The Youth work committee started the annual meeting with a few minutes of physical warm up exercises which greatly helped with concentration and focus. 11 member associations were represented, which also means that time and again we learnt how things are done in 10...
Topics in the chairperson meeting 2019 ranged from the latest information from the member association activities, the World Championships 2019 and 2021, the FEIF questionnaire feedback to the planned activities for the FEIF@50 celebrations. Several proposals were...
For the first time a joint meeting of several departments took place on cross-cutting issues: equipment in FEIF, doping rules and authorities and the inclusion of Gæðingakeppni in FEIF. Regarding the equipment discussions, the meeting agrees that there is no reason to...
The award of FEIF Youth Country of the year 2018 went to the Netherlands. The newly formed and very energetic committee initiates a lot of activities ranging from boys only events, horse-based activities, focusing on general riding skills and competition training, as...
feiforg on Instagram is 'under new management', and every month there will be new challenges. The topic for February is 'best friends', and you can post your pictures, using #feif2019. Let's see how far we will reach! The idea is that FEIF sets a fresh theme, and you...
A small number of seats is still available for national as well as international sport judges (Stansted, London, March 2019) - in case you are interested please contact your national sport leader. Follow the link for the details on the seminar. A seminar for...
As much as the Icelandic-horse world is looking forward to the bi-annual festival of sport and breeding competitions, there is an equally passionate group of riders from all FEIF member countries getting ready for the traditional relay ride. Follow the link to the...
The 2019 FEIF YouthCamp will take place 7-14th July and is hosted in Iceland. The invitation with costs, a preliminary programme, and the number of participants per country will be sent out in February, after the FEIF conference in Berlin.
The 3rd FEIF Ringmaster meeting will be organized from March 23-24, 2019 in Gardermoen, Norway. The seminar is for experienced ringmasters or breeding judges, who shall be sent and signed in by their associations or national breeding leaders. Topics for discussion...
The deadline for submitting national reports is 15th January and the award is given annually to the national association that has been unusually active, innovative and support of youth work at national and at regional level. Introducing children to the world of the...
The picture that received most likes is this stunning photo of the very handsome Fengur frá Miðdal - congratulations, Denmark! You can see more photos of him on #fengurfrámiðdal. We also want to thank everyone who contributed to the advent calendar, either by sending...
We are excited to announce the nominees for the Trainer/Instructor of the Year 2018! The honor is awarded to seven well-known, active trainers from Finland, Denmark, Germany, the United States, Belgium, Iceland and Norway. Voting is open to everyone from now until...
The year 2019 will be a special year for FEIF as we are now 50 years old and will be celebrating this during the big event of the year, the World Championships in Berlin. More information will follow. But for now, and wherever you are, we wish you: Happy New Year Godt...
FEIF (@feiforg) is the new Instagram account of FEIF, and the advent calendar #feifadvent2018 has been a great success. In four short weeks, the number of followers grew from zero to currently 691. Photos were sent in from places all over, and at times the judges had...
The days are cold, the nights are long, From far away I hear a song: Horses munching in the stable, Happy laughter around the table. The FEIF community knows no rest, Surely, next year will be the best. The YouthCamp in Iceland, the WM in Berlin, Where else we will...
According to legend, the 13 Yule Lads (or 'jólasveinar' in Icelandic) are the offspring of an awful child-eating ogress called Grýla and her good-for-nothing husband Leppalúði. Originally, at Yuletide, the Yule Lads came to town to steal food and terrorize children....
In October 2018 the Equine Conference of the European Horse Network (EHN) took place in Brussels and focused on securing value to the life of horses, including responsible breeding of horses, rehoming and rehabilitation and the practical implementation of positive...
And to find us on instagram..... our name is 'feiforg'. To launch the new initiative, we will start with a Icelandic horse community-based advent calendar. The theme is 'Memories of 2018', and this is how it works: send your favourite horse memories to...