News from Youth Work

FEIF Youth Camp 2009 will be held at Winterhorse Park Icelandic Horse Farm in Eagle, Wisconsin, USA from 17th to 24th July 2009.

The FEIF board has approved a new Youth Protection Policy. The aim of the policy is to demonstrate FEIF's commitment to ensuring the health and welfare of youth participants , and recognises their right to protection from abuse whatever their age, culture, disability,...

The Eva-Maria Gerlach Award 2008 has been awarded to Kai Anna Braun (D), Hannah Chmelik (A), Larissa Kejwal (D), Anne de Lannoy (NL) and Ástríður Magnúsdóttir (IS). Ástríður Magnúsdóttir was also awarded with the FEIF Feather Prize 2008. The prize is made in honour of...

72 Participants from 12 different countries shared their passion for the Icelandic horse August 12-20, 2008 in Brunnadern (CH). Five trainers (Helgi Leifur Sigmarsson, Johannes Hoyos, Margrit Rusterholz, Uschi Heller-Voigt and Vicky Eggertsson) did spent 3 days with...

The 72 participants of the FEIF YouthCup 2008 from 12 different countries have formed their international teams. Each team consists of 6 riders from different nationalities. They did spent 4 days on training and preparation, the last three days are reserved for a...

On July 12 the FEIF YouthCup 2008 started in Brunadern (CH). 72 Participants from 12 different countries will spent 4 days on training and preparation, the next three days are reserved for a competition between international teams with mixed nationalities.

On July 12, 72 participants from 12 different countries will get together for the FEIF YouthCup 2008, in Brunadern (CH). The first four days will be spent on training and preparation, the last three days are reserved for a competition between international teams with...

The registration of the participants and officials of the FEIF YouthCup 2008, taking place in Brunadern (CH), July 12 to 20, 2008 has been completed. All participants and their horses (as far as known at the moment) have been entered in the database and you can check...

The registration of the participants of the YouthCup 2008 in Brunnadern (CH) has started. The YouthCup will take place from July 12 to 20, 2008.

This year the host of the FYCup is Switzerland and the FYCup will be arranged on the grounds of the WC 2009 from July 12th to July 20th, 2008 – in a beautiful valley in the north east of Switzerland – about one hour drive from Zurich. The Swiss organisation is in the...

The annual Youth Award 2008 has been awarded to Iceland as it has significantly increased its level of activities at national as well as at international level, both in pleasure and competition riding.

The FEIF youth award is a newly established award that goes to a country that has shown a great improvement in youth work during the last year. This year the award goes to Great Britain.

Two new members have been elected in the FEIF Youth Committee: Gilles Dutilh (NL) and Helga B Helgadóttir (IS). Bärbel Kaiser (DE) and Rosemarie Thorleifsdóttir (IS) stepped down after being a member of this committee for many years.

Introducing the new award: "The best youth country of the year". The award is an idea originating from the youth committee and the youth leader meeting and it will be presented on the annual conference 2007 - which has Youth as one of the two themes. The prize will be...

The Eva-Maria Gerlach Award is a newly established bi-annual award for promising and versatile young riders. The award is named after the former Director of Youth Work Eva-Maria Gerlach, to acknowledge the fact that without Eva-Maria FEIF wouldn't have the FEIF...

The FEIF YouthCup 2006 took place July 15-23, 2006 in St Radegund (OÖ), Austria. 12 member associations of FEIF did send a team of youngsters. Five trainers did assist the participants in their preparations for the competition that took place during the second half of...

The FEIF YouthCup 2006 will take place July 15-23, 2006 in St. Radegund (OÖ), Austria. All FEIF member associations are entitled to send a team of youngsters. The invitation is available at the FEIF website: www.feif.org/service. The first registration has to take...

After many years of dedicated work within the youth committee Ben Tänzer (NL) decided to retire from the committee. Ben Tänzer was replaced in the committee by Peter Niess (youth leader in Austria). Lone Høst Jensen (DK) and Tanja Zabel (S) were reelected to the youth...