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FEIF is growing!

FEIF is growing!

By October 2011 the member countries reported an increase regarding members, clubs and horses! All facts and figures about the member countries and the total overview are available on the FEIF website.

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Youth Committee Meeting 2011

Youth Committee Meeting 2011

The FEIF Youth Committee had a good and constructive meeting in Haarlem, NL, where especially the following items were addressed: The FEIF Youth trekking tour will take place in the southern part of Sweden June 18-21. A FEIF Youth Icelandic Camp will take place next...

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FEIF Software Conference 2011

FEIF Software Conference 2011

Programmers and experienced users of IceTest from 4 different countries met on November 12-13 at the FEIF Software Conference in Düsseldorf (D). IceTest is free software for sport events.provided by FEIF. The aim was to compare the use of software at sport events, to...

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FEIF Conference 2012

FEIF Conference 2012

The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place March 2-4, 2012, in Malmö, Sweden. The conference combines general meetings about interesting subjects with the yearly Delegates' Assembly (the highest authority within FEIF) on Friday afternoon and the different annual...

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Sport Committee Meeting 2011

Sport Committee Meeting 2011

The FEIF Sport Committee took the initiative to declare 2012 the Year of Good and Harmonious Riding. This initiative is supported by the Board of FEIF. In 2012, at all judges at sport events (and also breeding shows) will be asked to point out riders for good and...

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Breeding Committee Meeting 2011

Breeding Committee Meeting 2011

Plans for 2012 - the bi-annual breeding judge meeting and seminar will be held on March 1 - 2, 2012 at the same place as the FEIF conference in Sweden (details shall be published within the coming days). Items will among others be the correct use of equipment, good...

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Education Committee Meeting 2011

Education Committee Meeting 2011

At this year's meeting of the FEIF Education Committee in Haarlem (NL), the main focus of the work was on preparing our input to the Task Force. This includes reviewing the Education Rules and the criteria for FEIF Level 4 instructors. The committee also reviewed...

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FEIF Committee Meetings 2011

FEIF Committee Meetings 2011

The FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 took place from October 28 - 30, 2011 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The key issue of the FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 was the TaskForce process and the development of a common FEIF rule book. The first draft of the rule book was discussed...

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A farewell to Pini

A farewell to Pini

The Icelandic Horse World has lost an outstanding Swiss member. Friday, October 14, 2011, Fredy (Pini) Lehr died after a one-and-a-half years struggle against lung cancer. Pini - as he was called by everybody - was awarded with the FEIF Award for his ongoing support...

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Landsmót ticket sale has started

Landsmót ticket sale has started

The online ticket sale for Landsmót 2012, held in Reykjavík from June 25th-July 1st, has started. The tickets are sold online, at www.landsmot.is and it is a simple way to purchase your ticket and get a 20% discount of the full price at the same time. Week passes and...

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4 New International Sport Judges

4 New International Sport Judges

October 7 and 8 the bi-annual test to become a FEIF International Sport Judge took place in Austria, at Islandpferdehof Piet Hoyos in Semriach, during the regional championships of Steiermark. The test was succesfull for 5 candidates (out of 17). FEIF welcomes Nicole...

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2nd FEIF Software conference on its way

2nd FEIF Software conference on its way

The 2nd FEIF Software conference will take place November 12-13, 2011 in Düsseldorf (D). The agenda includes an inventory of the software currently used at sport and gæðingakeppni competitions, the services provided by the current standard software of FEIF (IceTest),...

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FEIF Conference 2012

FEIF Conference 2012

The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place from March 2-4, 2012 in the vicinity of Stockholm. Further information and the invitations including the respective agendas will be available in due time.

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Reminder – Education Seminar October 2011

Reminder – Education Seminar October 2011

The Education Seminar 2011 will be held in conjunction with an open Equine Seminar in the Netherlands end of October. The theme of the ISES 2011 conference - Equitation Science, Principles and Practice - will already come to life at a special pre-conference day, the...

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Clean sport with Icelandic horses

Clean sport with Icelandic horses

Once more the World Championships for Icelandic horses have proven to be a Clean Sport Event. No prohibited substances were found in the doping tests taken during the World Championships 2011. More than 10% of the participating horses were tested this time, drawn by...

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FEIF Award for Jens Otto Veje

FEIF Award for Jens Otto Veje

During the celebration of the 10th anniversary of WorldFengur during the World Championships 2011 the Board of FEIF awarded former Director of Breeding Jens Otto Veje with the FEIF Award. Jens Otto played a crucial role in combining the registration of all Icelandic...

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