A new FEIF Sport Judges Committee has been established. The members are Markus Karrer (CH), Nicolai Thye (DK), Rune Svendsen (N), Þorgeir Guðlaugsson (NL) and Uschi Heller-Voigt (CH). This committee operates under the umbrella of the FEIF Sport Committee; the members...
June 30 is the start of Landsmót 2008. Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the major FEIF Events. This year it will take place in Hella, in...
Horse welfare was one of the main items on the agenda at the FEIF Conference 2008. Horse welfare is paramount in the FEIF rules and in our general policy. During the conference, a "Welfare Café" was held, where horse welfare questions were discussed. A report on the...
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.
The Nordic Championships is the bi-annual sport event between Iceland, Denmark, Faroer Islands, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Every country sends a team. It is one of the FEIF Events. This year the event will take place from August 6 – 10 in Seljord, Norway. The opening...
The first results of the qualifications for Landsmót 2008 are available. Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the major FEIF Events. This year...
The preparations for the Mid European Championships 2008 are on their way. The Mid-European Championships are the bi-annual sport compettion between Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Switzerland. It is a...
The annual FEIF International Instructor/Trainer Seminar will be held on 9/11 January 2009 at NHB Deurne in the Netherlands. Further details will be made available during June 2008. Please keep this weekend available for what is planned to be a full programme of...
Six candidates (out of ten) did pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge on April 13-14 in Hvanneyri (IS). The list of International Sport Judges now counts 74 names. FEIF congratulates Fi Pugh (GB), Elisabeth Jansen (IS), Hulda Geirsdóttir...
For sport events starting April 1, 2008 or later new FIPO rules are available for download for IceTest. These rules include all change in FIPO 6.8 / 2008. Major changes: the wording of some test sections has been changed, 'Tempo' is replaced by 'Speed' and 'Working'...
49 Judges will participate in the FEIF Sport Judges Seminar 2008, April 11-13 at the Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri (IS). 16 Judges from Iceland will take part, 6 from Switzerland, 5 from Norway and Denmark each, 4 from Germany and Sweden, 3 from...
The new FIPO (valid as of April 1, 2008) is available for download. The main changes are: - the harmonisation between FIPO and Sport Judges' Guidelines, so 'tempo' will be replaced by 'speed' and 'working tempo' into 'slow (speed)'; - the separate marks for seat and...
For sport events starting April 1, 2008 or later new FIPO rules are available for download for IceTest. These rules include all change in FIPO 6.8 / 2008. For events starting before April 1 the old set of rules should be used (6.7 / 2007, still available for...
A new version of the rules and judges' guidelines for gæðingakeppni is available for download from the FEIF website.
The annual meeting of the FEIF-Education was held at the FEIF Conference in Iceland. As Hannes Kirchmayr had decided to retire after a many years as a splendid chairman, the committee had to reorganise. Ian Pugh became the new chairman, and as often happens when new...
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...
More then 100 WorldRanking Events will take place in 2008, in 12 different countries. France, Italy (Mid European Championships) and Luxembourg will take part with one event each. Switzerland participates with 4 events, the Netherlands with 5, Norway with 6 (including...