18 judges have been entered by 9 countries to be a sport judge at the World Championships 2005. The judges will meet in Iceland at a special meeting on April 10. The list with names will be published shortly after the meeting. Chief Judge Hörður Hákonarsson and Deputy...
More then 60 judges did attend the Annual International Sport Judges' Seminar (organised in co-operation with our Icelandic member association LH). The list of participants included judges from Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland,...
The Annual International Sport Judges' Seminar (organised in co-operation with our Icelandic member association LH) will take place Friday April 8 (starting 9:00 h) and Saturday April 9, 2005 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Included in the seminar is a visit to the Icetölt...
At a meeting of Mid European Sport Leaders in Copenhagen (February 12) it was decided to give the Mid European Championships a more formal status. Until now, the event was organised as a private event. Starting 2006, it will be a bi-annual event, preferribly in the...
The Annual Sport Meeting (February 11-12, 2005) decided to propose the following changes in FIPO: - to stop measuring bits, as this doesn't fit to the new rule to accept all bits unless explicitly forbidden; - to allow shoes with a wear and tear up to 23 mm, so all...
The third educational video for sport judges is available now, both on DVD and VHS. The material for this video has been selected from World Championships, Landsmót and other major events. This video focuses on the Sport Judges Guidelines. Per gait, different examples...
The new edition of FIPO, valid as of January 1, 2005, is available for download from the service section of the FEIF Website: www.feif.org/service. This version contains major changes regarding bits, bridles, shoes and protective equipment. The chapters about...
As of January 1, 2005, the Sport Committee maintains a list of prohibited equipment. This list is prescribed in FIPO 2.3.9 and FIPO 2.2.2.2. According to the new FIPO rules more equipment is allowed then ever. The aim of this list is to avoid excesses or wrong...
The Annual Meeting of LH, the Icelandic member association of FEIF, responsible for sport and gæðingakeppni in Iceland, agreed on October 30, 2004, to replace the national rules for sport events in Iceland by the international FIPO rules. FEIF considers this as...
Two new rankings are introduced in 2004 to celebrate the 10th season of the FEIF WorldRanking: the Four Gait Combination and the Five Gait Combination. The Four Gait Combination is based upon the results in Four Gait V1 and the best of Tölt T1 or Tölt T2. The Five...
At the moment there are more bits that can be useful for Icelandic horses than are allowed in FIPO and there is no reason to forbid them. Up until now, only bits that are clearly described in FIPO are allowed. This means that new bits have to go a long way to get into...
As of January 1, 2005, new rules for shoeing will be valid. The aim here is to be able to follow developments more easily, especially to encourage the use of lighter material. The main changes are: - to accept all material for shoes, as long as it is not heavier than...
The members of the Sport Committee and Sport Judges Committee elected Hörður Hákonarsson as Chief Judge for the World Championships 2005 in Sweden and André Böhme as Deputy Chief Judge. Due to the early election both Hörður and André can be involved in the...
From September 2-5, 2004, the second Mid European Championships (MEM) took place in Wurz (DE). The event was very succesful. Riders from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, France and Slovenia took part. An international judge team (Iceland, the...
From August 9 to 15 the Nordic Championships took place in Strömsholm, Sweden. It was a competition between teams of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Apart from the adult class there were also age classes for young riders and juniors. At least four World...
From August 9 to 15 the Nordic Championships will take place in Strömsholm, Sweden. It is a competition between teams of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Apart from the adult class there are also age classes for young riders and juniors. At least four...
Besides the English, Dutch and Norwegian language now also the Danish language is available for IceTest, the free software for sport events. Read more about IceTest at the FEIF Website: www.feif.org/software.
Magnus Lindquist with Thor fra Kalsvik - SE91103807 has set a World Record in Pace Race 250 m: 19.86". The record was set on May 9, 2004, in Herning (DK). The time is based upon hand stopped times and corrected following current rules (by adding 0.40"). This new...