The Icelandic rider Sigurður Sigurðarson established on July 4, 2007 in Selfoss a new world record in SpeedPass P2 (Racing pace 100 m with flying start) with the mare Drifa frá Hafssteinsstadir [IS1995257349]. The time was 7.18". The previous world record of 7.24" was...
Due to a decision of NSIJP, the sport event in Oirschot, Netherlands (June 9, 2007) has been cancelled as a WordRanking event.
With 10 WorldRanking events in Iceland, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands the weekend of May 26-28 will be the busiest WorldRanking weekend this year. More then 2000 sport riders are expected to start.
Reithof Neckertal, the venue of the Icelandic Horse World Championship 2009, has won the Toggenburger Innovation Award. This price is awarded every third year to economic businesses in the region of Toggenburg, Switzerland, which come up with new ideas, products...
The WorldRanking Event in Akureyri (Hlíðarholtsvöllur, Akureyri Opna Norðurlandamótið) is rescheduled to May 26-27, 2007.
Due to a decision of the Board of BSIJP, the sport event in Bornem, Belgium (June 2-3, 2007), has been cancelled as a WordRanking event.
Six candidates (out of 16) did pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge: Alexander Sgustav (AT), Åsa Eriksson (SE), Jacqueline Wahlström (SE), Sophie Kovac (AT), Will Covert (USA) and Sigurbjörn Viktorsson (IS). Will Covert is the first...
During the succesful Sport Judges Seminar in Semriach (AT), hosted by Piet Hoyos and his team, the participants decided to re-establish the Sport Judges Committee, upon a proposal of Laura Pihkala-Posti (FI). This committee will present at the next seminar a plan for...
IceTest 1.1 is available for download, a new release with a lot of improvements. This free software is usable for sport events of any size and is available in English, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Swedish. IceTest is the major tool for handling sport events in...
10 Countries have nominated 17 judges for the World Championships: Austria (Claus Haiden and Johannes Hoyos), Canada (Jens Krarup Nielsen), Denmark (Karin Hassing and Niciolai Thye), Finland (Ann Winter), Germany (Carsten Eckert and Eva Petersen), Iceland (Pétur...
All 18 member countries of FEIF will participate in the World Championships, August 6-12, 2007 in Oirschot (NL). The following teams are expected: Iceland, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg,...
More then 60 national and international judges from 11 countries will take part in the Sport Judges' Seminar 2007 in Semriach (AT), April 13-15. 15 of them will try to pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge. For the first time judges from...
At the successful Horses on Ice in Haarlem (NL), winning participants have drawn lots for the starting sequence of the countries per test at the World Championships 2007. This sequence determines the starting order in different tests: at World Championships the...
125 Events have been registered as WorldRanking Event for this year, an absolute record. In the past few years up to 100 events were registered. Germany leads with 42 events. Iceland follows with 17 events, then Sweden with 16 events, Denmark with 14, Austria with 9,...
The Annual Sport Meeting in Glasgow elected 4 new members in the FEIF Sport Committee. Four positions were open for elections as Lena Lennartsson and Michaela Adalsteinsson decided to step down after a long membership of the Sport Committee. Jens Iversen and Marlise...
The FEIF Sport Judges Seminar and Test 2007 will be moved from Iceland to Austria. FEIF couldn't come to an agreement about the conditions to organise the yearly sport judges seminar in Iceland this year. Of course this change of plan comes at a rather late moment,...
The new edition of FIPO (Sport rules; 6.7.1/2007) is available now for download from the service section of the FEIF website. This version contains changes in the description of wedged soles and the way the Chief Judge at World Championships is appointed, and a change...
The list of WorldRanking events for 2007 is already growing. Upon initiative of the German sport leader Florian Schneider more then 50 events in Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Germany have been published already to allow better coordination between countries in planning...