldRanking events in Denmark and Germany. Jakob Svavar Sigurðsson (IS) was nominated at 4 events by 6...

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WorldRanking 2013

WorldRanking 2013

The last WorldRanking event 2013 took place in the USA on Oct 20, 2013 and countries were asked to register the WorldRanking events for 2014 already. In 2013, 14 countries organised a total of 87 WorldRanking events. 7502 marks and times were included in the...

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Sport Judging Activities for 2013

Sport Judging Activities for 2013

The judging activities of FEIF sport judges in 2013 were similar to those of 2012. By average FEIF judges operated at 4,8 World Ranking events in 2013; the average number of judging days was 15,8. World Ranking tournaments invited by average 4,5 FEIF judges to their...

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FEIF WorldRanking: changes as of 2014

FEIF WorldRanking: changes as of 2014

The requirements for WorldRanking Events in 2014 will change, to improve the quality and the comparability of results. The changes have been announced already in February 2013: - The required number of judges per WorldRanking test with an international sport license...

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2014: New requirements for Five Gait F1 and F2

2014: New requirements for Five Gait F1 and F2

It has been announced since 2010 - from 2014 on five gait tests on oval tracks require a 250m track or a combined track (P-track). The reason to take this decision in 2010 is that the long side of a 200m track is too short (only 45.44m) to allow a proper transition...

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New Sport Judges’ Guidelines on their way

New Sport Judges’ Guidelines on their way

The Sport Committee discussed together with the Sport Judges Committee the way to implement the new Guidelines for Sport Judges. The Sport Judges Committee has been working on these guidelines with a larger group of judges for a long period and it is now time to...

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Sport Comittee Meeting 2013

Sport Comittee Meeting 2013

The Sport Committee evaluated the World Championships 2013 in its meeting in Malmö, based upon a report presented by the FEIF Event Committee. The report will be published in the first weeks of November. The report will lead to some proposals regarding the time...

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New International Sport Judges

New International Sport Judges

Two additional candidates completed the requirements to become licensed FEIF International Sport Judges at the FEIF Committee Meetings event in Malmö, Sweden. Oliver Kubinger (AT) and Sigríður Pjetursdóttir (IS) join Anette Lohrke (DE), Beatrix Berg (DE), Alexandra...

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Icelandic Horses at Olympic Games – a Dream

Icelandic Horses at Olympic Games – a Dream

Many people dream about Icelandic Horses at the Olympic Games. The same goes for an 11 year old German girl, Elisa-Marie Schroeder, who decided to find out why we are not there. Se did - on her own account - write a letter to the German Olympic Sport Board and did get...

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4 New International Sport Judges

4 New International Sport Judges

October 3 and 4 the bi-annual test to become a FEIF International Sport Judge took place in Germany, at Kronshof, at a dedicated event created by Kronshof in cooperation with FEIF and IPZV. The test was successful for 4 candidates (out of 22). FEIF welcomes Anette...

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Open Sport Judges Seminar

Open Sport Judges Seminar

The sport judges' test to become a FEIF Licensed Sport Judge or National Sport Judge, will be organised by FEIF from October 3-4, 2013 at Kronshof, Dahlenburg, Germany (near Hamburg). Contact your national Sport leader if you are interested in taking the test.

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New members FEIF Sport Judges Committee

New members FEIF Sport Judges Committee

Two new members have been appointed to the FEIF Sport Judges Committee: Mark Tillmann (DE) and Nicolai Thye (DK). They replace Bent Rune Skulevold (DK) and Hulda G. Geirsdóttir (IS), both decided to step down. The other members are Halldór Gunnar Victorsson (IS), Lutz...

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FEIF WorldRanking: increased requirements as of 2014

FEIF WorldRanking: increased requirements as of 2014

After 15 years of WorldRanking the Sport Committee has decided that it is time to renew the requirements for WorldRanking Events. It would also help organisers to ensure that the event is meeting international standards. The aim is still to keep results comparable and...

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