100 Persons will attend the second FEIF Conference, Februari 10-12, 2005. The conference is hosted by our Dutch member association NSIJP in Amsterdam (NL). Among them 5 guests, 15 members of various committees, 8 board members and 71 participants representing 14...
A DVD with a 100 minutes summary of the World Championships 2005 in Norrköping is available now from the Swedish member association of FEIF, SIF. The costs are SEK 500 (about EUR 53) plus postage and handling. More information to be obtained from the office of SIF:...
The second FEIF Conference will be arranged in the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, on Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, 2006. Main topics are: World Championship in the Future, Breeding, WorldFengur and Education Matrix. All FEIF annual meetings...
The new Best Lineair Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) was introduced recently by Guðlaugur Antonsson, the Icelandic Horse Breeding Advisor. Horses from eleven countries were included in the breeding evaluation: Austria, Germany, Great-Britain, Denmark, Finland, Iceland,...
The new edition of FIRO (1.1/2006) is available for download from the FEIF website (www.feif.org/service). This version is valid as of January 1, 2006. This version is approved upon by the FEIF Delegates' Assembly 2005. FIRO contains all relevant general rules for all...
The new edition of FIPO (6.6/2006) is available for download from the FEIF website (www.feif.org/service). This version is valid as of January 1, 2006. This version is approved upon by the FEIF Delegates' Assembly 2005. FIPO contains all relevant rules for sport with...
The new edition of FIZO (5/2005) is available for download from the FEIF website (www.feif.org/service). FIZO is the collection of official definitions, rules and approved information, serving the breeding of Icelandic horses all over the world. This version is...
The Board of FEIF did elect Jón Albert Sigurbjörnsson (PR Manager) as its vice-president at the board meeting held in Reykjavík, November 11-13, 2005. This position was vacant after Eva-Maria Gerlach had left the board of FEIF. Other Board members are: Tone Kolnes...
15 Sport Judges who have been judging at the World Championships took part in the evaluation seminar (October 29-30 in Amsterdam (NL)). They did use video material that has been provided by the Organising Committee of the World Championships 2005. The video material...
In the weekend of October 14-16 the last WorldRanking event of 2005 took take place in Semriach (AT) at Piet Hoyos' place. Piet Hoyos will also host next years Sport Judges' Seminar, April 7-9, 2006. Including this event 90 FEIF World Ranking Events took place in in...
15 Sport Judges who have been judging at the World Championships will take part in the evaluation seminar that will take place October 29-30 in Amsterdam (NL). They will use video material that has been provided by the Organising Committee of the World Championships...
The FEIF Library Register has recently been updated. The FEIF Library Register contains references to hundreds of books, magazines, yearbooks, scientific articles, videos and films. The register can be searched by the name of an author, director, publisher and/or the...
IPZV, the German member association of FEIF, decided to replace the national sport rules by international FIPO rules as of January 1, 2006. The same occurred one year ago in Iceland. The German IPO and the international FIPO did get closer over the past few years,...
IceTest, the free software from FEIF for Sport Events, now also supports the German language. Users can now select between English, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and German. IceTest can be used to calculate results at sport events, small or big, both for FIPO tests,...
In the weekend of October 14-16 the last WorldRanking event of 2005 will take place in Semriach (AT) at Piet Hoyos' place. Piet Hoyos will also host next years Sport Judges' Seminar, April 7-9, 2006. Including this event 90 FEIF World Ranking Events took place in in...
The current rule to allow shoes with a width up to 22.0 mm (in FIPO 2.3.3) is based upon 20.0 mm shoes with a margin of 10% for becoming wider because of normal use. It seems that this 10% margin is not sufficient for all riders, despite the fact that correct shoes...
Last year it has been decided to change the rules for bits to allow all bits unless not suitable. This decision has lead to the conclusion that if a bit is accepted if it fits to the horse and is used in the correct manner, measuring of bits should is unnecessary. If...
The Delegates' Assembly decided about different changes in FIPO, based upon a proposal of the Annual Sport Meeting. The changes will be valid as of January 1, 2006. A list of changes is available for download from the service section of the FEIF website...