IRELAND'S show jumping team finished ninth in the final of the European Championships at Madrid, Spain, this evening but team member Billy Twomey qualified for Sunday's Individual Final by finishing in the top 25.

IRELAND’S show jumpers could be in medal contention at the London Olympics - if they qualify at this week's European Championships. The championships, which begin tomorrow (Tuesday) in Madrid, represent the last chance for Ireland to qualify a team for the 2012 Olympic Games.

IRELAND'S show jumping team finished sixth in the five-star Nations' Cup at Gijon, Spain this afternoon (Saturday). Gijon, which is part of the FEI Promotional League of Nations' Cups, saw ten teams competing, but with Ireland not seeking points outside its Superleague status.

A total of 86 riders from 22 nations have been declared for the FEI European Jumping Championships 2011. Venue for this year’s FEI European Jumping Championships is the stunning Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, one of Spain’s oldest and most prestigious country clubs formed in 1929.

THE senior show jumping squad who will represent Ireland in the vital European Championships at Madrid, Spain later this month was named today by Team Ireland Equestrian’s show jumping manager Robert Splaine.

TIPPERARY rider Shane Breen was best of the Irish in this afternoon's (Sunday) five-star Grand Prix in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, when finishing in fifth place on Carmel Ryan's 11 year-old grey stallion 'Carmena Z'.

THE Irish senior show jumping team have qualified for the 2012 FEI Nations' Cup Superleague, finishing fourth in the overall standings after the final 2011 leg at Rotterdam in the Netherlands today (Friday).

TEAM Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine has named the Irish team who will compete at the non-superleague Nations' Cup in Gijon, Spain on Saturday September 3.

ROTTERDAM tomorrow (Friday) sees the final leg of the 2011 show jumping FEI Superleague, and Team Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine tonight announced his team to jump in the following order:

ROTTERDAM in the Netherlands will be the scene of the final leg of the FEI Nations Cup Superleague, with Ireland still in contention to win the 2011 series.