Once again the Youth Meeting was a very good meeting where the participants shared their experiences and knowledge of organising very different kind of activities for the youth. IHSGB sent a report and a link to the FYCamp 2011 homepage where a lot of information...
The chairmen present gave a presentation about the internal status in their organisation and a status of actions taken in the member countries in order to support the welfare of the horse The FEIF Board has been in contact over the past two years with the Minister of...
The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011) will include some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will...
The Danish Icelandic Horse Association is organising a seminar for judges, instructors and elite equestrians. The seminar will be held in English. Subjects covered will include bone and muscle anatomy, biomechanical aspects such as the spinal cord's mobility, hyper...
The Delegates' Assembly of FEIF elected Gunnar Sturluson (IS) as new member of the Board of FEIF. Gunnar is vice-president of Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (LH) in Iceland since October 2010, and chairman of the riding and breeding club Snæfellingur in west of Iceland...
At the Delgates' Assembly 2011 in Vienna two board members of FEIF stepped down: Jón Albert Sigurbjörnsson (IS) and Wolfgang Berg (D). Both were members of the Board of FEIF for many years, Jón Albert as vice president from 2005-2011 and Wolfgang as board member from...
The FEIF Youth Award 2010 goes to Austria for its extraordinary development with a wide variety of youth activities in 2010. Austria has been very active in the field of youth work and has among other activities put strong emphasis on the team spirit among the...
As it was not clear from the beginning, the organisers have now announced to offer discounted tickets for children and young people up to 14 years. Infants up to 3 years can enter free of charge (to sit on parent's lap - there are no own seats available). Please visit...
The FEIF Conference 2011 will take place this weekend (February 25-27, 2011) in Vienna (A). The conference combines general meetings about interesting subjects with the yearly Delegates' Assembly (the highest authority within FEIF) and the different annual department...
Riders planning to represent another country then the last World Championships they participated in should be aware of an important change in FIPO. A rider in any team must have the nationality of the country he/she is representing or have had his/her permanent...
The VRP International Pace Championship 2011 will take place in the weekend of October 1-3, 2011 in Zachow (D). Gestüt Schlossberg (Günter Weber) will host the event, as happend more often in the past.
All horses entered (in either breeding and/or sport) at the World Championships 2011 have to be registered in WorldFengur. The closing date is July 1, 2011, 12:00 CET. This means also that a valid FEIF Id number is required for every horse! The data on the horses?...
FEIF will organise a seminar for FEIF Licensed International Sport judges in the weekend of April 8 and 10, 2011, in St Radegund, Austria. The venue is the location of the World Championhips 2011. The seminar will be combined with a seminar for Word Championships...
In 2010 a Task Force was set up to review and adapt the rules in FIRO (General), FIPO (Sport), FIZO (Breeding), Gædingakeppni and to establish a FIEO (Education) during the period 2010 - 2013. The FEIF TaskForce process is now in its second year. The input of many...
The seminar addresses riders aged 18 to 26 who train and present breeding horses in a professional way and who are interested in further education and training and in an exchange of experiences. The seminar will take place March 31 until April 3, 2011 in Iceland at...
Tore Haugslien from Norway, FEIF International Sport Judge, has passed away on January 15, 2011 in Thailand, his current country of residence. Tore was 67 years old. Many of us know Tore as an active judge with a strong opinion. He judged around 100 WorldRanking...
Always wondered how many Icelandic horse lovers are registered world wide? Or, more important, how many pure bred Icelandic horses are spread around the world? FEIF performs every year a survey among member countries and the facts and figures for the years 2006-2010...
FEIF has launched a new website for mobile users (PDA and smart phone) with faster access to news, WorldRanking, yearly ranking, addresses and documents. The website also provides direct access to sport results of riders and horses. The address is www.feif.org/mobile .