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Annual Report 2012
HORSE SPORT IRELAND
In 2008, Horse Sport Ireland
introduced High Performance
structures in conjunction with
the Irish Sports Council and the
relevant Affi
liate Organisations.
The programmes consist of a mix
of training and target competitions
aimed at preparing combinations
for the challenges they are likely to
face at European level. Most years,
Ireland sends seven underage
teams abroad to represent us in
European Championships (see below). These High
Peformance Programmes are overseen by a High
Performance Committee. The High Performance Team
Manager has full selection powers. These programmes
are funded by the Irish Sports Council, Showjumping
Ireland and Eventing Ireland.
Show Jumping
Children on Horses (U14)
Pony Rider (U16)
Junior Rider (U18)
Young Rider (U21) (no team in 2012)
Eventing
Pony Rider (U16)
Junior Rider (U18)
Young Rider (U21)
High Perfor
mance
This programme is overseen by the Children on Horses
High Performance Committee.
Chairperson
: Heather Coyle
Team Manager
: Comdt John Ledingham
Member
: James Kernan
Member:
Liam Murphy
Team Vet:
William Lawlor
Members of the Children on Horses team
before the Championships: Jessica Kuenhle,
Hannah Smyth, Team Manager Comdt
John Ledingham, Caitlin Duff y, Evalina Hughes.
CHILDREN ON HORSES SHOW JUMPING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EBREICHSDORF, AUSTRIA August 14th - 19th 2012
Chef d'Equipe: Comdt John Ledingham
Rider
Horse
Round 1
Round 2
Farewell Class
1
Evalina Hughes
Dorethy May
4
9
0 - 56.34 (9th)
2
Jessica Kuehnle
Best Lady
0
8
0 - 55.29 (7th)
3
Hannah Smyth
Heman
8
W/D
8 - 57.27 (41st)
4
Caitlin Duff y
Glenard Courage
25
W/D
2 - 74.31 (23rd)
Team Total
12
12 (did not jump 2nd round)
16th
E Q U E S T R I A N
2006
7
Underage Medals Total
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2005
2007 2008 2009 2010
2011
2012
Show Jumping: Children on Horses (U14) High Performance Programme
High Performance Programmes
The riders in these squads can also participate in
the individual competition. Below is a graph of the
total number of medals won by Irish teams in these
competitions in recent years. The progress made
to date brings credit to the riders, their families,
their coaches, the Affi
liate Organisations, the High
Performance Programmes and the HSI Coaching
Programme. Having achieved such excellent results,
the challenge now is to help these exceptional young
athletes to make the transition to the successful senior
teams.
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