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...
To promote Gæðingakeppni and the bi-annual Landsmót on Iceland the first ten ambassadors are appointed. Every FEIF member country is requested to appoint such an ambassador. The ambassadors will be the link between FEIF and the organisers of Landsmót, and the member...
Course from 21 July to 5 August 2008 with examinations on 6th and 7th of August 2008, Germany. To assist instructors in FEIF countries where there is no instructor training system available, FEIF has decided to arrange an annual international course and examination in...
At the Annual FEIF Conference 2008 in Reykjavík the Board of FEIF awarded five persons - Friðþjófur Þorkelsson, Göran Häggberg, Hannes Kirchmayr, Sigurður Sæmundsson and Tone Kolnes. They are awarded for their outstanding contribution to the work of FEIF - and the...
At the Annual FEIF Conference 2008 in Reykjavík the Board of FEIF awarded four persons - Friðþjófur Þorkelsson, Göran Häggberg, Sigurður Saemundsson and Tone Kolnes. They were awarded for their outstanding contribution to the work of FEIF - and the Icelandic Horse...
The FEIF Delegates' Assembly 2008 in Reykjavík (IS) approved of changes in FIPO. The most important changes are: - the harmonisation between FIPO and Sport Judges' Guidelines, so 'tempo' will be replaced by 'speed' and 'working tempo' into 'slow (speed)'; - the...
Hannes Kirchmayr, member of the Board of FEIF, stepped down after 10 years work in pleasure riding and education. His great succes is of course the Education Matrix, a system to compare levels of trainers and instructors in the different member countries. 900 Trainers...
The annual Youth Award 2008 has been awarded to Iceland as it has significantly increased its level of activities at national as well as at international level, both in pleasure and competition riding.
New Zealand is the 19th country to join FEIF. The Delegates´ Assembly decided at its yearly meeting in Reykjavík (IS) on February 15, 2008 to accept IHBRANZ as an associate member. At the moment about 60 Icelandic Horses are in New Zealand, but IHBRANZ expects this...
Based upon the experience at the World Championships 2007 new forms have been designed for veterinary checks (mouth inspections) at sport events. The forms have been designed by Claudia Glück (Deputy Chief Judge at the WC) and Caroline van de Bunt (Head Veterinary...
The new version of IceTest, FEIF's free software for sport events, comes with several new features. Also some bugs have been fixed. Added: - ability to create, edit and delete custom forms - ability to check the spelling of a riders'name against the FEIF WorldRanking...
FEIF is supporting the 1st International German Icelandic Horse Breeding Championship with Gæðingakeppni A/B Flokkur, T1 and SpeedPass which will take place from May 28th - June 1st, 2008 on the Icelandic Horse Farm Osterbyholz, Germany. Further information can be...
FEIF is supporting the 2008 IceHorse show in Berlin (March 8, 2008 in Berlin, D) as a start of a new European Championship for Icelandic Horses on Ice. In future, this championship will be organised yearly in different countries. Participation is open for experienced...
Based upon the experience at the World Championships 2007 new forms have been designed for veterinary checks (mouth inspections) at sport events. The forms have been designed by Claudia Glück (Deputy Chief Judge at the WC) and Caroline van de Bunt (Head Veterinary...
All International FEIF Sport Judges are invited to participate in the judges seminar on oral wounds and their consequences, organised by IPV CH on February 3, 2008 at Islandpferde Gestüt Niederfeld, Hombrechtikon (CH). The seminar is held by Claudia Glück and Caroline...
All riders, trainers and judges are invited to participate in the seminar "Rittigkeit und Form" ,organised by IPZV at Uli Reber's farm in Wurz, Germany from February 23- 24, 2008. Presentations and discussions are planned with Þórarinn Eymundsson, Júlio Borba and...