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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
31 July 2002
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- Samsung Nations Cup Preview: CSIOs*** Vilhelmsborg (DEN) and
Budapest (HUN)
- Launch of CIC World Cup
- Upcoming Events
Samsung
Nations Cup Preview: CSIOs*** Vilhelmsborg (DEN) and Budapest
(HUN)
The
23rd and 24th qualifiers of the Samsung Nations Cup Series, CSIO***
Vilhelmsborg (DEN) and CSIO*** Budapest (HUN) respectively, will
take place on Friday, 2 August. A detailed preview follows.
After 22 competitions, Germany is the leader with 61 points, followed
by Italy with 49 points and Belgium with 48. Thirty-eight nations
have competed to date and 30 have received points.
Cian O'Connor (IRL) is currently the leading rider with a total
of 13 points. He is followed by Jozsef Turi (HUN) and Helena Persson
(SWE) with 11 and 8 points respectively. So far, 399 riders have
competed with 185 receiving points.
The leading horse is Waterford Crystal ridden by Cian O'Connor
with 11 points, followed by Helena Persson's Classic H (SWE) and
Holger Hetzel's Waitaki 31 (GER) with 8 and 7 points respectively.
The complete results and standings along with the rules for calculation
of points can be found on our website www.horsesport.org,
"consult" section.
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CSIO***
Vilhelmsborg (DEN), 1 - 4 August 2002
The
Samsung Nations Cup will take place on Friday, 2 August,
- first round beginning at 14h,
- second round beginning at 16h.
The
following nine teams will be participating (in the alphabetical
order): Denmark (DEN), Germany (GER), Great Britain (GBR), Italy
(ITA), The Netherlands (NED), Norway (NOR), Portugal (POR), Sweden
(SWE), and Switzerland (SUI).
The
list of entered riders is as follows:
DEN
Chef d´équipe: Jørgen Kristensen
Michael Aabo, Lars N. Pedersen, Søren N. Pedersen, Tina
Lund
GER
Chef d'équipe: Sönke Sönksen
Achaz von Buchwaldt, Jörg Kreutzmann, Carsten-Otto Nagel,
Andreas Ripke
GBR
Chef d'équipe: Derek Ricketts
Di Lampard, Robert Maguire, Keith Shore, Jackson Reed-Stephenson
ITA
Chef d'équipe: Alex Cagnazzi
Roberto Arnoldi, Valedo Sozzi, Alberto Vitali, Paolo Zani
NED
Chef d'équipe: Bert Romp
Mathijs van Asten, Kevin Olsmeijer, Leon Thijssen, Eric van de
Vleuten
NOR
Chef d'équipe: Geir Gulliksen
Connie Bull, Geir Gulliksen, Jan Auen Hafskjold, Nina B. Johansen
POR
Chef d'équipe: Thomas Fuchs
Ines Jervell, Joao Chuva Luacar, Joäo Mota, António
Vozone
SWE
Chef d'équipe: Peter Eriksson
Niklas Arvidsson, Peter Eriksson, Jens Fredericson, Royne Zetterman
SUI
Daniel Etter, Beat Mändli, Markus Fuchs, Willie Melliger
Results:
Results will be posted on the event's official website www.csio.dk.
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CSIO***-W Budapest (HUN), 1 - 4 August 2002
The
Samsung Nations Cup will take place on Friday, 2 August,
- first round beginning at 14h,
- second round beginning at 16h15 (16h30).
The
following thirteen teams will be participating (in the alphabetical
order): Austria (AUT), Belgium (BEL), Czech Republic (CZE), Egypt
(EGY), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Greece (GRE), Hungary (HUN),
Italy (ITA), Poland (POL), Portugal (POR), Switzerland (SUI),
and Sweden (SWE).
The list of entered riders is as follows:
AUT
Chef d'équipe: Gerhard A. Hiesel
Josef Schwarz Jr., Matthias Atzmüller, Roland Englbrecht,
Ulrich
Domaingo
BEL
Chef d'équipe: Marc Boes
Rudi Helsen, Sven Laevers, Bert Prouvé, Jan Vinckier
CZE
Chef d'équipe: TBC
Ales Opatrny, Martin Matéjka, Martin Soupal, Petr Dolezal
EGY
Chef d'équipe: Barnabás Hevesy
Mohamed Borai, Sameh Hatab, Mohamed Ragab, Mohamed Sabry
FRA
Chef d'équipe: Philippe Leoni
Bruno Garez, Laurent Le Vot, Philippe Leoni, Thimautée
Anciaume
GER
Chef d'équipe: Christoph-Georg Bödicker
Franz-Josef Dahlmann, Holger Hetzel, Jutta Holtz, Rolf Moormann
GRE
Chef d'équipe: Mr and Mrs Dendrinos
Christina Georgiou, Elina Dendrinou, George Dimaras, Yiotis Perintzalis
HUN
The final composition of the Hungarian team will be confirmed
on
Thursday, 1 August, in the afternoon.
ITA
Chef d'équipe: Dario Minutoli
Alberto Cocconi, Carlo Rogiani, Emanuele Fiorelli, Paolo Martinelli
POL
Chef d'équipe: Hubert Szaszikiewicz
Grzegorz Kubiak, Jacek Zagor, Lukasz Jonczyk, Piotr Morsztyn
POR
Chef d'équipe: Jorge Oliveira
Bernardo Mathias, Luis Sabino, Miguel Maria Bravo, Sebastiao Ferreira
Punto
SUI
Chef d'équipe: Peter Paton-Reid
Alois Fuchs, Céline Stauffer, Claudia Gisler, Fabio Crotta
SWE
Chef d'équipe: Sylvie Söderstrand
Angelie von Essen, Fredrik Jönsson, Helena Lundback, Henrik
Ankarcrona
TV
broadcast:
A delayed transmission of the Samsung Nations Cup will be broadcast
on MTV1, Hungarian national TV.
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The
2001/2002 Samsung Nations Cup Series Final will take place in
Donaueschingen (GER) on Saturday 24 August.
Samsung Electronics has supported sports marketing activities
world-wide with a strong initiative in equestrian sports since
1988. In 1996 Samsung took the world-wide sponsorship of the Nations
Cup in cooperation with the Federation Equestre Internationale
(FEI), the ruling body of the world-wide equestrian sport.
Samsung DIGITall, everyone's invited For further information about
the Samsung Nations Cup Series or other sports marketing activities,
visit:
http://www.samsungnationscup.com
or http://www.samsungelectronics.com
Launch of CIC World Cup
The inaugural qualifier of the newly created CIC World Cup will
be held at Gatcombe Park (GBR) over the weekend of 2 - 4 August
2002. It will take place in the framework of the British Horse
Trials Championships, a three star One Day Event. Apart from the
CIC World Cup competition, the event will also include the National
Novice Championship as well as the Intermediate and Open Championship.
The number of competitors has significantly increased since the
event was fist held in 1983. This year, more than 300 entries
have been registered including such eminent riders as William
Fox-Pitt, Blyth Tait and Pippa Funnell.
As announced in FEI Press News 17 of 19 June 2002, the CIC World
Cup is organised on a three-star level and consists of qualifying
competitions, held for a full calendar year starting on 1 August
2002 and ending on 31 August 2003, and a final. Apart from the
Gatcombe CIC***, the following three qualifiers will be held in
2002
16 - 18 August: Ribersborg, Malmö (SWE)
23 - 25 August: Martinvast, Cherbourg (FRA)
8 - 10 November: Nichelino, Torino (ITA).
The qualifiers for the period 1 January - 1 August 2003 will be
decided at a meeting of the CIC World Cup Sub-Committee in October
2002. The final will take place from 23 through 26 October 2003
in Pau (FRA).
www.gatcombe-horse.co.uk.
Upcoming
Events
The
2001 FEI World Jumping and Dressage Challenge Finals supported
by Performance Sales International (PSI) will take place at Hof
Kasselmann in Hagen a.T.W. (GER) from 31 July through 4 August.
This year's novelty is the Dressage Final for Children which was
added to the programme. These Finals will be held simultaneously
with three other Championships: the European Pony Championships
Eventing and Dressage and the European Junior Championship Jumping.
The
2002 North American Young Riders' Championships (NAYRC) will be
held at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek, IL (USA) from 6 to 11
August. They are the premier equestrian competition in North America
for riders aged 16-21. Representatives from the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Islands will compete
for team and individual titles in the three Olympic disciplines
of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. The event will be televised
nationwide on the Outdoor Life Network on Saturday, 7 September.
The NAYRC began in 1974 as an Eventing challenge between the USA
and Canada. A Dressage Championship was added in 1981 and Jumping
began in 1982. The first complete edition was held in British
Columbia, Canada, in 1982. Tempel Farms has hosted the Championship
12 times since 1985. For more information, please visit www.youngriders.org.
A
number of other important events will take place in the coming
days.
Please find below a list of the main competitions by discipline,
exact dates and venue.
Jumping
1 - 4 August: CSI-A, Valekenswaard (NED)
2 - 4 August: CSI-A, Gera (ESP)
4 August: CSI-W, Caboolture, QLD (AUS)
Dressage:
1 - 4 August: World Championship for Young Horses, Verden (GER)
1 -4 August: CDI***, Vilhelmsborg (DEN)
2 - 4 August: CDI***, Gera (ESP)
For
more information, please visit our website www.horsesport.org,
where links to the official websites of these events have been
made (when available).
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FEI
PRESS NEWS IN COOPERATION WITH:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.
Samsung Electronics has supported sports marketing activities
world-wide with a strong initiative in equestrian sports since
1988. In 1996 Samsung took the world-wide sponsorship of the Nations
Cup. Samsung is a long time partner of equestrian sport and has
been the patron of the International Jumping and Dressage competitions
(now called Challenge) aimed at developing the sport on a worldwide
basis since 1988. Samsung believes strongly in the values of sport,
which promote deeper understanding and mutual exchange between
people of the world.
GANDINI HIGH FASHIO FABRICS
Gandini Tessuti Alta Moda (Gandini High Fashion Fabrics) was founded
in 1925 and is active in the creation and design of high-quality
fabrics. In 2001 Gandini became the new sponsor of the FEI World
Jumping Riders Rankings.
BCM
Best Communication & Management, BCM, is specialised in the
organisation, management and sponsorship of equestrian events.
BCM's services range from providing various facilities to organising
the entire show. Beside its activities in event organisation,
BCM is also the publisher of the official equestrian yearbook
'L'Année Hippique,' and of the monthly magazine 'Horse
International'.Since 1998, BCM supports the World Cup Dressage
and the World Dressage Rankings.
PSI
In 2001 Performance Sales International (PSI) granted its support
to the FEI Jumping and Dressage Challenge. This series of approximately
100 competitions taking place in over 60 countries serves to develop
dressage and show jumping in nations wishing to reach the highest
competition level.
UAE NF
Since 1999, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Equestrian and Racing
Federation produces the FEI Endurance Riders Rankings. The 2001
edition was won by Dato Kamruddin bin Abdul Ghani (MAS).
DRIVING
Thank you to the supporters of the Driving discipline: Finn Caspersen,
supporter of the Four-in-Hand Top Driver Award, Van der Wiel Harness
supporter of the Top Driver Award for Pairs, Kühnle who supports
the Singles Top Driver Award. The US company Driving Essentials
and the Canadian Freedman Harness support the North American Challenge
WALDRIED DRESSAGE STABLES
Since 2001, Waldfried Dressage Stables is supporting the Euro
Future Cup, a Dressage Series aimed at encouraging the progress
of Young Riders.
The FEI would like to take this opportunity to thank its faithful
sponsors for their ongoing support.
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