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Annual Report 2012
HORSE SPORT IRELAND
High Perfor
mance
HSI also supports other High Performance
Programmes in Dressage and Carriage Driving.
Dressage High Performance Committee 2012
Chairperson:
Joan Keogh
Member:
Norbert Von Cramon
Member:
David Lee
Member:
Robert McCormick
The highlight of the programme was Irish Dressage rider
Anna Merveldt competing at the London 2012 Olympics.
Carriage Driving High Performance Committee 2012
Chairperson:
Terry Logan
Member:
Ger Hennessy
Member:
Dan Joe Spillane
Irish Carriage Driver Barry Capstick had considerable
success in 2012 winning several international
competitions.
Other High Performance Programmes
Minister Leo Varadkar, Irish Carriage Driver Barry Capstick
and former HSI Chairman Joe Walsh at the HSI Awards in
Croke Park on 17
th
December 2012.
To mark the unprecedented success of Team Ireland Equestrian
in 2012, HSI held an awards ceremony in Croke Park on 17th
December. The highlight of the ceremony was when Olympic
bronze medallist Cian O'Connor was given the opportunity to
re-enact one of his jumps from London 2012 on the hallowed
turf of Croke Park.
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