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FEDERATION EQUESTRE
INTERNATIONALE NEWS
30 MAY 2001 |
- FEI/GANDINI World Jumping Riders
Rankings
- FEI/BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
- EU-Championship in Arnhem
- Samsung Nations Cup: CSIO Rome + New section on the FEI
website
-Dressage Committee Meeting
- Endurance Committee Meeting
- Seminar for experienced Endurance officials
- Revised qualification to European Vaulting Championship
- Caretano Z died
- First Silent Auction for the Canadian Junior Dressage Team
FEI/GANDINI WORLD JUMPING RIDERS RANKINGS
No change in the Top Three: Ludger Beerbaum still leads the rankings. The
suspense is for next month, as he will drop 500 points of last year, while his
runner up Willy Melliger will only loose 95 points. Lars Nieberg keeps his
3rd place
Markus Fuchs goes up one step to 5th place, while Rodrigo Pessoa
goes down from 4th to 6th place
Ludo Philippaerts replaced almost all his dropped points and goes back to
7th place, the rank he had 2 months ago.
The Italian Jerry Smit makes a good progression from 31st to
22nd place, thanks to his excellent performances at the CSIO La
Baule and Rome.
Complete rankings and detailed point calculation can be found on the FEI
website www.horsesport.org, section consult/results/jumping.
FEI/BCM WORLD DRESSAGE RIDERS RANKINGS
No change in the Top 10, Ulla Salzgeber still leads the rankings.
EUROPEAN JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP IN ARNHEM
Following the European Jumping Championships in 1999 in Hickstead, the European
Showjumping Championship is being organised this year in Arnhem (NED). Many of
the stars of the sport will meet for the event from Wednesday 27 June to Sunday
1 July at the Papendal National Sports Centre.
Those interested in keeping up with the latest news about the European
Championships can visit website
www.ecshowjumping.com for
updates of everything that is going on. Every two weeks national coach Bert
Romp writes a regular column on this Internet page, and tickets to the event
can be ordered on line.
Arnhem's Newsletter and press accreditation forms are also available from FEI
website www.horsesport.orgsection News, press service.
The European Jumping Championships are being held for the 26th time this year,
and for the fifth time in the Netherlands. On all the previous occasions in the
Netherlands - the last time in 1989 - the venue for the Championship was
Rotterdam. That year, John Whitaker became European Champion on the legendary
grey Milton.
The list of previous European Champions can be found on the FEI website,
section discover, faq (frequently asked questions), champions.
For more information, please contact Eep
Landman, press officer European Show Jumping Championship/CHampion Gelderland
on +31 26 445 33 01. www.ecshowjumping.com
CSIO ROME: FRANCE WINS THE SAMSUNG NATIONS CUP
France, winners in the previous round at La Baule earlier this month, stormed
to their second consecutive victory in the Samsung Nations Cup series at the
Piazza di Siena in Rome last week-end, helped by a superb double-clear from
Hubert Bourdy on Helios and a gritty performance from Thierry Pomel.
Switzerland took second place, followed by Italy, which leads the rankings with
24 points ahead of Belgium.
The FEI opened a new Samsung Nations Cup section on its website (under News)
where information on the Series are posted immediately at the end of each
Nations Cup Competition, starting with CSIO Rome. Pictures of the Nations Cup
are available copyright free. And as always, the complete standings can be
found in the Consult/Results section.
Samsung Nations Cup website:
www.samsungnationscup.com
DRESSAGE COMMITTEE MEETING, MILAN (ITA) 21 - 23 MAY 2001
The Dressage Committee held its annual meeting in Milan (ITA) from 21 - 23 May
2001.The meeting was chaired for the first time by the new Dressage Committee
Chairman, Mrs Mariette Withages (BEL).Mr Gotthilf Riexinger (GER) attended the
meeting as the new Event Organisers Representative and as per usual procedure,
Drs Joep Bartels (NED) was in attendance in his capacity as Director of World
Cup Dressage.Mr Sjef Janssen (NED), Vice President of the International
Dressage Trainers Club, was given an opportunity to address the Committee
Members on these matters of concern to Dressage trainers.
The meeting was an extremely fruitful one with much discussion and lively
debate concerning in particular, the future development of Dressage.An outcome
of this discussion was a commitment by the three main groups within Dressage
i.e. judges, riders and trainers, to work together in the interests of the
development of the sport.It was agreed that two members from each group would
form part of a working panel, which will function independently of the formal
Committee Meeting structure.The panel will consider items such as rule changes,
promotion and appointment of judges, new Dressage tests, contents of seminars
and courses and qualification requirements and will make recommendations and
proposals to the Dressage Committee for its further consideration.
The Committee agreed to amend the Qualification Requirements for both the
European Championships 2001 and the World Equestrian Games 2002.The new
requirements are as follows:
European Championships:
In order to qualify for participation at the 2001 European Dressage
Championships, riders and horses must have attained (as a combination) a result
of at least 300 points (or 60%)*, attributed by any of the FEI Official
International Dressage Judges of a nationality other than that of the rider, in
a Grand Prix at two CDI***/CDI-Ws and upwards from 1 January 2000 until
deadline for receipt of Certificates of Capability (13 July 2001). In addition,
all rider and horse combinations that obtained the necessary scores to qualify
for the Olympic Games 2000 will receive automatic qualification for the
European Championship 2001.
World Equestrian Games:
In order to qualify for participation at the 2002 World Championship, riders
and horses must have attained (as a combination) a result of at least 315
points (or 63%)*, attributed by any of the FEI Official International Dressage
Judges of a nationality other than that of the rider, in a Grand Prix at two
CDIs***/CDI-Ws and upwards from 1 January 2001 until the deadline for receipt
of Certificates of Capability (date to be confirmed).
For riders of non-European and non-North American countries this number of
points must be achieved at one CDI***/CDI-W only. However, if any of these
riders wish to qualify in Europe or North America, where two CDIs***/CDI-Ws are
required, these riders must attain the minimum score of 315 points in a Grand
Prix competition at two CDIs***/CDI-Ws.
Assessing Delegate
Nations participating in the FEI World Dressage Challenge wishing to send
competitors to the World Equestrian Games, have the possibility to make a
request to the FEI that an FEI Assessing Delegate (FEI Official International
Judge) judge the rider concerned in a Grand Prix under competition conditions
on the occasion of 2001 FEI World Dressage Challenge.The same minimum
requirement of 315 points (63%) must be attained in order to qualify.
Endurance Committee Meeting
The FEI Endurance Committee held its annual meeting in Amsterdam on 28 and 29
May.The Committee agreed to formalise the so-called Best Conditioned Award into
the FEI Rules for Endurance. This is a competition, which is held for the top
ten finishers at an Endurance ride to find the horse in the best condition.
This has been an extremely popular competition over the years, but has not been
included before within the FEIs jurisdiction. The Committee felt that it was a
valuable addition to the rules by making the riders focus on the welfare of
their horse.
The Committee also agreed a new system for the appointment of Endurance Chief
Stewards and established a sub committee to look at the feasibility of
Endurance becoming an Olympic Discipline. The sub committee members are Dr
Hallvard Somerset (NOR), Mr Faisal Seddiq al Mutawa (UAE) and Mr Michael Stone,
FEI Assistant Secretary General. Mr Seddiq al Mutawa will Chair the sub
committee.
Other topics covered were the recording of the performance details of all
Endurance horses and the development of further training for officials.
Seminar for Experienced Endurance Officials:
Forty one experienced endurance judges vets and stewards attended a very
successful seminar given by Dr Jerry Gillespie (USA) in Amsterdam on the 26th
and 27th of May. The seminar was the first of its kind and is the
start of a program established by the FEI Endurance Committee to improve the
quality of officials in this fast growing discipline.
REVISED QUALIFICATION TO EUROPEAN VAULTING CHAMPIONSHIP
The FEI Vaulting Committee decided that there would be no qualification
requirements for vaulters participating at the European Vaulting Championships
2001.
This is as a result of the cancellation of a large number of international
Vaulting events due to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Europe. The
qualification procedure will be reviewed by the Committee for the World
Equestrian Games 2002.
Jos Lansink's European Championship horse Caretano Z dies
Caretano Z, the Holstein stallion which Lansink planned to start in the
European Championship in Arnhem (27 June to 1 July 20010) died of a groin
rupture on his way to CSIO Rome. Emergency operation in a clinic in Pisa
proceeded well, but the horse nevertheless died during recovery.:
First Silent Auction for the Canadian Junior Dressage
TeamThe first ever Silent
Auction in support of a first ever Canadian FEI Junior Dressage Team will be
organised on 1 and 2 June in Palgrave (CAN) for the first ever North American
Junior Dressage Championships which will be organised in Batavia, Ohio on June
28, 2001. More information from Misha Dubbeld
mishadubbeld@hotmail.com
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